What absolutely infuriates me is that artists cannot catch a break in this fandom. I’ve seen artists get bullied and called “r-word apologists” for drawing fanart of Jimmy. That’s it. The art isn’t even related to the incident, people just can’t let artist express themselves. I then realized that the Mouthwashing fandom is riddled with underage (or perhaps mentally underage) people who cannot find find nuance for the life of them…
What intrigues me is the "Sorry you had to draw/write Jimmy" bits. It's a good thing he is seen as an evil dude, but like, if you're not allowed to draw the villain of the piece, then what exactly is the point? You can draw any other character all you like, but you draw the main force behind everything and people just go loopy.
@@blade1hunter100 lol and no one is like "sorry you had to draw Bill Cipher" even though he forever traumatised an entire town and a bunch fo kids xd if anything ppl love him it's kinda funny, it's only bc he didn't touch someone, idk to me fiction is fiction u can like wat u like in fiction as long as u don't apply it to irl so idk why ppl have a problem with ppl drawing Jimmy it's not like he's freaking Jeffery Damer bc Dahmer is real Jimmy is not real
So you're telling me it could have been *more* heartbreaking?!? Would it have been like that short story of a dog slowly dying from radiation poisoning?
If I found out that one of my crew mates assaulted another, I would have to clarify because if it is true. The perpetrator would not be leaving the ship alive
As someone who loved the song years before Mouthwashing existed, I see this as an absolute win. I highly suggest checking out the rest of Imogen Heap’s discography, it’s all bangers after bangers.
it fits curly perfectly well, symbolising his misplaced optimism about jimmy ("you know you're better than this") that later transcends into judgement ("monitoring you like machines do")
I feel like we should bestow Daisuke with the honor of the Kel (Omori) status “All Daisuke memes are canon” Cause like, sweet boy deserves it (Hell, maybe Swansea too honestly)
Amen, that girl did not get so traumatized during her career that people still use her as inspiration for representation of people dealing with abusive relationships to this day for someone to call her "her abuser's wife"
my favorite meme of how Jimbalaya is treated in the fandom is when an artist draws other characters normally but he's just a copy-pasted png file of his in-game model.
Mouthwashing has been invading my brain ever since I watched ManlyBadassHero play it. I love it so much- the nonlinear story telling slowly unveiling the truth of the Tulpar’s crash and the commentary these characters make on SA victims and the abusers who get away/are given a slap on the wrist at best As for me, my fandom experience fluctuates. Sometimes I get to read a lot of details analysis that makes me go “Huh- never thought of that before”, sometimes it’s chill and I get to reblog a bunch of cute art of Anya smiling, and sometimes I have to wade through a sea of really tone deaf ships* *Note: I’m someone who likes shipping, but I am under the opinion that Mouthwashing is a game where ships just- don’t really mesh with it. Aside from OCxCanon and Selfshio stuff, I don’t care for Mouthwashing Shipping stuff. You’re free to like whatcha like though
Can we just appreciated how those who fully understand Jimmy is an SA perp are treating his name like a slur. Also there's an actual comic where Jimmy is skinned & bandaged instead of Curly & Curly is alright.
@@airplanes_aren.t_realnot sure if it’s the same one they’re talking about but there’s one called the jimblasted au. it’s got like two pages and it’s on tumblr
I'm not too far in the video, but some messy thoughts: Personally, I have conflicting thoughts about the fandom. Mouthwashing is a complex and subtle game, and it's really easy to miss something that is essential to understanding a character. I knew things were going to get confused when the game basically got popular overnight, but seeing so many people deny Curly's nuance or infantilize/dismiss Anya's struggles with SA or whatever else is still a bit tiring 😭 As you said, fandom is its own thing and people can do whatever they want, but I do hope the fandom matures a little more. I still enjoy the Mouthwashing fandom overall, but some spaces (like commentary and shipping) are kind of dicey for me right now.
Honestly pretty realistic, people don’t know how to properly handle SA. Granted we’ve improved a bit since the 2000s but it’s still a bit of a yikes-fest.
@@RocksterStudios-tt3eh Yeah, the discussion around the SA has definitely been the most frustrating thing to come out of the fandom. I've seen SO many ass takes...but I'm not surprised, sadly.
@@randomperson-kx6mv I honestly don't know much about this game, or fandom culture, but what do you mean ass takes? What could people possibly be saying about the SA of a video game character that could be seen as frustrating?? Are they trying to defend the SAer? 😬
This is another Signalis situation. Game with retro graphics with terrifying and sad plot. The fandoms response and mental state for the game? As silly as possible of course! Gotta cope somehow!
all the most beautiful artwork done in the fandom is usually depicting Anya and i love it djdjskks (usually the most body horror is Curly or Jimmy ofc)
Ngl, i never see an explosion of fanfics in Ao3 faster than on Mouthwashing fandom. I mean, this game just came out in this December, yet we already has 1500+ fics there.
ah shit shes finally covering moutwashing lets gooooo!! as for my own experience in the fandom I haven't come across a lot of fighting and mostly stick to tumblr to look for fan art. I had no idea people hated Jimmy until looking threw Etsy and seeing stuff that was like anti-Jimmy merch or something I guess when playing it there was likely a lot of stuff that went over my head so maybe I didn't catch some of the context and such overall I just stay out from all the crazy shit that's been happening and just enjoy it in my own little bubble I'm at a point in my life where I'm too tried to be around in fandom spaces unless its one's that I have a strong bond with
Fun fact. My account got deleted because I dared to say that Anya is a victim and her actions weren't as bad as people were making it (they were making her a villain) and I got spam reported. I'm trying to get it back still 👍
WHY ARE PEOPLE CALLING ANYA A VILLAIN???? what version of mouthwashing did these people play??? i can't think of a single thing anya did to even be considered a villain 😭😭😭😭
MOUTHWASHING??? I love this fandom so so so much, yes there are the weird shippers (seriously why are there shippers) and ppl mischaracterizing the characters like crazy (like seriously guys Curly is not angel and I highly doubt Anya would be close to Curly after what he did even if shit didnt hit the fan) but I bet after a few years or so this would be such a chill community
The only ship I can get behind is Anya/Daisuke, I picture them as similar ages (idk Anya seems pretty young to me for some reason) and I personally believe that if Daisuke had somehow found out what Jimmy did to her he would have yelled at Curly until his voice gave out and made him do something💔 Edit: I also think Jimmy/Curly is interesting from a narrative standpoint (like a lot of other people do) but I definitely wouldn’t say I “ship” them as that implies that I think they should be together, which, no.
not only mischaracterization but completely degrading the game's story, imagine popping up a message about taking responsability inside the game every second and people still think the enabler didn't do anything wrong...
@@SunnySixStreet Wow there are kids in the fandom?? That’s crazy. Anyone under like 16 at the oldest should NOT be engaging with something like Mouthwashing.
@ This. I’ve seen summaries/analysis videos that don’t even talk about what happened to Anya and say that the only reason Jimmy crashed the ship was because the company was dissolving. One of the games’ many themes is commentary on how 🍇 victims are ignored and their trauma is downplayed, so it’s insane to see people completely miss that and continue to brush past what she experienced.
MOUTHWASHING VIDEO ‼️💞 The brainrot has been here since the beginning of November, and over the past week I got sick so every time I think “hey it’s time to take my NyQuil” I almost say “time to take my mouthwash” 😭😭 the brainrot for this fandom has GOT ME
I have clearly misjudged the internets love of angst regarding indie games. It’s so funny to see which games are just a footnote in gaming history and which ones explode into popularity like this one. No im not jealous. Okay. Maybe a little.
7:30 OH THANK GOD IM NOT THE ONLY ONE!!! I never knew how to describe my food issues before, especially since I've never had an ED, thank you so much for the addition of "ingestion horror" to my vocabulary! (My personal go-to example is the scene in BBC Sherlock where AU Mycroft is attempting to eat himself to death, very few scenes in media have given me such a visceral reaction as I had when I saw that 😫)
I'm not a fan of mouthwashing however I have this one friend who (to my knowledge) is pretty well known in the fandom, but not for good reasons. He's been sent death and r@pe threats, been told just these horrible things for the art he posts (which as an outsider looking in I can't really reply on) but from a perspective of someone who only really knows the fandom through bad experiences, I just feel awful. It's the one tag fandom tag I have blocked on tumblr because the mere mention of it on my dash somehow ends up frustrating me. Not all fans are like that, but it's horrible that the type of people to threaten artists and community members have seeped their way into a likely chill fandom. Just hoping no one has gone through the crap my friend went through, because getting sent these horrible messages is just disgusting. If you are getting sent these messages in this fandom (or any fandom), I wish you nothing but love, because no one deserves that type of hate.
MOUTHWASHING VIDEO YEAAAHHHH I WAS HOPING FOR THIS okay okay in all seriousness, i’ve been hopping around in the fandom a bit and i’ve found my little nook of people who know how interesting and incredibly tragic the game is, while also being silly and imagining aus where nothing goes wrong and they’re all enjoying life. there are certain parts of the fandom that i don’t poke with a 20 foot pole [the twitter side. cough cough.] but aside from that, my experience has been pretty positive so far :] it’s really about finding spots where people are chill.
I don't think this would work as anything other than a game. I think the act of playing as both Jimmy and Curly us fundamental to the message. We all have the capacity for being abuseres, whether by our actions like Jimmy or by our inaction like Curly. I think it's essential that you step in both of their shoes. That aside, i really enjoyed rhis game. But I've been trying ro stay out of the fandom. I first heard about it cause some horny fanart or the game crossed my TL and in after I played it, I was genuinely puzzled that people had the energy to make any part of this game horny lol it's so sad and draining... I also dont like the half of the fandom that's like lalalalala nothing bad ever happens, Jimmy doesn't exist lalalala. Can't really stand either of them so I'm just staying in my corner lol
I am sooooo obsessed with this game. When it came out i searched for mouthwashing playthroughs and watched every one i could find. It is really fascinating to see the differences in the player's reactions to the game and whether or not they see the larger picture or untold story
"curly did nothing wrong trust" i don't think this game has any purpose left if you're ignoring it's point and absolving the main culprits of blame (along with jimmy), but i'm glad y'all didn't participate making the game
I´m more in the sad/serious side of this fandom- gosh youtube tried recommending me meme compilations right after I´d seen a playthrough and. I just couldn´t handle it/wrap my heard around it at the moment. fandoms gonna fandom through
The Goncharov thing was a fever dream to me 😭 My cellphone broke an that exact same day the thing started. Come to Tumblr 3 days later and see all the content, the discussion, the fanarts?! I was so lost and clueless.
AHH MOUTHWASHINF CONTENT LET’S GO!! Also yes Anya is actually based off of Shelley Duvall and Swansea had a dog that would be aboard the Tulpar in original versions (Anya is my fav for sure)
Mouthwashing my beloved I have a love-hate relationship fandom, let me tell you.. The amount of things I've seen And it's been out for only couples of months 12:41 Omori mentioned🗣️🗣️🔥🔥 Honestly, video on Omori fandom would be pretty cool
As someone whos viewing the fandom from the outside (i have not played the game, nor watched the gameplay), i do love it when people leave comments on mouthwashing fanart posts like: "sorry you had to draw J#mmy" like that so funny to me
I love the mouthwashing fandom because it’s the closest we’ll ever get to an edgy 2010s fandom. People don’t care if they ship the two toxic masculine men that enable horrible systems because they’re hot and have angsty toxic potential
nooo you didnt get to see the Eiffeltornet animatic!!!! that's my absolute favorite. you should add youtube into these future fandom dives because a lot of fantastic animatics are on here and are not restricted by the vertical format or short-form video lengths
I just love the devs, they’ve given us so many little gems to this game that didn’t make it in. Curly being British, that there WAS at one point going to be a dog on the ship and everyone’s favourite Pokémon (Anya’s being a glaceon)
Every traits the fandom have adopted so far (very important): -People have to express their condolences to whoever artist/animator had the guts to draw J*mmy -J*mmy's name is censored or mispronounced -J*mmy shall not be next to Bojack horseman -Daisuke is an innocent, twink mess and eveybody loves him -Swansea is a father figure to both Anya and Daisuke -Anya gets her happy ending by being given the chance to end J*mmy -Burned Curly is babygirl, and Regular Curly is a Himbo/Hunk -Headlock (by Imogen Heap) is the semi official main theme of the game
(!!Spoilers for Danganronpa 1!!) (TW:J*mmy mention 🤮) Desperately wish there was a alternate ending where Jimmy has to live out all the deaths he caused Junko Enoshima style, ending with him in Curly’s state :) (I mean he wanted to be curly so bad, it’s just giving him what he wants right?) Guess I’ll just have to hope hell exists in the Mouthwashing universe lmao
I love the game so much and the fandom is amazing. The art is SO GOOD. I also have been reading quite a lot of fanfiction and those have been mostly amazing too (minus a few where I'm just like "WTF???" But yeah😂 normal stuff on ao3 ) I keep seeing people talking about how bad the fandom is but, cmon, in every fandom are people like that. It happens and it shouldn't ruin your own fun. I've seen people debaiting a lot about the characters, it's normal that everyone has a different view of characters, etc. I just wished people wouldn't slander others for how they view it. I mean, I don't agree with a lot that people say too, but then just move on, ignore it instead of attacking them. anyway, Uhmm the game is just amazing and my brain has been more fixed on it than I expected. It's just soooo good.
honestly, i've really enjoyed the mouthwashing fandom !! everyone's super chill and i love how so many people can find their own interpretations and hidden messages within the already super deep tragedy of the game. all of the cosplays and fanart is GOD tier and a lot of it is just so well made like this game POSSESSED the artist within creators. Also, I love how silly everyone is censoring jimmy is always really funny to see and the silly content just makes the game more enjoyable because you can laugh at little headcanons and silly tiktoks and then go right back to being so in the game and adoring and mourning your favorite characters. i've really enjoyed the fandom and i think it's full of lots of respectful and deep content that's just SO well made. i think if you're finding weird stuff or weird people, you just have to be on that side of the fandom to see it ("if curly was a girl"...) but EVERY fandom is going to have that side no matter what. it's just reality. it's really easy to avoid that content and just enjoy the amazingness of the mouthwashing community. i've loved it so far. EDIT: 5:04 DAISUKE'S MY FAVORITE TOO HEHE :3
Real talk, most of the fandom is fine, the only problem are the twitter police who need to shame people for every little thing they enjoy... God forbid people take creative liberty with their art
@ yeah i do agree but thats also something found in so many fandoms !! its so frustrating, but thats just the internet. people always gonna hate or disagree :(
From what I saw from the fandom it’s mostly chill .. I see more people complaining about the bad side of the fandom then the bad side of it… I did see some pretty problematic stuff but it was a very small amount
Ah yes, the fandom has reverted to it’s survival method of Actor Aus
The alien stage fandom: 👀
When the creator joins in the actor AU @@niagericameron9708
Yk a fandom is in shambles when they start making actor AUs
And from what I've seen even it is not enough comfort, it's just more hurt D:
As an alien stage fan, I feel personally called out rn
What absolutely infuriates me is that artists cannot catch a break in this fandom. I’ve seen artists get bullied and called “r-word apologists” for drawing fanart of Jimmy. That’s it. The art isn’t even related to the incident, people just can’t let artist express themselves. I then realized that the Mouthwashing fandom is riddled with underage (or perhaps mentally underage) people who cannot find find nuance for the life of them…
What intrigues me is the "Sorry you had to draw/write Jimmy" bits. It's a good thing he is seen as an evil dude, but like, if you're not allowed to draw the villain of the piece, then what exactly is the point? You can draw any other character all you like, but you draw the main force behind everything and people just go loopy.
@@blade1hunter100I’d just like to add that most of the time the “sorry you had to draw Jimmy” thing is a joke, but yeah I agree
@@blade1hunter100 lol and no one is like "sorry you had to draw Bill Cipher" even though he forever traumatised an entire town and a bunch fo kids xd if anything ppl love him it's kinda funny, it's only bc he didn't touch someone, idk to me fiction is fiction u can like wat u like in fiction as long as u don't apply it to irl so idk why ppl have a problem with ppl drawing Jimmy it's not like he's freaking Jeffery Damer bc Dahmer is real Jimmy is not real
4:51 not so fun fact: the developers actually thought of having a dog in the game, but decided against it because of how horrible it would be
So you're telling me it could have been *more* heartbreaking?!?
Would it have been like that short story of a dog slowly dying from radiation poisoning?
In the game if you no-clip you can find a picture of a dog on Swansea's desk.
Oh god, imagine if it's related to animal death..
Thank goodness they didn't add the dog.
@@zcgamerandreacts2762 they did add a *pony*
I think mouthwashing has radicalised me into realising men IRL have no idea how to treat victims.
Well that's about time, must have been rough for the men that had to reflect on how much they identified with curly/Swansea or worse, with jimmy
If I found out that one of my crew mates assaulted another, I would have to clarify because if it is true. The perpetrator would not be leaving the ship alive
too late now, curly apologists will be coming for your life now!!!
For real
@@airplanes_aren.t_real Swansea didn't know.
8:10 Someone’s probably already said this, but Anya was in fact inspired by Shelley Duvall and her role in The Shining!
All I know is I want Anya to be happy :(
WAIT, A MAGNUS ARCHIVES CROSSOVER MAKES SO MUCH SENSE FOR THIS GAME
“Forced to eat it in the afterlife” GIRL??? ARE YOU OKAY???
Casually dropping crazy horror concepts like it's nothing
I also love how the fandom just made Headlock by Imogen Heap the semi official song for the game
Discovered that song because of the fandom and I'm glad brcause it might be my favourite song of the whole year.
As someone who loved the song years before Mouthwashing existed, I see this as an absolute win. I highly suggest checking out the rest of Imogen Heap’s discography, it’s all bangers after bangers.
it fits curly perfectly well, symbolising his misplaced optimism about jimmy ("you know you're better than this") that later transcends into judgement ("monitoring you like machines do")
Aaand also the song "Mayday" from Sparkbird!!!
MOUTHWASHING MENTIONED FINALLY A FANDOM IM CHRONICALLY OBSESSED WITH
SECOND THAT
This fandom is actually pretty chill especially the craziness of the *cough* other fandom I’m in *cough cough* monkie kid….
How crazy?
crazy? i was crazy once. they put me in a room. a rubber room. a rubber room with rats. and rats made me crazy.
The lego monkie kid fandom is genuinely crazy i cant STAND IT
wait fr fr? maybe i just havent been that deep into the LMK fandom LMAO
@@winterlamb jokes aside, what flavor of crazy are we talking about
I feel like we should bestow Daisuke with the honor of the Kel (Omori) status “All Daisuke memes are canon”
Cause like, sweet boy deserves it
(Hell, maybe Swansea too honestly)
OMORI MENTIONED THIS IS A CLASS 10 EMERGENCY
THIS IS SO FUCKING CANON
I think all Swansea memes are canon is funnier honestly because most of them involve killing jingle bells
FELLOW OMORI FAN!! also i agree :3
"The wife in the Shining" YOU BEST BE PUTTING RESPECT ON SHELLY DUVAL'S NAME RIGHT THIS INSTANCE BY USING IT PROPERLY, SHE IS LEGENDARY.
Amen, that girl did not get so traumatized during her career that people still use her as inspiration for representation of people dealing with abusive relationships to this day for someone to call her "her abuser's wife"
my favorite meme of how Jimbalaya is treated in the fandom is when an artist draws other characters normally but he's just a copy-pasted png file of his in-game model.
I joined the fandom from seeing the cosplays (like everyone else) and HOW DID THIS FANDOM
I fucking love the shiposting side of mouthwashing fanbase XD
Mouthwashing has been invading my brain ever since I watched ManlyBadassHero play it. I love it so much- the nonlinear story telling slowly unveiling the truth of the Tulpar’s crash and the commentary these characters make on SA victims and the abusers who get away/are given a slap on the wrist at best
As for me, my fandom experience fluctuates. Sometimes I get to read a lot of details analysis that makes me go “Huh- never thought of that before”, sometimes it’s chill and I get to reblog a bunch of cute art of Anya smiling, and sometimes I have to wade through a sea of really tone deaf ships*
*Note: I’m someone who likes shipping, but I am under the opinion that Mouthwashing is a game where ships just- don’t really mesh with it. Aside from OCxCanon and Selfshio stuff, I don’t care for Mouthwashing Shipping stuff. You’re free to like whatcha like though
I thought we all accepted that the darker the media is the sillier the fandom. I especially saw that when I joined the A Clockwork Orange one
Fear and hunger
a clockwork orange has a fandom???
Can we just appreciated how those who fully understand Jimmy is an SA perp are treating his name like a slur.
Also there's an actual comic where Jimmy is skinned & bandaged instead of Curly & Curly is alright.
What's the name?
@airplanes_aren.t_real of the game? Mouthwashing.
@Whatisthisgremlin they probably meant the name of the comic
@Whatisthisgremlin i think they meant the comic
@@airplanes_aren.t_realnot sure if it’s the same one they’re talking about but there’s one called the jimblasted au. it’s got like two pages and it’s on tumblr
I'm not too far in the video, but some messy thoughts: Personally, I have conflicting thoughts about the fandom. Mouthwashing is a complex and subtle game, and it's really easy to miss something that is essential to understanding a character. I knew things were going to get confused when the game basically got popular overnight, but seeing so many people deny Curly's nuance or infantilize/dismiss Anya's struggles with SA or whatever else is still a bit tiring 😭 As you said, fandom is its own thing and people can do whatever they want, but I do hope the fandom matures a little more. I still enjoy the Mouthwashing fandom overall, but some spaces (like commentary and shipping) are kind of dicey for me right now.
Honestly pretty realistic, people don’t know how to properly handle SA. Granted we’ve improved a bit since the 2000s but it’s still a bit of a yikes-fest.
@@RocksterStudios-tt3eh Yeah, the discussion around the SA has definitely been the most frustrating thing to come out of the fandom. I've seen SO many ass takes...but I'm not surprised, sadly.
@@randomperson-kx6mv I honestly don't know much about this game, or fandom culture, but what do you mean ass takes? What could people possibly be saying about the SA of a video game character that could be seen as frustrating??
Are they trying to defend the SAer? 😬
17:36 It's a reference to a painting of Ivan the Terrible after killing his son.
17:31 oh no, the reference to the painting "Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan"
this shit hurt deep man
This is another Signalis situation. Game with retro graphics with terrifying and sad plot. The fandoms response and mental state for the game? As silly as possible of course! Gotta cope somehow!
I’m honestly surprised mouthwashing got so popular. I enjoyed the story but dang the fandom is explosive.. So much content.
all the most beautiful artwork done in the fandom is usually depicting Anya and i love it djdjskks (usually the most body horror is Curly or Jimmy ofc)
I’m sorry you had to see Jimbo
DAISUKE MOUTHWASHING
DAISUKE MOUTHWASHING
Ngl, i never see an explosion of fanfics in Ao3 faster than on Mouthwashing fandom. I mean, this game just came out in this December, yet we already has 1500+ fics there.
ah shit shes finally covering moutwashing lets gooooo!!
as for my own experience in the fandom I haven't come across a lot of fighting and mostly stick to tumblr to look for fan art. I had no idea people hated Jimmy until looking threw Etsy and seeing stuff that was like anti-Jimmy merch or something I guess when playing it there was likely a lot of stuff that went over my head so maybe I didn't catch some of the context and such
overall I just stay out from all the crazy shit that's been happening and just enjoy it in my own little bubble I'm at a point in my life where I'm too tried to be around in fandom spaces unless its one's that I have a strong bond with
My dad and I watched a Mouthwashing playthrough last weekend WTF
Amazed to see this video exist!!
This fandom gives me memories from the undertale fandom, plus the more wholesome part of the fandom reminds me of the fear and hunger one! Good stuff
MOUTHWASHING MENTIONED‼️‼️💥💥
Bad things bad things are happening in the mouthwashing fandom
They need to take *RESPONSIBILITY*
@ T A K E R E S P O N S I B I L I L I T Y
My mom asked about how the story goes and I think I traumatized her for life (I don’t get nightmares so it’s easy for me to watch horror)
Fun fact. My account got deleted because I dared to say that Anya is a victim and her actions weren't as bad as people were making it (they were making her a villain) and I got spam reported. I'm trying to get it back still 👍
People are painting Anya as the Villain?? What side of the fandom are you on??? 😨
@peony-tea8929 just the general tags unfortunately
@ I am so sorry you got your account deleted over this, hope you get it back soon
WHY ARE PEOPLE CALLING ANYA A VILLAIN????
what version of mouthwashing did these people play??? i can't think of a single thing anya did to even be considered a villain 😭😭😭😭
Ok so please do yourselves all a favor and don't scroll Tumblr tags. It's gotten misogynistic a little too often
Daisuke and Anya are too wholesome together. It breaks my heart.
MOUTHWASHING???
I love this fandom so so so much, yes there are the weird shippers (seriously why are there shippers) and ppl mischaracterizing the characters like crazy (like seriously guys Curly is not angel and I highly doubt Anya would be close to Curly after what he did even if shit didnt hit the fan) but I bet after a few years or so this would be such a chill community
The only ship I can get behind is Anya/Daisuke, I picture them as similar ages (idk Anya seems pretty young to me for some reason) and I personally believe that if Daisuke had somehow found out what Jimmy did to her he would have yelled at Curly until his voice gave out and made him do something💔
Edit: I also think Jimmy/Curly is interesting from a narrative standpoint (like a lot of other people do) but I definitely wouldn’t say I “ship” them as that implies that I think they should be together, which, no.
Yeah once all the kids (who shouldn’t be in the fanfom anyways) are gone it’ll be quite a lovely space.
not only mischaracterization but completely degrading the game's story, imagine popping up a message about taking responsability inside the game every second and people still think the enabler didn't do anything wrong...
@@SunnySixStreet Wow there are kids in the fandom?? That’s crazy. Anyone under like 16 at the oldest should NOT be engaging with something like Mouthwashing.
@ This. I’ve seen summaries/analysis videos that don’t even talk about what happened to Anya and say that the only reason Jimmy crashed the ship was because the company was dissolving. One of the games’ many themes is commentary on how 🍇 victims are ignored and their trauma is downplayed, so it’s insane to see people completely miss that and continue to brush past what she experienced.
Such a weird fandom. I've never seen anything like it. As an outsider looking in, it's very interesting to say the least. Lol.
MOUTHWASHING VIDEO ‼️💞
The brainrot has been here since the beginning of November, and over the past week I got sick so every time I think “hey it’s time to take my NyQuil” I almost say “time to take my mouthwash” 😭😭 the brainrot for this fandom has GOT ME
I have clearly misjudged the internets love of angst regarding indie games. It’s so funny to see which games are just a footnote in gaming history and which ones explode into popularity like this one. No im not jealous. Okay. Maybe a little.
Coley discussing this fandom is like an early new year lmaoo
7:30 OH THANK GOD IM NOT THE ONLY ONE!!! I never knew how to describe my food issues before, especially since I've never had an ED, thank you so much for the addition of "ingestion horror" to my vocabulary!
(My personal go-to example is the scene in BBC Sherlock where AU Mycroft is attempting to eat himself to death, very few scenes in media have given me such a visceral reaction as I had when I saw that 😫)
IM SO HAPPY I GOT HERE EARLY I LOVE MOUTHWASHING, I AM SO HAPPY THIS VID CAME OUT I GOT THE ENERGY TO COME OUT MYSELF BRO, THANK YOU THIS HAS SAVED ME
I'm not a fan of mouthwashing however I have this one friend who (to my knowledge) is pretty well known in the fandom, but not for good reasons. He's been sent death and r@pe threats, been told just these horrible things for the art he posts (which as an outsider looking in I can't really reply on) but from a perspective of someone who only really knows the fandom through bad experiences, I just feel awful. It's the one tag fandom tag I have blocked on tumblr because the mere mention of it on my dash somehow ends up frustrating me. Not all fans are like that, but it's horrible that the type of people to threaten artists and community members have seeped their way into a likely chill fandom. Just hoping no one has gone through the crap my friend went through, because getting sent these horrible messages is just disgusting. If you are getting sent these messages in this fandom (or any fandom), I wish you nothing but love, because no one deserves that type of hate.
fun fact: originally one of the characters (swansea i believe) were gonna have a dog on the ship with him, but the devs decided against it
AU where Anya has an emotional support dog (bonus: J*mmy gets fed to the dog as a treat)
the only thing i know about this fandom is the creator of the game condemning harassment and how, apparently, that was seen as bad
MOUTHWASHING VIDEO YEAAAHHHH I WAS HOPING FOR THIS
okay okay in all seriousness, i’ve been hopping around in the fandom a bit and i’ve found my little nook of people who know how interesting and incredibly tragic the game is, while also being silly and imagining aus where nothing goes wrong and they’re all enjoying life. there are certain parts of the fandom that i don’t poke with a 20 foot pole [the twitter side. cough cough.] but aside from that, my experience has been pretty positive so far :] it’s really about finding spots where people are chill.
MOUTHWASHING MENTION YEAHHHHH
I love mouthwashing and the people who are in the fandom
7:51 Honey, what? You want to talk about this?
14:05 Oh, hey, time travel AU? That might be enough to get me to read fic for this one. I’ll read a borderline doomed timeloop all day.
not even watched yet, but i can already answer that with "everyone hates Jimmy for good reason"
I don't think this would work as anything other than a game. I think the act of playing as both Jimmy and Curly us fundamental to the message. We all have the capacity for being abuseres, whether by our actions like Jimmy or by our inaction like Curly. I think it's essential that you step in both of their shoes.
That aside, i really enjoyed rhis game. But I've been trying ro stay out of the fandom. I first heard about it cause some horny fanart or the game crossed my TL and in after I played it, I was genuinely puzzled that people had the energy to make any part of this game horny lol it's so sad and draining...
I also dont like the half of the fandom that's like lalalalala nothing bad ever happens, Jimmy doesn't exist lalalala. Can't really stand either of them so I'm just staying in my corner lol
Not me seeing the titel and just going like "there is a fandom around mouthwash (The product)? huh. Neat. Why not"
I locked at the channel name and immediately thought it said "CurlyDoesThings"
A COLEYDOESTHINGS MOUTHWASHING VIDEO?!?!?! SOMEBODY PINCH ME!
I am sooooo obsessed with this game. When it came out i searched for mouthwashing playthroughs and watched every one i could find. It is really fascinating to see the differences in the player's reactions to the game and whether or not they see the larger picture or untold story
"curly did nothing wrong trust" i don't think this game has any purpose left if you're ignoring it's point and absolving the main culprits of blame (along with jimmy), but i'm glad y'all didn't participate making the game
I´m more in the sad/serious side of this fandom- gosh youtube tried recommending me meme compilations right after I´d seen a playthrough and. I just couldn´t handle it/wrap my heard around it at the moment. fandoms gonna fandom through
"Warning:Jimmy"
understandable
Ah yes, the good ol "horror that traumatized everyone so much that the fandom resorts to being silly to cope"
I WAS WAITING FOR THIS
MOUTHWASHING MENTION IN MY COLEY VIDEO?????
The notification interrupted my scrolling of mouthwashingtok
I swear this girl is a avatar of the eye how is she in almost every fandom I’ve even been in-
ALSO MOUTHWASHING REF 🗣️🗣️🗣️
She is Perceiving.
I was literally writing an analysis essay on mouthwashing right as this popped up in my recommended feed XDD
The Goncharov thing was a fever dream to me 😭 My cellphone broke an that exact same day the thing started. Come to Tumblr 3 days later and see all the content, the discussion, the fanarts?! I was so lost and clueless.
i'm so sorry jembarrassment appeared on your screen multiple times
I always thought censoring Jimmy's name was kinda childish
like he isn't even real he's not gonna harm you if you type his name
AHH MOUTHWASHINF CONTENT LET’S GO!! Also yes Anya is actually based off of Shelley Duvall and Swansea had a dog that would be aboard the Tulpar in original versions (Anya is my fav for sure)
Deeply upset that she didn't react to scottish Curly, scottish Curly is peak
Mouthwashing made my creative juices flow first time since forever so I'm very grateful for this fandom 🙏
Mouthwashing my beloved
I have a love-hate relationship fandom, let me tell you.. The amount of things I've seen
And it's been out for only couples of months
12:41 Omori mentioned🗣️🗣️🔥🔥 Honestly, video on Omori fandom would be pretty cool
MOUTHWASHING MENTIONED THANK YOU COLEY 😭😭🙏
I love Anya so much.
Also hot Curly is real
the way everyone avoids saying japarty's name is so funny 😭😭
Curly's symbolized by "cake" for a reason 😏
im afriad of every fandom but its time to finally find out what mouthwashing is
What's going on, you ask? 3 different layers of HELL!
Also I just want Anya to be Happi...
As someone whos viewing the fandom from the outside (i have not played the game, nor watched the gameplay), i do love it when people leave comments on mouthwashing fanart posts like: "sorry you had to draw J#mmy" like that so funny to me
im so happy rn because ur one of my favorite creators and youre making a video on my hyperfixation!!
headlock coming back again as an animatic song, the nostalgia was heavy with it
I love the mouthwashing fandom because it’s the closest we’ll ever get to an edgy 2010s fandom. People don’t care if they ship the two toxic masculine men that enable horrible systems because they’re hot and have angsty toxic potential
Fucking finally someone who gets it
I love Mouthwashing! I love the serious side, but the funny side provides some brevity when things get *too* heavy.
nooo you didnt get to see the Eiffeltornet animatic!!!! that's my absolute favorite. you should add youtube into these future fandom dives because a lot of fantastic animatics are on here and are not restricted by the vertical format or short-form video lengths
with the topics and the gore in the game, it makes scence that the fanfictions are mostly R-rated
I just love the devs, they’ve given us so many little gems to this game that didn’t make it in. Curly being British, that there WAS at one point going to be a dog on the ship and everyone’s favourite Pokémon (Anya’s being a glaceon)
So sorry you had to look at Jiminy Cricket
oh boy she’s talking about it
Every traits the fandom have adopted so far (very important):
-People have to express their condolences to whoever artist/animator had the guts to draw J*mmy
-J*mmy's name is censored or mispronounced
-J*mmy shall not be next to Bojack horseman
-Daisuke is an innocent, twink mess and eveybody loves him
-Swansea is a father figure to both Anya and Daisuke
-Anya gets her happy ending by being given the chance to end J*mmy
-Burned Curly is babygirl, and Regular Curly is a Himbo/Hunk
-Headlock (by Imogen Heap) is the semi official main theme of the game
(!!Spoilers for Danganronpa 1!!) (TW:J*mmy mention 🤮)
Desperately wish there was a alternate ending where Jimmy has to live out all the deaths he caused Junko Enoshima style, ending with him in Curly’s state :)
(I mean he wanted to be curly so bad, it’s just giving him what he wants right?)
Guess I’ll just have to hope hell exists in the Mouthwashing universe lmao
I love the game so much and the fandom is amazing. The art is SO GOOD. I also have been reading quite a lot of fanfiction and those have been mostly amazing too (minus a few where I'm just like "WTF???" But yeah😂 normal stuff on ao3 )
I keep seeing people talking about how bad the fandom is but, cmon, in every fandom are people like that. It happens and it shouldn't ruin your own fun.
I've seen people debaiting a lot about the characters, it's normal that everyone has a different view of characters, etc. I just wished people wouldn't slander others for how they view it. I mean, I don't agree with a lot that people say too, but then just move on, ignore it instead of attacking them.
anyway, Uhmm the game is just amazing and my brain has been more fixed on it than I expected. It's just soooo good.
Omg yes mouthwashing has been everywhere for me! And I was like “idk where this came from but this is so cool!”
“Yo, Jim, you f**cked right up” got me LMAOO
SCREAMS IN MOUTHWASHING
The amount of mouthwashing cosplayers I saw at Comicon recently has caused me to impulsively start making an anya cosplay-
honestly, i've really enjoyed the mouthwashing fandom !! everyone's super chill and i love how so many people can find their own interpretations and hidden messages within the already super deep tragedy of the game. all of the cosplays and fanart is GOD tier and a lot of it is just so well made like this game POSSESSED the artist within creators. Also, I love how silly everyone is censoring jimmy is always really funny to see and the silly content just makes the game more enjoyable because you can laugh at little headcanons and silly tiktoks and then go right back to being so in the game and adoring and mourning your favorite characters. i've really enjoyed the fandom and i think it's full of lots of respectful and deep content that's just SO well made. i think if you're finding weird stuff or weird people, you just have to be on that side of the fandom to see it ("if curly was a girl"...) but EVERY fandom is going to have that side no matter what. it's just reality. it's really easy to avoid that content and just enjoy the amazingness of the mouthwashing community. i've loved it so far.
EDIT: 5:04 DAISUKE'S MY FAVORITE TOO HEHE :3
Real talk, most of the fandom is fine, the only problem are the twitter police who need to shame people for every little thing they enjoy... God forbid people take creative liberty with their art
@ yeah i do agree but thats also something found in so many fandoms !! its so frustrating, but thats just the internet. people always gonna hate or disagree :(
From what I saw from the fandom it’s mostly chill .. I see more people complaining about the bad side of the fandom then the bad side of it… I did see some pretty problematic stuff but it was a very small amount
"Oh no, he's hooot!" while he's burning over there. *W h e e z e* (i get the joke before you @ me)
I SQUEALED AS SOON AS I SAW SHES TALKING ABT MOUTHWASHING. ALSO I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE JAPIST SUCKS
26:58 BIG JUICY MENTIONED! LETS GOO!!