#red dead redemption 2

[madscientistreaction]

guy from cowboy game

[artsy-moonwalker]

apple picking

[happyroadkillart]

my mental state this past week

[sensketches]

YEEEEHAAAW

[mahawavy]

[melindaandcharles]

Melinda💖and💖 Charles

Hi everyone! My name is Melidna, and I’m 19 years old. This is actually my very first real post here on Tumblr - I’ve been lurking for a while, just reading stuff, but I finally decided to share my own thoughts. I am obsessed with Red Dead Redemption 2. It’s honestly a masterpiece. The world, the music, the characters… all of it. But one character just… totally captured my heart: Charles Smith. There’s something so calm and grounded about him. He’s strong, loyal, beautiful. Like, he’s perfect - I can’t stop thinking about him. Honestly, I think he was made for me. Like, if I could have him, I’d… definitely want him to be mine. Not like dating or whatever. I mean, like - really mine. I’d love to own him. I know that might sound strange to some, but hear me out. I have a lot of land - my family owns several properties, and honestly, it’s way too much work. And Charles just seems like the kind of man who was made for that kind of life. He could rise before dawn, hauling water, chopping wood, fixing fences - doing all the hard, sweaty work. His big muscles flexing as he works - I’m just saying… I’d love to see him doing that for me. And at night, well… he could keep me company. If I felt like it. Of course, I wouldn’t treat him badly! I’d clean out the barn, or one of the old sheds, and turn it into a cute little room for him. I’d even let him decorate it with feathers and beads, or whatever traditional stuff they like. He could have it all set up however he wanted. I think he’d be happy. Honestly. He’d have a purpose. A place to stay. Good food. Someone to tell him what to do. No worries, no decisions - just focusing on serving. Being useful. That could be his whole life. He’d know that he was made for this. And like… doesn’t that sound kind of beautiful? One person giving everything they have - their strength, their devotion, their body - to another? To someone who appreciates it? Sometimes I imagine myself sitting on the porch with a coffee, watching Charles work shirtless in the field, his skin glistening with sweat. His muscles flexing, his eyes focused, and I’d just smile and think, wow, I’m so lucky he belongs to me. I wouldn’t ask for much. Just obedience. Labor. Loyalty. Maybe a little affection. I think he'd really love it. It’s like he was born for this kind of life. His ancestors probably worked like this too, right? Maybe it’s in his DNA -he’s got this strong, hardworking vibe. Like, his body and mind remember what his ancestors went through, and now he’s just carrying that tradition forward. It’s in his blood, you know? In a world where everyone’s trying to be independent, maybe there’s something pure about just knowing your place. And I really think Charles would get that. He would understand that it’s an honor to serve someone like me. It would mean something to him. Does anyone else feel like this? Or am I the only one?

[conkreetmonkey]

Red Dead Redemption 2 was so real for creating the most in-depth, realistic clothing system I've ever seen in any game, and exclusively using it on burly, unhygienic men.

You choose every layer, every accessory, with dozens to hundreds of each to choose from. You can go in and fine-tune minute details like whether or not to roll up the shirt sleeves, or button the collar, or whether to wear your pants under your boots. These clothes get dirty in real time depending on what you do in the game. Mud, dust and blood linger unless washed off. Every garment has a warmth rating based on its material, and the game calculates what temperatures an outfit is suitable for based on the combined total. Dressing too cold or warm for the weather causes health debuffs.

You can choose which way he parts his hair, and whether he gels it. If you eat too much he gets bulkier and gains a double chin, and if you eat too little he can go underweight and get all bony and sallow. Both of these states come with stat changes. His hair and beard grow in real game time, and you need to routinely style and shave his facial hair if you want any style other than a full Santa. You need to bathe him regularly or people will start commenting on his BO, and he'll start visibly appearing filthy long before that. He sunburns in the sun, and in the heat he becomes slick and glossy with sweat.

This shit is IN DEPTH. It blows the customization systems of actual fashion-centric games like tf2, Monster Hunter and Splatoon out of the water in every regard. They honestly look basic in comparison. It's a paradigm shift for sure once you experience RDR2's level of customization. Everything else starts to feel smaller.

The player character all this customization is applied to, and I simply cannot stress this enough, is a 36 year old, 6'3" smoker weighing well over 200 pounds, with facial hair thicker than a sheepdogs, forearms like gnarled tree trunks and a dark, dense forest of body hair covering every reasonable surface. His skin is pocked and marred with scars from a rugged, nomadic lifestyle, and his teeth are the colour of cornbread. He has a thick southern accent, is a known mean drunk and knows how to skin pretty much any North American animal. He has never worn deodorant, flossed or moisturized. He eats canned beans, fruit and the like by simply pouring them into his mouth and gulping, often while walking or riding a horse at full gallop.

I can think of NO better use case for such customization. Not some fresh-faced little twink, not some busty anime babe. Just a gross, hairy, unwashed homeless dude with crippling self esteem issues and a chest broader than a barrel laid lengthwise. A non fashion-centric game, certainly a non-fashion centric character, but for some reason the best clothing and customization system ever concieved, bar none. What the fuck.

[oddestly]

Legitimately, this desire to slow down in life is a big reason I love playing RDR2 so much. I don't fast travel just to force myself to take my time and explore more, and there's just so much to see and do.

we need to slow down a little I'm so serious. all these quick short videos on tiktok, ig reels, and youtube, artists releasing quick little songs for the trend, tv shows releasing episodes at once, people using chat gpt and google ai overview because they get answers quickly but no validation done for the source, we need to sloww downn i really do not think our brains should be running this fast

[bioluminesced]

you can run but you cant escape

[aco1yte]

most underrated gang member, imo

[hihomeghere]

[ewanb10]

Reminds me of someone

i don't wanna play this game anymore.

[architectureandmorality]

Arthur in charcoal.

[whoslinger]

Send him to the mountains, let him go free forever, he'll be running through the forests, dancing in the fields like this

[sketchupnfries]

And some more RDR2 storyboard beat boards since I'm still a going