Me after dying my hair.
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 π
what removing The Pickman Bridge does to a mf
"I wish cyberpunk had done, etc. I wish there was X ending, I don't feel like they explored XYZ enough"
BABE THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT. Cyberpunk, even as a tabletop game, revolved around the fact that there is ALWAYS something going on that you don't know about. The whole point of the series is that YOU CAN'T WIN. You, no matter how reknown you become, will be an insignificant cog in the big machinery that is night city, and you will die that way. The entire point is that there's no satisfying way to end it. There is no "good" or "happy" ending because THE WHOLE POINT OF THE SERIES IS HOW FUTILE TRYING TO BEAT THE SYSTEM IS. The most compelling thing about the series is that no matter what choices you make, you lose, and you've got to grapple with that to get to the ending that you consider the best possible outcome, and even then, you won't be happy.
There are no happy endings in Night City.
HENRY OF SKALITZ Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (2025)
actual tweets from ned luke, the actor who played michael de santa.
I constantly think about Arthur's quote, "I can barely speak English." because the same man is saying things like, "I must moderate my approach to wine." "Despite my best efforts to the contrary..." or "I have to insist." At times he can be poetic (threatening or not) in the way he says things too. For example, "Maybe when your mother's finished mourning your father, I'll keep her in black on your behalf." Or one of my favorites, "Lack of something to feel important about is almost the greatest tragedy a man can have."
Or how about when he finds that crashed airship along Little Creek River? He mentions Icarus, a Greek myth about a man who flew too close to the sun and the wax melted, causing Icarus to plunge into the sea and drown. At that time not everyone is learning and reading classical literature, you literally have to go out of your way and read that shit in a book. Sure Dutch and Hosea taught him to read, but what outlaw is teaching a teenager about Greek Mythology?
Arthur is smarter than he gives himself credit for. He's by no means stupid. He's self-aware and far more emotionally intelligent than he comes off as.
And it makes it a bit more tragic when you think of the potential Arthur mightβve had outside of being an outlaw.
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