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This character is so dastardly, hated and popular that this character was voted most hated character of: September 2022. |
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| “ | I'm a...survivor, Black Lung! A survivor! That's all there is; living and dying. | „ |
| ~ Micah Bell while assaulting Arthur Morgan. |
Micah Bell III is the main antagonist of the action-adventure drama video game, Red Dead Redemption II and the posthumous overarching antagonist of Red Dead Redemption.
From Chapter 1 to 5, Micah is a major character since he's the member of the Van der Linde gang where he helps Dutch, Arthur and their allies get the job done. At the end of Chapter 6, Micah betrays Arthur, Dutch and the Van der Linde gang by becoming an informant of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency and becomes the main antagonist for the rest of the game. He is also the former ally turned one the archenemies of Arthur Morgan, John Marston, Charles Smith, Sadie Adler and Dutch Van der Linde.
He was portrayed by Peter Blomquist, who also played Harlan J. Fontaine.
What Make Him a Hate Sink?[]
- When he was seventeen years old, he and his father worked together to murder two people by slitting their throats and hanging them on the rafters, proving that he was always evil even at a young age.
- Even before his betrayal, Micah was already an unpleasant bastard to be with. For example:
- He constantly bullies and intimidates the other members of the gang for his amusement and even holds racist and sexist views against all the members.
- Killing half the town of Strawberry just to get his weapons back.
- When Dutch starts to lose his mind, Micah begins to manipulate him into plans that are detrimental to the gang.
- When Arthur begins to weaken from his Tuberculosis, Micah taunts him and calls him "Black Lung".
- In the end, it is revealed that Micah had betrayed the gang, by selling information to the Pinkertons about their movements. When Arthur finally discovers the truth, it is too late.
- He brutally beats Arthur, weakened and on the verge of death from his Tuberculosis.
- He tries to kill Arthur and John, succeeding with Arthur, as he kills Arthur if the player has low honor or if the player has high honor, he will severely injure Arthur and leave him to die from his injuries and tuberculosis.
- Although he is a very experienced and dangerous gunslinger, he is also a very unimpressive hand-to-hand fighter, since both Charles and Javier defeated him with a single blow. Also, he could not cope with Arthur in hand-to-hand combat, who was on the verge of death from tuberculosis.
- In 1907, Micah kills a young girl before threatening to go after Abigail and Jack after killing John.
- Micah's death led Edgar Ross to discover John's whereabouts, thus initiating the events of the first game.
- Although he is not afraid of shootouts and, on the contrary, enjoys them, it is mostly just arrogance. It was only when his authority in Dutch's eyes increased that he began to mock everyone, because he considered himself unpunished.
- While some members of the gang have sympathetic or likable qualities, Micah has no cool traits whatsoever, enjoys killing and loves making people suffer, and only cares about himself.
Trivia[]
- To help drive the point of Micah being a Hate Sink home, there was even a subreddit solely dedicated to hating on him called "r/F***Micah", which currently has been banned for being unmoderated.
- Micah is widely regarded as the single most hated Rockstar villain out there.
- Micah is so hated that even his voice actor, Peter Blomquist voiced his contempt for him and was shocked when Micah managed to kill Arthur, and thanked a fan when he mentioned to him that Micah was a villain who was really punchable.
- It is possible that Micah has a sense of honor, as he will leave Arthur to die instead of killing him if Arthur has high honor, while murdering Arthur in cold blood if the player has low honor. However, it's highly unlikely Micah actually has an honorable side, meaning this was likely just a sadistic blow to Arthur's pride than anything else. However, if it is confirmed he spared Arthur out of respect or remorse, then Micah would no longer be Pure Evil or a Hate Sink. Though given his overall, brutal nature, there's no indication that he shows any and all mercy so none of these supposed claims disqualify his status. Micah probably spared Arthur to avoid repercussions, however, John Marston, Sadie Adler and Charles Smith ended up killing him anyway.
- The player will not lose honor when antagonizing Micah in the Van de Linde gang camp, which further cements his Hate Sink status.
External links[]
- Micah Bell on the Villains Wiki.
- Micah Bell on the Pure Evil Wiki.
- Micah Bell on the Red Dead Wiki.
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