#if we go back to curly

[selliho6530]

Fuck, how did Jimmy get hired if he's a fucking hallucinating every second???

Although what to expect from a person who likes painted horses...

[dykedvonte]

Its really interesting that Jimmy’s chair is the one tilted away from the screen in this shot:

It’s indicative of how his and Jimmy’s dynamic was. He’s not staring ahead at the screen, he’s not paying attention to what they are doing. Curly is the only one looking forward. Jimmy quite literally couldn’t see the responsibility Curly had or was doing. Jimmy likely slacked off and avoided most of his duties. I mean the one time we know he pilots the Tulpar he steers it wrong and loses the team 4000 credits. Even in the positions they held objectively, Curly was always taking responsibility for Jimmy. Not to mention the “We can fix this” and only one chair at attention. Jimmy never had intentions to fix anything, throughout the game, throughout his entire relationship with Curly. Curly always fixed it? Why would it be any different here?

If he even took the slightest bit of responsibility, he would’ve stayed in the cockpit to see his plan through. In the end Curly did what Jimmy always expected him to do for him and took responsibility. Did what he always did and took responsibility at the wrong time…

[homolobotomized]

IT'S DADAN DAY!!!!!!!!!!

[filet-o-feelings]

Is it weird that I'm kinda excited to be able to honestly answer polls with the I'm bald option soon? It's weird, huh?

[boatboys]

A whole variety of things that have not managed to get posted, of varying significance, completion, symbolism and and canon...nicity. Canonness. Canonitude.

[euclydya]

oooo. lord help us

[neishroom]

zion’s 1st day

[burningcomputerpersona]

ahhhhhhhh guess who made the mistake of getting a haircut

[bugmistake]

i love my mom ......

[spookythesillyfella]

i guess that daisuke just speakz to me on such a personal level becauze he waz considered such a failure for not living up to conventional achievementz [being good in school . having a good job]

he alwayz wanted to be appreciated by people who he viewed az "skilled" and "knowledgable" – hiz mother quite literally called him "a slacker" . so of courze he'd want to separate himself from that label by gaining the appreciation of people who are "hard-working" and "experienced"

i think that the way he triez to reassure everyone that he'z alright by exaggerating hiz pozitivity . despite the fact he'z scared of being on the tulpar . and that he doezn't even want to be there in the first place . becauze he doezn't want to be seen az "sensitive" n "childish" iz just so real ..

he'z so wonderful ...

[saltlickmp3]

godddddddd theres this guy who was the year above me at school who was in this band that were really good they did like led zeppelin covers & their originals were really cool & he plays bass in like a PERFECT 70s style and he bought this vintageish old looking bass off the school & he looked sort of like tom baker but obv. like eighteen & i was kind of enamoured with him in the way he was playing music & doing stuff like i wanted to be doing while also being very Gender he could also play guitar really well & i told him he should listen to pentangle & he liked them & i ended up going to a bookstore with him in australia but OHHHH MY GODDDDD he's in wales atm & keeps posting pictures of him playing in bars with old guys like AHHHH I WISH THAT WAS MEEEEEEE but whatever

[dykedvonte]

One of my mutuals opinions is the "bro code" thing, that Curly is one of those guys who wouldn't care about the victim because the perpetrator is his friend and I'm really banging my head on the wall like that other anon. I've only played through the game once but Curly's behaviour/reactions etc read completely different from the "bro code" thing and I have to wonder if my mutual and I even played the same game.. like the constant digs at him from Jimmy, his body language in his face reveal and so on like you mentioned in your post. While this game is a little different obviously, it kind of reminded of a point in Alice Madness Returns that makes it very clear that Alice's pain blinded her to the abuse of the other children and her failure to act earlier because of it. Curly is guilty of a similar inaction but it doesn't change the fact he was a victim of Jimmy too. I don't think I can look at it any other way because both of these games have really stuck with me.

I genuinely think it really is the idea that people want a simple easy to blame problem and the idea that the only relatable victims of abuse are those that "surpass" it or do a lot to help others. When it comes to victims, especially those that don't fit the typical demographics, who either accidently perpetuate it, enable it or aren't ideal in some way shape or form, people jump to ignore what they went through as it's easier than dealing with those conflicting sentiments.

The bro-code conversation in Mouthwashing stems from a concept I generally dislike that there had to be something about Curly that made him meet or keep being friends with someone like Jimmy. I think people genuinely underestimate how many like decent and good people just know an asshole or are friends with someone who is really bad outside of their view/established dynamics. The game makes it clear none of the inaction against Jimmy is because of a lack of care, it is a lack of understanding from the privaleged postions they have as men to not have to worry about what Anya does/went through and the type of extremes men like Jimmy will go through to cover it up. They are all too preoccupied in their own strifes.

Another thing I see being oversaturated the idea that you have to be a freak, misanthrope or have a disorder to do the thing Jimmy does. The game is an escalation, it's a spiral that I don't see people comment on that Jimmy was not likely having the mood swings and episodes of rage/frustration we were seeing in the game. This is after they all start experiencing the worst moments in their lives that he got THAT openly bad. Of course, this is just my interpretation but much like in real life, people that go to extremes like that usually live mundane lives. It's a pressure cooker affect to where the stress made them pop. It's self inflicted but still the case.

I really think people need to be more willing to acknowledge that not everything needs to be an extreme or in black and white or easy to understand. It doesn't need to be happy or have an answer or solution, especially in the cases where the abused sadly helps perpetuate what they experience. It's not he should've known better from experience or shouldn't he have known what could've happened because victims tend to not like to think in matters of the worst. Not to mention, especially in cases of abuse where it feels so personally directed that you don't expect to happen to someone else.

[itsza]

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[intern-seraph]

one of the most awful parts abt the Situation for me is seeing how many ppl that i like and trust are just out and out spouting antisemitic rhetoric without any question. i understand some of you are young and super attracted to Really Radical Violent Politics but please consider reading abt this rhetoric and actively avoiding it.

and accusing jews of "pulling the antisemitism card" to avoid culpability for your antisemitic rhetoric is not actually a progressive move. you are just being antisemitic.

[horrorwebs]

today i think i had an experience of sb telling me im cute and . :3!

[euclydya]

ok. no i get it. ok