O’Driscoll Girl
Hello!!! I wanted to write a bit of info about my rdr2 fanfic, ’O’Driscoll Girl’. The fic is about Mary-Beth Gaskill, who, instead of being brought in by Dutch, is taken under the wing of Colm O’Driscoll and his boys. It is also a Kierabeth fic, but it will be a couple of chapters until Kieran finally makes an appearance (I will write down how each of the chapters is planned to go further down). Obviously, since Mary-Beth doesn’t live with the van der Linde gang in this fic, I’ve had to give certain O’Driscoll boys names/personality (every important character will be shown/talked about further down aswell). The first chapter of the fic is already posted!
In case you’re wondering when Kieran will appear, here’s the plan for all the chapters that I’m planning on writing:
Chapter 1 (already out): Chapter 1 shows how Mary-Beth ended up with Colm and his brother, Connor, in the first place. Mary-Beth is around 9 here, since it won’t be a while until the O’Driscolls are officially founded.
Chapter 2: The early years of the O’Driscoll Boys. It will show Annabelle and Connor more and it will be about how the rivalry between the two gangs started. Mary-Beth is around 12.
Chapter 3: Chapter 3 will take place around 2 years before the main story of rdr2. It will establish relationships between Mary-Beth and other important characters. It will also show how Kieran joined the gang and how his and Mary-Beth’s relationship with each other started. Mary-Beth is 19/20.
Chapter 4: Starts just a couple of months before the main story. It will be about how the O’Driscolls moved into the states we see in the game and how they achieved their control over Valentine. Mary-Beth is 22, and remains that age until after chapter 7.
Chapter 5: Takes place during chapters 1-3, and ends just after the Blessed are the peacemakers mission. Mary-Beth will try to figure out how to deal with Kieran’s kidnapping and personal losses.
Chapter 6: Will take place during chapters 4-5. The O’Driscolls have temporarily moved to Mexico to rob banks and other scores, but Mary-Beth is still trying to push through her grief.
Chapter 7: Takes place during chapters 6. Mary-Beth tries to get up from not just the loss of Colm, but also the extinction of the entire gang itself. She finally gets to reunite with Kieran.
Epilogue (unsure if I will write this): Shows how Mary-Beth has handled the losses she’s experienced and how she moved on from her outlaw past. Kieran and her now have a family, but she still thinks back on the family she once lost.
Important characters
A list of important characters that will appear in the fic, their relationship with Mary-Beth their personalities (also a lot of these characters don’t have much screen time, if they even have screen time, so it’s difficult to know what their personalities are like, so I am kind of improvising on who they are as a character) and a song that reminds me of them:
Mary-Beth Gaskill: Mary-Beth remains pretty much the same from her actual character, with the exception of her being more out of camp than we see her in the game. She’s a pretty high ranking gang member, mainly because of her relationship with Colm himself, but also because she’s one of the very few members that have been there since the very beginning.
Kieran Duffy: Kieran also remains very similar to how he is in the game. The only difference is that he actually survives in the fic. He’s Mary-Beth’s love interest, but doesn’t appear much in some chapters because of his kidnapping at the hands of Arthur.
Patrick Kelley: Patrick is the John to Mary-Beth’s Arthur. Just like Mary-Beth, he’s grown up with the O’Driscoll boys and is incredibly loyal to his gang. He often pretends to be dumber than he actually is, even going so far as to act like how he thinks Connor used to act, because he thinks that’s the only way Colm will care about and value him. Patrick is also very fond of parties and will sing if Billy is playing.
Billy O’Byrne: Billy is a low-ranking O’Driscoll that spends most of his time getting pushed around by others (mainly Declan, who will be shown further below). He’s a close friend of Mary-Beth and an even closer friend to Patrick. He also has some romantic feelings for Mary-Beth, but isn’t entirely sure what to do with them. Usually, he gets awfully quiet whenever she’s around and will bite his nails and fidget with his fingers whenever she gets too close. Billy’s biggest love interest life though, is his fiddle.
Declan Carthy: During chapter 3, Declan and Mary-Beth enter a relationship that doesn’t work out, though instead of blaming his own behavior or admitting that the two weren’t compatible, Declan blames the appearance of Kieran in the gang. It is unclear if he truly loves Mary-Beth or if their relationship offered opportunities that he couldn’t afford to lose, but Declan desperately wants his old love back.
Seamus Donovan: Seamus is one of the highest ranking O’Driscolls and is an ’uncle-figure’ to Mary-Beth. He wasn’t around when the gang was formed but joined a year later, and in 1899 is directly responsible for the operations from Six Point Cabin. He’s also considered a less awful O’Driscoll because he actually treats the lower ranks as fellow gang members. Seamus regularly gifts Mary-Beth books and jewelry that he thinks she may like.
Paul Thompson: Paul likes to think of himself as Mary-Beth’s guardian angel. He’s the gang’s finest sharpshooter and always makes sure to keep an eye on the young woman. Paul is the one that finds out about most of the gang’s score, but is often insistent on Mary-Beth not joining simply because he thinks she might get hurt.
(Fat) Tommy Dawson: Tommy is a particularly violent O’Driscoll that Mary-Beth can never truly read. She refers to him as ’Uncle Tommy’ but is unsure of if he actually wants to be called that or not. He never hurts her though, because his feelings aren’t really his. Tommy feels whatever Colm wants him to feel. Tommy prides himself on being the most loyal O’Driscoll there is, and nothing is going to get rid of his unwavering loyalty.
Colm O’Driscoll: Colm has spent his entire life as a gang leader trying to avoid attachments and a care for others, but it becomes impossible when Mary-Beth is thrown into the mix. Colm taught her how to ride a horse, how to shoot, how to read, how to write and how to rob. He’ll never admit it, but some times when he looks at grown Mary-Beth, the only thing he can see is that little girl he found all those years ago.
Obviously all of this will take one hell of a time to write, but hopefully every chapter will be finished eventually. I am currently working on chapter 2. Chapters will be released one by one as soon as they are done<3 Hope you guys are interested!^^
