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The blorbo ever :( tho he could get a cool glass eye after it heals

started thinking abt Kieran survives AU to cope w/ the events of chapter 4

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Kieran's missed chance

What I hate the most about Kieran's death is that he was just started to get accepted into the camp.

He fought for months from the bottom of the latter, having to beg for basic things like water as he was tied to a tree. But when he was finally let off that tree it was a battle of needing their protection and needing protection from them. They protected him from O'Driscolls, but they were also threatening to mutilate him, threw rocks at him, yelled at him, assulted him. He was walking a fine line.

Stay close enough to camp that they can see you, but not close enough that you get in their way. Talk to them, get to know them, but be careful your mere existance doesn't trigger them. Warn them of danger, but also be sure that they know you didn't have a hand in it.

He was sleeping outside of camp, leaned up against a tree by the horses, cleaning their horses, doing their chores, keeping his head low, all so that maybe they would one day accept him. Luckily they did, unluckily it was too late.

In early chapter four we get to see improvement, Kieran is now sleeping inside camp, and no it isn't while being passed out drunk at the party, through that also shows how much more comfortable he is with them, but prior to that even. Kieran can be seen sleeping next to the girls, leaned up against one of the wagons right there with the others. Similarly Mary-Beth claimed him as one of theirs, he was no longer an O'Driscoll but a Van Der Linde and Bill admits to warming up to him. He was accepted, it was just too late.

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My best piece to date 😼

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i present to you my blind kieran AU where he lost his eyes when he got kidnapped and interrogated by the o'driscolls but he got rescued...

i have a bunch of notes about it i put under the cut.

ive had fun researching disability history and also how each disabled person finds their own solutions and methods.

white canes weren't properly invented until the 1920s but he would pretty quickly start using a cane and likes finding good sticks (+ different sizes for different things).

he already couldn't read when he was sighted so not much changes there but mary beth would learn about braille and teach him i feel like she would be into it shes nerdy.

the gang seems to hold an attitude of acceptance for societal outcasts and find ways of survival in harsh circumstances so he would be in good company i think.

being blind doesn't impair his fishing that much because fishing doesn't rely on sight and hes got a little bell on the rod (sighted fishermen use this too).

HORSE: he can still ride and care for horses. it's so cool seeing all the stuff blind equestrians do. horse is a lot of tactile and smells and stuff and it's more about bond than anything. Bro's best friend is his horse i think branwen would be a great companion for outings.

despite a glass eye making a slightly plot-relevant appearance in rdr1 kieran wouldn't bother with one. these days prosthetic eyes are made of acrylic and are much more comfortable but in his era they were delicate and uncomfortable. i imagine arthur looting a glass eye off a body and giving it to kieran, asking him how it feels, and kieran's like "it feels like i have a rock in my face." and he never wears it again lol.

reblogs are greatly appreciated :)

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Monster art 😻

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Started bg3 again…

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Tried something new

(I love you Sean)

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When your horse is an ass but so are you❤️

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Silly man teaches even sillier guy (girl) to play guitar

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