zenosanalytic reblogged
it’s actually funny how much DE explicitly states in the opening scenes ‘hi you are playing a cop. A cop has a certain social and political role. It affects how people engage you.’ and how little it nevertheless shows up in popular readings
thank you for this because for whatever reason I am getting assumptions that I’m saying something like ‘the subtext is practically explicit’ as opposed to ‘no it literally just tells you that at one point’
#sivavakkiyar#Disco Elysium#Harrier du Bois#Cops#Context#Politics#hmm idk about this#like: YEAH it says that but idk how well the game adheres to it#cuz like: you HAVE to choose those crazy dialogues to initiate certain plot lines like being a feminist etc#I haven't played very deeply into the game tho so maybe there are other more sincere ways to kick them off#Hmmm or MAYBE it's making a point about the absurdity of cops being allies#DE Analysis#appreciative reblogs