#obligatory disclaimer that ik dutch/john are unhealthy toxic yaoi etc etc but thats sort of the entire Point
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#vandermarston#john marston#dutch van der linde#rdr2#red dead#artner#im finally making the decision to vandermarston post on main bc ive seen some other ppl actively making content for the rarepair#im excited !!! i wanna contribute !!!#obligatory disclaimer that ik dutch/john are unhealthy toxic yaoi etc etc but thats sort of the entire Point#the main storyline of rdr is about how dutch manipulates vulnerable people into following him and how he wields affection like a weapon#to coerce his followers into endangering themselves so he can protect himself and satiate his greed and his ego#and he canonically has groomed john into a life of crime that john spends the rest of his life struggling to break away from#so uhhhhhhh i think of vandermarston as a natural extension of themes present in the source text.#where its about power dynamics and cycles of regret and affection and manipulation.#my intention was to frame it like that in this art piece.#lately ive been drawing hand studies and ive gotten rlly into the idea of hands as a visual motif for control and power. like puppeteering#w this art im trying to focus on johns emotional turmoil with dutch as a shadowy powerful figure that stands above him.#yknow ?????#anyways. thats my rambling artist statement on it.#totally understand if this ship makes u uncomfortable (that is the Point) but i will be posting more about vm in the future.#feel free to blacklist the tag 'vandermarston' in advance of that#art#pardner posts#🤠
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