[inkedhigh]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

She wanted him to stay, everything hurt and she was scared, but time wasn't on her side.

"Jake..." She said I'm a rough whisper. He leaned down planting a kiss on her forehead.

"You rest now hun." Sadie had a feeling of what was happening. She wasn't feeling great with the thought of him leaving. Her panic rose when he got up from the cot and turned. "Jake dont..." She said this time louder, but the strain was still there.

"Don't worry Sadie. I'm not leaving you." What did he mean by that? He was clearly heading out and it was frightening her.

"Jake!" She called out, but he didn't respond. He kept on walking past the tent flaps and disappeared. Sadie yelled out his name again a few times, trying to get him to come back, but he never showed. She did attempt to sit up to try and go after Jake, but there was a force that was pushing her back down; Sadie tried hard to fight against it. Every movement she made created a stabbing pain, but she didn't care.

"be still Mrs. Adler!" voices again. She couldn't tell who it was even though they were familiar. "Stop moving. You'll break the stitches." Sadie couldn't process what was being said to her since her mind is swimming around in the fever. It was a small battle that suddenly faded, slipping away like a leaf caught in the breeze. With all the pain she felt from her own wounds, she couldn't catch the feel of a needle being injected, followed by a strange warmth that drowned her into unconsciousness.

[blackamaranthh]

[greraden]

[mydearhosea]

[Image ID: A purple userbox with a photo to the left of the Red Dead Redemption 2 logo. To the right is purple text that says 'This user's comfort game is Red Dead Redemption 2'. End ID]

[conkreetmonkey]

Red Dead Redemption 2 was so real for creating the most in-depth, realistic clothing system I've ever seen in any game, and exclusively using it on burly, unhygienic men.

You choose every layer, every accessory, with dozens to hundreds of each to choose from. You can go in and fine-tune minute details like whether or not to roll up the shirt sleeves, or button the collar, or whether to wear your pants under your boots. These clothes get dirty in real time depending on what you do in the game. Mud, dust and blood linger unless washed off. Every garment has a warmth rating based on its material, and the game calculates what temperatures an outfit is suitable for based on the combined total. Dressing too cold or warm for the weather causes health debuffs.

You can choose which way he parts his hair, and whether he gels it. If you eat too much he gets bulkier and gains a double chin, and if you eat too little he can go underweight and get all bony and sallow. Both of these states come with stat changes. His hair and beard grow in real game time, and you need to routinely style and shave his facial hair if you want any style other than a full Santa. You need to bathe him regularly or people will start commenting on his BO, and he'll start visibly appearing filthy long before that. He sunburns in the sun, and in the heat he becomes slick and glossy with sweat.

This shit is IN DEPTH. It blows the customization systems of actual fashion-centric games like tf2, Monster Hunter and Splatoon out of the water in every regard. They honestly look basic in comparison. It's a paradigm shift for sure once you experience RDR2's level of customization. Everything else starts to feel smaller.

The player character all this customization is applied to, and I simply cannot stress this enough, is a 36 year old, 6'3" smoker weighing well over 200 pounds, with facial hair thicker than a sheepdogs, forearms like gnarled tree trunks and a dark, dense forest of body hair covering every reasonable surface. His skin is pocked and marred with scars from a rugged, nomadic lifestyle, and his teeth are the colour of cornbread. He has a thick southern accent, is a known mean drunk and knows how to skin pretty much any North American animal. He has never worn deodorant, flossed or moisturized. He eats canned beans, fruit and the like by simply pouring them into his mouth and gulping, often while walking or riding a horse at full gallop.

I can think of NO better use case for such customization. Not some fresh-faced little twink, not some busty anime babe. Just a gross, hairy, unwashed homeless dude with crippling self esteem issues and a chest broader than a barrel laid lengthwise. A non fashion-centric game, certainly a non-fashion centric character, but for some reason the best clothing and customization system ever concieved, bar none. What the fuck.

[tlirsgender]

Sometimes a creative outlet is a fun little hobby and sometimes it's a lifelong affliction. Like I crochet because making little woven animals sparks joy and I'm a writer whether I like it or not because I'm tormented by visions

[tlirsgender]

Me crocheting: I made a duck ! ^_^

Me writing: pacing around talking to myself compelled by forces beyond my comprehension

[itriedintheendidid]

[frozenharmonica]

I have a feeling that Sadie killed herself after the epilogue, I know she mentions that she might follow her dreams and have a career as a guard for a gold mine, and might find a new man to love and marry, but it's still evident that she's depressed, it's clear most of the time. Jake was her world, and she knew she couldn't find another man like Jake just around the corner, so obviously his death crushed her, she even went on with life-threatening missions, as she mentions in the epilogue to John; "I wanna die." She doesn't care for herself and doesn't feel much emotion other than sadness or anger. She's also had a lot of trauma from being raped and probably watching Jake die, and that will really screw a person up from the inside.

It's very hard to live with all that depression, trauma, and pent-up rage, and some find it hard to live without the presence of their love.

[inkedhigh]

If this is true then it's no wonder I feel this sudden dread of her leaving. I really didn't want her to go. I keep feeling depressed just the thought of her not coming back. I couldn't understand why bc she had an idea of what she wanted but I cannot shake this feeling of something not good. I hate to think of her leaving bc of how it makes me feel inside.

[curvapentrudonna]

I present to you… the holy trinity of Silly little guy™️ characters in the Red Dead Redemption 2 universe

[multifandomtrash01]

“But my memories of him…they still pure”

BROOO I want justice 😤

I love her sm 😭

[ladypolitik]

Just had to do a The Sound of Music (1965) version

[inkedhigh]

Dutch and Hosea

[crimeronan]

people who let me wake up to this get a special place in heaven. firefly_fox how does it feel to hold my life in ur hands....

[crimeronan]

my favorite thing about this post is that a handful of people have gone "oh wait! this is tangible proof that i don't need to be embarrassed about leaving a lot of comments!! i'll stop being so ashamed!" YES!! ao3 authors basically universally will die for people who comment spam. we love to see it and we do not find you weird or annoying At All.

think about it this way: we ourselves are weird enough to have spent several hours, days, or Months writing down this story. we are weird enough about the content to do that! why on Earth would we be mean and judgmental toward people who care enough to get excited about reading it?? we shared it Specifically For You To Get Excited About!

[atlinmerrick]

WE WILL WRITE FOR YOU WHEN YOU DO THIS, TOO.

[frozenharmonica]

i remember very vividly i was scrolling on twitter and i saw a post of sadie and she goes "yeah....I miss my Jake everyday" and I fucking DIED (of sadness)

[inkedhigh]

I thought Arthur would have this effect on me and in some ways he does, but it's not the same. Some nights I can't sleep by the mere thought of not being able to give Sadie a hug for the brokenness in her life.

[inkedhigh]

@jakeandsadieadler this can be farfetch, but i came across this letter coming from an elderly rich man from Blackwater. Its a letter written to his son named Jacob. When i read it I can't help to think this is connected to Jake. It's about the father being upset with his son, who wants to marry a woman who is far lesser than him. Clearly whoever this 'Jacob' is, he was born with money and his family disapproves to associate anyone poorer than them. He explains how love was never in the picture when it came to marriage. It can make sense seeing how Jake isn't used to the mountain life, he is more laid back, enjoys reading a lot more than working. He could've also changed his name, throwing away Jacob to not be associated with where he came from. Plus in RDO, he talks about having trouble with money and the letter explains how he was disinherited and taken out of the will, receiving not even a penny. There is no Last name written in here unfortunately, but i can't help to feel the connection.

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Dear Jacob, Our conversation Thursday last was deeply disturbing. I cannot believe You would see fit to disobey me. To disobey the family. We did not achieve our stature in life by following our hearts. By giving into every silly whim and childish fancy that takes hold of us. I thought you understood this. Do you think I married for love?

Do you think that your grandfather did? My mother was a fine woman and a good mother, but no man could love her. We have our position in society because of these sacrifices. Now you wish to throw it all away because of a dalliance with someone who you described as an actress. But I have reason to pursue is little more than a streetwalker. How could you?

I hope you were left entirely aware of my displeasure. I do not care if she is with child. I do not care if she is a nice young woman. She is beneath you. You must cast her adrift at once, Be kind of course, but firm. No son and heir of yours can be born to such a woman. I have made an appointment with the lawyer, I am preparing a codicil to the will. I shall disinherit you if you disobey me.

[werewolfarthurmorganenjoyer]

WAIT STOP BUT THIS ACTUALLY MAKES SO MUCH SENSE

Y'all remember Sadie's conversation with Arthur in the very beginning of Horsemen, Apocalypses?

Sadie: "And now you and Dutch have joined high society? My lord above!"

Jake: "Yeah, it seems so."

Sadie: "I think my days in polite society are over."

Of course, she may just mean the common, civilised society by "polite society", but it will actually make so much sense if Jake comes from the upper-middle class.

Also, I always find it strange that Sadie and Jake decided to have a ranch so far up north where virtually nothing can thrive. But it would make a lot of sense if it is to stay away from his family.

And I like that it reinforces my view that Sadie and Jake echoes with Arthur and Mary in a way, with Mary also being from high society and her family pressuring her into giving up her relationship with someone "lesser". But the line "I do not care that she is with child"! NowI am so morbidly curious as to what happened. Did Jake make up a lie to his family in the hopes of gaining their support? Or was Sadie actually pregnant but they lost the baby?

[inkedhigh]

I do believe they tried to have kids, but I'm certain the only reason they weren't in the picture was bc Sadie couldn't hold. At first I guess the stress of constructing the ranch was part of the reason but after things were settled and they managed to relax, it probably became clear of what was wrong. Buying that location must have been a mutual decision and most likely the AFFORDABLE one. I'm hoping to find anything more on these two especially on Sadie's side. Putting this letter together, and what we know for now, I think Sadie had a family quarrel as well.

[sentientmasstransit]

New to the fandom! Looking for active RDR blogs like mine to follow. REBLOG this post if you meet most of the below criteria.

Majority RDR content

Post original content in some form (even if that’s just screaming your thoughts on the tags)

Appreciate the epilogue of rdr2

Have played or at least watched rdr1

Show John Marston the love and respect he deserves

Ditto for Abigail

Minimal to none OC/Reader fic posts (it’s fine and dandy but not for my dash)

Bonus points to anyone that also writes fic!

[inkedhigh]

@jakeandsadieadler this can be farfetch, but i came across this letter coming from an elderly rich man from Blackwater. Its a letter written to his son named Jacob. When i read it I can't help to think this is connected to Jake. It's about the father being upset with his son, who wants to marry a woman who is far lesser than him. Clearly whoever this 'Jacob' is, he was born with money and his family disapproves to associate anyone poorer than them. He explains how love was never in the picture when it came to marriage. It can make sense seeing how Jake isn't used to the mountain life, he is more laid back, enjoys reading a lot more than working. He could've also changed his name, throwing away Jacob to not be associated with where he came from. Plus in RDO, he talks about having trouble with money and the letter explains how he was disinherited and taken out of the will, receiving not even a penny. There is no Last name written in here unfortunately, but i can't help to feel the connection.

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Dear Jacob, Our conversation Thursday last was deeply disturbing. I cannot believe You would see fit to disobey me. To disobey the family. We did not achieve our stature in life by following our hearts. By giving into every silly whim and childish fancy that takes hold of us. I thought you understood this. Do you think I married for love?

Do you think that your grandfather did? My mother was a fine woman and a good mother, but no man could love her. We have our position in society because of these sacrifices. Now you wish to throw it all away because of a dalliance with someone who you described as an actress. But I have reason to pursue is little more than a streetwalker. How could you?

I hope you were left entirely aware of my displeasure. I do not care if she is with child. I do not care if she is a nice young woman. She is beneath you. You must cast her adrift at once, Be kind of course, but firm. No son and heir of yours can be born to such a woman. I have made an appointment with the lawyer, I am preparing a codicil to the will. I shall disinherit you if you disobey me.

[ginnyw-potter-archive]

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