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   A Second Time Around by TheMistyBlackCloud

   Fandoms: Red Dead Redemption (Video Games)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • F/M, M/M, Gen
   • Complete Work

   15 Aug 2025

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Arthur Morgan & John Marston
   • Arthur Morgan & Dutch van der Linde
   • Arthur Morgan & Van der Linde Gang Members
   • Kieran Duffy & Arthur Morgan
   • Arthur Morgan/Sadie Adler
   • John Marston/Abigail Roberts Marston
   • Kieran Duffy/Mary-Beth Gaskill
   • Karen Jones/Sean MacGuire
   • Simon Pearson/Orville Swanson
   • Minor or Background Relationship(s)
   • Other Relationship Tags to Be Added
   • Hosea Matthews/Dutch van der Linde (if you squint)
   • Javier Escuella/Tilly Jackson
   • Arthur Morgan
   • John Marston
   • Hosea Matthews
   • Dutch van der Linde
   • Micah Bell
   • Charles Smith (Red Dead Redemption)
   • Sadie Adler
   • Abigail Roberts Marston
   • Jack Marston
   • Leonard "Lenny" Summers
   • Sean MacGuire
   • Kieran Duffy
   • Javier Escuella
   • Bill Williamson
   • Tilly Jackson
   • Karen Jones (Red Dead Redemption)
   • Mary-Beth Gaskill
   • Susan Grimshaw
   • Leopold Strauss
   • Molly O'Shea
   • Uncle (Red Dead Redemption)
   • Josiah Trelawny
   • Simon Pearson
   • Heidi McCourt
   • Strange Man (Red Dead Redemption)
   • Micah Bell's Colleague Cleet (Red Dead Redemption)
   • Joe (Red Dead Redemption)
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Time Travel
   • Fix-It of Sorts
   • High Honor Arthur Morgan
   • Arthur Morgan Does Not Have Tuberculosis
   • John Marston & Arthur Morgan are Siblings
   • Dutch van der Linde Being Dutch van der Linde
   • Micah Bell Is His Own Warning
   • Good Parent Hosea Matthews
   • Video Game: Red Dead Redemption 2 (2018)
   • Video Game: Red Dead Redemption (2010)
   • Arthur Morgan's Journal
   • Protective Arthur Morgan
   • ripple effects
   • Second Chances
   • Past Lives
   • Character Development
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Visions
   • Ghosts
   • Broken Families
   • Broken Loyalty
   • Spirit Animals
   • Butterfly Effect
   • Somebody Lives/Not Everyone Dies
   • Slow Burn
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Period-Typical Sexism
   • Period-Typical Racism
   • Arthur Morgan Has Low Self-Esteem
   • Grand Theft Auto References

   Summary

   Arthur Morgan died in 1899 after being betrayed by his supposed father figure and saving John Marston and his family. For his honorable road in life, he was sent back in time to the beginning of Red Dead Redemption 2. Knowing who Dutch really is, Arthur, free from TB, sets out on a journey to save as many people as he could, and perhaps even gain something new along the way...

   This is my reasoning to write time traveling Arthur. I'm surprised by the lack of him time traveling fics. Taking him from Chapter 6 to Chapter 1 or even 2 presents so many opportunities. You have an Arthur who broke free of his indoctrination to Dutch and has been humbled by TB and blind loyalty. You take him to the beginning of the end, and you have a very good concept. Additionally, I feel like too many fics are too nice to Dutch. He has to take personal responsibility for Blackwater and all of the fuck ups that he'd made, something I doubt he would. He is extremely egoistical. He’s always right no matter what. That’s why he views the people who question his "morals" (or lack thereof) as “traitors” (Arthur and John) and people who follow him blindly as “loyal” (Micah, Bill, and Javier).

   Series

   • Part 1 of Time Travel In The West

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   135,745

   Chapters:

   50/50

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   Bookmarked by Torteleelee

   25 Aug 2025

   Bookmarker's Notes

   Genuinely the best fic I've ever read in my life.