#i love tilly!!

[charthurlover]

Tilly!!

this is my first character analysis, and based off if you guys think it’s decent, i might start doing more for characters i don’t really see in video essays or online (reverend, grimshaw, trelawny, or bill!)

Tilly Jackson is a supporting character in rdr2. She is one of the first members of the gang, but i don’t believe rockstar really used her besides cutscenes and camp activities (plus that one mission) which is a shame, because i think we could’ve had way more character out of her besides being “property of a previous gang” and “being a wife and mother, and someone to play dominoes with.”

i believe we could’ve had more of her and arthur’s relationship, with activities like going hunting or fishing or shopping with her, like we got with javier, charles, and sadie. she could’ve been a great character if rockstar had given her more time on screen. i wished we got to see more of her gunslinging, plus her personality. if you weren’t running around camp every minute, you wouldn’t have been able to see her talking, have conversations with her and having personality, and even if you were, you wouldn’t be able to see much, besides her arguing plus slightly caring for reverend.

i just really wish we got more content out of tilly.

[thirdtimed]

its just me and you

[tubbytarchia]

The bloodied moon cried for you, but you only heard the stars The weeping moon then bled for you, but you only saw her scars

[heavenlymorals]

I feel like a lot of people forget that the Van Dir Linde gang was actually famous in their universe- Dutch Van Dir Linde was as famous as the real life Butch Cassidy. The gang had as much infamy as the Wild Bunch or the Dalton gang. Arthur Morgan, John Marston, Bill Williamson, Javier Esculla, Lenny Summers, Charles Smith, Sean McGuire and more were probably as famous as the real life Doc Holliday, Jesse James, Black Bart, Rufus Buck, Ike Clanton, the Sundance Kid, Wild Bill Hickock, and more.

Sadie Adler would've been just as famous. She was a gunslinger like the real life Calamity Jane and Anne Oakley and she was an outlaw at one point like Laura Bullion, Pearl Hart, Belle Star, The Cassidy Sisters, and more.

The other women of the camp would've probably been less popular but still very intriguing figures to people in the future.

In the newspapers, we see that there are songs about Dutch's boys and books too. Trelawny mentions them being on dime novels. In the future, the pieced together story of the Van Dir Linde gang might've gotten adapted into a movie, similar to "Butch Cassidy and the Sun Dance Kid" or "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford". They could've gotten biopics, documentaries, and more.

Historians and fans of the wild West era would dig up records, find pictures, and maybe even track down people who were apart of the gang, accomplices to the gang, or victims of the gang. They would try to piece together stories to figure out the mystery of what actually happened to the gang.

People would argue over things that happened in the gang and have their evidence to back it up. Letters written by gang members would become so valuable. If they ever someone come across Arthur's journal, it would probably be considered one of the most valuable pieces of documentation to ever exist for that time period.

The guns of the gang would probably be kept in museums if found. Albert Mason's portrait of Arthur Morgan would be found in history books, same as other pictures.

Dutch would probably be a very controversial figure in history- some would hail him as a failed hero and others would condemn his violence no matter the reason- they wouldn't know what the people in the gang knew- especially in the end. Same with the rest of the gang members.

They'd probably all get romanticized. Hosea and Dutch's friendship, the raising of the boys, Dutch and Annabelle and his fued with Colm, Mary and Arthur, John and his family, Javier being a revolutionary- no one would know the full story.

And then there is Jack- he may live to see the 1960s and 70s and 80s. He may have grandchildren who'd pull him into a theater to watch a retelling of the gang that he was a part of at one point. He'd be amused. He'd think that the actor playing his father was too clean looking, too pretty. He'd think that the movie Arthur was too skinny. He'd think that the man playing Dutch had a funny voice as he tried to mimic the accent. He'd laugh and make notes in his head of the historical accuracy. He'd feel sorrowful at the deaths of the characters- he knew them at some point. And no one at the theater would know that the old man with the rowdy bright eyed boys who brought him there was Jack Marston, the last of the Van Dir Linde gang.

Jack might talk about it to the public. He might do interviews. He might even write a book about his father, the infamous John Marston. Those would be priceless. Even Beecher's Hope might be kept around and visited as a historical site for history goers.

And honestly? It is such a bittersweet thing.

[verc0pa]

rdr2 ladies💗

[ovenproofowl]

Why would they speak in whistles? They don't always. They have a phonetic language for day-to-day interactions, but the whistle-speak lets them communicate across great distances. It's not uncommon to find in cultures before communication technology evolves.

STAR TREK DISCOVERY: 5x06 'Whistlespeak'

[graves-doodles]

a gaggle of siblings and their two dads

[feelo-fick]

how to draw a half-foot

dont be fooled! drawing wolves, bootleg pokemon, and anthropomorphic dragons will NOT prepare you for the anatomy of a half-foot.

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self indulgent au where theyre art students for some reason.... and laios gets increasingly interested in one of the upper classmen, trying (and failing) to depict him. yes this was an excuse to think about/reference how to draw a horse by emma hunsinger more than i already do. im an opportunist you see

[flownwrong]

5x05 Mirrors // 5x09 Lagrange Point

[yippee-optimistically]

hey guys not to be peculiar on side blog but i am a bcg fan now they r so funny (i have been mimicking their accepts for like 4 days)

[evviejo]

STAR TREK: DISCOVERY - S5E1 Red Directive

[eruptedinlight]

Sassmaster Reno

[cornsarts]

gurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrl

[arthursfuckinghat]

"You fancy a game of dominoes?"

[arborescreens]

you've got some big pawprints to fill, mailbox ♥ (separate mailbox ref here!)

[sir-walton-goggins]

Tilly being gorgeous, fellas by the fire, a train and a chomky boah