#john marston’s hair

[pryce0]

Hair - John Marston x GN!Reader

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summary; reader really enjoys john’s hair, and he doesn’t understand why.

word count; 452

notes; epilogue era, but abigail and john are just co-parenting. third person pov, john’s internal thoughts though.

masterlist: here

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John never really pointed it out, but he could tell you liked his hair. He never understood why, it was always knotted and greasy, no matter how many times he would attempt to brush and wash it. He always found your hand brushing the strands of hair that fall in front of his face behind his ear, only for them to fall back into place with the slightest movement.

You always seemed disappointed when he got a haircut, too. John doesn’t prefer his hair one length or another, but constantly traveling from one climate to another really gets the back of his neck sweaty. Although, he would never allow his hair to grow past his shoulders. John did find himself putting off the haircuts, but of course he wouldn’t admit that, nor tell anyone. Depending if he’s feeling self conscious, he secretly enjoys the attention you give him. Swiping the hair behind his ear, taking his hat off to properly fix his hair for him, it’s a touch-starved wet man’s dream.

“I don’t know how you do it,” John said with an exasperated tone to Charles, who was currently sorting through the instructions for the ranch. Charles glances at John with a confused look, standing up straight. “Do what?” He questions, situating the papers. John motions to his own head, grabbing some strands for reference. “Keep your hair so long, I mean,” John begins, tilting his head to the side a bit so his hair moves from his sweat soaked neck. “I can barely handle it at this length.” John mutters, his gloved hand wiping away the sweat from the back of his neck. Charles hums from John’s comment, putting the papers down on a stack of pre-cut wood for the ranch. “I don’t mind the hair touching my neck,” Charles answers. He glances around which makes John raise an eyebrow. Charles turns back to him with a subtle, yet cheeky look. “You don’t seem to mind keeping your hair long if it means [Name] is happy.”

John’s jaw drops in astonishment. Charles managed to read him like a book, but before John could retaliate, a familiar voice comes from behind him. “John, Charles!” You call with a smile in your voice. John turns around to see you carrying some boxes of screws after Uncle managed to look the ones that came with the kit. “Welcome back, [Name]. Are those the screws?” Charles asks, taking the boxes from you. “Yeah, got ‘em from the same guy, too. Should be good enough.” You answer. You then turn to John, your smile widening. You reach up and touch his hair, murmuring, “Looks good on you, Marston.”

John never wants to cut his hair again.

#rdr2 #red dead redemption 2 #red dead redemption two #john marston x you #john marston #john marston’s hair #great hair #i love his hair #slight self insert #john and abigail are not together #they are co parenting #drabble #subtle

[wombywoo]

just some everyday cowboys 🤠

#rdr2 #red dead redemption 2 #arthur morgan #charles smith #john marston #sadie adler #my art #ahh my fave thing #drawing characters in modern fashion~ #they're all essentially the same except marston owns a hair-dryer now...

[strrwbrrryjam]

the take that hosea is a good father is an understandable one, considering it mostly derives from comparison to dutch, who groomed two orphan boys to be outlaws, pitted them against one another through his favouritism, treated one son more as a workhorse than a son to the point where he literally drives himself to sickness and injury and has most of his self worth come from what he can do for others, dismissed his gang members when they had concerns - often berating them and accusing them of not being loyal (which he does repeatedly, sometimes unprompted, to men and women who have been loyal to him for years), prioritised a man so vile that most - if not all except dutch - did not like him - a man who went against everything he claimed to stand for - a man who was actively a threat to the people of colour and the women who dutch had promised safety too, did not plan to rescue his son who was being tortured and very close to death after being captured from a very obvious trap, did not plan to rescue his other son from prison, taunting his dying son over being too tired to go on any jobs, claiming that he never had a son in an effort to manipulate eagle flies, pointing a gun at his son and leaving them to die, (and that's outside of his other crimes, being abusive to his girlfriend as well as hitting on other women in front of her and making it so the gang members treat her like shit. exploiting a fucking genocide for his own personal gain, and more)

so it's easy to look between the two and think "wow, hosea is so much better than him, he must be a good father/man," but that just isn't true, he's.. more okay than anything. not only was he complicit in signing his children's death warrant, raising them to be outlaws, and putting them in so much danger, he was also complicit and enabled dutchs treatment of the gang members, not just arthur and john either, but all of them.

he is the second in charge, the other half of the curious couple, he holds so much power in the gang, and we see that with how they listen and confide in him, and yet he doesn't do much, he doesn't stop dutch from mistreating the gang members, doesn't stop dutch from doing much of anything (even things he clearly disagrees with), doesn't throw micah out (which, I repeat, he does have the power to do so, especially since dutch still respects hosea, yes, we see dutch not listen to hosea that much, but he still respects him and his decisions, still clearly cares for hosea, i'm sure if hosea were to dig his feet in on something instead of rolling over, dutch would at least consider, of course this is just my interpretation), doesn't work to settle tensions between the gang, he still brings the gang on dangerous jobs that are doomed to fail (one of which results in his own death) - believing in his own hubris and intelligence which results in him underestimating his enemies, and he doesn't take charge even when he knows something is wrong.

it isn't just this either, he has his moments where he too treats the gang members (not just arthur) unfairly, berating, and using physical aggression on sean and bill, comes to mind (although, this was a different time where such actions were acceptable back then and sean and bill were generally being rather lazy, which could very much put them in danger,) but he was also at fault in the raising of his two sons into the roles that they had and is partly responsible for arthurs incredibly low self esteem, often calling him stupid and ugly looking, which may be jokes to him but something arthur very much takes to heart, believing it to be true.

sure, we see him asking arthur to rest and trying and succeeding to get the gang members to open up, and actually listening to them, we see him comfort them and respect them, unlike dutch, and he's very good at that, I applaud him for it, but I can't help but feel this mostly coming from his old age and the fact that he feels (and is correct) about the gang coming to an end and realising what he has done, trying to rectify the situation, soothe his regret if you will. that doesn't mean he didn't take this role much sooner (likely back to when bessie had passed), but I believe he fully delved into this role because of his old age and his regret, wanting to make sure he feels the world with as little of it as possible. he has been a complicit and active participant in everything.

this isn't anti-hosea, i love hosea to bits, i wish he could very much replace my pa but I wish people would understand that just because dutch is awful, does not mean that hosea is an angel, he's decent, at best.

#would you believe i wrote this all while being in the bath. i was washing my hair and inspiration just hit me. lol #rdr2 #red dead redemption 2 #rdr2 hosea matthews #hosea matthews #rdr2 dutch van der linde #dutch van der linde #rdr2 arthur morgan #arthur morgan #rdr2 john marston #john marston #rdr2 van der linde gang #van der linde gang #strawberry speaks

[smushystrawbabies]

Red Dead Crossing? Animal Redemption? Cowboy Crossing? 😰😰

#rdr2 #red dead redemption 2 #john marston #animal crossing new horizons #arthur morgan #rdr2 fanart #rdr #charles smith #dutch van der linde #animal crossing #rdr2 shitpost #wtf am i doing #Arthur looks kind of bad #he has to be blonde bc there’s no accurate hair colour :( #john marston rdr2 #Arthur Morgan rdr2 #Charles smith rdr2 #dutch vanderlinde

[dulcemapis]

you want me to go out tonight? oh, no, sorry. I just dressed up my little virtual cowboy barbie doll in a fresh fit and I have to take glamor shots until I have one suitable enough to be my new phone wallpaper

#the fit in question is a generic all-black outfit btw. if you care #y'all have fun tho #I'm gonna comb his hair and give him baths and keep him built like a brick shit house #rdr2 #red dead redemption 2 #arthur morgan #john marston #buzz buzz

[duckytree]

arthur made “lost dog” posters of john and handed them out

#arthur is a good artist but he made them ugly because ‘that’s how he remembers him’ #‘​if u were here to pose for them they would’ve looked better john’ #anyways yeah long haired arthur supremacy #arthur morgan #rdr2 #red dead redemption 2 #john marston #art #fanart #duckytree

[vnti-icon]

i’m in desperate need of javier escuella fan fiction recs i will give you guys the sloppiest head please

#i type javier escuella and every post is already liked and reposted by me… #i will rip my hair out hahahah… #cunty mexican cowboy save me #javier escuella #rdr2 #red dead redemption 2 #rdr1 #red dead redemption #tagging the shit out of this #red dead fandom #red dead redemption two #arthur morgan #john marston #dutch van der linde #javier escuella x reader #arthur morgan x reader

[lucasoliko]

Sorry for putting so much effort into this it was an accident

#also i havent rendered something in months and i really wanted to #so i just chose the first drawing i saw #slutty marston #don't ask #prob could have rendered the hair better but im tired of this drawing already lmfao #ALSO IM HUNGRY #going to eat now bye #john marston #red dead redemption #rdr1 #undead nightmare #lucasolikos art #fanart #suggestive #tho its just a little ass but whatev #im so hungry rn

[architectureandmorality]

Hello, I disappeared cos I decided to obsessively learn Blender and buy a resin 3D printer so I could make better, easier busts.

So here’s John, I’ll be painting him this week 💃

#john marston #rdr2 #red dead redemption 2 #red dead redemption #rdr #3d printing #most of the model was lifted from his in game model #but it took me nearly 40 hours to fix it all to be 3D printed and to make his hair 🫠 #if you have a 3D printer and would like to print him hmu and I can send the files

[imonlyareject]

#need to brush his hair #john marston #my shot

[eclaire-went-bam]

mlp au my friend and i made last night

#crack post #i don't know a lot abt mlp so i was going based off Their memory. We've left out a lotta characters and most aren't rlly lore-related #we made dutch celestia bcs we thought it'd be funny if he had long flowy hair LMAOOO #rdr2 #mlp #rdr2 memes #vdl gang #sadie adler #john marston #jack marston #abigail roberts #orville swanson #micah bell #dutch van der linde #hosea matthews #tilly jackson #sean macguire #arthur morgan #kieran duffy #charles smith #lenny summers #molly o'shea #karen jones #bill williamson #andrew milton #angelo bronte

[redcoati]

i REALLY like drawing characters with big shiny pupils, but i feel like giving John small wolf like pupils fits him better

also long haired John Marston because I can

#red dead redemption 2 #john marston #long hair #wip #wolf boy

[crimehat]

fwoop!

I don't experience glitches in my game very often but when I do, they are some of the strangest I've ever seen lmao

#red dead redemption #rdr2 #red dead redemption 2 #john marston #i was literally standing still and then his hair just #decided to do that

[smushystrawbabies]

more animal crossing cowboys :D

some people asked for Sadie and Kieran from the last post :3 sorry i don't have nintendo online so i cant share codes :'((((( also i posted this already but tumblr ATE THE POST and it disappeared; so if you see this twice, no you didnt.......

#im SO PROUD of sadie's shirt #red dead redemption 2 #john marston #arthur morgan #charles smith #sadie adler #kieran duffy #rdr2 arthur morgan #rdr2 sadie adler #rdr2 john marston #rdr2 kieran #rdr2 charles smith #rdr2 #rdr2 shitpost #animal crossing #animal crossing new horizons #rdr2 arthur #rdr2 john #red dead redemption #i hate that there isnt much choice in hair colour and skin tone #arthur and charles dont look quite right #arthur's hair is horrificccccc hes blonde but not YELLOW blonde but the brown hair colour is hazelnut brown it is soo dark #sadie is amazing though GO GIRL GO!!! #if you wanna see more characters just ask :3333

[medeiart]

thankful to rdr2 for giving john waves

#his hair is so straight in the first game im glad someone saw the light 🫡 #rdr2 #rdr #john marston #red dead redemption #red dead redemption 2 #rdr fanart #my art

[oldfarmerbillswife]

Marston is coming

#rdr1 #javier escuella #John marston #red dead redemption #red dead redemption 1 #my art #digital art #well i partially traced a screenshot then started tweaking his face around so... i kinda cheated 😕. i cheated #😭😭😭 #please I'm still practicing my crappy digital art #IM IN DEEP FOR RDR1 ESCUELLA. WHY NOT THE YOUNGIN? idk. his long hair ain't it for me. #🤣🤣 #billie ross is my pen name btw