I love John but was a part of the Blackwater massacre in 1899. And then of all the places in the world, he could’ve chosen to move. He was completely fine with moving back to Blackwater in 1907, and lived there for 4 years as if he never did anything wrong to the people in the town right next to his ranch. Think of it like this someone from Osama bin Laden’s inner circle, is discovered to have been living about 1 mile away from Manhattan for years After the attacks of 911 happened. That would be insulting to the people of New York City to the highest degree possible the amount of arrogance, disrespect and indirect mocking, and just cruelty in choosing to do that is insane. Even if the man is remorseful you do not need to be a genius to think realistically *nobody* wants you living anywhere near them after what you did to that city. If you really did care, you would stay far away from that city and *never* come back. Or you would turn yourself in if you felt so “sorry” about the actions you committed. That’s more or less the stance I have on why Edgar kill John in the end anyway, he has no reason to think John is a better man. Clearly he doesn’t care about all the people he harmed in Blackwater or seemingly anywhere else for that matter. Him living there is a bold, and cruel slap in the face to the Blackwater Police, law enforcement in general & the citizens of Blackwater. When you look at it like that, you can’t really blame Edgar for how poorly he treats John. he was asking to see the worst version of Edgar possible this entire game. Now I’m *not* gonna sit here and say Edgar was a good man. He literally said to Jack in rdr2 “enjoy your fishing kid while you still can” (with a brief vindictive laugh afterwards) there’s no reason why that man needed to say that to a little kid who is innocent in this whole situation. So no undoubtably Ross is not a good man. But John really was begging to see him at his worst. Perhaps if John had taken his family and moved to a random town somewhere else that had no connection to Dutch’s gang in any way & was living quietly just trying to be a productive member of society as a rancher maybe just maybe Ross might have actually let him live because he would have more of a case to justify doing so. But as it stands in rdr1 where he lives totally negated any character growth John could have in terms of trying to be a better person. Keep in mind i love John Marston as a character and I’m sad he died. but if I look at this objectively for what it is, you can’t really blame Edger for how poorly he treated him. Along with the plan he had to use John to hunt down his old gang and then kill him in the end anyway regardless of whether or not he succeeded or failed in his mission. I really see no way around it just where John lives undermines the entire theme of redemption.
Milton honours his word and let John live. Instead of becoming an outlaw, Jack follows his mother wishes and becomes an attorney, opening his own law firm specialized in criminal defense. The end.
Milton would kill John as well tbh, I don’t think there’s any agent who wouldn’t kill or arrest him regardless realistically speaking . Then Jack would end up probably taking revenge still. I explained my take on this in another comment under this video.
@@redt8311 We don't know if Milton shared the same love of Glory that Ross apparently did. Ross also didn't want to retire from what his wife told Jack. Who knows how Milton would have been had he lived long enough to be a senior agent in the Bureau of Investigation. But i'd doubt he'd be a clone of Ross. Fordham was more much more reasonable than Milton and Ross. I kinda see Milton as the in-between if you will. The one that rides the lines between the law and evil. Also Milton didn't use Micah in the way Ross used John so there's that.
Ross is a villain you love to hate he is not completely one-tone or completely directly evil like Micah which I like as well but Ross is more nuanced which I also appreciate.
Ross always felt like the best antagonist in the RDR series, far more than Milton. He feels conniving, snake-ish, plain evil with a silver tongue. He speaks well and twists his words, but make no mistake, he spits nothing but venom. Egotistical and judgmental. He's the same as John, kills people and convicts people for money, only one is sanctioned by the government and the other is not. One is aware of what he is, and the other lies to himself that he's better than everyone else. Fantastically written antagonist, love how Ross makes you hate him with every fiber of your being.
Milton was violent and bloodthirsty bastard who, after the lemoyne bank job didn't hesitate to open fire with heavy repeating maxim gun to a wooden shack full of women and a child just to get Dutch. Ross on the other hand is vile and cunning, not so bloodthirsty as Milton but his methods makes him just a bit more cruel
@@IndoJordy Dutch: "You want the girl, John? You always were the romantic sort. You know, gentlemen, this man here, he married a whore. Used to ride with us. We all had her, but he married her, and you know that makes him a better man than us. He's a better man. Have the girl, John." Dutch: "She's a parting gift from me."
I always thought the scene at 9:00 was weird. He's completely competent and professional the entire time. Elsewhere he a sarcastic and smug a-hole, who's constantly insulting john.
He's not worse than or even on the same level as Dutch. Dutch has a penchant for shooting young, innocent women in the head. At least Ross only targets criminals.
