i just finished red dead redemption 2, and i’ve gotten an overall analysis of arthur’s spirit animal being the deer.
arthur morgan being a deer makes so much sense to me. arthur, as hollow has he was, was extremely weak and fairly fragile. inside, he was always just a boy. arthur morgan didn’t know what he wanted, he never had any sense of freedom of thought, he only wanted what dutch wanted, as he was the only real adult in his life. his baby deer developed and followed the steps of dutch van der linde.
he never knew what he wanted, but, he absolutely wanted love. that’s a definite.
but; every time he fought for and managed to gain love (eg: his past partner and his son, isaac) then it would easily get ripped from him. his mother, his father, his son, and his partners. he feels like he’s a magnet for nothing but trouble, and misery, and misfit. he was defined for his antlers instead of things like his grace and his heart. which is why any, and every time he would gain a form of connection to anyone, or witness someone else attempting to love him, he uses those antlers to push people all the way back, again.
arthur never embraced a single moment of peace. as he didn’t know how NOT to live like this.
the only moment of true peace he managed to receive was the moments he was in nature, not around people who hardly understood that he needed to be approached cautiously, and that inside, he was just a kid trying to make his father figure feel proud. this is why when he climbed to the end of that cliff and led down to take his final breaths, moments like those, those were his peace. nature.
Not gonna lie, the extra mission with Charles is 100% the reason I got Ultimate Edition (on sale, £100 is pricey) and I know not everyone was as fortunate as to get their hands on a copy. As a Charles stan, it was my godly duty to offer you thirsty whores totally-normal-about-Charthur folks the mission and cutscene clips. Please feel free to clip, gif and screenshot whatever you want from this!
Tumblr decimated my gifs by over compressing them (thanks tumblr, at least you're consistant) so I'll try to upload those later. Also let me know if anyone wants a version with no map (total oversight, my bad babes)
Apologies for the crappy photo quality. Took these off my PS4 with my phone out of desperation to capture the moment lmao
I've seen so many of the wildlife encounters, from grizzlies fishing, eagles picking up snakes and fish, Moose being chased by wolves, to deer with their antlers locked. This one is a first for me in my many playthroughs.
I was up just southwest of Hanging Dog Ranch near Little Creek River when I heard a wolf howling. I kept an eye on the direction the sound was coming from, just over a hill across the stream, but no wolves came at me like they usually did, following a howl. I waited around two minutes before slowly walking closer to investigate.
Eventually a saw one seated wolf through the trees and used the binoculars to get a better look. At first, I couldn't see what the wolf was sitting with. I presumed it was an animal it had killed. I managed to get extremely close on foot (using cover scent lotion as well), and used photomode to get as close as possible and the reality of this rare encounter broke my heart.
The wolf hadn't stopped howling the entire time I was watching and on approach. The reality that the wolf was mourning its dead kin was quite devastating. Needless to say, my mother was quite confused when I started cursing Rockstar taking another stab at my heart with this darned game.
Finally decided to play RDR online and can't express how excited I was to see familiar characters from RDR2. Especially...
Spoilers below the cut
Our mischievous Irishman Sean Maguire, the effete Josiah Trelawney, and getting to meet Sadie's beloved Jake. And there's so many more... some even disturbing.
They're all stranger missions in free roam mode if you're interested. Highly recommend.