Harry, Was Dancing In The Disco Like A Loser Looking For Himself.

Pre amnesia Harry is someone I would never like to meet. Like genuinely how did that man live.

I'd like to add that after amnesia he becomes essentially the player, but with his subconscious giving the player options how to form his identity in the end, so if the player believes he can change, I'd like to think he does.

The fact that Harry is canonically FEARED by people in Jamrock really surprises me. Like, I know he's the "human can-opener" and that has boosted his reputation and name among the people, but learning what he was like pre-amnesia is a whirlwind of an experience. Why don't more people talk about it?

This is coming from the wiki page so some things might be a lil inaccurate (I honestly don't know how well I can trust that source just yet) but it says he was on drugs/drunk for the majority of his service (even pre Dora), I imagine this got worse especially during those six years after Dora left him. By that time, he had already partnered with Jean, and had probably rejected his promotion number one.

After Dora left, the substance abuse got worse, but his work got better. It was hard to discourage their best detective, I guess. Even though he was actively funding the thing he was trying to shut down. It's a conflict of interest, he shouldnt have kept his job.

Also, during "THE UNSOLVABLE CASE" its said he left a man unable to walk, held a woman hostage, and shot wildly at a man.

That's just one case. You don't get a reputation like Harry's from one case. You don't make someone run at the mention of your name in the area. Ruby didn't run because of that one case.

Harry was a scary man. An ex gym teacher, off his rocker on an amount of drugs he couldn't count on two hands. He was talking to the tie before he lost his memory. The skills probably weren't a new thing. I like Harry, too, but his routinely "the women are the bourgeoisie" bit isn't just a post-amnesia thing, that's a cemented belief that's hung around his head long enough to become a foundation of every belief, even if you're an ultra-liberal. I don't think he was that popular with anyone he met.

The public were honestly right to be afraid of him.

But the RCM promoted him again. Or they tried. Because, what, Jean somehow managed to cover up everything Harry had done? What else has he done? How bad did things get, if beating a man with a ledger isn't anything more than a footnote in a case file?

Speaking of Jean, he confuses me a little. I mean, he respects Harry enough to cover up everything he did/does, but when it comes to talking about/to him, he puts him down, chews him out, makes it sound like he thinks Harry's actions are unacceptable (which I'm inclined to agree, at least pre-amnesia) but he also actively tries to make this narrative of Harry being crazy and wild and dangerous a thing, to everyone. Even Kim. Especially Kim, at the end. Look at this dialogue:

Those are the words of someone hurt over and over, watching a cycle repeat in another. But Jean still, when he doesn't really need to, decides to cover up Harry's missing gun and badge, and hears him and Kim out at the end of the game. He tears Harry down out of habit, but he also helps him out of that same habit.

He uses the word bewitched. That interested me, because it's infinitely more affectionate than manipulated, or tricked or just lied to. Jean uses it in a sympathetic manner, because he, like the RCM, like Dora, had been drawn in by Harry, and forced to stay until they left, like Dora, or became too bitter to go, like Jean.

It set up an interesting narrative for an aftermath. Would Kim, too, be driven away? Or would he get so sucked into the endless torment of being Harry's favourite, that like Jean, even if he wanted to, Kim wouldn't know anything else? Or had Harry actually changed? Does he get better, or does he get worse?

I would love to see more exploration on Harry after the events of Disco Elysium. I want to know how his reputation shapes how he acts after, I want to know how people interact with him. Its so interesting to me. It's all a bit of a jumbled ramble but yeah!!! :D

Disco Elysium AU

AU where Kim meets young Harry who had just joined Homicide

Harry was investigating a murder when Kim shows up

Kim initially doesn’t recognise young!Harry since he is still in peak physical & mental fitness

Unlike Harry of the present, past Harry is sharp but still affable. He caught on that Kim isn’t a normal civilian but a cop.

Kim thinks fast on his feet and rolls with it. He admits to being deep undercover as the pinball master, “Kimball the Pinball” as his cover story.

Due to the cover story not being far from the actual truth (just bent slightly to the left), Harry accepts it

I want to read this, but it also means I have to write it, so no. I just want a Kim to say "Kimball the Pinball" with a straight face 😬

every episode was pretty much this (I don’t blame her I would be scared shitless)

very much enjoying watching my friend play disco elysium for my first experience of the game

FEM HANNIGRAM HOW ARE WE FEELING

This is my first attempt at drawing their wlw version (something I wanted to do since I was 15 😭). THIS WAS SO FUN TO DO, I'm kinda obsessed with the concept ngl, i want to draw more of them like this

«You failed Elyzium»

something about you

" I felt that a small part of him, unknowingly, might be hoping for Gi-hun's thoughts to be right. And rooting for him in some way. "

I used to think I knew what severance was about. I thought it was a succession drama about a group of rich white people wanting to take over a company

seeing it on my dash these days has lead me to believe it is actually about a really dapper black dude who might be a wizard who has trapped these office workers in a building and once even let them out for the day to forage in the wilderness as a reward for good behaviour

alright so Pangur got her claw stuck while rolling over in bed, and then just GAVE UP, which led to her being horizontally flattened in a way that gives her impossible girth and...... I'll share, but just know that it's an optical illusion. please. I swear to god she's a healthy weight. I mean, a little chubby, but not like this.