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For context about Javier. I have an idea. The first chapter would be about why Javier fled Mexico. Chapter 2-4 is about Javier's time working for Allende. Chapter 5-8 is about Javier's redemption. A bunch of Mexican revolutionaries who are tired of Reyes' corruption plan to free Javier. Javier sees this as his chance to atone for his betrayal of Arthur and John and to make things right for his people. Ideally it ends with Javier killing Reyes and helping bring true change to Mexico. Side note. We don't know if Javier was executed. John only implies it and I don't believe it's said in the newspaper at all.

For the beginning of the Van Der Linde gang. I picture it starting out with Dutch meeting Hosea in the prologue. Then meeting Arthur. I picture the meeting going like this. Arthur is on the run from the law and gets desperate and tries to run off with The Count. It bucks him off and then Dutch and Hosea take Arthur in. Then we see how Dutch saved John from a hanging. Slowly but surely we see the foundation of the gang and how the golden age of the Van Der Linde gang was like. and it ends with the Blackwater Massacre.

Context about the last choice. Sadie returns to America after a successful venture in South America. The pay is good and it looks like the days of the West are truly coming to an end. Sadie decides to take one last job and retire. She finds a wanted poster and looks at the name and is completely dumbfounded. "Jack Marston, wanted dead or alive for the murder of Agent Edgar Ross" Sadie puts two and two together and realizes what happened. She visits Beecher's Hope to see John, Abigail and Uncle's graves. She promises to help Jack or die trying. At some point she enlists Charles help and they find Jack down in Mexico. Jack surrenders when he knows it's Sadie and Charles. We would play as Jack, Charles and Sadie GTA V style. We would work together to find their redemption and clear Jack's name. It ends with Charles returning home to his family in Canada, Sadie either going back to South America or rebuilding her home and retiring in peace and with Jack writing the Red Dead book we saw in GTA V to tell the tales of his parents and Arthur Morgan and to tell the truth of what happened.

John, who knows a little 🤏 bit of Spanish: So is there a reason why this place is called rose sucker or pink sucker or whatever

Landon Ricketts: You ask questions like that and get surprised when people want to shoot you

According to the Red Dead wiki, Landon Ricketts is two years older than Arthur Morgan.

This information is really throwing me off like...

Ooh Arthur and Landon Ricketts would have gotten along amazingly well i think

My own fancast of “Red Dead Redemption” (part 1):

1) Taylor Kitsch as John Marston

2) Christian Bale as Arthur Morgan

3) Lance Henriksen as Landon Ricketts

4) Kevin Costner as Dutch Van Der Linde

5) Tatiana Maslany as Abigail Roberts-Marston

6) Ethan Hawke as Micah Bell

7) Jodie Comer as Bonnie MacFarlane

(NOTE: I did age the characters up a bit, but did keep in mind the canon age gaps)

Random Landon Ricketts drawing because I feel like he doesn’t get a lot of love

Have you seen the rumours that they are remaking/remastering Rdr? I don’t really know if they are fully remaking it or just remastering it because every source says different. How do you feel about it? Do you think these rumours might be true? Personally i would loveee if they remade it but i highly doubt it.. Maybe remaster yes, but a remake is highly doubtful in my opinion. If these rumours are even true ofcourse..

That's a great question and I wrote about it here! TW: R ape mention

I agree with you, btw. I don't trust Rockstar to do it right. Look at the horrible mess that was the GTA remake. I'm also nervous for the following reasons: 1. People are going to complain that Arthur isn't in it and get aggressive towards developers. (This one is NOT dumb.) The developers may throw a cameo line in there if it's updated, but that's it. This is not directed at you - but people need to realize that Arthur was NOT created yet! 2. A lot of the content did not age well. There may need to be a disclaimer or removal of content. Some of it is racial base, some of it is gender-based. 3. I'm worried that people are going to defend Dutch and Bill, who are literal monsters and are even serial r*pists. 4. The hatred towards Abigail will grow to brand new heights. As a mega Abigail fan, this sucks, but what sucks more is the anti-sex work and misogynistic language that will come with it. Just like the "We all had her line" ---that's Dutch literally lying. It's legit not possible, but people throw it up. (out of context, too, since most haven't even played the game!) So seeing that awfulness is going to suck as someone who is a fan and is literally as a job trying to uplift the story of sex workers in the old West. Positives would be people finally respecting John since he's kind of the laughingstock of the fandom. (People forget that without John, we wouldn't have an Arthur.) John showing how much he loves his family, especially how he tries to repair his relationship with Jack. We see the beautiful graphics, the scenery and the haunting soundtrack. People get to meet Bonnie MacFarlane! I love Nigel West Dickens and would be excited to see him. Leigh Johnson, the Sheriff, is great, too, and of course, there is Landon Ricketts which is really just Sam Elliot.

Gotta be honest. I hope RDR 3 is about Jack, Landon Ricketts, or someone else we haven’t seen yet. I don’t think there’s any other character with a story that could appeal to Rockstar’s usual target audience. And creating another Arthur-esque character doesn’t seem like it’ll work for me.

I think the story is complete.

Yes it would be cool to see Sadie or Charles but if you want a happy ending for either, you probably don’t want a game involving them you know what I mean?

RDR3 Pitch:Landon Ricketts and Jack Marston as the main playable characters

There is an appeal to play as Dutch, Hosea and young Arthur in the rise of the Van der Linde Gang. But we already have the perfect protagonist to show us the golden age of the Wild West and that protagonist is Landon Ricketts.

For a more in depth look on what a RDR3 game about Landon Ricketts could look like, watch this video

We don't need to explore the Van der Linde gang any further imo. The best course of action is to explore the exploits of Landon Ricketts.

Story would be we play as a young Landon Ricketts in 1885 This would be when the west was much wilder. He is trying to make a name for himself with bounty hunting and in the process his wife gets killed so it sets him off on a path of revenge and self discovery while becoming the most badass gunslinger in the west.

Not much is known about the early life of Landon Ricketts. He was a renowned gunslinger during the height of the Wild West, so much so that stories of his legendary exploits were well-known by the time gunslingers like John and Arthur were coming of age. Players have already heard of his more well-known stories, such as his famed duel against The Butcher Brothers in 1896.

A cigarette card featuring an image of Landon Ricketts and The Butcher Brothers can be found in Red Dead Redemption 2, further fueling the mystery and intrigue behind Ricketts' adversaries during his days in the Wild West. While Red Dead Redemption 2 captured the spirit of the Wild West in many ways, Arthur's story ultimately takes place in the closing chapters of that era. Players have been clamoring for a game set in the Wild West proper for some time now.

According to a newspaper article found in Red Dead Redemption, Landon was in some way involved in The Blackwater Massacre that kicks off the events of Red Dead Redemption 2. The article never clarifies exactly how Ricketts was involved, but he's cited as a "survivor" of the massacre. Apparently, it affected Ricketts so deeply that he decided to hang up his hat and move to Chuparosa in 1902 to live a quieter life. The Blackwater Massacre could serve as a promising pretext for Red Dead Redemption's next prequel.

The Blackwater Massacre is among the most compelling expositional frames in recent history, and the mystery surrounding that day is part of the reason why Red Dead Redemption 2 continues to be so popular. The fact that The Blackwater Massacre bookended Ricketts's career as a gunslinger dovetails nicely with the starting point of Red Dead Redemption 2, making it the perfect ending point for Red Dead Redemption 3. Finally, players could get a first-hand look at exactly what went down in Blackwater.

But despite these tangential connections to the Van der Linde gang's activities, the most compelling reason to feature Ricketts in the next Red Dead Redemption game is that he's not directly involved in the origin stories of John, Arthur, Dutch, and the rest of the gang. Ricketts is a legendary figure in his own right, and his narrative can stand on its own legs without needing to rehash origin stories or repeat content from Red Dead Redemption 2.

This is what disqualifies Dutch as a possible protagonist for another Red Dead prequel. While many would like to see a younger Dutch in action, players know his descent into madness well. Again, John and Arthur were compelling protagonists because players didn't know how their stories would unfold: John's demise wasn't foretold, and Arthur was an entirely unknown character when Red Dead Redemption 2 was released.

The vast majority of Ricketts' story is shrouded in legend, leaving plenty of room for creative license.

First half of the game is about Landon's life as a gunslinger who killed for fame and glory, his wife is killed by The Butcher Brothers and this sets him on the path of revenge, eventually he turns to a path of a marshall and ends in Blackwater, the events of Blackwater scars Landon and sends him to Mexico. Then the final parts are about Landon's redemption arc and becoming a hero of the Mexican people.

And later in the Epilogue 1 (now playing as Jack Marston), we'll have Landon meet a 16 year old Jack after John's death, training him, which would now explain why Jack became so skilled in just a span of 3 years. And in the epilogue 2, Landon would pass peacefully in his sleep as said in the newspapers during RDR1, and now Jack (a 19 year old) will get his revenge on Ross. Exploring more on the continuation of Jack's story.

Side note. I am well aware Ross Hagen passed away in 2011. But I think they can find someone young to voice Ricketts young days and maybe get Sam Elliot to voice Ricketts to make up for Hagen's passing.

Red Dead 3 should be about Landon Ricketts or a Southern Civil War veteran (like Josey Wales).

Has RDR3 really been confirmed? People are estimating 2030 lol.

I am torn between whether they would stay with the VDL gang or go with Red Harlow, Landon Ricketts or a totally different protag. Of course the glory days of the VDL are my (and a lot of our) personal preference 😂

I got javier and bill a couple days ago, and now I’m apparently in the chasing-down-dutch-while-he-acts-batshit phase of the game and I’m having a lot more fun with it than i expected, you can tell john knows each of these encounters are going to go poorly and/or off the rails but he hates the agents enough to not actually tell them that lol