Still trying to figure out a style and drawing John and Charles.
Oh Hosea, Arthur. I'm sorry.
Benjamin Byron Davis mentions that he cried during the end performance of Ch6. I imagine after all that emotions and pressure just building up, Dutch finally lets go and just cries. Regretting and realizing the failure he became and everything he lost.
VanderMatthews HC - what if it was Hosea who named Dutch ‘Dutch’?
I don’t remember if I heard ppl talked about it or I got it from a fic… but I think it’d be very, very cool if it was Hosea who named Dutch ‘Dutch’.
Like, in my hc, Dutch abandoned his original name cuz he hated his mother and the name she gave him, and has been using his surname ‘van der Linde’ after he left home when he was 15, as a tribute to his beloved father (who died in civil war). He introduced himself as such to everyone with whom he crossed paths later. Partners in crime, whores, fellow burglars and thieves… Everyone was okay with that cuz van der Linde would leave them before they were familiar enough to be on first name basis.
But then it came the exception in the name of Hosea. After they’ve been riding together for a considerable amount of time, Hosea demanded to know van der Linde’s first name, which forced an answer like ‘I don’t have one, and I don’t wanna lie to you or let you call me something that doesn’t feel like me’ from him. At first Hosea thought he was concealing something big (like, infamous past or double identities) with that, but Hosea did not push cuz he (thought he) understood that van der Linde needed more time to open up. Instead he said, ‘van der Linde is a typical Dutch name. Before you get ready to tell me your real first name can I call you Dutch?’ And van der Linde said ‘sure, whatever you want’, then the name Dutch sticks and never let go
Later when they fell in love (ohhh typical friends to lovers I like that!), Dutch started to love the name ‘Dutch’ cuz it was a symbol of the man he loved and a new life they started together. The future they were bound to face together. Something he could associate with love, support, sense of belonging and security, and most importantly, Hosea. A perfect replacement for his original first name which he associated with his mother, the old life he tried to escape from, and all the nightmares it had brought. So every gang member in 1899 called him Dutch and not ‘Mr. van der Linde’ cuz he loved that name and asked them to call him that
Dance, Big Boy, Dance.
He is so obedient.
(I kinda love Hosea using his pet's animation.)
(this was my first Fortitude post!)
(more from this to come unless enough people throw kitchen sinks at me)
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