#rdr2 special interest

[joyus-whimsy]

I’m not like other boys I can’t not steer any conversation towards rdr2 because it’s all I think about

[bat-gwuck]

logan (2017) and red dead redemption ii have the same vibe and you CANNOT change my mind

[donnieisaprettyboy]

my autism seeing anything that might potentially allow me to find some success in life

my autism seeing a video game about a fictional cowboy that died 125 years ago

[seeyouspacecowboy98]

First post in years, but I’ve been thinking about a crossover between rdr2 and tlou for about a week, now.

[daisydood]

(inhale)

Dutch Van der Linde wouldve destroyed the gang no matter what happened in the game. he was not a fit leader in the first place (by first place i mean like before Guarma and Hosea dying and all those horrible things) he was showing signs of paranoia since Colter + Blackwater!!! he has some sort of underlying mental illness, probably bipolar disorder or something!!! hes always been like and Hosea helped ground him but now hes dead so hes gotten worse

(exhale)

..would u guys like to hear my evidence

[bluebellhairpin]

i'm creating a rdr2 oc rn that is soooo beyond my paygrade. what happens when a kind, giving soul is pushed beyond what she can bear.

[roaringheat]

Commented on an rdr2 edit and said Dutch was already going downhill since before the main story and I keep getting comments from toxic gamer men trying to debate me like "um actually 🤓" like shut the fuck UPPPPP u cannot debate me on this bitch when I know damn well ur toxic asses don't put two seconds of thought into the game's story cause all they wanna believe is that it's all about manliness and guns and violence

[f1zzlest1ckzz]

stimboards based on my favourite video games!!!!

2/?; Red Dead Redemption 2

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[sir-walton-goggins]

Pretty boy, natural blood-stained blonde...

[readingcoco]

It's my birthday and my partner got me a leather bound recreation of Arthur's journal complete with diary entries and I have literally been sobbing ever since. It's perfect. I am so overwhelmed. I keep reading passages from it and bursting into tears.

[joyus-whimsy]

Autism, special interests and Red Dead Redemption 2 (spoiler free)

Towards the end of last year I started properly playing Rdr2. I’ve had the game for years but never really devoted the time to getting into it. Now, I write this before I start the last quest of the epilogue, I’m so engrossed in this game. I feel an intense emotional attachment to Arthur and the game in general. This kind of attachment isn’t something I’ve let myself feel for a while.

I haven’t let myself have special interests because it annoys or weirds out people around me. I used to try and fight it, but I don’t want to anymore. I’ve realised a lot from deconstructing internalised and social ableism, (the countless cringe compilations lined with autistic people being really into something is a prime example.)

I’ve a playlist for Arthur with music that reminds me of him, reminds me of that intense emotional connection. It’s sorta my way of sitting in and feeling how I do instead of trying to have ‘normal’ attachments to things. I used to be (and to a point I still am) scared of this intense ‘obsessive’ feeling, but I miss having special interests. I’ve felt like a shell of myself for a while and depression sorta took over my life for a while.

I see the way my constant talk about rdr2 annoys the people around me, but I don’t know if I care that much anymore. That being said, last year I made a friend that I got along with instantly and they have quickly become my closest friend. They are also neurodivergent and I’m so thankful for them. They honestly inspire me with how much they love their special interests, and I’ve been making sure they know that I don’t find it annoying. I try to get into what they like because I love listening to and sharing people’s passions. But something new happened when I was sending them heaps of stuff about Red Dead, they were genuinely interested. They said they wished they could come and play it with me (it’s summer here and we both have summer jobs so have been unable

I think I’m done putting other peoples comfort above my own, and this is just one example of that. I’m done trying to fit in because I’m inherently different. I’m autistic and I have ADHD and I’m starting to learn how to ask for accommodations and advocate for myself. I’m learning to stop running from and masking my neurodivergence because it has only tired me out. I’m glad and proud that I’m doing this, and I feel like I’m slowly getting myself back.

I’m still scared, but I’m just going to keep going, I’m done running away. Frankly, I’m proud of that.

I’m trying to find people on here that I can talk to about it. People that like this game in the same way I do. So if you check out my blog and like the kinds of things I post or repost, maybe we could start a gc or something?

[equuistory]

me when rdo players want to know horse things after i drop a specific fact and i tell them the history of certain breeds in detail and they go, "wow why do you know so much about horses?" and i say, "autism’"

[monstrsball]

i project a lot of the games i like to play onto suga but you know what. its time for me to do the same thing with iwa. i think he would really like red dead redemption 2.

[sunsetdesire]

replaying rdr2 for the fifth?? time, so expect more cowboy posting tbh. it makes me miss my past

[daisydood]

do you guys wanna hear why i think Dutch is the way he is i would really like to talk about why he is the way he is please i have so mant words im begginf yoy

[clowntazer]

The rdr franchise has my transmasc balls in a vice grip