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Friendship A little headcanon that Curly is touch repulsed and Jimmy doesn't respect that

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so its late and i shouldnt be writing analysis again but i really love this scene and i want to go off about it so here we are

i really do think this is a breaking point for the crew but especially curly. "i would do anything to help you" being met with "im pregnant". "anything" is such a brave sounding hyperbole, and one that we all use all the time. its an idea, an expression of dedication to something or someone except here its met with disappointment and despair and disillusion because at the end of the day a good sounding idea doesnt change cold hard facts. the want to help vs the realization that its so so late now and what you wanted to help is way beyond saving.

on one hand, ive shitposted about how "curly is the mouthwash" but i actually do mean that. mouthwash is supposed to be a trustworthy hygiene product but dragonbreath has too much sugar to really be useful. i do genuinely believe thats a metaphor for curly, how hes just not made of what could get rid of 99.9% of germs - and even if he was, that 0.1% that he cannot get to would still be there. (note anya saying "drinking this stuff wouldnt help, as much as i want it to"!!)

on the other hand and for the record, i dont think anya "hates" curly here. her words are hurting him and she has the right to resent him but i dont think she actually feels that strongly negatively about him. i dont think shes that preoccupied about curly or his feelings in the first place, this isnt about him for her. it is understandable, of course. shes done waiting and shes tired of curly's empty promises that "everything will be okay", she just wants to at least be left alone in safety if nothing can be done to undo her abuse.

this scene to me is these two mindsets clashing. curly desperately holding onto the image of himself as a good captain not by pony express standards but by his own looking-out-for-my-crew standards, a good captain that would do anything for his men if he has to, while anya has given up on that illusion and is desperate enough to shatter it for curly as well, not even really knowing what she wants from him anymore. even if he doesnt enjoy being a good captain by pony express standards, curly has been chasing an idea of being in control and making sure everyone is fine on his ship but that was never what anya needed (heck, he wasnt even in control as much as he thought) and now shes forcing him to face that and realize how many warning signs hes walked past for whatever reason, how many opportunities where something could have still been done.

what "anything" can he do now to fix her situation in a way that matters? could he even really do anything or is he just the sugary mouthwash, too sweet to do its job properly?

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Unfulfilled

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Survivor AU Pt.3 settings

Pt.1

Pt.2

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“oh yes, i am very reasonable and normal about this subject!!”

*proceeds to mass reblog any related content*

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do you even remember

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next comes spite.

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Me checking on one of my beloved ao3 fics that hasn't been updated since 2017

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no way ppl are using ai to write ao3. what happened to being a tortured writer. what happened to blood on the page. what happened to the ao3 curse. people used to get run over, have their houses burned down, break their entire spines and they still put in the work to finish a chapter. fuck you, using ai. y’all are weak

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has it been discussed how reverse au curly would deal with the uh. murder of his former best friend? because i have been wondering about that...

he would deal very poorly :") i think jimmy's descent into...however he is by the time he brings them to the lounge table, was very non-linear, and curly got to witness his friend turn into something he struggled to recognise.

still, even so, curly isn't someone to whom murder would come easy. he acts with the resolve he does in that final scene because he is a) very not present after the strangulation, and b) very aware that this is the one way he can protect anya at this point. doesn't mean that he just brushes it off afterwards. the survivor's guilt is off the charts, all the 'what ifs', all the unfinished business. the thought that hurts worst of all is that it really seemed, for a while, that jimmy has finally found something worth applying himself to. if only it didn't all go so wrong.

(roleswap au tag) (masterpost)

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I love my blorbo so much I need him covered in blood and beaten within an inch of his life

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“It’s alright now. The stars shall carry you. Even if everyone forgets, you shall forever be eternal with the universe.”

More old Anya fanart. I like to believe that she was embraced by and became one with the universe after her death because fuck Jimmy for erasing her from the narrative!

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the actor au from Joetastic video, but its a fanart for curly's crashout one because its funny