bloody muddy sexy face

I recently played chapter 6 again and his gibberish pissed me off so😂

do you have any HCs about how Arthur reacted to John being distant to Abigail when Jack was born? /how Arthur reacted when John showed up after a year

Oh definitely, my HC is similar to Roger Clark (the actor for Arthur). I think Arthur resented John for being distant and leaving her and his baby for a year. I imagine a couple years before Jack was born that's when he lost Isaac and that tragedy never left him and deeply effected him. He hated John for running away and taking things for granted from the very thing Arthur always sought and wanted. So when John returns, Arthur is just livid and their relationship is broken.

Arthur seemed like a character who wanted to be loved and belong in a family. He tried that with Mary, but I felt like Mary toyed with his feelings in the most wishy washy way (I get it. Like what future would you have with an outlaw). Obviously Eliza was a rebound from him breaking up with Mary. And that one night stand led to the conception of Isaac. He still chose to stay with Dutch's gang cause that was his family and he wasn't gonna stay with a girl he barely knew and didn't love. He probably tried to bring her along but she most likely didn't want to. I have this headcanon that their relationship was getting better and had potential to work. Arthur would have wanted to stay with them more often as his son got older with each visit. I would say maybe his son was like 4-5 years old the last time he saw him (since it's hinted in the game he taught a little boy fishing during the Jack fishing mission). However, this is when Dutch would manipulate Arthur severely.

He likely pressured Arthur to choose his loyalty to him and the gang over Arthur's son and Eliza. Think about it. When Hosea left to make a life with Bessie, Dutch got really messed up about it. Which explains his disgruntlement with John's loyalty and Abigail. For a bit he lost his family unit and control. He wasn't going to lose Arthur through the same thing. So he starts tightening that leash around Arthur through his low self-esteem and self-worth. He didn't want to lose his best dog. Definitely a red flag, that a lot of the gang members felt obligated that they owed Dutch just because he saved their asses (weird savior complex going on there 😬🙄).

As for why, he didn't seem all that bothered that John left. Maybe he kind of learned from his mistake with Arthur. Under his manipulation, Arthur completely broke when Isaac died (I feel like Arthur never fully recovered from that and Dutch noticed that he wasn't the "same" anymore). So not wanting to break his 2nd Golden Boy he loosened the leash. I'm pretty sure Dutch cared deeply about Arthur and John, and he isn't this evil selfish guy the way I'm describing him. That would be later in RDR1 😆, Dutch is complete bonkers in 1911. He is just incredibly flawed and super weird and a messed up way of showing he cares in 1899 prior.

Anyways I want to draw a storyline focused on the year John left and returned in the Golden Hour. Since the Golden Hour comics are basically about the close bond and eventual collapse of the gang. It would be fun to explore that part of the era of the gang. But once my wrist stops hurting and I have more time. All I can do is talk about it instead of drawing it.

Rdr2 charcoal animation

first meeting

When Charles first joined the gang.

Everybody just annoyed of Sean's incessant rambling about Ireland.

Lyle Morgan This was a unfinished Comic I did as a collab with @ancient-me. She did the continuation after this. I just got lazy on cleaning it up haha. But it's basically the last moment Arthur has with his dad. He mentions that his dad was shit but for some reason he still kept his hat. So I assume this moment became a core memory for Arthur.

road trip 🏍️

do you know i could break beneath the weight

of the goodness, love, i still carry for you

that i'd walk so far just to take

the injury of finally knowing you

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anyways @shootybangbang 's talking bird fic on ao3 has ruined me

arthur morgan

finished, pencil, 18x24

Arthur groaning and breathing heavily

You're a good man, Arthur Morgan.

You study prostitution in 19th century America, correct? If so I have a question. How much did brothel owners take as a percentage from the women who worked there? I know it varied by location but was there an average in the West? Did that include renting the room or was that extra?

I'm going to return with hard proof from a few of my books to back me up because I want to be accurate. Unfortunately, my house is being renovated, and I have to dig through my stuff. It's more so just double-checking my numbers. There are so many factors. This depended entirely on the state, the time period, the madam, the girl, and the brothel hierarchy. I have meta on the brothel hierarchy, the daily life of a sex worker, and a few other pieces if you're interested. Factors include: How decent is this brothel? Is this a saloon with a side brothel? A stand-alone brothel, a string of cribs (crappy rooms)? Are girls fighting for a spot in the brothel? Who is the girl? How old is she? What nationality was she ? Has she been a sex worker before? How beautiful is she? Does she have any struggles with addiction? Is she a mother? Does she other family? Are other brothel madams interested in her? Does she have any rivalries with any of the girls? Once those factors were decided: In general, brothel owners took huge percentages of wages. 20 percent was on the low end, with 50 percent on the higher end. However, I have heard certain brothels use 10-15 percent on the lower end. Again, I will return with a citation. The rest of the information I know by heart from giving presentations. How can you live on that? You can't. Not easily. In addition, you did have to pay for your room and board, your weekly doctor examinations, tip the brothel's protection, pay any fines that you incurred because of sex work(But sometimes the madam would pay that.). Additionally, a lot of brothels could sell you supplies like make-up and clothing, but at a huge markup. They could do this because a lot of stores would not cater to prostitutes or would do so at odd hours so the "respectable" clientele could avoid them. Sex workers usually had off time at odd hours of the day/night, so they almost had no choice but to buy whatever the madams provided. This also included food. So, you paid for the relative "safety" of the brothel, but escaping prostitution was exceedingly difficult and would require tight budgeting to do so - that's if one avoided addiction. Edit: Here are some meta posts I've written if you haven't seen them! The Ultimate Guide to Sex Workers in RDR 2

The issues with being a working girl Some of Abigail's views on her sex work. Remembering to humanize sex workers Recommended Reading

I have more somewhere else, but I'd have to look pretty far in my old posts. I might find them, though!

Arthur apparently smiles in this scene without his bandana ...

Big boy is very happy to rob a train!

When life gives you a little brother…

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