number 1 charles fan

i love to reblobg a rdr2 fanart // he/him // main: @alpinezro // art: @alpinearts

[alpineredemption]

reposting some of my old rdr2 art here because i moved accounts and might delete my old one !?!?!? anyways this is my new rdr2 blawg. im not that into rdr2 anymore though #adhdwarrior

[zhongzichen]

Screenshots used for reference in daily drawing

[alpineredemption]

hi guys i kind of forgot this blog existed and umm. I just noticed ive had my inbox closed for like a billion years for whatever reason. which is crazy cause i love being inboxed idk why i did that. they should be open now.... Throw Words At Me to your hearts content if you so desire.

im so sorry... but... shameful art blog promotion... if you want a more active way to keep up with my illustrations, go follow my art blog @alpinearts or my instagram page, alpine_zro!

[erohon17]

dear john

he spent a lifetime counting money

[pinkysburg]

i love john but i sincerely have to fight the urge to push back any time someone insinuates he raised jack. abigail was a single mother from jack's birth to her death. john may have provided in protection and means but there is absolutely 0 indication he was ever prominently involved in the parenting aspect of jack's life and plenty of indications to suggest he wasn't present most of the time.

i grasp this is all he knows and likely how most fathers were but whenever i see sentiments about "john stepping up" or putting down arguments about who jack's father is by going "john raised him, jack is his." jack's his bc he is a carbon copy of john. but jack's proclamations about john not talking to him, spending time with him, running off and making underhanded remarks about his interests suggest that john has never truly been a present parent.

again, i love john! he did not raise that kid.

[yourleastfaveperson]

From all context clues from both games, John goes back and forth between being there to help, being around for Jack and disappearing for who knows how long and being emotionally distant. People seem to forget that even if John is there physically he isn’t exactly the most emotionally available person. He pulls Jack in only to push him away again.

John loves Jack but that doesn’t get across to Jack himself who in rdr1 says he knows John wishes he was different and “more of a man” and “more like him” to which John says thats not what he thinks at all and he never said that. And Jack says he may not of said it but thats what Jack thinks John feels. Through John’s actions thats what comes across. Jack makes several comments about how John starts teaching him one thing and then goes off somewhere leaving Jack to finish the learning all by himself.

Those aren’t the thoughts, feelings and words of a kid who had a present dad who raised him. Abigail raised Jack. She taught him what he knows, she gave him attention and love even when she was struggling. She was there from his birth all the way to her death.

John may love his son but he can’t get out of his own way to actually be there for his son.

Thats what makes rdr1 so so sad. John makes the promise that he will always be there for Jack and for once it truly genuinely seems like he’s going to stick to it. Even Jack starts believing so a little.

And then John dies.

Uuuuuugh these two make me physically ill

[meatjunior]

See but that description is not one of a "deadbeat dad". At least not in my opinion. A deadbeat doesn't care, is not present because they don't love their children more than themselves, or they don't try to be there for them. By your description John does love Jack and he tries over and over and fails to properly connect with his son. I'm not saying he's a perfect dad.

He isn't present but a huge point of the rdr series is how these people cannot seem to survive within society and its norms. Regardless of their good intentions now, they were criminals. John was a criminal. He was a wanted man, and then is used by the law and eventually killed despite wanting to be better and live better. Is that a situation in which someone is a perfect father?

John definitely makes some questionable choices because he is struggling to do what is right (right by his family, right by his morals, right by society) and it doesn't always add up. He and Jack are very different people. But again, in rdr we see John try. We see him tell Jack "he doesn't have to do anything he doesn't want to do", tries to protect Jack by making sure that he understands the world he lives in is dangerous (which proves to be very true) because regardless of John's choices, men like agent Milton or Dutch will use whatever means to get what they want.

So no John is not an emotionally available father or the best father by any means, but a deadbeat? That's ridiculous imo.

I stg do not @ me about this either. I'm just ranting.

[pinkysburg]

you're on my post so i can @ you a little.

my tag about john being a deadbeat was tongue n cheek but since we brought it up.

what else do we call a man who abandons his child and the mother of his child for a year? what do we call him when he returns and spends several more years denying that kid is his and refuses to provide for him at all? because to ME that certainly sounds like it fits your initial description of a deadbeat. we forget, john's parenting resume didn't start at the end of rdr2, it started when his kid was born and he dicked around on him for 4 years and didn't tune in until jack got kidnapped.

i think i can call john a deadbeat. for fun.

[afeix]

arthur

[ccccchepushilo]

something something

[sparrow-hawk]

RED DEAD REDEMPTION 2 ⬦ Charles Smith

[alpineredemption]

i literally did not realize how much ive improved since my big rdr2 phase like what hthe fuck. i have been so insanely focused on my graphic novel burning stables i just kind of forgot. liek heres a rdr2 painiting vs wat i draw now. my decrepit dying old man black winds howl. im not sure if im going to actually finish repainting the rdr2 piece im working on rn but if i do its going to be awesome

i must say lenny looks absolutely stunning in that painting. god. now im sad about lenny . wow

(btw if u like southwestern gothic aesthetic and indigenous history/folklore/exploration of the indigenous experience aaannddd hot dads and revenge plots, u should totally check out my main art blog @alpinearts where i post about burning stables. i have poured an insane amount of hard work and research into it and its basically my life passion.)

[alpineredemption]

its charlesin' time (i havent slept in 22 hours i camnt even see straigt)

[alpineredemption]

literally zero guarantee im going to finish this but... look at the improvement over 2 years!

[ayesopod]

how kind of john to participate despite his injuries

[ccccchepushilo]

exchange

mlp crossover

this is my first ever charthur fanart, I think

[altergoat02]

[tallyhawley]

The cutest boah

Arthurkawa

[strawberrymilkcart]

og pic down below

[prairieewolf]

RDR OC: His accuracy isn't luck. It's muscle memory forged through necessity.

Jonas Cazador isn't just a good shot— he's consistent.

What makes him dangerous is not his talent, but his discipline. He never pulls the trigger unless it matters.

Not until he's done the math, measured the risk, and decided that it had to be done. He treats his rifle like an extension of his own morality: steady, quiet, and never used in anger.

He's not fast because he needs to prove something.

He's fast because he has to be. This precision doesn't come from ego— it comes from experience.

What makes him dangerous is not the shot itself, but the way he holds back until the last possible moment.