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if you're writing and find yourself thinking 'this is too weird/gross/offputting/esoteric/ambitious/catered to my specific interests + sure to push away a broader audience' that is the devil speaking and it is a lie. you are already firmly on the right path and you need to double down

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Reblog to have prev’s romantic f/o kiss them

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jack the kinda guy who would think the stripper is in love with him im so sorry

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I love those RDR inspired scented candles that headcanon all these nice smells, when I just know every single gang member smells absolutely foul.

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Do your F/O(s) spin you right round right round like a record baby right round round round

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I think I'm funny

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Happy pride I guess?

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at the insane stage of character obsession where i start getting the urge to post pngs of them every five seconds like im showing ppl a picture of my stupid ass boyfriend that nobody likes but me

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Jovier vampirism

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⌞ you just have to accept that you make your confident, quick-witted, ready for anything f/o swoon over the thought of you. their attitude absolutely crumbles when you do as much as hold their hand or say something kind about them— you catch them off guard much more often than you realize, and maybe they're frightened by the sudden realization that all their thoughts seem to trace back to you. maybe they resent it, or at least try to, even if they know they're already in too deep. your f/o will just have to get used to all the adoration they have for you while trying to not give themselves away. unless, of course ... you might give them a chance? ⌝

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Reverse selfship AU imagines! Aka, imagine if your F/O selfshipped with YOU!

🔷Imagine your F/O getting some custom jewelry (like a heart locket with your photo, or a bracelet with your initials), so they can always keep you close <3

🔷Imagine your F/O struggling to fall asleep at night, until they have the idea to cuddle a pillow and pretend it’s you <3

🔷Imagine your F/O shyly trying out some new fashion or clothing styles, inspired by your look! They think you’re just the coolest <3

🔷Imagine your F/O drawing fanart of the two of you two together! Would they be super embarrassed and hide it, or would they hang it on their bedroom wall so they can see it all the time? Either way, it’s an act done out of love <3

🔷Imagine your F/O listening to a new song on the radio, and getting really excited when it reminds them of you— now imagine them scrambling to catch a memorable lyric so they can look it up later, or trying to casually ask anybody else if they know the song <3

🔷Imagine your F/O spending a whole afternoon making a Pinterest board of date ideas, outfits they’d like on you, cute couple pictures that they would want to recreate— it’s soothing to them, to just spend some time thinking about you <3

🔷Imagine your F/O having a bad day, but getting out of bed and eating and taking care of themself anyway, because they know that you want the best for them and that’s a huge motivator <3

🔷Imagine your F/O writing fanfiction about you! Maybe they’re indulgent, writing self insert stories of all their secret fantasies, or maybe they’re more tame.  They’ll have a lot of fun writing it, that’s for sure! <3

🔷Imagine your F/O trying to figure out how they feel about sharing.  Are they jealous of your “canon” partner? Are they okay with you having your canon relationships, as long as nobody else tries to get with you? Are they a multishipper, shipping you with your irl partner or other F/Os? Much to think about! <3

🔷Imagine your F/O having a dream about you, and smiling their way through the entire day afterward because they’re so happy <3

🔷Imagine your F/O buying one of those comfort character kits from the internet, requesting it to be themed around you— you know, the ones that have a scented candle/fragrance, and a clothing item, and some snacks, and a letter from your comfort character— and absolutely treasuring the little trinkets that come in it <3

🔷Imagine your F/O feeling less insecure about their imperfections, because they know that you’ll always love them no matter what! <3

🔷Imagine your F/O buying a big old hoodie from the thrift store, with the intent of sleeping in it and pretending they stole it from you <3

🔷Imagine your F/O being known as “the [your name] guy” to their friends.  Their lock screen is a collage of you, they have a ton of cute pictures and fanart of you in their camera roll, they post about you daily on their social media— sometimes they’ll tease your F/O, saying they should just marry you already, but your F/O doesn’t find it funny! A marriage with you would be a very serious thing to them, not to be taken lightly <3 

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Wife reveal

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Javier sketch 🤠

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Rdr as memes

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Pls, yap about rdr1 Javier. If possible. ^_^ I love him. So much. He is my pride and joy.

I LOVE HIM TOO !!!! Hes probably my favourite after John and Jack

Uhm this will be a long yap btw

I'm not sure what I could say that hasn't been said already but one thing I've been thinking of recently was Javiers position in rdr1

He's considered a 'hitman' for Allende, which is so surprising after seeing rdr2. For a man so proud of the crimes he committed in Mexico to carry around his own bounty poster with full pride to show it in camp, and speak with little empathy on the high power military man he murdered, (unsurprising), then to work for Allende by 1911? It doesn't seem like him.

But!👆👆🤓

In 1907, the newspaper says hes supposedly around in the 'Mountains' of Mexico. Now, my family that live in Mexico are based in one of the most rural mountain areas, which is situated in the north, and quite far from any important cities. So it's most likely Javier too was in the North then, so most probably close to his home area of Nuevo Paraíso. But, its obvious he's hiding, clearly not well enough for it to be reported in the Mexican newspapers by 1907 though. And considering our knowledge that Javier definitely lives to see 1911 as a notoriously famous man of Allende, I believe the government definitely found him before the other way, but instead of killing and trialing him, he was put to do the dirty work of Allende for survival.

But once again, whilst Javier is shown to be able to throw away his own ideals and principals to survive, I think to contribute to the corrupt government, and help Allende kill people like the ones he nearly died to protect, seems too unlikely. John describes him as a 'cynic who was desperate to appear as a romantic' (paraphrasing lol), and saying he had a 'lot of passion, but no love'. So I dont think he would pick survival over life with Allende, desperate to fulfill the idea of himself he wants to be more than anything.

So why does he ?

Well I thought about that for a while, and remembered what he said in rdr2. Javiers family were labourers for Allende's uncle. Whilst he Father was spoken as but a borracho, and probably dead by 1907, like his Mother is, he still has a sister, brother-in-law and perhaps much more family (trust I know how big Roman Catholic Mexican families get) that he cared for. Obviously Allende has a massive power advantage over them, and wouldn't feel too prideful to not use them as a leverage for Javier to do this dirty work.

So I believe he became their Lackey for his family, granting not only himself but his family protection by the biggest sacrifice he could give.

The parallel of his situation to John is so tragic though to think about if you apply this theory, that when leaving the gang they both fall into being the governments little puppies forced into a pit to kill one another. The situation that some of the biggest fighters for freedom, a life without the control of the government, ended up being the biggest puppets of the government. As John says "you just work for a different government", showing their situation as the same, no matter what route you took with Dutch or Arthur, or how you tried to better yourself.

Another point of Rdr1 Javier I was thinking of was the lines he says that stood out to me.

When injured, he shouts "Finish me coward!". This stood out to me a lot, as I think it highlights their relationship a lot by rdr1. (I'm not gonna write about this as a ship comment btw just about the canon as we know)

Javier is the only gang member we can choose to let "live", (although it doesnt really mean anything at the end), and the only one John will appear empathy for as he wipes away a tear after spitting on him. (a strong showcase of his conflicting thoughts and how he wants to hate Javier, and tries to push down and 'wipe away' any other weaker-percieved emotions over the man he knows is in the past.) Javier and John still seem to have feelings of perhaps "brotherhood" or friendship by 1911, of course mixed with hate and brewing of resentment over the years. The word "coward" I think shows that Javier thinks John won't kill him because of that left over friendship, trying to instigate him into letting the anger take over and override that 'unmanly' emotion.

But it also shows Javier's lack of will. Normally in rdr2, we see how Javier's character will still fight to survive even when the odds are 99:1, and try to live without ever giving in and losing hope. But by rdr1, whilst it's still prevalent, its clearly not nearly as strong. The second Javier is injured, he gives up, and accepts he won't make it out. With that mentality in rdr2 as a starved child who'd just immigrated to the USA, he wouldve died instantly. But it seems Javier doesn't want to die, at all, with all the begging lines, but just doesn't think it will do anything. He begs John in an act of losing all pride, simply saying just "please let me go, John", and "Please, don't let me die like this." (THAT BREAKS MY HEART BTW). He fights with his words when he can, but when hes shot and injured and his real words cone out, they are a lot more vulnerable, and suggest a strong lack of will he has left. (Another line he says is just "Tell...tell your wife it's the Lord I praise."

Going back to the point of his relationship with John by then too, something else that stuck out to me was some lines to John. As we hear previously to Bonnie, John had a daughter who died, perhaps at around a toddler age.

Javier knows this, too. He shouts "I hope you and your wife and children rot in hell!", with children plural. Another thing is when he says John should "Go back to your farm!", showing Escuela definitely knows about John's life after 1907. How exactly? Who's sure. But, I partly believe he only could've found out if he'd actively tried to find out, maybe by methods of outsourcing some of Allende's men to check under the guise of saying they are suspecting of assisting the rebels escape to the USA or something. Or, considering how he still remains in contact with Bill enough to smuggle him out the country, could've asked Bill. Either way, it shows that the gang is still a moment Javier won't let go, which could be because of the lack of pride he would have of working for the man he does now. The last moment of pride Javier would have wouldve been in 1899, before the ever described 'vain' man abandoned all pride to hide out in a mountain far from all people.

A final point I think would be that I believe Javier lost himself during the times of rdr1, and actively tries to forget his morals subconsciously. The amount of guilt he would have, including the Catholic guilt, national guilt, and guilt for his family, is too much for one man to handle. Luisa, and many other like the prostitute in Las Hermamas(?) Speak of Escuela in a strong disgust, with the lady saying she wouldnt even "spit on him if he was on fire". So we know Javier is so unliked by the revolutionists, and general public too. Luisa says bad people spoke of him, and I believe from those lines that Javier would've tried to suck out all his empathy to try and lift that sack of weights on his shoulders and mind with guilt, by forcing himself to not care. And by doing that lost himself in his bad deeds and became his own worst enemy. The previously repetitively stated man as vain and obsessed with vanity in 1899 changes to wear a scruffy hair style with dirty, cheap and boring clothes. I see this as proof that he doesnt hold himself to standards he used to, nor like himself and believe he deserved such as he does now.

Anyway I could yap some more but I got a big exam tmrw and just realised its 1am (getting up at 5 yay). THANKS FOR THE ASK I LOVE ASKS, AND U!!!❤❤

What are your opinions ???

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sticking ur leg out when f/o walks by so they trip and fall

tripping your F/O