#curly recovery

[howtozuzu]

Have seen couple of people making recovery HC and designs for Curly and I kinda wanted to do my own take,,,

Most people seem to be giving him prosthetic which like, def no hate to that, but Idk I think he deserves to just rest.

Also a little inspried by this post by @cancatsdraw (hope you don't mind the tag) In a wheelchair he doesn't have to constantly put pressure on his sensitive nubbens and could have accessability to an AAC device so he can actually also always communicate

Idk if this would add up but I thonked that prosthetics, while probably an option, would mostly be used for possible exercise reasons, less so in normal routine. As well as HC that he'd perefer the wheelchair since he doesn't feel comfortable without communication means.

(Alsofirst time drawing an electric wheelchair, had to fix that)

[thinkingofausername]

do you think recovered curly would wear gloves over his prosthetics to gain back some softness? do you think he would move around in bed or feel unsettled because lying still would remind him of the past? would he watch attentively at all times, struggle to trust people or let them come close? would he flinch when someone's hand approached his face? feel sick when cutting bread? stay away from pills at all cost? get caught off guard every time he looks in a mirror? would he be torn between fearing people, fearing misreading them and feeling that he needs to do more for them, fight for them in ways he didn't before? is there any bigger picture left? or does he only notice details and hold back vomit at things other people don't look at twice?

[normalenjoyer-png]

much to consider

[storywestistrash]

watched mouthwashing finally. the fact that i saw people be more aggressive towards curly than jimmy is kinda strange. kinda real weird

[dykedvonte]

(abt my last ask) thank you for the answer, your understanding of charas is trully stellar!

I wanted to ask, what's your take on recovery!au (unless you intend to cover it in your fic)? In the universe, where Jimmy happens, but the crew somehow survives. Everyone is traumatised, Anya is pregnant, Curly is disabled (could he even be able to afford disability aids? Pony express in no more, would they even be paid a sufficient compensation?). There is also a question of p*lice investigation (or whatever agency is responsible for space crimes), even more trauma... Man, it's bleak.

-💀

I like them sad but for emotional and physical recovery reason rather than all the actual legal stuff that would ensue.

I like when Swansea relapsing is explored and Daisuke losing a little bit of his light. I am clearly a big supporter of Anya and Curly remaining close friend after but I think exploring the unhealthy dynamics of the trauma bond they’d develop should be played with way more. I think it’s a bit annoying when people are on the nose about Anya telling Curly he should’ve done more, especially when he’s struggling through recovery.

I feel like people really want her to be a character to rub salt into wounds, just to give her something cathartic, but it’s just OOC for me. It’s not a kindness thing but I don’t think she wants that sort of guilt to stay with him like that? He did not do what Jimmy did, he could’ve done more to stop it but she would not intentionally try to direct what she can never take out towards Jimmy at Curly. At least when they all make it out. This is not to say she doesn’t think he shouldn’t have any remorse but she understands that no one else could have foreseen Jimmy crashing the ship or getting that bad.

I like when it gets psychoanalytic in fics with the crew. Talk about Curly finally opening up on details on how he and Jimmy were friends, have the others realize how bad Jimmy was to even Curly, not a lot of people realize that they don’t know how Jimmy was to him. Have Anya be angry and snippy, have her worry she’s becoming like Jimmy even though she could never be like him, it’s that fear though, that she is owed that cathartic release and may take it out on others in some selfish subconscious desire to reclaim control for herself. Have her actualize-herself, is med school the only option? What does she want now? Does Swansea divorce his wife, give up on the life he created because he was just following the path of a good man, one he didn’t believe? Or does he stay and use the time he has left to make it something he believes in. How is Daisuke? Is he more mature or does he lose a little light? What are his new aspirations if any? His relationship with his parents?

Ultimately, I think a recover au should really focus on just them actually getting to know each other and filling themselves. So much of their interactions were likely based on coworker dynamics first. With that out the window they are now people who can’t really move on from each other but need to move on in life.

[liviathin-artz]

Curly's happy (and recovering) ending💖🌸

(Anya helped him with his new "limbs")

Based on a tik tok i saw a while back

[the-real-couchrat]

So recovering post-ending (or rescue au) Curly is my favorite thing ever actually. If someone sees a post with him getting prosthetics or skin grafts, please tag me!

Edit: I’m making a list of all the posts I can find on it

[sanasanakun]

My one wish for fanfic authors when writing those “good ending” or “Curly survives” AUs is to discuss Curly’s heavy reliance on painkillers (oxycodone in particular) and how he probably developed a pretty bad addiction for them. It’s something he’d have to definitely deal with after a rescue.

[httpiastri]

okay so!

if we look at the race hair, it has two things, shorter hair is a lot softer while the curls seem more frizzy. Curly hair is often more hard to maintain and if you have curls like Paul then its always best to have curl specific shampoo and conditioner (which from my experience makes curly hair puffy especially if its longer)

I think he might not have had correct hair products or he doesn’t use correct one and uses regular one you can buy at a store just for race weekends (or he uses ones you get from hotels)

what also influences this is weather as he travels alot, curly hair has alot more texture and pulls in more humidity and dryness which makes it seem more frizzy.

its alot more different when it cones to off season hair, it seems like he has correct hair products and is taking more care (maybe even using hair masks) it can also be from feeling less stress that makes the hair seem more healthy

omg elle you really popped off with this 🥰🥰

the frizzyness when it’s short is so 🥺 like in monaco and spa? very cute 🤭 oooo interesting about the haircare, i didn’t think about that…. yeah it would make sense for him not to have the right products (or not have the energy/time to properly tend to his hair) during race weekends, but the thought of him actually thinking about that and putting a lot of time into his hair when he's at home 😭

oh yeah i bet the weather affects it a lot too, and also just the racing in general? i suppose having a helmet rubbing down on it when it's all sweaty and the helmet is fuggy/stuffy is not great for the volume & curls either.... but the off-season hair, the puffiness!! the volume!! love how its sometimes very like individual, tiny curls and sometimes just a big flop of curl 🥺

[lazyconfessionscrazyintentions]

We’re embracing the Aphrodite pouch in 2024 and the small steps towards recovery⚡️

I tried some crystals I was told would fix me up

'Cause my solar plexus had a hole that needed love💕💓❣️

[unadulteratedqueenface]

SpaceOut

[thinkingofausername]

giving myself therapy by imagining curly in a tank filled with a healing, pain-numbing, infection-preventing liquid. no pain, no unwanted touching, the only sound being the one of liquid. just floating around, as relaxed as one can be after surviving what he has

[saul-goodboy]

my (head) hair has finally started sprouting again and growing back :3

the timeline for hair regrowth is usually up to 18 months and i’m on like month seven of recovery so i’m pretty hyped for the future of my hair and scalp health 👍👍

[priestessofthepoeticprophesy]

Me circa 2017. Unhealthy, unhappy, and in the midst of a heroin addiction. I had also recently found out that my father was dying from ALS. I might be thicker bodied now but I've been off dope for 5+ years and I'm in a much better place.

[moodr1ng]

itd be box braids this time cause id want it to be more versatile than cornrows ++ i would get extensions to have long hair again 💞 ill prob wait until september one way or another just so its not during the heatwave but i may also wait until next year??

[apparently-curly]

4 years after abandoning this tumblr…