Dutch always calling Arthur son and then how he left him for death just kills me. Go get him. Hosea wouldn’t have stood for that. He saw you as a father and you left him to die.
the way they're sitting here is so funny to me. these three big men on this little couch. dutch and john over there manspreading, squishing arthur's big ass in the middle.
Recently learned that the color of the vest and tie Arthur wears during the Saint Denis ferry gambling mission changes depending on if you have high or low honor (blue for high and red for low) so now i am obsessed with the idea that the prominence of the colors red and blue on certain gang member’s outfit also reflects their honor level.
Whittemore variants versus Arthur’s default outfit, which doesn’t have a scrap of red on it, however no matter what his blue shirt is always fucking dirty and stained. And remember the gang criticizes you if you have blood all over you.
Hosea wears the blue vest (sometimes brown) but he generally has his red neckerchief on, but he also owns a red and black scarf. Mostly good but a little bit of bad.
Red is prominently featured on Micah. His entire shirt is red and he’s usually wearing his jacket like he’s disguising his nature. Even the the grips on his guns have red. And when you rescue him from Strawberry he does not have his coat.
Dutch is the most interesting to me. He has the checkered red scarf which he rarely wears and the red pocket square over his heart. Only the back of his vest is red, like he’s in denial about it, or that it’s only possible to see who he is when he isn’t facing you and putting on a show. Meanwhile on guarma his vest is suddenly reversed!
EDIT: addition
When Hosea is killed he is wearing a completely different outfit with a blue vest and absolutely no red, and both Milton and Dutch are covered in red!
do yall ever think younger arthur threw younger john into a lake maybe near their camp as a joke, and he was definitely laughing about it, only to realise a few seconds later, john couldn’t swim AT ALL. imagine the immediate transition from laughing to pure panic as john disappears under water with a gasp and scream. and he’s thrown him so far, and johns inhaled so much water, by the time he gets him back onto shore, hes fully unconscious and not breathing.
so at this point, he needs help and starts yelling like a madman for dutch, who comes running so quick he can barely hide the fear on his face, pushing arthur out of the way. and imagine arthurs horror at hearing the sounds of johns ribs cracking as dutch desperately does cpr, trying to get him to breathe again.
This song is about Dutch and Arthur. It’s about them. It’s about the moment on the mountain. It’s the moment when Arthur says „I gave you all I had“. It’s about the whole story where Arthur starts off as someone who believes everything Dutch says and ends up being betrayed. It’s about Dutch who realizes that he lost everything and everyone who loved him. „No one will ever love me like you again“???!!!!? Dutch seeing Arthur die and probably blaming himself (rightfully). Dutch using everyone around him, mostly Arthur. „I destroy you like I am“; Dutch. This song screaming Dutch and Arthur. „So when you leave me; I should die. I deserve it, don’t I?“………….