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“I'm bein’ friendly! You looked down, amigo. I just want to help a brother out, yeah? Get you back in your rhythm.”
“… Dutch asked you to, didn't he?”
Javier rolled his eyes, “What? No.”
“But you don't like me.”
“I like you plenty.”
“No, you don't. I ain’t stupid.”
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Bill is gay, Javier is drunk
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The Marston family has a new tradition that begins on Tuesdays thanks to their daughter.
It felt like the days passed too quickly, but every Tuesday his little girl trotted to find her daddy and hide away from sewing duty. No one could blame her. Though, Abigail usually did most of it, Ruthie hated it nevertheless. She hated sitting still and she hated being quiet and she hated anything that wasn't fun. Though, John didn't know what was quite so fun about learning to read—he had hated learning himself.
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"I am tryin' to save us. Why can you not understand that?"
"You are tryin' to damn us."
Silence was the only thing breathing between them. Dutch stood behind Hosea, somewhere that the old man didn't care to look. This wasn't the first time this argument had come about, it wouldn't be the last. Since that Micah Bell had joined nothing felt right. It had all gone to hell. Hell in the form of a man closing himself off from everyone but the devil himself.
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"Whatever candor that they had before felt as stuck and murdered as anyone who had gotten in Micah's way these last eight or so years. Dutch didn't flirt, he didn't grin, he didn't even chuckle like he used to. The fancy talk died some time ago, and Micah's hands suffered for it."
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Halloween Vanderbell!
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"I love Dutch like a father, but in many ways, I love Hosea even more. He’s kind and fair and like a human being. Dutch is something else."
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"You're a curious kitten, ain't you? So devoted to doing every bad thing under the sun. You think you've reached the limits of such satisfactions, but like I keep showing you, I'm far ahead."
A story told in six arcs, set in the 1880s, focusing on a strange relationship between Micah and Colm.
Explores their different pasts and outlooks, the rise of the O'Driscoll Gang and fall of Colm's brother, the intrigues of Annabelle and Dutch, and how Micah went from bad to worse in the name of a deep and terrible love.
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Bookmarked by silly_rat
03 Jun 2024
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OH how to describe this? It's so good, so worth the read. Every chapter leaves me waiting for the next and so much of this is just stuck in my brain now. There's this fine line (for me) of disturbing to addictive ratio that will keep me reading through even the most uncomfortable moments and this story nails it! The prose here is just so good I can't put it down. Another beauty. Fav depiction of Colm O'Driscoll and Micah Bell! Love how it ends 💚
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In the sweltering decay of Lemoyne, the site of the Van der Linde gang's next score is the train car of Elsie Rose; prima ballerina and bride-to-be of a powerful railroad heir. When the robbery runs offtrack, a change in plans puts Arthur's honor to the test.
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14 Jan 2026
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You don’t understand why you feel the way you do about a notorious outlaw. Perhaps, as you lust for him, you will discover something about yourself.
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- Part 1 of Mr. Morgan, Sir.
Bookmarked by silly_rat
18 Aug 2025
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Delicious! I usually don't like reader stories, but this one caught my eye. I really love the way it was written and the characterization is so good!!!!!!!
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John Marston is ambushed by the Pinkertons and dies in 1911 after hunting down all his old gang members, not getting to finish the happy life with his family. Why then does he wake up in 1899 on Colter with Javier and Arthur rescuing him?
It seems fate, or a more malevolent force, has given John a second chance and now he has to live among his familial ghosts as he figures out how he can fix it this time. But, people are getting concerned by his new behaviour- what's there to expect from a 39 year mind in a 26 year old body? Or more importantly, what's there to expect from a hardened man forced to live next to everybody who betrayed him?
THIS IS JUST MY EXCUSE TO WRITE RDR 1 JOHN MARSTON, THE LOML. I wish the Van der Linde gang could have seen what a fucking force of nature he became- both as a mature man but also the fastest gunslinger in the west. Took down the rebellion in Mexico and all of Micah's gang in the mountains without batting an eye: he deserves MORE CREDIT.
I'm not sure where I'm going to go with this because it's been a while since I've played either game but I hate mischaracterising Marston. If anybody has any advice, let me know.
Bookmarked by silly_rat
06 May 2024
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In a world where Arthur is ten years older than in canon, it is not Dutch and Hosea who raise John in the gang. It's Arthur who finds him at the gallows, and Arthur who takes him in. Dutch is not impressed.
Bookmarked by silly_rat
09 May 2024