The Only Time I Felt Bad For Micah In The Whole Game

Micah giving a heartfelt explanation of how his father was a criminal Swanson: hELLo ARthEr!

1:23 "The kind of man that gets told where to live by his wife" John got a kick out of that. And will later too.

Legendary rat talks about his daddy

The fact that Micah's grandfather named his son after himself, and that his father did the same, shows that Micah comes from a long line of narcissists who only ever cared about themselves.

R*’s writers and Peter blomquist poured everything into making such a believable scumbag

Makes you wonder if he was a produced of his environment and was nurtured to be who he was or if it was always in his nature to have that 'survivor' mindset Maybe a bit of both

Throughout the game it hints at micahs desire for family; this campfire dialogue, him trying to reconnect with his brother, when arthur breaks him out "you and me...sons of dutch..makes us brothers" theres also a drunk conversation with javier where micah admits he finds the gangs innocence to be endearing and it gives him a warm feeling. Truly i think Arthur and John wouldve ended up like Micah had they not been found by Dutch and Hosea, like Micah their birth fathers were scumbag criminals and hinted at perhaps being abusive. Dutch and Hosea are criminals of course but atleast in the beginning they had a code they stood for something and took in two lost angry young boys taught them how to read and gave them a dream worth living for.

micah killed his dad protecting his little brother amos amos didnt want to see him again said he would snap micah’s neck if he saw him

Can’t lie he does got sick drip

1:27 a very warm and humble man

Arthur just stands awkwardly over everyone

Micah's drips has to be studied fr

Not gonna lie, I actually like Micah. For all of his flaws, he is very honest about who he is as a person (a survivor and an outlaw) while the rest of the gang tells themselves they are something else. Something more noble. Add the fact that it’s very obvious that he is the creation of a long, long line of abuse and I don’t think he ever had any chance. This doesn’t in any way, shape or form excuse what he does but it does help explain a little about how he came to be and why he does what he does.

Based off how he looks, Micah probably smells like a Denny’s bathroom

The line Micah speaks with disgust about his brother having settled, feels for me like jealousy. His brother was just as messed up as he was, did the same horrible things with their father. In a letter he wrote to Micah, he mentions that he would kill him without hesitation if Micah ever dared getting to close to his new family. His brother got a second chance, and Micah deeply knows he's too messed up to ever have a stable life just like his brother, so he rather openly mocks it as a weakness of masculinity.

That thumbnail tho. He looks so innocent xd

I think RDR2 would have been much more compelling if Micah was just a red herring and actually sided with Arthur at the end against whoever really was a traitor.

"aint no woman ever told me nothing SELF SCARCE"

1:35 What blacking out drunk for a second feels like

0:40 FIVE… 🫱