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Been thinking about Hosea a lot as I write this analysis on Dutch and Micah.

Maybe I’ll eventually whip something up about him, but for now I’m left with thoughts about knowing that not only is Hosea just as guilty as Dutch when it comes to how their boys were brought up (and continued to be treated through adulthood and ultimately up to their deaths), but also the way the two irreparably damaged John and Arthur’s entire lives beyond even their own comprehension. FURTHERMORE, they set forth a viscous cycle of familial violence and neglect that maintained momentum into the next generation. (See: John and Jack.)

The way Hosea’s action, but more importantly his inaction had in part led to… well, [gestures vaguely to RDR1 + RDR2].

Hosea might have been gentler than Dutch on the surface, but he saw it all, and at times both implicitly and explicitly encouraged it through the meticulous timing of his decisions to remain a “silent watcher.”

Yes, refusal to mitigate the violence makes him complicit, but the matter of the fact is… Hosea can’t even feign partial innocence as a third-party bystander because of how calculated he is in nature.

Additionally, there is no “third party.” Dutch and Hosea are a single unit. They occupy the same space even as two separate individuals in John and Arthur’s lives.

The deliberate nature of Hosea’s inaction puts him in the same position as the “perpetrator” because he isn’t just a watcher, he corroborates directly with Dutch and agrees with what he is doing on principle. He reenforces it in perhaps more subtle ways, but that doesn’t make him any less responsible for the outcome.

The only difference between the two is that while they’re dealing different cards, they are playing the exact same game.

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dutch and hosea raising arthur is so timon and pumbaa raising simba coded

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Tragic found family save me

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Alternate reality where everything is exactly the same but Arthur Morgan writes in his journal using a pink gel pen

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Free him, he's a convicted criminal

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so i've been playing a game

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Van Der Linde ladies

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fishing trip

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most underrated gang member, imo

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my mental state this past week

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Just saw this video of one of my fav missions in chapter 3, never realized how detailed the expressions were, love it. (Link)

Arthur’s blank stare when Hosea puts the hat on, AND THE SQUINT i can’t😭

“You know my feelings about that” God i just need more of these two when they were younger. Hosea dragging Arthur along in his conman antics omg

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requests from tiktok 🫂

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Lenny <3 where can I join his book club

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fancy boys!

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Sadie adler moment

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Everytime i see them around the camp, i go;

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I 🫶 Karen jones