#penelope braithewaite

[scarfacemarston]

Penelope writes to Arthur

Dear Sir, You were once very kind to Beau and myself and it pains me to ask you to show us further kindness, but I have nowhere else to turn and nobody else upon whom I can impose. I will of course pay you handsomely for your troubles. My family have turned quite mad and are threatening to send me away, to stop my work, which they say is disgracing them: As if their history of absolute moral depravity, utter debauchery and perpetual drunkenness did not disgrace them enough. I must escape, yet I am kept prisoner here. Can you help? Most days I am to be found at the cabins on the Planation. The main house and all it stood for are thankfully no more. Yours Faithfully, Penelope Braithewaite

#rdr 2 #arthur morgan #penelope braithewaite #beau gray #beau grey #red dead redemption 2 #van der linde gang #journal entries

[starchaseriseverything]

Birthdays (bc I can)

I put my own fancasts and my headcannon b-day'

Euphemia Braithewaite-Potter - January 4, 1907

Walburga Irma-Black - April 17, 1907

Fleamont Potter - May 15, 1909

Charlus Potter (Monty' brother) - August 19, 1900

Lucretia Black (Orion' sister) - August 3, 1914

Orion Black - September 30, 1920

Druella Rosier (Axel' sister) - December 31, 1928

Axel Rosier (Rosier twins dad) - November 14, 1930

Cygnus Black (Black sisters dad) - July 30, 1938

Adele Jacob-Rosier (Rosier twins mom) - June 7, 1938

Alphard Black - June 26, 1925

Rodolphus Lestrange - October 19, 1952

Rabastan Lestrange- September 21, 1954

Lucius Malfoy - July 1, 1954

Enid Pettigrew (Peter' sister) - January 30, 1962

Mason McKinnon (Marlene' brother) - December 20, 1952

Mitchell McKinnon (Marlene' brother) - June 25, 1955

Matthew McKinnon (Marlene' brother) - November 7, 1958

Maxwell McKinnon (Marlene' brother) - February 29, 1962

Petunia Evans-Dursley - January 10, 1958

Mavan Rosier (Rosier twins brother) - March 14, 1965

Annabella Rosier (Rosier twins sister) - April 16, 1968

Elizabeth Meadows (Dorcas' sister) - May 1, 1965

Fabian Prewett - September 30, 1958

Gideon Prewett - September 30, 1958

Molly Prewett-Weasley - October 30, 1949

Billius Weasley (Arthur' brother) - May 26, 1952

Arthur Weasley - February 6, 1950

James Potter - March 27, 1960

Remus Lupin - March 10, 1960

Sirius Black - November 3, 1960

Peter Pettigrew - August 31, 1960

Lily Evans-Potter - January 30, 1960

Mary Macdonald - September 16, 1959

Marlene McKinnon - August 1, 1960

Dorcas Meadows - April 2, 1960

Bartemius Crouch Jr. - July 9, 1961

Evan Rosier - June 20, 1961

Pandora Rosier - June 20, 1961

Regulus Black - December 31, 1961

Alice Fortescue-Longbottom - August 14, 1960

Frank Longbottom - September 14, 1959

Ted Tonks - March 20, 1953

Emmeline Vance - July 18, 1957

Rita Skeeter - December 19, 1951

Ophelia Zabini - January 15, 1951

Emma Vanity - February 28, 1960

Andromeda Black - October 10, 1953

Narcissa Black - July 19, 1955

Bellatrix Black - May 2, 1991

Tom Riddle Jr. - February 19, 1979

Mattheo Riddle - January 20, 1980

Aliana Riddle - January 20, 1980

Mandy Lestrange - March 13, 1985

Cara Lestrange - May 23, 1986

Delphini Riddle - August 16, 1987

Lorenzo Berkshire - December 17, 1996

Nymphadora Tonks - October 8, 1973

Nina Tonks (Nymphadora' sister) - June 13, 1978

Lucas Rosier (Rosekiller child) - July 21, 1985

Nicholas Rosier (Rosekiller child) - July 1, 1987

Draco Malfoy - June 5, 1980

Lila Malfoy (Draco' sister) - June 5, 1980

Artemis McKinnon (Dorlene child) - September 13, 1981

Aries McKinnon (Dorlene child) - October 17, 1982

Jack McKinnon (Dorlene child) - January 23, 1987

Harry Potter - July 31, 1980

Lillian Potter (Harry' sister) - July 31, 1980

Rose Potter (Harry' sister) - May 24, 1981

Leo Potter (Harry' brother) - February 16, 1983

Pansy Parkinson - August 1, 1980

Blaise Zabini - November 1, 1980

Teddy Lupin - April 11, 1985

Neville Longbottom - July 30, 1980

Juliana Longbottom (Neville' sister) - October 15, 1986

Nicky Longbottom (Neville' brother) - October 15, 1986

Penelope Vance (Emmary child) - November 12, 1988

Hermione Granger - September 19, 1980

Violet Granger (Hermione' sister) - May 14, 1979

Bill Weasley - November 29, 1970

Charlie Weasley - December 12, 1972

Percy Weasley - August 22, 1976

Fred Weasley - April 1, 1978

George Weasley - April 1, 1978

Ron Weasley - March 1, 1980

Ginevra Weasley - August 11, 1981

Luna Lovegood - February 13, 1981

Eclipse Rosier (Pandalily child or Luna' sister) - January 11, 1985

#marauders and co #marauders era #marauders birthdays

[farewllyouth]

Hi! Could I ask you to expand on the Charthur and Beau/Penelope parallels? I'll take any excuse I can get for more Charthur but I'm dumb and missing them

I would love to!!! I havent played through in a while so I might be forgetting/misremembering, but here's what I think.

First we need to look at two major themes of rdr2, which tie together very well through Beau and Penelope's story.

The first theme I want to talk about is Rich People Are Bastards. 4 of the major antagonists (5 if you count Dutch) are greedy fucks - Cornwall, Bronte, and the Grays and Braithewaites.

The latter two are so consumed by their rivalry that they destroy themselves, and probably would have ended up that way even without outside influences speeding them along.

The second theme I want to talk about is something Dutch says in chapter 4 in the Revenge Is a Dish Best Eaten mission: "Don't you ever leave love aside, Arthur. It's all we got."

Dutch's downfall is that he doesn't really love anybody. Sure he raised Arthur and John and built the gang from nothing with Hosea, but he doesn't love them, at least not during the events of the game. He only cares about Arthur through what he can do for him, and in fact it's Dutch's greed that sends Arthur to the Downes' ranch. He spent twenty years with Hosea by his side but didn't listen to his ideas much anymore, and I do think this may have been the catalyst to Dutch's downfall, but he was still taking him for granted.

His rivalry with Colm mirrors the Grays and Braithwaites almost prefectly: a feud so old neither of them truly remember how it started. They've both become driven by greed and a desire for control. And as much as Dutch claims he wants to get out after all these years, run away from his problems, there's no guarantee he actually has any plans to.

Beau and Penelope love each other enough to realize how screwed they are. They don't get respect or freedom, and they certainly don't get any of their families' supposed fortunes. But they love each other, and for them it's enough to get away from the only life they've ever had.

Beau and Penelope are what Charles and Arthur could have been.

Arthur has the sense, even as early as chapter 2, that the gang doesn't have much time left. Whatever happened in Blackwater, or even before then, that gave him that kind of foresight after twenty years of running, we can't be sure. Many fic writers including myself speculate that Charles himself helped open Arthur's eyes, not having been running with them long enough to be pacified by Dutch's talk of faith and plans, but I don't know how much in-game evidence there is to support that.

I've already talked about Charles leaving the gang and going his own way because he isn't selfish enough to let Arthur come with him, but I will reiterate that I think that's a major factor behind Arthur's unhappy ending.

Arthur put his family first, and while they weren't all together anymore at least they were alive. Charles, in trying to find his own family, put them first as well, although the game implies they didn't get a happy ending either.

I know I said they were parallels but now I think they're more like foils. Beau and Penelope are young, and optimistic, and selfish enough to run away together. Arthur has given up on love, and he thinks he's too old for a happy ending, and depending on how you play he doesn't think there's much good left in the world.

The game is trying to tell us that, maybe if things were different, Arthur and Charles could have been okay.

#i feel like i got off track does this make any sense #rdr2 #red dead redemption 2 #red dead redemption 2 spoilers #charthur #jackalbot.exe

[scarfacemarston]

Love letter / journal entry From Beau to Penelope

Very cheesy, but hey, he tried. For those who don’t know, Odysseus is from the Iliad and is present in the Odyssey, both written by Greek author Homer. Penelope is his Odysseus’ wife. 

Oh Penelope! You are my wise Penelope. And I hope to be your brave Odysseus! It is as if my Troy were mere miles from Ithaca, yet the ground between were as unconquerable as any wine-dark sea. I would gladly suffer shipwrecks and desert islands to be with you -- I would fight one-eyed monsters (or my own grotesque cousins) and beat back a thousand suitors, if it meant we could share a kiss. Penelope! Penelope! Penelope! My love, my life. My home, my wife

#red dead redemption 2 #penelope braithewaite #beau gray #arthur morgan #rdr 2 #van der linde gang #journal entries #letters