This is randomly one of my fav Mouthwashing animatics, or at least my favorite Curly one. Curly's dynamic with Jelly is so messy and interesting. Curly is both a victim and enabler, and while it incredibly important to remember the enabler aspect, I think it's also interesting to see the victim aspect. In fact, that may be considered another aspect of his enabling. Curly not only enables Jam when others are hurt, but when he is hurt as well, which is one of his greatest flaws (and one of my favorite things about him). I've liked messy and morally-grey characters before, but Curly is one of the few where I like him specifically because of him being so 3 dimensional.
"It's okay captain, you shouldn't listen to men who ate attracted to horses." "Don't mean to put my nose in yiur business, but you need better friends" I LOVE THESE TWO SM!!!
I love this scene because looking back at it, I notice how Curly just didn't defend himself against Jimmy when he went off on that rant. Any attempt at defense he made was half-assed at best. He doesn't have the proper confidence to get Jimmy to stop, or is letting him go off at him so he doesn't go after others, which I think reflects a very important part of their relationship pre-crash. Jimmy's a loose cannon, and Curly's scrambling to reel it back in because he knows what happens when it goes off, but can't. If Curly wasn't in denial about who Jimmy actually was, I don't think that Curly wanted to "let Jimmy off the hook", after all he did before the ship crashed, but he was too anxious of what Jimmy was capable of if confronted. That's why I think, when Anya told him that she was pregnant, it's mentioned that he planned to tell Jimmy with Anya, but she told Jimmy unexpectedly. Either to have safety in numbers, or to let Jimmy get aggressive with him and not Anya. Even so, this is just my interpretation. I don't want to fight with anyone.
I don't condone Curly's actions, but I love him and he didn't deserve what happened. He was shielding Jimmy but it's such a toxic relationship that it's become Curly's norm and he doesn't understand what that means for everyone. Anya was unfortunately in the cross hair. Curly is being such a manager of things in his world that it started to leak out.
I think the reason why he didn't defend himself in this scene is that deep down a part of him thought Jimmy was right about him. That he was just this heartless and would leave people behind.
i was probably thinking about the idea that jimmy is somewhat of a symbol of discord on the ship because in this scene it is clear that instead of worrying about his future like the rest of the crew, he is angry at Curly first, who is not to blame for this situation and actually needs support from him as his assistant, not condemnation and contempt, which once again confirms that there is something wrong with jimmy from the very beginning. thanks for paying attention to this scene, it is very beautifully drawn and attentive to detail, jimbo looks menacing when he bangs on the table...
The game does lowkey implied Jimmy was having some mental health issues but Curly doesn't pay it any mind when doing his evaluation, and elsewhere. (Taking out his anger thrice on Curly.)
THIS is why Curly doesn’t confront Jimmy. He turns his entire crew against him using false dichotomies. He felt isolated and like a failure of a captain who would just make things worse. That’s what emotional abuse does. It makes it impossible to stand up for yourself. Standing up for yourself ALWAYS makes it worse. It’s a horrible situation to be in and kills a lot of the people who get stuck in it irl.
Sad thing is, it sounds like this wasn't the first time Jimmy blamed Curly for something. Still being said, Curly still indirectly enabled Jimmy by never making sure everyone else was safe, if he himself didn't feel safe. Instead of comforting others, he tried to comfort Jimmy.
@ It wasn’t really an ideal response, but if you don’t constantly comfort a violent abuser, they flip lid and hit/rape/kill everyone. It’s like being in a hostage situation. Curry’s appeasement ultimately wasn’t enough, and Jimmy crashed the ship. Jimmy has a breakdown = everyone dies Most ways of coping with abuse are going to be really ugly and problematic, and it’s nearly impossible to help other victims when you’re being abused yourself. I don’t think this situation was preventable by Carly’s actions alone. He didn’t have education on abuse, so he didn’t recognize it. The system in place actually normalized abuse and manipulated him into tolerating it. Even if he had spotted the abuse, there were no outside resources he could’ve utilized to get help. The authority figures didn’t give a shit about the crew. Pony Express groomed Curly to be who would take the fall for their negligence. He was the “leader” but held no actual power. Curly could’ve made better decisions, but with the same systemic issues in place, something like this would’ve happened either way. He was in an extremely vulnerable position, and those vulnerabilities were exploited to the point of creating a catastrophe. The only way he could’ve stopped this was by killing Jimmy before he crashed the ship. That would’ve been unreasonable on many levels. The didn’t have anywhere to imprison him, and resisting him would’ve just made him more violent.
@@cantbejawsome I would argue that they did; empty out the medical bay and lock him in there or put him in the cryopod until they got back. But the game itself hints that killing Jimmy was the only way, showing "Kills 99 percent germs" over and over again for Curly. To take responsibility as a captain and get rid of that 1 percent. I'll also argue that the company themselves would not give Curly much of a problem since they gave the gun to the captain "In case of unruly crew mates." Not a tazer gun, a tranquilizer, but a gun with bullets to maim or kill. They're sketchy and would not want any attention on them due to already shutting down so they would most likely have hidden Jimmy's death. (The last sentence is just a theory of mine.) I'll also argue from the standpoint of someone who's been abused by someone close to them; Jimmy's behavior explains why Curly acts that way, that being said *it does not excuse his inaction to do anything to help others.* The moment you let that abuser hurt another person due to action or inaction, you no longer are solely a victim. (An example would be like letting a mother let her child get hurt by another parent; their inaction now is leading to another innocent person getting hurt and they must do something or else.) Different comparison but it still stands; Curly was the captain, *he* was the one in charge. He's an enabler turned victim and that's why he's a grey character.
Cool details I noticed: The camera starts getting unstable during the part that flashes "Tell them", but quickly switches to normal for a moment (bc tension obviously). The camera only panned to whoever speaked before this, but then JABBERWOCKY TILTS THE CAMERA A BIT while saying "Honestly, you've been off all day". Bruh. & Also after the news is told, the camera is shaky, & if it isn't, it's either uncomfortably tilted or moving around most of the time (tension x20). The camera angles & general movement get more intense as JORTS reaches the peak of his crash out while everyone else gets consumed by anxiety & desperation (except for Swansea ig??? He just accepts it fully cuz it was completely expected to him.) In 1:36 until the close-up on Curly's eyes, the way that those shots are framed makes it seem like Curly is small, despite the fact that he's the captain & is the only one here leaving it unharmed (that's until the crash ofc). It's my favourite detail cuz it conveys how stressful it is 4 him. The timestamp in this comment leads to a shot that kinda frames Curly in Jellyfish's "grasp" (or on the exact position where a plate is supposed to be. Yikes...) I also rlly like the way you draw faces :D (Dear Curly Fry my 2nd-Place Mouthwashing Beloved: please do something actually unbiased 4 once & get better friends, you deserve better than Joker)
@@THE49THSTARGAZER YEAAHHH ITS BIG BRAIN TIME!! You hit the mark on pretty much everything I intended, and I'm glad somebody noticed :D Also fr my king deserves better smh
I love the way u made daisuke look, it's exactly how i imagined him to be in this scene. Uncomfortable, and nervous. This art style is sick, especially the expressions!!! Anya also looks sick and exactly how I imagined her to be
GRAAAHH this is so well done... i didnt know how much i wanted smth like this. seeing the characters expressions makes the situation hit harderrrr... they're proper people now! you can see what's goin on behind those eyes, unlike in the actual game! if curly had actually waited before telling the news until they were nearly there then maybe Jinglebells wouldnt have crashed the ship. sobs. this man really tried to do his best amidst the stress and kept getting it wrong. well if Juggling had a shred of decency throughout the whoooole thing then there would be nothing to "get wrong". yeah captain you do need better friends anyas expressions really devastate me, she's in such a panic (and of course she'd be ... i forgot she had no savings. now that we know the implications, holy shit dude) and her gentle smile at the start, you definitely made her look like the kind soul she is :( .. she deserved a kinder world daisuke looking stressed but not knowing how to respond in this situation, swansea looking resigned and unsurprised... you really nailed everyone's attitudes based on their life circumstance. poor crew. thanks for the content you're doing gods work
WHAA I LOVE THE ART STYLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They look so adorable!!! >v< Even if the scene isn’t that happy and even if Jehova is involved… :3 Also- daisuke's "this looks straight bussin' no cap!!" And Swansea's expression 😭😭😭😭
Damn, nice interpretation, haven't even though about some expressions possible in this situation (i.e. Daisuke getting distressed and Yimpy having a psychotic smile). 😃 Also, the last scene, 🥺 Curly really chose a wrong friend. 😔
this makes me so mad cause like- curly and jimmy are friends (at least before everything, and i at least hc they knew each other in high school or smth) so it’s obvious that this has most definitely happened before with how curly didn’t speak up. and also like, it’s his birthday?? i agree with swansea because i don’t know anyone who would yell at someone on their birthday 😭, i genuinely feel so bad for the crew (not jimmy), also sorry this is so messy cuz im like, sleep deprived, sick, and impulsive lmao
@@gachar3n3 fr bro💀 Curly spoiled it himself by spilling bad news, but it was HIS party, so I think he's got a bit more of a right to do that. And Jimmy just had to make everything worse by berating him ON HIS FRIGGING BIRTHDAY. Like cut him some slack😭
This is really well-done!! I liked the zooming a lot, so, in answer to the desc, it was cool, so you should keep it bc it makes ur storyboards unique, or at least that's my opinion :3 I really like ur artstyle! U have a new sub now ^^
From time to time I think: why didn't Curly just obeyed the order? I understand that accidents happen, but still he's a captain and flied with his crew for a long time, especially with Jim
@@lnrplant4722 ig he was thinking what was the right thing to do as a friend and not a captain. He's also a people pleaser imo, so I think he did it because he wanted to dodge any hard feelings from them. They're already going to be mad about getting fired, so he didn't want any more resentment thrown at him by keeping the news.
You’re an amazing artist and I’m only saying this bc the desc. asked for cc, and ofc I recognize this is probably just my own inexperienced opinion/taste, but the blush lines (the 2 loopdeloops thingies?) are a bit confusing visually imo, at first I thought they were facial hair. Tho I do like how you have them different for each character, which I think is creative!
This SINGLE video is what makes me wanna make a mouthwashing oc to be a defense :3 (i already have an idea on how he dies!! wahho!!) (spolier my oc gets his mouth and eyes stapled shut :3)
Ok, but the "you don't need to listen to the men who are attracted to horses" kill me
Swansea's utter confusion at Daisuke's gen Z speak will never not be funny.
it makes sense for him to be gen alpha tho-
Curly and crew my beloved-
Jimbo my detested
This is randomly one of my fav Mouthwashing animatics, or at least my favorite Curly one. Curly's dynamic with Jelly is so messy and interesting. Curly is both a victim and enabler, and while it incredibly important to remember the enabler aspect, I think it's also interesting to see the victim aspect. In fact, that may be considered another aspect of his enabling. Curly not only enables Jam when others are hurt, but when he is hurt as well, which is one of his greatest flaws (and one of my favorite things about him). I've liked messy and morally-grey characters before, but Curly is one of the few where I like him specifically because of him being so 3 dimensional.
"It's okay captain, you shouldn't listen to men who ate attracted to horses."
"Don't mean to put my nose in yiur business, but you need better friends"
I LOVE THESE TWO SM!!!
I love this scene because looking back at it, I notice how Curly just didn't defend himself against Jimmy when he went off on that rant. Any attempt at defense he made was half-assed at best. He doesn't have the proper confidence to get Jimmy to stop, or is letting him go off at him so he doesn't go after others, which I think reflects a very important part of their relationship pre-crash. Jimmy's a loose cannon, and Curly's scrambling to reel it back in because he knows what happens when it goes off, but can't.
If Curly wasn't in denial about who Jimmy actually was, I don't think that Curly wanted to "let Jimmy off the hook", after all he did before the ship crashed, but he was too anxious of what Jimmy was capable of if confronted. That's why I think, when Anya told him that she was pregnant, it's mentioned that he planned to tell Jimmy with Anya, but she told Jimmy unexpectedly. Either to have safety in numbers, or to let Jimmy get aggressive with him and not Anya.
Even so, this is just my interpretation. I don't want to fight with anyone.
this is how i'll always interpret it (they could never make me hate you curly ❤)
@@purplespecter4833 same bro, this is pretty much my theory lols.
we all hate the man attracted to horses
I don't condone Curly's actions, but I love him and he didn't deserve what happened. He was shielding Jimmy but it's such a toxic relationship that it's become Curly's norm and he doesn't understand what that means for everyone. Anya was unfortunately in the cross hair. Curly is being such a manager of things in his world that it started to leak out.
I think the reason why he didn't defend himself in this scene is that deep down a part of him thought Jimmy was right about him. That he was just this heartless and would leave people behind.
@@withedoter6277 Curly is stuck in such a toxic relationship...I hate Jimmy...
i was probably thinking about the idea that jimmy is somewhat of a symbol of discord on the ship because in this scene it is clear that instead of worrying about his future like the rest of the crew, he is angry at Curly first, who is not to blame for this situation and actually needs support from him as his assistant, not condemnation and contempt, which once again confirms that there is something wrong with jimmy from the very beginning. thanks for paying attention to this scene, it is very beautifully drawn and attentive to detail, jimbo looks menacing when he bangs on the table...
The game does lowkey implied Jimmy was having some mental health issues but Curly doesn't pay it any mind when doing his evaluation, and elsewhere. (Taking out his anger thrice on Curly.)
THIS is why Curly doesn’t confront Jimmy. He turns his entire crew against him using false dichotomies. He felt isolated and like a failure of a captain who would just make things worse. That’s what emotional abuse does. It makes it impossible to stand up for yourself. Standing up for yourself ALWAYS makes it worse. It’s a horrible situation to be in and kills a lot of the people who get stuck in it irl.
@@cantbejawsome preach bro🔥
PREACH!!!
Sad thing is, it sounds like this wasn't the first time Jimmy blamed Curly for something.
Still being said, Curly still indirectly enabled Jimmy by never making sure everyone else was safe, if he himself didn't feel safe. Instead of comforting others, he tried to comfort Jimmy.
@ It wasn’t really an ideal response, but if you don’t constantly comfort a violent abuser, they flip lid and hit/rape/kill everyone. It’s like being in a hostage situation.
Curry’s appeasement ultimately wasn’t enough, and Jimmy crashed the ship.
Jimmy has a breakdown = everyone dies
Most ways of coping with abuse are going to be really ugly and problematic, and it’s nearly impossible to help other victims when you’re being abused yourself.
I don’t think this situation was preventable by Carly’s actions alone. He didn’t have education on abuse, so he didn’t recognize it.
The system in place actually normalized abuse and manipulated him into tolerating it.
Even if he had spotted the abuse, there were no outside resources he could’ve utilized to get help. The authority figures didn’t give a shit about the crew.
Pony Express groomed Curly to be who would take the fall for their negligence. He was the “leader” but held no actual power.
Curly could’ve made better decisions, but with the same systemic issues in place, something like this would’ve happened either way.
He was in an extremely vulnerable position, and those vulnerabilities were exploited to the point of creating a catastrophe.
The only way he could’ve stopped this was by killing Jimmy before he crashed the ship. That would’ve been unreasonable on many levels.
The didn’t have anywhere to imprison him, and resisting him would’ve just made him more violent.
@@cantbejawsome I would argue that they did; empty out the medical bay and lock him in there or put him in the cryopod until they got back.
But the game itself hints that killing Jimmy was the only way, showing "Kills 99 percent germs" over and over again for Curly. To take responsibility as a captain and get rid of that 1 percent. I'll also argue that the company themselves would not give Curly much of a problem since they gave the gun to the captain "In case of unruly crew mates." Not a tazer gun, a tranquilizer, but a gun with bullets to maim or kill. They're sketchy and would not want any attention on them due to already shutting down so they would most likely have hidden Jimmy's death. (The last sentence is just a theory of mine.)
I'll also argue from the standpoint of someone who's been abused by someone close to them; Jimmy's behavior explains why Curly acts that way, that being said *it does not excuse his inaction to do anything to help others.*
The moment you let that abuser hurt another person due to action or inaction, you no longer are solely a victim. (An example would be like letting a mother let her child get hurt by another parent; their inaction now is leading to another innocent person getting hurt and they must do something or else.)
Different comparison but it still stands; Curly was the captain, *he* was the one in charge. He's an enabler turned victim and that's why he's a grey character.
Cool details I noticed:
The camera starts getting unstable during the part that flashes "Tell them", but quickly switches to normal for a moment (bc tension obviously). The camera only panned to whoever speaked before this, but then JABBERWOCKY TILTS THE CAMERA A BIT while saying "Honestly, you've been off all day". Bruh.
& Also after the news is told, the camera is shaky, & if it isn't, it's either uncomfortably tilted or moving around most of the time (tension x20). The camera angles & general movement get more intense as JORTS reaches the peak of his crash out while everyone else gets consumed by anxiety & desperation (except for Swansea ig??? He just accepts it fully cuz it was completely expected to him.)
In 1:36 until the close-up on Curly's eyes, the way that those shots are framed makes it seem like Curly is small, despite the fact that he's the captain & is the only one here leaving it unharmed (that's until the crash ofc). It's my favourite detail cuz it conveys how stressful it is 4 him. The timestamp in this comment leads to a shot that kinda frames Curly in Jellyfish's "grasp" (or on the exact position where a plate is supposed to be. Yikes...)
I also rlly like the way you draw faces :D
(Dear Curly Fry my 2nd-Place Mouthwashing Beloved: please do something actually unbiased 4 once & get better friends, you deserve better than Joker)
@@THE49THSTARGAZER YEAAHHH ITS BIG BRAIN TIME!! You hit the mark on pretty much everything I intended, and I'm glad somebody noticed :D
Also fr my king deserves better smh
These incredibly creative names for Jabortion will never get old
Poor Curling iron Jimmy didn't have to be rude to him 😭😭😭😭😭
I love the way u made daisuke look, it's exactly how i imagined him to be in this scene. Uncomfortable, and nervous. This art style is sick, especially the expressions!!! Anya also looks sick and exactly how I imagined her to be
Little does curly know he will be the cake
0:03 Daisuke saying “this looks straight bussin, no cap” is so canon like fr
Anya coming in with the burn at the end killed me.
For once it's not Curly getting burnt. 😂
NOOOO CURLY FRY 😭 I love his silly hat at the end ❤
Don’t mind me, I’ll just- *saves to Mouthwashing animations playlist*
Hell yeah! Worth the wait. Awesome as always. Personally love Jetstream's shifting expression right after Curly replied to him.
JETSTREAM IM TURNING INTO DUST
I love your animations!!! keep up the good work :3 lovely to see all the subtle expressions and body langusge....
GRAAAHH this is so well done... i didnt know how much i wanted smth like this. seeing the characters expressions makes the situation hit harderrrr... they're proper people now! you can see what's goin on behind those eyes, unlike in the actual game!
if curly had actually waited before telling the news until they were nearly there then maybe Jinglebells wouldnt have crashed the ship. sobs. this man really tried to do his best amidst the stress and kept getting it wrong. well if Juggling had a shred of decency throughout the whoooole thing then there would be nothing to "get wrong". yeah captain you do need better friends
anyas expressions really devastate me, she's in such a panic (and of course she'd be ... i forgot she had no savings. now that we know the implications, holy shit dude) and her gentle smile at the start, you definitely made her look like the kind soul she is :( .. she deserved a kinder world
daisuke looking stressed but not knowing how to respond in this situation, swansea looking resigned and unsurprised... you really nailed everyone's attitudes based on their life circumstance. poor crew. thanks for the content you're doing gods work
Well what if Jimmy decided to crash the ship into planet itself then? Also i doubt Anya would stay quiet... and it's not like she could even hide it
This is so beautiful I love the expressions you gave the characters. Also the last photo where they're all comforting Curly... aww :)
dude this goes CRAZYY awesome work
WHAA I LOVE THE ART STYLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They look so adorable!!! >v< Even if the scene isn’t that happy and even if Jehova is involved… :3
Also- daisuke's "this looks straight bussin' no cap!!" And Swansea's expression 😭😭😭😭
THIS IS SO FREAKING PEAKKK!!! THE ANGLES, AND THE ANIMATION!!!
Yay it is someone's Birthday why did it become scary and sad. Yay he got comfort. I love this video that you made, and I love your channel ❤❤
Damn, nice interpretation, haven't even though about some expressions possible in this situation (i.e. Daisuke getting distressed and Yimpy having a psychotic smile). 😃 Also, the last scene, 🥺 Curly really chose a wrong friend. 😔
OOOH THIS IS SO COOL!! THE SUBTLE EXPRESSIONS AND THE ANGLING/PERSPECTIVE OF SOME BITS IS SO GOOD I LOVE THIS
WHAT THIS IS INSANE
ooogh this is so good, love the facial expressions and your use of camera angles and movement! and the end frame lol
pobre curly :(
the ending is so cute😭💕
Man this looks straight bussin no cap!
HOW DO YOU NOT HAVE MORE SUBS???? This is awesome!!! XD
Oh my god this is so well made
this makes me so mad cause like- curly and jimmy are friends (at least before everything, and i at least hc they knew each other in high school or smth) so it’s obvious that this has most definitely happened before with how curly didn’t speak up. and also like, it’s his birthday?? i agree with swansea because i don’t know anyone who would yell at someone on their birthday 😭, i genuinely feel so bad for the crew (not jimmy), also sorry this is so messy cuz im like, sleep deprived, sick, and impulsive lmao
@@gachar3n3 fr bro💀 Curly spoiled it himself by spilling bad news, but it was HIS party, so I think he's got a bit more of a right to do that. And Jimmy just had to make everything worse by berating him ON HIS FRIGGING BIRTHDAY. Like cut him some slack😭
I LOVE THIS SM UR SO AWESOME SAUCE!!
This is really well-done!! I liked the zooming a lot, so, in answer to the desc, it was cool, so you should keep it bc it makes ur storyboards unique, or at least that's my opinion :3
I really like ur artstyle! U have a new sub now ^^
Omg this is so good 😭😭
I INSTANTLY SUBSCRIBED AFTER THIS, IM SO GLAD THIS POPPED UP FOR ME!!!
From time to time I think: why didn't Curly just obeyed the order? I understand that accidents happen, but still he's a captain and flied with his crew for a long time, especially with Jim
@@lnrplant4722 ig he was thinking what was the right thing to do as a friend and not a captain. He's also a people pleaser imo, so I think he did it because he wanted to dodge any hard feelings from them. They're already going to be mad about getting fired, so he didn't want any more resentment thrown at him by keeping the news.
this is so well-animated and i love your art style!!!
THAT WAS INSANELY GOOD!!!! LIKE... INSANELY GOOD!!!!
this is such a slay
Sorry you had to animate Jujutsu Kaisen
This is amazing!! I love the animation and art style ❤❤
mwa i love you and your vids bro ❤
Amazing work.
i get its supposed to be sad, but im genuinely sorry you had to draw jimmy 😔
this is so good
GGGAAAHHHHH THIS IS FIRE 🔥🔥🔥‼️‼️‼️💥💥🔥🔥💥‼️
NOOO
You’re an amazing artist and I’m only saying this bc the desc. asked for cc, and ofc I recognize this is probably just my own inexperienced opinion/taste, but the blush lines (the 2 loopdeloops thingies?) are a bit confusing visually imo, at first I thought they were facial hair. Tho I do like how you have them different for each character, which I think is creative!
@@aeliasstatic4376 ohh that's fair lmao. It looks better when coloured and the loopies become less noticeable tho imo. Thanks!
This SINGLE video is what makes me wanna make a mouthwashing oc to be a defense :3 (i already have an idea on how he dies!! wahho!!) (spolier my oc gets his mouth and eyes stapled shut :3)
@@DJ_IPLIER_DJ_MINTE OH MY GOD😭 but honestly that is so real someone had to stand up to that bitchass
When your oc was the only one who talked shit about jimmy so jimmy silenced them 😭😭😭😭
What app was used to make this!!! tell me now!!!!!!!!
@@O0ba ibispaint and alight Motion pro :> but I think you can make this w the free version of Alight
@@eggsyontheside ooh okay, thank you!!! : D