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vampire-nyx · 26 days ago

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It has occurred fully to me now through watching a chillingly fantastic animatic about Mouthwashing that the "mouthwashing is about SA and only SA and any other conversations are taking away from that story" crowd are really tragically burying the extremely interesting conversation to be had about Curly in regards to both the very complex person he is with his faults and ideals, and also in his becoming disabled and entirely dependent on the kindness of the crew, and then as things get worse, being denied permission to die by someone he protected when he shouldn't have, who turned out to be an extremely volatile, violent, and unstable person who is deeply jealous, resentful, and yet simultaneously idolizing toward him

#if I had the time and energy I could make an analysis post trying to start this conversation myself #but for now all I can say is man. I can see where there should be a conversation happening about curly and jimmy #and it's not being allowed to happen because some people think if there is SA in a story the story MUST be about SA #and SA can never serve narratively as a small part of a much larger pattern of behavior in a very complex interesting Terrible character #if there is SA the story MUST be focused on the victim there can be no interesting compelling stories about the perpetrator #and if the story IS about the perpetrator it MUST be solely about how evil they were for the SA specifically and nothing else

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