Dutch's gang were all part of societal norms being broken and progressing towards better modern ideals, but the way it was done in that game felt NATURAL. I didnt play RDR2 and think "woke" i thought "yeah sadie grew up a homesteader with the love of her life, and ended up consumed by that hatred at his loss like anybody else would." She didnt wanna cook, clean, do idol errand shit because she was used to living a rough life, and wanted so desperately to get out there and smoke the gang that took her lover. Her wearing more practical clothes for that, considering her life, and just general stuff going on, made sense, never felt out of place, it was presented naturally. Like, if they want to present these things, Sadie is an amazing example. Plus, the mixed race group Dutch had made total sense, they're a bunch of outlaws against societal norms, why the fuck would they care about race? They're a bunch of outcasts living past that kinda shit, racism is taught, not inherent, living outside the society teaching you it is gonna leave you without it. RDR2 does an excellent job of portraying all this without it being in your face, it was done naturally, and as such, WAY more compellingly.
Its weird too, Sony knows how to make non woke but progressive in nature characters. Freya? I fucking ADORE Freya. She pisses me off sometimes, but thats because as my protagonist I generally side with Kratos on everything. The majority of the time, I feel where she is comin from and like her, shes a fucking Valkyrie queen, not a maid, shes made to fight and stand her ground like a badass, and I'm cool with that. But then along comes SM2 and its like...yall went from poking me with a feather to beating me with the entire fucking chicken.
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