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some-triangles · 3 months

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I am now at a level of obsession with Disco Elysium where I am watching at least a little bit of every playthrough I come across. Last time this happened was with Undertale almost a decade ago. With UT this helped me get a very thorough handle on the way the game was designed and with the subtler bits of player manipulation. DE is not subtle about anything and so instead I'm getting insights into the people playing it, particularly as it spreads beyond the youtube leftist bubble.

The one I'm having the most fun with right now is by this guy named Brady, who is a therapist specializing in addiction. The fun part is not so much his insight into Harry as an addict - again, the game is not subtle - but his absolute discomfort with politics. He refuses to engage with any of the ideological choices, and that makes the game a bit of a bumpy ride for him. It's particularly striking because he's willing to read into everything else that goes on in Harry's brain - he breaks out his Johari windows and his CBT flowcharts and pins the butterfly right to the corkboard - but he shuts down when the game asks him to pick a side.

To extrapolate wildly from one dude's hangups, I think this is just part of the deal with therapy. The aim of a therapist is to make the subject more functional (particularly these days, when if you're lucky insurance will pay for ten sessions, and you better document exactly what worksheets you made your patients fill out) - and being functional means being able to be happy and productive in the society you're currently living in. If I go to a therapist and say I'm bummed out about all the murdering my government is doing they will suggest I stop watching the news, or, if I'm lucky, they'll try to help me figure out why I feel guilt about things I can't control. Delving into the whys and hows of said murdering is actively counterproductive.

This is not to say that therapy is inherently bad, or, like, counterrevolutionary, because making you a more functional person does help with a lot of things, including your ability to help others. It's just a useful thing to keep in mind when therapy and politics bump into each other. I read this paper when I was googling ABA for podcast reasons and it stuck with me. The thesis boils down to: because the world is imperfect and people need skills to live in it we should continue to torture children, and we don't have enough research to conclude that torture could be traumatic. This is on one level reasonable and on one level insane. It depends where you stand, and whether you think "ability to express affection towards parents" is worth that kind of intervention. But the authors wouldn't construe this as a political argument.

Anyway: with all this in mind, I very much recommend reading "The Saint of Bright Doors", which we will be covering on wizards vs lesbians soon.

#disco elysium #the saint of bright doors #in the ways therapy can be helpful category Brady also points out how Harry sees everything in terms of power dynamics #which I never noticed because I also do that. I wonder why??

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jell-hell · 1 year

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I posted 5,059 times in 2022

That's 1,077 more posts than 2021!

110 posts created (2%)

4,949 posts reblogged (98%)

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I tagged 1,518 of my posts in 2022

#disco elysium - 195 posts

#neen talks - 60 posts

#severance - 60 posts

#jean vicquemare - 46 posts

#pathologic - 37 posts

#breaking bad - 29 posts

#spooky season spam - 21 posts

#goncharov - 20 posts

#house of leaves - 19 posts

#harry du bois - 19 posts

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#anyway yeah its kinda sad not a lot of people know them apparently today? cause while they are yk. problematic or whatever they were both +

My Top Posts in 2022:

Explained disco elysium to my german class (all adults that have never touched a video game ever) and was also nervous so basically I did a speedrun of explaining lore in German. This is what neurodivergencies do to people yk

16 notes - Posted September 26, 2022

I finally watched Crimes of The Future and I have many thoughts so here we go.

Honestly I felt a strong disability rights and trans rights overlap in its themes. Then again it's a movie that speaks about a lot of things, so I'm just talking about those two because that's my personal experience. I'm going to expand on it under the "Read More" if anyone is interested.

23 notes - Posted July 31, 2022

a random dude online replied to a tweet of mine with "shut up gringo". my sibling in spirit, I am literally half brazilian, half uruguayan. Latin American to the power of two. A latine² if you will. What

23 notes - Posted May 8, 2022

being the the repressed therapist friend with issues but you are too functional so people don't assume you have issues, or what I like to call, a Jean Vicquemare moment

30 notes - Posted June 11, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Do you like urban paranormal? Do you like queer representation? Ghosts, vampires, intrigue and a sprinkle of unethical journalism? Well, I have the perfect podcast for you!

Today the first episode of The Aberrant Report has just aired! It follows the story of Junie Bahisa, a student journalist looking into the disappearance of a cop, which reveals more than she bargained for. It stars a diverse cast of characters, including Miguel, played by yours truly!

You can find it on Spotify, Acast and Apple podcast! More platforms to come. I do hope you enjoy it <3

33 notes - Posted June 14, 2022

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