I still think one of the funniest experiences of my life was watching American Psycho with my sister and afterwards we both went "okay. Lets do something more lighthearted now" and put on the dubbed version of Howl's Moving Castle and we both lost our minds when we heard Howl start talking
Not sure if someone has pointed this out yet but. If Taako is casting the water and Lup is next to him. Taako is putting out a flame Lup made. This is a memory of him teasing his sister and she's not even in it anymore I'm SICK.
The way that Kim breaks his one cigarette a day rule if Harry doesn't ask him to join precinct 41 at the end of the game but not after the tribunal when he (depending on the ending) kills two people, gets the shit beaten out of him, and watches his partner almost die breaks my heart. Especially with how the cigarette he smokes after the tribunal is described as "having medicinal properties", it implies that being left behind is more painful to him than getting beaten until he's concussed.
I read a post a while ago talking about how a lot of "dead wife man" characters would be improved if the wife divorced the husband rather than died and i cannot get over how Disco Elysium is a perfect example of how true that is. If Dora died rather than leaving Harry so much of the story would've been so much less impactful, especially the Working Class Corpse quest.
Even ignoring how sexist that trope is, exploring the relationship between two people who were genuinely in love and then separated gives so much more room for messy and complicated feelings!!! No dead wife flashback will ever hit as hard as being able to call your ex wife and realizing that not only is she doing fine without you she's actually doing BETTER because you separated. The feelings of inadequacy!!! The abandonment issues!!! It's all *chefs kiss* i love it. Disco Elysium does so much perfectly but this is one of my favorites.
Amos Burton is what everyone wants their big buff military men to be tbh. He knows how to walk in heels, he's deeply and unapologetically violent, he's good with kids, he finds people he trusts and sticks next to them like their lapdog pitbull that's ready to tear out throats on a moments notice, he's a momma's boy, his sexuality is "i ain't reading all those labels good for you or I'm sorry that happened", he's drawn to found family sisters like a moth to flame, whenever he is treated with genuine kindness he looks like a deer in the headlights, he's great