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Why not both!? (In no particular order)

Top 5 Favorite

• Cotorra Springs/Dakota River Valley - Geothermal hot springs are gorgeous, I was convinced the ones at Cotorra were the kind that could kill you if you swam in them, but I’ve since learned they’re not lmao. Also that hugeee valley nearby that the Dakota River runs through with the grey sheer cliffs and rope bridges? I don’t think it has a proper name, it’s just vast and beautiful.

• Strawberry/Big Valley - Strawberry is my favorite town, there’s really not much here that’s useful, but design wise it is whimsical and so pretty. And how can you not like Big Valley? The flowers, big open sky, and mountains are wonderful.

• Tall Trees - I know they try to sell this place as being spooky and dangerous, but I LOVE tall trees, it’s beautiful! I love how tall the trees are (lmao) and all the animals, and the way the light filters down. Also one of my favorite areas in rdr1, I loved the snow here, chasing a bear around with a knife in tall trees remains one of my fondest memories from that game.

• Ambarino - The snow further north is gorgeous, it’s a shame there’s nothing much to do up there, with very few story missions that take place there. And the flower field? The first time I stumbled across it I was in awe.

• Roanoke Ridge - Another place they try to sell as spooky, but it reminds me a lot of the part of Missouri I used to spend my childhood summers at, so it feels so nostalgic to me. Plus one of my favorite ambient tracks plays here.

(Honorable Mentions)

• Great Plains/Heartlands - I know these two aren’t connected or close to each other, but I’m always fond of prairies.

• New Austin Desert - The remade version of this area in rdr2 is stunning and vast, it brings me a lot of nostalgia for the first game, they did a great job recreating it as it was in rdr1, while also making it feel so much bigger.

Top 5 Worst

• Bayou Nwa - I know there is beauty to this place, but the music and atmosphere just fills me with dread, also i keep tripping over gators.

• Rhodes - Everything you own is suddenly dirty and red now. So much bullshit happened here. We lost Sean here! I can’t forgive this place, even if they do have a few poodles.

• Sisika - Hell. Sometimes you just want to catch a legendary catfish and the guards on this prison island don’t like that???

• Beaver Hollow - As a camp it’s just incredibly sad and where the gang falls apart for good. Everyone is so depressed and scared, it hurts to be here. As a base for the Murfree Brood it’s just SUPER creepy.

• Elysium Pool Cave - I’m stretching a little bit here, I don’t fully hate this place, but it is pretty damn creepy. Also I hate that it’s being used to poison the Butcher Creek people, I feel so bad for them

(Dishonorable Mention)

• Annesburg - The guards here suck and everyone is suffering. This is a depressing place.

Ask me my Top 5 Anything!

Ooooh good ones! Thank you!

We’ll go with both kinds of locations lol. And these aren’t in any real order

Top 5 Best Locations

Big Valley

Great Plains

Willard’s Rest

Clemens Point

And it’s a tie between like all of the Heartlands & Scarlett Meadows 😂 (I know technically Clemens Cove/Point is in SM but like. still)

Top 5 Worst Locations (this was kinda hard cause I like so many places on the map)

Colter (obvious reasons)

Beaver Hollow (obvious reasons again)

Bayou Nwa at night (Night Folk scare the shit out of me)

Annesburg (I always literally run into the fucking train there? idk why???)

Valentine (I actually like it there but. My horse and me get muddy the SECOND we step foot into town and it drives me NUTS)

Top 5 Mysteries (YES I love the mysteries in the game!!)

The Giant Snake/Pleasance - So the other night I watched The Strange Man’s video about it and it’s fascinating (and a lil creepy lol). I basically recommend all that channel’s videos.

The Strange Man - like. he’s so creepy and I love how obviously bothered by him John is (as he should be) in RDR1. And his shack in Bayou Nwa?? With the damn dead alligator under it? And the painting? I love and hate it.

The Emerald Ranch Mystery - where the FUCK is that daughter? What the FUCK happened? I haven’t watched the video yet but it’s on my watch later and most likely I’m gonna end up watching it tonight but I am sad they don’t give Arthur or John an actual mission for ER in game after Hosea drops all that vague lore. I am writing it into one of my stories with my own twist on it but yeah.

The Ghost Train - I love that it’s just. Unexplained like so much of the stuff. Which is fine! But I wanna know if there’s a legend behind it?? Like what happened? It’s neat tho when you first encounter it.

Extremely Detailed OC Asks

Thank you Laura darling 💛💛💛

26. Guilty Pleasure

I had to really think about this lmao. I guess her only guilty pleasure would be like... starting fights between two random drunk guys in saloons. Like idk if you've ever seen Deadpool but that scene in the first one where he sends a blowjob (the drink) to one guy and says it's from another and then just watches them beat each other up? That's Al sometimes. She doesn't feel too guilty about that too unless the saloon owner or bartender gives her shit for it.

42. What’s the dumbest thing your character’s done?

Al doesn't do a lot of really dumb things, but she has taken spills off of horses for like not paying attention and guiding her horse into a cactus. The desert provides lots of time for self reflection and she can get lost in thought. Sometimes Moonbay is a little too trusting and follows when Al leans to one side too much. She also tends to bite off more than she can chew with some bounties or bar fights sometimes, but her friends will bail her out, or she can get out of it by herself (but always has a few extra injuries that require extra trips to the doc).

48. What was their lowest point? What was their highest point?

WIP Excerpts Ask Game

LAURA abso-fucking-LUTELY 💙💙

🎲 Using a method of your choosing, share a randomly-selected line

I just used a number randomizer to pic a document, then the paragraph number from that, then a sentence from there! Can't post much else outside of context bc this is from an unreleased chapter with major spoilers for the story 😂

If Sandy hadn’t been crying already, she’s sure she would have burst into tears once her brain pieces together the fuzzy image.

🎬 Share the last line you’ve written.

I technically wrote a line from the previous ask most recently, but I'll add in a line I edited recently, just for variety (even though it's from the same doc)!

omg I'm so sorry this took like a week to answer, Laura 😫 Been busy and rereading my old (& long) stuff so I could give more varied answers this time 😂

These are both gonna be from my Marvel story, Motley Crew, involving my OC. which.... I may get back to writing here very very soon....

☂️ Share your favorite description of an object.

Bucky studies some strange looking bombs while loading them back into their box, which is off on the other side of the room. It looks like a more advanced version of the S.H.I.E.L.D. bombs he’s used to. Shaped like a grenade, but there’s no pin to pull. Just four little buttons that are barely discernible from the rest of the black, bumpy coating

🫂 Share a line (or dialogue exchange) that shows the relationship between two characters.

(multiple characters really but yeah)

“And, uh, for the record, I think it’s good, what you’re doing. Rogers chose right.”

Sam looks earnest and a little wide-eyed for a moment before he nods a muted thanks, then, “Don’t think I’ll ever quite get used to hearing that, but I appreciate it. Just… Trying to fill in some pretty big shoes. Do what I can.”

“I know. ‘S not easy. Gets better with the right company.”

Lips quirk up at the corner before he replies, “Yeah, guess so. Not that we should ever tell either of them that.”

“God no.”

“And, for the record, you’re not as bad as they say.” Wilson full on smirks while casting him a wry look. “A little more surly than I expected, but you ain’t that bad.”

HELLO this took me forever to reply to lmao I am SO sorry 😭 but thank you so much!

🤔 - If they could have one question answered, what would they ask?

I think Al would go more existential for this, asking God or whatever deities will listen, "Why can't we have another flood or plague or something where all the really shitty people get wiped out? It'd make my life and my job so much easier." She’d probably end up just traveling around for fun, working on a ranch or something every now and then when she got bored.

😎 - When do they feel most confident?