Marthur - Blog Posts

Some mfs in rdr fandom be like:

*Arthur being nice to random npc, in and out of gang*

Them: Awww, they're cute! Let's ship them

*Charles shows on the screen for a 0.00001 second in few kilometres near Arthur*

Them: They're in love, let's ship them, they're canon

*Arthur and Mary interaction, past lovers with an interesting story and literally look at eachother with guilty&loving eyes*

Them: ..She used Arthur, she doesn't love him 🙄

They..💔💔 and them..💔💔 he and her..💔💔 They're....💔💔 Arthur and Mary...💔💔 Oh my goodness..💔

please make my fantasies real

The bottom picture in the middle hurts so bad..

I am so obsessed with them that I made a moodboard of their happy ending 😭

[all pictures are from Pinterest]

arthur morgan if he was a mixed martial artist

+ bonus

dude i just know he'd dominate everyone on the mic and inside the octagon

🥺mama and papa

a little continuation to the story about the scar! 👀🌸

It always broke my heart the way Arthur talked about himself when looking in the mirror… I'm sure he always hated himself and his self-esteem was terrible.. and therefore Mary very often talked about how good and handsome he was, just at any moment of their time together..

p.s. don't blame me, I'm such a romantic at heart.. I'm sure these two had so many sweet moments together.. because the game clearly makes it clear how much they loved each other

Actively sobbing please he's such a cynical sarcastic bastard but draws them little sentimental hearts only when he thinks of Mary

thinking about arthur and the hearts he drew in his journal

2nd image is by @/thrillhouss3 on reddit

bonus john

On Mary

To expand further on what I said about Mary yesterday (making this a new post because I want it in the tags):

I've noticed that when it comes to canon ships for Arthur Eliza is far more popular than Mary is, despite Eliza never appearing in the game (she doesn't even get a last name!) and there being no indication that Eliza was anything other than a one night stand Arthur was co-parententing with

(In fact, Eliza's whole place in the story messes up the game's timeline but that's a topic for another post).

I think this really highlights the problem that fandom has with misogyny. Fans prefer a non-entity character over a complex, flawed female character.

'Oh but Surana, it's not misogyny. I like *this* female character over *that* female character'

No, you prefer a cardboard cutout over a well written *character*. Because that's essentially all Eliza is. She is the definition of fridged wife. We know nothing about her other than how her death affected Arthur.

Mary may not be the best written character in the game (Rockstar has an issue with writing women in general, though) but she is at least a character. And what's fascinating about her is she's essentially a female Arthur. Everything fans dislike about her? Guess what? That's Arthur! That's your blorbo!

Mary picked her family over Arthur? Arthur picked his over her. Abusive dad? Check. Younger brother? Check.

(I love Dutch but, man. He's not winning father of the year any time soon).

Mary refused to give up her life for Arthur? Well Arthur refused to give up his for hers, and Mary made the much more reasonable suggestion of 'stop doing crime, it will kill you' because, spoiler alert, it did!

Mary, like Arthur, was caught between love and loyalty and just like with Arthur the loyalty won.

'But she married someone else'. She was a woman in the late 1800s with a duty to her family and I've just established that loyalty is Mary's defining trait.

'But she told Arthur she never wanted to speak to him again'. Do you think it was easy for her to be around Arthur, knowing that she loved him but couldn't be with him?

Anyway, that's why I don't like or trust fans that don't like Mary Gillis Linton.

Ah.

A ♡ M

Some close ups :3

It’s my first time colouring on procreate so idrk what I’m doing tbh :p

(don’t look too closely and don’t talk abt the lack of background I have no idea how to do them)

Arthur Takes Off His Hat for Mary

When Arthur meets Mary for the first time in a while, he takes off his hat. I think it's very significant because he's still outdoors and doesn't need to do that. He could just tip his hat in greeting. From what I've seen of Southern hat etiquette, it's common to take off the hat only when you're inside a house. But he takes it off when in front of her. And when they're still outdoors.

Maybe I'm thinking too deeply into it but I think it really shows how much love and respect he has for Mary despite it all. This thought might be mismatched but I remember seeing a video about hat etiquette which explained this: your hat is a representation of your work and when you take it off in front of a woman, your work is not important in that moment, but she is (paraphrase).

Now I'm not American and neither do I have in-depth knowledge of Southern manners and etiquette so forgive me if this is wrong!!

I'M ALSO A NERVOUS MESS WITH THESE TOO ON SCREENNNNNNAAAAAGGHHHHHHHRHRRRRR

Mary and Arthur are the embodiment of "You came?" "You called" and I'm so here for it

plus the way she makes a 36 years old seasoned killer, a nervous mess who draws hearts on his little journal? iconic

This is as annoying as a rock stuck in a boot thanks for speaking the truth finally thank you thank you

Some mfs in rdr fandom be like:

*Arthur being nice to random npc, in and out of gang*

Them: Awww, they're cute! Let's ship them

*Charles shows on the screen for a 0.00001 second in few kilometres near Arthur*

Them: They're in love, let's ship them, they're canon

*Arthur and Mary interaction, past lovers with an interesting story and literally look at eachother with guilty&loving eyes*

Them: ..She used Arthur, she doesn't love him 🙄