#john and ross

[applesfallingfromblondehair]

guys Waughy has an R tattooed on his hand and idk what to do with myself

[huariqueje]

Hydrangeas and Other Garden Flowers - John Ross Key , 1882.

American, 1832-1920 Oil on canvas, 36 x 20 in.

[1000-celebrities]

The Greatest Singers

100+ Greatest Singers of All Time Posters & Canvas Prints

[toasternuggets]

enjoy whiteboard screenshots teehee

[thedepartmentofdiscoveries]

Elton John, Diana Ross and Cher at the Rock Music Awards (1975)

[spooky-month-archive]

Spooky Month 5: Tender Treats end credit art concepts

[clubglee]

And the rest, as they say, is history. ER (1994-2009) 1.01, “24 Hours”

[ventismfsblog]

please Marvel let these two meet

do it for the gays

[fredoesque]

actually really fascinated by blanky being the one character who stays in an adventure story throughout while also being the one character actually familiar with the reality of their situation. he's been through all this before! it's almost like he's past the point of horror this time around. he's been a ghost haunting the arctic longer than any of them

[dazednstoned]

The saddest part of red dead isn't Arthur or John's death. It isn't even specifically the fact that Jack killed Ross. It's that all of Arthur, John, and Abigail's (and really the whole gang's) sacrifices meant nothing because Jack still went down the path they desperately tried to keep him from. Arthur and John dying and Abigail's fight to get John to be who he is in rdr meant nothing. Everything they fought for and lost had no purpose in the end.

[representative-democracy]

Oh you think you're special because you have scurvy while on an Arctic exploration mission? Get in line fucko

[prev]

+ a dash of JCR

[applesfallingfromblondehair]

coming home - chapter 2

It’s a ringing realisation, one of those epiphanies that you can’t ignore. Never unseen, never any less striking.

Ross is home.

read chapter 2 on AO3

[meowneos]

who else is thinking a lot of thoughts

[evergreensounds]

The Terror - You ain't going nowhere, The Byrds

[guy-busleeness]

I hate to be the one to say it but why are they so nibble nibble nom nom?

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

If you combine the RDR2 epilogue with RDR1, while the series is still about John Marston’s redemption, the epilogue expands the scope by asking the question, “Can John put away his guns for good?”

Because the RDR2 epilogue was all about how John just couldn’t get away from gunfights. Although you can argue that he was pushed into those fights with the Laramies, you can also see Abigail’s perspective in that the fights were putting their family at risk. So, when Abigail leaves, John is forced to really consider if he can put the guns away for good. If he can actually pull off being a rancher. To his credit, he does try.

He gets the bank loan, he builds the house with Uncle and Charles, and he learns how to properly manage the property. Because of his efforts, Abigail and Jack come back. But even so, John just can’t put the guns away because he’s driven by revenge against Micah Bell. Although he gets his payback, he’s punished for it by Edgar Ross tracking him down. Ironically, karma bit both Micah and John here.

So, RDR1 continues the question of whether John can put the guns away for good. It’s here where he’s almost reached that point. But now, he’s being tested on whether he’ll be tempted back into a life of an outlaw, back into a life involving violence and danger. Despite everything that’s thrown his way, John continues his path of redemption/putting his guns away for good:

1) He’s put into the role of a lawman and is pitted against Bill’s gang, essentially forcing him to be on the other side of the outlaws’ violence against others. It’s through this that John swears off from the outlaw life for good, especially when he sees just how awful Bonnie MacFarlane and her family were treated.

2) Javier tries to use nostalgia of the “good ole days” to win John over. It doesn’t work since John doesn’t want the good ole days, especially since he has a bright future with Abigail and Jack. The Mexico arc was, in general, about torn loyalties. John was playing both sides of the war and Javier tried to sway John based on their past friendship. Despite this, John stays true to his convictions. He doesn’t want the life of an outlaw anymore, nor does he want to keep shooting people anymore (he even says he’s getting tired of pulling the trigger!), so he rejects the nostalgia of the old gang.

3) Dutch challenged John over his desire to change. Dutch believed change was impossible and that John would “always” be a gunslinger. He can’t be a rancher, it’s just not what nature intended. John, once again, sticks to his convictions. In fact, despite all of his anger towards Dutch, he refused to shoot him. John can shoot Bill and Javier, but it’s Dutch who he refuses to shoot. When I first played this, I thought it was his fondness over Dutch as his former leader. Now, I’m wondering if it’s also John trying to prove his point. That he CAN change, that he CAN put the guns away. So he does, even when he had Dutch cornered.

Then came the final challenge. Jack Marston brings up the topic of “the day John Marston stopped shooting”. What will it take? John finally does, but in more than one way. Obviously, he puts the guns away since he dies. But John could’ve easily escaped. We’ve done it as the player multiple times. But if he did, it would be a return to a life on the run, a life where Abigail and Jack would always be in danger. The same life that made Abigail take Jack and leave John in the RDR2 epilogue. Everything he’s worked for, all the progress he made in changing his life would be ruined.

So, John makes the hard choice. He sacrifices himself to ensure his family would be safe. He refuses to return to the outlaw life, to a life where he has to shoot at people, even if it means his death. And what is the last thing John does?

He throws away his gun.