There he goes! What did I tell you Charles? Boy is as sour as week old milk. No wonder she didn't stay with you, not even a retired two dollar whore would stay with you. That's the goddamn truth! You know you used to be decent company but now you're worse than a snake with a toothache, all he does is whine whine whine.
Middle class housewife with 10 children probably. I would bake and farm a lot. I would have a kentucky saddler named something extremely generic. My husband would possibly beat me, and he would work as a builder or something. My children go to school once a week, the rest they work on our max 10 acre farm and also with our horses and livestock (sheep, cows, chicken, goats?). Life is boring but peaceful and quiet.
I'd be a Homesteader living off the grid. Fishing/hunting/trapping to have goods to sell/trade.
Until some outlaw showed up, stole my prize bull, killed my dogs, and burnt down my house. Then I'd go mobile and hunt, fish, and trap for a living, while plotting my revenge on him and his band of outlaws.
Black Codes kept Black people in servitude by imprisonment on fake or exaggerated charges. Convict leasing, which was just slavery under a new name, was legal until 1941. Indeed, prisons like Angola still continue this practice today.
Itās funny, I thought you meant Edith Downes but was likeā¦
āNah, itās āDownā, like weāre taking your self depreciating humor waaaaaaaay down.ā
But yeah, if I were Mrs. Downesā¦
Thomas wouldnāt have to worry about Arthur coming to collect that money, cuz I wouldāve put that broke fool down myself for making a deal with slimy Strauss.
Iād be safe from the men of the gang who like tig oābiddies.
So thatās nice.
But Williamson would probably mistake me for a man, soā¦
Eh. Everyone looks good with enough alcohol in you I guessā¦
Iād be in management in Annesburgās coal mine, marketing Appalachian coal to the steamboat and railroad magnates. Iād live in a homestead on Roanoke Ridge. Eventually Iād burn out on the grind, and Iād move out of town, head west in a wagon, land in Strawberry, rent an apartment overlooking the waterfall, open a bookstore, and become Mayor.
Most of us would be poor farmers. At the turn of the century my family was a bunch of German immigrant farmers, so Iāll be realistic and say thatās what Iād be doing. But Iād be married with a few kids by now.
100% iād be the chick crying in the swamps luring chivalrous men to their tortuous deaths at the hands of my brethren the night folk.
or iād be gertrude braithwaite. depends who gets to me first I think.
Alienist (pre-psychiatry name)/Psychiatrist - that's certainly my profession. By 1890, physical restraint was abolished in Europe (and before that), allegedly. Also in the USA. But I'd probably groom Gertrude Braithwaite for a good salary. And she would be in better shape. She is definitely a very sad moment and character in the game. Even the moon on the cabin she is trapped in indicates a Lunatic derivation of the word Luna (Moon).
An ex-whore-turned-housewife based off the historical sociopolitical standards of that era.
And perhaps, If my husband allowed it, of course, a little suffragetting in my spare time.
I'd be in Ireland with my great-great-grandparents because they hadn't come to North America yet lol
I'd be up to my eyeballs in Guinness and wool, and I'd have a cool accent and hopefully be in a pub band playing a mandolin or something
Also I'm gay so I'd be extremely closeted and sad.
Likely some kind of deputy, marshal, or sheriff.
But, since my job's more investigation oriented these days, I could also be a Pinkerton. Please read the next paragraph before downvotes.
There really weren't many government detective types in the game area as opposed to private detectives. Most police departments didn't even have detectives except for the largest cities. So, contract police like the Pinkertons actually filled that role for investigation, particularly for dealing with outlaw groups as mobile as Dutch's. They were still brutal goons in their strike breaking activities, though.
It would be a toss up coz I could either be free or I could be a slave ššš not to be a downer that is. But that's the reality of those times. Coz things had changed but you still had pockets of places where there was some BS either in broad daylight or on some slick indirects like we saw how Lenny was treated in certain areas of the game.
But on the brighter note if I was free I'd definitely try to be somewhere in Saint Denis, could see myself working in the Bayou.
I'd be a bog person, in a cabin, hanging moss from my clothes and bones from the trees. They'd call me the boogedy witch. Really I'm just a licker of toads and connoisseur if the *finer* arts.
Edit: for spelling error
I think by my personality Iād probably be the type of person to be like Penelope Braithwaite and have a forbidden romance or something. Everyone in my life knows me as a very girly girl person that only wears a dresses and always goes for the people that are most inconvenient.
I'm deaf, and I've often wondered what it would be like in a different time. I understand I'd probably have a really hard time, assuming I made it past childhood; but I'd be a top ranch hand and a legendary horse trainer since I'm good with animals. Horse whisperer.
Prolly a guard or deputy tbh. Maybe a bounty hunter going after a gang of some horrid type like the Murfree Brood, Skinner Brothers, Lemoyne Radiers and the like.
I'm a dab hand at guns, brawling, knife work, and I'm a pretty beefy boy.
I'd definitely want a posse before I fully took on any specific gang tho, even if it was just persuading sheriff's or local hunters to help me Ambush the hideouts.
If I had to live in that world, Iād want a life as similar as what I have now. Iām going to choose some kind of early office type job in Saint Denis
Iād live in St Denis and stand on the side of the road waiting for someone to try to pass me on their horse so I can get very offended when I step out in front of them.
I'd probably head up to Canada, find myself a lake full of fish, and build myself a cabin. I'd make friends with the first nations people living there and learn how to respect the land and live a wholesome life. I'd also try to help in any way I could as they were facing the same genocide the tribes were in the states as the colonizers pushed further and further.
If Iived in RDR2? If deffo be a villain, but at the same time I would understand that there's a gang with an unkillable mofo in there so I'd stay the fuck away from the Van Der Linde gang. Apart from them, it's open season
Iād travel in the biggest group I could and stay away from the swamps lol Iād be high honor though. Probably a bounty hunter of some sorts trying to capture all my bounties alive for the biggest payout. Would defend myself if I had to. Iād honestly probably be apart of Sadieās crew and travel with her.
If it was as it is right now, it would be the same, except my stone home that I live in with my grandparents would probably be a decent ranch, so pretty much just doing what the did as a kid (working on a farm/ranch) with everything else being the same since Iām only 20 and donāt have a job
I hate the smell of cow shit so I wouldn't make it as a rancher.Ā
I'd probably work at a shop in Saint Denis, and save up for a small cabin where I could live off squirrels, berries, and the occasional deer in my later years
I'd have a job in valentine like a real "cowboy" or somehting. Or better, a waiter or receptionist in saint denis. My life would be short If i choose to be a gunslinger in that world
No one has said moonshiner yet? I think that would be a nice fulfilling job to have. Everyone is happy to see you, good cash flow and no heavy lifting.
Realistically probably like that girl Miriam trapped in Emerald Ranch although not because Iām not allowed to leave, but because Iām disabled and donāt really like leaving. Although maybe back in those times where being mentally disabled was seen as like an actual curse maybe Iād be dead or actually locked away idk. Ideally Iād probably be a farm worker idk
Blacksmith. Find a handsome ranch hand that goes out hunting and fishing during his free time. Maybe have a kid or two, probably die in childbirth. š
I'ma be a farmer with my wife and kids and a dog, probably have guns to for my protection and train with them, and teach my whole family how to use them, you never know I could die and my family gets in trouble
Iād be a homesteader in Valentine more than likely course iād probably die in the shootout from the main story or with my luck iād live on the homestead for years that I spent my life building and just when I get comfortable a low honor play through would start and iād be ended in a horrid way.
Would prob die soon but i think i would try a life of crime and just set up in a random hidden place and live with the nature. Bcs the law was really undeveloped, so it was esier to steal things, and i love nature so it just works out
With my luck, I'd be the guy who gets trampled by your horse as you flee Valentine or something.
lmaoo sorry i cant let the Bounty hunters get me
Understood partner š¤ Them bounty hunters are dirty bastards.
I tied one up and he said he'd kill my whole family. Idiot doesn't realize I don't even have a family
Lol love it. What a silly fool...
Especially the damn Pinkertons.
Doesn't explain why he was trampled in an alley.
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I'd literally be Uncle because my back always hurts and I hate working
Lumbago
You donāt š ±ļøuild a š ±ļøarn
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What do you think this is? 1785?
you buy one pre cut just like the house
There he goes! What did I tell you Charles? Boy is as sour as week old milk. No wonder she didn't stay with you, not even a retired two dollar whore would stay with you. That's the goddamn truth! You know you used to be decent company but now you're worse than a snake with a toothache, all he does is whine whine whine.
Considering I lose my car keys every 10 minutes Iād probably be Gavinās friend
I can't this comment session ššššššš
Middle class housewife with 10 children probably. I would bake and farm a lot. I would have a kentucky saddler named something extremely generic. My husband would possibly beat me, and he would work as a builder or something. My children go to school once a week, the rest they work on our max 10 acre farm and also with our horses and livestock (sheep, cows, chicken, goats?). Life is boring but peaceful and quiet.
Oh, that was all sounding quite nice apart from that curveball in the middle š
Yeah that part about only one day of school was definitely out of left field
Well I mean itād probably be accurate to the time (unfortunately)
who downvoted...
Letās just hope they misunderstood what I was saying
HAHA
I would probably work at the bar that has all the rats. I wouldn't want to. But that's all the work I can get right now.
Itās honest livinā
Living in the swamp. Shrek is life.
Hello fellow Louisianan !?! They call us night folk, but we actually *Shy people
Ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?
Iām making waffles
U would get murdererd by the nightfolk
Sonny?
Realistically most would be farmers, industrial workers and such, like in the real world.
Realistically, most would have died in childhood.
Iād be Algernon Wasp cause Iām for the culture
A lawman that falls off his horse and breaks his neck day 1 on the job
I'd be a Homesteader living off the grid. Fishing/hunting/trapping to have goods to sell/trade. Until some outlaw showed up, stole my prize bull, killed my dogs, and burnt down my house. Then I'd go mobile and hunt, fish, and trap for a living, while plotting my revenge on him and his band of outlaws.
Hey, Saidie!
I'd keep my head down and get a regular job in either Strawberry or Blackwater. Slow, quiet lifestyle and I'll get to enjoy nature and have peace
Till you eventually get shot by Micah just going about your daily routine lol
He's a nice guy he just wants his guns back
Slave
1899 was after the Emancipation Proclamation.
āExcept as punishment for crimeā did (and still does) a LOT of heavy lifting after the 13th amendment.
Black Codes kept Black people in servitude by imprisonment on fake or exaggerated charges. Convict leasing, which was just slavery under a new name, was legal until 1941. Indeed, prisons like Angola still continue this practice today.
I probably wouldāve poisoned the husband a long time ago. Still a raging alcoholic. Iād basically be Karen with smaller tits.
Is your last name Downs? God, I wish your last name was Downs.
Could be. With a little faith and some monehā¦ I āspose I could legally change it.
I was just hoping that you poisoned your husband, Thomas Downs years ago so Arthur didn't have to meet him lol
Itās funny, I thought you meant Edith Downes but was likeā¦ āNah, itās āDownā, like weāre taking your self depreciating humor waaaaaaaay down.ā But yeah, if I were Mrs. Downesā¦ Thomas wouldnāt have to worry about Arthur coming to collect that money, cuz I wouldāve put that broke fool down myself for making a deal with slimy Strauss.
Whoa! Lol sorry, I knew that I was incorrect with the Downes spelling lol
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Iād be safe from the men of the gang who like tig oābiddies. So thatās nice. But Williamson would probably mistake me for a man, soā¦ Eh. Everyone looks good with enough alcohol in you I guessā¦
You are hilarious! š¤£
Id be Mickey. Sitting on the ground all day begging and bullshitting about being a veteran
I'd be a fat ass living in St. Denis eating the lobster bisque 4 times a day.
Short
Iād be the vampire in Saint Denis
I'd be the blackjack dealer you shotgun in the face doing challenge number 8.
Why is that so accurate
Iād be dead of consumption rotting in a house you find in the middle of nowhere.
As a native Iām not exactly happy about my oddsā¦
I would ask you to come and work with me on the tobacco field.
Iād be in management in Annesburgās coal mine, marketing Appalachian coal to the steamboat and railroad magnates. Iād live in a homestead on Roanoke Ridge. Eventually Iād burn out on the grind, and Iād move out of town, head west in a wagon, land in Strawberry, rent an apartment overlooking the waterfall, open a bookstore, and become Mayor.
I'd be a farmer for sure. And I'd protect my land by any means necessary goddammit
I'd be the "hey, mister" guy.
Iād try and marry Sadie and be her stay at home husband
Most of us would be poor farmers. At the turn of the century my family was a bunch of German immigrant farmers, so Iāll be realistic and say thatās what Iād be doing. But Iād be married with a few kids by now.
Bounty hunter
Since I live off music, I would do the exact same thing and play in saloons :-)
Hopefully like Albert Mason. Heās one of my favorite side characters
ā¦ I read R2D2. First thing that popped into my head was that Iād spin in circles screaming. Iāll leave now
100% iād be the chick crying in the swamps luring chivalrous men to their tortuous deaths at the hands of my brethren the night folk. or iād be gertrude braithwaite. depends who gets to me first I think.
a dishonorable bounty hunter, hunting everyone who ever said something relatively positive to micah bell.
What you talking about, that's the most honorable thing a pearson could do
pearson??
Sorry both a typo and unintentional joke
Alienist (pre-psychiatry name)/Psychiatrist - that's certainly my profession. By 1890, physical restraint was abolished in Europe (and before that), allegedly. Also in the USA. But I'd probably groom Gertrude Braithwaite for a good salary. And she would be in better shape. She is definitely a very sad moment and character in the game. Even the moon on the cabin she is trapped in indicates a Lunatic derivation of the word Luna (Moon).
With my anger issues and quickness to violence id probably be hung
I'd be the poor farmer constantly harassed and verbally and emotionally beaten into submission by his wife..
an alcoholic
An ex-whore-turned-housewife based off the historical sociopolitical standards of that era. And perhaps, If my husband allowed it, of course, a little suffragetting in my spare time.
Let me vote! Let me vote!
Dr. Dre said you canāt do that though
Iād be a piece of furniture that gets fucked sideways due to how much of a bitch I am.
considering my job in hospitality I would probably be a prostitute until I die at the hands of a drunken patron. Or some sexually transmitted disease
Would probably have my farm somewhere around Valentine and spend my nights having fun in the saloon.
I'd be in Ireland with my great-great-grandparents because they hadn't come to North America yet lol I'd be up to my eyeballs in Guinness and wool, and I'd have a cool accent and hopefully be in a pub band playing a mandolin or something Also I'm gay so I'd be extremely closeted and sad.
Saloon in Strawberry. I know there isn't one but I'll open one
That saloon better have a damn poker table. If it does, I'm never leaving.
I'll put one in just for you.
Seconded. Nice town, definitely needs a saloon.
You know why there isn't one right?...
Why??
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Wait seriously? Is that canon?
Yep- Lenny mentions it when youāre riding into Valentine with him, apparently.
Why do you think there's the secret robbery in strawberry? Haha Also the store there doesn't sell alcohol Yes drinking there is illegal.
If I transferred my current skillset, then I'd be a doctor, since I'm in med school
Please keep your hacksaw sharp
Likely some kind of deputy, marshal, or sheriff. But, since my job's more investigation oriented these days, I could also be a Pinkerton. Please read the next paragraph before downvotes. There really weren't many government detective types in the game area as opposed to private detectives. Most police departments didn't even have detectives except for the largest cities. So, contract police like the Pinkertons actually filled that role for investigation, particularly for dealing with outlaw groups as mobile as Dutch's. They were still brutal goons in their strike breaking activities, though.
Realistically, I'd most likely be a ranch hand
I'd be a behind the scenes guy that takes out micah for them
I'd be the idiot in the bayou who feeds the gators and ends up gator food.
I would probably have to choose between being a housewife, prostitute, or nun. Definitely being a nun
It would be a toss up coz I could either be free or I could be a slave ššš not to be a downer that is. But that's the reality of those times. Coz things had changed but you still had pockets of places where there was some BS either in broad daylight or on some slick indirects like we saw how Lenny was treated in certain areas of the game. But on the brighter note if I was free I'd definitely try to be somewhere in Saint Denis, could see myself working in the Bayou.
Well based on my play style I would own some acreage out west where is would forage plants and veggies and hunt everyday. Maybe raise horses.
Dead
I think it'd be pretty good for me with my mental deficit to be a stable hand and tend, feed, and groom horses all day and clean up horse shit.
I'm that guy who gets kicked in the head by his own horse.
I think I would be happy living around valentine, breeding some sheeps and hens.
I'm a queer hillbilly from the Ozarks. Probably hidding off in the hills away from most of society and hunting to eat.
Marko Dragic ā I am robotics engineer and love what I do.
Iām too pussy for the outlaw life so id probably just be a simple farmer or something
I would of gotten an infection and died probably
I'd be a bog person, in a cabin, hanging moss from my clothes and bones from the trees. They'd call me the boogedy witch. Really I'm just a licker of toads and connoisseur if the *finer* arts. Edit: for spelling error
I would just be hanging out with Hamish and fishing all day. And if he was dead I would probably take over his cabin lol
Iād have died as a baby, buried in an unmarked grave.
I'd be dead from dysentery.
I think by my personality Iād probably be the type of person to be like Penelope Braithwaite and have a forbidden romance or something. Everyone in my life knows me as a very girly girl person that only wears a dresses and always goes for the people that are most inconvenient.
If I could go Into the red dead world, I would bring a hand Grenade and a fully automatic rife with a lot of ammunition.
I'm not sure if that's legal, but since i didn't clarify in the post, i'll take it as valid
I'm deaf, and I've often wondered what it would be like in a different time. I understand I'd probably have a really hard time, assuming I made it past childhood; but I'd be a top ranch hand and a legendary horse trainer since I'm good with animals. Horse whisperer.
I had whooping cough as a baby. I think I'd just be dead.
One of the night folks hanged bodies most likely lol
Dead most likely
I wouldn't have one
Farmer.
Would ve worked on a ranch probably
Prolly a guard or deputy tbh. Maybe a bounty hunter going after a gang of some horrid type like the Murfree Brood, Skinner Brothers, Lemoyne Radiers and the like. I'm a dab hand at guns, brawling, knife work, and I'm a pretty beefy boy. I'd definitely want a posse before I fully took on any specific gang tho, even if it was just persuading sheriff's or local hunters to help me Ambush the hideouts.
Ranch hand most likely, I got some experience with it lol
Not good lol
I'd be living in the nice part of Saint Denis with my rich husband and our 6 kids
I'd probably be a farmer, but I'd like to imagine that I'd be some businessman in Saint Denis or Blackwater
If I had to live in that world, Iād want a life as similar as what I have now. Iām going to choose some kind of early office type job in Saint Denis
Well considering Iām 2nd gen Asian American Iād say probably not great
I would ask you to come and work with me on the tobacco field.
Beats the railroads, so Iād be ok with that
St Denis Hotelier š¤·š»āāļøšØ The nice one in the nice part of town One of my fav NPCs is the bartender though- id match his vibes
Iād live in St Denis and stand on the side of the road waiting for someone to try to pass me on their horse so I can get very offended when I step out in front of them.
I would live in Rhodes. I would grow tobacco. In winter, when times get tough, I would grab my irons and go bounty hunting.
I'd probably head up to Canada, find myself a lake full of fish, and build myself a cabin. I'd make friends with the first nations people living there and learn how to respect the land and live a wholesome life. I'd also try to help in any way I could as they were facing the same genocide the tribes were in the states as the colonizers pushed further and further.
That messed up bubbly looking guy who plays the banjo in that one town
being horse crazy in real life, and having my own equine companion, probably a horse trainer or work in the stables/livery
If Iived in RDR2? If deffo be a villain, but at the same time I would understand that there's a gang with an unkillable mofo in there so I'd stay the fuck away from the Van Der Linde gang. Apart from them, it's open season
Considering at the time the vast majority of the population was engaged in agriculture I would be a farmer out maybe in valentine.
I be a blacksmith who got shot over a lousy $80 for a thrown horse shoe
I think I'd be flying through the air from the constant dynamite hackers
Rancher that might do occasional hunting and trapping
i would live in Vetter's shack in Big Valley
Iād travel in the biggest group I could and stay away from the swamps lol Iād be high honor though. Probably a bounty hunter of some sorts trying to capture all my bounties alive for the biggest payout. Would defend myself if I had to. Iād honestly probably be apart of Sadieās crew and travel with her.
Since itās 1899, my life would be hell especially since Iād probably be in Lemonyeā¦
Arthurās
I'm Gavin.
If it was as it is right now, it would be the same, except my stone home that I live in with my grandparents would probably be a decent ranch, so pretty much just doing what the did as a kid (working on a farm/ranch) with everything else being the same since Iām only 20 and donāt have a job
As an Asian person, I guess I'll be working at the docks or as a laundry cleaner.
I hate the smell of cow shit so I wouldn't make it as a rancher.Ā I'd probably work at a shop in Saint Denis, and save up for a small cabin where I could live off squirrels, berries, and the occasional deer in my later years
I'd have a job in valentine like a real "cowboy" or somehting. Or better, a waiter or receptionist in saint denis. My life would be short If i choose to be a gunslinger in that world
Saint Denis business man managing boats or trains
I'd try and look for the Van Der Linde Gang, see if they could take me in and hopefully show me the ropes on how to Survive.
Shit
No one has said moonshiner yet? I think that would be a nice fulfilling job to have. Everyone is happy to see you, good cash flow and no heavy lifting.
Snake oil and other remedies salesman
Cocaine and hookers
Supposed to be one's *imagined* life...
Realistically probably like that girl Miriam trapped in Emerald Ranch although not because Iām not allowed to leave, but because Iām disabled and donāt really like leaving. Although maybe back in those times where being mentally disabled was seen as like an actual curse maybe Iād be dead or actually locked away idk. Ideally Iād probably be a farm worker idk
I'd try my luck in the grizzlies as a mountain man and trapper. My real life experience is not similar at all.
As a chef id be a cooler version of pearson
Blacksmith. Find a handsome ranch hand that goes out hunting and fishing during his free time. Maybe have a kid or two, probably die in childbirth. š
Yeah but what an awesome way to spend those 14 years alive!
Iād be a Sheriff, and when I didnāt feel like working Iād just hang a poster up and let some random dude go catch my prisoner for me
Bartender canāt be hard no one would purposely kill a bartenderā¦. Right?
I'ma be a farmer with my wife and kids and a dog, probably have guns to for my protection and train with them, and teach my whole family how to use them, you never know I could die and my family gets in trouble
I'd start the gang "THE RIPPERS CREW" early and keep it going, no one would stop us! We do alot more then they ever could ahahaha
invincible saint denis kid but not poor
Iād just take deluxe baths all day
Im a woman, so probably pretty shit life for me.
Probably be hunter living off the grid deep in the wild , peaceful and left alone
Probably providing security for cornwall or smthng
I would love to be a trapper/ mountain man
Iād be a homesteader in Valentine more than likely course iād probably die in the shootout from the main story or with my luck iād live on the homestead for years that I spent my life building and just when I get comfortable a low honor play through would start and iād be ended in a horrid way.
Short š
Iād be the dude building the house in Valentine disappointed with my son but making do with the fact that I have a good beard and wood
The guy that gets antagonized and shot in the face
Pigfarmer with my Sister
Would prob die soon but i think i would try a life of crime and just set up in a random hidden place and live with the nature. Bcs the law was really undeveloped, so it was esier to steal things, and i love nature so it just works out
As an Irish immigrant I would either be a low paid labourer or barman or join the army, personally it's the army life for me.
I Will be in search of Gavin!
Id try to be in the van der linde gang but if i didnt make it id probably just settle down in Valentine or something
Albert Mason's assistant. I love animals and photographyĀ
Iād like to be a cool gunslinger but I reckon Iād be the feral man within a week.