#arthur and john are brothers

[johnmarstonskittenwiggle]

Mr. Arthur Morgan would definitely be the type of older brother to tell John that he was found in a dumpster

[olliethecat13]

hot take arthur morgan x john marston is borderline incest

[lieu-rey]

Artha Elizabeth Marston, born 1901. Nicknamed Beth, she was conceived by accident at a time when no children should be born. Her first 6 years of life were defined by instability and constant trouble that her father could not help but find.

At 10 years old, Beth is wild and short-tempered. It's a rarity to see her with shoes, clean clothes, and neat hair all at once. Loves to run, jump, and climb everything in her vicinity; "You must have bones of iron because it's a damn miracle you haven't broken one," her mother says.

Talkative and eager to learn, she's drawn to horses, but isn't good at riding; in spite of that, she's up for the challenge. Unlike her brother Jack, she hopes to run Beecher's Hope one day in their father's stead.

life at the ranch is good for three years...

but then comes the dreaded ending of rdr1. now, what is the marston siblings' plan?

[arthursfuckinghat]

Do. Do you. Do you ever think about John reading Arthur's journal. Do you ever think about it. Do you think about John reading all the things Arthur never spoke about. Do you think about John holding the last months of Arthur's life in journal form. Do you think about John learning his brother's secrets. Do you think about it.

[sky-is-the-limit]

I just know that when they were kids, Arthur punched or pushed John a lil too hard and pulled the classic older sibling "No no no you're fine,shhhh no you're okay, no don't cry, no don't tell Dutch-"

[toastydumpster]

"oh."

"I missed you. my friend."

textless!

[regwishesshehadmagic]

I had a dream Of the wide open praire

I had a dream Of pale morning sky

I had a dream That we flew on golden wings

And we were the same, just the same You and I

Bryan Adams: Brothers Under the Sun (1/?)

[stuart-little-anti]

I always see the idea that John would look at a buck and think "hello, old friend" but I never see the idea how Jack would see a wolf and think "hey, pops"

[kenobihater]

thinking about how rdr2 is about redemption yes, but also about loyalty to what matters, love of family, and the consequences of both. arthur loved dutch, loved him enough to follow him to hell and back, but not enough to remain blindly loyal when dutch betrayed him and john. he put his love of his brother above the love of his father, because his father taught him well, taught him the importance of family. if not for dutch and hosea raising arthur to believe in the importance of loyalty to what's right, if they had just raised arthur as a mindless outlaw, if they hadn't instilled in him the meaing of family, he likely wouldn't have cared about john enough to betray the man who saved him. for example, bill and javier weren't raised by dutch and hosea like arthur was, but they were loyal to him all the same. they weren't treated like dutch's children like john and arthur were. because the values of family and of right and wrong weren't instilled in them alongside the value of loyalty, they sided with dutch despite his fall from grace and remained blindly devoted to a man who no longer deserved it. but because dutch and hosea taught arthur and john the importance of thinking for themselves and choosing what was truly right as well as the importance of family, they realized that dutch was going down the wrong path and causing senseless deaths with his recklessness, and arthur and john decided they had to leave. arthur knew he was never going to get out, but he at least wanted his little brother to have a semblance of a life away from the gang. he wanted him to have a chance because he loved him, because they were raised together, and because they were raised as a family. dutch had a huge hand in his sons betraying him, not only because he drove them away and betrayed them himself, but because he and hosea raised them right!!

[exhaustedalien]

how many times was this boy told he'd be as big as arthur one day aka how many time was this boy LIED TO

[johnmarstonskittenwiggle]

I can’t stop imagining about how 12 year oldJohn would’ve been introduced to the gang… like,

Dutch: Hey, kids, come here! I got you a present!

Arthur: Dutch… that’s a child

Dutch: He’s your brother! :)

Arthur: YOU STOLE A CHILD

Meanwhile, John is like one of those nervous chihuahuas that just stand there and shake

[luvliewriting]

I'm a firm believer in Tilly Jackson being the little sister of Arthur and John, I fully believe Hosea adopted her and that's why Arthur and Tilly got so emotional saying goodbye to each other and that's why Arthur is closer to her than the other girls

[yesloulou]

x

[moonah-rose]

Arthur/John: You're not coming on this job!!

Sean, every goddamn time:

[arthursfuckinghat]

Thinking about Abigail crying and begging John not to go after Micah, Charles questioning if revenge is what Arthur would have really wanted for them, Sadie second guessing if going after bounties is the right thing for John because of how much he has at stake, John still making it rain bullets on Micah even after Dutch had shot him first.

Did the revenge really make John feel better, after putting everything he'd worked for on the line? Does he know deep down that it wasn't what Arthur would have wanted? I think about it a lot

[puddledfishhh]

Slayed too hard