Top 10 Long RDR Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Mid-length RDR fics — 50,000–100,000 words.
take it, if you can
by shades
It was a nice respite, Arthur thinks, watching Charles stand, the glint of the sun in his dark hair, his eyes far away, considering, but it wasn’t ever meant to last.
i'd tell them put me back in it
by scrolling_upp
The last shot is accompanied by the trail of a cry, shrill, angry, fearful. Arthur lowers his revolver. Blinks. Tongues at a bloody tooth from getting hit while strangling an O’Driscoll, spits red mucus onto one of the bodies on the floor.The crying starts up again, as if sensing Arthur’s confusion.
Sunrise
by pipdepop
He’d tried, in the end, he really had. And it had been hard; so damn hard. Would’ve been so much easier to crawl off into the woods like a dying dog and let himself be reclaimed by the wilderness. But, getting them folks out, sending them to safety, doing his best to protect them from the Pinkertons
Schism
by DecadentCollectionDestiny
“You get ten seconds,” said Milton. “Ten… nine…”Hosea could glimpse movement from inside the bank. Bill rushing to the back of the room. Dutch handing the saddlebag over his shoulder off to Micah.“Eight… seven… six…”For as long as he had known him, Hosea had known Dutch’s greatest strength and his g
Blood feuds, ancient & modern
by soulkiller
“Hows Charlie boy?” Sean asked from the backseat as an up-beat country song began to play. It sounded like all the country songs Marston had in his playlist. Catchy and rhythmic with honeycomb voices over layered guitars. Arthur glanced at Sean in the rear-view mirror and looked away before they cou
Cupid Carries a Gun
by ThreeDaysInTermina
John Marston leads an unremarkable life never having known what it feels like to be chosen by someone, until a very bad man decides to do exactly that.
Outlaws From the West
by ThreeDaysInTermina
Six years before Blackwater. The gang is thriving, Dutch has a plan, and John Marston has finally come back. Arthur Morgan is almost thirty, at the top of his game, and deeply annoyed to discover that John has grown into someone extremely difficult to ignore. John is twenty, reckless, and desperatel
Another monster
by Oddornot
Dead for centuries, you were reborn. Into a body you didn't know and into a place unknown to you. Once your nice life gets ruined, you have to fit in as best you can. Would you make it? Another take on my book, Two and a half outlaw. Later version of Owen is based of the fab version that belongs to
Compass
by pilgrimharry77
Now I know the only compass that I needIs the one that leads back to you. Honour rises and falls, love is made and broken, relationships grow and crumble, lives begin and end. A story of devotion, hate, family, and revenge amongst the early Van der Linde gang as a war of morals unfolds.
Dutch's Daughter, never anything more
by secondrail
A young girl finds herself in business with the up-and-coming Van der Linde gang. Growing close to the members, she struggles with her place in the gang, particularly under Dutch's wing. Enchanted by his worldview, clashes with camp and world structures force introspection (but is it too late?) mult
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About This List
This list of 10long RDR fanfics spans 727,418 total words. Kudos range from 28 on the newest entries to 2,451 on the most established. 40% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Explicit (5 of 10 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence · Found Family · Hurt/Comfort · Angst · Pre-Canon.
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