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The Dutch Van Der Linde Cannibal Theory - Red Dead Redemption

Fizhy

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Today we're looking at a lesser known theory that has been circulating a slight bit of late, but has existed for as long as Red Dead Redemption. I thought we'd take a look at it together even if it is a bit thin on substance because the alternative is I do nothing for another day.

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20 Comments

@_.l4n3 2 months ago

I’m gonna eat you now, son.

He ate them

@mackenziesigmon898 1 year ago

I’ll always think about how Dutch ended up dying at the bottom of a mountain, while Arthur ended up dying at the top of one.

@Arcanelake98 2 years ago

I honestly don’t find this theory far fetched. I think Dutch’s delusions of grandeur and his own importance could eventually lead him down the path to cannibalism. He has nothing left but his narcissistic nature. He couldn’t even let John kill him because he had to be the author of his own demise.

@friendshipiswiccabane 2 years ago

John: YOU EAT BABIES! EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT! YOU NEED TO, TO SURVIVE!

Dutch: John...I didn't have a...I didn't have a choice!

@the_cowpoke 2 years ago

John: "YOU... tried... you tried to eat me!"

Dutch: "I DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE, SON"

@FrankieTeardrop1998 11 months ago (edited)

The fact that Cochinay is abandoned after Dutch's death, yet the fires are all still going is super eerie.

@reflectingh9997 10 months ago

"I HAVE A MEAL PLAN"

@jumtastico 2 years ago (edited)

I actually wanted an Undead Nightmare in RDR2 but with Dutch (as a protagonist) hallucinating the old gang members and the people he killed as zombies. It could actually be a great reason on how he descended into insanity. Also cool if they added bank heists and him recruiting his native army from RDR1. Also would be amazing to see his deadeye and a zombie version of The Count.

@volute381 1 year ago

6:02 I know this is supposed to be a serious moment, but the way Dutch bounces off the cliff gets me every time

@enthiegavoir5955 2 years ago (edited)

Probably not intentional, but in real life there is a thing called Wendigo Psychosis, essentially if someone is forced to commit cannibalism, or is nearly driven to the point of it, they will feel an intense need to consume human flesh, even after they have access to better reasources.

Dutch being at his most desperate could have driven him to the point of canniblism.

@tysonchambliss1584 2 years ago

I personally don't think he is a cannibal but it brings up an interesting reality. The mere fact that we have to stop and ask "Was dutch a cannibal?" Is representative of who his character was and I think that, at least, was intentional on Rockstar's behalf.

@elperrodelautumo7511 2 years ago

This could’ve made Dutch into two people. The gang charmer Dutch and the survivalist Dutch.

@threetythreepercent 1 year ago

Love the “can’t fight gravity” line being reused in RDR2 when Dutch and Arthur are escaping the army.

@Sin05269 2 years ago

The bones around the campfire, the presence of other implications of cannibalism and an actual cannibal in the game, and the human skulls present in his living space makes me think this theory is likely. It's not something that Dutch would never do given his mental state at the time. Cannibalism is also by no means something Rockstar is afraid of portraying in their games.

@louack2004 2 years ago

11:25 I will never not appreciate Fizhy taking time out of his day to dedicate several minutes of a video on a 13 year old game to analyze rust in bathtub.

@47thheaven34 2 years ago

“It is man, so in love with greed, he has found only appetites.”

@AUGIEBENDOGGIE1997 2 years ago

Dutch didn't get his mangos so human flesh will have to suffice

@TheSBleeder 2 years ago

"What's in Tahiti, Dutch?"

"Babies."

"WHAT?!"

"I mean mangoes."

@rl9217 2 years ago

Arthur: “And John and his family, they’re vegan! I’m afraid we gotta let them go!”

Dutch feeling the ultimate sense of betrayal: “John…vegan?”

@louack2004 2 years ago

What is interesting to note that in the beginning of RDR2, the Van der Linde are like the Donner Party. Desperate, hungry, and snowed in. If it weren't for Arthur, looting canned goods from the Adler Homestead and hunting those deer with Charles... well, I'd say sucks to be Jack. Either Jack or Pearson, Arthur's suggested meal.