On The Placement of Anya's Employee Card
Something interesting to note about the very first scene of Mouthwashing is the fact we find Anya's employee card in the cockpit's locker. On my first watch, and something I've seen a couple creator's do as well, I assumed that Anya was the character we were playing as. When I realized she was the nurse, it raised the curiosity for me as to why her ID would be in the cockpit, let alone hanging on the wall inside the locker. If it's solely for the achievement, why not place it somewhere that obviously relates to her character like the others? Daisuke's is next to the board game, referencing him and Anya playing games together; Swansea's is next to the vending machines, referencing the line about him running the coffee dry; Jimmy's is next to the broken Polle statue, referencing the joke about being attracted to cartoon horses; and Curly's is next to the cryo pods, which could be referencing his ending where he's placed in the cryo pod or the first chapter we meet Curly pre-crash where he's established as light-hearted and caring for his crew. Why not put Anya's card in medical at the very least, to reference her being the medic or caretaker of the team? Why are the others placed naturally, as if they were just set down and forgotten or dropped, but Anya's is hung up neatly in the cockpit right above/next to where the gun should be?
Could it be intentional, a reference to her narrative-shifting reveal that she's pregnant and Curly knew his friend had raped her, as well as her being the one to hide the gun? The placement of the other cards seems intentional. They are placed next to references to character traits (Daisuke's youth and playfulness), character lore (Swansea's history of alcoholism and trading one vice for another), character symbolism (Jimmy's connection between Polle and the fetus/Anya), and character events (Curly's ending as the only survivor in a cryo pod) respectively.
Or am I simply reading way too far into this and it's just there to let you know picking up/looking at employee cards gives you achievements?
Who's to say besides the devs themselves. I just have too much reading way too deep into media.
