Hi there, I just binged your blog and it has restored my nutrition levels. If you want I would love to read about what Arthur would think/feel/do if his crush / s/o was not in the gang and he could only get away to see them once a week? (I'm not sure if he'd be wanting to keep his 2 lives separate for a while for some reason??) I'm wondering what he'd be like lovesick, cuz I'm definitely missin that cowboah </3 :') many thanks
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
Arthur is not that interesting. At least, that’s what he thinks. He’s an open book— and he’s not the type to keep liaisons…. Until he met you. And suddenly he’s riding off to god knows where, as usual, but with a telltale smile on his face that makes people curious.
He feels conflicted, of course. He loves you. He knows the gang isn’t a safe place— and you’re too sweet to fit in with a bunch of thieves and murderers like them…. He thinks it’s a miracle that you see anything in him. That— and with the increasing instability of it all, Micah whispering in Dutch’s ear, the way it’s becoming clearer and clearer that these violent delights are going to have violent ends. He doesn’t think the gang is a safe place to be.
Then again, he remembers the last time he left people he was connected to— left them to fend for themselves while he went and played Robin Hood. He had to bury them.
As things escalate within the gang, he also worried about his attachment to you becoming known, and it calling his loyalty into question. He could give less of a damn if Dutch thinks his allegiances lie elsewhere— but he doesn’t want you in the middle of it. He’s afraid of the lengths to which Dutch will go to keep Arthur close.
Back in the day, when he really thought they were all good people, when he thought the gang was the best thing in the world and a force of charity to those who needed it, he would’ve tried to get you in just as soon as you’d shared your first kiss. But the years have washed away the rosy tint on his vision.
A part of him is guilty. Is he just using you for a refuge? A place to go when things finally go past the point of no return? Are you a contingency plan for him?
But part of what keeps him coming back is how you melt those worries away. When he’s with you, he can’t bring himself to think of all his troubles. He’s consumed by you and all your radiance. You sit under a tree on breezy spring afternoons with his head in your lap while you read a book aloud to him.
In truth, having you to go to….. having a sort of home— that’s one of the few things that’s still keeping him going.
And he never comes back to camp empty handed. He doesn’t want anyone sniffing after him…. Suspicious of where he’s gone. So he always comes back with money, loot, fresh game, a lead….. anything to keep up his image of the Van Der Linde workhorse.
He might tell a few precious and trusted friends about you. The ones who still remember true love and the life that exists beyond their traveling bubble of crime and self righteousness. Sadie, for example. She remembers love. Not just survival and blind loyalty.
And in the world where there are happy endings, he shows up bloodied and beaten at your doorstep one fateful evening— his ties severed. Arthur Morgan died on a mountain, and a new man has emerged, ready to live his life for love and quiet solitude. And despite his aches and stinging wounds— he feels better than he has in a long time. Because he’s in your arms, and for the first time, he won’t have to leave them.
omg omg hear me out. how would epilogue!john+abigail react to jack having a stupid teenage crush on reader?? LIKE JUST- dumb teenage first-crush pining type shit it would be so cute
For this I’m imagining reader was like, a member of the gang who drops in on the Marstons. Of course, Jack can barely remember her at all, but he knows his parents have lots and lots of contacts from the old days, so he can’t remember everyone.
So after many years you come back around to stay for a few days. And Jack is getting to that age where he’s kinda starting to realize he likes getting attention from girls— but it also embarrasses the hell out of him
He can barely go into the general store when the owner’s daughter is sitting by the counter or minding the place while her dad is out, but John makes him run the grocery errands anyways, telling him to grow up.
As you might expect, John Marston is terrible at teaching his son how to handle his emerging feelings, and he avoids it for damned near as long as possible, until Abigail is physically dragging him by the ear into Jack’s room and closing the door behind her for the them to have “the talk.”
But before that happens, you visit the ranch at Beecher’s Hope. And he’d barely noticed the girls his age in town but you….. you were a woman. And you knew how to shoot, and you had curls in your hair, and you even read books about knights like he did…. And before he knows it, whenever his parents get a letter saying to expect you to drop in, he pulls out all the stops.
He cleans his room, cleans himself— he even saves up to by his first time of pomade. He probably steals some of his dad’s shaving tonics— the real heavy scented stuff Abigail buys him for anniversaries but he never opens. He might even use some of his leftover change to buy you a candy assortment. He doesn’t even realize why he’s doing it all, why he looks forward to you visiting so much. After all, he never buys candy or combs his hair for Aunt Sadie or Uncle Charles.
Abigail thinks it’s the cutest thing. If they’d had home photography….. you bed she’d be documenting all of it and putting it in an album that he’d be begging her to burn when he got older.
For John, it’s like a smack in the face. His son is getting so grown up so fast…. And he cleans up better at 13 than John did at 25. Or even now, for that matter. I’m fact, it makes him feel sorry for all the time he did miss when Jack was growing up. It makes him see much more clearly how each precious moment passes so quickly…. This isn’t the same kid who dug up worms for his Uncle Hosea’s fishing trips and tried to get Uncle (as in… the Uncle) to eat one. And he almost succeeded, by the way.
I imagine you take the candy from Jack gratefully, but give his parents a knowing sort of smile. You tell him how handsome he looks with his hair all nicely groomed, and how you think you can see some hair growing on his upper lip…. It’s a great exaggeration, but he’s ecstatic about it.
In a few years time, his parents (But mostly Uncle) will tease him ruthlessly for how he pined for you so badly in his younger days, and he’ll bluster and asks them to stop, but he really doesn’t mind too much. Because he’s wise beyond his years in some ways, and he catches on quickly that they’ll always cherish the disappearing days that are his boyhood. His first crush on you really marked the day that they had to start saying goodbye to their baby boy, who was growing up as fast as he could— which was much to fast for their liking.
IT'S NOT A REQUEST! just...... an idea, I mean........
arthur having a really fucking big ass breeding kink and fucking his SO slow and deep, having her ride him gently while he has his hands on her baby bump and he couldn't be harder but guess he was wrong bc he just wrapped his lips around her nipples and oh my god, she's starting to lactate. I mean. it's so soft and sweet. Arthur sucks you dry that night 🥺
THIS IS SO GOOD BRO
Arthur Morgan’s thoughts on Pregnancy
It’s such a guilty pleasure of his to imagine. He’s such a bastard— he knows he has no right to bring a child into this world. To be a father. To raise this kid among his family of criminals…. To have something so innocent and fragile as a pregnant woman, let alone an infant child in this life of constant travel and grazes from enemy bullets. But by god he can’t help it. There must be some fantasy he can escape to.
Sometimes when you check yourself in the mirror, and Arthur comes to hold you from behind and kiss your neck, he puts his hands on your stomach and thinks of what you’d look like swollen with his child. It makes him embarrassingly hard against your backside when he does.
If you do get pregnant, he can’t keep his hands off of you. Constantly at your belly, checking for the slightest bit of growth, for even just a hint of a kick. He’d always been a little fixated on your breasts, but when he finds them growing heavier, he has to stop himself from tearing open every one of your blouses to get his hands and mouth on them directly.
And I know you said he might discover you’re lactating during sex, and I like that, but also….. imagine cabin life. Arthur gets up bright and early. Always makes a big breakfast for the mother to be. When he comes in to check on you, he finds you upright, feeling yourself. You’re in one of his shirts, with clear wet patches where your milk has soaked into the fabric while you overslept. He damn near burns the place down by leaving bacon on the stove, he’s so driven to devour you, to drink from you like your milk is the libation at the altar to a god.
Or, imagine another scene. Ashamed by his wanton desires, he tries not to mention or even hint his want for your breast milk. He’s afraid you’ll think he’s depraved— wanting to drink what’s supposed to feed his child…. That it violates the sacred idea of motherhood. But one day he finds you’re uncomfortable, tossing and turning and nearly moaning from discomfort in bed. And you tell him about how much pressure there is, that your breasts are so full that they ache….. and what kind of gentleman could leave his lady like that?
TFW there are asks in the box from 2020…… you guys are patient as hell thank you so much for sticking with me!! And even those of you who have moved on, thanks for hanging around with me for however long you enjoyed my content!!
Would you be willing to do a continuation of the mermaid/pirate AU? I came from AO3 just to ask bc I love it sm, your writing is so good!
Thank you so much! I’m happy you liked it. I have considered it, mostly due to your asking— I’ve been pondering over it on and off for a time. I’m not quite sure where I would take it— maybe Arthur tries to keep her from finding out that Dutch is planning to sell her? Or maybe he tells her, and helps her escape? Hmmmm….. I have other ideas I won’t share just yet, but I promise that this particular story hasn’t left my mind yet!
Hi there I just wanted to say I'm so happy that you've come back your one of my all time favorite red dead writers out there I was just going to ask but do you write for red dead revolver ? I've just recently played it and I'm thirsting hard for some of the characters like red harlow like goddamn is that man fine as hell to me for some reason like I swear even though the graphics are not that good on account of it being a old game he's hot 🔥🥵
Thank you for your compliments!! Sorry tho, haven’t played revolver. I really don’t know anything about it! Lol you’re right that no one ever talks about it. Maybe one of these days I’ll do one of them late night wiki deep dives.
Unfortunately I wouldn’t hold your breath for a remake….. rockstar loves to take their damned time (I say this in good fun, as I actually think many games are rushed sadly and I want games to have longer development cycles) and they haven’t gotten to the point where remakes are a part of their content cycle (e.g. pokemon and resident evil). Rockstar is relatively young in the gaming industry! It’s such a household name that I forget that sometimes.
I’ve just come back from some googling. Apparently I was wrong! Rockstar is remaking GTA4 which feels waaaaayy too recent to be remade. But maybe I’m just getting old. ANYWAYS there is a fan remake of Red Dead Revolver in the works, and it’s in unreal 5, so the graphics are nice. There’s even a high quality model/render of Harlow, and it looks soooooo goood…… please look it up if you get the chance! No idea if/when it will be released to the public, I honestly am surprised it hasn’t been totally shutdown for legal reasons (unless of course Rockstar is adamant that is has no plans for that particular IP).
Anyways, if I can find some gameplay to watch from revolver, or maybe find a “totally legal” way to play it, perhaps one day I will write for it!
hello hello hello just coming to tell you that i recently found your blog and it's an absolute gold mine. bless you and your hard work, it's incredible just how much you've written for rdr2! absolutely amazing 💖💖
Thank you!!! I was somewhat prolific in my time.....
Missed you lots, glad to have you back! How would the gang react to a Reader who gets migraines?
Head Case
Charles makes herbal scent sachets that he hopes will help.... But mostly he just pats your back.
Arthur forces everyone else to shut up. No more singing from Swanson, no more of Molly and Dutch fighting, no more scoldings from Grimshaw, none of that while his baby has a headache.
Sean will leave. It hurts him, but he knows it's for the best if you need quiet.
Flaco teaches you one of those tricks where you like tap a rhythm on your temples and clench your eyes shut and he flicks the back of your neck and it's gone. It works every time. Almost supernaturally.
I hate to say it but.... If you're a guy Dutch is gonna tell you to man up and get over it. But if you're a pretty girl he's gonna be like "Everyone stop literally everything. I have to order you all to do something as a superficial gesture so I can impress a woman."
My bisexual awakening was due to very feminine, crossdressing dudes, be it irl or in ar/media, but all the rdr2 blogs I follow, and the game itself (and a select other few games, like The Witcher 3, The Evil Within, etc) have me feeling like there's something to the actually "masculine" men out there.
All I know is I want Arthur to hold me, I want to put my head under his chin and feel his beard scratch my scalp, I want to drink with the man, and go shooting with him, I want to hunt by his side...
Bro legitimately. If u ever wanna message DM….. I would love to talk to you about masculine and feminine men in games. Gender in video game my beloved…….
First of all I misread this at first and I was like WHERE WERE THE FEMININE MEN IN EVIL WITHIN you got me all excited lol cause the closest thing I remembered was Joseph, and now that I’m thinking about it, Leslie.
Secondly I think Arthur is a very nuanced and easy to love character, partially I guess because his morality is subject to your personal tastes as a player, but he’s one of those characters where you really get to like live inside his head and know all his interests and insecurities and all of his awkwardness and fears and joys…. I think it becomes easier and easier to yearn for a character when you know their vulnerabilities. And his intentions! He could do all those things you mentioned, and you could know in your heart that he wasn’t pretending. And of course, it helps that you know he has tits for you to rest your head on and that his hands could maybe eclipse yours if you’re small enough…. And for the most part, Arthur uses his masculinity for good. At least, in my playthroughs. He might threaten the odd person with his big stature, but he’s not exactly a terrorizer.
I’m trying to think of other good games with valuable masculine men that I can mention…. I would check out apex legends. They have a variety of man types heretofore unheard of. Fuse is a rather excellent masculine man…. And he’s pansexual and over 50! But there are also more effeminate men like Seer…. Truly, there is much to be gender envious of in apex legends….
Oh my gosh! It's so exciting that you've returned! In my first absolute fever of all things Red Dead I read your blog like it was a newspaper, just every single post had me squealing! Really love your work and I will definitely get better at reblogging more of your posts, I was just in a complete mad rush of absorbing as much Red Dead stuff as I could!
NO WORRIES MAN. I love reblogs but also….. I love seeing the activity log when some crazy mfer just went in and liked everything under the sun. I am so proud to have been a binge blog for red dead readers!!
WAIT HANG ON HOW WOULD THE GANG REACT TO THE GOOD OL' "would u still love me if I was a worm🥺" QUESTION LMAO
GOOD QUESTION. Here are the select results.
Charles would not only still love you, he would make you an ornate terrarium out of a large glass jug and fill it with only the healthiest forest ferns, the most polite pillbugs and woodlice, the most nutrient rich soil, and the most tasty of fruit and vegetable compost scraps for you. Every day he writes a tiny love note message on a piece of eggshell for you (baby worm needs calcium)
Sean, John, and Javier get too tied down by the realistic aspects of this scenario. Why did you become a worm? Did a witch curse you? Because then I’d just kill the witch and break the curse. Would you still be able to talk as a worm? Could we still do…. Like…. Intimate things….?
Mary Beth is trying sooooooo hard to be nice and say “Yes, of course,” but in truth she thinks worms are gross. She could never live being married to a worm. But if it makes you feel better, I as the writer think that if it really happened, that she would learn to adjust because she wouldn’t have the heart to abandon you.
“Yes, of course!” Reply Kieran, Bill, and Karen, a little too loudly and a little too immediately.
Dutch would spout some poetic nonsense as his way of avoiding the question so you don’t get mad at him. “Are all men not worms themselves, at the end of the day?”
Arthur would say yes, but he does so with hesitation, not because he doesn’t like worms, but because he doesn’t know how to look after a worm. What if you got stepped on or something? He doesn’t know how to bandage a worm. Asking this question is more stressful to him than you could ever have predicted.
Micah: “Honestly, I would probably step on ya before I even realized it was you, sugar.”
Hosea and Sadie think that if you became a worm you should return to the earth, not because they couldn’t love you, but because they don’t think you could ever be happy as a worm if you had to live alongside humans
Abigail says “yes” automatically and without even hearing you because this is the exact brand of dumb question John comes up with when it’s just the two of them on a long trip or something.
Little Jack would say yes but it’s followed by about 1000000 questions about worms (because he’s trying to be educated so he’s be able to keep you alive in this hypothetical scenario)
Molly immediately grimaces, but she at least does you the curtesy of hesitating before she says no.
BONUS Albert Mason: almost disturbingly enthusiastic about the idea. Promises he would start a calendar series about you. A magazine. Make postcards of you. That’s how beautiful you would still be to him even if you were a worm. He’d have a travel sized terrarium he guarded with his life so he could take you to see all the natural wonders of North America and let you taste all of the soils.
Mkay so I don't know if you're still interested in this but fmk (cursed edition)... Dutch, Micah, Mary Linton
Oh this one is easy. We are marrying Mary Linton because she hasn’t lost her absolute damned mind. We are fucking Dutch because I want a clean mustache ride….. and while Micah can give a mustache ride, it ain’t gonna be without a UTI. So I’m gonna have to kill him. But I’m sure everyone saw that coming.
Hi, I’m new to tumblr so sorry I’m advance but I was wondering if you could do some head cannons for the reader getting captured by another gang for some of the other gang members? It’s fine if you don’t I just saw your other ones and was wondering about the other gang member, love your work <3
Np! For some reason this one had me feeling...... homosexual.
Kidnapped
Karen can usually keep her cool in high intensity situations, but when it comes to your safety, she turns into an absolute hellcat. Arthur is the one that stops her from storming straight into the enemy camp. But when she does get you back, you are gonna get nearly strangled with her hugging. The lady has some strong arms. She'll be wrapping you up in a flannel blanket and treating you like a sick little baby bird for the next week.
Molly won't go to get you back herself. She gets damned near close, but she's smart enough to know that she'd only get in the way in a firefight. She does, however, have a camp full of experienced ruffians and she gets plenty steamed when they sit around doing nothing while you're in danger, and you could be scared or hurt or dead. If you thought she was a pill before, see her with a sense of urgency-- you won't forget it. I can see her talking to Dutch on the eve of your rescue mission, Molly demanding they bring you back safe, and Dutch saying tersely that they will try their hardest, and Molly grabbing his lapels and yanking him down so she can say "You don't try. You do."
When you're discovered to have been kidnapped, Sadie isn't going to have just any of these outlaw jerks going after you. When she's risking her own life, and she feels she has nothing left to lose, things are different. But with you on the line, she tells herself she has to be smart. She takes an elite team that she trusts, consulting Arthur on the matter. Arthur, Charles, Javier, Lenny.... she gathers up the people she can trust to take it seriously and not make any dumb missteps under pressure. And she cries when she has you back in her arms. A waterfall of tears of relief.
Just found out you do Bill Williamson really well... Can you do Bill Williamson with a small, frail s/o???
Bill Williamson
Bill isn't the bravest, or the best at sticking up for himself. But when he's with you, he finds himself filling this sort of niche... He is literally the bravest strongest boy for you.
When you do chores around camp and he shows up, he's constantly taking the big and heavy things out of your arms because he's worried you'll strain yourself. And he might puff out his chest a little walking alongside you, a little proud of his chivalry.
And when you're not feeling well, the man has some bite to him. If someone is hassling him to come along on a job, he'll grit out that he's busy, rather than just huffing and going along.
And if the chores and jobs get a little too tough he'll even do a little bit of standing up to Dutch or Miss Grimshaw, insisting your load be lightened. Though, understandably, his hands will still shake.
If it's something you enjoy, he will take every and any opportunity to lift you up and carry you around. If it makes you giggle, you're gonna get fucking lifted every time he comes back to camp after a long day.
