I Think More Portal Fanfic Writers Should Take Advantage Of The Fact That Glados *is* The Facility.

to make things clear i just love showing the sentimental, tender aspects of otherwise codependent fucked up relationship of jean and harry. harry is a sap, you see. a week with kim and if you're nice to him you develop this trust that can be reached only if you're together in the line of work. jean and harry were working two or three years together max, but as that snapcube quote says, SOMETHING JUST HAPPENED. you dont just help your partner get into the motorcarriage as if hes a flightless bird when he's been running around for a week straight!!! as argo tuulik said, there is caring and tenderness within jean, beside his absolutely awful behavior. this is curious to say the least.

real darkness has love for a face.

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holy shit somebody on reddit linked to the web page of a designer for disco elysium and i’m Reeling with the pale lore here

Touched on this before im a bit saddened by the complete removal of mutton chops in fem hdb fanart because in the game, they symbolize both his disco holdover complex AND the shame over his disability (law jaw). I think they matter to her character but i get cis women cant usually grow beards or whatever plus different connotations. So hm i think fem hdb would have just hugely messy hair. Big bangs across her forehead in a 70's style but not very well maintained. And i guess her shaving moment would just be cutting it all off and starting fresh with short hair. If harry du bloke was using the mutton chops as a security blanket for his jaw, you could move the paralysis higher up and make it so harry du broad uses her hair to hide paralysis in like, her forehead and eyebrows. If hd bloke was trying to channel a casanova superstar and ended up a stinky leering man, maybe hd broad was trying to channel a cool and aloof female celebrity but is viewed as a rude hag who should try looking happier. Just My Thots

Want to get these on tumblr since I only ever posted them on twitter... various reference collages of official art for disco elysium stuff! Harry, Kim, & Kineema (from 2023)

hello!!! your art is gorgeous, could i just ask what brush(es?) you use? sorry if someone's asked this before💔💔

genuinely sorry i didn’t see this, i have few messages in inbox that i didn’t get any notifications for.

I almost only use the procreate brushes from here! The sketches i do i usually use the edge brushes, i also added color jitter for some brushes from the procreate pack

the link is to gumroad, the brushpack is free. If you use photoshop, or interested in the complete brush packs, theyre listed here

I'll just post this in case anyone wants a good ref!

Oh my god.. My Shayla

literally wake up some nights in a cold sweat thinking about this

when it comes to disco elysium, one of my favourite things within the game is the usage of lungs as a motif of love and the representation of this through dolores dei. it’s an incredible way of showing it, as when you love someone or something it almost seems to sustain you, becomes the air that you breathe.

however, another thing i noticed is that an overwhelming majority of the characters smoke. smoking is famously damaging to your health, more specifically to your lungs - almost like smoking is a metaphor for the way these characters show their relationships with others.

some prime examples are:

• harry du bois, who smoked heavily before losing his memory (and after, depending on player choice), a clear instance because of dora and her effect on his life and relationships for years after she left

• the smoker on the balcony, who is never seen without a cigarette, and is in an unloving sexual relationship with someone who can never understand him or truly know him at all

• klaasje amandou, who is also never seen without a cigarette, believes that she is at fault for all of her relationships collapsing and has a skewed view on what it means to love

however, my favourite example is, of course, kim kitsuragi. yes, he smokes as he enjoys the control he has over his addiction and the “cool factor” it gives him is satisfying, but i think there’s a more specific reason there - kim is so repressed that he consistently walls himself off from relationships.

kim himself says that he smokes one a day as he goes over his notes. to me, this says that he is causing minor, daily damage to his interpersonal relationships that builds up more and more over time. the fact that he does it specifically when going over notes says a lot to me too - that his work is what he’s using to push others away.

he does break this one a day rule, however - in the ending where the player chooses not to recruit kim. harry leaves kim behind. they shake hands, and as soon as harry turns away, kim lights a cigarette, a visual representation of the damage caused by another partnership cut short.