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| “ | We all have to look for answers somewhere. Some in big ol' books, others in big ol' bottles of whiskey. | „ |
| ~ Bonnie discusses faith. |
| “ | After my brother left, it was up to me to become the man of the ranch. [...] He switched his saddle for a tie, and that's fine. I just never met a man in a tie that I could trust. | „ |
| ~ Bonnie tells John about Patrick. |
Bonnie MacFarlane is a major character of the 2010 western action-adventure video-game Red Dead Redemption appearing as the deuteragonist of the New Austin chapter. She also appears in its 2019 prequel/spin-off Red Dead Online, and also a minor character in the first game's non-canon DLC Undead Nightmare.
She is portrayed by Kimberly Irion.
Biography[]
Background[]
Born in 1884, Bonnie is the daughter of Drew MacFarlane, the owner of MacFarlane's Ranch, and has spent her whole life working on the ranch with her father. When she was young, her father hired a "French" governess (who Bonnie suspected of not being truly French, since she spoke Russian) to teach her and keep her civilized.
She had six brothers, but five of them died from either illness or accidents. Her sole surviving brother, Patrick MacFarlane, moved to New York, where he supposedly works as a banker in Manhattan. With the majority of her generation dead and the only other surviving male child leaving the family, Bonnie feels it is up to her to become the man of their family's ranch.
Red Dead Online[]
The protagonist can encounter 14-year-old Bonnie on the porch of her home at MacFarlane's Ranch. She will initially mistake them for a robber, but soon deduces that they are actually looking for work, and proceeds to explain that she and her father are planning on packing up and moving for a while to avoid the cholera outbreak that has swept through Armadillo.
Amos then interrupts their conversation to reveal that one of their wagons has gone missing, leading to Bonnie sending the protagonist to retrieve it, promising to pay them on their return. Later, Bonnie can be found again at MacFarlane's Ranch, and will offer recovery, delivery, escort, and hunting missions to the player. Accepting her missions will increase the player's honor.
Red Dead Redemption II[]
Bonnie is mentioned along with her father as having to get out of New Austin temporarily due to a cholera outbreak afflicting the populace in the territory. Arthur Morgan can come across a possible suitor of hers, south of Van Horn Trading Post. Arthur finds him near-death and obtains a letter from him titled "Letter to Bonnie MacFarlane". The letter details her father's disapproval of him, leading him to leave to "make his fortune" in an effort to gain his approval and return to her.
Red Dead Redemption[]
She is first seen on the train from Blackwater. The next morning, Bonnie rescues John by the road after he is seriously wounded in the initial confrontation with Bill Williamson at Fort Mercer. Bonnie pays the Armadillo doctor $15 (roughly $390 in today's money) for Marston's treatment and provides lodging in return for assistance with duties on the ranch.
John does several missions at the ranch. After finding out that John is at the ranch, Bill Williamson's men set the ranch's barn on fire and John risks his life to rescue the horses out of the burning barn. Bonnie is later taken hostage by members of Bill Williamson's gang, looking to exchange her for Norman Deek from the Armadillo jail.
After travelling to the ghost town of Tumbleweed and attempting to hand the man over, it is revealed to be an ambush. The gang attempts to hang a beaten Bonnie, but the rope tightens around the side of her throat, preventing her neck from being broken. After an intense battle, John then cuts the rope (provided that he hadn’t previously severed it by shooting it) and Marshal Leigh Johnson then takes her back to Armadillo after all of Williamson's goons are killed.
Roughly a couple months later, after Dutch van der Linde's suicide, John returns to MacFarlane's Ranch with Jack and visits Bonnie to purchase cattle. She helps them to herd the cattle back to Beecher's Hope, accompanying them to just beyond the outskirts of the ranch. Shortly after, Bonnie calls upon John by telegraph to bring the ranch some corn to make up for crops lost to pests at their ranch.
Her request is received, so John and Abigail visit the ranch. Miss MacFarlane has a friendly conversation with Abigail, who later states that she liked Bonnie. Afterwards, the Marston couple leaves the ranch; Bonnie gazes longingly after the couple, shuffling her feet as she watches the wagon leave. She then turns to Amos as he walks into the general store and then follows him in, marking her final canonical appearance. It is suggested by Abigail that Bonnie had developed feelings for John; the way in which she stared at the two as they left also supports this.
It is unknown if she ever learns of Marston's death. By 1914, Bonnie has already gotten married, though it is not stated to whom. Jack Marston is still welcome at the MacFarlane's Ranch and is able to make use of the cabin his father once recovered in. Bonnie is not seen by Jack, although the ranch operates just as it did in 1911. In 1914, NPCs can be heard discussing that she found a husband.
Undead Nightmare[]
Set after John reunites with his family but before his death, Bonnie appears at the ranch, seemingly unfazed by the zombie epidemic, but seems mentally disturbed from her words. She nonchalantly tells John that her father Drew MacFarlane was rounding up the undead in the barn and was there since the day before, and asks John to check on him, which begins the side-mission "Paternal Pride". After John tells her the fate of her father, she states she is glad that he fought protecting those he loved and walks back into the house. After that, she is not seen again.
Appearance[]
Bonnie is a young Caucasian woman with blonde hair tied in a ponytail. She has a short but somewhat stocky build. In RDR, she wears a blue collared shirt, a brown waistcoat, a beige skirt, and brown boots. In Online, she wears a red and white collared shirt and a navy-blue waistcoat. In both games, she wears a Native American necklace.
Quotes[]
- "You disgust me!"
- "You're not a real man."
- "Put it back in your pants, mister!"
- "You don't scare me."
- "You ain't gettin away that easily!"
- "Are you afraid of losing to a woman?"
- "This sure beats milking cows!"
- "What are you trying to prove?!"
- "I'll show you how to treat a woman!"
- "Come on, are you givin up already?!"
- "Lets go, what are you waiting for?!"
- "What? You think you're a cowboy now?!"
- "You're not much good at this, are you?!"
- "Look at that male pride go!"
- "I'll teach ya some respect!"
- "Call yourself a man?!"
- "What the hell's wrong with you?!"
- "You're an idiot!"
- "Coward!"
- "You are really showing off, aren't you?!"
- "Are you trying to impress me?!"
- "That's it, I'm done being nice!"
- "Come on, don't make me kill you!"
- "Leave now, or never leave at all!"
- "This is your last chance to put down the gun!"
- "You need to learn some manners!"
- "Where do you think you're going?!"
- "I pity you - I really do."
Bonnie's Brothers[]
| Name | Birth | Death | Cause of Death |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hank | 1881 | 8-12-1893 | Tuberculosis |
| Owen | 17-3-1882 | 23-6-1896 | Chronic diarrhoea |
| Gus | 1883 | 4-8-1905 | Killed in a bar-fight |
| Cole | ? | 26-7-1899 | Gunshot to the head |
| Patrick | ? | N/A | N/A |
| Ethan | 1884 | 1903 | Attempted to milk a bull |
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Bonnie appears on the back of the fold-out map provided with the game.
- Her outfit used to be able to be bought and worn within PlayStation Home.
- She was #29 on Game Informer's The 30 Characters Who Defined a Decade.
- She wields a Winchester Model 1873 in artwork, but she never has one in-game.
- John only calls her 'Bonnie' twice in the game, but refers to her as 'Miss MacFarlane' the rest of the time.
- On close examination, it can be seen that she wears two belts like most male characters: a regular belt and a gunbelt.
- Bonnie shares a few similarities to Annie Stoakes from the previous game Red Dead Revolver; both are ranchers with blonde hair and similar outfits and they both face similar threats during the games.
- Bonnie MacFarlane is named after the aunt of former Rockstar San Diego designer Rob Hanson. He renamed the ranch he designed "MacFarlane's Ranch" and named the rancher's daughter Bonnie MacFarlane just before he resigned.
- In Undead Nightmare, a graffito on a Blackwater wall reads "You do so love to talk in riddles", quoting Bonnie's statement to John. Another quote from Bonnie found scrawled on the walls of Blackwater is "Civilization is truly a beautiful thing".
- Bonnie's age is discussed in the first issue of the Blackwater Ledger after the mission "Hanging Bonnie MacFarlane". The article suggests her kidnapping was a crime of passion perpetuated by Bill Williamson's gang and goes on to describe Bonnie as "a spinster of 29 years." This contradicts Bonnie's own statement in "This is Armadillo, USA" that she is 27, as well as the guide which lists the same age; this may be an oversight on Rockstar's part, though it's also plausibly an in-story misreporting.
- Another age inconsistency can be found in Red Dead Redemption 2, where MacFarlane Ranch's barn still hasn't been constructed. In the first game, Bonnie tells John that it was constructed when she was a little girl. Even in the RDR2 epilogue (set in 1907), the barn is still abscent.
- Bonnie's appearance in Red Dead Online may also be an age inconsistency; the game takes place in 1898, yet she looks older than 14.
Licensing[]
This article contains content derived from the "Bonnie MacFarlane" article on the Red Dead Wiki, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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