#rdr2 jamie

[notsofriendlyfriendlyreminder]

OK SO IMAGINE THIS.

Mary's father is a drunk. An awful drunk. Jamie is not enough to hold Mary home. Arthur, during their many fights, tells her "Well you always can run with us."

And in this universe she does.

And she changes, she hardens, she learns how to shoot a gun and how to properlylisten to Grimshaw. She drinks with Karen, plays dominoes with Tilly and reads with Mary-Beth.

She helps Sadie to get back on her feet.

She understands Molly.

Abigail cries on her shoulder when John leaves.

She and Arthur stay together and maybe, in the end, the love they share is stronger than everything that held Arthur with the gang.

Maybe they tail right after John and Abigail. Or maybe they go up north with the Wapiti. Maybe they went to Mexico. Maybe they got so lost no one ever found them again.

But on the other side is Jamie. Jamie, who lost the sight of the good for the world, who was the one to witness his father get drunk again and again, to sell everything that was left of not only his mother but also his sister.

Who left him.

They all left him, by death, by running away, by letting their soul be drowned in alcohol.

And it's not the cult that drags Jamie away, it's his own heart being abandoned, deciding it will never happen again.

How does a young boy survive in this day and age?

By learning how to shoot a gun.

How does young man make money?

By picking up job postings everywhere he can.

And how does a man commit revenge on his sister, who he loves dearly but who run away with a gang?

By becoming a bounty hunter.

[red-dead-simp]

[jessrosedraws]

goodbyes

[gameplaymen]

Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018) dev. Rockstar Games

[kammilu]

"Children love me"

pov: the first meeting of arthur and jamie was terrible.. the poor boy saw arthur after a week-long hunt… 😂😂

in my headcanon Arthur is a neat guy, but you can imagine what the wild nature is doing… and when you really want to see your loved one, you don’t care about cleanliness 💖😋

[nthspecialll]

Arthur's first chance at fatherhood

Jamie and Arthur's relationship means so much to me because even though Arthur is not his father, he still was more of a father than his actual father in many ways and Jamie was most likely also Arthur's first chance at fatherhood.

Mary and Arthur met when they were teens, and when they dated it was pretty clear that Arthur took a fondness to Jamie and took the time not only to be around Mary but also to teach Jamie to ride and who knows what else. This could not have been an easy thing seeing as they would have had to meet someplace where Jamie and Mary's actual father would not find them.

The mission with Jamie will never not be one of my favorites because it shows just how fond Arthur is of him. Not only does he say that Mary should let the boy live his life as he pleases and not how he is meant to but also because of the absolute fright you can see in Arthur's eyes when Jamie threatens to kill himself. He is once again seeing "his son" balance the fine line of life and death.

Also in a time when suicide was seen as a sin, Arthur handles it really well, he doesn't taunt Jamie or talk down to him or anything similar, he treats Jamie kindly and you can also immediately hear the change in music to one of the most calm and comfortable that there is to be found in the entire game.

The two's whole dynamic is also so special to me because you can really feel the dynamic between them, how peaceful and natural it is. I personally often feel with a lot of other smaller characters that Arthur takes a backseat in the conversations and only answers shortly and often quite minimally, but with Jamie he talks a lot, offers advice and tries to help Jamie find out what he wants.

[werewolfarthurmorganenjoyer]

Marthur is like Odysseus and Penelope if Odysseus never came home, in this essay I will

[purgatorygrl]

Parallels between Jamie and Arthur

The relationship between what happened to Jamie with The Chelonia cult and Arthur's situation with the band seems to me to be quite similar.

Jamie came from a family that was quite dysfunctional, his mother had died and his father treated him badly and constantly despised him, so he needed to find a place where he was validated and felt accepted. To do this, he joined The Chelonia cult, where they told him what to think, what to say, what to do, and they took his money for the supposed "donations." Jamie knew that they were manipulating him and that everything about the cult was a lie, but he still stayed there because it was the only place where he felt accepted and where people treated him well.

Like Jamie, Arthur did not have a structured family and was alone since he was little until Dutch and Hosea adopted him and he began to be part of the band. Dutch made sure that Arthur had the same ideals as him and at all times he told him how to do things and what was the correct way to think and act. Arthur had his own way of seeing things and he didn't always agree with what Dutch said and did but he always gave in and in the end he ended up doing what Dutch wanted even though it wasn't what he wanted, partly because of Dutch's manipulation and the need for validation and because he felt like he owed him his life. He always saw Dutch deteriorating more and more but he never left the band, first because it wasn't that easy but mostly because it was the only family he had and the only people who had accepted him and that was the only life he knew.

"They're using you, they're telling you what you want to hear" In the end, Dutch used emotional manipulation to control people, especially Arthur, spontaneously giving him validation and calling him son so that in the end he would do the things Dutch wanted.

I love how Jamie asks him "and what do you know about that, Arthur?" I would say quite a bit, taking into account the dynamics of the Van der Linde gang and Arthur's relationship with Dutch.

[tiaskye001]

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[stillnotyourmusebitch]

Okay so I've been playing Evil West. Set in western times with Vampires.

So now I'm thinking about RDR2 and Arthur Morgan whooping vampire booty.

[unhingedlesbear]

What was originally a stupid silly quick post idea turned into 3 hours of me running around the map buying clothes, shaving John's beard, buying a hatchet and trying different tailors and then riding from east to west to find legendary animals JUST for this stupid post. So here we finally have it.

✨TDIM characters as rdr2 legendary animals.✨

Dressed my John as similarly to Du'met as I could. Tried to choose the animals that were most similar to their species in the furry au. Also chose filters to get the colors associated with the characters ykyk. Don't mind almost all of them beating up Du'met. Kate was the only one who never attacked </3

Kate - Legendary fox

Mark - Legendary wolf

Charlie - Legendary Buck

Jamie - Legendary cougar

Erin - Legendary beaver

[thatordinaryoddity]

20 questions about writing 2.0

Thank you for tagging me, @trollocks-in-my-bollocks and @lavendelhummel! This is a fun question thingy. Lucky for me, I’ve got an hour to kill, so now I can pretend I’m being productive.

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

Ten.

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

187,868!

Didn’t realize I’ve been pounding the keyboard that much, especially since I used to swear I’m not much of a writer :D To be fair, that was true… until it wasn’t.

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Nine out of my ten fics are Wheel of Time and more specifially, Siuaraine (surprise, surprise), but my first “serious” fic was for The Haunting of Bly Manor. Back when I was a teen, though, I wrote loads of bad fic for a German soap opera. It was horrendous, but we all need to start somewhere.

4. What are your top five fics by kudos?

The Crown On My Head - where there is no dragon and Siuan meets Moiraine’s royal family in Cairhien. Everything goes according to plan (it absolutely doesn’t). It’s fluff with a side of angst and some fanart for dessert.

Gold And Blue - my current WIP which is a wild west AU/crossover with RDR2 (don’t judge me, ok). Siuan is an outlaw, Moiraine is a huntress (or is she?), and it’s slow burn. We’re now finally reaching the fluff, and there’s probably fanart coming… when I find the time.

A Flower In The Ashes - another AU/crossover, this time with Fallout. Siuan is a survivor in the wasteland (and she has a robot buddy!) while Moiraine escapes her life in a vault to avoid becoming Overseer. Equal part angst and fluff I’d say.

Shards - my first longfic for WoT, written in 2022 after season one. It’s pure angst. Moiraine is very sad, and I was very tired. Writing this fic nearly burnt me out completely. I genuinely thought I’d never write again after this one, but thankfully, I clawed my way back and are more motivated than ever!

Once In A Blue Goddamn Moon - the Bly Manor one. It’s about Jamie’s life without Dani and her journey to finally find peace (literally). Mostly hurt/comfort with a pinch of fluff and a happy ending - kinda?

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

Absolutely! I usually respond a few days after receiving them, but I love comments (don’t we all?). There’s nothing better than readers sharing their thoughts on plotlines or characters - it’s pure fuel for my writer’s soul. If someone takes the time to leave a comment, I’m genuinely grateful, and it feels natural to take the time to respond thoughtfully.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

If we’re talking finished fics, it’s Shards. It doesn’t have a bad bad ending, though, but the whole story is heavy and deals with tough plotlines. If we include WIPs, my current project is going to have the worst ending. But it’s a “choose your own adventure”, so you can always pick the happier path.

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Definitely The Crown On My Head. I stuffed it with as much fluff as I could manage because honestly, the fishwives deserve it - and so do we.

8. Do you get hate on fic?

Not really. Years ago, someone pointed out that I used an awkward word to describe a character. It wasn’t hateful, more like constructive feedback, and it actually pushed me to get better. So… not real hate, just a learning moment.

9. Do you write smut?

:3 Oh yes I do! I love writing smut, it’s genuinely so much fun. There’s hardly a longfic I’ve written without detailed smut scenes. I try to keep it fresh, explore new dynamics or kinks, but try to stay true to the characters. That being said, I don’t like to write smut without plot so you’ll have to earn The Sex by suffering through my plot first (or just use the tags to see which chapters are smutty, hehe).

10. Do you write crossovers?

Again - oh yes! Crossovers/AUs/fandom fusions are my happy place. I take World A, shove World B’s characters into it, and just see what happens. These always start as self-indulgent crackfics, but apparently, other people like being dragged into my chaos. I’m not complaining.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yes and I feel very honored! One of my lovely readers asked to translate The Crown On My Head into Spanish and post it on Wattpad. So if you’re a Spanish speaker and want to check it out - La Corona En Mi Cabeza.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Not exactly, but I once collaborated with @woodytwig. She wrote, I drew. Not quite co-writing, but still fun!

14. What’s your all-time favorite ship?

Siuan x Moiraine!

Siuan x Moiraine!

Siuan x Moiraine!

They’ve been my OTP for four years now and nothing or no one can change that. If the show messes them up, I’ll simply retreat to my silly little crossovers and AUs. However, I do have another (non-WoT) ship that’s… uh, let’s just say it’s embarrassing. It involves enemies who would realistically kill each other on sight, but some genius wrote a 300k-word slow burn that made it work. No, I will not elaborate.

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but probably won’t?

I started a Siuaraine drabble series and still owe @mandyviv57 a fic about a karaoke night to Time After Time. I haven’t forgotten! One day, I swear.

16. What are your writing strengths?

Apparently, my smut is hot (thank you, kind commenters). People also say my descriptions make them feel like they’re watching a movie, which makes sense because vivid scenes and descriptions are a must for me as a reader, so I make sure to weave them into my own work.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Big emotional payoffs. Ugh. If I’ve been building tension over multiple chapters, I tend to overthink everything. I’ll procrastinate for ages trying to make it perfect. The stress is real.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

I like it! In my current WIP, Moiraine speaks a second language, and it’s great for adding depth to her character (and for teasing Siuan when she refuses to translate, hehe).

19. First fandom you wrote for?

That German soap opera - it’s called Hand aufs Herz. I wrote for it back in 2010, and let me tell you, my baby gay self was not okay. Reading that old stuff now feels like a personal roast session.

20. Favourite fic you’ve written?

For finished fics, it’s a tie between The Crown On My Head and Pine Needles in My Drink (a Yellowjackets crossover one-shot that didn’t make the top 5 but was much fun to write).

I’m tagging @woodytwig, @witchingshcdows, @eve-is-obsessed, @romanimp and everybody who wants to join - if you feel like it, obviously <3

[arthur-morgana]

the irony of arthur giving jamie gillis shit for donating money to the chelonians

[fogaminghub]

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[a-chaotic-dumbass]

playing rdr2 for 7 hours straight while drinking and going outside to walk my dog try not to hallucinate challenge failed

[missyrdr2fan77]

Jamie from Outlander and John from RDR2. Both Scottish. Only difference between the two is John is Scottish American 🇺🇸 and Jamie is from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 only. John is from 19th century 1899, and Jamie is from 18th century 1746.I am a BIG FAN OF SCOTTISH THINGS. I wonder what John would have looked like in true Scottish clothes like a kilt ? Like Jamie here. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️