I finished their story mission last week and I love them ahaha
They are married.
I wanted to draw them cuddling but I picked a really difficult pose for some reason.
one thing homophobic gamer bros like to say to those who headcanon arthur was gay/bi or ship charthur is that "arthur was likely homophobic bc a lot of people were back then" and like. no??? he wasn't???
arthur meets margaret, the mistress of danger and his reaction is not anger, nor any sort of discomfort around his presence, he's honestly mostly confused and exasperated at his personality, as arthurs old and tired and margaret very well isn't. he isn't cruel to margaret at all and bares no judgement, he only really gets annoyed when margaret says he shouldn't give him the emerald because his dad wouldn't want him to.
he meets mr black and mr white, two men who have recently escaped from prison and watches their relationship change from hatred to love in a handful of meetings, he helps them go on to live a better life and when he figures out that mr black and mr white are in a relationship with one another, he advises them to go and find somewhere safe and secluded because "a lot of people don't like people like him," actively warn them against the type of people the gamer bros accuse him to be.
charles châtenay, comes to arthur while disguised as a woman and all he really is, is confused. charles asks him to help and protect him and arthur does. charles kisses arthur and the only thing he tells him is that "do not do that again," he doesn't yell, he doesn't shoot charles, and he doesn't even stop helping him, all he asks him is to not do that again. he's not even that annoyed, even though he would have been justified to be annoyed in this instance since he wasn't consenting to the kiss.
throughout all of this, there's no anger or discomfort to this, he's just- mostly confused, and once he gets past his confusion, he helps them anyway, even giving them advice and well wishes for them to be safe during this hateful time.
its like- no brad, arthur wasn't homophobic, you are though, and you don't get to hide your homophobia and general discomfort with queer people with a character who rockstar tells you, with a handful of examples, that he has no judgement and hatred towards people who are queer.
one thing I love about Arthur Morgan is that he enthusiastically volunteers for the “silly gay man protection” task force! Like… Albert Mason, Charles Chatenay, Algernon Wasp, Mr. White and Mr. Black? Get this man a medal for his service!
this line always makes me so ill. this is a man lashing out in anguish. the way he cries. he loved john more than anything. he was so in love that he loved him even twelve years later. john was a puto for fucking both javier and abigail at the same time, and even more so for leading javier to believe that they were something more. but in the end, john chose abigail. in the end, javier was the other woman. it was foolish to think he and john could be together anyways. two men- two interracial men in the 1890s?
this song is literally so javier it isn't even funny
don't know if this has happened to anyone else but i'm on my second rdr2 playthrough and i did the "mrs. sadie adler, widow" mission while it was raining and the whole background was pitch-black and it looked INSANE, i couldn't gatekeep these
Playing more rdr2 and yeahhh this time I'm gonna use a tumblr post to make my notes 😍 as I go along so here goesss
-In chapter 3 rn 😘 luv this chapter sm
-God why do the SOUNDS in this game make me miss my peak rdr2 era sm. The sound of like pausing alone has me feeling things I LOVE THIS GAME AUEUUUEURERE
-On my usual horse. Literally on like most of my playthroughs I keep the black shire, his name is Ribcage <3 he was my main horse on my first and still is here on my... fourth? fifth?
-God I love New Hanover. Probably the state I'm most emotionally attached to even if West Elizabeth is my favourite.
-goddd I love Lenny
-The love/hate relationship with Susan crazy. Like Ily but LEAVE THE GIRLS ALONE?????
-I feel so bad for Molly I stg.
-Fucking love Arthur. Favourite character in anything ever. Not exaggerating.
-BYE Horse fails always the funniest shit
-Arthur talking to his horse gives me SO much joy
-Charles>>>>
-Dutch is what Ferret DPA wishes he was
-Beating Dutch in the race with my shire while he literally has Arabian horse privilege is so so funny
-"I was gonna say you're like a son to me.. but you're more than that" STOP IT.
-Mary Beth is literally me. LITERALLY me.
-Arthur and Lenny's relationship is everything to me.
-Lenny and Sean are such besties
-OUCHHHH thinking abt how the one thing Lenny really wanted was to be appreciated and Arthur knew that, then in the end Arthur was the only one to stop and stay back with him on the roof. Ow... OW! FUCK! YEOWCH! GOD!
-Waking up to Molly and Dutch arguing is actually so yeowch. She deserves sm better.
-OH YESSS I LOVE THIS MISSION!
-Karen fucking EATS in this mission I love her so so much
-Karen so funny I adore her
-Usually I have her play the drunken harlot, this the first time I've chosen lost girl and she eats both times <3
-Ughhhh it hurtssss sm. Karen was so happy in chapter 3 and now I'm just thinking about chapter 6. FUCK. THIS GAME IS SO PAINFUL.
-Oughhrrr Mrs Downes..
-Arthurrrrr >:( stop it
God I love this game but Imma stop for now. This was just me jotting down my thoughts while replaying which I'll probably do more of next time. Fucking LOVE this game god.