#nthspecialll asks

[nthspecialll]

modern Bill AU ideas?

He really wants to be able to ride a motorcycle but for the life of him can't.

He is still a litte ashamed of his sexuality, but he is slowly learning to accept it.

Goes to a lot of queer meet-ups and conventions and stuff, doesn't talk a lot, just observes the happy people and slowly lets himself accept those are his people and that happiness is his right too.

Instead of having a horse, he has a dog, a big brown newfoundlander and he loves it to death.

Lives in a trailer park and is quite comfortable there. It might be small but it has what he needs.

The dog sleeps in the bed with him, yes there is hair all over.

Naps everywhere. Once the police got called on him because he had fallen asleep like on the forest floor and someone thought he had died.

Always has freshly baked cookies, he doesn't make them himself and no one has any idea of where they come from because he won't tell. Truth is he has made friends with the old lady who lives next to him and she makes them for him.

Gossiper.

First time he got a boyfriend, he had to work hard on his shame, he was also really cautious because he didn't know what to do, he just knew he loved that man.

[wrylu]

Imagine Strauss gets annoyed and starts yapping in german while Hosea is like "funky words magic man"

This is what Strauss said by the way (I THINK IT'S SO FUNNY)

[gremlin-boah]

I give Dutch, a horse made of mango

This one's fo yo Dutch!

Ah shit.

@nthspecialll I think he was hungry, he could eat a mango horse.

[dreamingatnights]

MAKE THE COMIC ABOUT HOW JAVIER GOT HIS SCAR!! PLEASEEEE AND IF YOU DO, PLEASE KEEP ME UPDATED

Dkfhfkfj I WANT TO BUT MORIVATION IS HAAARD

If you're curious you can always reach my dms though because i like... Already have most of my ideas down already and i could send you the script or smt 👀

[werewolfarthurmorganenjoyer]

I love the Jobigail, Sadigail and Jovier polycule because this means Jack is stuck in an endless loop of "ask your dad/mom" until Uncle Arthur comes to the rescue and takes the boy to the bookstore

(@nthspecialll because we talked about this a while ago lol)

[nthspecialll]

if u could add any more antagonistic lines for the people in camp, what would you add?

Oh gods, I don't antagonise a lot so I don't actually know what he says but uh lets try! Also I am not entirely sure if the others are meant to say the lines or Arthur but I am going with Arthur.

(Also don't think I actually think any of these are true, I am just making some 'mean' lines per request.)

John: "Eaten by a wolf, half frozen to death, nearly drowned and clueless when it comes to the ladies, whatever shall we do with you?"

Dutch: "You keep saying you have a plan, but really I think you have dementia."

Hosea: "The master con man! Who got caught stealing a chicken and nearly hung! Not that good again are you?"

Charles (Forgive me): "I wonder if the reason you barely talk to others is because you know they will judge your dumbass."

Javier: "Fancy clothing and all dressed up, yet you don't have the money to get your socks fixed!"

Pearson: "I am starting to think your obsession with the navy comes from the lack of anything else of note in your miserable life."

Reverend: "You keep talking about your god, but I got a feeling you are embarassing him right now."

Sean: "I bet Ireland was glad to get rid of you."

Lenny: "You keep jumping to your gun at every possile oppotunity, who are you in such a rush to please?"

Micah: "You miserable sack of shit, do us all a favour and get yourself shot next time, otherwise I will put that bullet in your skull myself."

Bill: "I would say fuck you, but I got a feeling that would give you hope"

Strauss: "You keep sending me to give others beatings, how about I give you one?"

Uncle: "Is the reason you drink so much to ignore your miserable life?"

I am not doing the gals, nuh uh, those my ladies.

[nthspecialll]

How do you think Arthur would react to a queer couple raising a child? Since Arthur has a more "traditional" way of thinking to gender roles I assume it also extend to how a child should be raised. But at the same time, wasn't he basically raised by two men from fourteen onward?

He was raised by two men yes, that said he did have "mother figures" in his life, aka Susan, Bessie and Annabelle. But I don't think he would find it hurtful for a child to be raised mostly by two people of the same gender, as he himself also was.

And while Vandermatthrews act quite gay and Arthur will even comment on it if you antagonise Dutch, they were never really "out" as a queer couple, and I think that would be where the troule began. He wouldn't mind two people of the same gender raising a child if they were straight, but I think he would be a bit more cautious if they were openly gay. However I think he would rather two gay folk taking care of the child, than the child being all alone on the street. So as long as the child is safe, i think he would keep his opinions to himself.

[nthspecialll]

Since I noticed it, I’ve always liked this little detail:

Shout out to the guy who couldn’t lift Arthur, but didn’t give up, and instead dragged him by the leg to the doctor in the mission “A Fork in the Road”

Man saw a sick but very clearly tough dude laying on the road, couldn't lift him so he just dragged the fella. Absolute icon.

[nthspecialll]

Javier has a belly?? Huh????

I guess it is a little more headcannon than canon.

Just to me it would be a little strange for him to have that soft of a chin if he had abs. But also just considering his circomstances it would make sense for him to have a little tummy.

He is strong, absolutely, but he eats and rests more than he works out. He doesnt life, he isnt one of the characters we see chop wood or carry sacks grain. All he does is rob, and while that is harsh on the body, it isnt going to build him insane muscle mass but rather a more laid back build, also considering how much he drinks.

[nthspecialll]

If you feel like it, I really need help with figuring out how to write a young Arthur Morgan and like how to keep him in character but also younger and therefore before becoming ‘hardened’ by life. I saw someone asking for recommendations for fanfic about Arthur meeting Mary and just the general old guard feeling and I decided to start writing about it myself but I feel like after my burst of creativity, that Arthur just… He doesn’t feel like Arthur? I mean obviously he would be less traumatized but I just need help on how to write him, so if you have any tips or anyone else reading this has any tips then please let me know. 🙏

Well young Arthur was very very different from older Arthur, and I think the best way to describe young him is to see who he is compared to.

Dutch compares Sean to young Arthur, which is a comment to his anger and impulsiveness.

Arthur compares himself to Eagle Flies, where he says he is 'very brave, very angry.'

All of this matches up to the fact that Arthur as young was refered to a delinquint. We can also hear it from the stories we hear of him, he blasted a rabbit with a shutgun, he got so fustrated while fishing that he went and bought the fish.

I think the best advice is make him angry, make him fustrated with the world, make him impatient and easily triggered. Dutch also says that if he doesn't know where Arthur is he searches the saloon and then the jail, which also says he got a bit of that anger left. I think that is the best I can advice.

[nthspecialll]

Do you have any like gang’s disabilities headcanons? I mean, Arthur probably has carpool tunnel, John is blind on one eye and Abigail needs glasses etc :0

Though it isn't a headcanon but in fact canon, I wanna mention that Strauss has a physical disability, he has a weak heart. Barely anyone knows so that is why I am mentioning it.

OKAY HEADCANONS.

Javier sometimes goes mute to the the irritation of the scar over his throat. Especially when it is really cold, his scar will get irritated and disturb the vocal cords. It leads to fun interactions between Javier trying to write to communicate and John being half blind and ADHD (possibly dyslexic as well).

Oh yeah, Abigail I headcanon as dyslexic, she keeps trying to learn to read but she can't.

Hc that Strauss's leg never quite healed properly after getting shot, leading to varying levels of pain.

BILL AND PTSD, that one camp interaction where he talks about the army and then JUMPS at the sound of a horse. Also possibly some hearing loss.

I think there is something ever so tragic about Mary-Beth having been born with weak wrists, but pushes through it to write.

Hosea and his survivors guilt, I guess that is a tad bit more canon. When he talks about Bessie's death he talks about how she should have lived and he should have been in the ground in her stead. I don't know if that counts as a disability though.

I think those are like the ones I have thought about a few times.

[nthspecialll]

No pressure to answer if it makes you uncomfortable! But I was curious to know your thoughts on Sonny and Arthur's SA?

Obviously Rockstar could have handled it better. Do you think it should've been put in the game in the first place? Is there a certain route you think Rockstar could've taken to respect the theme & topic while also being in line with Arthur's character?

I think if not a little journal entry at least alluding to the SA then maybe a small scene of sorts following the aftermath. Hints of vulnerability from Arthur, or the effects of the trauma or something. It never even had to be that extreme. Just SOME sort of acknowledgement from devs at the VERY least would've been good in my opinion.

I just wanted to know what some of your thoughts were and if you agree that Rockstar could've handled it better. And if so, how?

I think they could have done way better, but I also know both Rob and the actor for Sonny were highly uncomfortable filming that scene and were probably happy to get it done quickly.

I think the one good thing is that Rockstar showed anyone can become a victim and thus kind of destigmatising SA on men, but I also think they really fumbled the ball from there on. Luckily I have not experienced SA like that but I have heard a lot of rdr2 fans who have experienced it complain about the fact that the characters just shake it off and move along, when in reality it is such an earth shattering moment. Naturally you can't have Arthur and John go completely off the rails and away from the story but I think having just one or two cutscenes slightly change to show more caution or worry, would have been awesome and it is things Rockstar can do.

Similarly I don't think they would talk about that truama out loud, but they have their journals and at least Arthur is very good at using it and talking about his feelings in it, so that would have been a great oppotunity to show some of the thoughts that an SA victim might have, the self doubt, the anger, the disgust, all of it.

So yeah, they could absolutely have done better and I have even seen some of the prevously mentioned fans say that they would rather that encounter didn't happen at all because it is such bad representation and done so half assed.

[nthspecialll]

i'm planning on writing charles and i was wondering if u can describe his general personality ? it's okay if you don't want to ! the wiki really dosen't help 😭

Absolutely I can help!

Charles is a very quiet person, which isn't because he is shy or scared or anything, it is simply because he doesn't enjoy talking to people. Something which he even admits in a camp interaction with Lenny, and you can observe it in Colter where he prefers the stable over the cabin with the other boys.

All of this is to say that Charles is a reserved person, but by choice, meaning he also isn't afraid of speaking up or putting people in their place. That can be seen in a camp interaction with Uncle where Uncle says he thinks Charles is quiet because he is dumb and Charles replies "if the choice is folk thinking I am dumb but not knowing for sure, and folk knowing I am dumb because sound like you, I think I'd rather keep them wondering." Or when Micah is being racist and Charles throws him.

Charles himself says that he is a man of morals, he doesn't kill unless he needs to, but he is still an outlaw. He kills quite a lot, the bison pouchers, the O'Driscolls when saving Sean, the army when saving Eagle Flies, but unlike a lot of the others he is fully aware of he is doing and the hurt he is doing. "How do you kill and rob plesantly? We don't even do that despite all Dutch's talk," in Eastward Bound, that camp interaction where he says "for me, it seems I was born to hurt and suffer myself" and when riding with Arthur to Clemens Point where he says that they are low down criminals. He is aware of his surroundings, his feelings and how he affects others in a way that the others aren't at all. He knows he is killing and he knows that they do it for selfish reasons, not just ideals which the others coat it over with.

He shows a bit of affection to characters like Arthur, giving him a speech about life while riding to save Eagle Flies, chuckling at his joke to Monroe and patting him on his lower back. He shows affection through small gestures that can be hard to spot if you don't pay attention.

In the epilouge we get to see a bit of a different Charles, one that is quite a bit more open. He gets drunk with John and Uncle when they finish the house, he hugs John when they meet, plays a little joke with John about "working for free for a white man" and is a lot more social, having longer chats with Jack, Abigail, John and Uncle, which is likely because he knows them now and he has had time to grow.

[nthspecialll]

do you think Javier became an alcoholic after rdr2? Or at least during the epilogue? I keep seeing that he was, but I’m not sure.

:)

It is just headcanons, canoncially there is nothing pointing to it. Most people just think he acts different from rdr2 and looks a bit more crusty and think it is alcohol, thus we get:

I wouldn't say he is an alcoholic, he looks more crusty, yes, but there are several different reasons for that.

He aged 12 years.

He completely lost himself and had to rebuild his entire personality, ideology and existance.

His haircut is questionable.

The game's style is different.

Look at John, he also looks crustier in rdr1, why? Because of age, maturity and the fact that it was made in 2010, they weren't able to make as smooth and fluid motions like they could in 2018.

[nthspecialll]

what do you think Javier's family was like? We know of his alcoholic father, that he had a sister and his mother who would try to get him to behave based on dialogue. I like to think he was kinda a mama's boy but that's just me

Oh we don't have a lot about them so uh.

We know that his mama was a fairly religious, being okay with slaving away for a church her entire life and the fact her brother was killed. She used to tell horror stories to keep Javier in check. While all we know about his sister is that she might have gotten married, and yes his father was an alcoholic.

We don't have more canon than that, but if you are asking just what I think they were like headcanonly?

I think Javier's sister was a younger sister and I think she had some of the same rebelious spirit at him but was never really allowed to "set it free" because their mother kept a closer eye on her after everything Javier did.

Javier's father while he didn't rebel wasn't happy with everything going on and turned to the drink, unable to find anything else to cope with. I don't think he hit anyone, I just think he was absent.

I think Javier's mother deeply loved Javier and that she was very worried about what would happen to him if he continued his life as a rebel, something which she feared he would become from when he was young due to his fiesty spirit. She loves him but she has no idea how to control him. But otherwise she is sweet, cooks good food and cares for her family a lot. Also I like to think of him as a mama's boy too.

[nthspecialll]

Do you think Javier ever reunited with his family when he returned to Mexico?

Ha, nope. I have an inkling that they are dead or at least moved very very far away. Javier fled to protect his family, the he hid in the mountians after the gang's fall once again to protect them, but then he comes down from the mountians to the very place he grew up, yes he is under government protection but his family? Likely not, and while the government probably wouldn't go after his family, he backstabbed the rebellion that he helped create, someone is bound to be pissy about that. Not to mention he is making enemies left and right as a hitman, if old enemies don't go after his family, new ones will.