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That shit made me laugh so hard, I was literally tearing up from the relevance of the first quote when that second line came in. Take life & your problems seriously.... But never take them so seriously that you can't laugh. Otherwise, what's the point of anything?!
@@Zack-bl2ggTo be fair it was followed up by "If it sounds like it doesn't make any sense, that's because it doesn't. Stop thinking these idiotic thoughts and say something normal instead."
"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."
@@OCMOOO By simply understanding you have no real control over what you decide in any given moment. It's just your DNA and prior experiences that generate your decisions.
tbh thats not very helpful, the "you'll get it in the next life" hardly helps because you know you won't get another life, that can just make one more sad
@@southnoon5808 you will find sad things in everything if you look hard enough for it. It may not be easy to always think positively, especially if you're depressed, but it wouldn't hurt to think a few positive thoughts now and then.
I also want to share a moment I had with Volition: Electrochemistry: You have to find some drugs, yesterday they just got you but the effects are fading away slowly, don't you just wonder how did you manage to get up at 7.30? Volition: No, you got up at 7.30, because YOU PROMISED YOURSELF TO DO THIS EVERY DAY 15 YEARS AGO.
I really like how Volition is portrayed in Elysium. For most visual novels, this trait is often overlooked because common sense either flies out the window or is the key to victory. Here it's shown to be like a shitty superpower. In the description, it's described as a party pooper and it's only cool for Sane People. In Harry's context as an alchoholic suicidal, it's almost as if it would *hold him back* from exercising his superstar cop abilities. And everyone else who is saner seems to not solve cases as well as you. But look at Volition! It's always there. Mingling with the other voices. Not subjugating but helping soothe them, interpret for them and reading them for you. Volition will call out your other voices when they get too afraid or instinctual. That voice was with Harry even when he was high and drunk and crazy. It's the real superpower that helped him stay alive through heartbreak and all the traumatic crime he witnessed. I also really like how Volition isn't written as ultra-competent either. He's like a very understanding and compassionate brother. But his words always have a tinge of Harry's own self-deprecation as well. He never really gives absolute positives unless he's very sure of it. He's realistic but not sociopathically logical. He's... sober. I love the writing on this guy so much. He's such a good embodiment of how you might dismiss or look at your own very real emotional and logical fortitude when you're ill or want to be ill.
fr, he's awesome, I still remember when he said that all his other abilities were corrupted because of that girl (klassje, orange? I don't remember) he seems more logical and is very rational, I love this guy
Volition did feel like a stick in the mud at the start. But at the end, I respected "him" a hell of a lot. Some of his lines gave me hope, in-game and even out. I wouldn't want Harry's fragmented mind, but I almost wish my own "volition" would speak to me like his does in critical moments.
@@Handles-Are-A-Stupid-Idea I'm reading your comment with some reach. I meant that as in archetypal logic that's written with zero emotional consideration. The cold calculating logic type. But real life logic is very emotional and good logic must be very aware of how important emotions are and it positively as well as negatively affects things.
@@pasharighton good on the detective. there is nothing more individualist and ultraliberating than enjoying the breeze between your knees. who are these moralists pansies to tell you otherwise?
@@pasharightonwhich is especially funny because it’s impossible to leave the hotel room without putting pants on first to get your keys. So you have to intentionally make the decision to take off your pants in the timespan between retrieving your keys and meeting Kim.
1:14 "No. Not a disaster. Weave this into the story of you. Walk out of its... ruins. Save those who still can be saved. *I'm* on your side." This delivery... unbelievably reassuring, truly unbelievably.
He wants you to look out for your self and for others as well. He wants you to be better. Best friend out of all the voices. He can't really help you get out of the hole you're in on his own, but he sure can push you into using the other voices to get your self out.
The dude who voices your thoughts is the true embodiment of Volition. He had never done voice acting for a video game before and had no clue as to the novels worth of lines he would have to voice. But, he did it anyway and somehow made every single line into gold.
No bullshit, no frills. Metaphors and subtext are nice, but you can still hide comfortably behind imprecision of them, thinking you have "actually got it" without doing the actual mental exercise.
@@AtomicBlastPony The Deserter is basically the opposite Harry should be: hung up on the past, extreme among extremists, hateful, and high as fuck from bug fumes. But it's a contrast thing, not stated explicitly in the way Volition tells you that things will be okay and to stay the course. And a lot of people don't take the part about capital killing all your friends too seriously because they think he's just a crazy commie.
@@AtomicBlastPony The deserter is a part of it, but the politics (and notably, how asthetic they are above the person expressing them) are part of what I see as a deeper point about how people are. The general human condition, and how people cope in a world that works like ours does, where even basic human comforts like a warm meal are criminalized unless it comes with a monetary exchange. Edit: But hey, that's only how it spoke to me.
"The road to healing is going to be a long one. Stay the course. You will make it, some day. Just remember: You've made it this far... and it's just a bit farther now. Let's finish this." Idk why, this line at the end, combined with the pose like Harry's the guy out of the 'Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog' painting was really powerful.
I try to model my self-talk after Volition. Forgiving, but honest. Realistic, but encouraging. It is difficult. But Volition is the part of you that believes in you, despite being keenly aware of all the odds you've stacked against yourself.
turns out harry is extraordinarily lucky, for all the shit he's in, to have this kind of voice in his head. i wish my volition could be this good, i could really use this kind of affirmation.
Try to see yourself outside of the unconfortable situation you are currently experiencing, and imagine yourself consoling a friend that is experiencing your exact situation, then write the thoughts, the conversation, that you would have to reassure your friend hat everything is ok and that in the end he would be ok. Then read the text you wrote. Volition is inside all of us, the world is very complex and complicated, and existed even before we where here, with our dreams and desires, so we are going to be dissapointed many times in our lives, but we are strong, and even though all around us we see strangers, we are not alone, and we can do this, god speed.
It's also incredibly heart wrenching to see a man who - even if you maxed out psyche - was beaten down to a point where he nearly drank himself to death. The things that could have broken a man with such willpower must have been horrible
Are you sure you don't have this voice in your head? I've thought I didn't, but it was just quiet, and I didn't listen carefully enough, and to be honest sometimes I purposefully did not want to listen.
I have that voice, albeit its usually me talking to myself.. and not a fractured mind such as harrys case. Its hard sometimes, and fear can hold us back.. but there is still that little part of you to tell you to just put one more step into it, one more second to spend even if its hard.
I'm a psychologist in training and would like to use these lines as a source of inspiration to reassure patients who struggle through it. The Volition scripts are absolutely on-point regarding a therapeutic journey. It happens so often that people give up, even after doing tremendous work. I remember when in-game, you develop a thought, I think sobriety, and the result is "this is how normal people are". I remember how that hit me like a brick wall. People have the capacity to work through absolute hell, absolute bottom, claw their way up to the surface just to be met with the realization that many others never had to struggle like that in the first place. That this amount of intense pain, dedication and will-power puts others in positions of power. Meanwhile, "all" it did for you was reset you to the normal, default position. And yet, without that sacrifice, you would never leave that dark place. Now, you have opportunities like you would never have had. So, it's just a bit further now. It is possible, because *time* is possible.
I remember getting to THAT phone call by the boardwalk and choosing to go ahead with it to spend some time. My Volition was pretty high so I ended up getting the red check where Volition tries to get you to hang it up and somehow stuck the landing at 28%. Something about Volition telling Harry that he doesn't just have to keep replaying his traumas on loop and can break the cycle felt so encouraging.
"This is somewhere to be. This is all you have, but it's still something. Streets and sodium lights. The sky, the world. You're still alive." That's my favorite Voilition quote. Thinking of getting a tattoo with it.
Been wanting a Disco Elysium quote tattoo for a while now but my favourites are all really long quotes haha. Was thinking of ‘Sunrise Parabellum’ nestled in one of the gaps between my other tats.
Same! I never wanted to get a tatoo before I heard this line. And then I started to think about all the others lines froe DE I love... It would be hard to choose one
What is so unique about volition is that it is the one skill that will always be on your side. This is shown by the interaction with Oranje Dancer, where he tells you the others are compromised. All other skills can be depressive, impulsive or both, but Volition truly just wants you to be your best you.
What makes the Oranje Disco Dancer scene even more brilliant, is that Volition overcorrects in its unadulterated devotion to you -- it wants to punish her for trying to manipulate you, even if Volition itself doesn't realise it.
I found it funny how everything Drama says in interactions with her is 100% opposite of truth. It was almost enough to just do everything in opposite to what it says, and you're in the clear.
@@DreamfillahYeah, I see a lot of people who talk about Volition in this scene who to me miss the deeper subtext- Volition is on your side, you’ve been wronged by pretty women, it reacts with extreme vitriol to being tricked by another pretty face- even though looking at it logically Klaasje was doing her best to save her own skin, and not manipulating you in an especially cruel way… while she did lie to you, Harry’s own feelings did most of the work, and so Volition majorly over-responds as if *she’s* at fault for not just her own lies, but your internal urge to think of her as perfect, and her failure to live up to that.
I laughed out loud at Volition's response to getting the blue liquid. He knew Harry would try to drink it, and breaking the fourth wall was the only way to stop him.
4 years sober as of last week. Volition quotes hit hard. Stumbled across this video and started crying, but in a very cathartic way. Man. This is going in the favorites for those bad days. Thank you for compiling this.
@@dawidwojacki5049 Oh yes, when I played it for the first time, going in completely blind to the story, I was absolutely blown away. I did the straight and narrow recovering cop first, and then my second play through was electrochemistry to the max. I struggled to finish that run, but it was such a memorable experience and reminder of “this is why you don’t do this anymore.” (at least I didn’t lose, destroy, and/or wreck valuable company property or yell at people, LOL)
I don't know how many have said, but I wanted to say proud of you friend. Shit is hard, too hard for many to handle, it feels like respite can be found quickest and easiest at the bottom of a glass, even a distraction from pain if nothing else. But you've realized the lie for what it is and managed to steer clear of it, for 4 years. Some never even realize, some never even try. Thank you for trying, thank you for getting this far. We're proud of you, hope you are of yourself, stay safe, and take care.
It's 1 AM here, and I'm after 2 bottles of wine. I've read some of the comments - and I just want to say this: Volition is not someone sitting on your shoulder. It's not some miraculous voice saying comforting things, when you need to hear it the most. It is a part of you, it is you. Stand up, dust yourself off, gaze forward, and say it with me: "You will make it - I will make it."
Two bottles of wine is not a lot, but not a little either. If you find yourself doing this more often or going bigger, seek help so that you get to decide how much you want to drink and the alcohol does not decide for you
Volition is not the most useful skill in the game (in terms of skill checks), but godamn every time he spoke, during my first run, i wanted to cry. I wish i could have someone like him on my side irl everytime i feel overwhelmed or unmotivated
Well here is what my volition says "Its not your fault, capitalism and the world is cruel. But things will get better, its the general course of human history, trial and error, self improving. The old ways of doing things will die and we will be one step further in a better direction. IF you want to see that better future, if YOU want the story to continue fight like hell. Stop arguing with idiots on the internet, you have nothing to prove to them, they will only further bring you down. Stop playing Noita and Rimworld all day, yes its fun I will admit but you aren't going anywhere with this, you can put it down for a couple hours, you can already do that NOW. If you can't do this for you, do this for the people you care about, do it for the world, do it to spite the evil in this world, tap into your inner humanity and get up. You aren't worthless, you are alive aren't you, that is something and value is a subjective measure anyways, to be worthless to the systems that grind your soul into a paste is an incredibly freeing experience, it means you are winning and they are losing even by a small fracture. Let the bourgeois starve, help your fellow working folks, help them see the world you see and keep marching forward, that is all we can do we cannot afford to stand idlily by." Hope it helps.
Having these Volition moments was fantastic, especially since I was running an Intellect/Psyche build. Both my mind and psyche frequently had arguments and criticisms, meanwhile Volition would chime in every now and then just to say "Hey, you're going to be ok. You can push through the noise and pain."
The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.
I suffered from a benzo and alcohol addiction since I was 16. I remember playing this game for the first time and crying because I related even though i was only 23. I'm 26 and celebrating 6 months clean after having multiple seizures from withdrawals and making my own decision to go to detox and rehab, It took a year to detox safely but I made it. This game is one of the reasons why. Thank you volition.
i like when you get the blue spirit and volition says your storing it he goes "were just gonna store this one as a sellable item, okay?" and really reassures harry with the okay at the end.
The music also adds a lot, but sometimes we just need to hear a supporting sentence from another person. Human beings aren't meant to be all on their own. Wether you have friends to support you, or a RU-vid Video with snippets from some video game, both of these things are real. Both of these things can support you. So, as Volition said in this video: Don't give up! You can do this! Remind yourself of this, return to this video as much as you need to. You CAN succeed!
@@JamrockHobo I remember getting drawn into the game so well that I didn't realize how much I felt that the Oranje Dancer convo was a midgame boss fight, until after it was over.
"You'll get it in the next life. Do what you can with this one while you're alive." This . . . honestly might be the most hopeful thing I've heard in a long while. That there'll be a chance to get it right next time.
His dialogue feels like a therapist, challenging your negative perceptions of yourself, not letting you give up on life, praising you when you succeed, even if its in a small way. He's my favourite voice in my head (or Harry's to be exact)!
Can't believe this was the narrator's (Lenval Brown) first role! He made each and every skill feel distinct, and his voice is so unique. Hope he gets more recognition in the future!
I just had a really rough night and this was open in my current tab so I was like why not put this so I can head for bed. Nope, cried, cried some more, couldn't stop crying, kept listening to the first part for hours and now at 5:22 AM I think I got it all out of my system. Thank you.
Sometimes you just need to purge to reset your brain. Ain't nothing wrong with that. For max efficiency taking a shower, eating something nice, drinking a cup of tea (if you're into that), or all of them will get your head on right. GL
I suffer from mental health issues, and this game overall just spoke to me. I felt understood, which is rare. I'm terrified of my mind's own oblivion and it's like I'm in a constant fight for my life to keep my shit together. I have kept my shit together. For a long time. But I can't go on without real help. It has taken me even longer to admit that. All it takes is one bad day or one fatal lapse. This reality thing is the only game in town. It's probably in my interest not to blow it. The urge is strong, but I am stronger.
Do you know what the best part of Voition is? It is with us. With all of us. In the brain of each of us, in a lobe somewhere semantic and scientific, and existing at the same time, is Volition. You may not acknowldge it, or recognize it, bu it is there. Whispering to us, almost like a Guardian Angel, but it is no supernatural, nor otherworldly. It is a part of us, just like a shadow, and just like a shadow, it can never be eradicated nor erased, not even in darkness. We always talk about the devils on our shoulders as a collective and conscious speices and society. I believe it is high time we talked and understood these angels on our shoulders. Because even the most suicidal of us can dream, and even the worst of us have these. Volition.
VOLITION [Medium:Success] - You can do it. To live is to suffer, but it is also love, hope, laughs, overcoming. You can't stop pain, but you can choose how to react to it. Like a hangover, this will also pass. Ride the wave, you will be okay. Trust me. Don't listen to your pain, listen to your heart. Your life has not ended. This is just the beginning.
To be human is to suffer, things get better slowly over time. The bourgeois will fall and we will all be free one way or another, even in the hell they created we can still find beauty in life. We won't let them break us, we are not their thralls, we are humans and they are not.
I'm a first generation immigrant from a poor country. The only child of a family with issues connecting emotionally. Completely disconnected from my society of birth due to how much bullying I suffered as a child. A few years ago, I finally managed to make it and became a citizen of a better place. This video was like hearing, for the first time in my life, someone speaking with, at times, the very exact tone; the exact same voice; that has spoken to me for the last however many years that I can remember. The voice that comes to me from the inside. I didn't expect to start bawling over a random video that RU-vid recommended me. I only played a bit of Disco Elysium and realized that it was one of those great games I needed to play properly once I had the time. I hope I can remember a little bit in a few days or weeks how this video made me feel and actually make the time to play the game.
Thank you. Thank you. Right now I am at very low point of my life. Both of my parents have cancer. And I have no one.And I am just trying to find some power in myself. And its strangely helping
I listened to this recently on the anniversary of my older brothers suicide. I wish he had made it so he could have heard this. He would have loved all of this. I miss you so much bro. I gotta save everyone I can in this life. I’ll see you in the next later bro
My favourite quote from disco Elysium is a volition check, “The road to healing is going to be a long one. Stay the course. You will make it, someday. Just remember that you’ve made it this far and it’s just a bit farther now. Let’s finish this. I’m on your side.”
Hey. Just wanted to say thanks. Im going through a very difficult depressive episode. And honestly, it helps, even a bit. Sometimes you are so blinded by the darkness that surrounds you, the lies your brain keeps telling itself, lies that generate other lies, like recycled toxicity that just keeps feeding onto itself. This curtain can keep you blind to what matters and what REAL reality is. "You're not an idiot, You're a detective and a detectives work is hard. You made it this far, and its a bit further. I'm on Your side." Sometimes it takes a silly video game youtube movie to lift that curtain, ever so slightly, but lift it enough to notice the light from behind it. Because "The road to healing is going to be a long one"
Of all of life’s pain we find all of life’s pleasure. And in the middle Volition no pleasure no pain just will power. The will power to move and get the job done.
15 seconds in & my Electrochemistry is screaming at me to take something, TAKE ANYTHING, to stop feeling the way I do. When your life is poised to go down the same path as Harry's: you can't help but feel like there's no point to even TRYING anymore. The aspect of Volition's quotes that hurts the most is the fact that they're ALL reminders that there are others out there rooting for you... Regardless of whether or not they CAN help you, other people WANT to help you... And man... I don't care about hurting myself, but people who care about me? Fuck that. I can't keep hurting them by hurting myself... It doesn't matter if you have all the valid reasons in the world to stop trying & stop caring... *There will still be reasons to care.* And you CANNOT ignore that. You can try to drown out that fact with booze & drugs... but you & I both know that you're hurting the people who care about you every time you stop trying. Whether its anorexia, alcoholism, depression or something else entirely: YOU ARE NEITHER ALONE IN YOUR STRUGGLES OR IN YOUR RECOVERY. You are only as alone as you choose to be & if you want to get better IF YOU REALLY WANT TO SEE YOURSELF IMPROVE: You cannot push away those that care & you have to keep caring & trying, for their sake, ESPECIALLY when every fiber of your being is telling you to stop trying. You can get better, you WILL get better. The first step is strengthening that commitment to improvement. You'll never be able to resist the negative forces if your Volition can't bolster your resolve. So save this video to a "Bad Day" playlist like me and let it remind you that: "This too shall pass" & you don't have to have hope for a better future to improve today, you just gotta be sick of allowing the status quo to continue. ✊️ And remember it'll all be worth it once you spin-kick your first racist square in the chest. 😂❤
During those long years when I struggled with trauma, anxiety and depression (and I still do to some extent), I had hoped to find someone that I could love and someone who could love me. It was only recently that I truly realized that there is one such person in my life and that's me. I hadn't extended the same love and compassion to myself that I was so ready to expel outward, to others. After realizing this, my own Volition had "woken up". Sure, I've always had it in me, but I felt like its strength has been somewhat renewed. I'm still a mess and I might always be like that. I may never heal completely, but unless I can love myself, my life will remain miserable. Volition represents healthy self-love that doesn't sugarcoat things, but also doesn't poison them with unnecessary pessimism.
Hang in there dude! I may just be a random person on the internet but you WILL make it. Keep marching forward above all else, you'll make it out of the forest eventually!
Is there any reason to stop? In my case, nothing makes me stop, probably i'm too depressed and don't see any reason. I'm want to feel much worse i think.
@@RedstoneCriper Self-destructive mindset, I have it too. When you reach a point that you both: don't want to improve and actively sabotage any progress. I'm working on a project that I hope can open new opportunities in my life, I'm very close to finishing but I keep having to break and fight the urge to give up cause I feel I don't deserve a better life. But we do deserve better, both you and I need to keep actively fighting off those thoughts and slowly but surely take steps to improve our situation. I hope you find your way brother.
my favorite part about volition, is that sure all the skills are in one way or another a piece of harry so fragmented that it became its own person, but volition Is harry himself and his own motivation, sure its probably detached by 1 or 2 steps of reality from the real him, but its literally by definition his Own Will, and he always has harry's back and best intentions
Volition with low morale be like You are a worthy, perfectly okay individual. Your life literally is as valuable as all the others'. I'm just gonna support you and you're gonna keep coming back, imm'a give you the strength you need, you're gonna keep coming back. Why? Cause you keep taking magnesium! You worthy man destined for great things! You gonna stay on the force until you die. You serve this purpose in life. Your purpose in life is to be on the force cracking tough cases daily. Your purpose in life is to be in that field cracking a case daily. Your life is valuable, you serve a purpose. You should heal yourself, NOW. And give yourself a piece of that oxygen, and ozone layer, that's covered up so that we can breathe inside this pale trapped bubble. Cause what are you here for? To give up? HEAL YOURSELF! I mean that, with a 100%, with a 1000%.
