#from all of his 'being most offended by the implication he isnt from revachol and deflecting by saying hes disconnected from seol' stuff

[lesbianralzarek]

thinking about all of the masks kim wears. he hides his generational trauma and foreign heritage behind his thick local accent, his homosexuality behind his (genuine) love of cars, his entire system of beliefs and morals and self-identity behind his badge. his creation of the self looks to have largely involved cutting off anything someone might consider objectionable, trying to earn respect from people who will never see more in him than the shape of his eyes, until he was left more lieutenant than human. kim is a man who accepted the world's invitation to hate himself

#disco elysium #kim kitsuragi #thats how i read it at least #im not an expert on the topic of race-based generational trauma so feel free to disagree but thats the vibe i got #from all of his 'being most offended by the implication he isnt from revachol and deflecting by saying hes disconnected from seol' stuff #gonna say that defending yourself from racial harassment by saying youre actually half white doesnt. uh. look healthy to me