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Notably, most of it is fanart, with a few memes and discussions!
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#for new people#reddit migration#reddit migrants#godzilla#kaiju#pacific rim#monsterverse#reiwa era#heisei era#showa era#millenium era#gamera#r/godzilla#probably nobody will see this but oh well#felt the need to do this#kaiju fans of tumblr are significantly more chill than kaiju fans of reddit#it’s like comparing mothra with a swarm of gyaos#in terms of behavior#or so i’ve heard
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I love how Gerald was trying to keep Shadow from spoiling anything about the future meanwhile literally everything Shadow says and does around Maria is the biggest death flag ever
#in fairness i’m sure both past robotniks just assumed her illness would be what killed her h a#sxsg#sxsg spoilers#sonic x shadow generations#shadow the hedgehog#maria robotnik#ark siblings#sonic#comic#my art#doodles#so this was pretty much entirely done 24 hours ago#but ironically was distracted from posting earlier by playing sxsg#and then watching snapcube play it cause her delight is addicting#i’m missing 2 chests and 2 bolts and I wanna see if I can pull it off without a guide haha#anyways now I’m thinking about the fact that maria and gerald probably went back to their time assuming maria would die of her sickness#and how that would change their respective behaviors#i bet gerald would be holding out that maria would still live a bit longer#just cause shadow inadvertently revealed he’s from at least 50 years in the future due to having met black doom before#(which rewatching cutscenes to remember this quote he Did try to play off a little bit with some sort of#‘oh what do you think the alien squid meant by ’this time i’ll beat you’ that’s so crazy’ comment)#so hey maybe it wasn’t a perfect cure but she managed to live another 10-20 years at least?#all the more reason to press harder surely!#meanwhile maria is coming to terms with her mortality at age 14 or whatever she is#frankly I bet she came to terms with it long ago the way she seems to be written#okay back to snapcube
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I think one of the best things about Marcille is that she starts off the series with "ewww Laios, we can't eat monsters, that's gross" so you think she's the hoity-toity uptight party member but then twenty five chapters later she's like "ok, so we can save Falin, but it involves what people in the magic community call 'Super Crimes'" and fifty chapters after that she's made a deal with the dunmeshi equivalent of Satan to fulfill her wishes and nearly ends the world
#dungeon meshi#dunmeshi#dungeon meshi spoilers#dunmeshi spoilers#marcille donato#honestly i think in some ways she's much worse than Laios in terms of Freak Behavior (affectionate)#she just doesn't get the same opportunities to show it
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get pookied
#clay terran#apollo justice#dual destinies#claypollo#ace attorney#sketches#i like to think that they were a long-term couple so this is just like typical behavior for them#apollo having a whole life outside of work is funny af like he just doesn’t bring anything abt himself up unless pressed about it#(just finished soj. incredibly middling game in the story+character writing department dual destinies clears it easily.)#(but the dhurke situation was neat….)
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Imagine: modern yandere Scaramouche but instead of being a Nepo baby he's a broke baby and you're the rich one.
broke boy Scara banging his head against the wall when his old phone finally gives up on him. He's experiencing very heavy internet withdrawal cause he haven't checked your Instagram for 2 hours now.
Broke boy Scara trying to give you give you gifts but you either already own it or you have an even better version of the gift (He's going to cry himself to sleep tonight because you must think he's a cheep scape)
broke boy Scara wanting to go out to lunch with you but the restaurants you pick are always out of his budget so you have to pay for his meals (even though he insist he's okay with just watching you eat like the little freak he is)
broke boy Scara crying and pulling his hair off his scalp because he's forced to drop out of college cause he failed all his classes (he was too busy stalking you) and now he can't be with you anymore.
broke boy Scara feeling elated when you agreed to let him stay with you until he can get himself back on his feet and enroll again (he's never gonna leave you)

; this is a stroke of genius omfggggg,,,, broke boy scara,,,, BROKE BOY SCARA !!!!!! his 5GB worth of load data runs out one day while he's stalking your account, and his will to live dims out just like that 😭😭 thinking of this concept with a preppy, kind rich girl teehee
; yandere, not proofread i wrote this in one go, female (y/n), popular girl x loserboy trope omg,,, referred to as scara narratively but called kunikuzushi in dialogue like once.

i think the reason why broke boy scara came to be is because he ran away from his home to escape his emotionally neglectful mother (albeit she's in the process of grieving her twin sister, but it doesn't justify her actions) and sister as soon as he turned 18. he swiped his legal documents, ransacked any cash lying around, applied for a scholarship to a state university, and booked it. in this au, he never really encountered or met nahida at all.
he lives in a cramped one-bedroom apartment near the state university that accepted his scholarship application to save money. after all, the cash he took won't last him forever. having a lackluster resume is hard, he has no prior job experience so he can't apply for any decent paying ones at the moment. for now, scara settles on taking a part-time job as a convenience store cashier located on the same street as his apartment building.
before his first semester even begins, scara lives a monotonous life. he wakes up, eats a simple breakfast, advance studies to maintain his scholarship, goes to his part-time job, goes home, hangs out in his tiny balcony, and goes to sleep. he can't afford a laptop right now so he can't really game. all he has to pass time is his four-year-old phone. money is tight, but the elation of having freedom for the first time outweighs his worries.
the life he has right now isn't much, but it's undoubtedly his.
prior to meeting (y/n), broke boy scara had an idgaf mentality regarding his financial situation. it could be worse! he could have been on the streets homeless but he isn't - and that makes him grateful enough. sure, he doesn't have wi-fi, but that's not something weekly load can't fix. and maybe he doesn't have full, hearty meals every single day - but isn't that the average experience of a college student? gucci bags, caviar, diamond-encrusted earrings, etc., are luxuries for a reason! he doesn't need any of that nor is he tempted to.
predictably, his tune changes after your first meeting with him.
scara had to pick up his jaw from the floor because the whiplash of social difference he experienced after he took one step inside his university campus was jarring. of course, what did he expect? it's a state university, after all! there was no way that the place wouldn't be crawling with nepo babies and children of the country's politicians, all with dirty money paying for the full price of the hefty tuition fees.
you're one of them.
standing tall and proud with perfectly done hair, sunglasses protecting your delicate eyes from the harsh sunlight that comes with dreadful morning classes. dainty hands that have never known labour are decorated with rings topped with stones that he can't even identify. pierced ears adorned with bangle hoops made from gold, all while dressed in chanel and Burberry from top to bottom and finished off with jimmy choo heels. you are pretty, unfairly so.
you're surrounded by two other girls that are dressed in similar splendor, all smiles and giggles as you walk toward your first class.
money... talks.

to his surprise, scaramouche meets you again, as it turns out you share the same first period as him. he eyes the open seat next to you, debating if he should bite the bullet. his hesitation must be glaringly obvious as your eyes flit up to meet his. he flinches.
your nose scrunches up as you giggle, your bracelet-laden hand pats the seat as if to entice him. "come sit, i don't bite!"
he cautiously moves around your designer bag resting on the lecture room's floor, and even narrowly avoids stepping onto a gucci shopping bag just behind - it would be a great misfortune if he got himself into debt on the first day of his college semester like those kdramas he watched.
scaramouche sits up straight and keeps his hands to himself while waiting for the professor to arrive. silence wafts though the air, though he can't help but sneak glances at what exactly you were writing down on your ipad - he's reluctant to make conversation, still wary if you'd be offended at the prospect of a brokie like him (disregarding the fact that you were the one who invited him to sit).
and you seem content to be left to your own devices, so... he lets it be.
it isn't until the end of the lecture did you actually talk to him. amidst him picking up his slingbag to go to his next class, halfway through the room, a distinct voice calls out,
"hey, indigo-head!"
scaramouche freezes, his foot stilling in mid-air as he slowly turns around, unsure if he was the indigo-head you were referring to. he dumbly points to himself, and you nod enthusiastically, even giving him a big thumbs up for good measure.
he tries his best to still his accelerating beating heart.
"what's up?" he asks once you're near him, trying to play it cool.
"just wanted to say hi and introduce myself! my name's (y/n)," you reach out to dramatically shake his hands in exaggerated motions, and he hopes you don't feel the sweat that has built up in his palms.
"oh, guess you can call me... kunikuzushi. but just shorten it to kuni if you want," he shrugs, looking anywhere but you.
"got it, got it!" you let go of his hands, and the loss of your touch stings for some reason. "sorry to hold you up on your next class, see you around!"
"yeah, sure." scara cooly nods, watching you walk ahead of him until your figure is swallowed by the sea of students bustling around.
he doesn't want to admit it, but you leave disappointment in your wake. he was hoping for something more - like an offer of friendship, not an obligatory introduction of names. but perhaps that was his wishful thinking speaking - it's unrealistic to hope that would happen, you seemed to be surrounded with more than enough friends anyway.
you, with your perfectly done nails and easy confidence - evident of how you never had to experience insecurity or worry growing up, because you yourself are the person most people wanted to be.
right, right... why would you want to be friends with someone like him? realistically speaking, you're probably no different from those whiny, spoiled brats with shallow personalities. what a joke.
hah, maybe he really should lay off the kdramas.

a box of chocolate sits atop of his self-chosen desk the next time enters the class he shares with you. it screams wealth from the packaging alone, accompanied by a european-sounding brand name, and is that real gold?
"it's for you," your voice cuts through his inner monologue, and scaramouche looks up with indigo eyes wide in disbelief.
"what?"
you blink once, "i said, it's for you?"
"no, i heard you right the first time", scaramouche can't help but roll his eyes, "i meant - what for?"
"oh! it's nothing much, just a peace offering. i mean, you're my desk neighbour now, right? i don't know what you like but my dad got those chocolates from his trip back in belgium! heard it was custom-made by a renowned chocolatier or something." you smile, eyes urging him to try it.
scaramouche blinks, hesitant. "i hate sweets."
you gawk in disappointment before going back to being easy-going. "it's okay! you can just give it to your siblings or throw it away! as for my peace offering... hmm."
you snap your fingers and ask him, "what do you like?"
he frowns, "what?"
"let's go shopping after your classes ends, i'll take you wherever you want!" you excitedly explain, decorated soft hands grabbing his callous ones. "my treat!"
scaramouche stutters then, pink dusting his ears, "y-...you don't need to all this, are you insane?"
but doing all of this for him... he struggles to fight back the smile threatening to break through his face.
you shake your head vehemently, still holding onto his hands, "it's no matter for me, so don't worry! i use my dad's credit card, after all!"
reality crashes down on him... right, this is probably nothing for rich kids like you. spare change, even. going around, doing acts of kindness using daddy's card... you'd probably do this 'peace offering' regardless if he weren't seated next to you - that this is just how you are as a person. you're not doing this because of him specifically.
and that thought stings. it eats him up more than he'd like to admit.
still, he agrees. he tells you he likes to play video games in his spare time (a lie, he doesn't have the means to do so).
you gift him a ps5 in turn.
and the wealth and social discrepancy between the two of you makes it even more apparent to him. he goes to his bed that night with thoughts of 'what-if's.

by the time the second semester of university hits, scaramouche's routine have greatly been altered - all thanks to your eventual friendship with him, of course.
nowadays, he obsesses with fervor. he barely even touches the ps5 you gave him. he barely touches the things you gift him in general.
he views them as something sacred. to be touched by him is sin.
the first thing he does after waking up is opening his phone to look at your instagram account, with your wealth there's no doubt that you've probably added a new story pertaining to an impulsive purchase or impromptu getaway. next up is twitter, checking to see if your following and followers are the same or decreased/increased.
every day he worries that you might be hiding a secret boyfriend from him. someone who is able to stand with you on a podium - someone who matches you not only in terms of wealth but in extrovert nature as well. scaramouche thinks he'd die the day he finds out you've fallen for someone that isn't him.
he eats breakfast soon after, the taste bland and lacking flavor. not because of the ingredients he used but because he's not eating with you. scaramouche finds that life with you not around is boring and dull. once he's done eating, he puts the dishes in the sink to wash.
he showers, dresses up, and exits his small apartment. it's only when he's a street away from the campus does his blood start buzzing in excitement. it's only then does scaramouche start to feel alive.
sometimes, if he's lucky, scaramouche will encounter you walking in the open fields and he'll speed up his pace just so you both can enter the lecture room together. you, with long acrylic nails that probably costed more than his monthly rent, would playfully pinch him in greeting. he has to push down the shiver of delight that crawls up his spine every time.
the bad days happen when he wakes up late, indigo hues heavy with eyebags, and movements tinged with fatigue. it's rare, but sometimes he wakes up late because he was busy thinking about you the night before. and when he's late, there's a good chance that the lecture room is already packed and his self-assigned seat next to you is already taken by someone else.
he hates it when it happens.
lunch break is a gamble for him, sometimes you're spending it with your other wealthy friends so he's left eating alone in the campus cafeteria. sometimes, you plead and beg with him to let you treat him to some high-end restaurant that's 30 minutes away from campus. in the beginning, he strongly refused out of a sense of embarrassment. but now, his raw need to constantly be around you is stronger than any shame he can possibly feel.
during your lunch breaks spent with him, scaramouche can't help but hope that the people around you two thinks that you're a couple. it happened once, during him accompanying you on a shopping trip and the words still rolls around in his mind.
boyfriend.
he wishes.
after lunch, he drives the both of you back to campus (you used to have a designated driver, but scaramouche soon offered to drive instead) using your car. you go on your separate ways, different classes and all. with you gone, the world loses its color once more.
he releases a sigh at that.
after classes, scaramouche walks several blocks to his part-time job. it's night by the time he returns to his apartment, body utterly tired. still, he pulls out his phone to check on your accounts once more.
he smiles when he sees himself in your story post.
scaramouches eats his measly dinner, eyes raving at the gifts from you that he accumulated while he chews. he still ponders on how he can pay you back on your generosity. what can you give to someone who has everything?
he settles into his twin-sized bed. he wonder then, how can he seize control of your life that's so above his? what leverage can he pull for him to be yours?
scaramouche closes his eyes, letting the sleep take hold of his mind.
for now, he'll gladly play along as your university friend.
#this altered my brain chemistry.#i NEEED to start writing for other characters brah#but he's just soooooooo... twirls hair#i couldn't incorporate the last bits of scara unable to enroll bc of freak behavior but omg... that thought festers in me i swear.#he comes to class the next term and suddenly you have a bf now#he's kreeling everyone around him#scara is very tame at the beginning bc he cant do much#but when push comes to shove#hmm.#outro's interlude <3#outro's asks <3#tw yandere#yandere#yandere genshin#yandere genshin impact#yandere male#yandere scaramouche#yandere x darling#scaramouche#scaramouche x reader#genshin x reader#genshin impact x reader#wanderer x reader#genshin impact#yandere x reader#soft yandere#male yandere#i was supposed to do this in bullet format but it ended up escalating like this so... scratches head
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Random subject,
but I need someone to make a video essay about the bastardization of female characters and the woobification of male characters in media/fandom spaces
because I think it’s a really interesting subject that probably stems from biases that plague our society
from
“He’s such a silly little guy.”
to
Literally calling fictional female characters worse than Hitler or something
Like, I feel like people talk about specific characters but not the topic as a broader subject
I feel like there’s so much to talk about
but I don’t have the elegance, critical thinking skills, the experience, or consume enough media to talk about this
So anyone who’s reading this please, please make a video essay about it
Or make one arguing against it idk
I just need a good video essay to watch while doing homework
#On Talking Terms#Sorry for the ramble#but I think about this subject so much#It’s not even funny#I just want to plant the seeds in someone mind#spark conversation or something#because imo it’s such an interesting topic that feels like it has so many moving parts#Like I feel like there’s so much depth to characters but the simplification on both side can be a bit frustrating#I want to see people’s in-depth opinions about characters#But it’s just hand waved as girlboss behavior or she’s evil or he’s a sad boy#Like I can list so many characters but you guys probably have some already#Anyways I’m done now#Back to Kirby content lol#May delete later idk
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theyre very important to me.
#also the ppl who are fans of courtney and shayne but hate on damien publicly dont make sense to me#like theyve been close for years?? pretty sure shayne and courtney would hate that behavior#dunno how close they are now but that’s besides the point#they’re obviously on good terms at least#just confuses me#anyways i hope we get more videos with the three of them#smosh#damien haas#courtney miller#shayne topp#begging more cool neurodivergent ppl that arent dicks to become smosh fans cuz i think that’s the main damien demographic#avxhfhj
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I don't have the time at the moment to write a full essay but someone should definitely remind me to write a post later on the phenomenon that is Ratio's assholery being sanded away by well-meaning fans.
In a quest to fight against the "Ratio is a condescending jerk" stereotype from Ratio haters, pro-Ratio fans have now swung too far the other way, making him into a saint who loves everyone, isn't disdainful of failure, and believes every single person can equally pull themselves up out of mediocrity.
None of those things are actually true based on the game itself, where Ratio is, in fact, a judgmental person who struggles to accept the mundanity of those around him, believes in an educational elite, and can be exceptionally condescending, whether he means it or not.
He's a flawed character. His own flaws are absolutely central to his character, in fact. And yet none of his flaws preclude him from being meaningful, nuanced, and likeable.
It's okay that he's not actually that nice.
In defending a character from one extreme ("he's a bad person"), we don't have to jump all the way to the other side ("he's an angel").
He can be a little bit of a dick and still be a great character, promise.
#honkai star rail#dr. ratio#character analysis#well not a finished one#but the spirit is there#I keep seeing posts like#“Dr. Ratio wouldn't insult you for failing that math final!!”#I'm sorry to tell you this friends#he absolutely would#the fact that he might apologize afterward#will not stop him from insulting you at the start#Ratio is a character that is best understood through the concept of projection#He has never come to terms with his own personal failings#and that is absolutely projected on how he handles the world#failure is a sign of lack and is only redeemable in how people respond to it#if you pick yourself back up he'll respect you#if your failures overcome you#that's a you problem#I promise that the man with a 3% pass rate is not about the#“everyone can succeed academically” life either#the fact that Ratio recognizes his own shitty behavior#and apologizes for it multiple times in the game#but doesn't make any effort to change#should tell you just how rude his behavior is supposed to come across
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Murderbot 3 - Risk Assessment (2025)
#david dastmalchian#murderbot#murderbot tv#murderbot spoilers#of course he has to have a creep moment right#hey guys don't wanna misuse your david dastmalchian#gotta add at least one creep moment or the world will implode#not sure i like that being done to gurathin either#he's earned the meow meow status now#thanks i hate it#sfhgdskl sorry hope i've come to terms with it and am less grumpy on my 3rd watch#but whatever by god is that side profile gorgeous#i was going to delete the tags but now i find it funny just how angery i was 😅#but if you need an explanation for gu's behavior like i did#pls refer to gamebird's post that i reblogged#it makes a lot of sense
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Attributing Pigeon behaviors to Galacta knight because it would be really funny but also you KNOW those wings are meant to slap opponents silly and that he has wingslapped people before
#kirby#rambles#galacta knight#if he were a bird id argue that hed be a goose#but a lot of my hcing of gala in terms of bird behaviors goes right back to good ol pigeons
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Our carceral society isn't ready to hear this, but punishment doesn't really work, especially not on it's own. Really, empirically speaking, punishment is a profoundly ineffective means of modifying someone's behavior long term.
Whether we're talking about children or prisoners or whoever, punishment rarely achieves the desired goal, and frequently causes a host of other negative consequences instead.
You know what works? Positive reinforcement. But that's less satisfying to the egos of authority (whether it's parents or the state apparatus) so this method is typically reserved for dogs.
#psychology#behavior#positive reinforcement#negative reinforcement is also effective#but nobody outside of the psych discipline understands that term#so i didn't put it in the post to avoid confusion#because of the word negative people always think it's like punishment#and i didn't want to bog down the post having to explain it but it's besides the central point lol
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Lil something I quickly jotted down based on my rambles here!
Uhh warning also for lotsa teeth.
#imagining her sounding like odogaron#i realized that alé's behavior was exetremely influenced on it nandbf#tho in terms of fighting she'd be more of a tigrex#anyways#yeye wanted to expand on her struggles with hunger and how it affects her#mine#my art#alé the gator#doey the doughman#poppy playtime#poppy playtime oc#fan character#cw blood
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It's always interesting to see what people's perception about what a "strong female character" is. That term always made me feel annoyed because a lot of people seem to have such a rigid definition for "strong."
Like Wen Yifan in The First Frost is strong. How much strength do you think it takes to endure all of that trauma and abuse and survive? We see her stand up for herself on multiple occasions, but regardless of that, insisting on your own survival in spite of adversity and trauma is a strength. To some people, it might look like she is being passive, but she is anything but that. What they perceive as passivity is just quiet strength.
I also remember some comments critiquing Mudan in Flourished Peony that claimed that she was a weak character, and the same thing can be applied to her. She's also someone that fought to stay alive when the odds were all stacked against her.
Also, and this is a slight tangent but, there is nothing wrong with being vulnerable from time to time. Nobody can "be strong" all of the time. Being able to show your vulnerabilities and weakness to others takes courage and strength.
#you dont need to have the whole “girlboss” behavior of loudly declaring that you wont let anyone get in your way or change you to be strong#strong female character is just one of those terms for me thats like “what does it even mean?”#just some rambly thoughts who know how much of this makes sense#the first frost#flourished peony#cdrama
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DESIRDARLING & DESIRYANDERE two terms in one post
TRIGGER WARNING ! mentions of stalking , the "yandere" trope and obsessive behavior.
DESIRDARLING
⸻ a desirdae identity where one desires for any reason to be a darling, or the object of affection / obsession of a yandere. this could be because of trauma, mental illness, enjoyment of the trope in fictional media, or just because the identifier feels happy using the label. ⸻ this label can be transitioned to non-harmfully, but should not be pursued if the identifier is under 18 or if it is not mutually consensual on both sides. this label supports self-inserts and fictional others that align with the "yandere" trope as part of a non-harmful transition.
DESIRYANDERE ⸻ a desirdae identity where one desires for any reason to be a yandere. this could be due to reclaiming the term yandere as a caricature of bpd symptoms, trauma, enjoyment of the trope in fictional media, or just because the identifier feels happy using the label.
⸻ this label can be transitioned to non-harmfully, but should not be pursued if the identifier is under 18 or if it is not mutually consensual on both sides. this label supports self-inserts and fictional others that align with the "yandere" trope as part of a non-harmful transition.
EXTRA ⸻ misc: if these terms already exist, consider it a recoining or an alternate flag! ⸻ tags: @desirdae-archive @radiomogai
#desirdae#tw stalking#tw obsessive behavior#tw obsession#tw yandere#ok that should be all the tws#mogai#mogai coining#mogai flag#mogai term#mogai gender#desirdae coining#flag coining#desirdarling#desiryandere#liom coining#liom#liomogai#mogai friendly#mogai safe#pro desirdae#desirdae community#ok i think thats enough tag spam#i hope you guys like it!#sorry if the formatting isnt mobile friendly#i check it i promise tumblr just hates me#sorry if anyone saw me frantically edit the formatting
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some of you need to accept it’s okay for tim to be straightedge lmfao
#there is a weird vibe I get from people who act like it’s. wrong or weird to never drink or do drugs.#and your behavior towards a fictional character does in fact set off alarms to me on how you’d treat a real person#jokes about his ability to/if he is actually just fuckin rawdogging his life are funny to me cuz literally How. there is no way.#but in terms of canon. that guy abstains and it’s literally not a big deal 😭#tim drake
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RE: Your post on the AU of Jimmy being in the cockpit rather than Curly.
I think that Curly would think that Jimmy was reaping what he had sown, but in a way would feel a twisted sense of relief that Jimmy was brought down by his own actions rather than Curly himself having to be the "executioner" in the situation, so to speak.
With "taking responsibility" and the fix-it mentality that he and Jimmy share being the overarching theme, compounded with Jimmy flat out insinuating that all of his crimes on the Tulpar will be "Curly's tragedy" in that one scene, I think Curly would almost find comfort in the irony that the choice was forcibly taken away from him. Which in itself is messed up, but it might be a bit cathartic. There's an interesting polarizing dynamic within Curly's relationship to his own responsibility in that it's his greatest burden and the thing he, too, avoids the most.
I don't think Curly would find any relief in this actually. While Curly didn't/doesn't like the responsibility he had, he defiantly doesn't avoid it, he just goes about it in a weird way.
A thing I noticed is that its less about taking responsibility with Curly and really what that responsibility meant objectively and then subjectively to Curly. The leniency that he applies to Jimmy also applies a bit to the others as well. He thinks his responsibility is more towards keeping the peace and things in order more than dolling out punishment. He has even more choices to make and responsibilities as he literally has to make sure they survive/ration long enough to be saved. Or figure out how to save them himself. The correct issue with Curly and responsibility is the prioritization in his head. He sees the big picture and prioritizes that. He doesn't notice the little things that he should but it's not a active dismissal, perhaps not even conscious despite how dismissive he seemed. He takes too much responsibility, espcially in regards to Jimmy, and I think this situation is when he realizes that is also a bad thing as he can't "fix" all of his wrongs.
I think he'd regret not making a choice, because in the end this happened because he wouldn't directly choose who to comfort and help. He tried to help both and ended up doing nothing for either and letting Jimmy fuck them all over. In this scenario/au he's thinking about all the times he let Jimmy inadvertently make his choice, and how he chose to let it happen. He regrets all of it and would be so bitter that he was giving his choice up for so long. He chose wrong and it affected everyone. The only thing he'd find cathartic is the fucked up truth it will never happen again, not with Jimmy at least.
But he's not happy he's getting joy from that. I think it's a point not a single character other than Jimmy is depicted at deriving joy from another's pain. Even Swansea is being more sarcastic when he cheers on Curly about crashing the ship and ending his sobriety. He's happy Jimmy was forced to take responsibility, but this? He wanted him to learn a lesson and do something with himself, this is hollow in a way it's just embittering. Jimmy didn't get what he wanted, he can be happy about that but no one else did. This isn't justice or closure for Anya, he's stuck in a place he was so desperate to leave with even more pressure on his shoulders. Daisuke is just a kid and Swansea doesn't deserve this after all his year making himself a better man.
Like in his sections, Curly is preoccupied thinking about all the responsibilities he has, taking on things he shouldn't have to and trying to keep the peace when he doesn't have peace in his own mind.
#i think the idea that Curly did nothing is both true and also not for he did something but it was nothing in the bigger picture for Anya#he put himself between her and Jimmy but that just prolongs the ineviabiliy of their interactions when he cant hence the seen where she tol#Jimmy. He thought he was helping by being honest but it just made Jimmy panic harder and flip on him because Jimmy doesnt plan like Curly o#anyone else does for that matter hes so short term. Curly also is in a way but its also hes concerned with the long term to far away#either way he did nothing for Anya directly which is the problem as hes not direct in social situations while Jimmy is overly direct to put#it lightly. I think the irony is more so in the fact that he understand the dead pixel now and can't choose not to see it. rather than any#thing with Jimmy choosing to do this. It's like the point is he has to kinda be the person he was to Jimmy but to deserving people and#realizing how bad their dyanmic was and not to fall into the same placating behaviors and maybe prioritize his choices because in a way Jim#already took away his choice by doing literally anything he did in the story because the only choice would have been to punish Jimmy atp bu#hoped he could find a better option backfired then and it still backfired now#ask#enigminho#mouthwashing#mouthwashing game#curly mouthwashing
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