#tw rdr 2 spoilers

[kakyoinisgay]

When Arthur said "he was like an annoying younger brother to me", this shit broke me and left a MASSIVE scar on my brain

inspired by Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on 16 November 1581 by Ilya Repin

[meeks-just-wants-to-scroll]

bare with me on the intro and the first 10 seconds, it gets better/more serious

i viscerally needed to make an animatic for the song i’ve been thinking about repeatedly for a week or more now. It is so heavily epilogue Malt, it makes me wanna ball my eyes.

Whether Malt dies or not in the epilogue is up to interpretation so don’t take this as canon that he dies. This song (because i cut it shorter) lacks the context that it’s about Malt talking about how he *could* die, not that he will die.

[alexxness]

Regarding Javier Escuella's hatred (as a Javier fan)

[TW: Red Dead Redemption 1 and 2 spoilers]

As a person whose favorite RDR character is Javier Escuella, I understand the hatred towards him.

Not gonna lie, I also got sad when Javier decided to stay in Dutch and Micah's side in the end. But everyone did.

But let's remember that Javier had a terrible past back when he was in Mexico, and there is no surprise that he stood loyal to Dutch after saving Javier…

I think that he has been blinded by loyalty ever since Hosea died and Micah has started turning everything around since.

I love Javier from chapters 1 to 4, but since the 5th chapter, the chapter where Dutch started going crazy, so did he (and Bill). Unfortunately, he started turning into a shitty person, and getting along with Micah way too much (and they used to fight because of Micah's racism, what the heck happened???)

But in my opinion, if RDR1 never got to be released first, I'm pretty sure that Javier would've stood by Arthur and John's side, considering he never actually pointed his gun like everyone else towards them, because he's still loyal to them as well.

When we first saw Javier in RDR1 in Mexico, he looked like the kind of person who'd sacrifice everyone around him for his advantage. He left John to die because Dutch did so... He said that he thought that he was dead because Dutch said so (probably)...

Javier is dangerous, a rebel and an outlaw, he killed a powerful man from Mexico's government.

He wanted to fight for his people because the government doesn't give a crap about them. He had a cause and a purpose.

When Dutch saved him, Javier made America his new home and gave his whole loyalty and trust to Dutch, like everyone else did in the beginning. Dutch promised freedom to the whole gang, which is Javier's whole purpose back in Mexico as well, but for most gang members, it doesn't happen.

As I pointed out before, Javier would've stood by Arthur and John's side if RDR1 hadn't been released first.

His actor/face model/VA wanted Javier to stand by their side, but it wasn't possible due to the events of the first game. But I can imagine that if he stood by their side, he could've been free (at least, until agent Ross and the rest of the guys came by [again]).

But out of all this, Javier is a pretty cool and chill character, he's very silly in the first chapters. I love whenever he's at the campfire, and he's just there chilling, singing, and playing his guitar (that's what I appreciate about him).

He's nice if you're nice, but if you cross his limits, he won't hesitate to attack or even kill you.

Like a lot of people say, he's got the nicest clothes out there, he's a man with a sense of fashion ✨

I may not be the only one, but I only enjoy Javier's character until the end of chapter 4, I love him with all my heart.

People should look up to his character only in these chapters (from 1 to 4) because people seem to hate Javier's fans because of his bad actions when most of us only like him for his good/silly actions.

[scarfacemarston]

What happened to Abigail in 1914? Spoilers for RDR 1 & RDR 2

Part of a series of Beecher Hope Metas. TW Child Death and Illness

So a lot of people have asked how Abigail died in RDR 1 and a lot of people claim it’s because of TB. Please be aware that the game DOES NOT say how she died.Headcanons are awesome and everyone is welcome to have them, but the game does not offically say whatsoever so all answeres including mine are headcanon.  I am just pointing out MY opinion as a medical historian and someone who has now studied sex work so extensively.

  TLDR: People have been saying it has to be TB because Arthur had TB.

  Arthur did not exist when rdr 1 was written so there is no way that the developer thought she caught it from Arthur because he didn’t exist at the time. Rdr 1 came out in 2010. Any instance of Abigail coughing is not in a cut scene. It is a rare event that happens when she’s sewing. Abigail could not have had latent TB for that long and lived any sort of active life,  especially how hard of a life she had. So my personal hc is that she had asthma with emphysema as a far far second option. and perhaps a broken heart which...I have my own opinions on. Asthma was easier to live with but still deadly enough to pass young. (More about TB, Arthur, the rest of the gang, Marston Baby and asthma below)

First,  although  many people could have a latent (aka dormant) version of it in their system. It’s not realistically possible that every person that came into contact with Arthur had TB. Yes, TB was and still is one of the deadliest diseases in the world but no one else in camp appears to have gotten it. I feel like Sadie, John or Charles would have been more likely to have caught it because they spent more time with him. But unless they had it latently - it woudn’t have shown up and the disease being latent for that long along is very rare.

Historically, TB outbreaks were blamed almost entirely on criminals - ironic, I know. However, sex workers were deemed as the top reason for TB cases - followed by criminals and then the xenophobic idea that outside of criminals , it was mostly immigrants. TLDR: It’s apparently quite the stereotype back then and considered very offensive. Below keep reading says why. No, I’m not calling anyone out. Just sharing something I learned.

So someone asking Abigail if she had TB would feel very weird to her. She’s not that sensitive as a person. She’s very strong, but as I’ve written in past posts and audios I’ve posted, She seems to be squeamish about her days as a sex worker which is very valid considering what her circumstances likely were. So please realize that I am NOT at all calling anyone anti-sex work or anything like that by pointing out that historically - if asked in a certain way - it could be quite offensive to Abigail to ask if she had TB. Obviously she’s not real, but I’m saying iit’s interesting that thereis a cultural and historical connection to TB and sex work even without people’s theory. Personally and perhaps this doesn’t help my point - she was coughing back in chapter 2 of rdr 2.  I do not think Abigail could have lived as long as she did if she had TB. Now granted, some may argue that her daughter could have died because of that, but TB was not usually passed through to the child 

 Don’t forget that Abigail lived a VERY hard life. Orphaned as a child, switching between orphanages, streets and brothels, being a sex worker at such a young age, to living in the elements for many years, plus working as a rancher. That is all very tough on anyone. II personally believe she had asthma which were more so flair ups rather than making everyday life so difficult, but it depended on each individual case. Even minor TB could make life almost impossible considering she’s able to ride horses like we have seen and her chapter 1-6 audio shows, and be somewhat active, it is another possibly reason why she wouldn’t have TB. I suppose someone could have the idea that Hosea made Abigail sick, but I personally think he had lung disease or something similar.

 Plus, people were ALWAYS on the look out for TB so that doctor who hired her to work at his office would have probably noticed a cough like that and they would have been able to tell the difference. TB coughs are very unique sounding as we’ve heard. Also, we don’t know how the Marston baby died. She could have died premature, stillborn, scarlet fever, influenza, typhoid, milk sickness, whooping cough, cholera  or if Abigail had asthma - it could have been passed down. There were so many childhood illnesses and infant mortality rate was high. So my personal hc is that she had asthma with emphysema as a far far second option because of what i know historically of asthma. That, or a lot of people seem to beleive she died of a  broken heart which is possible. I’d hate if that was the canon answer, but we’ve seen it before in the media. Misc thoughts below.  

MIsc TB thoughts: I want to point out that while the game does a great job in TONS of ways of depicting TB, there is zero way Arthur could have survived in such a long state that long. Willpower would PROBABLY not be enough. However, as hypocritical as it sounds, Arthur COULD have potentially been cured if he had received rest and the proper treatment if he left early enough. The doctor in St. Denis said this. I have researched TB for three years and se work two year. It wouldn’t be easy or guaranteed, but it would have been possible.

[fledermaus-mainblog]

[looking at any post referencing Kieran's death] too soon..... Too soon

[star-spangled-bastard]

All them years... and for what?

[bucketofcowboys]

I finally posted one of my fics to AO3! This is one of the first ones I posted to tumblr so I thought I should post it on AO3 as well. Check it out!

Fandom: Red Dead Redemption (Video Games) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Major Character Death Relationships: Arthur Morgan & Charles Smith, Arthur Morgan/Charles Smith Characters: Charles Smith (Red Dead Redemption), Arthur Morgan, Susan Grimshaw Additional Tags: implied arthur/charles, ending of rdr2 spoilers, Descriptions of gore, Gore, Angst, after ending exploration, Body Horror, Angst without a happy ending Summary:

After the pre-epilogue events of rdr2, Charles goes back to Beaver Hollow to retrieve the dead bodies of both Susan Grimshaw, and his partner, Arthur Morgan.

[micah-has-tb]

TBT the first time I played RDR2 (on my Xbox).

I didn't know the ending of the game. I played through without ANY spoilers and I didn't know how long the game actually was, either. I only took 4 screenshots/pictures during my playthrough because I just wanted to finish the game before I saw any spoilers or anything. And this was the last screenshot/picture in the game I took:

And only after if taken it did I know what was truly going on. And I had to pause the game and I just fucking cried for like 10 minutes after I realise

I Had Just Taken A Screenshot Of Arthur Morgan Dying

And like at this point I was still highkey upset about everything that was going on and I was mourning my horse Taako, still.. man it was just super emotional.

Also through the entire game I had no idea Arthur had TB I just thought the boy had asthma. Like, that's how little I paid attention to the details of the story. I only found out when Arthur passed out and got his diagnosis.

[wildwesternwoman]

not a request but i just wanted to say that jamey johnson is def who i would think of for an arthur-type singing voice and his song “mary go round” is like a perfect match for his and mary’s relationship if you ever want to check it out. have a nice night!

Anon over here murdering us all with this perfect song, Jesus. That is a fantastic song for their relationship. 

“In Color” by Jamey Johnson is also a great song, especially for the younger members of the gang - it particularly makes me think of John and Abigail - but if you’re really feeling angsty “Lead Me Home,” is a showstopper. One line is literally, “I am standing on the mountain, I can hear the angels’ song.” It is definitely a funeral song. Very sad, but very beautiful.

I’m crying just thinking about it. 

[t0pidelaayy]

Hi there 😊 May I request something with Jigen and the reader with the prompts #61/Fluff “You’re family.”, #34/Fluff "Are you okay?", #27/Angst "It's okay to cry.", #8/Angst "Please stay.", and #35/Smut “Are you sure? Once we start, I might not be able to stop.” Imagine the reader has been distant after a certain mission or heist that reveals that who ambushed them was her father(exact image of Dutch Van Der Linde from Red Dead Redemption/2) and his new gang. The reader chooses to go after him alone which could have even upset Lupin(he could see her as a kid sis and is the only one to know about her past "family") to a certain degree. After she could have been rescued and lectured by everyone back at the safe house Jigen confronts her. Deep down the reader could have kept everyone in the dark due to not wanting to let anyone in again after what happened to her previous "family" though those walls seemed to crumble a bit around Jigen due to her feelings for him that she kept buried until now. Heavily inspired by Red Dead Redemption and RDR 2 to even where reader's father chooses to take his own life than have her kill him or be taken by the police just like how Dutch threw himself off the cliff in the first game(SPOILER!) And her "family" could be like the gang in RDR 2 where the reader only trusted some of her "family" and wouldn't shed tears if certain ones died(NOT SORRY MICHA BELL😒). Please and thank you so much! Sorry if it's long I got carried away lol 😁

Family Issues

Pairing: Daisuke Jigen x F! Reader

Genre: Angst to Fluff.

Summary: That night's heist went (successfully) wrong for our favorite gang. Y/N encounters her past in a tumultuous way and Jigen tries his best to comfort her during the aftermath.

Words: 2k

TW: Death, posible mixed pronouns because of mistranslations.

A/N: I'm sorry i took so long! I honestly don't have any idea about Red Dead Redemption (i did some research tho, just didn't understand a lot) and I wasn't feeling very inspired to write this one. This has been on my drafts for as long as two months and i wanted to finish it. I skipped the smut part bc i don't write that, but i hope this work it's, at least, enjoyable!

Enjoy! ✨ Requests are still open for anyone!

The journey to the safe hiding place was silent. No one dared to say a word, as if the prevailing tension was so easy to cut just by vibrating the vocal cords. There wasn't much to say either, maybe nothing honestly. Or maybe there was, but it wasn't known what exactly. Anyway, the men inside the fiat 500 waited for Y / N to confess the reason for her erratic actions in the middle of the robbery, why the rational and indifferent Y / N could not control her emotions at that moment, but her head was a lathe, and as much as they wanted to force an explanation from her throat, they knew she wouldn't be able to. Silence.

 Lupin should be happy to have escaped with the treasure that night, everything went according to plan until Y / N's derailment. And although they barely managed to keep what they have stolen, and escape in time, she could not help but think that that night could have ended in a tragedy.

 Jigen was consuming cigarette after cigarette, trying to minimize the nervous breakdown she was having at that precise moment, the ashes from the cig falling on his beard. The shooter was thinking about everything and nothing at the same time, filling the car's cigarette butt holder at maximum speed.

 And Y / N, meanwhile, looked at the window tiredly, while her feelings were getting more and more exhausted as she spent more time in the overwhelming silence of the car. Her head was pounding, and all the anguish, anger, panic, and adrenaline from the situation that happened was mixing in her brain, giving off thoughts she wasn't willing to even debate.

 All because he had to be there. All because the person they were robbing was him and his gang. All because her father was there.

 Perhaps if Lupin had known, he would have asked Goemon to accompany them instead of Y / N. He had a little knowledge about her friend's family situation, no more than what she had confessed to him. He never thought it would have the devastating effect that she was shown to have.

 The plan was going as expected. The gang knew they were at risk of being ambushed by another recurring gang in the area, and they had all defense methods covered to get out of the situation unscathed with the treasure in their hands. However, once surrounded from the shadows, being pointed from every possible angle in the place, an imposing voice spoke about Lupin's narcissistic speech. He made himself heard from every corner and echoed in Y / N's head.

 "Hello, daughter".

 At that moment, the young woman looked around her to make out, barely, faces as familiar as those of her relatives, but none as negatively significant as the individual above.

 Y / N turned to look at him, wide eyes fixing on the intense gaze of her father, the person she least wanted to see at that moment. Her figure curved inward slightly, leaving her normal intimidating aura behind by one that exuded fear and insecurity and doubt. A lot of it.

 He berated her for abandoning her, the fact that she had replaced her family with poor devils who had little to offer her, putting himself on a pedestal and ignoring the reasons for her daughter's flight. Y / N felt his gaze penetrate her from his hiding spot, and the moment she had the opportunity, she did not hesitate to separate from the group and run through the hail of bullets that was unleashed at that precise moment. She knew that if he made her come back to him he would play with a revolver at the back of her neck, and her instinct asked her to run as fast as she could to him. She wanted to finish it all forever, she would aim her revolver first.

 But she didn't count on Lupin and Jigen to let them get hold of her so easily, and they scattered to run after her partner with the newly acquired loot in tow.

 The incessant background noise did not persuade Y / N for a second in her resolve to murder her father. She chased him non-stop at a determined pace through every corner of the building, until they both reached the roof, and her father walked to the edge of the roof as she pointed her gun at him.

 "You know, this shouldn't have to end like this, my dear Y / N" he began, turning to look at her.

 "You made my life miserable" the strong wind blew between them, dulling the sound of the mess that was getting closer and closer to the two of them. "You took every measly ounce of freedom from me and stuck me in a group of people that you forced me to call 'family'. Of course this has to end like this" Y / N replied. Her pulse increased, her heart pounded, her adrenaline kept her steady even in the cold of the night.

 "We teach you everything you know, you are the thief that you are for us, for me"

 "I owe you absolutely nothing for it. You made me to be like this, I lost my childhood because of you and I am recovering what you took from me by exercising my right to freedom, as you are seeing me, although my concept differs from that of the law". She began to gently pull the trigger, signaling that this was his time to say his last words.

 And then, before falling backwards, towards the emptiness of the night, he enunciated with a malicious smile:

 "In that case, rather than giving you the pleasure of murdering me, I prefer to set you free. See you later, Y / N."

 Jigen was the first to pounce on the rooftop door, grabbing a stunned Y / N by her free arm. She kept aiming at nothing, stifling a cry of anger. She felt that she had lost to him after having fought so hard to be the one to end the whole thing, and not him. She tried to wriggle out of Jigen's tight grip, she wanted to see if there was a chance that he was still alive and, if so, to be able to dedicate each of the bullets in her weapon to each moment suffered, each day lost, and each latent trauma. It didn't take long for Lupin to arrive, and as they both dragged her back so they could escape, Y / N let out her screams and insults in a heartbreaking cry. There was no time to make her see reason, so the shooter carried her on her shoulder like a bag and run away from the screams of terror from the enemy gang, upon learning that their leader was no longer with them. 

. . .

 Goemon was waiting for the 3 thieves in an old house in the middle of the road to the city. He had soup ready for the rest, assuming they would need it. He overly underestimated the need to replenish power after such a hectic robbery.

 Y / N got out of the Fiat a few moments later than her friends, and walked slowly toward the hideout, hating the talk she knew would come later. Goemon looked somewhat puzzled at the tense atmosphere that was present and limited himself to serving the humble dinner to the rest. The silence continued until Jigen (finally) broke the dense ice.

 "Are you okay, Y / N?" She raised her head, puzzled by the question. She thought that he would scold her from the outset about what had happened. But she didn't want to answer, she didn't know how. To say that it was okay was to lie blatantly and that it was wrong, a no-brainer. Thank God Lupin was the one who, after a few seconds, answered for her.

 "Honestly, what do you think she'll answer, Jigen?" the thief commented and then took a spoonful from his soup bowl, while the gunman uncomfortably adjusted his fedora. "Or rather, what happened, Y / N?"

 Silence again. It was too much information to process, even for her, and explaining it to them without even knowing exactly what was going on in her head wasn't going to end well either.

 "Excuse me," the thief said, setting her bowl on the table and shifting her exhausted body in tow toward her designated room of hers. The three men looked at her, trying to figure out what was wrong with her. Lupin was the only one to speak before Y / N entered the room.

 "Before you go to sleep, I just want you to know that we do not want to reproach you, surely you have had your reasons to act the way you did. We are only worried, Y / N. If you need help, the 3 of us are here. Goodnight". And when she turned her head to look at them, Lupin managed a small smile, which Y / N returned weakly, entering her room and gently closing the door, leaving the man in the fedora hat much more intrigued and concerned than before.

. . .

 After midnight, the moon illuminated every gloomy corner of the abandoned house, and Y / N's mind continued to fight the prevailing need for sleep that her body demanded of him. Few sobs escaped her eyes that night, being that her crying was as silent as the environment that surrounded her, and the little noise that there was was that of the strong and stormy wind filtering through the worn walls.

 Jigen, who smoked thoughtfully for a long time in front of the house, decided to go in to sleep once he considered that the freezing temperature of the wind was too much to bear. He shared the small room with Y / N; He did not have the initiative to enter when he thought that  she might still be awake, he would not know what to do to comfort her in case she was crying, and he hesitated to go to sleep on the worn out sofa bed. But his back ached just looking at it, and he cautiously chose to enter the room.

 "Are you still up?" he asked in a low voice, to which a tired Y / N emerged from the sheets, sitting up on the bed.

 "I hope that answers your question."

 Jigen knew he wouldn't be able to sleep with a clear conscience if he didn't even try to relax her. Yes, he can sleep perfectly well knowing that his crimes are condemned almost everywhere, but he was not a monster, and as much as he denied it as if his life of it depended, he had a soft spot for her.

 The man slowly approached Y / N's bed, and sat on the edge of it while he set his hat on the frame of the bed. He cleared his throat a little, and trying to sound as understanding as possible, he asked again:

 "Are you okay, Y / N?"

 "No." She answered softly, lowering her head a little.

 "Would you explain why to me? I promise not to tell anyone if that is what makes you feel bad." Jigen offered, cracking a small smile to offer her a confident figure. However, Y / N looked him in the eye, and simply burst into tears before she could say a word.

 "Hey hey hey, eeerhm, come here." He said opening his arms so that she entered his embrace. The young woman did not hesitate for a moment to sink into the gunman's chest, and she wept inconsolably, venting again.

 "Listen to me" Jigen whispered as he subtly stroked Y / N's back. "You don't have to explain to me now if you don't want to. But I want you to know that if you need a shoulder to cry on, count on me." He gulped nervously, hoping he was doing enough to help.

 Y / N nodded slightly, while she wiped her tears with her shirt sleeve.

 A few minutes passed in silence, when she whispered "I love you" to him. Jigen hugged her even tighter, and after a few moments, he had the strength to open up and answer "me too".

[sevensfantasia]

edit: 2/8/2021

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