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p0rchc0ll4ps3 · 1 month

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random harry / jean pre-martinaise thoughts. headcanons mostly since the game doesn't give Much to go off. wrote this to gather my thoughts for how to write the jean/harry dynamic.

warning for suicide mentions and also dora is underage (17) when harry meets her. also abusive toxic relationships and domestic violence. also brief nsfw mention (just "they fuck" and that's it, nothing in-depth). also these people r homophobic

so jean:

Partnered with Harry from '46 to '49

officially met harry after dora left harry in '45. Never met dora. was aware of / had talked to harry b4 then, but they didn't work together

Partnered w Harry after a previous partner left Harry.

Only guy left (along with trant but jean forced trant to stay)

then Harry timeline maybe:

Met Dora when he was 23 and she was 17 in ’30. They lived together for 3 years. The first 2 years are perfect, happy, out of a dream.

Cracks start to form in the facade about year 3, but they try to work through it. But she’s young and naive. She convinces him to join the rcm bc he cares so much for revachol it hurts. Stop wasting your potential being a gym teacher, be a cop. Save the world

And he does he goes and joins. But then they start to run out of money. And he starts to lose it

Joined rcm in ’33 when he was 26

Did so many cases probably coz of stimulants + alcohol

Has had amnesiac blackouts in the past

In the beginning Harry's GOOD. Hes SMART. He manages. And then they load case after case on him. And hes already manic depressive as fuck (bc i hc him with bipolar i). So hes already working up a healthy alcohol addiction. Bc he and dora argue a lot.

After the first year or two, the arguments start to get more and more frequent. They’re not good for each other, but you don’t just Leave someone. You have to stick with them. And maybe dora also had hope he’d get better

But towards the end it’s toxic as fuck, she hits him, he hits her, they yell at each other. Toxic environment breeds toxic out of both of them.

She basically matured around him, under his influence, so it’s VERY abusive, and she starts to come into her own person and demand independence, and fight back, and he doesnt like that. And she also doesnt like it when hes sad and she TELLS HIM that. And he doesnt like that. Bc shes SHIT with his mental illness and not patient or understanding at all. Plus he's drunk and high so much, so as far as she’s concerned that’s why he’s like that (his manic and depressive; she blames it on the drugs and the drink) (ignoring the fact that he’s been this way since the beginning bc the first two perfect years remain without issue in her mind, even tho there are plenty of issues there)

Dora left him in ’45, 12 years after he joined the rcm.

She’s 38 in ’51, he’s 44. 6 year age gap. Were together for 15 years

Had a previous partner in the rcm from 33 to 46. 13 years working together!!!!!!! (Harry was 26 to 39; old guy (born in ’85) was 54 to 67)

Maybe an older guy who mentored harry. Like a real noir type of guy. Gets partnered with this new young guy bc hes really good at his job and harry can keep up. Was like. Yeah no I dont want to work with anyone anymore, but then theres harry and he needs a partner and the older guy is like fuck. I like this one lemme grab him. Bc he sees harry’s potential. They work REALLY well together. Old guy teaches harry a lot of shit. hes super bitter on the outside and hardened by life, and harry gets a lot of his vices from him. The guy’s a drunk old cranky bastard and no one wanted to work with him and they all thought oh this guy won’t lighten up. But he picks harry. And harry opens him up.

He’s really good with harry’s manic episodes. But it’s like. They bounce off each other, balance each other out. But also maximize the shit. Encourage the bad habits in each other

Old guy is shit with the depressive episodes. Harry says I feel like killing myself, old guy says go ahead and do it nothing in life matters

Harry got manic sometime in that time frame in the year and a half after dora left him and said FUCK this old guy. Fuck your cranky bitter awful ass youre dragging me down. Youre too old. You cant keep up with me. I want that one other guy (jean) bc he’s smart he’s young hes capable he can fix me. Fuck off, im working with jean now (maybe he and jean have had a case or 2 in the past that helped harry realize jean's potential)

So the old guy quit. He just ditches he’s like ok suffer whatever see if I fucking care. Imagine your partner of 11 years starts getting super pissed at you and now getting emotionally dependent on you and clingy as fuck the old guy just COULDNT handle that

harry was manageable in the beginning. it started to seriously go to shit when dora left him bc before he would go home and take it out on dora. so his work didnt see his bad side until he lost her. She was his anchor, his life, his rock, and when he lost her he had no fucking idea what to do. started to take out his issues on his coworkers instead

Jean again:

Jean has been in the rcm for a while, maybe since he was 20 in ’37? He’s a sensitive sort of guy in there, he feels how the world hurts, so he wants to help. But also he joins bc it makes him feel tough. He can push people around. Gives him an excuse to be a bully. See dad? IM TOUGH. Fuck you (he has major mommy/daddy child abuse issues. bc i hc him as having been a very sensitive kid who cried a lot. and got bullied by everyone for it, family especially. now he has a major superiority / not-man-enough complex)

Hes also Really good at his job. Hes happy doing housework!!! He likes patrolling and giving people tickets and doesnt want to do much else. plus he's very bonded to his horse. therapy horse

Jean is diagnosed by the lazareth for depression when he’s 27 bc he slips a little on his copwork I think.

Harry grabs him in ’46 when jean is 29, so jean does horse for 9 years, then 5 years of homicide with harry where he goes thru the absolute stress of his life getting thrown into lieutenant position completely unprepared for it

Jean is ok with harry at first bc he has hope, jeans a guy who hopes, and hes like ok harry will get thru this hes smart, but slowly jeans like ah fuck nope. This ones a lost cause. They work together for 4 and a half years!

Harry helps jean thru a breakup and is genuinely nice. I think harry slips into a manic episode when first working with jean and jean knows that side of him first, then he stabilizes, then sinks into depression again

In the 4 years they work together:

In the beginning of working with harry, jean breaks up with his girlfriend of like. 6 years. Who he’s known since ’40 when he was 23 (it’s '46 now and he’s 29). Harry helps him through it and jean gets really attached to harry coz of that

About 3 years in (in '49) they have homosexual relations. Ie they fuck. Bc harry gets really awful. Really starts slipping

And the case load is a LOT for jean. And he’s been thru 5 girlfriends in three years since that other one and it’s been shit. They’ve all left him bc he has to choose work over them (and also coz he's a crybaby but also coz he's super pushy and controlling)

And jean’s lonely as fuck. And he’s starting to drink too bc of harry. And bc of his influence. And they fuck and jean gets obsessed with him and he’s like fuck this is gonna’ wreck everything (there's a lot of internal homophobia here too). He really tries to be professional but it’s HARD when harry’s got so many ups and downs

Bc jean genuinely is there for and DOES help harry. Harry just. Keeps relapsing. Constantly. But jean keeps coming back bc Harrys so clingy and genuinely nice to him etc

Jean’s dealt with harry suicide attempts like so many times in this time period. Countless

But in ’49 b4 they fuck, harry tried to make a move on jean bc he really was getting obsessed with him, and jean denied him bc jean’s homophobic as fuck

A week later harry kills himself. Or. he’s supposed to be dead, but he doesn’t die somehow

That’s when he goes missing for a few days and jean finds harry in his apartment half dead. Tried to hang himself

They get SUPER codependent after that. And it gets toxic. Bc jean hates being emotionally vulnerable with another man and bc harry can get violent when rejected or just violent unexpectedly

There may be a jean suicide attempt in there too, but something like passively suicidal: doesn’t have a regard for himself or a sense of self-preservation. Harry’s had to save his life before, help him out of danger (and vice versa tbh)

Jean is more trigger happy than harry, so part of the reason harry has so few kills is bc jean took them. But also jean is really good at stopping harry. And ALSO harry just. Really doesn’t want to kill people. He talks first, shoots later (unlike Kim who shoots first, talks later). Hes a really competent cop, its just that his unmedicated bipolar ass and his work stress and his breakup issues and the jean codependency really drown him

i know there's definitely more going on here, and i could go earlier about harry (he's a child of divorce and learned a lot from his parents about how to treat a partner (ie yell and shout at her), he has a lot of trauma from working child labor and also from watching his friends die in his teens) but these r my basic vague thoughts rn

#anyhow #c4rg0f1l3s #disco elysium #disco elysium spoilers #ig? yeah maybe for dora? it's mostly headcanons #my writing #kinda'#harry du bois #jean vicquemare #dora ingerlund #do i need to put this under a cut??#disco elysium headcanons #i might get slack for this. ITS FINE. im trying to keep all my hcs very revacholcore im ngl #theres a specific way the game sets up its characters n i wanna try and capture that #scary still. lets see how it goes #marfă din elysium

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obsoleteozymandias · 6 months

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Your harry hc and x reader stuff are a delight to read. Can I ask for something with Harry realising someone's infatuated or crushing on him? He's an grown man who may or may not fancy himself hot shit depending how the player plays him, so i wonder how he'd approach it with full on flirting or trying for him to not get it on his head (but i bet it does anyway...) The someone can be gender neutral or a guy. Thank you

I got you boss, apologies for the wait.

Headcanons: Disco Elysium

+Infatuated!Reader

When Harry realizes someone actually likes him, it takes him like…months…to process it. He’s got a long history of self hatred and bad relationships, so fathoming that someone might actually enjoy his presence baffles, confuses, and terrifies him.

Truthfully, I don’t think Harry would approach this person first. He’d be constantly weary of them, and I fully believe that on bad days, when his self-detsurtive tendencies take over, that he’d actively try to convince them he isn’t worth their time.

If they confront him, I don’t think Harry would want to start anything, assuming he is in the same place as he was when he regained consciousness. Maybe later down the line he’d consider it, but I truly don’t see him as someone who’d get into a relationship soon after that event.

When he’s more stable, I imagine he’d be more reserved but show small gestures of affection, like giving you small gifts or paying attention when you talk.

He’s a lovebug when he’s confident, so just give him time.

#oz’s requests #disco elysium #disco elysium x reader #disco elysium harry #disco elysium headcanons #writing requests

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goth--moths · 10 months

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Is this anything

#disco elysium #harry du bois #harrier du bois #kim kitsuragi #plaisance #ruby the instigator #jean viquemare #idiot doom spiral #garte the cafeteria manager #joyce messier #evrart claire #how would i tag the skill drama #shitposting #memes #i headcanon harry as bi like everyone else on earth but i couldn't pass this up #the image of garte with You still owe me 45 dollars came to me like a vision #and then this happened #would kim be nicer than this? probably yes. is it funny when he judges harry's deranged wardrobe? also yes

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discokay · 4 months

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Disco Elysium Christmas Card for the Playstation Blog!

Merry Chrimbus people! I don't really use tumblr super often so my bad, but here's a little something I was really lucky to work on!

#disco elysium #disco elysium art #disco elysium fanart #my art #fun headcanon that cuno and cunoesse stole their own presents #also maybe mack being pro at wrapping gifts but makes it look real intense

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unitedstates0fdakota · 3 months

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I was talking about disco elysium with my friend and I mentioned Joyce not sleeping cuz of pale overexposure and that led to us talking about the hypothetical Elysium sigma males making tiktoks like “I don’t even sleep anymore thanks to the pale. I’m on that Grindset every hour of the day!” And the Elysium Andrew Tate posts a picture of him sitting in the pale with no shirt on. And then ppl on Twitter making fun of them like “sigma males getting pale radiation to own the beta males but they just end up going insane” “they’re already insane how is it gonna get worse” with some reaction gifs in there. Then pale researchers have to make their own tiktoks like “why you shouldn’t voluntarily overexpose yourself to the pale” and they just look so done.

#disco elysium #I love silly worldbuilding #silly headcanons #give Elysium social media platforms they would be so funny #especially YouTube they’d go crazy with that

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orangepajamas · 8 months

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["Safe and Sound" by Capital Cities starts playing]

I took a break coz we moved but I'm back on my bullshit

#officially headcanon-ing that Kim's notes are actually mostly visual figures instead of words #Harry gets excited when he gets a lead #even if it's the most neon sign piece of evidence in existence #disco elysium #harry du bois #kim kitsuragi #disco elysium fanart #kimharry #artists on tumblr #de #fanart

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the-remote-viewers-division · 11 days

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Does anyone else think that there’s a chance Harry's memory loss was caused, not by pale exposure or acute encephalopathy triggered by alcoholism, but by his skills trying to save his life?

(I’m a latecomer to the fandom so my apologies if this has already been discussed ad nauseam!) At the second tribunal, Judit mentions Harry has lost his memory before; after two cases that would've been triggering for Harry.

JUDIT MINOT - "But, Detective Vicquemare," she interjects. "He *has* blanked out before." YOU - "I have?" JUDIT MINOT - "Yes, a couple of times. After some of the more... serious benders." She pauses, remembering. "One was after the Two Drunks case, the other when we looked into that mural."

I think after each of these cases, Harry could’ve hit crisis mode: in the former, the sheer horror/disgust at what he’s done and how he’s become the type of cop that nearly beats someone to death, and in the latter for the mural dredging up bad Dora feelings.

Then, when talking to Joyce, and getting stuck in the "Mr. Evrart is helping me find my gun" loop, the skills have an interesting little exchange:

CONCEPTUALIZATION - He seems to be in some sort of *loop*. ELECTROCHEMISTRY - Well, *that's* not good. Looks fine over here. You sure it's not some sort of *glandular* problem? REACTION SPEED - No, it's not that -- it's... I have no idea. This is bad. VOLITION - Executive function is completely shot. I keep pushing buttons and nothing is happening. ... LOGIC - How do we get out of here? SUGGESTION - What makes you think we *will*? INTERFACING - Yeah, we need to pull the plug, there's nothing else to do. EMPATHY - Are you not afraid it'll kill him? ENDURANCE - *Physically* he should be fine. Or at least no worse than usual... ENCYCLOPEDIA - What if he forgets everything *again*? INTERFACING - Okay, I'm gonna do it. Hold on...

What if after THE UNSOLVABLE CASE, THE NEXT WORLD MURAL, and his bender/breakdown/rock-bottom in Martinaise, Harry attempted suicide and his skills, in order to stop him, "rebooted" his brain causing him to have amnesia? Perhaps they act due to the influence of Shivers/the spirit of Revachol to save Harry because she needs him to save her?

#disco elysium #harrier du bois #tw suicide #I have lots of theories and I know they are probably wrong #headcanon

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kaijukebox · 9 months

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Boyfriend sweater ☺️

#if I could only choose one headcanon about Kim it would be that he’s a sweater thief.#and after Harry asks about it he’s like ‘I have no idea what you’re talking about’#‘I’ve always owned this sweater 🤨’#disco elysium #harry du bois #harrier du bois #kim kitsuragi #disco elysium fanart

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mrtequilasunset · 5 months

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I can't believe it never ocurred to me that Young Harry could be a chunk hunk too. Oh mygod

#that post changed my life #changing my young harry design/headcanon immediately #disco elysium art #disco elysium #harry du bois

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genosuh · 9 months

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euuuueeueue

#disco elysium #my art #harrier du bois #kim kitsuragi #trans headcanon #comic #harry

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daftpatience · 1 year

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im at full autism and ive updaded my de pen headcanon list! its mostly fountain pens because thats my fixation BUT not everyone is a fountain pen to me... i wont explain too much but hghggmm pens

#its growing #disco elysium #also fuck i misspelled soonas its a uni kurU toga not uni kuri toga #blorbo pen headcanons #autismposting

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obsoleteozymandias · 1 year

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romantic relationship hc of harry and kim with gn reader (i dont mind whether seperate or poly!!) thankies :D <3

You’re welcomesies

Headcanons: Disco Elysium

Harry du Bois (Individual):

Any partner Harry has must be a force of nature. He needs someone who’ll chase the storms he makes, and let them envelop them.

That isn’t to say he wants you to excuse his bad habits: any partner would be a key part of his recovery.

Harry’s a very physical person. He gesticulates as much as he taps and touches you to get your attention or make a point. Hugs and kisses mean a million different things just depending on how they’re done. You’re gonna need a Harry encyclopedia for every little minutiae of this man.

He isn’t afraid of public affection, though he’s always been attracted to a sense of secrecy with his partner - he likes seeing the side of someone only he knows.

He‘ll wake you up on any given day with a new thought experiment or hypothetical, some of which are completely hilarious, others which shake you to your core. He’s never been a person to hold back with his thoughts.

He’s a considerate lover to a fault: he’ll overthink every decision he makes until it’s too late to be made anymore. Then, he’ll spend the next few weeks regretting his overthinking; overthinking that, too, in the process. So he’ll need someone to step in and course-correct him. One kiss, one hug, one gentle hand on his shoulder, and reassurance. He’ll be right as rain (or as right as he can get) in no time.

Kim Kitsuragi (Individual):

Kim’s never been big on relationships, but when he’s in one, you’ll find very little difference from his normal behaviors.

Aside from more physical touch and affection, some more open facial expressions, and less of a reservation about voicing his feelings, Kim is still a straight-laced cop with a pinch of obscure humor.

His love language is acts of service. He doesn’t need a gift or affirmations, he needs someone to stand by his side and weather the storm with him. He loves having someone to come home to, someone who’ll listen to him talk about his day and help him de-stress.

If you can’t help him with work, he always appreciates some good food and a hand with the chores around the house.

Kim isn’t necessarily reserved with physical affection, but he, much like Harry, will often overthink it, to the point that he forgets what he was supposed to be doing, and gives up thinking about it at all.

That said, the more a partner gives him, the more he gives back. If you make a habit of giving him a smooch or hug or just an arm around the shoulder, he’ll loosen up and return the favor.

Kim and Harry (Poly):

Kim and Harry are a whirlwind together - they bring out the best in each other, and that sometimes means a complete swap in who is the most childish in the relationship. Any partner that works with the two of them would either be a similarly chaotic and free person, or an equalizer, who is almost always the voice of reason.

Sharing a bed is the biggest issue in this relationship: Harry sleeps spread out like a starfish, Kim hogs the blankets, and their partner is left to wonder why they make the decisions that they do.

Despite that, every morning you all wake up entangled in one another is a small blessing.

Although time is spent between just two of you, most often the three of you will be operating as a team. Harry cooks, Kim cleans, etc.

Being the only non-cop among the two would be a slight stressor, as they convene over work and their partner is left out of the loop. But they almost always make sure to find a way to include their third, whether it’s asking for an opinion or regaling them with stories of their days.

If their partner is a cop, then oh lord the three are a crime-stopping machine that don’t stop, can’t stop, won’t stop.

Affection runs freely between all of you. Harry smothers his partners with kisses, Kim is generous with touches to the back or arm, and no one goes a day without several hugs.

#oz’s requests #disco elysium headcanons #disco elysium #disco elysium x reader #disco elysium kim #disco elysium harry #kim kitsuragi #harry du bois #headcanons

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