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EMPATHY- You feel... pretty.

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Some fanart for my own fanfic 👀

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DON'T YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING, LIEUTENANT? ANYTHING?! I AM STANDING BEFORE YOU WEARING NOTHING BUT A FUCKING LEOPARD UNITARD AND THE REMAINS OF MY DIGNITY, TITS OUT IN THE COLD AND YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE MAKING A SINGLE COMMENT ON IT?

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They've had a long week

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stop stop! don’t make me think about Harry winning over apathetic teenager students with stickers! and decorating his own teacher paperwork

they’re like 🙄 coach you don’t even give us papers and he’s like hm! then i guess I’ll keep all these stickers to myself ;)

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Evening tea🌇

😮‍💨This took me quite some time! Mainly bcause I struggle with such detailed backgrounds, but it was worth it :D!!

Anyway,, old men yaoi after hours, I wanted to draw something more domestic and cozy : ) Also ignore how Harry is defying perspective with the way he's sitting😭 I noticed far too late to change it haha

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detective explain yourself

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Hurting. Longing. Dancing to disco music, Funky Baby

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Kim is slowly getting into dnd

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That magic moment

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harry keeps stealing victim’s boots

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Sunrise, Parabellum.

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given my last posted piece i just wanted to make an appreciation post for this game's models and their very ugly eye situations. with a brief showcase

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man I do not feel good when folks act like Harry needs to be cured of the skills :/

like…first of all. gross. secondly I think that’s a total misunderstanding of what’s causing Harry’s pain. the skills are how he thinks. how many times does a game have to say Harry is in a state of extreme distress because he lives poverty before people absorb that.

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those stunts prove anything?

disco elysium

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it is tempting to assume btw that harry is "the most mentally ill man in the world!!!!" or whatever, but he's probably the average level of mentally ill for people in his situation. he isn't this uniquely monstrous wreck who abuses more substances than anyone else ever has. in martinaise alone you can meet like 5 people who are doing even worse than harry. kim says several times that he's seen much worse than day one harry and i BELIEVE him. i think harry wasn't immediately fired from the police after the unsolveable case bc this stuff is relatively normal for cops to do in precinct 41. disco elysium isn't pointing at harry and going "gawk at this uniquely awful man for no reason!! isn't he horrible in a clowish way!!" they're making a point abt the effects of capitalism and imperialism on the disenfranchised poor

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a very interesting (and endearing, at least to me) detail about jean's character is how he tends to fix himself during a confrontation. (long post ahead)

despite the fact he looks just fine, he does it to self-soothe more than anything, because he knows he has no control over the situation. so if he can't get through harry, at least he's in control of how he looks. and he can look BETTER, more put together than harry, so he makes sure to show him that. every time.

constantly readjusting, correcting, dusting himself off every time he's confronting his former partner because i think he has a severe inferiority complex (since harry outranks him and refuses to accept any promotion, which makes jean perpetually stuck as a satellite-officer, tied to a self-destructive man who's also good at what he does + harry has had a chance at a love that's so redeeming that he pictures her as the game's equivalent of God, a love that jean desperately yearns for so he hates harry for blowing it, and hates himself for never finding such a love despite the fact he's more put together than harry, or so he claims) that flares up every time harry's in the vicinity. i don't think jean has problems asserting himself when harry's not around, though. we've seen that here.

jean's perfectly capable of being authoritative, and has power over his colleagues, contrary to popular belief on this website. of course, provided harry's not there.

because he'll start slipping every time. his body language is also incredibly stiff, i'm assuming it's to seem like he's composed, but that falls apart when you notice how many times he struggles with his breathing, how many times he has to collect himself.

naturally, since kim also outranks him, jean behaves the same way with him although less emotional. he loses the spite, turns a little more submissive, though his pride doesn't completely disappear, like authority indicates. i also believe it's because kim didn't address him properly, therefore jean didn't feel the need to extend more than basic respect towards him.

it's very interesting to see, since he seems to have this ongoing inner conflict between his pride and his self-hatred. believing he's better than harry, yet crumbling at his presence. laying down and taking it, then suddenly revolting. being in control until the reason you're forced to take control shows up, then suddenly you're not in control anymore and you have to fix your hair and your tie and dust your suit and cough to look like you have your shit together. to prove that you're better. jean's trying to tell harry that he's BETTER than him! that's why he does all of that shit! he's terrified of ending up like that! he's even more terrified of the fact that despite being the mess he is, harry IS better than him! HELLO!

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Chapter twelve is posted!

*I am designed for love,* Harry thought, closing his eyes, *I am so designed for connection with other human beings that I can never forget.*

Full fic is here!