SoGrand Theft Auto 6is finally, actually happening. After shadow-dropping the second trailer for the game yesterday morning and breaking the internet, the dust has settled—and realizations are setting in.
Yesterday was a bit of a whirlwind. I’ve had Rockstar Games’ Twitter notifications on for months waiting for this exact news, so I was prepared for it. What I wasn’t prepared for, however, was how my mentions would be totally overwhelmed for the day afterposting an innocuous musingabout how the main characters likely won’t be getting a happy ending, as is Rockstar’s modus operandi of late.
The blooming love story betweenGTA 6’slead characters, Jason Duval and Lucia Caminos, seems doomed from the get-go, and most people can agree with that fact, since the crime-doing duo seem heavily inspired by Bonnie and Clyde (it very famously did not end well for them). But beyond that, everyone seems to be struggling to come to an agreement on justhowthat love story will end.
“Jason and Lucia have always known the deck is stacked against them,”GTA 6’ssynopsis reads. “But when an easy score goes wrong, they find themselves on the darkest side of the sunniest place in America, in the middle of a criminal conspiracy stretching across the state of Leonida — forced to rely on each other more than ever if they want to make it out alive.”
Yeah, it’s gonna get bad, and it seems like everyone is already preparing for the worst.
can’t wait to choose who dies after falling in love with both of them over the course of hundreds of hours#GTA6pic.twitter.com/jmRpOjRApm
Just over a day since posting my tweet speculating how players will have to choose between the lovebirds, it clocked in 174,000 views, over 350 reposts, nearly 8,000 likes, and almost 100 replies of people who have their own thoughts about how things might, should, and could end between the two. It’s not exactly super viral, but it’s a big one for me, and so I’ve been having a great time reading everything.
It’s all silly conjecture about a game that’s over a year away from launching (and unfortunately,may get delayed again), but the topic is hotter than Vice City in the summer, with no shortage of opinions coming in from across the apps. We haven’t even seen gameplay yet, but when it comes to this unfathomably hot couple that has been described as “bisexual panic,” that doesn’t matter.
What I can gather from wading through my replies is that, ifGTA 6comes down to a choice on who survives like inGTA 5’sending, then Jason, my boy, you’re cooked. Lucia is a hottie, a cutie with a booty, a salacious Latina who has captured the hearts and wandering minds of everyone online.
I found several funny memes about how players would not think twice about offing Jason to protect Lucia, and I’m inclined to agree. Lucia isbadbad, and as one personsaid, “too hot to die.” But I’d be lying if I said Jason wasn’t a smoke show either, even if he’s not my own personal particular thing. They are both red hot.
Asone personso eloquently put it, “this game was made for bisexuals.”
Many others are sick to their stomachs about even entertaining the thought of killing either one of them, like one person whosaid“I’ll kill myself before letting anything happen to either one of them.” Another chimed in with howtheyare “definitely killing the white man and saving the thick Latina,” telling gamers “sue me early.”
One of the most popular theories I keep seeing is that Jason is an undercover cop and will screw over Lucia in the end, while others think Lucia will be forced to turn on Jason for some reason. But in the court of public opinion after trailer two, Jason is stacking L’s.
Here’s some of my other favorites about how Jason will be buried if given the choice:
A lot of gamers are already torn on the idea and are hoping for a secret third option where they both live because they already feel an attachment to the two of them. And with just two trailers and a handful of screenshots released thus far, that’s saying a lot.
There’s always the chance for a happy ending where the couple rides off into the sunset (not likely), or they go out and die together in a romantic blaze of grimy glory (very possible), but for now, all we can do is sit and discuss and wait for the truth to be revealed next year.
We are384 days away from the currently-scheduled launch ofGTA 6. Keep those theories and wants coming.
Update on May 7, 2:57pm CT:Well, actually! Rockstar Games has now confirmed that the trailer is “comprised of equal parts gameplay and cutscenes” while being captured entirely on a PS5.
Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer 2 was captured entirely in-game from a PlayStation 5, comprised of equal parts gameplay and cutscenes.pic.twitter.com/JWFfVYm3on
