• Murvel@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    Dutch is a surrogate father to Arthur, having brought him into the gang when Arthur was 14.

    So is Hosea, it’s not about the father figure.

    That has absolutely nothing to do with the writing for, or maturity of the character.

    Of course it does. He doesn’t get rewarded because he read the lines correctly. He got the awarded since the character he portrayed came together so fantastically well.

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      7 months ago

      So is Hosea, it’s not about the father figure.

      Yes two diametrically opposed father figures. Thats literally what it’s all about. Thats… literally the whole entire thing. Asserting that RDR2 isn’t half centered around Dutch and his relationship to Arthur is WILD.

      He doesn’t get rewarded because he read the lines correctly. He got the awarded since the character he portrayed came together so fantastically well.

      It’s a performance award, of course he was awarded for his performance. If they were awarding the character the award would go to the person who wrote the character.

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        Asserting that RDR2 isn’t half centered around Dutch and his relationship to Arthur is WILD.

        Not what anyone’s saying. But it’s not about Arthur losing his father figures, lol the man is nearing his forties…

        If they were awarding the character the award would go to the person who wrote the character.

        Lmao, you know RDR2 also won the award for best narrative same year…

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          But it’s not about Arthur losing his father figures, lol the man is nearing his forties…

          That is literally exactly what it’s about, from start to finish. And the fact that he’s in his forties is exactly why I think it doesn’t really work, I’m glad you agree lol.

          Lmao, you know RDR2 also won the award for best narrative same year…

          Yeah, no award for best protagonist though. Ah well.

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            That is literally exactly what it’s about, from start to finish. And the fact that he’s in his forties is exactly why I think it doesn’t really work, I’m glad you agree lol.

            If that’s your interpretation of Arthurs story arc then, yeah, explains it.

            Yeah, no award for best protagonist though. Ah well.

            No such category for the Game Awards 2018 so not sure what you’re referring to.

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              If that’s your interpretation of Arthurs story arc then, yeah, explains it.

              Yes that is sorta the only way to interpret it, as it’s very explicit the entire way through, but yeah. There are things to interpret about the story of RDR2, but Arthur’s entire arc being primarily about his relationship with his surrogate father is not one of them.

              No such category for the Game Awards 2018 so not sure what you’re referring to.

              That is correct. RDR2’s protagonist Arthur did not earn Rockstar any awards like you’re suggesting. There doesn’t even exist an award for that. Rockstar won an award for the overall narrative for the game, which includes an entire cast of characters, most of which are far more compelling than Arthur, and is also largely about the death of the “Wild West”. And then Roger Clark won an award for his voice performance.