@luckyleftie: on curly, disability, and infantilization

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ghoulgoyle
Charon: Apply Directly to the :
man ppl think curly isn't aware... when it's made very explicit that he is....
2024-11-11 18:50:58
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_pastel_river
River/Crow :
Saw someone draw Jimmy walking post-crash curly on a leash... Like how do people not see that as wrong...
2024-11-11 18:25:36
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emmeke00
emilie :
Beautifully said, I feel like this game is such a masterclass in having the audience/fandom reaction to it as part of the point it was making
2024-11-21 06:26:15
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chrys_es.peices
Chrys :
You always manage to put stuff into words so well. I’ve always felt uncomfortable when they do curly with those dog buttons or childlike. He’s still a grown man with understanding
2024-11-11 17:29:57
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takoluka413
yasmine :
curly is actually the person who is the most aware of whats going on while not being able to do anything about it thats the most tragic part
2024-11-11 19:50:26
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slyborgs
strix :
i think the other huge thing, w the infantilization, is that the fandom manages to subdue or wholly remove curly’s role in the plot and what happened to anya.
2024-11-11 19:11:43
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callmev956
V :
I think that's why they left him with one eye that can't blink. it's to try and remind players that Curly is still fully aware even if he's now unable to stop any of what happens
2024-11-11 20:39:12
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miles.is.lost
miles :
fandoms have never been able to handle nuanced stories/characters like this, and its really unfortunate that it keeps happening
2024-11-11 17:57:33
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pommie.perfection
• Amphinomus • 𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 :
weirdly enough I realized this when I saw some (admitted really cute) art for a sort've au for mouthwashing he was drawn super small with huge eyes and sort've took the role as the child
2024-11-11 17:34:16
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rankgirlboss
rankgirlboss :
i think thats also why his design and heavy eye imagery is so important to. jimmy has to look him in the eye, unwavering unblinking, and confront that he is not innocent when the more hallucination 1/
2024-11-11 20:00:05
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nggayunjin
✩ :
my jaw physically DROPS every single time i see 4 cosplayers for mouthwashing and then curly is a literal doll they’re playing with
2024-11-11 23:52:05
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alanan240
alanan :
it hurts me when people do understand this it’s so obvious throughout the game!!!
2024-11-11 17:32:25
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georgeofthechungle
george :
any chance curly was inspired by hisashi ouchi?
2024-11-11 19:39:12
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mouse_meadow
Justice :
I think too it challenges a lot of thinking patterns ingrained into society. when you start the game there is a narrative that somehow curly deserves to be in the state he is in, 1/2
2024-11-11 19:27:23
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leechkasm
JOLLY :
i saw someone say that curly would use morse code and that has been my lifeblood ever since. for all of you fellas who want him to be able to communicate post-crash but don't know how to implement it
2024-11-11 18:55:23
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.nustache
Nustache :
The amount of story the devs were able to get across with 2 1/2 hours of gameplay is so incredibly impressive
2024-11-11 17:52:40
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sillypenguin1020
Ash🍉 :
THANK YOU- oh my god it has bothered me so much seeing so much infantilism regarding Curly.
2024-11-11 18:20:51
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courtnxei
ೀ courtney ౨ৎ⋆˚。⋆ :
It’s honestly quite sad. Ppl tend to only see curly for his disability and anya for her sa which is honestly ironic considering how n why these characters mirror each other.
2024-11-12 06:10:48
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ozzyozmin
ozzles :
in the DLC for how a fish is made, you can see that curly blames himself for everything that happened. repeating what he told Jimbo to the player and how he was just repeating what he heard (1/?)
2024-11-21 18:13:14
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intoasylum
ASYLUMS :
it’s insane to me how many people in the fandom i’ve seen unknowingly fall into jimmy’s exact though process. the lack of media literacy some people have is crazy to the point where they’re reinforcing already so huge harmful stigmatizations that seek to dehumanize people with disabilities and victims of s/a as well. it’s so sad to me when the point of the game goes completely over some peoples head and they fortify the same rhetoric that is almost a one to one recreation of how these people are treated in real life. the game is scarily realistic in a way that i would think would promote understanding and empathy, but instead curly’s disability has been made into a huge joke and the objectify him the same way jimmy does, without even realizing that it’s a very real very huge stigma that people of disability face to this day. and those who deny anya’s s/a just because it isn’t explicitly stated within the lines of the game enforce the same struggles victims face in real. it’s bizarre to me how such a complex game that examines each character can be so deeply misunderstood in such a harmful way.
2024-11-11 18:52:06
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ouiijabread
🍉🌞Roen🧿🍉 :
the person on twitter who drew him communicating with those dog buttons then doubling down and crying about being “unfairly bullied” makes me sooo mad
2024-11-12 05:49:41
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forgetmenots86
timtamtomato :
There’s one artist where they draw daiske and anya interacting with curly post crash, doing things like talking to him about interests or playing the board game and moving for him
2024-11-12 01:12:35
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serenetrash
matt :
your mouthwashing videos are literally the best thank you for discussing these topics so well
2024-11-11 17:39:57
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gorgonmorgan
Gordon Morgan :
curly is one of my fave tropes, a helpless Eternal Witness. all he CAN do it witness. he cant STOP what hes witnessing. the greif thatd come from that and he physically cannot cry :]
2024-11-12 20:48:36
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