this is really insightful! disco elysium’s handling of harry’s suicidality was something that stuck out to me on my first play-through. i really love your framing of it: that we’re not picking what thought harry HAS rather it’s what thought he ACTS on. i think that’s what makes it such an effective vehicle to express and engage with passive suicidality. regardless of whether i actually want to kill myself at any given moment, my mind often jumps to “you should kill yourself” in the face of any obstacle. like harry, i can either entertain that thought or brush it aside, but it’s there nonetheless. all this to say, i really enjoyed reading this! i’ve been trying to find people who are talking/thinking about disco elysium’s relationship to suicidality, and this is one of the best/most salient pieces i’ve come across. great stuff!!!!
this is really insightful! disco elysium’s handling of harry’s suicidality was something that stuck out to me on my first play-through. i really love your framing of it: that we’re not picking what thought harry HAS rather it’s what thought he ACTS on. i think that’s what makes it such an effective vehicle to express and engage with passive suicidality. regardless of whether i actually want to kill myself at any given moment, my mind often jumps to “you should kill yourself” in the face of any obstacle. like harry, i can either entertain that thought or brush it aside, but it’s there nonetheless. all this to say, i really enjoyed reading this! i’ve been trying to find people who are talking/thinking about disco elysium’s relationship to suicidality, and this is one of the best/most salient pieces i’ve come across. great stuff!!!!