Arthur Morgan Horse Girl AU
Just posting a general list of ideas for an RDR2 AU that follows the typical horse girl book/movie tropes (not that RDR2 doesn't already do that, but this would be a modern setting haha). I have so many WIP ideas that it's just fun to think about and not actually write sometimes.
Hosea runs a horse rescue ranch just down the road from the Van der Linde Stables, a premier facility for riders wanting to compete at high level eventing
Hosea mostly does this to raise awareness about adopting rescue horses, usually putting on a trick shows at major events, where he gets Silver Dollar to do various funny tricks like sitting, stealing his hat, and playing dead
Arthur is his adopted kid who also works with rescue horses, turning them into eventing horses after Dutch taught him dressage and let him out onto his cross country practice jumps
Cross country is Arthur's one true love and the reason he switched from Western to English riding, and he thinks eventing makes for good, well-rounded horses
Dutch thinks Arthur could go professional, but Arthur's goal is to rehabilitate horses and likes to joke that he's the world's most experienced novice competitor
Micah rides at the Van der Linde Stables and occasionally crosses paths with Arthur at competitions, and Micah makes fun of Arthur for not having a $100,000 horse
Arthur thinks Baylock deserves a better rider, because Baylock should have moved up the levels by now
Hamish eventually convinces Arthur to try moving up the levels himself, letting him borrow Buell to practice since he was originally trained for jumping (Hamish mainly uses him for dressage, and they have a chance to go to some major events if Buell didn't spook at everything, so Arthur taking him out on cross country could be good for him)
Buell and Arthur kick Micah's butt at prelim level
Eventually, Dutch and Hamish convince Arthur to participate in the Retired Racehorse Project, if he's so determined to only work with rescues, because thoroughbreds make for pretty good eventers
Enter Boadicea
Boadicea and Arthur kick Micah's butt as soon as they reach his level
And finally, in true horse girl movie fashion, Arthur finds out that Micah has been using bad training techniques on Baylock that almost gets him hurt, so Arthur steals Baylock
Hosea is proud of his kid, and Dutch kicks Micah out of his barn for good
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