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Saw this in a tiktok comment section. I don't believe in God but I think Arthur was probably starting to near the end, plus this is a lovely sentiment regardless of your religion

#arthur morgan #red dead redemption 2 #rdr2 #rdr2 community #rdr online #religion #character analysis #character study #redemption

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If you're fifteen or older an still sleep with a stuffed animal please reblog this.

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I know there was probably a time when Dutch truly loved and cared for Arthur and everyone else in that camp but I just can't forgive him. After what he did to the native people I genuinely can't find it in myself to find any redeeming qualities in him whatsoever. Some of the missions Arthur agreed to do with Dutch and some of the things Dutch said just truly made me sick. I really hated those missions.

#arthur morgan #rdr2 #rdr2 community #rdr online #dutch van der linde #john marston #charles smith #eagle flies #rain falls

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I cant find any fics with the plots i want so im gonna write them myself. the agony.

#my life in a post

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I think it is funny how Arthur will greet people so nicely like "hey partner!" And actually sound happy to see them meanwhile John shouts "YOU! SIR!" as if he is about to rob them.

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I think it is very interesting that the writers of RDR2 chose to have the Arthur become more involved with the storyline of the Native Americans at the time that they did.

I feel this for many reasons, but mainly because what Colonel Favours' destructive and insecure nature is doing to the native people directly mirrors what Dutch's own insecure and destructive nature is doing to the group. On the first mission Arthur does with Captain Monroe, the Captain tells him many things:

1) That Colonel Favours destructive/insecure/angry nature has corrupted his men, I quote, "There is a culture now in his [Colonel Favours] regiment, the rot has traveled down the trunk". The Captain is stating that the horrific ways the Colonel has been treating the native people has prompted his men to treat them the same. The rotting tree metaphor is easily applied to Arthur's current situation with Dutch and the group (at this specific time especially). After Molly's death the whole vibe of the camp becomes unstable and dreary; nearly everyone has been prone to anger, Arthur included. This attitude in the camp is not unlike the new personality Dutch has begun to show since he returned from Guarma. This corruption can also be seen particularly well in Micah--as he thrives in the chaos in the camp and in Arthur's disintegrating relationship with Dutch--and in Bill's newfound anger/resentment with seemingly everything and everyone.

2) Captain Monroe tells Arthur "He [Colonel Favours] didn't have a very good war so he's trying to start another one." This one seems pretty much obvious, but as Arthur states during a few missions prior to this one (mainly the one with Eagle Flies and the mission where Dutch kills Cornwall) the past few heists/jobs have not gone well. Arthur significantly understates this; rather the last few heists/jobs have gone horribly, terribly wrong. All of Dutch's previous heists/jobs have led to death: I.e. Mac, Jenny, Sean, Hosea, Lenny, and Molly. It's clear Dutch has been feeling lost and inadequate since Blackwater and his recent failures and the recent deaths have only put more pressure on those insecurities, and with Micah in his ear those insecurities have only become more prevalent and dangerous.

3) Captain Monroe also tells Arthur "I think he's taking some of these actions more to protect himself now. If he can incite more retaliation maybe he can prove a stronger defense." Like Colonel Favours has decided to wage his own war with the native people in an attempt to alleviate his insecurities, so has Dutch decided to "wage war" as well, using the conflict with the native people and the army so he may "make noise" (as Dutch calls it) to reassure himself that his insecurities have not become reality. The more "noise" Dutch makes easier it is to claim he is defending the groups honor. Dutch uses people a lot, he used Angelo Bronte, he used the Grays, he used the Braithwaites, but the difference between Dutch using them and Dutch using Eagle Flies and the native people--as well as the army--is that he no longer does it for the reason's that he was doing it beforehand. With the former groups of people, Dutch truly was using them to help the group, to protect those he views as family.

Moreover the former groups of people were not good people in any way shape or form meanwhile the Native Americans are entirely blameless in this situation. "We help those who need helping, feed those who need feeding, and kill those who need killing." It's something Dutch says to Arthur on the very mission they take with Eagle Flies which puts not only the native people in a more precarious position than they were already in, but also makes the situation Dutch's gang are in more dangerous. Dutch has stuck by this motto for what seems like his whole life, but now even it has lost its meaning. He no longer helps those who need helping as he refused to rescue John Marston from being hanged, and he no longer kills those who need killing as he unnecessarily murdered Cornwall and actively urges the native people and the army to kill each other. In this light it is undeniable that just as Colonel Favours is prosecuting the Native Americans to save his reputation, Dutch has taken all of these new measures to save his own reputation and to placate his troubled mind.

4) Captain Monroe's final statement about Colonel Favours hits the hardest however, "A failed man is often the most dangerous." Arthur has come to know this as true, as he watches Dutch slowly descend further into madness, finding new enemies in anyone who is not his "yes man" and actively seeking out his old enemies who have wronged him so horribly in the past, all at the risk of the family which he claims he is trying to protect by doing all of this.

I think it is so clever of the writers this situation with the Native Americans play out as all this is happening with Dutch. Although Arthur probably does not fully understand the parallels, I'm sure being directly involved in such a similar situation helps Arthur to realize at least on some subconscious level just how far gone Dutch truly is.

#rdr2 #rdr online #rdr2 community #red dead #red dead redemption 2 #red dead redemption #arthur morgan #captain monroe #eagle flies #rain falls #dutch #dutch van der linde #micah bell #colonel favours #character analysis #character study #charles smith #john marston #lenny summers #sean macguire #hosea matthews

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Please excuse my previous sentiments regarding my feelings about Red Dead Redemption 2 and how I "didn't get the hype", I wasn't aware you could throw a stick of dynamite into a circle of KKK members

#im sorry i didnt know you were chill like that #red dead redemption 2 #rdr2 #rdr2 community #arthur morgan #dutch van der linde #micah bell #hosea matthews #sadie adler #red dead online #rdr online

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it’s funny bc when u start the lost hero u think, “who tf is jason????” and then u start reading, and u learn even jason is wondering who tf jason is like 😭😭😭😭

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Shadowhunters 3.12

#ugh i love gay ppl

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someone might've said this before but I didn't see it so I'm just gonna go ahead and say it "again". Cassandra Clare is a pussy for refusing to write gay nsfw scenes given that she was perfectly fine writing straight nsfw scenes. Isabelle and Simon make out for pages at a time, Clary and Jace had sex, Julian and Emma had sex like three times, Tess and Will had sex, but she refuses to write Magnus and Alec or Kieran and Mark kissing for longer than .5 seconds. like its so odd to me. the dark artifices in particular had so much nsfw shit its nearly gratuitous, but only with the straight couples? I guess the only argument against this would be that one short story where Malec got pretty close to having sex but Magnus stopped it before they got there (forgive me for not remembering the name of the short story or what book it was from its been a really long time since I last read through all the main series). Am I crazy? I seriously can't be the only one who noticed

#the mortal instruments #clockwork angel #dark artifices #magnus bane #alec lightwood #malec #kieran #mark blackthorn #emma carstairs #julian blackthorn #tessa gray #will herondale #jem carstairs #isabelle lightwood #simon lovelace #clary fairchild #jace herondale #jemma #wessa #clace #simon lewis #clary fray #shadowhunters #gay #cassandra clare #magnus x alec #clary x jace #julian x emma #tess x will #tess x jem

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Had to consult a friend (Deltarune Expert) on this one

#death note #kira #light yagami #Frisk #Undertale

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nothing does me in like a good hanahakis disease tag on AO3. it doesn't matter how long that mf is I'm reading that bitch and I will be finished before morning

#fanfic #fanfiction #ao3 #ao3 tags #hanahaki disease #hanahaki #unrequited love #angst #opla #one piece #skz #stray kids

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Black ppl can't have shit fr, can I have one black anime character please ffs

made a chart of the straw hats' skin tones with the colors being screencapped directly from the episodes, to show how much they've lightened. this is more than just an "artstyle change" or "design evolution" or "just the timeskip" this is blatant racism/colorism. it's fucking ridiculous and i don't understand how toei is continuously getting away with it please reblog btw, i think this is something people should see

#im so pissed about usopp still don't talk to me

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People used to comment on web comics.

People used to comment on fanfiction.

People used to comment on fanart.

People used to comment on OCs.

I hate "content" culture.

I hate "consuming content" and scrolling immediately to the next thing.

People used to be excited about the art that other people created.

People used to want to share that excitement with creators.

I hate this future.

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Everyone wanted to be thicc but nobody wanted to be fat. Everyone wanted the dad bod but nobody wanted to be fat. Everyone wants fat mommy milkers but nobody wants mommy to be fat. Everyone wants to be a bear but not like, an actual fat bear. You get what i’m saying