i was looking for a gif while listening to some music and as i came upon one of my treasured Dancing Dubois gifs harry decided to just eat like no one’s ever eaten before
nvm this is still on my brain. kim does not like to watch harry suffer… to say that kim takes satisfaction in harry’s pain is a huge misconstruing of his character.
the “getting thrashed like a schoolboy” line comes from a board game, lol. it’s a tease, not a cruelty. there’s never any line that implies that Kim enjoys seeing Harry taking actual morale damage.
he can be amused if you fail a check, but the check is always relatively inconsequential, and again, Harry isn’t taking damage in these.
Failing to pry the trash bin open:
Failing to shatter Ruby’s lorry window:
(also in both of these examples he only responds smugly if you choose for Harry to stubbornly dig in his heels. if Harry gets huffy, Kim teases. If Harry backs down right away Kim won’t rub it in, which feels significant to me! it reminds me of that recent post goin around about Kim meeting your energy!)
and here’s some reactions to failed checks where he does take damage.
Failing the jump to get your cloak:
Failing to break down Plaisance’s door:
he’s not laughing if Harry’s taking damage because he’s not a dick lol.
aaaaand here’s some other instances of morale/health damage and kim’s reactions.
alternate dialogue for failing the harbor jump:
after the call with precinct 41:
seeing bullet holes in the wall:
most significant examples to argue this point for me come when harry has done something to jeopardize the RCM’s image. which kim goes on and on about the importance of maintaining— and yet even here, he still extends worry and assurance.
telling Billie about her husband and handling it badly:
hardie authority check failure cock carousel:
aaaaand the car. this line is one of the most mask-off kim moments we get in the game in my opinion, honestly.
tying this back to the schoolboy line— that line doesn’t show up if you have a negative reputation with Kim. if you have <1 rep, it gets replaced with him calling it “about four hours of our lives that we'll never get back,” lol.
it’s affectionate ribbing!! twisting it into anything else is bizarre 2 me lmao!
anyways. kim is a foil to every other cop we meet in the game specifically because he doesn’t view harry as a punching bag or a lost cause. gottlieb does nothing but sling jabs and glib jokes about harry’s health. torson+mclaine and the others laugh at harry’s panic attack over the radio. in response to harry’s suicide-by-car attempt(!!!!) jean yells about RCM budget. all kim’s lines in response to harry’s check failures and health-damage are consistent, explicit textual contrast against the callousness of the rest of the RCM. twisting kim’s character here requires a bad faith interpretation of the whole game.
Took long enough but its done at last. After seeing @monsterultra-peachykineema 's knitted version, and being completely unwilling to spend mad duckets on a jacket I'd never wear, i was inspired to crochet myself a kim cardigan instead!
The sleeves are a touch too long on me but ITS FINE THEY'RE FINE LMAO. They're gonna get pushed up anyway because i prefer my sleeves 3/4 OR covering my hands so this is the best of both worlds. The back patch looks slightly skeewhiff but i promise you it's centered lol
No proper modelled shots of the finished thing yet due to hubstand being busy but here's a shot from once the main construction was done
For reference, hubstand is five ten and slim and has already claimed it as their own 😑
If you want to make your own, you can find the pattern
HERE!!
It comes in six sizes from xs to 3xl, and you can mix and match the size of the panels (i made the front two in 3xl and the back in 2xl), and the seller is SO SO HELPFUL AND FRIENDLY like seriously i messaged her so many times in confusion and she could not have been nicer
Overall im pretty happy with how it turned out, especially for my first actual crocheted garment. Tho now i never want to crochet ever again 😂😂😂
Never heard Tubbo DJ before - he's actually pretty fucking good I am JAMMING while waiting for the awards damn I honestly wouldn't mind the event being delayed a little longer
I was rotating in my head the Disco Elysium/Armored Core crossover that @smorgasbort mentioned a day or so ago.
....was torn between the AC being blue like the coupris and Tequila Sunset colors, but picked blue because it doesn't compete against the Coral Mind Cabinet.
I’ve been thinking about it and I’m not saying I want an Armored Core 6/Disco Elysium crossover where Hound Harry works for Handler Kim and has several different Rubiconian voices in his head which he refers to as Composure, Electrochemistry, Esprit De Corps and so on…
Well actually yes, I am saying that. This is what I want.