| mantlepiecek said: I guess I should have put more warnings, unfortunately this game is like that, you never know when it ends. Marston didn't deserve this though, because if he did then his son shouldn't have gone behind a retired lawman. (1.)What his son did was exactly what John didn't want him to do. And why use him in the beginning (2.)? They could have killed him in the beginning or at the end of Dutch's death when he was alone (3.). Just so that he could meet his wife? That would be too merciful. They also surrounded the horse shed at the end instead of the house, that's kinda funny(4.). It all seemed like R* wanted to end Marston to me. |
1. The seeds were planted in Jack before John died. Remember (even though I see how it could have been missed) when John and Jack were riding and Jack was talking to John. Jack said he and John could be outlaws together. He listened to Dutch and the others talk about their exploits when he was just a kid. And first and foremost, John was his father. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Just like seeing his parents die could cause Bruce Wayne to wage war on all criminals, seeing his father dead at the hands of a merciless "lawman" after fulfilling his alleged obligations could make Jack seek revenge. I mean, his mother only lived a couple more years (possibly died of grief). Uncle died in that fight, too.
2. Because Jack didn't really do anything. He killed an old man. John Marsten's story was much more epic.
3. Maybe they felt he earned a little bit of a reward after he did the impossible. Maybe they had to wait for orders from the higher-ups before just killing John. Maybe, like the story said, they were saving John for the "next monster" they wanted him to kill. With no monster, they decided John outlasted his usefulness and needed to be put down.
4. I don't know about you, but when I ran into the barn with John's wife and kid, there was still a lot of soldiers running around. Maybe one of them said, "Hey, he went in there!"
Also, somebody mentioned that they couldn't take Fort Mercer without John's help. I'm sure they could have. They just figured, why risk our lives and the lives of our men when we can just make these outlaws kill each other. Towards the end, when the allied themselves with John, maybe they realized, "Hey, this guy is pretty damned good. We can use him."
