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A Compilation of Lt. Kim Kitsuragi Being Wholesome

#disco elysium #kim kitsuragi #i would do anything for him

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Disco Elysium spoilers //

Okay, but imagine if Harry tried to use Lilienne's sword during the tribunal. How I wish that were the response to a failed skill check.

[Hand/Eye Coordination - Challenging 12] Find a weapon -- fast.

(The sound of rolling dice)

(CLINK)

HAND/EYE COORDINATION [Challenging: Failure] – Trying not to panic, you grab the first sharp thing you can find.

KIM KITSURAGI – "Oh no."

#disco elysium #disco elysium spoilers #harry du bois #kim kitsuragi #lilienne the net picker

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A Compilation of Lt. Kim Kitsuragi Slowly Losing His Mind

#disco elysium #kim kitsuragi #behold #a man’s descent into madness #i love him so much #harry du bois

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Psycholocomotor

I thought Lt. Kitsuragi's reaction was good, but Cuno's might be even better.

#disco elysium #harry du bois #kim kitsuragi #cuno de ruyter #i love all three of them

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Never getting over this, by the way.

#disco elysium #disco elysium spoilers #harry dubois #cuno de ruyter #i love you cuno #WAIT #I JUST REALIZED HE’S HOLDING A GUN #I FORGOT TO TAKE THAT OFF

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Me: "Okay, it's time for me to think about something besides Disco Elysium."

My brain:

#disco elysium #harry du bois #mr. evrart is helping me find my gun #the brain rot is strong

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A Compilation of Lt. Kim Kitsuragi Being a Total Dork

#disco elysium #kim kitsuragi #i love him so much

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I'm finally starting to get the love for Jean—but I still think he's a jerk.

After playing Disco Elysium for the first time, I was pretty baffled as to why people seemed to like Jean so much. In my experience, he had only ever made fun of us when we radioed in. He was constantly critical of us and basically seemed to hate our guts.

Then I played again. And again. And again. And I think I get it now.

(Disco Elysium spoilers. Also, "ridiculously long post" warning.)

Jean is supposed to be our partner. Lt. Kim Kitsuragi can put up with us because he's a saint, but imagine how hard it is to try to keep someone afloat when you're always on the brink of drowning yourself.

If you have high Esprit de Corps while on the radio, you can learn Jean actively tries to protect us, despite making fun of us beforehand.

He's upset about what we said, though. He's upset about what we did. He's upset about the fact that he's spent so much of his life worrying about us, and then we went and told him we didn't need him.

So he decides to have fun for once. He shows up in a blond wig and sunglasses to look like Guillaume Bevy, thinking we'll catch on.

But we don't.

He also specifically references the fact that we told him to leave (except in a much less pleasant way than that).

Even when we almost get it, we don't, really.

We say we can't imagine working with him anymore, hypothetically speaking.

He says the same thing. But it isn't so hypothetically.

We may not recognize him, but somewhere deep down, we recognize the feeling he gives us. We may have forgotten almost everything else, but we haven't forgotten what it was like to be partners.

And despite his best attempts, he can't forget either.

If Cuno's there to defend us at the end, Jean claims he's only letting us return because of the kid. But that's not the only reason.

And if we end up alone, he still can't help but feel sad.

He leaves the door open for us...

... but things will really have to change. And based on the text from Shivers, it seems pretty unlikely.

So do I think Jean is perfect? No. He can be a jerk. He makes fun of us and doesn't understand the depths of our struggles. This post by palms-upturned explains that really well.

But Jean is also tired of drowning. In some ways, I think he feels exactly like that Coupris we crashed. If he had stayed on with us, he would have drowned too. And there would have been no bringing him back.

So I don't know. Do I love Jean? No. Not really. I still have my reservations. But I think anyone who has ever held onto someone so tightly, especially one who says they don't want to get better (and can say it twice)...

... can understand how Jean feels. If only for a moment.

Maybe if we do go back, we find a way to make amends. Maybe Jean will learn more about us and realize there is something wrong, and he shouldn't beat us up for it. Maybe he can let go of the bitterness. It is as Miss Oranje Disco Dancer herself said:

The world can change. People can change. We can change. And I really hope we will.

#disco elysium #disco elysium spoilers #harry du bois #jean vicquemare

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I lose my mind over them, actually.

#disco elysium #harry du bois #kim kitsuragi #full disclosure #i used to have the “no human being is that perfect” part from harry #but someone pointed out that it comes from racism #and though i originally thought i could just divorce that from harry's true meaning #i don't feel right about it #so thank you for pointing that out #genuinely

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I know the Disco Elysium brain rot is bad because when I saw the robot vacuum cleaner part, my first thought was: What Lt. Kim Kitsuragi would say if Harry told him he wanted to become a robot vacuum cleaner?

(For the record, I think he would say something like “Detective, with all due respect, I think you create more messes than you clean,” to which Esprit de Corps would say, “He means no offense. It is merely an observation.”)

#disco elysium #the brain rot is real #lieutenant kim kitsuragi #save me kim kitsuragi #benzaiten #ya books #bookblr #booklr

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Lt. Kim Kitsuragi

Does it bother anyone else that Lt. Kitsuragi doesn't actually seem to like being called Kim that much?

If you say you'll call him Kim, he seems to nudge you toward "Lieutenant Kitsuragi."

If you say you'll call him Lieutenant Kitsuragi, he says that's what he wants everyone to call him.

He does say he's okay with Kim, but that's only if you try to call him something else, and even then, he doesn't seem to want it.

I wasn't able to get this in my playthroughs, but during that debrief on the first day, Lt. Kitsuragi can talk about his feelings about his own name. (Screenshot from fayde.co.uk.)

That last part always gets me.

He recognizes the name "Kim." He acknowledges it. But he doesn't seem to like it. He likes being called "Lieutenant," likes being acknowledged as the person he has worked so hard to be. That's why I call him Lt. (Kim) Kitsuragi and only tag him as “kim kitsuragi” because that seems to be the most common tag for him.

I hope, though, sometime in the future, he's able to realize it's not really about the name; it's about the person. And he's one of the best.

#disco elysium #kim kitsuragi #or should i say #lieutenant kim kitsuragi #i am too invested in this

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Why can't I give Lt. Kim Kitsuragi the Speedfreaks FM shoes?

WHY CAN'T I GIVE LT. KIM KITSURAGI THE SPEEDFREAKS FM SHOES?

Whatever. I'm going to imagine Harry gives them to him once the case is over. Then he wouldn't be wearing them on the job.

#disco elysium #harry du bois #kim kitsuragi #speedfreaks fm

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Crying at how cute it is that Cuno has a crush on Lilienne.

#disco elysium #harry du bois #lilienne the net picker #cuno de ruyter #he’s so cute

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A Compilation of Lt. Kim Kitsuragi Being Sarcastic

#disco elysium #harry du bois #kim kitsuragi #i love him

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We love a guy who thinks of something randomly or hears something once and will NOT let it go.

(By which I mean Harry Du Bois.)

#disco elysium #harry du bois #contact mike

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What a reassuring thing to hear from your partner on a complex murder case.

#disco elysium #harry du bois #kim kitsuragi

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My favorite part of Disco Elysium's world-building is that Whitney Houston canonically exists.

#disco elysium #harry du bois #egg head #i love them