Meme posting! My first meme here! I figured I’d find the time to do this.
This is a concept for one of the scenes in my story. Specifically, the scene where Micah is in the Strawberry jail, ready to be hanged, and gets saved by Kit. Who is the stand in for Arthur.
Constructive criticism is always appreciated.
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Strawberry. A lively town. Known for hard working, good, honest men. Kit could’ve explored if she wanted to, but she had an assignment.
Earlier that day, Dutch Van Der Linde had told her that Micah was locked up at Strawberry, and were planning on hanging him. Kit didn’t like Micah. Not one bit.
From the time Arthur told her about him, he seemed like the biggest rat this side of the West. Kit didn’t wanna do this, but it was either that, or risk some kind of “punishment”, whatever that meant.
She asked if she could take Arthur with her, but Dutch said that he was off doing some spirit riding, whatever the hell that meant. That wasn’t good.
She asked where Kaboodle, Gobbles, and Flappers The Dolphin went. He said they all took a ride to different places, Kaboodle was with Arthur. This gave her relief. If anything were to happen to Arthur, and that Morality Meter were to go haywire without their knowledge, that would mean bad news. Good thing Kaboodle was there.
When Kit got to the jail, she went up to the Sheriff’s door, and knocked on it. A deputy opened the door. He asked what he wanted, Kit said she’ll tell when she gets inside. They let her in. When she enters, she finds Sheriff Hanley sitting at his desk, flanked by his deputies. Kit thought of a plan. And a plan she did. One of the deputies starts speaking to her.
“Can we help you, miss?” One of the Sheriff’s said. Kit immediately straightened up.
“Hello, sir. I’ve, uhh, come from Blackwater. I’m on the trail of a… dangerous, very dangerous gang. Uhh, Colm O’Driscoll, I believe that’s what he was called.” She was obviously lying through her teeth, but she made it sound believable enough so that the Sheriffs wouldn’t notice. Those lessons about looking and sounding believable while lying from Sadie really are paying off here. “I heard you had some sort of incident with them. Mind giving me the details?”
“We don’t deal with Bounty Hunters around here.. umm, what was your name?” The Sheriff asked. Kit, thinking of a fake name, quickly said “Umm, Bodega! Bodega Nova!”
“We don’t deal with bounty hunters around here Ms. Nova.”
“I was just wondering if I can get a description of him, he’s been very conspicuous, and I feel it would be best to know what he looks like, so when I do find him, I can catch him!” Kit said, still lying through her teeth.
The Sheriff turned around in his chair, away from his papers, and faced her. “Well, they weren’t friends. They got in a fight, two men got killed. Now, one of them’s a dumb idiot, the other’s some kind of dumb mick.. so maybe thems your boys, PussyCat. You can look right enough.” He then put one hand on the desk. “When we hang ‘em.”
Kit and Hanley stood like that for a long moment, until the Sheriff that let her in walked over to the door and opened it. She felt a little insulted by being called a pussycat, but she didn’t dwell on that for now. She had a job to do.
“Thank you kindly, Sheriff. I’ll use this to my advantage when I’m on the hunt for them again. Best be getting going then!” Kit said, as she walked out. The deputy looked outside for a moment, then shut the door.
After Kit was outside, she gave off a sigh of relief. She was able to convince them she was a bounty hunter. But unfortunately she couldn’t go down into the cells. No matter though. Kit walked over to the side wall, and to one of the bars perturbing from the basement. As she was walking there, she heard a voice, that sounded all too familiar.
“LET ME OUT OF HERE, YOU MAGGOTS!!!!” It was Micah. She really didn’t wanna do this, but maybe she can pull at his leg a bit, before she set him free.
Micah was miserable in the jail. He stepped over to the window, and started shouting obscenities. When he saw Kit, however, hope flashed in his eyes.
“Psst, Kit. Hey, Kitty Cat, over here!” Micah said. That got her attention as she walked over to her.
“Hello, old friend. Having a good time in jail?” Kit said. Micah didn’t pay the question no mind.
“You gonna get me out of here, kitty?”
Kit thought for a moment, then said, “I haven’t decided that, yet.” Micah was not amused.
“Very funny.” He said, sarcastically.
“Oh, I ain’t joking, cowpoke.” Kit said while booping his nose. “I’ve heard so much bluster out of you these past few months, and especially from Arthur. I didn’t wanna come out here and free you, but I had to. Now, I get the opportunity to watch you be silenced.” Kit said menacingly.
“Well, you gotta do something.” Micah said, desperately.
Kit responded with one word. “Why?”
Micah laughed. “You’re kidding right? Camaaaan, you’re pulling my leg here, kitty cat. You want a treat? I’ll give ya a treat if you let me out!”
“Why would I be kidding? You think I’m gonna sit here and joke around with you?” Kit then got closer to the bars. “I may be a forgiving person, and I usually like to make friends with everyone I meet. But, there’s always exceptions. And you, are at the bottom, of my list. If I had the opportunity, I would watch you get hanged. I would very much enjoy it. I would look forward to it. I’d even touch myself to you being hanged, if I had to.”
Micah was scared and disturbed at the same time. “Uh, kitty, could you repeat that last part? I couldn’t quite hear you over the rattling of chains in here.”
“I ask again, Micah. Why. Should. I. Release. You?”
Micah had to think of something. “I always looked up to you, Kit.” He said, hoping that would win her over.
“I don’t need you as my number one fan boy. If I could, I’d blacklist you at every event I’m at.” Kit said.
Micah was desperate now. “Please get me out. I-I’ll groom your tail and scratch your ears. I’ll give you tons of head pats. You want that?”
Kit thought about it for a moment. “Only one problem. There’s only one of me, and there’s a whole town full of people, wanting to see you swing.”
“You gotta do something, Kit.” Micah said, hoping she would budge. Finally, Kit sighed.
“Fine. I’ll see what I can do.” She said, looking around for ways to free him.
“WOOHOO YES!!!!!” Micah said, relieved and excited.
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End of scene.
Kit reminded me a little bit of Arthur Morgan from Red Dead Redemption 2.
This is an image I came up with. To me, Kit and Arthur are kind of, like, the same personality wise, except Kit is WAY more optimistic than Arthur is.
They both have tons of trauma from their past.
They both wanna steer themselves in the right direction and help others.
About all I can come up with.
So I watched GameOVerse, and it was fucking good. Like very good. And that got me thinking, since these characters have already been through tons of games (probably being platformers or RPGs mostly), then how would they fair themselves again an open world style game? With a protagonist that is not only the hero of the story, but also, his own sentient character, and his own sentience, is the driving conflict of the narrative. That’s right, I’m doing a GameOVerse and Red Dead Redemption 2 Crossover! I have no idea what this crossover will be formatted in, but I’m gonna try to make it a fanfiction first, then a comic, then an animated series. This idea might just be incredible. But what are your thoughts on this? Also, the sentient character I’m talking about is Arthur Morgan. Oh, and you better fucking BELIEVE that Morality Meter will be used for more harm than good if handled with incorrectly or too fast.
For those unaware, GameOVerse is a new animated pilot made by GLITCH Productions, who also made Digital Circus. I ain’t spoiling the plot, so go watch the pilot yourself if you haven’t. It’s free on YouTube.
So I watched GameOVerse, and it was fucking good. Like very good. And that got me thinking, since these characters have already been through tons of games (probably being platformers or RPGs mostly), then how would they fair themselves again an open world style game? With a protagonist that is not only the hero of the story, but also, his own sentient character. That’s right, I’m doing a GameOVerse and Red Dead Redemption 2 Crossover! I have no idea what this crossover will be formatted in, but I’m gonna try to make it a fanfiction first, then a comic, then an animated series. This idea might just be incredible. But what are your thoughts on this?
Pictures taken by u/randumtacoz
I’m gonna be taking some rdr2 photos, some from other people (dw I’ll give credit), and some of my own, and weave them all together into little stories for each post! I think this idea will be amazing, and will be quite refreshing. What do y’all think?
And yes, rdr1 and Red Dead Revolver will be included, too.
And also, as of right now, I’ll be using other people’s photos. Don’t worry, I’ll give credit to ya!
Okay I just realized, this subreddit doesn’t allow videos. So I had to take screenshots of the lines to prove my point.
But anyway, the line “Call me derivative, SO IS ALL OF CREATION!!!” is basically an allegory for creativity itself. Nothing is ever, truly original, we’re just, taking the idea from somewhere else. The line implies that, creation is inherently derivative. And, I think he might be onto something with that one. I can’t quite put my finger on it, but it’s something.
The next line “Originality is a hallucination, so what if I sold my soul IN ORDER TO MAKE SOME-“ is basically implying that Originality is an illusion that we created, when we see something new. That new thing, was taken from somewhere else. This circles back to the line I mentioned earlier. And the sold my soul in order to make some money bit, that might just be him harping on people that think their idea is original, when in reality, someone probably already did it, and they just sold their soul, in order for their version, to be the one that everyone recognizes as “the first”.
Then, there’s the last line in the last two screenshots. “We cannot have innovation without anything to take from.” He’s absolutely correct on this one. Innovation, even if it’s revolutionary, has to come from somewhere. Like a book, or a piece of writing on the wall, or an idea in someone’s head.
So, that’s just my take on this line. You may disagree with everything I said here, and that’s completely fine. Let me know what you think.