Thread:Rvb forever/@comment-37973629-20191020210003/@comment-2008429-20191020235033

Honestly this sounds like a mistake on Rockstar's part with the script of Red Dead Redemption. We'll never know for sure. But yeah, it doesn't make much sense.

You've got two possible explantions that John gives.

1. John mentions that his father was blinded in a barfight then died later.

2. John tells Jack that his father died in a barfight or "at least that's what they told me"

That last part is intresting. The "at least that's what they told me" part. John doesn't sound very sure of himself. He doesn't have a lot of confidence in what happened with the death of his father. Not only in the tone of this voice but also in his words. Likeiwse, earlier John states his father being blind as a matter of fact. When he tells Bonnie that his father went blind and died later. He's speaking with clear confidence with what he's saying.

'''To me, this seems to imply that John's father being blinded at a bar and then later being killed at a bar are two different incidents. If they were intended to be the same incident. Then it would not make any sense as to why John would remember his father being blinded in the barfight, but very obviously not be aware of the fact that his father died because of the same fight. To say that John’s father was blinded also implies that he lived without his sight for a time, and this connects with John saying that his father died “later”'''

'''As vague as all of this is, and as much as I hate speculation. When you logically break all of this down. To me, the only plausible explanation is that John’s father was blinded in a barfight and then died afterward in a separate incident. But we should also note that in the incident where John’s father died, it is left very vague and that John was only told that his father died in a barfight after the fact.'''

'''Perhaps we should also leave a note in the references table that says something along the lines of “The exact circumstances behind the death of John’s father are not entirely known. John Marston himself refers to his father being blinded in a barfight and being killed in a barfight as two separate incidents. Regarding the death of his father, John has no first hand knowledge of the incident and was only told what happened afterward.”'''

Something along those lines.