I'm in chapter 2 of my 3rd playthrough right now.  I passed by the blind fortune teller, gave him a dollar, and he said something I've never heard him say before:  "Your father is being seduced by the one with the forked tongue.  Nothing can be done."  Arthur, of course, was confused, and seemed to have no idea what that meant.  But I sure as hell did.

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The 1st speech Dutch gave soon after reaching shelter during the blizzard, I knew he was sketchy with the "stay with me" part manipulative talk coming from someone guilty of something

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Hot take maybe but this story didn’t need a rat at all and Micah being made into an obvious scapegoat detracts from Dutch’s characterization in RDR1 where John is pretty clear the gang’s demise was on Dutch losing it and not any outside influences

Why did Dutch shoot Micah? Because the gig was up. All of Micah's, and possibly Dutch's, men were dead and if he sided with Micah, he would have been shot by one of them. Just saving his own skin so he can keep planning

As a manipulative narcissist, I think you’ve lost faith and you’re doubting.

What if Cornwall accepted dutch's deal

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A comment i made on Reddit somewhat recently on my thoughts when it comes to Dutch.

Dutch wanted more money and chaos, and his ego didn't let him stop

I think that Dutch wanted to subtly silence Arthur who still had doubts about his plans, so he decided to move the gang to a cool, dark and quite humid place because he knew that Arthur's condition would only worsen. Even if he didn't know what kind of disease it was, everyone could still deduce that probably any disease in such conditions would only progress

I think red dead 2 is perfect for explaining the sad cycle of being a gangster risking your life or freedom for money losing your honor as a person just to survive losing the people you loved or respected running from the law and  any average person not liking or trusting you this game shows you the flaws of being a criminal such as a gangster.

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While riding anywhere on the trail, you can often come upon the same blind man again and again, and I hold a theory that he is the Strange Man for Arthur, but on one encounter he says something along the lines of "Beware of your father, for he is seduced by the one with the forked tongue" (Dutch being led astray by Micah)

Micah told Dutch all these lies of fortune and success, while the rest of the gang (excluding Bill, Karen, Javier) tried to be realistic.

I think Cornwall had no reason to accept the deal even if it was legitimate. He had Dutch and Arthur outnumbered and saw himself in a position of power. If Dutch had made that offer at a different time when the two were on a more equal footing Cornwall might have considered it.

Micah telling John to join them at the end was JARRING. I guess it's just him being a rat because it's obvious he and Dutch didn't want him

This is copy and pasted from a discussion I had with another user here’s how I view Dutch.

Dutch is the best character of red dead in my opinion and people saying he was this narcissistic psychopath since the start is just simply not true there are a lot of factors to whey he turned darker and darker.

First off Dutch was always bad as he was a criminal since he was 15 but always had a moral code this videogame slowly shows us how this moral code gets eventually deteriorated. The first thing that makes Dutch go darker is the pressure he has on himself people are starting to doubt him which has never happened in the gangs history.

So he becomes desperate to get a major victory to win back the trust some of the gang members have lost so he starts trying to win money to escape to paradise but the failures that transpire hoseas, Sean’s, and Lenny’s death he thinks were all practically his fault so he tries everything he can for that never to happen again and this includes shattering his code.

This is first shown in Guarma when he kills the old woman because she was in his way this shows us that his code of “no unnecessary killing” is now gone but he did this to save Javier faster meaning that his code of “leave no one behind” is still In tact. In my personal opinion I think that Dutch just wanted to go to a country in peace but go back to the USA with a new gang he doesn’t care about and continue fighting for a anarchistic paradise and he would’ve continued on fighting until that worldview was implanted on the USA the bad thing Is Dutch doesn’t even know how to do this

But back to why Dutch became more evil as time passed by now we’re on chapter 6 now Dutch shattering his entire code in this chapter was in my opinion MOSTLY because of Micah and nobody else, Micah preyed on Dutch’s trust issues about John and straight up told him that he was a traitor to Dutch, Micah also preyed on Dutch wanting survival for his gang telling him that doing impulsive, vengeful, and destructive acts is the only way for survival, Micah does all of this because it benefits him as he wants to be the most powerful member and the one who makes the most money he wants Dutch to be completely trust him so he needs to get rid of people like John and Arthur to get that position, And Micah manipulated Dutch so well that he believed him he ditched his entire code for survival in paradise he leaves Abigail behind to save his own skin as saving Abigail would be too risky again Micah manipulated him into doing this decision.

But he actually saw Micah for who he was and avenged Arthur if it was just to kill Micah because he betrayed hi he would have taken the money. So this is how I view Dutch sorry for the long comment

Whether Michah was a rat or not he was without a doubt a snake who wouldve hunted down the rest of the Vanderlin gang to save his own skin
I think the agents were there to give Micah the same task they gave to John but with his own life as the reward

Micah’s relationship with Dutch was really complex, his actions throughout the story demonstrate that he didn’t truly care about Dutch beyond what Dutch could offer him. Micah intentionally appeared loyal, his motivations were self-serving and focused on personal gain, not genuine loyalty and respect for Dutch.

Micah’s primary goal was to advance his own interests and wealth, even at the expense of the gang and Dutch’s plans. Micah manipulated Dutch into making decisions that benefited him, such as the Blackwater robbery, which ultimately resulted in a disastrous outcome for the gang.

Micah valued his own self-preservation and advancement above any loyalty to Dutch or the gang. While he may have joined them for survival and maybe a sense of belonging, his real intentions show that his goal was to use Dutch and the gang for his own benefit and than betraying them when it served his interests.