#even without Jimmy with the amount of hauls the crew had done statistically were gonna get got

[blissfulrain12]

When talking about what curly should’ve done about Jimmy, it kinda seems like a lot of fans are more focused on what would be satisfying for the themselves (the audience) to see, and not on what would actually help Anya herself in that scenario.

They seem like that cause they are like that. It's not about the actual story or Anya it's about what would make them happy. It's also important to note that what they want not only obscures Anya, it's misogynistic and simplifies the story. They want the story to be how bad men failed to protect the poor female victim. Where everything would've been solved if bad man #2 had just grown a spine and committed murder or assault to protect the damsel.

Every what if about what Curly should've done focuses on Jimmy and violence. Anya is a second thought. It's always he should've done something. Just a vague and useless Something. Actually engaging with the scenario and coming up with viable reasonable solutions is too much. Doing that would mean coming to terms with the fact the horror game put it's characters in a no win situation to highlight how capitalism causes circumstances like this all the time. Doing that would require deviating from the theme of rape culture where we're only concerned with the actions of individuals even if it doesn't fit the entire narrative. And they can't do that.

Though I will give them one thing Anya didn't want him there anymore. Though then we'd have to deal with the fact that that's not possible and not everything a victim wants is viable unfortunately.

No what Curly should've done is coordinate with Anya better from the moment he figured out what happened so she didn't feel like she was unsupported and had to do things on her own. Maybe they could have come up with a plan together about how best to keep her safe. But that's easy to say from the outside looking in with hindsight benefit.