Let's Analyze EVERYTHING About Harry - Therapist Plays Disco Elysium: Part 11
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I love seeing people’s reaction to the cryptid conversation with Lena, everyone’s always like “uh huh, yeah, suuuure” but at the same time she’s such a sweet person that they can’t bring themselves to be snarky about it in game lol
my personal reaction was more of curiosity. In my first playthrough, i genuinely believed that anything could happen. Even though I just assumed the stick bug was only worldbuilding
my friend, without spoiling any future play through, I seriously suggest you reconsider the amazing possibility that the phasmid is real@@AutieZo
@@TheGrinningViking I hard missed EVERYTHING about the Pale on my first run, I assumed it was just artistic prose and the setting was grounded firmly in reality.
But when Lena started talking about cryptids, you're damn right my Harry bought in with full childish wonder. It's *integral* to the investigation, Kim!
Just wanna say I appreciate the way you're savouring this playthrough. It's the perfect game for a "therapist plays" series and genuinely will give your channel a lot more exposure. Keep up the good work man
Now one thing to consider, when you were talking about the dream and interpreting it in a fairly... Positive way, really. That the hanged Harry was "A person that he used to be". While this might be a good interpretation of it for therapeutic reasons, I've seen a grown man that went through a similar thing that Harry did, break down crying at the *sight* of the hanged Harry. Before even talking to him.
It might not be "what I used to be", but "what I will be" or, grimer still, "what I should be". At least it's up there for interpretation. The man broke down again while talking to the thing. Heartbreaking, really.
Do you watch Aniki's playthrough too ?
"What I should be" wow that sent me a chill
personally this game never made me cry, could say a lot about how dark my life has already been idk but this game DID however open my mind and sort of give me a mirror through which I could see a little more insight into my own psychy that would otherwise be impossible, in a way no other medium has. 🎉❤
I ook about an hour for that dream, half of which I just stood below the disco lights, the corpse not yet on screen, already knowing about the self-fullfilling prophecy waiting for me, just a few steps ahead.
No, Volition was agreeing with Authority, that you didn't have to say "what are you going to do to me?". It said "you will not lose out on anything by *not* saying it", meaning it was ok to *not* say it.
Yeah you did kind of a derp. I think real Brady put too many points in Empathy and not enough in Rhetoric and Logic sometimes ,)
To give you some more context Brady there's definitely suicidal thoughts and fatalism in that dream. If you ask your own hanged corpse who he is he says something like '
"I'm the black day. The worst day of your life. She will hear about it on the phone.' Having previously had suicidal ideation and even an attempt it hit me hard
I think he says something like "you know it's coming" too
This comment sounds like Rhetoric.
Apparently earlier in the development of the game, you could have multiple characters join you as "partners", and one of them was Lena. I've seen a picture with Harry, Kim and Lena rolling on the streets together. Later they discarded the idea of you having multiple people in your group, but I guess much of the dialogue and the relationship between them remained.
there is another party member, potentially. but i won't spoil that one for brady. and i don't mean the necktie!
Her line about Martinaise not being very wheelchair-accessible is kind of a nod to that. From what I've read, it would have been too time-consuming to try to build around her being able to actually follow you around everywhere, which is part of the reason that was dropped.
I really, really love the way you're approaching the roleplay aspect of this, especially around the mirror. Your Harry is fantastically played
I can assure you that most, and I say only "most" because I can't assure you for every single one of us, wants you to partake on the political ideologies and conversation of this narrative not to put a label on you or interpret you politically, because the game is extremely limited in that regard as well, but sheerly because it is so, so well written as well. Its also grounds to understand half of the cast of people in Revachol, the game is so superb that everyone just really wants you to witness as much of it as possible. No need to have psychological commentary if you don't feel like commenting! Most lets plays don't even HAVE commentary on those things, or ANYTHING, really. You're already showering us with high quality, professional-level content. So don't feel like you need to be both a therapist and an antrhopologist, just have fun!
The game will quasi-equally criticize every one of the 4 angles it offers for Harry, and it mocks it because the narrative is coming from a place of complete discontent for how HARRY approaches political thinking and his argumentsm which is: not heathly.
As someone completely out of touch with my political positioning, who just sees any and all political figures with distate no matter the side, I LOVED the concept behind the moralist thought of last episode. The, now, abandoned centrism/moralism thought from the previous episode, for example, can be interpretted as revealing to you that a "Moralist" Harry does not care for change from the status-quo, (social and economical), that he does not feel like he is capable of taking responsability, and that for any change to take place is has to be done so incrementally small as to be effectively null for generations. He is not the one with the power to say things about and influence the world around him enough So who is? Well, for revachol, its the "Moralism set forth by the ideal of Dolorian Humanism", enforced by the Coalition of Nations, aka the Moralist Internationals. Harry comes to a conclusion that the Moralists don't even actually want to change politics and society. They want to keep it as is. To exert moralism is "to exert control. Over yourself and the world". A moralist harry doesn't see a problem with the fact that the government has literal manned gunner aircrafts soaring above the cloudscape of his city 24/7, because as the centrism thought would so creepily put it put it: "God is in his heaven, everything is NORMAL on Earth". And, for me, that is so divulgent of a character that has secretly given up on some things, been defeated, on the belief and capability of change, which I sure have as well. Other people will always be above him, he can only try and change himself, but it falls to the figure sin power to change the world around him.
When you have White Checks, you should go check your inventory for any clothing that might give you bonuses in that skill, or possibly items you're wearing that give penalties, and then come back.
substances, too, if you can bear letting harry indulge.
I'm right at the start of this video but god do i LOVE the dream sequences in this game.
My take on that disco ball dream is that it really expresses a deep self hatred more than anything. Our man Harry does NOT like himself and feels like a failure. Pretty typical for a late stage addict whos lost almost everything he cares about honestly.
Not “almost”.
@@HenriqueErzinger he still has his job. Barely
I have never clicked on money guy multiple times. I didn't realize he had so many dialog options!
And don't worry about upsetting people with your choices. We understand that 1) You don't fully understand the implications (and no one does on their first playthrough, how could you?) and 2) We know *you* are not Harry, and you are not the choices you make in a game. (Even if you are maybe slightly over-identifying with the character.)
No one can be as big of a loser as Harry. It's impossible
The spotlight that Brady put on him actually also made me take a closer look, and... Is this guy actually modeled after Ilmar Kompar?
Babe wake up new therapy disco elysium video is up
Seriously this is so good. It's exactly the kind of playthrough I feel has been missing
I love this playthrough because of how messy it is and how in-line that is with the game's message. You're an in-game sorry cop who's already issued real life apologies because of choices you made. It reminds me of this quote from the game:
VOLITION: Subdue the regret. Dust yourself off, proceed. You'll get it in the next life, where you don't make mistakes. Do what you can with this one, while you're alive.
It feels like you're living out the themes of Disco Elysium as you're playing it. Beautiful.
It really is quite a meta experience. Whatever is happening in the game has weirdly been paralleling my real life character development.
Same, this game was telling me what i needed to hear when i really needed it
You said that whether Harry is a good cop or not is not known to others, but that isn't true: The Ledger knows. It has the answer you just have to know how to look.
The neat thing about Disco Elysium is just how responsive the game is to different ways of playing and engaging with it. In most games there's an intended path and success rewards you with more and better content while failing to play the game in the intended way tends to just cut you off from parts of the game rather than give interesting alternate routes. So as a gamer there's just sort of a built in habit of "oh I failed so I'm going to reload and try again". There's just so many neat parts of the game I completely missed by trying to play it the "right" way.
There are many playthroughs of Disco Elysium on youtube and I'm really enjoying yours for your unique insight into the game and seeing how the game responds to your choices. I wouldn't worry about not engaging with the political side of the game if you don't want to, as if I wanted commentary on the politics of the game there are other people who have played it that have that insight that I can watch.
Kim says "ask your questions now", Harry proceeds to walk away.
>starts conversation
>looks at you
>refuses to elaborate
>leaves
The ledger scene has always been one of my favorites, for a muktitude of reasons. I like the delve into Harry's past, the moment with Kim helping you ( I mean, he drags your unconscious ass all the way to his car to take you to the hospital.) And one super important thing that I see many people overlook: Volition is as fallible as the other 23 skills. Volition wants to protect you, but in that moment, its drive to keep you safe can lead you to aimply ignore the past, remain ignorant of something that is inevitably going to catch up with you.
Also, you can still talk about more stuff with rhe Hardie boys, and if you want to know even more bbout Harry, you can always shine the car's headlights on the ledger to look at the stuff in the halogen watermarks. Just puttinf it out there as another possible look into who Harry is. Also that "off yourself you asshole" choice in the ledger is just, oof, man.
Kim is yet again hiding from interesting and fun conversations behind science and professionalism
Don't think about deeper meaning in the political choices. Do you think your detective with his broken mind thinks about deeper meanings? He's just saying what makes him feel good; saying random stuff like "fuck the rich" is no different for him than screaming from the top of a mountain.
And it's perfectly fine to have no opinion on the matter, or to keep them to yourself like an officer should.
So-called "free thinkers" when they see a youtube video with a blank comments section:
So called free thinkers when paid thinkers show up
Brady is kinda a paid thinker
@@seelthedeal_no he’s a paid feeler
guys I think he knows the game is political by now, if the game makes fun of him for whatever then fine but idk why the comments are hellbent on making sure you know as if you won’t find out later…
Seriously. Anyone who's played through this game more than once knows that there's no wrong way to play. Yeah that stuff's there and it's written as well as everything else, but that was obviously never going to be the focus of this playthrough. Just unnecessary backseating
You deserve to have more confidence on the politics stuff. No one is properly informed on all of their political beliefs and the jargon is misused more often than not. The humility is unwarranted
On a more practical level, there's no way you could play this that would lose you as many people as you're imagining. No one tuning in to a Disco stream is going to be put off by it getting political. The game shows everyone's politics in a harsh light and its not going to run out of the "These are all bad and they're all political" dialogue choices. The super touchy radicals already dislike the game. And honestly watching someone with undeveloped politics try to navigate is more interesting than someone with rigid politics pick the same options the whole way thru.
As the chat pointed out when the political questions came up, avoiding taking a stance is STILL a stance and the game will note it
Same chat would also claim that everything is political
@@nemamiah7832 they're not wrong
@@jnada161 I wrote that post while sitting on a toilet. That was political. After that I've washed my hands. It was extremely political, as I was upholding bourgeois morals and preconceptions of cleanliness as a virtue, that are prevalent in a corrupt post-capitalist society.
@nemamiah7832 the need to make that sillyass comment is certainly a reflection of personal values, including political ones
@@jnada161 ah, yes, mocking stupid people on the internet is certainly political. It is... Ugh.. Give me a moment... A representation of my.. Monarchistic... Yeah, sorry, I'm drawing blank here. I'm not sure what to tell you even.
Did you know that I went to swimming pool tonight? It was a political choice, for I chose to participate in monetary exchange in violent post-capitalist society, instead of taking action? Which surely shows me as a willing actor and abettor of a violent, criminal regime?
I've also bought a book that my friend's wife wrote. Using Amazon for distribution, which showed my readiness in participating in vile corporate money exchange for my own convenience, which showed my disregard for the suffering of the proletariat under the boot of fascist capitalists?
That was all political. Everything is.
I just wanted to tac to the last discussion from last session, dont be so scared of the words of politics of it's just the beliefs of people, and people have these beliefs based on thier past, and tramas. Plus all the versions of politics you get here are extreme, farcical, and unhealthy because they are being pushed through the broken man know as Harry, and if you listen you might catch why Harry thinks these things.
Also dont worry about making people mad about talking about politics...your playing disco elysium we all knows what's up. You dont even have to believe in the politic, for example I'm not a communist but my Harry was my funniest little comrade! Just Because rhetoric gave me the best elevator pitch lol
I think the decision to move the analysis section to the end of the video, once you had a more holistic understanding of Harry, was a great choice. Loving the LP!
Brady: "This is one of my favorite techniques that I use from time to time."
Me, instantly: "Well you have to ask yourself, "Who benefits?""
Hey haven’t watched this one yet, just wanted to say I now wait for this series to pop up in my vids every day. I appreciate how you challenge this game and how it challenges you, also many of the things you’ve talked about resonate heavily.
TLDR you’re doing great, and have somehow brought a new angle to this vast ocean of a game. Keep it up!(within reason ;))
This continues to be fascinating, I didn´t know therapy + gaming was the thing I needed in youtube. This might have 80 parts lol but I´m into it fully :)
I know everyone is harping on about the politics already but i'll just add: the politics aren't real. Harry isn't a politically informed person he just likes to make things political, as a consequence the narration obliges his ramblings with humorously written political adventures that are outright absurd. The politics of Martinaise parallel Harry's struggle and mental condition: it too is in the midst of an identity crises, trapped by the past, unsure of how to let go and move on, stuck in a rut that is seemingly impossible to get out of.
Oh and to be clear, you're not really missing much of Harry's development, if any, by choosing Boring Cop,. The storylines involved are more for fleshing out the characters and themes of the world than getting any real insight to Harry.
I really hope you continue playing Disco Elysium right to the end because I don’t think I’ve ever been so excited to see an upload of a lets play in my life. I’ll be watching this later with my dinner haha see you then brady :)
It's kinda intriguing to see a playthrough where someone is trying to avoid politics at all cost and looks uncomfortable whenever they appeared and I didn't mean it as a bad thing. Sometimes I really feels like some dialogues aren't about Harry as a person but about the player - about our style of playing or how we react to some things. And the end of my first blind playthrough my guy end up being communist AND moralist at the same time (which was interesting experience for me as someone who was centrist few years ago and now lean more towards left) and the game acknowledged it. So play as you like and maybe you will learn something new about yourself (which you already had with Kim)
Finally he knows what disco Elysium is all about - being afraid to dissapoint Kim
Regarding the political options, as someone else put it, this is not about pinning a label on you, it is about the content of the game. Harry uses politics to explain the world around him and how it relates to him, it is in some ways a coping mechanism. Some of these are... well, not exactly healthy, but not damaging either, while some are actively damaging for Harry (the Fascist path). If you want to see (and psychologically analyze) some of the worst possible behaviour for a traumatized person, the Fascist path is the best there is. You externalize all of your problems on foreigners and such. It's heartbreaking, really, because it is so self-destructive. All of them are very interesting simply because they connect you more to the world in this game.
I once heard someone say about this game, having the quest to drink alcohol in your quest log forever, even though you refuse to do it, is exactly what recovering from alcoholism is like
The sobriety thought gives a lot of insight as well into why Harry drinks. It’s a good thought imo.
"He only drinks when he's depressed."
"Why does he get depressed?"
"Sometimes because he hasn't had a drink"
-Terry Pratchett, Men At Arms
If you said “but it will make me happy”, you would have had an opportunity to throw the letter away.
To actually forget it, not look into that past.
Maybe it would’ve been better?
also DAM OF COURSE YOU PICK UP THE POLITICAL SIDE OF THE GAME IMMEDIATELY AFTER DISCARDING THE THOUGHT THAT FITS PERFECT WITH YOU
Perhaps the most interesting part of the game is that (Minor background spoilers, so dividing here)
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Most characters have a skill set just like Harry. They express it in different ways, most of the time we don't even see, but one example is Kim's notebook, which functions as his skill array. He also has his own unique skills that Harry doesn't even have in his array! Mechanically this isn't even represented and only came up in the writing process for Kim, but it's interesting to speculate about.
idk if this playthrough is still going, but don't stress out about the political labels! take the sentences one at a time. would you call for revachol to become a "financial buffer zone"? or call for an armed commie uprising? probably not, but maybe approach it at that level? a sentence at a time
One thing about thoughts - you need a level point to open one more spot for new thoughts. The new one you got from your past you can internalize.
I just finished my second playthrough of this game, taking a totally different character approach and engaging in as many distractions as possible, and you still manage to uncover dialogues I haven't lol. Fantastic.
Spoilers below but This video made me realize something about the crypto stuff.
Gary the Cryptofascist is a reflection of fascist entriyism and recruitment from conspiracy theory communities like flat earth. This whole plot made no sense to me and just sounded like a lot of puns and worldbuilding until 5 years later.
I hope he looses Titus authority check. That was a moment where I really felt for harry
Consider the whole known/unknown matrix, but instead of me vs others its conscious vs subconscious. There are surely things we dont know that we know. Harry's (traumatic?) past might be one of them
30:00 Just leaving this for myself to hear later, I really like that as a quote
I really hope he shines the car's headlights on the ledger at some point and learns more about Harry's professional past.
Im watching true detective s1 bcs its so similat to disco elysum
God this was SUCH a good episode Brady, it was awesome to see you experience the ledger.
It has just occurred to me that Kim pulled you out of your unconscious state both times.
really enjoying seeing this game from your perspective, which is so different from mine. i'm a straight up communist, you're shy about politics. i have certain traumas in common with harry, you help people with their trauma for a living. and yet i think you're falling in love with this thing just as much as i did. it's a trip! and by the way-when i played through this game, my harry wasn't interested in getting distracted by politics either. the politics in this game do matter, and there's a lot of fun and interesting content there, but you'll get a fair dose of them even if you don't make harry seek that stuff out.
I reinstalled the game because of this playthrough and beat it, and I've gotta say... you can safely ignore the politics. Going full centrist is fine. You'll miss out on some content of course, but this game is HUGE, and you're going to miss out on stuff anyway.
Also, there's a character called Acele you can talk about some of your problems with, and... I don't wanna spoil it but she kinda cuts through the politics just like you. You might like that convo!
Oh. Shivers didn't chime in on the letter? Shame.
50:20
Have a ten-year plan. Wake up early. Set goals. Invest. CEO mindset.
When the beat drops I'm going to fucking kill myself.
17 billion neurotransactions per second. finally a beautiful fricking nerve ape.
I've helped a few people analyse their dreams when they've talked to me about them, but not using some kind of dream dictionary or anything. Such books and knowledge might identify some general cultural symbols, but that doesn't mean that's what the thing means to that person in that specific dream. I also tend to believe people don't remember their dreams, but rather their subconscious plays with random images to fit them into a story as they "remember" it. So I just ask the person what stood out, and use questions to find out what each important event or image relates to in that person's life. Usually people seem to think I've identified the meaning after that, but in truth THEY have. The only meaning possible comes from them.
If you want to suck up to The Cuno without using drugs etc., I believe he enjoys a good Man from Hjemdall book. Or a terrible one, since I don't think there's any other kind.
Brady: I love a good power play.
Also Brady: Man I'm so energized from all this cryptozoology talk let's confront the union!
lmao but also this game is real good at sidetracking the player
I was a little hesitant to start watching this series at first, but I'm really digging your analysis. I will say that sometimes it does help to exhaust more of the things that you can say to people (not always, but most of the time! you don't have to choose the obviously offensive response, but sometimes certain questions will startle them into revealing more) You miss out on more one-off moments by not engaging with people in the moments. There are some characters coming up VERY soon that will teach you a lot about some of the shame that Harry carries around (but only if you commit to keeping them talking), and I worry that if you go for the "professional police officer" "this is none of this civilain's business" route, things fall through the gap. You can often ask people about things you already sort of know the answer to to get them to open up to you more even if you think you don't need to.
High or low, 50 parts to this series
I'm gonna say 60
@@eurobrady well how am I supposed to make a bet with the script writer
One of the only DE let's play that is worth watching. You actually bring something new, intersecting perspectives.
This playthrough makes me want to play this game all over again and trying a different character/roleplay
:Cracks knuckles: "We're gonna get Jungian here. Get Excited."
I've restarted the game 3 times and I never know where to go or what to do!! so i simply gave up and never finished the game
I understand your reasoning for not wanting to look in the mirror. But consider this - if you lost all of your memories, wouldn't you be curious how you look like? I think no matter what mental state I was in, I think my curiosity would win in that situation.
There are some people who avoid looking in the mirror even without losing their memories
@@cleverman383 Sure I guess. Cause they probably have their own reasons for doing it. But the point is - if they would lost their memory, all those reasons would be gone as well. All that would be left is curiosity.
Mirrors have only recently not been these objects of abject terror for me. I'm sure even if I lost my memory in high school (when my self-esteem was at it's lowest point) that I would avoid mirrors on instinct. Even catching a glimpse of myself there would cause me to turn my attention somewhere else.
Not quite! Think of someone who has repressed memories of trauma. It still impacts their behavior and fears even if they don't remember it. Harry's memory lives in his subconscious, it isn't gone. That's why we wake up and still feel the pull of addiction, the avoidance of our past, and a fear of further alienation.
@@rainestar6781 But the question is, would u still have those self-esteem issues without your memories? Wouldn't that mean you're a clean slate? Since most if not all of our issues are a reflect of something that happened in the past? If there's nothing to remember, would you still have those issue?
I guess it depends how severe the lose of memory was. You could argue that while Harry's concisioness forgot everything, subconsciously he still remembers it, especially in his dreams. Or maybe he just pretends he doesn't remember. Or maybe it's a form of coping mechanism.
Isn't oneirotherapy a lot more prevalent among European psychologists?
Hell yeah.
Just started following this and have really enjoyed the adventure, its been a very informative and one for sure.
Love seeing your perspective and I LOVE Disco Elysium I cry every time
1:01:09 ah, the mundane banality of suicidal ideation. So real.
Just love this game so much. Your playthrough is great. Have two "conflicting" perspectives regarding your approach (or rather non-approach) to the game's politics. On the one hand, you should play however you want. There's no wrong way to play and there's nothing wrong with "missing out" on something. You always miss out on something, since your choices matter.
On the other hand, there is a part of me that hopes you will at least attempt to understand the game's politics when oresented with them, or at least how they appear to Harry. Firstly, I think it detracts a little from your Harry if your external opinions or lack thereof about politics affect his path significantly, which you acknowledged last part.
But there's also the fact that, in my opinion, Disco Elysium is art, and art that was meant to challenge people to think. It's part of why I love it, even if ultimately it doesn't really point you in any direction - it just provokes and challenges you to reflect on your beliefs. So I don't like to refuse to engage with art that is meant to get you to think about something (even if it is uncomfortable). But obviously that's your prerogative, and the playthrough will still be great without it.
Edit: Also, there's a good chance engaging with it will lead you to the same options of refusing to talk about politics in the game (whether because you're on the job and should focus on the case, it's not positive for Harry or not something he wants, or whatever other reason), and that's fine. But I think the political options deserve thought/reasoning before dismissing them, at least, rather than purely because they are uncomfortable or unknown.
And also also I think few would leave because of your political beliefs haha. Except maybe if you start getting really personally into the fascist path in a bad way, I guess, though I somehow doubt you hate women and minorities. Besides, your political beliefs (from the little you have revealed likely somewhat social-democratic) are pretty close to you as a person, so if people like you or even tolerate you as a person enough to watch your videos, which is very easy, they'll be fine with your politics. Anyone extreme enough to get angry over your politics or lack of knowledge about politics aren't watching anyway, I think.
"my brain is too poor to detect simple things" same brother
I’ve been looking forward to this
This is such a good series.
Ugh... Volition said you are not going to lose out on anything good by NOT saying it :D C'mon, focus
I think it was appropriate thing for sorry cop to say
Love the vids
I wonder how would you react in your real profesional councelings if your patient involves you or himself into political discussions. You gonna pick the "flee" option as well everytime? jesus xd
Well, yes. Intruding any of my own opinions would be self-disclosure which is unethical in counseling. This is why I keep saying politics doesn't really come up in real sessions. It would be super unethical to start engaging with that subject from my own viewpoint.
If my client wants to talk about their own politics, however, I will ask what the relevance for therapy is. If they just want to vent, that's cool. But if they are in therapy, we are usually working on something specific, like processing a difficult event or changing a behavior. Unless those things have anything to do with politics, no, we wouldn't discuss it. I would refocus them on what the goals we set for therapy are. If they do, cool, we would work on it. I still would never give my own opinions on it.
Look at the mirror tho man please your driving me crazy without Harry’s portrait
lol I love how the boondocks known knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns meme was brought up. Although I do think there is some value to that
It's so aggravating that you think centrist is a good option. There can be no neutrality in regards to oppression. When you don't condemn it, you side with the oppressor by default.
Also, politics are a central part of the game and trying not to engage with them is missing one of the main points.
politics can be important, but they are not immediately important to a person like Harry, who desperately needs to take steps to fix the tangible problems and poor decision making that is ruining his own life. the game lets you *attempt* to become politically active, but every single stance is, deep down, clearly a coping mechanism for his psychological issues moreso than a meaningful way to impact the world. Brady's position that his Harry would do well to distance himself from assigning himself a political label is completely valid.
Sometimes people really are just idiots.
Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
This drives me mad
how can you not look in the mirror?
Harry HAS TO KNOW what he looks like, it's a crucial part of who he is!
I am enjoying watching this playthrough and am amused by the notion of how it might go as politics comes more and more into play.
First
Grow and change as a person
cringe
Wow getting first on a not massively viewed video
@@TheAstralFencer Sorry for indulging my 10 year old self, I guess. Why does it bother you?
"everything" is a strong word...you are going to analize Harry's political ideology...and without it we can't really talk about him.
How we've seen you play this is how you'd solve a homicide? You'd punch a kid? Or rather, try and fail to punch a kid? That's not very cash money of a therapist lmao
Don't be afraid about cancel culture ao much
Why would Brady get canceled?
@@cleverman383 I think he's referring to his fear of politics
@@astralseaslug546 exactly
The broader narrative of the game is “all politics are bad”.
"there is always bad people, in every ideology. whatever it holds - It strive for better, but always being held down by the human condition. just because It's more relevent in some cases more than in the others doesn't make this ideologies bad"
In the context of this game at least I would rather say that all politics is coping mechanisms
It most certainly is not lmao. The apolitical/centrist party is treated with the most disdain in the game. Progressive politics and political ideals are treated as fundamental to the betterment of society -- but letting yourself stagnate and focus on old conflicts is treated as bad and regressive.
Also, obviously bigoted fascism is treated like a death cult. A joke of a position to hold because it goes nowhere good or productive.
"... and being apolitic is arguably worse"
For context it critiques all the political options equally without stating one is better than the other.