yes Rockstar is still updating GTA
online in 2020
a whopping seven years after the game
released in 2013 and yes people are
still playing it thanks in large part to
it being released on PC in 2015 and its
highly successful casino heist update
added late last year but let's not
forget how good this single-player
experience was for the first time in a
GTA game we were able to play as not one
protagonist but three as we wreaked
havoc all over Los Santos and we were
also introduced to perhaps the most
fitting GTA antihero ever in Trevor
Phillips I don't know sounds ridiculous
mom actually it does not sound
ridiculous you know because you you're a
killer
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there wasn't a huge disconnect between
our protagonists moral Center and the
incredibly vile events playing out on
screen trevor is a psychopath in GTA we
act like Psychopaths so it made perfect
sense okay so where did the inspiration
for this now iconic character come from
you're asking well he came from a few
sources so let's take a look physically
Trevor's character is pretty much an
exact recreation of the Canadian actor
who voiced and mo capped him in Steven
OGG August also known for his work as
Simon in the walking dead and he has
very distinct and memorable facial
features just like Trevor he's gruff
tough manly and intimidating all at once
first I wasn't gonna send you away kill
you also seeing as Trevor was brought to
life through motion capture OGG had a
lot to do with creating Trevor's
sporadic mannerisms and other oddities
such as his hulking walk and loud speech
pattern
his computer [ __ ] generated by some
underpaid overworked social rejects just
sitting by their lonesome wasting away
in front of their computer screen the
actor was quoted as saying
Trevor definitely evolved as I performed
him nuances and character traits began
to appear and definitely informed his
development throughout the game thus
there was a certain level of letting the
character evolve on set and that work is
directly attributable to aughh self in
terms of external influences especially
in terms of Trevor's personality aughh
looked to Tom Hardy's performance as
infamous British criminal Charles
Bronson from the 2008 film based on his
life Bronson whose full name is Charles
Arthur Salvador has been labeled in UK
newspapers as quote the most violent
prisoner in Britain for his explosive
behavior behind bars in which he injured
many inmates and guards in fact it was
his violent behavior once already in
prison that eventually led to a lifetime
sentence as a repeatedly repeat offender
considering that Trevor is also prone to
rage and violence we definitely can see
the connection here as there are obvious
parallels in terms of impulsivity lack
of control disregard for authority and
outright bloodlust
Rockstar co-founder and VP of creativity
dan Houser sees Trevor as something akin
to Freud's did a purely instinctual
drive only concerned with satisfying
cravings and Damned be anything that
gets in the way those pathetic midlife
crisis hog ride and shaven-headed fruity
leather chapped learn [ __ ]
fortunately depending on how you look at
it
Trevor's instincts are driven by his
resentment of his life including his
abusive upbringing and also being
stabbed in the back by his former best
friend Michael de Santa but because he
is such a primitive fellow he's also
perhaps the most honest person in gta5
because of it I'm out mom don't go
please I beg you
if you go his father kill me why do I
give up he doesn't pretend or simply
can't pretend that he's anything other
than what he is even if that is a
psychopath well that little girl sat on
my lap when she was 2 years old
and I swore to God and skin off anyone
who can wrong he's basic in this sense
but this authenticity actually lends him
some sympathy and endearment because in
a game of endless double crossings
honesty is a virtue hey listen if you
want to replace some father figure you
can do a lot better than this fat snake
all right yes he's a maniac but a beast
he's not a hypocrite like his current
and former partner Michael in fact these
two are polar opposites and that Michael
is a criminal in control so much so that
he'll manipulate others to get what he
wants whereas trevor is a criminal with
little to no control to the point where
he can't even pretend not to be violent
we are going straight to the local union
rep Wade here was injured in the
performance of his duties human waste
has seeped into his very pores and I am
sorry to say this but I don't think he's
ever gonna smell normal GTA riders also
built a sizeable backstory for Trevor as
well adding lots of depth to the
character to explain why he is the way
he is like the fact that he was born
into an abusive family and has major
abandonment issues don't know what
you're talking
I don't agree with what you're saying
trevor was born in Canada but came to
live in the US with his family and never
quite came to grips with being an
outsider which only fueled his already
paranoid behavior and on top of the
abuse he suffered he lived a scattered
childhood as well jumping from school to
school in five different states multiple
care homes and yes even state prisons
his father passed away when he was 10
and he was forced to raise himself on
his own but with very little skill to do
so in Trevor's lore it's also repeated
that he has severe rage issues since
childhood and it's even hinted at that
he is the reason for his younger
brother's death whom he despised and we
can only conclude from this hint that
Trevor killed his brother in a fit of
rage despite such a troubled life
however Trevor was able to develop a
love of planes and wanted to be a
military pilot but of course his mental
condition eliminated him from any sort
of consideration for army involvement
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and thus by being rejected from the
Armed Forces rather than abandon his
love of aviation he instead became a
smuggler and trafficker and turned to a
life of crime
damn it all makes so much sense now
his character and influences are deeper
than what you'd expect by looking at
Trevor at first glance in terms of first
impressions
he just looks crazy but there's more
underneath the surface you reptilian I
didn't want to come to this balls to do
it what I do I got more to lose than you
never a truer word has been spoken
brother Gege
and so it would be a mistake to think
that GTA's Trevor Phillips is just a
walking talking ball of chaos and that
little thought was put into his
controversial character as we've seen
Trevor was brought to life through
multiple sources from a historical
figure to a Freudian concept and his
violent behavior stems from a place of
hurt fear and distrust making his evil
persona anything but black and white in
fact it's all of this background and
backstory that makes Trevor one of the
more realistic protagonists in any GTA
game in so much that he fits the crazy
environment he inhabits as well as the
crazy choices he makes he's a very
natural inhabitant in the very insane
and unnatural world of Grand Theft Auto
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