#MORE HOSEAS

[mistermxrgan]

@silverbonegriprevolver

Arthur had been getting an item from the general store, but as he came out the door, a familiar figure seemed to pass him. Someone he thought was dead, he felt his breath hitch. Was he really seeing them? Surely not, it must be the fatigue and lack of a good meal. Patiently, to feed his curiosity, he waited patiently outside of the store by a bench, seeing if the man who would soon exit was real, or his imagination.

To his surprise, they came outside and passed him, Arthur blinked a few times as if he was hallucinating. It looked exactly like Hosea. He stood up and followed behind them, but not too close to be in the range of potentially being knifed. "Hosea, is that you?" he asked with a slight crack in his voice.

[wormy-pope]

Red Dead 2 characters alongside what their animal counterparts would be - we already know high-honor Arthur is represented with a buck and a bluejay in game, so I wanted to think of what other animals could represent the other characters.

So far, I have:

1. Arthur Morgan - Buck/Bkuejay

2. John Marston - Wolf

3. Dutch Van Der Linde - Lion

4. Hosea Matthews - Silver Fox

These guys are available on my Redbubble as stickers & more, check them out if you’re interested!!!

[abovesn4kes]

AU that takes place in 1999 in which Dutch and Hosea make shitty western movies as tax write offs

[dazednstoned]

Hosea and Dutch did good by saving John and Arthur, but that doesn't automatically make them faultless parents.

They molded Arthur and John into ideal outlaws who obeyed them (intentional or not). So much so that BOTH Arthur and John ended up prioritizing the gang over their literal children + the mothers of their children.

Arthur never actually made it out of the outlaw life. John struggled for 8 years trying to leave behind old habits. You cannot tell me that wasn't a direct product of Dutch and Hosea raising them.

I doubt they had any malicious intent, but that doesn't absolve them of everything. I think a big thing rdr fans tend to do is favor intent over the actual results of a character's actions.

It's explicitly clear that the cycle of violence didn't begin with John and proceed with Jack, it began with Hosea and Dutch.

[arthursfuckinghat]

There's a specific ache in my heart that eats at me every time I go into the Tumbleweed stables and see Silver Dollar, Branwen, Gwydion, Boaz and Ennis there.

Part of me knows it's just a fun bonus for the players to be able to buy some of the gang members' horses, but the other part of me aches because of how much the gang members loved their horses and aren't around to love them anymore.

[ranna-alga]

"Do the Evolution" - Pearl Jam

[river-of-wine]

The Matthews!

[exhaustedalien]

Tilly Jackson!!!! !

also hosea is here but i have chronic never ever finish drawing hosea disease, its terminal

[toastywindow]

POV: your name is micah bell

[garfieldblunt]

Modern Jobs I think the VDL Gang would have

Dutch - Drug Lord Prolly - but as a real answer I feel like he would Definitely be the leader of a shitty MEGA church

Hosea - I imagine him either as a therapist or a preschool/elementary teacher - Or even better, Number one Bingo Player in the retirement home

Arthur - Funny enough, I can't see him being more than a ranch hand

John - He's a good ranch owner - He, Arthur, Abi, Jack, n a few others live on a big ranch and live happily ever after

Mary-Beth - She's a librarian, author, and frequent AO3 visitor - can't convince me other wise, She has one of the best fanfictions on WattPad I just know it

Abigail - My heart and soul tells me that Abi would be an illustrator for children's books - or a stay at home mom

Kieran - My little Princess Pupcup is getting his degree in Equine science and becoming a veterinarian for horsies

Micah - Hitman or Dishwasher no in between

Bill - Gas Station clerk - Or I can also imagine him working with Kieran with the horses

Javier - Performer, duh - He does a lot of side gigs and plays at cafes on the reg - I can also imagine him being a Spanish tutor for kids

Susan - Let's be honest, she's the principal of a high school or middle school - any other answer is wrong (/j)

Lenny - He's also a writer, but he's not a fanfiction writer like Mary-Beth - I can also imagine him visiting Mary-Beth's library and reading to the kids on Sundays <3

Sean - Youtuber/ Twitch Streamer - need I say more???

Swanson - AA leader - He's also probably trying to get people to stop joining Dutch's MEGA church

Pearson - He's a chef for the Retirement Home that Hosea is bound to - He also works for the local soup kitchen

Karen - I can see her being a dance performer - not like a stripper, but more like ballet or even musical theater

Charles - State trooper at a National Park - No further questions

Tilly - I just imagine her as such a good lawyer like her husband - She's defiantly someone who can talk her client out of the death penalty if needed

Uncle - His job is to park his ass in a rocking chair and Bother John til the day he dies

[st-santana]

the gang's all here!! kerchow!

[werewolfarthurmorganenjoyer]

All kinds of wonderful ideas about rdr3 being about Jack, Sadie, Charles, etc etc but I NEED it to be a prequel to rdr2. I want to see a young and wild Hosea and Dutch his househusband. I want to see twink Arthur and his young romance with Mary. I want to see Susan serving cunt. (She's already serving cunt in rdr2 but I can't stop thinking about that photo of hers.) I want to see John being a stinky little horror. It is a physical need at this point. We saw how the family fall apart, let us see how it came together in the first place.

[dandelion-de-deus]

I’ve been contemplating it and I think we really need to bring back the concept of the holy fool. I’ll go first

[youngdutchishot]

[gremlin-boah]

Dutch cuddles with a giant mango and Hosea gets jealous, and thinks he's paying more attention to mangoes than him :3 (these cute cartoons make my day!)

It's clear who he loves more.

Thank you @roamingtigress 🥰

[arthursfuckinghat]

"I was gonna say you're like a son to me.. but you're more than that."

"It ain't that complicated!"

How quickly that shoulder pat of comfort turned into a condescending one.