#the pigs

[nodaybuttodaytodefygravity]

Excuse me, April and her little sweet face wanted to say hi everyone

#the pigs #guinea pig #guinea pigs

[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

[weirdlookindog]

Daddy's Deadly Darling (1973)

AKA Pigs; The Pigs; Lynn Hart; The Secret of Lynn Hart; The Strange Exorcism of Lynn Hart; The Strange Love Exorcist; Lynn Hart, The Strange Love Exorcist; Roadside Torture Chamber; The 13th Pig; The Killer; The Killers; Horror Farm; Blood Pen; Daddy's Girl; Wild Boars

#daddy's deadly darling #the pigs #toni lawrence #jesse vint #catherine ross #1970s horror #1970s movies #1973 #marc lawrence #horror #pressbook

[attollogame]

Pariah's route shaping up to be actually one of the grossest routes I've written in terms of content was not on my bingo card and yet

#its the pigs bro #the pigs #spoilers

[revacholsidetournament]

DE SIDE CHARACTER TOURNAMENT - MATCH 61, GROUP B SECOND ELIMINATION ROUND

Jerry LeFitte, known by his stagename Tommy Le Homme, is a lorry driver stuck in the Union's traffic jam. He drives for FALN to support his wife and children back home, but his real passion is music.

Marianne "The Pigs" LePlante is a local woman of Martinaise who, after her children moved away and left her alone with no one but the radio police procedurals, is obsessed with and believes herself to be a member of the RCM.

#disco elysium side character tournament #disco elysium #polls #tournament #marianne leplante #the pigs #tommy le homme

[ratt-teeth]

you've all seen my ugly little dog, now get ready for

my ugly little guinea pig

#it seems i cant own a normal looking animal #his name is hippo and he feels like a rotisserie chicken #ratt teeth says shit #the pigs

[erovalkyrie]

HOLY BIMBAM

German Half Light goes "HOLY BIMBAM"

according to Wikipedia, HEILIGER BIMBAM can either convey "church bell sounds" as in "OH GOD", or "male genitalia funny", which is "OH BALLS"

that's it that's the post

#german disco elysium #the pigs #localising THE PIGS as BULLENSAU is honestly BRILLIANT #harry du bois #hdb #half light #localisation #german translation #fun with translation #disco elysium #cops are called “bullen” in German as in “bulls” #and -sau of course is “sow” (female pig) (can be used as a genderless insult as well) #Bullensau is thus “bull pig” aka “cop sow” aka “that straight up sounds like German acab punk lyrics” #“bullenschweine” (bull pigs) is the correct acab word #cw sui mention

[bitchmael]

kim's response to the pigs situation being "i'll just get the station to call the sanitarium" is pretty horrifying but honestly the worst thing about it is he's not even doing it because he's a cop. i mean, he is in the sense that as a cop he has some supposed responsibility for civilians in his jurisdiction but that's also what a healthcare worker would do and. idk that's even more horrible to me

#disco elysium #actually the healthcare workers would probably call the cops on you first. but still #the pigs #institutionalisation tw

[skelebratz]

the pigs should spend more of their budget on learning how to goddamn park

#the pigs #rambilin bones #fuck the police #can’t even park right why are we letting them handle weapons

[jazzlasterboris]

The Pigs.

#the pigs #acab #1312 #body horror #blood #monstrosity #mutant

[rapidashrider]

Tonight my head is full of thoughts about The Pigs in Disco Elysium. The terrifying lock-in of that scene - no walking away. The tension heightened by the lights and noise. The fact that no matter how you play it there is no way to reach her with gentleness. Titus Hardie’s protectiveness over her when you tell him where she is. How confused and aggressive and alone she is. How even here - especially here - where there are no police except the ones in her head, and where politics has forgotten all it has ravaged, there is a community that protects a frayed, afraid woman and doesn’t judge her for her illness.

I’m chewing on the fucking newell post right now full of thoughts about The Pigs

#disco elysium #the pigs #titus hardie

[nodaybuttodaytodefygravity]

Showing off her little feets

#this isnt even mid-stretch #this is just how she was laying #the pigs #guinea pigs #guinea pig

[striders]

my record player is cheap as shit and the needle keeps skipping so i put a tiny pig on it as an arm weight

it’s lighter than a coin and working perfectly so i’m just gonna. not bother the pig

#thank you to courtney for the tiny pig’s service #i’ll put him back when i’m done

[420technoblazeit]

ok so now that finnster's come out as genderfluid and started taking hrt can we stop trying to force people to choose labels and define their identity. everyone's always talking about support for queer people with unconventional presentations and identities but when someone's not sure about what their gender identity actually is they get criticized for it. finn said in his video that part of the reason why he took so long with coming out was because he wasn't sure what label actually applied to him (and he still isn't even sure if genderfluid feels like the right label for him) and the debate surrounding it was making him uncomfortable. which kind of sucks tbh. idk i dont like how much identity policing ive seen around them it feels like people just aren't comfortable with 'weird' gender presentation

#finnster #f1nn5ter #f1nnster #the pig squeals

[ratt-teeth]

my partners and i recently got a guinea pig, and after having him for a few weeks, we decided to get him a buddy, since they're social animals

turns out the pet store was wrong and now we have to keep them separated until we can get him neutered because we accidentally got him a child bride

pics of the wretched little beasties, for reference:

Hippo (left) and Trinket (right)

#cryptid ass animals #guinea pig #ratt teeth says shit #the pigs

[cheddar-baby]

Guinea Pigs Eating a Grass Field

#video #guinea pig #guinea pigs #flashing images #realistic depiction of a panic attack