#curly answers!..i think

[tulparscaptaincurly]

HELLO HOWDY!!!

you're a cool guy. and cool guys get flowers.

so heres a flower. a flowers. er flowees

flowerz,,,,flora,,,

Oh, thank you! I'll try my best to take care of this one!

[fox-guardian]

mouthwashjng group cuddle puddle. except jimmy. fuck jimmy.

tried to think of how a group cuddle would even Go on the tulpar and i can only imagine it began as a bit

[ID: A digital drawing of Anya, Daisuke, Swansea, and Curly from Mouthwashing napping on the lounge area's couch. Swansea is sitting up with his arms crossed and head resting on the back of the couch, snoring loudly. Curly is on the floor, leaning back against his lap with his elbows on Swansea's knees and his head smushed against his shoulder. Daisuke is sitting next to Swansea, laying against his side, snoring quietly with a huge mouth. And Anya is laying down, hugging herself and smiling with her head on a pillow in Daisuke's lap. Anya and Daisuke are not wearing shoes on the couch. end ID]

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the gang saw swansea napping on the couch and decided to mess with him slightly. curly sat down first and quickly realized swansea is a space heater, especially when asleep, and daisuke laid down on him too. after the guys got cozy, daisuke invited anya to join the shenanigans, and she got a cushion to lay on with daisuke cuz they're besties <3

swansea later woke up and found himself woefully trapped

[dykedvonte]

I haven’t really talked about Jimmy’s hallucinated version of Polle but I do subscribe to the idea that that is the closest thing to Anya’s true thoughts and feelings along with the representation of the hypothetical baby.

Text color, the whole horse attraction and monsters based on pregnancy/female anatomy, it joking about calling Jimmy old man? It’s both Jimmy purposely trying to ignore Anya and what he did but also not being able to cause he knows, in the back of his mind it all links back to her. But the closet thing he can accept about it is that it fostered something that would be undoubtedly linked to him.

It’s not exactly Anya and it’s not exactly the child. It’s his manifestation of all the things he would’ve failed doing for it and have already failed to take responsibility for. He failed as a decent person, a captain and he would’ve failed as a father which are all things Anya would subtly acknowledge throughout the game in little ways.

It specifically being Polle, the mascot to the Pony Express is more likely a call back to how the pony express is used to mean things that were never going to make it or were rearing for an end. It’s all symbolic and it’s all in Jimmy’s head because he refuses to acknowledge the real person and events his subconscious is basing it on.

[fluffyartbl0g]

If you asked me to describe them in one picture it would be this

Here’s the scene in question ^^^^ ITS SO GOOD ITS SO GOOD ITS SO GOOD

And here’s the exact screenshot I redrew

[canisalbus]

a little late to the horse discussion but as a horse enthusiast i think machete would so easily translate into an arabian. the pronounced, thin snout, the beady eyes. i cant decide if vasco should lean more towards a race horse breed like a thoroughbred or maybe a dressage breed like a dutch warmblood, i think either fit his vibe well

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[asukiess]

this might be stupid but If I Die Young is a really fitting song for emilie

other than the obvious connection—I’m sure it wasn’t just me that looped this song as a youngin and thought about my own funeral right. and like dying young. that’s also very emilie.

[scarycranegame]

I’m asking so politely for your theory. I’m so curious bc I ALSO have a theory based on space law so I’m rlly curious if it’s the same/similar

YESSSSS FINALLY I GET TO TALK ABOUT THIS!!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ASKING ABT THIS DMTRYÓ!!!!!!!!!

anyways. so basically...

(theory under the cut because i dont want this post to be too long ksdjnfsd; also this is technically 2 theories so buckle up, its gonna be a long ride LOL)

there's a policy that a lot of real-would space travel organizations have which dictates you're not allowed to have sex in space due to the risk of pregnancy.

if we assume that this policy has been adopted by pony express, it opens up the possibility that, contrary to popular fandom belief, jimmy didn't rape anya.

this theory also incorporates certain details from the developer q&a, which can be found on the steam announcement page.

in order, here's the theory & my evidence:

anya's unwillingness to feed curly his painkillers is because she's unprepared to care for someone at his level of injury. according to part 1 of the q&a, anya has never been to medical school, and her only training was provided by pony expresss: a company notorious for cutting corners. considering this, i find it perfectly understandable that she'd find it emotionally difficult to literally shove pills down a severely disabled man's throat; especially since he was formerly her superior. it's a reminder of how just one mistake can damage you for life, which fits the game's themes of taking responsibility and putting effort into fixing your mistakes.

anya's general demeanor around jimmy post-crash seems less afraid and more exasperated to me. the way she praises him for somewhat minimal-effort tasks but otherwise avoids him when necessary reads more like she considers it easier to play along with him rather than confront him, since he's already exhibited somewhat unstable tendencies prior to the crash (specifically, his hostility towards curly during the party). related to this point, the q&a reveals that she's read up on psychology during her tenure on the tulpar... but we'll get to that later.

during the first flashback segment, we learn that jimmy doesn't take the psych evaluations seriously. this, to me, indicates an unwillingness to follow company policy, as well as a significant lack of foresight, as at this point none of the crew are aware that pony express will no longer exist as a corporate entity when they return to earth. i mention this because, even if the crew didn't get laid off, jimmy would likely still receive a penalty just for refusing to give honest answers on his psych evals alone (after all, we know how pony express is about punishing their employees).

both anya's and jimmy's remarks during curly's birthday party imply that they're financially struggling. anya states that she has no savings, and jimmy says that once he's laid off, he'll go back to his "struggle of a life". part 3 of the q&a also states that jimmy can't even afford to have hobbies, implying that he's really not well off at all. following this logic, neither jimmy or anya would be able to care for a child.

the scene with swansea and anya in the cockpit, as well as swansea's later reference to it ("anya told [him] a whole lot of things") is interesting. some things to note about swansea are that 1. he's "really into workplace safety" (according to daisuke), and 2. he doesn't think highly of people who let their sexual desires control them or make bad decisions as a result of sexual desire (i.e., his criticism of daisuke's tendency to think with his "downstairs longnose"). if we assume that, considering jimmy's lack of foresight or respect for the rules, he and anya had consensual sex that ended up resulting in a pregnancy which anya told swansea about, it would make sense for swansea to still disapprove of jimmy's actions, as it would be against company policy and an instance of jimmy "thinking with his downstairs longnose" (sorry you had to read that sentence twice).

here's the big one: the dead pixel and anya's observation about locks. lots of people in this fandom forget that you can have consensual sex and regret it later. this scene, to me, represents anya regretting having had sex with jimmy because of the pregnancy. the dead pixel represents her observations in hindsight, and her comment about the lack of locks on the sleeping quarters reflects how she wishes she thought more about her decision and chosen to just sleep instead. additionally, curly's remark about "safety" could have made anya realize that, since jimmy has already proven himself to be unstable, he might do something drastic in response to finding out she's pregnant...

...which is why she hides the gun in the next flashback. when curly confronts her about it, she states that she was hiding the gun from jimmy. while she does mention that she knew curly would "never give her the gun to protect herself" with, i believe that her main motive behind hiding the gun was to protect jimmy instead, for a specific reason...

piggybacking off of the above topic, jimmy's response to anya's pregnancy being so quiet is telling, i think. if he assaulted her, don't you think he would've done more rather than just walk away? wouldn't he have at least told her to make some excuse for him? speaking of jimmy's reaction...

when jimmy speaks to curly just before crashing the ship, it seems more like he's talking about being laid off & penalized for breaking policy as opposed to being arrested. considering the earlier revelation that jimmy is impoverished on earth, it's a much bigger deal to him than it likely is to most of the others on the ship, which is why he decides that the best course of action is to crash the ship. why can't he get another job? we'll get to that right now:

jimmy likely has paranoid schizophrenia. my friend, julian (@saya-sakisaka, who is schizophrenic himself), pointed out to me that jimmy exhibits symptoms that he himself experiences, such as having a generally angry/irritable demeanor and visual & auditory hallucinations for much of the game. furthermore, jimmy's reaction to anya's pregnancy may be due to pregnancy itself being one of jimmy's triggers, which in turn marks the beginning of a psychotic break that lasts for most of the game (as evidenced by much of the more tense/traditionally "scary" gameplay taking place within jimmy's hallucinations, most of which involve some sort of pregnancy symbolism and come directly after jimmy is placed in situations that cause him stress).

something else that julian pointed out to me is that, unfortunately, many paranoid schizophrenics attempt suicide during psychotic episodes. this brings me back to an earlier point in this post: anya may have hid the gun from jimmy in order to stop him from committing suicide, and may have known about his schizophrenia due to her knoweldge of psychology. on that note as well, jimmy may have deliberately lied on psych evaluations in order to hide the fact that he has this disorder (or, alternatively, is in denial of his disorder; both explanations giving a reason for anya to disguise her attempt at protecting jimmy as one at protecting herself), and may have also taken the news that pony express is going under so hard because it would be extremely difficult for him to get another job because of his disorder. after all, in "the last one and then another", it's revealed that jimmy only has this job because of curly.

tl;dr: pony express policy forbids having sex on company ships, and jimmy and anya had consensual sex that they both regret because it resulted in a pregnancy that would be detrimental to both of them because of this policy, their financial situations, and jimmy having paranoid schizophrenia & having pregnancy as a trigger.

[griffincastle]

Dear Richtofen, how did you feel the first time you met Dempsey ? (Reference to your AO3 fic 'Soul Grown Deep' !)

[mahou-no-momo]

I wanna go ahead and say that like....Anya doesn't have to be perfect or amazing at her job, I'm not even saying she's a perfect character. I just find it sus that folks so badly want to see her as inept at it, trying very hard to do it, because she wasn't able to get into medical school as well as the fact that Jimmy viewed her as useless and unintelligent when we all know he's a damn unreliable narrator. She's obviously going to be good at nursing because she finished her nursing classes, she's not bad at her damn job nor would she have to try terribly hard to be decent at it, and the fact that she kept Curly alive despite his severe wounds and lack of medical supplies for months is a feat in that of itself. She's clearly knowledgeable from the bits we've seen about her. Hell, she even has medical books in medbay she most likely reads. So why do y'all not want her to be the best at or struggle with her job? To give her another fault? Why? Why does she have to keep proving herself competent to some of y'all when the narrative already has proven she is multiple times? Seeing her from Jimmy's POV and then being shown that she is in fact competent at her job is the freaking point! Why does she have to have this specific fault for her to feel like a well rounded character to you?

[tricorderreading]

Star Trek - The Wrath of Khan

During the review meeting for the Kobiashi Maru, Kirk needles Saavik hard with another impossible situation, with interesting results

I must note: spock wonders afterwards if Kirk intentionally gave this scenario due to saavik's past, but it also echos Kirk's struggle with the Tarsus IV massacre

Both of these can be described as "lifeboat ethics," which is a real thing!

[burningcomputerpersona]

ahhhhhhhh guess who made the mistake of getting a haircut

[thecomet-and-themeteor]

Tryna figure out how I wanna draw these goobers. Some are more accurate to their actors than others, lol.

@thetisming I figured you might like this aljfkal

[becauseplot]

I spend /1/ day writing something other than archivists after 2 fics in a row for them and I already miss them. I can but pray that once QSMP is back Cellbit is quickly rescued and they actually manage to overlap times >.< (I'm still hoping for him back for Valentines day but it's looking tight...)

ARCHIVISTS ARCHIVISTS ARCHIVISTS RAHHHHH. Yeah same dude I miss them. During this hiatus I think I'm gonna go back and watch all of the purgatory 1 VODs that I missed so that I can get more of that sweet sweet archivists leader + second-in-command content. (I missed most of purgatory 1 bc Life unfortunately ;-;) Praying for more archivist interactions in the future, next time they meet each other I think I'll actually cry. Like. No joke. I miss them. My favoritest little fucked up guys. Spinning them in my brain forever and ever and ever!!!

[rafeandonlyrafe]

i think ur writing is pretty race neutral. and i hate when people and especially white write for poc because it mostly comes out really racist. imo���🏾🙌🏾

that's exactly why i don't do it! i know occasionally the reader is described as having a tan or tan lines which may not apply to darker skinned readers, but those are pretty much always just small details 😭

[ask-captain-curly]

what’s ur favORITE animall….. .

It's sort of basic, but I think I like dogs the most.

[unexpectedbrickattack]

HI i saw ur reblog of my gustavo drawing and YES that is ur guy!!! ever since i found ur art when i first got into pizza tower i was like.. this is the cutest gus ive ever seen u are a GENIUS...i now have so many gnome hcs with him and cannot get his stupid cute little fluffy self out of my head u have permanently altered my vision i Thank you deeply 🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️

WHAT! THATS SO COOL 😭💖💖💖 I am just doing my job spreading the gnome!gus agenda and i am so happy people love it. I am excited to see what you do with him !! 🧡✨