#cryptofascists

[nando161mando]

[beachf4gz]

kims + gary/measurehead/garte trio

[theanxiousbookdevourer]

It's easy to miss this if you're not doing a fascist run, so I want to talk about this for a moment.

If we listen to Gary, our beloved lucky racist, he'll tell us Seol is "infamous" for its spy technology.

He'll also spew a bunch of other great "facts" that most definitely won't sound familiar.

Then, at the end, he'll say:

Okay. So. What do we do with this information?

Oh, come on. What do you think we do?

We ask Lt. Kim Kitsuragi if he's spying on us. Because of course we do.

What does Lt. Kim Kitsuragi do in response?

He explains. And more than that, he opens up to us. Even though he has every right to shut us out.

Then he says one last thing:

"'I find this subject tiresome.'"

Why?

Because it's stupid. It's racist. And he's tired of having to explain himself, especially since he purposely tries to distance himself from Seol.

And isn't that sad? Isn't that awful? Isn't that just a little heartbreaking? Especially since he tries to give us a little compliment. At least we got it out in the open.

But God. He must be so sick of hearing that.

I want to say one more thing.

When Half Light tells us Lt. Kim Kitsuragi is always there, always listening, Empathy says one little thing:

Isn't that what you've always wanted?

To be listened to?

I don't know. This game just gets to me. Over and over and over.

[disco-elysium-quotes]

YOU - "Are you currently sporting some *anal beads*?"

KIM KITSURAGI - The lieutenant leans in confidentially. "You wouldn't be able to hear if he were wearing anal beads," he whispers.

GARY, THE CRYPTOFASCIST - "Of course, of course." He forces a grin, no doubt hiding some *colossal* anal beads up his butt as he does so.

[disco-archetypes]

YOU - "Gary, do you know how to turn back time?"

GARY, THE CRYPTOFASCIST - "Do I know how to turn back time...?" He gives you a sideways glance. "Is that a trick question?"

RHETORIC - A question for an answer, huh? The answer must be really obvious.

YOU - "I don't joke around about time, Gary." (Stare at him intently.)

[garythecryptofascistiscool]

Man, I love these little consistent worlbuilding details. Just for fun, here's what I think an issue of Paradox B could look like. There would always be some really bizzare illustration on the cover I think.

Gary living the high life with his pseudoscience magazine and racist mug.

[hyde-the-toad-bard]

Having love for something doesn't let you look past the ugliness of something. It lets you into the beauty of that grotesquerie.

Disco Elysium has some... Not conventionally attractive characters. I think first of Gary, the Crypto fascist.

Yeah, this guy.

How I conflict with this fake person's appearance. I connect him, like all other characters, with my love of the game. In this, I see his long well-groomed hair, his sharp chin, and his deep set eyes as beautiful.

I connect him to an image of the coward fascist. Yes, nearly all cowards are fascists, but some can hide this with stupidity, like the Racist Lorry Driver, or with delusional rationalism, like Measurehead. Gary here is a crypto fascist. He is too cowardly to speak in anything other than coded language. In this, I see his greasy hair, his unwieldy chin, and his glossy eyes.

Beauty is perspective. We see beauty in how we see an individual. The halo effect is a bias one must constantly be vigilant of, but it's strange how our minds often correct ourselves to it. In those who we find to have inner beauty, we create outer beauty.

Joyce Messier is gorgeous. Aged like fine wine. Morally bankrupt. Once we start seeing the flaws, we may begin to see them everywhere. Rather, one may start subconsciously looking for them. Signs that this person can fit in a more understandable box. Maybe that's just me, but I suspect it isn't. Luckily catching this particular bias can be practiced. At least I hope so.

Evrart Claire is, by all appearances visual and audio, an ugly ugly individual. Defining the word "grotesque," the game preys on our biases to make us distrust this man. Luckily for him, that's what he wants. His true moral character is shown through the striking workers. He is a man who is willing to stoop his entire self into the mud and sick to achieve, what is to him, a noble goal. And you, as a cop, cannot be trusted to be a part of that goal as an ally. Only as a tool. Perhaps that itself is part of why he looks like this in the game. If he were real, he might look somewhat different, but our perspective as a cop means we only see the side of him he shows cops. Naturally, it wouldn't be his best one.

But hey, at least he's helping me find my gun.

[nando161mando]

[antiobjecttaskforce]

estrogen could have saved her

[theanxiousbookdevourer]

A Collection of My Favorite No-Context Disco Elysium Quotes With Exclamation Points: Part 3

(Part 1)

(Part 2)

(Part 4)

[disco-elysium-quotes]

1. - "Yes! Our "lucky" racist."

2. - "Will you grant us three wishes, Gary?"

3.- "Are you, Gary? Are you a racist?"

4. - "I don't know. I liked the previous racists better."

5. - "He is nothing compared to Measurehead."

[algrenion]

the replies on this tweet istfg.

“shes on molly”, “she is ovulating” bro shut the fuck up, he’s just hot. he has sad old dilf energy and he’s hot, shut the fuck up i am begging you

[bunfellow]

[garythecryptofascistiscool]

He's just Gary now :)

[zraloci-sharks]

Imagining what the scene would look like from Gary's perspective.

I imagine that since Harry has a cop-specific skill (Esprit de Corps), everyone else also has some skills specific to them.

Gary would have a specifically fascist skill, basically dedicated to seeing the world through a fascist lense.

Also, I think other characters wouldn't have their skills speaking at them. I think that's a Harry thing, because he's not all there mentally.

[jorrmungandr]

Hmmm, the political philosophy of this candidate in Metaphor sounds suspiciously familiar, I wonder what his-

Ah.

Well okay then!