Dutch might've genuinely loved Arthur as a son, but Arthur's value was reliant on how useful Arthur was to him, at any time; his value being more important to Dutch, ultimately, than Dutch's earnest feelings for him (as a Parental figure). Dutch realizes this mistake at the end, when it was far too late for him to do anything about it; he walks away, in so much shame that he leaves Arthur to die alone. [Arthur, for his part, was simply satisfied with getting John out, convincing Micah as being the rat to Dutch (Dutch abandons Micah in all endings), and being able to die (in peace from both of them, with High Honor) free from any disillusions about his Life.] Arthur was his Col., he made newer gang members feel insecure, so that they always performed their best to prove themselves; he was the most reliant/dangerous gun, and Protector and Enforcer of the gang. Once Arthur was captured: then later became *visibly* sick, specifically: Dutch willingly sacrificed him; because it was an atmosphere where members had to constantly prove their value. It's when Arthur becomes *visibly* sick, that Dutch becomes distrustful of him. [Narcissists can love, but it's not a love of value to anyone.] It was only when he saw just HOW sick Arthur was at the end (on Death's door), that Dutch realized how severely he fucked up this time; this time, he sacrificed more than he was able to bear.

Arthur's diary along with some dialogs prove that Dutch lost his mind maybe even before the Blackwater robbery

The gang's greatest enemy wasn't Colm or Micah, it wasn't the Pinkertons or even the army. It was its own leader.

great video, cant belive u only have 53 subs.

his scream at the end brooo 😭

You earned yourself a sub. Good editing and a decent mic is rare for somebody with less than 100 subs. You definitely deserve more.

Bro this editing was fire

red dead has had me in a chokehold since 2018 😭😭😭😭😭😭

Nice video man... Dutch should have invested his stats points in making a 'Plan'

I think Dutch was gonna leave Arthur. He's showed a few times he would leave members in a heart beat

this channel deserves wayyyy more subs

Incredible video man. You made some really great points about Dutch's character. Just when I thought I knew everything there was to know about this masterpiece of a game. You have my full support bro, keep it up!

Keep these videos coming!

Damn this is better made and more interesting than alot of big channels

Dutch was just a charismatic cult leader

Underrated af bro you deserve more

Amazing editing deserves more subs ngl

Well done! ❤ Nice video

Only over 100 subs with a high quantity video. I’ve been seening a lot of smaller channels lately. That’s good.

Great video and absolutely underrated

You are underrated keep grinding and you’ll make it someday promise me

Ngl If you put more videos like these you will be in our recommendations everyday. For your better youtube future I suggest you to keep going on with these type of naration. Edit: sad part what ill tell you is Milton died thinking Johns real name is RipVanWinkle

amazing production value !

Subscribed. Excellent narration, editing and opinion well thought out. Dutch mirrors Arthur in reverse (if you go down the redemption path). While Dutch loses it part by part, Arthur goes in reverse, both facing important choices. Only the difference is Arthur's choices only affect him, Dutch has a gang relying on the person he projects to them.

Wow.. great edit and content

this video is pure cinema👏

No way, I never realised that. But the way Dutch says "of course, son." It was like how he said the same about John. He fully wasn't coming for Arthur.

Great video! Nice joke about Dutch near the end btw 💀

He had a plan

Anything from Rockstar is perfect

rdr2 is the most satisfying game. I couldn't wait to play and see what the red dead story really was. sooo satisfying to see Dutch in his prime

the real Dutch "character" was in Red Dead 1. Everything he says is right.

I personally believe that Dutch Van der Linde was a man with a strong sense of honour amongst thieves and that he did genuinely care for his 'family' of outlaws. However, I ALSO think that he definitely had a side to him where he uses the gang more as a tool than as a family. There's his brain and heart and then there is his NATURE which is brought up heavily in the end of the first game. Dutch started out as a man who cared about Arthur, John, Hosea and pretty much everyone else that joined him. He took pride in his honour. But, again, he still always had that darker more selfish side to him. The nature of an outlaw. Over the course of the end of the Van der Linde Gang, we see a man who is fighting a war within himself. A war between his honour and his NATURE. However, he cannot win this war before the end of the gang when time runs out. As the world closes in on him, he makes more rash decisions. Decisions that he starts making with less thought and more of his instinct - more of his NATURE. His NATURE is to be selfish. When he starts tuning into that nature of his, his sense of self and morality start to slip. With Hosea gone, his one moral compass, as well as the whole world chasing him from every corner and the stress of knowing that there are doubters amongst the gang, any charismatic leader would start to slip under these conditions. Micah starts to encourage him to give into that nature. That's what Micah and Arthur represent within Dutch. Arthur represents Dutch's morality and honour. Micah represents his selfish nature. I also find it convenient that Arthur gets the sickness by doing an act that is selfish and corrupt for the gang. As Dutch starts to slip further and further into his nature, Arthur starts to die and becomes less and less relevant to Dutch. Micah however, the one who represents his selfish outlaw nature, starts to gain more influence and power over Dutch as Dutch starts to listen to him more. Think of it kind of like Arthur and Micah being the angel and devil on Dutch's shoulders, except the angel's voice is getting weaker. By the time Dutch decides not to go rescue Abigail in chapter 6, Arthur, the representation of Dutch's morality, is completely ignored by Dutch, no matter how much Arthur begs him to listen. We can also see this whole 'angel and devil' thing visually represented in the cutscene as Arthur and Micah are both on opposite sides of Dutch. Micah encourages Dutch to give into selfish nature and Arthur tries to pull him back and remember morality. We can literally see an argument that Dutch would be having between his devil and angel. Micah (devil): "Without John, she's just bait." Arthur (angel): "So are we just going to let the boy be made an orphan?" Dutch: "It-It ain't like that!" Arthur (angel): "Then what is it like?" Micah (devil): "I wanna live, cowpoke! I still got the choice. Dutch... it's just a girl." Dutch: "... you're right." Arthur (angel): "Dutch...!" Dutch: "It pains me to say it, Arthur... but he is right." Arthur (angel): "DUTCH!" And, of course, the devil wins out and Dutch gives into his nature, literally leaving his angel - his morality - behind. When Arthur dies, we can see that Dutch still did care for him. Just look at his face. In that moment, we can see a pained look on Dutch's face. When Arthur says "I gave you all I had... I did." Dutch says "I..." but says nothing further. It's left up to the player to decide what he might have said. Would he have said "I'm sorry?" Or would he have said something else? Dutch can't admit that he did wrong, that would be straying away from his nature. The truth is, Dutch probably knows he messed up. He knows that a lot of what happened is his own fault. But how can he admit that to himself? He is a man that, in his eyes, can do no wrong. It is everyone else that has wronged him... even if he knows it's a lie. Another battle between his morality and his nature. But we can see that Dutch did in fact love Arthur like a son, but Dutch fell to the devil's influence. Instead, Dutch decides to just run away and not look back... He can't admit fault. That's against his nature. This is exactly what Dutch describes in his ending monologue in the first game. He says that he "can't fight his own nature and he can't give up to stop fighting." Dutch himself is a paradox. By the time of the first game, he abandons all morality and has given in fully to his nature, kind of symbolised by him wearing a red shirt like Micah did. But never forget that Dutch did have love in his heart, love for Arthur and Hosea and his gang, but the devil and Dutch's corrupted nature stripped the love away from him. The question posed in the second game is whether Dutch simply fell to insanity or if he was always this way and was just putting on an act the entire time. I personally believe it's both. Dutch Van der Linde cared about his gang and cared about his morals and sacred code. But he always had that darker side to him, as it is in his nature as an outlaw. What happened is that, as Dutch started losing that sense of morality, his nature won out in the end. Once an outlaw, always an outlaw. That's Dutch Van der Linde.

Dutch mabye my favorite side character

great video❤

i have became your 100th sub,keep it up my good sir.

Your so underrated

Whats with the high quality rdr2 creators with no subs? I found one like 3 days ago with 2k something and like 400 views on a video

I feel like Dutch would've saved Arthur at that point, Arthur is too important to both him and Hosea to just take that hit, plus he wouldn't let Colm take another person who he loves (at least at that time) away from him He was likely "thinking of a plan" or just didn't know/realize what was going on; there's a camp interaction you can have with him afterwards where Dutch apologizes (and sounds genuinely sorry) that the whole situation happened, and Dutch genuinely thought everything was fine

Dutch was a genius and a very nice guy but before he got his brain poisoned by micah the rat BTW u got a new sub

Awesome video!

Great video, the psychology of this character was amazing, there may be people out there who would not agree with men but this game outclassed The last of us and it deserved the game of the year award more!

Wow that was phenomenal. Subbed, i hope to see more of your content and perhaps longer videos

Nice video

wtf you need more subs

Genius? The guy thought he got permission to rob on another gang's established turf untaxed.

Dutch is so hot I was so infatuated by him that I didn’t see anything wrong about him until he abandoned Arthur I prob would have sided with him in chapter 6 LAMOAOAOAOOOO

Let’s make you famous Boah! You earned a sub

84th sub!

3:57 4:03

Fire vid very short not much yapping about things we’ve heard a million times from other KZfaqrs

He said I was right he earns a sub from me

You sound like a man who could follow a plan

w video bro

yo man this video is awesome keep it up! you also earned a sub from me.

You have 69 subscribers I’m sorry, but I can’t subscribe or I’ll break the holy number

i feel like you said alot but didnt really say anything

Cool video but you speak a bit fast, it makes some of your sentences sound slurred

God of War deserved that award way more than RDR2 but great video!

Well that she’s always got a plan. Are we still going to Tahiti DUCTH

Here before you are bigggggggggg