#hillbillyhipster84

[saiyan-druid-art]

I adore how you draw RDR2 characters

Thank you, friend! That means a lot. I'm trying new things and feeling inspired because of these pesky cowboy brainworms 😂

[paulawithsharks]

"They turned me into a monster, Arthur. But my memories of him, they still pure"

[heavenlymorals]

How a Modern Perspective Skews Historical Characters: A Mini Rant on the Hatred of Female Characters in RDR2

This isn't that organized cuz it's more a rant than a retrospective but fuck it it's my blog, I do what I want-

There are so many people who have actual hatred, not criticisms, for Abigail, Molly, Grimshaw, Mary, and other female characters in the Red Dead universe.

And honestly? I find it very interesting. Sure, men will probably always find a reason to hate a female character, but what I find interesting is how many women also hate these wonderfully crafted characters.

It could be so many reasons as to why this may be the case but honestly? I think it's because people forget that they CANNOT analyze this game authentically through the modern lens of morals and behaviors. This game takes place in 1899 America. Let me say it again. This game takes place in 1899 America.

One more time, just for good measure- this game takes place in FUCKING 1899 America. Women had to be dependent on men because otherwise? They'll either be in poverty, exploited, killed, or all three. There was also the honor system. When had to be the moral high ground for their family so them messing up has consequences on their fathers, mothers, siblings, cousins, and anyone connected to their family name.

Abigail getting pissy at John for getting in trouble all the time? If course it'd feel annoying if you're looking at it through the modern perspective but when you don't, it's a woman telling her man to act like a man and be careful because if he doesn't, she and her son will be destitute and destroyed.

Mary not getting with Arthur but using him? What's the likely hood that the law would bother to help Mary when the two people she needs help with are her father and brother- two grown men who can make their own choices that she literally can do nothing about because as a woman, it wasn't her place to dictate what they do. Arthur was her only option. "Girl, what her family thinks doesn't matter, she still should've gotten with him" girl no, because it's much harder and difficult than that- it's like tearing away an entire identity that you depend on to fucking survive.

"but what about Sadie? She was also living during this time period and she isn't drowned by societal expectations-"

Seriously. Do some research, read a book, expand your knowledge of gender roles and what that entails for people because it explains so many things about these characters in such a human way. They aren't "bitches", they are women of their time and people have to understand that.

No. Sadie isn't a part of this discussion because though she is a fun character and an amazing character, she is a mishmash of historical women who did masculine things to survive at one point but then went back to traditional roles, even if they did occasionally go back to to those old activities for sport sometimes, like Anne Oakley or Calamity Jane. Sadie's entire character is basically "but what if they didn't and committed to the nontraditional lifestyle". There are many inconsistencies that Rockstar did regarding the time period that they established earlier to accommodate Sadie's character better. Sadie is a great character but she doesn't belong in this discussion.

Edit: Ok, since this was a rant, as mentioned previously, I was a bit too rushed with the Sadie aspect of this post and ignored some crucial details. I'm not gonna change the post besides just this though. @hillbillyhipster84 made some great points that Sadie was a reference to Appalachian women and real outlaw women who did run and were accomplices in men's crimes, that I was too ignorant to mention prior beforehand because I didn't do much research. I still don't believe that People should use Sadie to bash the other women though, because those women mentioned above were not the status quo and thus were more trivialized because of it.

So many cultures still operate like this too so if anything, you're just learning something new about another culture.

But I swear, anytime someone talks shit about these characters, y'all got me looking like this-

[hillbillyhipster84]

I’ve added another illustration to my Morlawny fanfic 🤠❤️🎩

This one is for Ch. 17

[thefreshprinceofjunes]

trelawny icons for @hillbillyhipster84!! pan and masculine-leaning bi 😊

free to use, just pls like the post if youre gonna

credit is not necessary but always appreciated 💗💗💗

[newhanovere]

Out of curiosity, why do people write the hashtag #quesirareafish?

hi! so that’s actually my personal tag lmfao, other people may use it or some variation of it on their own blog (i’m sure it’s a pun other people have thought of before me), or they may accidentally copy it into their reblog from me bc of tumblr glitching. but basically it’s my queue tag - it denotes any post that i’ve queued so i can keep myself organized. i queue most posts rn tbh, but that may change eventually!

a lot of people come up with puns or specific tags that mean queue, so that we all don’t share the same one and have a blog specific one. but some people will just use the word “queue” and that denotes their blog’s queue! some people don’t use the queue function at all though so that might be why you only see it on my blog or a handful of blogs.

and finally - the quote comes from the game! you may know this already lol but when arthur pulls a fish off the line sometimes he’ll go “you, sir, are a fish” and it cracks me up so i decided to use that for my queue!

i hope that clarifies things/wasn’t too confusing haha

[sweeetestcurse]

Are you Manda042 on twitter?

Nope. This is my twitter.

[paulawithsharks]

espero que toda la gente que comenta cosas en los tags de mi arte sepa que los estoy besando apasionadamente siempre

[hillbillyhipster84]

New illustration for my fanfic on AO3. I went back and did one for Ch. 16. I had so much fun drawing this scene. I head canon that big tough Arthur is terrified of getting stitches, especially after watching John get his face sewn up. So I thought about the wolf attack in the 2nd Albert Mason mission. I can imagine Albert being thrilled at attempting Field Medicine and using whatever he had on hand to do so. Poor Arthur.

[hillbillyhipster84]

Did a new illustration for chapter 32 of my fanfic on AO3. I feel like these two barely tolerate one another, since they both make flippant comments to Arthur about the other in the game.

[hillbillyhipster84]

New illustration for my on going Red Dead fanfic. From Ch. 18 🤠❤️🎩

I may colorize this one day 🤷

[hillbillyhipster84]

New Ch. (33) with illustration, for my ongoing Arthur X Trelawny fanfic.

🤠❤️🏳️‍🌈🎩Excerpt below:

[hillbillyhipster84]

New illustration for my RDR2 fanfic! This one is for Ch. 11 which takes place a couple of weeks before Trelawny shows up in Valentine.

[hillbillyhipster84]

I do Commissions! Samples of some of the stuff I do! I’ll also be opening an Etsy shop soon.

My growing RDR2 illustrated fanfic on AO3 (hillbillyhipster84)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/38999844

My original Western Comic “Steal Away to Me”.

Also my podcast called “Ride With Me: The Queerness of Red Dead Redemption 2” on YouTube!

Give me a follow too on Twitter (hllbllyhipster) and Instagram (hllbllyhipster84)

[hillbillyhipster84]

I’ve added a new illustration to chapter 12 of my RDR2 fanfic about Arthur and Trelawny on AO3

[hillbillyhipster84]

Chapter 28 of my Arthur❤️Trelawny fanfic is up on AO3!

Here’s an excerpt: