#I miss hosea

[fromthestyx]

Before Arthur dies, I like to play the fishing and wolf hunting missions with Hamish for a few final moments of almost normalcy. I wonder if Arthur ever thought about Hosea during those trips and how much he misses him. I think Hosea would have loved being a part of catching the Tyrant.

[arthursfuckinghat]

Arthur and Poldark 𑁦𐂂𑁦 Face Rock

[feuer-bluete]

fucking love having Jack back

[emerald-ranch]

I have always thought Arthur is more Hosea’s son than Dutch’s son. Deep down he is sentimental, thoughtful and gentle. Behind the hardened exterior all Arthur wants is peace and safety for him and his family just like Hosea.

Sure Dutch has influenced Arthur’s ways and actions but his morals and beliefs match Hosea’s far more than Dutch’s. Women and children both came before Arthur and Hosea’s safety, keeping the younger gang member out of harms way was far more important than money or the plan ever was.

Arthur and Hosea had this real connection that he lacked with Dutch. Sure Dutch wanted Arthur to be safe but only for the betterment of himself, I covered how Dutch isn’t a selfless person is a previous post, however Hosea was more of a carer to Arthur. He genuinely wanted to see Arthur thrive and be safe. He saw past this big brutish man and saw the soft and caring being deep down and nurtured it far more than Dutch ever wanted to.

I even feel like Arthur took on a similar relationship with Lenny. Arthur was like a leader and carer to Lenny just as Hosea was to Arthur in his younger years. Genuinely invested in his life and safety, not because Arthur benefited but because he genuinely wanted to see him succeed and be safe. I feel like Hosea would have been so proud of Arthur after his passing, he stood by keeping his family safe and in the end sacrificed himself.

[fablexdreams]

The amount of people who think that the Strange Man is talking about Arthur when he says to John, "You've forgotten far more important people than me," will never not astound me. Yall really think John could possibly ever forget Arthur? Arthur? The man he grew up with? Who taught him? Who cared for him? Who helped raise him? Who saved him multiple times? His brother? The same John who could not rest until Micah Bell was dead because he couldn't let go of his pain and anger over how Arthur died? The same John who still wore Arthur's satchel and kept his hat and wrote in his journal? That John? Little Johnny Marston? Please be serious. Arthur haunted John's dreams and thoughts until the very day he died in front of that damn barn, and you can not convince me otherwise. If he remembers Dutch, Bill, and Javier, I promise you he sure as shit would remember Arthur lmfao.

[thekingofspin]

I have a love hate relationship with dutch van der linde

because one minute I'll be screaming at my tv and plotting all the violent ways I'm going to kill him

but the next minute I'm listening to von dutch by charli xcx, watching thirst edits and reading soft vandermatthews fics

it's scary how I want to kill him and kiss him at the same time

[river-of-wine]

The way Hosea talks about Bessie is genuinely one of the sweetest things ever I just. How fondly he still reminisces about her, how dearly he holds her memory. From areas that remind him of her to little things like playing dominoes with Arthur, she’s always on his mind. The last thing he thinks about when he goes to sleep and the first thing he things about when he wakes up. “How a wretched sinner like me could be given someone so perfect, so beautiful to take care of for once in my wretched life, do my best”. God he loved her. He loves her. He cannot rationalise her death, he cannot see any fairness in how she has died and he is still alive. He left the gang for her and it didn’t last but he did leave, he tried to live a normal life for her, and she understood when he drifted back into things. Even with his approaching death, he’s worried that he won’t get to see her again, that she’s gone to heaven and he won’t end up there with her, and even still he says he’s ready for his own death. He loved her and he still loves her and he loves her until his death does find him. Every time he talks about her you can just feel all of that love he still has for her and it makes me so emotional. Old man loves his wife

[equus-cowboyus]

you can't possibly comprehend how much i just want hosea to give rdr1 dutch a hug. you can't possibly imagine how much i wish he was there to talk him off cliffs, metaphorically and literally. they need to hug. pls let them hug or i kms 😭

do you guys think dutch ever thought about how disappointed hosea would be in him. guys. do you guys think he kept something of hosea's or maybe he avoided reminders of him all together. guys.

[renslo161605]

The old Camp Gals

Okay brief headcanon/backstory thing

This obviously isn't probably canon but- whatev I'm having fun leave me.

ELIZA JONAS -

Eliza worked in the bar but she was like a play-gal. She KNEW she was purdy and she used it by robbing drunk perverts and such, sometimes she'd end up killing them depending on how things went. But she did actually love Arthur and would often swap between the camp and the saloon she worked in ( keeping in mind in Arthurs words the gang was much less of a gang and more laid back then) when she had Isaac tho, she became good and honest for him. She always had a grudge against Arthur because she sacrificed everything for Isaac and he couldn't even give up a gun. She never really fell in love with an another man but her and Arthur weren't a thing for long. Mary happened somewhere inbetween Isaacs birth and Elizas death.

BESSIE MATTHEWS -

Okay i know Bessie looks STRIKINGLY like Mary Gillis in this and trust, she wasn't meant to. It just happened.

Anyway her and Hosea were never able to bare children and so basically just adopted everyone. Eliza was an orphan and never really had a female role model, Bessie quickly stepped into that role snd they got close - Bessie would often look after her when she was pregnant and help her with Isaac. When Bessie died Eliza stopped going to see the gang as much and simply waiting for Arthur to come to her. She was like a grandma to Isaac.

SUSAN GRIMSHAW -

idk how canon it is but i saw an old photo of her somewhere? I prob js missed it in the game but the photo was mighty purdy. But rarely do i see people talking about miss Grimshaws scar on her face? Maybe thats why she's so insecure - maybe that 'tainted' her beauty and Dutch quickly replaced her with Annabel, who he deemed 'more pretty' and she forever had a distain toward girls she thought were pretty. I actually love miss Grimshaw she needs more appreciation.

ANNABEL STARK (?) -

Not much to say about her. Her father was a bigger business man but tried to basically sell her, Dutch 'saved' her snd from then on she was 'golden girl'. She never got a chance to experience the loss of love that Miss Grimshaw and Molly O'shea did as she was murdered whilst picking flowers by Colm O'driscoll.

Yeah this is really far from canon but I'm having fun LMAOO

Elizas my fave dunno if you can tell...

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[yrlocalghost]

dutch red dead is very much a dad guy because he just decides on a whim without consulting everyone else that we are going on a tropical vacation No Matter What. and also he is guilty of “being really weird right now”

[ur-local-moon-bunny]

Okay but,,,, AM I THE ONLY ONE????

[temcatt]

hosea and lenny make me so unwell man.. i think back to all of their little conversations in camp and start BAWLING. they're so endearing to me i can feel my heart being gripped with the strength of a gorilla. i love hosea and lenny i need more art of them just looking out for each other or something

i would literally pass away

[arthursfuckinghat]

"Thank you"

[itiswritteninthestarsabove]

so besides the need to keep John alive for the sake of RDR's plot, why did he get arrested instead of killed during the Saint Denis bank robbery in RDR2?

[emerald-ranch]

Do we think they know what is going to happen to them?

[shinygoldengun]

Thinks about the gang's fidgets (under the cut!)

Tilly fidgets with her hair - mostly stray hairs or baby hairs or one lone curl that always seems to form. Grimshaw tries to get her to stop, quoting "it's not proper for a lady to mess with her hair after it has been put up". She still does it. She also plays with any sleeves she has, sometimes finding the texture irritating (especially in the humid Clemens Point or Shady Belle).

Mary-Beth fidgets with her shawl. With her wool one she likes sticking her fingers inside the loose knit of it. With her silk and cotton shawls, she likes fraying the edges with her finger. She also likes to shift her weight from foot to foot when standing up.

Karen used to fidget with her ringlets in her hair, but recently she's moved onto making her skirts swish, or moving her foot so she taps the tips of her toes or her heel on the ground with some force. In the summer, she either pulls down or pulls up her shirts constantly. If her skirts have pockets, she puts her hands in them and plays with the lining.

Abigail nervously plays with Jack's hair when he was little. When she is alone however she taps her fingers on her knee or palm, and shifts her weight from foot to foot. If she's sitting up high enough, she kicks her feet in the air.

Sadie picks at her eyebrow hairs, eyelashes, and invisible facial hair. She cracks her knuckles, and it actually is intimidating. She often brushes the leather of her belt or holsters or hat, liking the texture there.

Molly was always told that "a proper lady shouldn't fidget, she should stay still and calm" but she still fidgets. Always using her hand mirror, or fixing her hair, or tapping her toes.

Grimshaw likes to say that she doesn't fidget. But she does, she does! She cracks her fingers, and when she sits down her feet are constantly changing their position. All ladylike, she swears. Her legs are getting achy in old age, she also says.

Arthur likes to fidget with his satchel, twisting the strap around his fingers and playing with the flap. He also plays with his horse's hair - Bessie taught him to braid so he does that silently and mindlessly with his horse's mane. He also scratches the back of his neck, and if his beard is long enough he plays with that. He scratches at his hair, too.

Charles usually doesn't fidget in the presence of others, but he holds his hands together. He also fidgets with either his necklace or other beadwork in his wardrobe. It's always done gently - none of the beads or thread has broken, and he's silently proud of that. If his hair is down or messy in any way, he fidgets with it trying to fix it.

Javier fidgets in making sure his clothes and weapons are in the correct places. He also likes to tap his fingers against his thumb, remembering songs and lyrics while doing so - tapping to a beat only he can hear and remember.

John likes to fidget by either biting or pressing into his fingernails. He also cracks his fingers, a habit he picked up from grimshaw. He also touches his face scars a lot - either thinking about shaving, or feeling the texture between his scars and unscarred skin.

Lenny is always brushing a hand over his hair, or tapping his fingers on his knee, palm, or any table he's sitting on. When he's reading, he has a habit of curing the page he's currently on. He has grown out of the habit of eating the corners of pages when he was a kid, though. With his pocket watch, he fidgets with the chain or lightly taps the glass.

Sean is always fidgeting with his jacket, and his hat. Putting his hands in his pockets, and moving his hands. When sitting down, he slowly rocks back and forth, not able to sit perfectly still (unless Karen is on his lap!).

Kieran likes to fidget by partially removing his foot's heel from his boot, then putting it back. He likes standing on one foot then kicking his other leg. Otherwise, he's pulling at his facial hair - that's why it's so patchy. He likes to brush the horses a lot, and runs hands down their coats like one would pet a cat.

Hosea fidgets with his hands - clenching and unclenching, playing with his fingers, twiddling his thumbs ect. When sitting (if he's having a good day) he bounces one leg like when he was a young man. He also messes with his fingernails - that's where John got the habit from - and used to bite his fingernails. He still keeps them short out of habit.

Dutch likes to fidget by playing with his rings and other finery. He has a special or old ring that spins, and he uses that a lot. Otherwise he clenches and unclenches his fist.

Strauss is always cleaning, repairing, and generally checking on his glasses. He also likes to play around with his necktie, and clear his throat. More than once it has got him sent to the doctor, by either his family or by the gang.

Swanson waves his arms around a little, and is more erratic about it when high or drunk. Think of a person running moving their arms, but at a walking speed - that's him. If he's got his bible with him, he sometimes closes the hardcover on his fingers - just enough for pressure, but not to hurt. He also bites his nails. When the rev got sober he still moves his arms around a lot, but ditched the nail-biting and finger-pressing for constantly intertwining his fingers together.

Bill runs his hands through his beard, or his horse's mane.. if he's got a bottle in hand, he taps on the glass. Bill also raps his knuckles with his fingers - he says its to look intimidating, but its just something that he picked up. Doesn't know from where.