I learned some stuff about Tilly Jackson on her fandom wiki page because I really like her despite how underrated she is and I was curious on her background. I read about how young the poor thing must have been when Dutch took her in and taught her how to read the same way he taught John and Arthur, and the headcanons started to flood in:
• She was easier to teach reading to compared to the unruly and hectic Arthur and John when they were younger and was very respectful/grateful to Dutch and his efforts in giving her somewhat of a foundation in education.
• She definitely had a sibling-like relationship with Arthur and John, despite how much older they both were, especially Arthur.
• Following up on the previous point; she may be an absolute angel towards Dutch and Hosea but I love to imagine that she had some sort of sibling rivalry with John lmao. John walking past a young Tilly and saying "isn’t it time you went to bed, little girl?" and Tilly replying with "isn’t it time you died, big fool?!"
• If Tilly didn’t know how to ride a horse (or at least properly), I imagine Hosea taught her how to do so. Imagine them riding their horsies on the fields outside of whatever camp they were staying in and just having a lovely time together. Maybe he would even challenge Tilly to a race to test her improvement 🥺
• Arthur taught Tilly how to properly shoot a gun/shotgun. She likely has shot guns before when she was in the Foreman gang but probably only knew how to just shoot and even so must have been quite flimsy with it, especially due to her young age. I imagine Arthur taught her the necessary basics and details of it: how to shoot and aim properly, how to deal with knockback (especially with shotguns), how to load guns, how to clean/look after them.
• She and John probably used Arthur as their own personal jungle gym one time when they were still young enough.
I wish we had just a little more of this dynamic in the game, I love the silly headcanons that come with it 😭💗
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i wake up and i am immediately thinking about those characters. i eat breakfast and i am thinking about those characters. i do chores and i am thinking about those characters. i do any work, i study, i walk the dogs, and i am thinking about those characters. i go to bed and i am thinkign
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save a horse ride a cowgirl
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i hate it when i refer to a woman as a cowboy and then someone corrects me "erm actually shes a cowgirl!!" no she's not. cowboy is all genders you cannot separate the power of yeehaw
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a bloody star will rise over the ruins of your house, and your feet will never touch this land again
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“The great angel, Arthur, shall smote you down”
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arthur morgan’s journal entries:
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