#good cop/bad cop

[graceful-not]

Post some poly art I made as an aPOLYgy hehe...

#my art #the lego movie 2014 #the lego movie #the lego movie 2: the second part #the lego movie 2 #(bc of scribble) #good cop/bad cop #good cop bad cop #tlm gcbc #scribble cop #tlm scribble cop #tlm benny #benny blue chu #benny the spaceman #lenny the spaceman #tlm lenny #AGHHH SO MANY TAGS- #drawing lore i didnt have enough space for both GC and BC (one of them would be a transparent sorta mirage next to the other bc. DID.) #but there wasnt enough space and i didnt want to choose one over the other so .... #OMG I FORGOT THE SHIP TAGS #blenny #coppernauts #galaxycop #WHATS THE POLY ONE UHHHYY #law and orbit #LAW AND ORBIT #YES #all the cops n botha the spaceman lets to #go* #fucj

[puppetmaster13u]

Prompt 163

Danny pinched the bridge of his nose, taking a deep breath, counting to ten and then letting it out. Why was this always his luck? Alright. Okay. Time to move again thanks to Dan pushing his body too far again, and ending up in his core. This was not how he was expecting to spend his days when he ghost-adopted his clone and sort-of son now actual son. Welp, he’ll throw a dart at the map to figure out where he’ll go next. 

Hm. Well, pack up Ellie! They’re moving to a place called Smallville, you always wanted a horse, right?

#dcxdp #dpxdc #prompts #The Nightingales end up the Kents’ neighbors #Which is probably very useful when a spaceship crashes in the yard #Danny is good at hiding his powers but a baby Dan is in fact Not #Jordan and Clark are inseparable #They’re really good at Bad Cop & Good Cop #Ellie is delighted to be the older sister and encourage all their mischief #Or help them fly (again in Dan’s case) #Martha teaches Danny how to cook without accidentally bringing something to life #Dan is definitely not jealous of how much Clark talks about his new BFF Batman when he starts superheroing #Well as the older-by-a-couple-months person it is his duty to make sure this dude is a good friend for his barely-younger cousin #Somehow he ends up the inbetween of Clark’s optimism & Bruce’s pessimism #He also just sometimes Shows Up at the watchtower after the league is formed despite not being a hero

[sherlockig]

#they should do a buddy cop movie #they would do an excellent good cop bad cop #love that for them #ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd s2 #stede bonnet #rhys darby #con o'neill #izzy hands #i kind of love this screen cap #i hope you all do to #<3

[kr-yoongi]

Draw Merlin looking up challenge: FAILED

#drew that first one while watching the season finale of The Fall with Colin !! #watched that entire show just for him im crazy #loved the relationship between him and Gillian’s character though wish there was more of that because I do love a good cop romance ! #can’t believe they gave me another older woman detective with the charming younger man detective again (mare of Easttown) #I didn’t realise I needed to see that again !! #anyway my bad #back to business #Merlin #Merlin Fanart #Colin Morgan #Colin Morgan Fanart #Digital Art #kr_yoongi #also forgive me I work full time and can’t draw when I like anymore so I’m rusty </3

[stressfulsloth]

I've seen a couple of takes about Disco Elysium being copaganda going around recently, and beyond the fact that DE is relentlessly critical of the police force in general and makes explicit reference to the failures of the system that allow the officers in game to abuse their power, I also think it's important to note that there very literally is an in-world version of copaganda that the writers of the game use to parody that romanticised view of the brutality of policing. The RCM at their inception were structurally inspired by in-world copaganda- their culture, their "fashions, even weapon preferences, borrow heavily from classic Vespertine cop shows." Every investigation is it's own little drama, every officer imagining themselves to be the bad-ass hero of their own crime serial. Detectives name their cases like they're naming episodes of a TV series in a "robust but literary system"; a title that "draws inspiration from snoop fiction and Vespertine cop show staples". They give themselves nicknames to sound like cool, suave fictional officers- Ace, Dick Mullen, etc.- from the cool, suave world of copaganda.

The legend of the RCM's inception, the "point of contention" over its uncertain origins, is even an extention of that; the whole organisation is shrouded in this self-fictionalising mythos that allows for distance that in turn obfuscates much of its violence to the officers that participate in it. They get to convince themselves that they're not abusing their power; they're the hero of the story! The dichotomy of "good guy" taking out the "baddies," a manifestation of the libertarian fantasy of the "good guy with a gun" who does what it takes, just like in Annette's detective novels, and at the same time who rails against oversight bodies like Internal Affairs/'the rat squad' because due process slows down the immediate satisfaction of Swift Justice, despite Internal Affairs existing to protect the citizens from overreach on behalf of the police. "Wanton brutality" from police in their real world is a cold bitter reality but Dick Mullen was "made to crack skulls," "bend the rules and solve cases no one else can," and which version of that story is more comforting to the overworked, underfunded officers of the RCM?

The level of fantasy and detachment required for the cops to still see themselves as the good guys after everything that they do in the line of duty mimics The Pigs and her breakdown too; she parallels Harry so clearly. Both "did right by the kids" in the past, hoping for a better future- Marianne (The Pigs) by looking out for Titus and the Hardy boys when they were young, Harry in his role as a gym teacher. Both abandoned and left behind by the system that the RCM uphold- a brutal capitalist landscape with no safety nets. Both turning the source of their trauma into a costume, a performance, a shield, shaped by "radio waves and cop shows." The Pigs uses RCM items scavenged from the Esperance where they'd been thrown away, while Harry uses the Dick Mullen hat that Annette gives him but both are essentially in costume.

Harry identifies himself with the fictional detective as a kind of wish fulfilment; Dick Mullen is "wicked smart." He doesn't fuck up his cases and when he's sad it's not pathetic; it's effortlessly cool brooding and everyone sympathises. Everyone loves him. His violence- "skull crack[ing]"- is justified because he's a "good guy" enacting that violence against the victims of police brutality sorry "bad guys". He doesn't ever face repercussions; "Dick Mullen won't be sent to the clink for the sake of some legal niceties!" So if Harry is Dick Mullen then his failures, his breakdown, they're all just a part of being a "bad-ass, on-the-edge disco cop." He's not wrong, he's a hero! This idealised fictionalised idea of the police force, this "new, sadly better, reality" that both Harry and The Pigs cling to is "escapist stuff," "receed[ing] into a ludicrous fantasy world," so far removed from the brutal material reality that they're in.

My point is, idk. Disco Elysium is so far from being copaganda. It is a multi-million word long dissection of it, of the purpose of policing, of state sanctioned violence and its interaction with capital and the fallout experienced within the wider community as well as the trauma cycle created for individual officers. A dissection of how copaganda interacts with RCM culture and perception, and by extension how we interact with irl perceptions of police through that lens.

#ouaghhhhhhh disclaimer; i am bad with words and im not sure that i've properly expressed what i'm trying to say but this is getting so long #the cops are not meant to be the good guys #if you think i've missed something here pls let me know!! #disco elysium #harry du bois #DE rambling #marianne leplante #the pigs #actually just one last note- this isnt in response to any one particular thing ive seen but a few different posts comments and articles

[arrowmaker15]

(Spoiler and Red Hood interrogating an annoying criminal [no, not the Riddler... This time])

Criminal: I'm tellin' ya, no lie!

Spoiler: I don't believe you. Start telling the truth.

Criminal: I'm serious!

Red Hood, pulling a gun out: Tell us!

Spoiler: I'd tell him. My partner here isn't in a very good mood. If I were you, I would talk, because he looks very close to stealing your bones.

Criminal: Stealing my bones!? What the fuck!?

Spoiler: Yeah. I mean, it's the Red Hood. Haven't you heard of him putting heads in a dufflebag? I've seen his bone collection, and I've seen how he gets those bones. Honestly, not pretty.

Criminal: Okay! Jesus fuckin' Christ I'll tell ya everything! Just let me keep my bones!

Spoiler, perking up: Thank you very much!

#dc comics #incorrect quotes #incorrect dc quotes #batfam incorrect quotes #jason todd #stephanie brown #spoiler #red hood #jaysteph #Stephanie would no doubt make the Red Hood sound even more terrifying #they play good cop bad cop a lot #no #Jason doesn't actually have a collection of bones #the idea of this one was inspired by #thepandaredd #so thank him for this one #if you want a timeline for these just let me know

[fluorescentbrains]

t’pol and archer improvising outrageous lies together to get out of Situations is one of my favorite aspects of their dynamic

#brains liveblogs ent #precious cargo is so boring except for the part where archer and t’pol play good cop bad cop

[daily-unikitty]

HAPPY 10TH ANNIVERSARY TO THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER MADE‼️‼️‼️

#main #unikitty #the lego movie #tlm #emmet brickowski #wyldstyle/lucy #benny the spaceman #good cop bad cop #scribble cop #lego

[graceful-not]

BC gets no bitches I don't make the rules sorry

#the lego movie #tlm #the lego movie 2014 #tlm gcbc #good cop bad cop #good cop/bad cop #tlm bad cop #EXCLUSIVELY BC btw. GC is a gentleman and ppl like him but BC has never learned how to hold a conversation in his life #(basis in fact: hes never needed to GC took care of most of the social interaction 😭)

[bruciemilf]

Somebody tell me if this is a bad take, or if my love for Bruce is causing my objective brain to glitch, but-- something about advertising Batman, a hero who's very popular for being good with children, for being NURTURING with children, a bad father kinda defeats the whole purpose of what he's supposed to represent.

Batman is a protector; He protects people the world (and especially law enforcement) does not care about. That's literally the point of him.

Something about marketing " you can be incredibly violent to people you care about! And Its fine, because you care about them even if you abuse them, and that's what matters!" towards people, but especially men and young boys, is REALLY fucked up to me.

#it's not really 'wahhh think of the children' because the media you consume isn't a vessel of your character #but. gotham war is so incredibly shallow to me for pulling the 'no no its another personality bruce would never!' like. thats worse. #you get thats worse right? #because 1) dc loves demoninsing DID for some reason but it doesn’t add any substantial weight because bruce will be associated with #the actions of his 'alter' anyway. and dc knew that. 2) if you truly cannot write an interesting comic book where bruce is not abusive #and the batkids aren't being abused. you failed. #this isn't a reprouch or an attack to people who prefer that format. but the creator isn't doing it as genuine exploration of dark tropes #if that's the case -- dont cop out with the personality thing. let him be a bad dad. but its kinda fucked how dc STILL try to paint him #as a good person while doing so. its the collen hoover effect. 'we know the guy is an abuser. thats not the problem. the problem #is that the author wants us to pretend thats a good thing.' #bruce wayne #dc comics #dc #batman #text post #dc critical

[futurama]

oh yes. but were not done yet

#the lego movie #good cop bad cop #marty party

[flappingtrashh]

ITS TOO MUCH ITS TOO MUCH GIRL

#benny lego movie #lego movie #coppernauts #benny x gcbc #gcbc #the lego movie #good cop bad cop