CURLY WAS WRONG TOO. (Spoilers)

[raccoonish ♡𝖋]

Curly was at fault too. I'm DONE seeing people defend Curly and ship Anya and Curly when HE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN HER TRAUMA BY STAYING SILENT! TAKE RESPONSIBILITY. You can NOT tell me that "they are in space, cant do anything about it, 8 months left of the travel, blah blah blah-" SO YOU ARE TELLING ME THAT HE COULDN'T HAVE DONE A N Y T H I N G? There was a rope too! Just tie down the bastard and carry on, report his crime! But he was defending his friend, of course. I will stand by Anya forever and won't take the injustice for her in her situation.

[Kain]

Although it's true, I think the game does kinda hint he wasn't aware of the full extent of Jimmy's actions, the game itself never outright spells that Jimmy was a rapist, could be that for Curly, Jimmy could be agressive or WAS agressive once and it never happened again and he never picked on anything else. Sure, as a captain it was still a failure, but kinda fits his arc.

[ExcitingGhost]

You are absolutely correct, but I think it's a bit more nuanced.

While he should also be held accountable, I do think it is shown that even before the crash Curly had been a victim of Jimmy's as well- even if it wasn't in the same way. Victims can absolutely harm other victims, and it is true that "Take Responsibility" applies to both captains, but it is very realistic and human for him to have not done anything, for a variety of reasons.

[joey]

It seems to me like the implication of rape for a lot of people kind of overshadows the bigger picture of the game, the root of Jimmy's character flaw. It's a shame because there's much more to talk about.

[Kain]

Originally posted by joey:

It seems to me like the implication of rape for a lot of people kind of overshadows the bigger picture of the game, the root of Jimmy's character flaw. It's a shame because there's much more to talk about.

What is the root of his character`s flaw?

[joey]

Originally posted by Kain:

Originally posted by joey:

It seems to me like the implication of rape for a lot of people kind of overshadows the bigger picture of the game, the root of Jimmy's character flaw. It's a shame because there's much more to talk about.

What is the root of his character`s flaw?

I'd say it's his warped sense of responsibility. He regrets his inability to take responsibility for the implied rape, pregnancy and crashing the ship, and thus tries to overcompensate by trying to take responsibility of things he really shouldn't.

I feel like Curly and Jimmy are kind of 2 sides of the same coin. Passive irresponsibility (Curly) and active irresponsibility (Jimmy).

[Jerid Messa]

The scene where Anya mentions the dead pixel and how she can't not see it whereas Curly just mentions he only looks at the bigger picture and doesn't notice or even consider it really does a lot for this very topic. The guy was only thinking about finishing the job hoping they'd all keep quiet really. Trying to sweep this all under the rug is what also lead to it falling apart so dramatically.