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I think we, the people, should talk about Barry the Butcher more. For real, I think we should, both in the grand scheme of things of the narrative of Disco Elysium and just cus it'd be a bit funny to. Think about it, how many people even really KNOW who Barry the Butcher is, or who remember Barry the Butcher? Do you, human reading this possible unhinged post remember Barry the Butcher? Do you recognize this man? Hell, do you think he could even be real? Well, those are all valid questions, dear reader! For one, he's named, yes, but all we really know about him is that he's friends with the man on the water lock (said by the Man on the Water Lock so who knows if they really ARE friends from what we see but let's just assume they are), he's stuck on the other side of the water lock, wears overalls, and looks disappointed that the water lock is broken and about about his salami being eaten by his friend. We can also assume that yes, he is a butcher. His name is Barry. He can make salami. Very astute observations.
This is the only bit we got of him too. Again, no portrait, no looking into the window of his soul. No can-opening. Nope. Nothing. Nada. All this man does is wave and look sad. You know this guy's irrelevant to the plot when we get more information from corpses. And sure, maybe that's not fair to Barry. The main corpse is related to the case and the other is related to a side case you can chose to do that has it's own emotional core to it. Only in Disco Elysium.
You never see the Man on the Water Lock or Barry the Butcher ever again by the way. After you interact with the Man on the Water Lock and MAYBE go back to talk with him again, once you enter a building and come back, he's gone, alongside Barry the Butcher. Day 1 exclusive guy's too. I am pretty sure if you never interact with the Man on the Water Lock, you can just never see him in the game after Day 1. Hell, I would not be surprised if you were to go into the game and the minute you're done talking to the Man on the Water Lock, Barry just despawns. Barry the Butcher doesn't get mentioned ever again to my knowledge, neither his salami eating friend though that makes sense. We never get to learn more about Barry the Butcher or get a callback about him. Nothing! And that's just so fucking FUNNY to me. On a game level, Barry the Butcher is probably one of the rare characters we meet that has a name, has his name in the dialogue box AND never gets a portrait while also never having any speaking lines either or just more than one paragraph of text related to him. He is probably actively one of the most irrelevant characters in this game which is definitely an interesting achievement to have as a character specifically in Disco Elysium of all games. On a meta level too, it's just funny. Like, Barry the Butcher was made and he was put in the game and he was given a MODEL! He has a MODEL! Like, some characters WITH portraits have no models. Barry the Butcher is so fucking SPECIAL in his mediocrity and that needs to be acknowledged. He doesn't matter at all but is so fascinating in how little he matters and the unique circumstances of his existence. Then, on a story level, it's fascinating to me. In the grand scheme of it all, Barry the Butcher is just a guy. He really is. He's not relevant to the story cus he's not relevant to the case. So, we simply never hear from him again. He's not even relevant in terms of thoughts cus he's just not that impactful to either the player OR Harry. None of Harry's skills can even chime in and give commentary on what they see about this man either. Barry the Butcher isn't even like those few people you can interact with who have stuff to say but you can never TALK to them cus they're just talking to themselves. Plus, they never get named cus Harry just never thinks about them ever again. They don't impact him. Barry the Butcher to me is fascinating on the fact that he IS named though. That he's given a model and not a portrait and never speaks and who knows. Maybe he just doesn't speak. We don't know that as the player or as Harry. And we'll NEVER know simply cus we're not meant to. Our story does not collide with Barry the Butchers. It barely even grazes whatever life Barry has going on. And, I think that's just beautiful. It's beautiful that a game like Disco Elysium can fascinate me on the fact that a character like Barry the Butcher exists. This game is in a world where people can just have different lives going on and not everyone in the plot "matters" plot wise. Yet, the fact that they're here and exist makes the world feel more alive. And not even in that way of filling the area with character models which I mean, not that there isn't characters like that in DE. There are. There's a good chunk of people you just can't talk to in the Whirling-In-Rags. Barry the Butcher is just like, so crazy to me though. He's so close to just being like one of those characters who just exist to fill space but it doesn't feel that way cus we're in DE and cus he at least gets the opportunity to be named and shown on screen to any extent. So, what I'm saying here is that we, the people, should come together on this. We should come together and unite for Barry the Butcher. I dunno how and I have no clue if this dumbass post will have any impact. I just needed to let this all out. Do it for Barry the Butcher. DO IT FOR BARRY!
AN UPDATE!!!!
Remember when I wrote this: "Hell, I would not be surprised if you were to go into the game and the minute you're done talking to the Man on the Water Lock, Barry just despawns" Turns out Barry doesn't despawn like I thought, or at least he lingers way more than I thought he would. HE'S STILL THERE ON DAY 2!! You can see him! BARRY, MY BOY! MY FULLY GROWN ADULT BUTCHER BOY! I know that isn't THAT crazy btw since he's supposed to be there since he's stuck cus of the water lock. Plus, other characters roaming about are programed to stay and leave for certain periods of time like that drunk on those steps or just other characters who leave after a certain time. This is just so cool though! Especially with how detailed this game is with shit, smaller stuff like this feels extra special to me. Additionally, since I'm adding to this, after thinking on it more with a friend, I've come to realize that Barry is even more special than I previously conceived. Like, there's other characters in the game without portraits that one can talk to in the game, a sub-category of character who is conversable but not seen. These character variants are usually spoken to on the phone, think Dora or the Video Revochol guy you can speak to on that phone in the union's office space. These variants differ from another similar sub-category of character who are seen via portraits but hold no models for obvious reasons. These types are usually seen when talking on the radio though there are some exceptions like the allusive pair of mysterious eyes. So Barry not being in these sub-categories and being in his own category of a non-conversable model character we can learn the name of from the Man on the Water Lock as well as well from the dialogue box dropping his name is a little bit more unique. This is especially the case since there's named or at least mentioned characters we learn about and can't talk to such as Measurehead's mom or Titus' brother. We DO technically meet Barry though even though we can't talk to him nor can he talk to us. All we can do is acknowledge he exists. Ah, Barry the Butcher. I am so glad you exist Barry. You may be very unloved in your existence in a game filled with characters probably more enthralling than you but you being YOU enthralls me, Barry. You are loved. Also an obligatory appreciation to the reblogs cus UUUGH UR MINDS!!! I am glad discussions like this can happen. Makes me happy.
Adding this before my ass forgets cus of college but lookie here! He can speak! He says sentences!
Can't believe I'm in playthrough 3 and I found one last thing to add about this guy, whodathunk. Kinda funny to me though that you can gauge a bit of his personality here. His ass would NOT like Harry if he learned it was him who broke the water lock though I find it funny he specifically mentions the sign that he dislikes being broke. The specification amuses me a little. Think this is the ACTUAL last time I ever update the Barry the Butcher saga btw but oooh boy has this sure been something. I'll never forget you, Barry.
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