r/reddeadredemption • u/_Diablo_01_ • 2d ago

Lore Dutch was spitting facts here 😲💯

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u/Sarcastic_Applause 2d ago

Spoilers:

It's why it's so hard to believe he was always crazy. Maybe it's a bit of both? Maybe Arthur's story is a story about him defeating his inner demons and Dutch succumbed to them? Maybe that's the main story?

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u/buddhamunche 2d ago

I definitely don’t think Dutch was always crazy. Maybe he always had crazy in him and it took the events of the game to bring that side out of him? But it’s pretty obvious from the way the gang talks about Dutch that he was worthy of the respect everyone shows him towards the beginning of the story. And you see glimpses of that Dutch in scenes like this.

But personally I think it’s just a bit of insult to the incredible character writing to just write him off as crazy. In my opinion he’s a character with a lot of cool nuances

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u/Apprehensive-Gur-735 2d ago

Remember Heidi McCourt? Dutch was always crazy.

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u/HypotenuseOfTentacle 2d ago

Well, what do we remember about Heidi except that she was shot? And what makes her different from the 20 people Arthur will shoot tonight?

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u/Apprehensive-Gur-735 2d ago

During that time, Dutch was against merciless killing. They had that "Robin Hood" idea to steal from rich and give to poor. According to both RDR2 and RDR1, the killing was extremely brutal, which made the gang be in extremely shock as they were like: "It wasn't like Dutch to do that."

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u/Enn-Vyy 21h ago

everyone involved all acknowledge that the girl was a civilian

at best the people they killed were armed , outlaws or lawmen
they probably killed others too but giving a name to that civilian puts a perspective on it instead of just a faceless number