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"disco elysium was ahead of the curve they managed to make a man so magnetic he seduced three quarters of the player base despite the fact he's canonically a dude highly prideful of having a big obnoxiously loud car"
[and is a centrist cop] - ph-cutie
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I don't know what they put in him. I played the game blind and I ADORE him just like three quarters of the player base and ended up putting a photo of his portrait in my wallet like weebs do with their waifus.
I don't really have anything coherent to say besides that I love that he's morally grey, I love that he both wants to appear as the normal professional one and drives a loud-ass motorcarriage and wears bright orange revolutionary airman clothing at work, and desperately wants to look cool. I love that he defends you at the end even if you're a massive fascist. he's resigned to the current reality and can only really believe in the RCM, despite the flaws he does see. he's mega repressed and full of contradictions and I just... ...........

most people I've seen draw his apartment do a super neat minimalist tastefully-decorated place. IMHO (which is right) it's far from the truth. not only because he's partially inspired by Misato Katsuragi (who's super professional at work but has a disaster apartment (she also recklessly drives a blue vehicle)), but because his pockets are full of stuff, he loves cool gadgets and tabletop games, and sews. I refuse to believe his place isn't full of nerdy things, cool doodas, and incomplete projects. plus, the RCM pay is low, so I bet it's also small which doesn't help. (I like to think he lives alone tho, Harry also does)

"Honestly, we're surprised people like him so much," says lead writer Robert Kurvitz. "Of course, we always adored him. All these years playing the game, testing it, writing it. We got to spend a lot of time with Kim. And we always felt he's a real person and our friend."
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"I like to think Kim has a Thought Cabinet project called Revolutionary Aerostatic Brigades that he's worked on since he was a teenager," Kurvitz says. "This raises the learning caps for his Reaction Speed and Interfacing."
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"Kurvitz stresses that Kim doesn't actually have a character sheet hidden in Disco Elysium's code. Imagining that Lieutenant Kitsuragi has only one natural attribute point in Motorics helps the ZA/UM team to understand the depth of his character beyond what's referenced in the game's dialogue. "We just came up with this stuff for coherency," says Kurvitz. "And because we're nerds."
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Kim's high Volition skill makes him impervious to prying, Kurvitz says, as the detective can find out on occasions being met with Kim's brick-wall resolve. Kim often chastises these whims of the detective's, but will occasionally play along. The Lieutenant finds his new partner funny, says Kurvitz."
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"You're in this awful mess and literally nothing and no one is on your side—except Kim Kitsuragi," says Kurvitz. "It just so happens that he's great. A great detective and a great human being."
- Robert Kurvitz.