#strauss rdr

[nthspecialll]

I will never hate anyone more than people who boils complex characters down to a single trait/mischaraterizes them and refuses to learn more about them or have a discussion. "Abigail is such a hater" "Hosea is a perfect grandpa who would never do anything wrong" "Kieran is a baby" "Swanson is an annoying drunk" "Grimshaw is so annoying" "Arthur is just a sad dummy" "John is just a silly man" "Charles is a baby girl" "Javier is just a hot traior" "Dutch is a dilf villian" "Strauss is the worst of the camp."

I would not talk to you even if we were the two last people on this planet and trapped in jail cell together.

[birthofvcnus]

rdr2 characters + famous tweets: part two

part one

[flo-zoinks]

'Black and white' characters in RDR

What I love about rdr is flaws in characters being so obviously shown

But that said, I think some people don't get that EVERY character is layered, not black and white

I see people say that Arthur was such a good man in spite of, well everything, with his troubles, that he's complex and much more then just 'black and white'

But with Strauss? Immediately shunned as pure evil, disgusting, and a solely bad person.

Unless the layers to a character is pointed out to them with big red bold text, I fear some people find it a struggle to uncover that themselves.

Strauss is also not just 'bad', but a man who did what he could to survive, and provides for the people he actually cares about. Hes aware of the immorality of his actions, but understands in 1899 being a foreigner in the USA with little ties to anything, no ability for labour and such he resorts to what he can, and won't apologise for trying to live. And he cares, too. Hes arguably one of the biggest donaters to camp, one of biggest providers and loyal to the people who show him little respect back.

But that's not shouted in your face. Its for you to find out, and see for yourself. So a lot of people don't, and praise the man who beats up the debtors to near death because its broadcasted on 4k his remorse later on.

This isn't just Strauss ofc, just and example. The same goes for Micah, Bill, Miss Grimshaw, the Pinkertons and so on.

I also think it's because people find It easier to hate, as without a scapegoat or a reason that Arthur gets TB or the gang falls apart is for one person, or reason, that it's easy to push all your anger onto so it can leave you. It makes other things seem better too, as it betrays people like Arthur and John as 'victims', rather then perhaps the consequences of their actions or just life in its cruelest form.

[08melancholie]

Humor me for a moment

What do you think each gang members favorite shows would be if they were from this century? Like modern shows and stuff?

OOOH this is very interesting, and I got a few in mind :)

some are more accurate maybe, some had to be mustered up to be filled in since I had no ideas D:

the guys:

Dutch — Hear me out; fashion shows. This man is first in line for the TV remote when theres a Victoria's Secret runway on one of the channels. That, or those "Wear or Tear" shows. He becomes a true fashionista.

Arthur — I feel, same with Charles, he'd be into watching Bear Grylls surviving in the wild. I don't know how to explain this one tbh, it just sounds right to me.

John — I really struggled with this one, honestly. I could NOT think of one thing he would watch. Anyhow, Abigail doesn't let him watch too much of it, but he'll also tune in when theres a football match OR, even better; baseball. I feel like he's a baseball type guy.

Javier — Another hear me out; Spanish cooking shows. This I have literally no explanation for, it came to me and I instantly said 'oh, YES' aloud. So, I'm sticking with it.

Micah — Would be big into sport channels, football and especially big on ice hockey. Let's be honest, he's literally a dad on Sunday afternoons but like, every day of the week, my little couch potato. His main thing would be ice hockey and I stand firm by that.

Lenny — Just a hunch here, but I think Lenny would like crime shows. Whether it's something like Criminal Minds or actual criminal cases and how they were solved, he'd be very much interested in that.

Sean — LOVES to watch people wrestle. He's either laughing about someone getting their shit handed to them or screaming at the TV for one of the people to punch harder.

Bill — Dog shows!! He loves those dog competitions where people train their dogs to run around and complete the courses, always cheers a certain dog on like it's his own and like he's getting the prize money.

Hosea — Chess competitions. I also don't know how to explain this one much, but I feel like he'd enjoy learning to play/to get better at chess through watching others play it, making little notes on a paper.

Strauss — Gotta be those old people Bingo channels with like, live games. He tried making his own bingo cards and literally nobody wanted to play with him because they said it was boring—and that he did it all wrong :( Otherwise peepaw loves that stuff.

Josiah — He loves watching "[Country]'s Got Talent", any country really. As soon as he sees a magician come up, he instantly locks in to see if he knows the trick that person is trying to do, and he especially loves the dangerous stunt compilations on Youtube. Rewatches them on a daily.

Reverend — Mostly online church services and those live broadcasts of it. If not that, which he does daily imo, it'll be some drug documentary. (struggled with this one D:)

Charles — National Geographic Documentaries; do I need say more? It's how he mostly learns about wildlife, if you don't count books. That, or I feel like he'd enjoy watching Bear Grylls surviving in the wilderness.

Jack — Honorable mention for Jack, the Kratt Brothers.

the girlies:

Sadie — She's also into crime shows, and especially true crime. You can't watch it with her because she loves to comment on EVERYTHING happening in the show, stuff like calling the killers bastards and finding what the clues the police find mean before the people in the show do sometimes.

Tilly — I was unsure of this at first, but I feel like she'd enjoy either cooking or gardening shows, but I'm more leaning to the latter. Likes to learn about all the different plants, sometimes writes information down in case she wants to plant something herself.

Mary-Beth — You know she'd be big into drama series and all the different reality TV shows. I swear, she'd literally LOVE Croatian drama shows and series so much, on the edge of her seat the entire time, literally. That, or she loves cheesy romances, of course.

Karen — I don't know if you guys have this, but we have a show which roughly translates to "Marriage at first", where two people get married at first sight. You can say yes or no at the altar after you see them for the first time, and the show leads you through the upcoming two-three weeks before the wedding. She'd love that, would be judging the wedding dresses the women pick the entire time.

Molly — Watches sickly sweet romcoms to heal her poor, broken heart. Good for her. :(

Abigail — Watches whatever Jack wants to watch mostly, but if she's got free time to watch something herself, she'll mostly use drama shows as background noise. Somehow, I feel like she isn't big on watching TV, so like myself basically.

Susan — She reminds me so much of my grandma that I have to say Turkish drama shows. My grandma has to be in bed by 8pm sharp with her shows, and that is exactly how I see Susan😭

Thank you for this lovely ask, I had fun with it <3

[dyingbuck]

rdr doodles dump :)

[kdval]

Red Dead Redemption 2

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[wrylu]

really cool compilation of Really epic-ally taken photos by me ^__^

I have even more but

The photos on the bottom left while playing dominoes or something always make me giggle

[scarfacemarston]

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IT'S BEEN 3.5 YEARS

[lostboysluvr]

javier’s best decision was to wear this outfit

(my pics)

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

NOTE: Keeping with the genre, I excluded Arthur and John since the protagonists are always going to be human (or, if they are an alien, a very human-like alien race that makes you wonder why the creator even bothered to make them an alien).

Jack is excluded as well since he’d be half-human at minimum.

[dazednstoned]

I was surprised to see a lot of people replying to my post thinking Abigail didn't sleep w any members of the gang besides John. While I respect everyone's opinion, I think she did sleep with Dutch, Bill, and men outside of camp (she was literally a prostitute when she joined the gang). This doesn't take away from her value. It doesn't excuse John's mistreatment of her and Jack. She canonically slept with some of the gang. I'd say definitely not Hosea, Uncle, and Javier (as he joined in 1895). I don't mind people having their own thoughts on the matter, but sometimes it feels like people only say that to try and defend her. She doesn't need to have not slept w the other men to be defendable!! I personally think she is one of the easiest rdr2 characters to defend and sympathize with. Her previous profession and sexual history does not devalue her. It also doesn't justify the misogyny directed at her. 

I delve further into Abigail's backstory (a combination of canon and my assumptions) in my long fic on ao3 that fleshes out my thoughts on this better.

[nthspecialll]

Old man stance or something

[dailyarthurmorganpics]

[flo-zoinks]

Sometimes I like to imagine which each gang member would dress as for Halloween so here is my favourite ideas!!

Abigail - zombie (rdr1 ref)

Jack - knight but would insist hes Sir Lance a lot (nobody knows what that is)

Dutch - lion

Hosea -  skeleton (would dress up for a week leading up as a different costume every day and go full method acting)

Javier - vampire

Uncle - Frankenstein

Bill - Lawman (would pretend to arrest kieran)

Lenny - pirate

Sean - pirate (duo costume to steal sweets from arthur and dutch)

Molly - princess 

Reverend - (Prolly not dress up unless as a demon to preach about the demonising of Halloween)

Miss grimshaw - witch

Sadie - Masked serial killer (would creep up on pearson and scare him)

Charles - pumpkin

Tilly - Tabby cat

Karen - Black cat

Mary-Beth - White cat (trio costume!!)

Kieran - corpse groom (he wanted to ask Mary-Beth to be the corpse bride but got too nervy)

Strauss - pharaoh (gold)

Trelawny - fairy

Arthur - Chelonia member

Pearson - Tiger (would call it his inner animal)

Micah - rat

Should I give more halloween ideas I have so many

[neon-junkie]

Micah: [holding Strauss's glasses over a cliff] One more word, and they’re gone!

Strauss: I can not see what you’re doing...

[alliddeart]

Cat Strauss :3

I made him too pretty-

Group Image

Arthur Morgan

Dutch Van der Linde

Hosea Matthews

John Marston

Charles Smith

Micah Bell

Bill Williamson

Javier Escuella

Jack Marston

Kieran Duffy

Lenny Summers

Sean MacGuire

Josiah Trelawny

Simon Pearson

Orville Swanson

Uncle