#adult jack marston

[marstonsboy]

May I ask what you think Jack’s spirit animal is? I’ve heard some people say raccoon or wolf pup and that is so friggin cute 😖💕

hi!!! i’ve yapped about this a little on my main blog, but thanks for the excuse to talk about it here :3

so the animal symbolism in red dead redemption is fantastic, with two distinctive animals used to signify high and low honor in arthur— a buck for high honor (prey animal, usually symbolically associated w the cycles of nature and rebirth, as deer shed and regrow their antlers as seasons go on), and a coyote for low honor (predatory animal often associated with cunning and trickery, but also curiosity).

with jack, i like to think his high honor animal is a maned wolf. further explanation under the cut :)

so, for clarification, despite the name, maned wolves aren’t wolves! they’re named after wolves, and are often described as “foxes on stilts” due to their physical resemblance to foxes, but they’re genetically distinguishable from both. they happen to be the only species in the “golden dog”/chrysocyon genus. they’re omnivorous, solitary predators, and the dark mane on their necks raises when they sense danger.

i know picking a predatory animal to represent high honor is a little strange, but allow me to explain. the maned wolf is notoriously solitary— aka not a pack animal, like the wolf they’re named after. (sound familiar?) it’s also compared a lot to foxes, due to physical resemblance, but afaik they aren’t genetically related to foxes - and they’re canines, not vulpines. they’re skittish, shy, and only attack humans if they feel threatened, and can make a loud roar/bark noise to communicate over long distances.

jack happens to be the only person left of the marston family, as well as one of the few surviving associates/“members” (i guess, but he was like. four. so i hesitate to give him that status) of the van der linde gang. he’s named after his father, and is repeatedly confused with him/told how much he resembles him as an adult. he deals with the aftermath and repercussions of his father’s actions, and perpetuates the cycle of violence despite knowing it’s exactly what everyone who loved him died to prevent. i think it fits that, even with high honor, jack’s associated animal is predatory. he’ll live the rest of his life running from his own choices, just like his father, and he’ll never be able to escape his legacy.

in terms of his low honor animal, i usually default to a wolf. why? similar answer: repetition of the cycle, living his life dwarfed by his father’s shadow. becoming the monster you were told to be better than and grow beyond. my slightly more unhinged take would be a bear— in part because of that time he got mauled half to death by one, and i think i’m funny— but also because bears happen to be largely solitary predators, and, well. y’know. both wolves and bears are also considered highly dangerous apex predators, so do with that what you will.

i lean more towards wolf, though, if i’m being honest. one of jack’s defining character traits is the way he feels inferior to john, or how he feels he needs to prove himself in order to earn his affection and approval. so much so, that he’ll do things that he knows damn well his parents wouldn’t want him to do, like go hunt down a full grown grizzly bear by himself, or kill a man in cold blood and doom himself to becoming an outlaw when he’s only nineteen years old. he’s my favorite character, and thus i must emotionally torment him in the most psychologically devastating ways possible.

thank you so much for the ask, i love to yap forever and ever about him !!<3

[flo-zoinks]

I love making these it's kind of a problem now

WHAT EACH RDR2 GANG MEMBER WOULD POST ON SOCIAL MEDIA (my opinion)

Dutch - 10 minute tiktok rants about why the USA is failing (normally stitched from a news clip) - with a small cult like following with about 150 likes

Hosea - Outdoor skills teaching videos (hunting and whatnot) with all the comments saying hes like a Father figure

Arthur - Pretty photos of Forest animals on Insta without a caption

Bill - stitching people on tiktok challenging them to fist fights and those "what happened to real men" tiktoks

Javier - Music covers on guitar (very popular)

John - (1899) shitty gaming clips with NO schedule like sometimes 9 months apart

Abigail - get ready with me ranting about her child and husband

Jack - (1907-11) posting videos of his family being stupid without them knowing (80% Uncle and John)

Mary-Beth - Novel bios and links to her online Wattpad

Tilly - cute trends on tt often with her friends (like dances or cool transitions)

Karen - funny ass one-liner captions making fun of things

Miss Grimshaw - Those "Mother how do i" videos in her spare time

Reverend - Bible passages with a 9 minute rant after and then every week an accidental upload whilst shit-faced

Molly - shopping hauls that turn into vents

Strauss - Links to his business (regularly asks the younger members how to use functions and what things mean)

Trelawny - Magic tricks and Dramatic storytelling (everytime in a random place people find funny)

Sean - 20 second rant that's unironically hilarious and gets made into a template

Lenny - Book readings and 5 minute stitches respectfully arguing against the people he doesn't agree with

Charles - Never uploads aside from once a photo of Arthur next to an animal in a really pretty outdoor scenery

Sadie - secret videos of people like Pearson doing something embarrassing (inspired Jack to do the same) and "pranks"

Uncle - going out in public and doing something outrageous that ends in him being arrested (was nudity 9 times)

Micah - thirstraps

Pearson - videos on his wild "adventures" whilst cooking in the backround (the comments bully his food and his adventures)

Kieran - Horse Care videos (fully anonymous and would blur his face on everything). Lots and lots of horse videos

Yall remind me who I forgot

[reddorkredemption]

stupid red dead text posts - 7 / too many

[yaguyalt]

All this time, I swore I'd never Be like my old man

[burnedsolongg]

[thedogslegart]

MEEEEOWWW MAOWWWWW...

[vampyrcannibal]

self indulgent doodle :P

[jjmbbg]

any jack marston's hcs?? :D

helloo, it's been a while since i had requests (normal ones) soooo, here we go babes (under the cut)

- this mf sleeps with stuffed toys, u cannot change my mind

- 3 y/o jack would've been an ipad kid and loved cocomelon (same bro, same)

- he probably had a cavity or two in some molar when he was a kid (he hates brushing his teeth)

- he didn't have lots of friends 'cause he was always on the go with his family, so sometimes he would talk to himself so he wouldn't get so bored and pretend he was talking to someone else.

- he would've loved ao3, not the freaky side but the angsty one (he would have been one of those writers who suffer from absolutely EVERYTHING and continue writing masterpieces)

- he doesn't stay at the farm in beecher's hopes 'cause he feels like it doesn't belong to him anymore (he goes and visit his pup because the damn dog was still alive, a warrior)

- once abigail died, he let his hair grow —he doesn't trust in anyone else to touch and cut his hair besides her.

- he's babygirl.

[tempting-andromeda]

we need a part 2 to Adult!Jack Marston hcs!!! :3

no worries if your not up for it, no pressure! <3

JACKIE

Jack Marston headcanons pt. 2

Chews and picks at his nails

And fiddled with the collars of his shirt

He has the dopest drunken grin

His eyes are half lidded and he looks so happy

But he’s just glad someone’s humoring him

Cannot cook for shit

Does not fall in love easily

Meeting him for the first time is definitely meeting a scrappy dog on the street

Eats with his hands a lot

Leans in when he talks to certain people

Like if he’s talking to you it starts with him sitting in a slouch but now he’s leaning over to hear you better

Says “what” even when he heard you

Always snifflin

Cannot stand the cold

He’s genuinely a sappy individual

And I think he has a stupid “huh huh huh” type of laugh

Stares off a lot

Especially when he’s drinking by himself

He gets into depressive episodes super easily

Cannot dance for the life of him butt I imagine his signature move is just an awkward finger gun movement

No part of this man can handle a casual relationship

He’s prepared for devotion!

[renslo161605]

John and Jack Marston WIP

I kinda died recently but heres a lil wip :))

[marstonsboy]

a lot of people are annoyed by jack, especially in rdr1— and to a degree i understand that. but at the same time, he was a kid. he had every right to be a little shit and irritate people to no end doing reckless, spiteful things, because he was a child. and it breaks my heart that he loses that sometime between john’s death and when we see him again during the epilogue.

i miss when he was able to snark at his parents. i miss seeing him interact with abigail, uncle, and charles around beecher’s hope. i miss when jack could just be a kid without having the crushing weight of grief on his shoulders at all times. we get to see him start out distant with john and very slowly get closer to him multiple times, healing their relationship after everything they’ve been through, only for that to be brutally ripped away when he’s sixteen.

when we meet jack again at nineteen, he’s much more jaded. he’s angry, and aggressive, and he’s lost everything. he’s almost unrecognizable as that little boy that made a flower necklace for his momma, or read passages from his books aloud when she asked, or sat by the campfire loudly singing along with his family— and it hurts, watching him lose that innocence and the ability to just be a kid along the way. he was so young, and he didn’t deserve any of that.

[flo-zoinks]

JACK MARSTON AS MITSKI LYRICS

Is this too niche

Who should I do next

[reddorkredemption]

Even more rdr2 Jack gifs 'cause I'm unhinged.

Also, I went ahead and uploaded all of the full clips of the stranger missions to YouTube, so if you're interested in seeing that, here's a link. :)

[superunknoown]

au where jack marston has a daughter after the rdr1 epilogue and finally moves on from his past and lives his happy rancher/writer girldad life

And he names her Abigail too bc obviously

[burnedsolongg]

[thedogslegart]

MY GUMMY. MY UMMY CHICKEN

(Edit. Re did Jack's pic)