How Historically Accurate Is Arthur Morgan? | Character Analysis

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I think you need to also understand Arthur it’s more of a woodsman than a classy outlaw.

Dutch kind of puts on the front, but in reality they’re all just living in tents in the woods. So Arthur’s stature, fashion, and hygiene all stem more from canonically being on the road/trail for weeks and weeks and less townhopping

Arthur is definitly not 180lbs, if you have him at overweight he is atleast 230 and if he is average he is atleast 200.

Fun fact: When for players using controllers, when Arthur finds himself pressed up against Mary Lynn dodging the view of her father, you can feel the controller vibrate mimicking the patter of a human heart palpating. This shows Arthur's so in love with her his heart physically flutters. Kinda cute, kinda cool.

Were there actually baddies like miss grimshaw back then

Arthur is built tough. He can throw a 100+lb deer over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes.

You have to keep in mind, during this time period, everyone in cities, and townsfolk wore clean hats, suits, and were business men. So for Dutch’s gang to stroll through wearing coats, and rugged shirts, and holsters. It’s the equivalent to how gangsters wear tracksuits, and hoodies in today’s society.

There is some inaccuracy in Arthur's "gunslinger outfits." Like his hat being made from leather which would be uncommon due to leather being a material that conducts heat and hats were usually made from cotton or some other fabric that wouldn't conduct as much heat since most working class people worked in the sun and didn't want to get hot. And his shirt being a full button down style would have been seen mostly in Europe, most shirts in 1890s America were half button down/pullovers style, aside from that Arthur's clothing is pretty accurate

3:02 no, as a 6’1 man who has survived a bear mauling, trolley crash, shot to the shoulder and cliff diving from 1899– that is in fact possible. You just have to be 6 ft tall

A note on Arthur's formal outfits:
When Arthur wears a tuxedo it would actually be almost a faux pas, because the tuxedo was considered a semi-fornal suit at the time (the name tuxedo didn't come into use until the 1900s). The socially expected outfit for a formal evening dinner/ball/party - especially one hosted by a prominent figure - would be black shoes with spats, black trousers, a white shirt with starched cuffs and bib, a low-cut waistcoat, a high starched collar (separate to the shirt, as it would be buttoned on), a white bowtie, and a tophat. Gloves and a cane would be common accessories but not mandatory

Fun fact about John (has nothing to do with video but anyway) John’s “Rip van winkle” name actually has a meaning to it van winkle is an old tale with someone having a nagging wife or lover John could’ve thought about this because he thinks Abigail is like that.

Actually, it was the sunrise that Arthur watched before dying after tuberculosis

You've got to remember, the average life expectancy wasn't because people only ever lived to 50, it's because infant/child mortality was insanely high.
People over 50 would not have been a rarity, if you made it past childhood you had a good chance of making it into your 70's or older, just like today.

Dead eye was used to demonstrate how fast he was as drawing

the amount of research Rockstar had to do for this game shows even if it is a bit hollywoody you gotta appreciate the amount of effort and work was put into every little detail

on durability-gunfighters were notouriously hard to kill, i cant recall his name but one gunfighter was shot in the eye, the bullet travelling through his skull through the other end-he survived to die of old age, another had his eyes burnt through by the flaming debris left by a shotgun being shot right next to him-went on to die of old age

Button downs such as arthurs were rare in the US, bibbed shirts were more common. Arthur's leather hat would also be rare, as most hats were felt. The pants, boots, spurs and neckerchief are accurate though.

I was so confused hearing someone say God bless at the end of a youtube video due to how rare that is. God bless you too.

Monkey brain activates when I see longform Duke content

can you please make a video dedicated into analysing as to why arthur morgan is so majestic and fine lookin'?