I Like The Idea In Like 90% Of The Fics I Read Where Hosea Is Like: We Dont Need A Kid, Dutch. And Dutch

I like the idea in like 90% of the fics I read where Hosea is like: “We don’t need a kid, Dutch.” And Dutch thinks it’s a great idea.

Of course Dutch’s overall intentions is to raise a loyal soldier and a sharer of his ideals. But Hosea eventually becomes softened by the pathetic thing, and by God he’d protect them with his entire life.

Yes of course this is seen with both Arthur and John, but more so with Arthur bc he was the first little street urchin they found. And so Dutch wanted him to become a strong, loyal, protector, but all Hosea wanted from him in the end was a son <3

Anyways, Hosea Matthews got me crying in the club 🥲

Here’s mine!! I wanted to do this so bad 💗🙏

Made a little van der linde gang shipping chart because i couldn't find one for rdr2. theres 2 versions in case you arent sure who is who (dw i understand ❤️)

feel free to tag me in yours so i can see ❤️❤️

im sorry if your favs arent there, i just wanted to focus on the main gang and mary (for my friend) as theres a lot of characters in the rdr games

mine is below cut

Modern Au, Van Der Matthews headcannons !

(Happy HFF) :

Dutch + Hosea met at a college party through Susan

Dutch is a Philosophy professor and Hosea is an English professor at the same university

Both proposed at the same time, laughed, and Dutch accepted Hosea’s first. (You know the trope)

Adopted Arthur when he was 8, and then 2 years later decided they needed another one, so adopted John when he was a baby.

Dutch cannot cook for the life of him (1st reason they hired Pearson) but still tries to make Hosea breakfast in bed for his birthday/Father’s day. (He means well)

Hosea reads before bed, and pets Dutch’s hair/rubs his back. (It KNOCKS Dutch out)

John/Arthur addresses Dutch as “dad” and Hosea as “pa”

Hosea cannot physically sleep without white noise, which he ended up passing onto Dutch when they got married.

Dutch separated the physical fights, (between Arthur and John) Hosea separated the verbal fights.

Dutch/Hosea will give the other the silent treatment if they find out they continued watching a show without the other.

Have Arthur and John’s graduation photos out on display, (much to John’s dismay) and both are very different vibes (Arthur has a great smile and John was in his emo phase)

Dutch bought Hosea a Keurig one day after a bad argument. He was immediately forgiven.

Love their sons to BITS I tell you. Both have hoarded all pictures they’ve drawn throughout childhood, and they are stored in their own labeled boxes.

They FREAKED OUT whenever they discovered they were gonna be grandparents.

Cain is their dog. (Hosea bought him for Dutch one year on Christmas)

Dutch talks to his sons through texting: “Thinking of you 😘👍💗” and Hosea prefers phone calls.

Hosea has a green thumb, Dutch does NOT. (He’s killed a few plants while Hosea was away on business trips) (Hosea killed him)

Dutch is a: “Go ask your Pa.” Kinda dad.

Hosea is an “Elbows off the table” kind of dad.

Hosea assembles the Birthday/Christmas wishlists, Dutch goes and finds everything

John Meowston and Arfur Morgan!

Piece I did for @lwiskwrldz based on their cat AU that I just adore! Here’s the brothers ever!

Hosea Matthews study.

Repost bc the quality ACTUALLY sucked, not too sure what happened there, but here it is, in all its (hopefully) high quality glory.

No I’m not thinking about Hosea Matthews living up to his name and being the prophet of doom in the Van Der Linde Gang..

But not only that, I’m also thinking about how Arthur seems to be turning into his own prophet of doom.

I always think about these two Hosea quotes that were both directed at Dutch:

“They want to parlay? it’s a trap!” Which is what he predicted, and Arthur agrees. Of course, Hosea and Arthur’s opinions are overruled by Dutch and Micah, and Dutch, Arthur, and Micah meet up with Colm O’Driscoll. This leads to Arthur being bushwhacked and kidnapped by the O’Driscolls, and nearly beaten to death within an inch of his life, and shot point blank in the shoulder. Arthur barely makes it back to camp, when he brings up his and Hosea’s argument from earlier. “I told you it was a set up Dutch.”

The next quote I’d like to mention is:

“You’ll damn us all.” Which was of course a cutting remark Hosea shot Dutch’s way. This quote was said in the mission before Bronte’s death, which lead to the story- let’s just say- concluding.. (we all know how it ended for Hosea and the rest of the gang) Aka, Dutch damned them all.

And as for Arthur, we see him become Hosea in many ways in chapter 6. Before we play the mission: “That’s Murfree Country” Dutch states: “You sound like Hosea.” When Arthur suggests saving the women, and children (aka something that Hosea’s been talking about since chapter 1) and several times Micah makes comments on how Arthur is becoming like Hosea. Especially in the mission: “The Delights of Van Horn” you can have a hidden interaction with Micah where he mocks Arthur’s “whiny” tone and then states: “You almost make me miss Hosea.” both of these prove that the only thing Arthur became as he was inching closer to death is a carbon copy of his father figure/mentor.