#Kassandra Birch

[anli-rambles]

Idk if the writers intended it or not but the amount of cognitive dissonance between what Haytham says and what he does is so telling of the kind of person he was raised to be. Birch succeeded in making him talk like a Templar, but his actions contradict pretty much everything Haytham claims to stand for. It's as if the brainwashing ran deep enough to make Haytham lack self-awareness but not enough to completely destroy what Edward was able to teach him before he died. Connor points it out verbatim right before they meet up with Washington too. "You've talked a great deal but you've shown me nothing."

Haytham says he wants order but he's just about as chaotic as his father was when he was younger. He says Connor's talks of "freedom" and "free will" are nonsense but literally every time we see him aside from the opening sequences, he's going off on his own, doing God-knows-what without telling any of the other Templars, he drops everything on the spot to go camping with his girlfriend, hell he even murdered a Templar Grandmaster for personal revenge (when revenge has been the driving force between many of the protagonists we've had so far like Ezio, Connor, Arno, Bayek, heck even Kassandra to some degree, while the Templars claim to be above this kind of stuff). He went against Lee's plans to have Connor executed because he felt like it. (The line in his journal is literally "I won't let my son die today.") He says he wants purpose and direction and yet never has a plan for whatever he's doing. He's exactly like Edward on that front, essentially bullshitting his way through everything and hoping it all works out (and it often doesn't). That man has never had purpose or direction in his entire life, and the moment someone tries to tell him what to do, he actively chooses to do the opposite because he doesn't follow orders (and if he does, it's on his own terms).

When Haytham realized he didn't hold the key to the Precursor site, he chose to drop it altogether, because he knew too many would have to die for the cause and it wasn't worth it. Do you mean to tell me people like Vidic, the Borgias, Germain, heck even Torres (who's by far the most reasonable Grandmaster we've encountered in the series besides François de la Serre, maybe) went to impossible lengths to get to the Observatory — do you think any of these men would've just... stopped ? Because more people would have to die ? (The answer is no. William Johnson was willing to commit mass murder just to buy the land the site was on — which by the way Haytham had no idea about (the mass murder part, I mean) until after the fact and he was very angry about it.)

Which is also pretty telling about how involved he is in all of this. He didn't know about what Johnson was planning because he couldn't even be bothered to hold yearly meetings for like 15 years.

In his journal, you can see how he progressively starts to despise every Templar he's working with. He endorses Lee out loud but his thoughts about the guy are that he's "too British to be a good representative for the American people" and he's actually pretty pessimistic about his chances to supplant Washington. He doesn't even believe in what he says about Lee, like, ever (which is why I say it really looks like he's endorsing Lee as an act of sabotage because it really feels like it sometimes.) His Templar kill count is also higher than Connor's — Juan Vedomir, the unnamed mercenary with a West Country accent, Edward Braddock, John Harrison, Reginald Birch, Benjamin Church and Nicholas Biddle (although the game never showed it, the fact that Church and Biddle died only days apart while both in the Caribbean means that Haytham was with Connor on the Aquila when he killed Biddle, so he's at least complicit in his murder.)

Haytham says he's a man with Templar ideals and an Assassin background but to me it feels like the opposite. He's a man with a Templar background and Assassin ideals, but the grooming started so young that even killing Birch couldn't undo the damage that man had done. I think Haytham realized that by the end and that's why he let Connor kill him.

[fromashesweriseuphiddenones]

For Mother's Day I am going to give you my list with the top Moms from Assassin's Creed. I am going extremely limited based on official materials. Six total mothers that we have seen in some capacity. These are the mothers who have done what they thought was best for their kids, and supported them. They aren't perfect by any means, as you will soon see.

6) Tessa Kenway: first of all she is great for accepting Jennifer Scott who wasn't even her kid. She's a great stepmom. Still doting on her even when Haytham was born. And Haytham admits that she loved him. But then Edward is killed, and Haytham kills a man, defending his home and family. Tessa disowns him. Likely Birch manipulated her but this is the reason she is so low.

5) Grandma Frye: Don't fully know why this lady was raising the Twins for a time but she was. Got to give credit to the grandmothers who jump back into the fry when their grandkids need help. I think she was a product of her time to not only attempt to raise the twins with proper gender roles but return them to their father. @emoscot if you know more please share.

4) Maria Auditore: I feel really bad putting her here because she is a great mom, raising Four Kids in 15th century Italy, guiding and disciplining her children, supporting her children, hell two of them (Ezio and Perturccio) gave her scares (Not intentionally on their parts. Ezio wasn't breathing when he was born and Perturccio was sickly), spoke to them not down to them, even embarrassed them as a good mother should. Why is she so low though? Well it's her years of mourning and silence. Yes she lost her husband and two of her sons, but Ezio and Claudia were alive and with her. Yes losing your partner is hard but girl, your remaining children needed you.

3) Kaniehtì:ío: Rathnhtonké:ton's mother. She was strict sure but loving. Even teaching him English. I think we get more in the Tyranny of King Washington but that moment when Rathnhtonké:ton sees her in the vision, he hugs her, tightly. She really instilled a strong sense of love and respect in him.

2) Cassidy Finnegan: There is something more loving than what Cassidy did for Shay Cormac but I will get there. Shay was brought to her and her husband Barry broken and likely threading between life and death. However instead of shunning a stranger (though they likely already knew Marno from their son) they took him in. Nursed his wounds, helped him mentally and physically, even clothed and armed him before he left. Even if they weren't, that was Christen behavior, helping the least of their brothers.

1) Rosta (Evior's Mother): Rosta in the opening of Valhalla is an amazing mother. Supportive of her child Evior. However as soon as danger strikes she is a she-wolf protecting her pups. She gets Evior out of the mead hall, through a window and on to Sigard's horse. She fights a warrior's fight and dies fighting even when her husband laid his life down attempting to spare his people. Evior always speaks ill of Varn but never Rosta.

Honorable Mentions

Maria Therope: Former Templar badass who handed her spouse's ass to him on a platter and kicked him in the head just a year later.

Sofia Santor: Book loving momma who doesn't need to be told to get the kids to safety.

Paola and Sister Theodosia: They run brothels and are likely all some of these girls have.

Momma Miles: Yes she is here because like Evior, Desmond never speaks ill of her. She may have been absent more often than not, but I like to think she made an effort especially if she could be heard begging Desmond not to run.

And just for the fun of it my opinion on the three worst mothers in Assassins Creed.

3) Aya: I am sorry but where were you that day? Why was Khuem with Bayek? Were you trying to get him killed?

2) Kassandra and Alexios' Mom: Look I get Greece and all, prochey wasn't to be taken lightly but need I remind you of the saying "Fate meets those on the road they take to avoid it"

1) Who Ever Was Responsible for the ISU- Slavers, Racists and unethical scientists. God-like beings whose own hubris not only led them to create the very instruments of their destruction but they also enslaved them. Then fought a war, while an impending disaster hovered above.

Anyway Happy Mother's Day to all you amazing moms.

[swordluck]

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It was easy to imagine that a divine thread pulled her onto the stylobate. That something delicate as milkweed floss or spider silk had encircled her wrist, or stitched itself into her very heart roots. Outside, the twilight sky was draped in shades of mauve and mulberry, deepening until the first stipples of early stars appeared. Framed by the towering columns of pillars, Anri watched and waited. Birch-limbed, the butter-blonde of her hair crowned with starburst blossoms of myrtle. Braziers stained her with the scent of woodsmoke, outlining her silhouette with ember light – and revealing the battle-ready figure climbing the path.

Anri knew their identity even before she noticed the dusk-dressed edges of eagle wings circling above. With the day’s last dying breath, Kassandra made her way towards the temple, calves kissed by the bobbing, blood-red faces of Aphrodite’s beloved red anemones. It had been days since their last encounter – days full of love and light, but no less relentless for all the joy they brought.

There was much to admire in the misthios. That darling, daring mouth. Prone to smirks, and capable of delivering kisses carrying more heat than midday sandstone. Those arms – scar-licked and strong – that so often formed a welcome cage of bone and sinew. Arms that lifted and pushed and wrapped and held, arms that felt like a second home. That heavy plait of umber hair, pulled forward over a shoulder. Unbraided, it seemed it was made for the sole purpose of slipping soft and kinked through the spaces between the priestess’ fingers.

Anri held out her hand now, as Kassandra mounted the marble steps, smiling demurely as it was accepted, turned over, a kiss planted in the well of her powder-soft palm. From here she could smell the scent of the sea, carried on the misthios’ sun-soaked skin.

“The night is made all the more beautiful by your presence, dear Kassandra.”

[anli-rambles]

I left it in the tags because I can't fully articulate all of my thoughts about it ㅠㅠ But it's something I noticed and that Connor also points out in the game, where he says Haytham's been "talking a lot but has shown nothing".

Haytham talks like a Templar, there's no denying that, but his actions don't match his words like, at all. He claims to want "order, purpose and direction" but he's even more unpredictable than Edward was when he was younger. He always runs head first into danger without thinking (which always gets him in trouble and he has to be saved by someone else), killed a Templar grandmaster for personal revenge (revenge is an Assassins trope - see for instance Ezio, Connor, Arno, Kassandra, the beginning of Eivor's story, and most importantly Bayek and Aya), went against Lee's decision to have Connor executed at the last minute and saved him without anyone ever knowing, dropped off the face of the Earth to go on a camping trip with his girlfriend and had to be tracked down and pestered by Lee to focus on his damn job, heck even his endorsement of Lee is practically a whole façade. He says he supports him but in his journal he literally wrote that Charles doesn't have what it takes to be in Washington's place (he also says he's "too British to get the support of the American people" which is hilarious coming from him) and he honestly sounds so done with the Order as a whole. And one of the most un-Templar things he did was to drop the search for the Precursor site after he realized he didn't hold the right key, and literally no other Templar Grandmaster would've ever done that. The Borgias, Vidic, Germain, the Order members of Bayek's time, heck even Torres (who's the only grandmaster other than Haytham I actually like as a character) were ready to kill anyone standing in their way to access whatever precursor site / Isu artefact they were after. Haytham was sent to the Colonies to get to the Temple. He found it, realized he didn't have the key, and instead of causing unnecessary bloodshed trying to find whatever would open it, he dropped the whole thing and left the site untouched.

And oh, he's the one who had to tell Connor that the "freedom" Washington and the Founding Fathers were promising only concerned white men (or as he calls them, "privileged cowards") and not the natives, and he was mad that Connor couldn't see that. But the Templars are meant to operate in the exact same way, so why speak of the concept of oligarch government with so much bitterness and vitriol ? If his problem was with the Founding Fathers themselves, he would've said so, like he initially did with Washington and his lacklustre battle record. But he didn't. He talked about privilege. His issue was the fact that they didn't give a shit about anyone other than themselves. WHICH AGAIN, is literally Templar ideology, but apparently Haytham doesn't subscribe to that.

It's like everything inside of him is screaming that all of this is wrong but this way of thinking is basically all he's ever known. Haytham says he's a man with Templar ideals and Assassin roots but for real he acts like a man with Templar roots and Assassin ideals. But he's too far gone to see it that way. The damage Birch did is irreversible at this point. That's why I say Haytham isn't irredeemable because he's evil. I don't think he is. But he's past the point of no return, and not even Birch's death could save him.

let it be known that i adore haytham but damn if i don't want to roll my eyes so fucking hard when he says the templars 'require no indoctrination by desperate old men'

likeeee. haytham. hayth. baby. sunshine. my sweet angel man. my favorite sassy oap. please read the room im begging you. how do you think you ended up here. what do you think birch did to you. :(

[theroadyouchoose]

Pokemon Fankid ABCs - K

[kiatheinsomniac]

Is it possible for a eivor x reader where they are childhood friends and have feelings for each other but didn't tell to each other and kassandra notices this and helps Eivor and reader?

(Since the majority of my Eivor requests have been for fem! Eivor recently, I'm going to assume that's what you're asking for and make this a F/F oneshot. If not, I'd be happy to write a differently gendered version for you!) 

"You are an idiot." You muttered as you applied a herbal balm to the graze which was now covering the entirety of Eivor's right cheek. 

“Is she always so tender?” The foreign woman, who had been introduced to you as Kassandra, asked, amusement in her voice. 

“It is ironic for a healer, is it not?” The drengr replied. 

“Yes, well I would have half as much work if people took my advice of prevention as readily as they took my remedies. You’re much too brash, Eivor.” You spoke, brows furrowed as you finished up before crossing your small hut to rinse the remainders of the green balm off from your hands in a wooden bowl of purified water. 

“I think I can agree with her on that one.” Kassandra piped up, earning a glare from Eivor who was sitting on the bench where you often sat your patients - that is until their wounds were severe enough for them to need to rest upon the low-down bed. 

You walked back to Eivor to swat her hand away from her face, she frowned at this action, retorting:

“It stings more now than when you first dragged me here!”

“I can assure you that an infection will feel worse.” You replied, taking a seat beside her and gazing worriedly at the wound. She was a woman whose neck had felt the kiss of a wolf’s powerful jaw as a child and survived and yet you always found yourself worried over any little wound she came to you with. To begin with, you had told yourself that it was in your nature as a healer, you had been raised into this work and so it was only normal that you would want to treat her. But, over the years, you had realised that you worried because you loved this woman and wished to see no harm come to her and should harm befall her, you wanted to be the one to tend to her wounds, you trusted no other with such a vital task. 

“(Y/n)!” A pained voice cried from outside and you leapt to your feet to throw open the door. You looked down to be met with fiery red hair and eyes reddened by tears. 

“Arth!” You exclaimed, recognising the local fisherman’s nephew. He was clutching a bloodied hand to his chest and you quickly ushered him inside, inspecting the wound to find that he had got a fish hook stuck through his thumb. “Out, ladies, out!” You exclaimed to your two guests, placing a hand delicately on Eivor’s lower back when ushering her out. 

***

“She likes you. A lot.” Kassandra hummed as she strolled through the outskirts of the town with the drengr. 

“I know, we’ve been friends for as long as I can remember.” She gestured to her neck, “I can still remember her little tears when her father was treating this. She told me that if I died, she was going to become the best healer in the world to bring me back to life just so she could kill me herself for leaving her.” Eivor laughed, making Kassandra smile. 

“I mean as more than friends, it’s clear in the way she looks at you.” The Greek woman replied. 

“(Y/n)? No, we have been close since childhood.” Kassandra turned her head a little to the side, crossing her arms as she paused beneath a birch tree. 

“I have met many people with many stories over the years and I know the gaze of a lover when I see it.” She replied simply with a little shrug of her shoulders. 

“You are mistaken.” Eivor replied, her voice not as strong as it usually was

***

“(Y/n)!”

“Oh what now?” You sighed, turning to see Kassandra doubled over and clutching an arrow at her side. 

“You two are a recipe for disaster!” You cried out, ushering them inside. Eivor looked terribly worried and you grabbed her by the arm to pull her in before reaching out to Kassandra. But the foreign woman simply smiled before dropping the arrow, revealing that the wound had been fake and slamming the door shut. There was a heavy sound from the other side of it before a scuffling noise and you spun around to look at the window behind your work desk, only to find that a rack of clay pots which you kept outside was being pushed across it to block your exit. 

“Kassandra!” Eivor exclaimed. “What is the meaning of this?!” 

“You two will soon figure it out!” She called before you closed your eyes, listening to the sound of her footsteps growing distant. 

“She’s left us… I’m sure she’ll be back after whatever silly little prank she’s playing has bored her.” You muttered bitterly, glancing up to Eivor. Your frown melted away though at seeing the remnants of the balm which you applied earlier. You sighed, gesturing to the bench, “Sit. I’ll clean off that balm and use a liquid to try and clean it a little better.”

“Why do you worry over such little wounds?” Eivor asked, plopping down into the seat while you reached for two cloths, one of which you dipped into the fresh water before wringing it out. 

“I’m the town’s healer, it is my job. It saves Valka the trouble and she uses that extra time to bring us closer to the Gods.” You replied after a moment of hesitation. You walked over to the blonde woman before you were standing directly in front of her. “And… I care about you.” 

Eivor’s blue eyes flickered up to yours as you carefully cleaned away the balm, your other hand cupping the opposite side of her face. 

“(Y/n)...” The woman began, you hummed in reply, feeling your heart dance to the tune of her saying your name in such a sincere voice, “Have you ever been in love?” And then it dropped dead upon that dance floor. Eivor had been spending so much time with this mysterious new woman, had introduced her to her best friend… surely she couldn’t be…? 

“Why do you ask?” You deflected, stepping back to fetch the second cloth, dousing it with a small amount of a strong-smelling liquid from a corked bottle. A concoxion you had made yourself. 

“I am… wondering if a committed love could suit me.” It seemed that the both of you wished to dance around answers. 

“Then, no.” You replied, “I am not in love.” You replied. 

“Not even with that pestering boy back in Norway?” She laughed and you scoffed, knowing exactly who she was referring to. There had been a hunter’s son back when you were young who had sought after your affections eagerly. You had complained to Eivor for days about not knowing how to get rid of him, hating such attention. She never told you just how, but one day she came to tell you that he had been dealt with and he never so much as cast a glance in your direction again. 

“Especially not him.” You rolled your eyes yet smiled. You paused, “What… What did you say to him that got him to leave me alone at last?” 

“I cannot remember.”

“Liar.” Eivor’s eyes shot up to meet yours, you stood before her again but those blue hues quickly scrunched at the way the liquid burned her minor wound. “I’ve known you all our lives, there is nothing you can hide from me, my dearest,” You paused to dab especially gently at her brow, “ friend.” 

“Did you do that on purpose?” Eivor whispered. Your fingertips trembled, your subtlety caught like a rabbit in a snare, being held up like a trophy by such a question. 

“I don’t know what you speak of.” You replied, your own voice also dropping to a whisper. You swallowed hard, setting the cloth down on the side and going to take a step back but a hand on the side of your thigh stopped you. 

“Sit with me, please?” But you turned around, facing your back to the drengr. You always wished to be there for this woman who you held dearer than anyone else in the world, but you did not think that your heart could take her confiding in you her feelings for Kassandra. 

“If you wish to pursue her, I cannot fault you. She has a dry humour that I like and is very beautiful. I hope that her more cautious sense of adventure can tame your brashness. You will be a good match.” The tears streaked at your cheeks that the words and your throat felt squeezed shut at the effort to hold the sobs in. 

“It is not Kassandra that I have eyes for.” An ember of hope glimmered within you before doubt stamped it out. The two of you had known each other for so long that you truly believed she would have confessed to you by now if she harboured the same feelings. 

“Then surely it’s not…” You tried to think of someone, anyone, in the settlement who you could tease her for at the expense of whoever the poor soul was but you found that you let the sentence linger instead, leaving her the chance to finish it. 

“...(Y/n), I have known you for a very, very long time.” A hand came to rest at your shoulder, hesitantly trailing upwards to brush one of your braids back. You still remained turned away from her. “I trust no one more than I do you, I feel at home with no one more than I do with you, I feel no greater yearning for anyone as I do with you.” 

“How long…?” She didn’t need you to specify what you meant, the both of you knew that you had been counting for a while now. 

“Five years and if I were smarter, I would have realised three years before that.” You finally turned to face her, eyes glassy. 

“I’ve loved you since a wolf stole the first kiss that I wanted all for myself…” You whispered, fingers delicately gliding over the tainted skin of her neck. Eivor smiled and you found your eyes trailing from the scar to her lips. Slowly, hesitantly, giving her every chance to salvage your friendship from becoming something entirely different, you leaned up on your toes, a hand on her neck and another on her non-injured cheek. 

She closed the distance between you, hands taking in the curve of your waist to pull you flush against her body, lips meeting sweetly. You cracked your eyes open for a moment to meet hers before they fluttered closed again and your lips met once more. 

Time became a lost concept to you as you practically melted, like gold, in the arms of the woman you had yearned for since you were both just girls. You pulled away but kept the closeness, nose brushing gently against hers. A final chaste kiss was placed against her hot lips before your eyes met once more. 

“Does this mean I don’t have to purposefully get injured to get you to stay in my room overnight now?” Eivor laughed quietly and you smacked her arm. 

“An idiot, through and through!” You exclaimed, your smile wider than it had ever been in your life.

[ivyprism]

OC Pictures/Picrews: Again!

Echo, Eris, and Dextera

Various OCs (UT Willows Family, the Beast Tamer, and the Mafia Skeleton Sisters' Diner AU)

Inferno and Carnelian!

Jasmine and Venus

The Original Girls (Camari, Ivy, and Tessora)

Poison: Before and After

Cecilia: Before and After

More Dante!!!

Dante, you handsome devil!

Dante is fine!

A family together: Kylee, Rae, and Vincent

Fellswap Amaranth Adam and John

Updated Fellswap Amaranth John!

Fellswap Amaranth Kayden and Josiah

Jade because pretty picrew

Random couples

Calia and Chris!

If Hydrangea got her hands on an illusion device

Calla!

Magnolia

Magnolia Hand

Hydra in human form

Harper in human form

The Twins: Clover and Lucky

Shadow Skelesona contrast

Carnelian with tattoos! Even though she doesn't have any visible ones.

Eowyn

Little Freya!

Andromeda

Human Villain Hendrix

Gorgeous Helena!

Cat Andromeda

Drinks for One Human, One Angel, and Two Demons

Louella and Leanna

Louella and Leanna! Again!

Altair and Marcellus

Leanna with wings

Drink for Ceylon

Human Form Hydra and Hydrangea

Delphi and Artemis

Paige as a human!

Iyla and Pele

Angels Fall AU Deities

Galactica: After and Before

Lunar: After and Before

Galactica in Stripes! (Past Galactica)

Lilith and Diane

Ariella: Before and After

My Many AU Sonas

Angels Fall OCs (Curse, Lynn, Arden, and Lark)

Angels Fall OCs (Archer, Edric, Joan, and Hera)

Eleanor!

Flynn and Penelope

Very Polite, Chase

Genevieve and Brielle!

Hunter!

Sylvia and Birch

Ragnar!

SOULs (My Old AU Humans, subtracting Lila, Dani, and Angel)

SOULs (Dani and Lila)

SOULs (Eleanor and Talia)

SOULs (Kassandra and Olivia)

SOULs (Elixir)

Jaxx and Amias

Joseph and Kristopher

Kassandra and Olivia

Before and After: Honor/"Belle"

SOULs (Diane and Lilith: Old, old AU)

Tea! (Mage OCs related)

Leanna and Louella! Again!

Me in a romance anime (Plus Alternative look!)

Leanna

Hydrangea in a Romance Anime (Human! Hydrangea)

The Stranger

Lillia, Fiona, and The Stranger

River!

River! Again!

Human! Hydrangea

The Senior Ghost Hunters

Merri!

Hawk and Hayden

Hydra, Hawk, Harper, and Hayden!

The Ghost Hunting Siblings

The Guardians of the Universe

The Duos of Doom

Harper's SOUL!

Little Leah

Ethan Bell

Human Skelesonas!

Juliette and Jay!

First Drawn Skeles

Reference Stuff

Self Indulgence mostly

Doodles Part 1

Doodles Part 2

Doodles Part 3

Doodles Part 4

Crash bitches

Runs in art

Simps in art

[felassanis]

Everything I love about Assassin’s Creed

1. Ezio da la la la

2. If you idle for long enough in Odyssey Ikaros comes and lands on Alexios’s/Kassandra’s arm and then alexios/Kassandra will greet him.

3. Edward’s outfit is by far my favourite Assassin robe. It looks so fooking cool.

4. Alkibiades

5. The first mission in Assassin’s Creed III. Finding the temple and it coming alive with all the lights and the humming was so fucking cool and the theatre with Haytham was such a good way to start the game, I loved the environment that went with the theatre and the parkour was really good too, everything was good even though I had no idea why we were there in the first place lol.

6. SHAUN HASTINGS

7. Edward’s tattoos being the only reason why I go whaling in AC:Black flag

8. The dynamic between Jacob and Evie, I’ve always wanted a twin duo in a game and Jacob and Evie Frye were awesome and y’all keep sleeping on them.

9. The different colour schemes in Assassin’s Creed 2 for the different cities gave the locations their own feel and vibe and it differentiated them from each other while also ensuring that the landscapes were utterly gorgeous. For example, Venice had cooler colours, very blue and silver while Florence was warmer, with more orange and brown thrown into the mix. It really gave those maps their own identity and it was great.

10. All of Lineage. all of it, it was flipping fantastic and I know it’s not a game but it was brilliant and the other Assassin’s Creed movie will never top it despite Michael Fasbender being in it.

11. That cutscene in Black Flag where Blackbeard lights his beard on fire, I love that historical accuracy because it was very likely true and it’s so SO bad-fucking-ass

12. Alkibiades

13. How quickly I fell in love with Frederico Auditore despite the fella only having about 5 lines.

14. Also just how quickly I came to love the Auditore family, that was how well written they were, that I fell in love after 30 minutes with them. 

15. LEONARDO DA VINCI

16. Desmond Miles’s snark.

17. ‘Hey whatta matta with you altair,’

18. SHAUN HASTINGS

19. How buffy Kassandra is

20. The hookblade was actually amazing in Revelations and I’m in full support that it shouldbe brought back. The noise it made was also oddly satisfying too?

21. The Glyphs in AC2 were spooky and ominous and I refused to do the last mission until I had found all of them and uncovered the Truth. Because that entire side quest was full of anticipation and the creepy vibe the Glyphs gave off and how the footage of Adam and Eve was cut up and glitchy was just really interesting and it peaked with a climax.

22. LEONARDO DA VINCI

23. The golden beads in Alexios’s hair.

24. And Alexios just being an overall gorgeous human being who’s face was chiselled by the gods.

25. The flying machine mission in AC2 while really aggravating if you didn’t do it the first time was also really fun and getting to see Leonardo all giddy and happy made it worth it.

26. I don’t know if it’s just me? but Connor’s hair? like I know for a fact that I like men with long hair but something about his hair and the feather intertwined into it was just really appealing? and while I know why Connor shaved his hair I couldn’t help but screech when he did lmao but that’s because it’s obviously not my tradition and it’s abnormal to me. pfft

27. Revelations is one of the best AC games and I’ll fight anyone on this. It was phenomenal given how it finally concluded Ezio’s story (and remember Ezio was the face of the franchise for years and he was fan favourite and still is so there were some pressure and expectations) and how it also concluded Altair’s story.

28. Altair wasn’t that interesting in the original game but Revelations added depth and layers to his characters and made him way more intriguing. The game also gave this character important significance to the lore and I think that’s the perfect way to honour the guy who started it all. As much as we love Ezio, Altair came before and without him, Assassin’s Creed wouldn’t quite be the way it was today. (although it’s up to you if that’s a bad thing or not lmao)

29. And seeing Ezio old and matured, becoming this wise legend of a man was really cool and getting to play as him in his final journey was both heartbreaking but satisfactory.

30. I have to give a massive applause to Ubisoft for making Leonardo gay as well in Brotherhood prominently. I don’t think it was ever proven historically if he was? but it was rumoured? and yet Ubisoft went and made it canon giving that representation while also having Ezio outright say he’s okay with Leonardo dating men?! Like, in that time period if you were gay you could go to prison and the general view of homosexuality was that of disgust and yet Ezio is just here supporting his best friend? hell yes.

31. ALKIBIADES

32. I have certain feelings with Unity, but I won’t lie that the parkour was spot on in that game.

33. Gideon Emery....just Gideon Emery as Reginald Birch. The character’s a massive prick but god...that voice.

34. Connor mentioning his grandfather Edward as he’s sailing the Aquila.

35. Getting to see the wreck of the Jackdaw in Assassin’s Creed Freedom Cry was gut-wrenching.

36. Finally getting to pet animals in ACIII.

37. Finally getting to feed pigs in a video game ^^

38. SHAUN HASTINGS

39. OKay, I like Shaun because the guy is really entertaining and he’s British like me and I need to see this fucker in future games again...because after Syndicate he just vanishes and we got...Fucking Layla ugh.

40. The Naval combat in Black Flag is unmatched, fighting other ships never felt like a chore and it was fun and thrilling and the rewards felt deserving. And the feeling of taking down your first Man’o War is RIVETING.

41. Rebecca calling the Animus ‘Baby’

42. She’s another character I want to see come back. And she and Shaun better come back and be alive.

43. Lucy being a Templar was a plot twist I never saw coming but I was all for that angst especially when it seemed like they were setting up what I thought was the inevitable Desmond x Lucy romance. But I guessed wrong.

44. Yusuf Tazim being the joy and light of Revelations. fuck you Ubisoft

45. Ezio’s family theme song is the most iconic video game songs ever.

46. The introduction of Alkibiades in Odyssey, what a great way to introduce a character. like seriously, I fell in love with that fucker the moment he started speaking and felt up Kassandra’s arms while being half naked and wasted.

47. Bayek being a breath of fresh air in wonderfully written complex characters whose story was powerful and tragic. He needs a sequel.

48. Assassins Creed Brotherhood’s trailer being iconic.

49. When returning to Florence to retrieve the apple and you bring Ezio back to his old home only to see the ghosts of his entire family waiting for him. I was gobsmacked when that happened and it’s such a beautiful detail.

50. Mary Read/James Kidd being one of the best characters in Black Flag and leader in the ‘did not deserve it’ club. Every minute of her was flipping terrific and her significance in Edward’s story as one of the driving points that turned him into a better man was great.

51. I cried at the end of Black Flag.

52. The little text about Shaun sobbing when you look at the database on Desmond the dog in Syndicate.

53. The lip scar being shared between Desmond, Ezio and Altair was a cool detail.

54. The interchangeable cloaks in ACII.

55. Henry Green was so soft, kind and lovely and I honestly adore him.

56. Cane swords in Syndicate WERE AWESOME

57. NO fall damage in Odyssey. Keep this feature I don’t care how impossible it is for me to survive a jump off of a giant statue of a naked god it’s cool and I want it for every other game about to be released.

58. If you walk through grass in Origins Bayek sticks his hand out like that scene in Gladiator.

59. The scene in ACII Where Ezio uncovers his father’s robes from the chest and holds it up, It’s an incredible scene and the music fits so well with it and if you’ve watched Lineage it’s all the more amazing.

60. Rosa being pretty and terrifying in ACII.

61. The Bleeding effect being that other thing in lore that is SO BLOODY INTRIGUING and I wish it was explored a bit more. Can you actually imagine having the bleeding effect? where you can’t tell the past and the present apart? where you see ghosts from the past and hear voices no one else hears? jesus,..

62. getting answers about Clay/Subject 16. Ever since he left that writing in the wall with his own blood I was hooked on his story and thank god we got answers and a face to the legendary name. I wouldn’t mind more of him though.

63. I’ve always been fascinated with Native Americans and finally getting to explore them a bit more in ACIII proved to be interesting and I hope it was satisfactory representation for Native Americans.

64. finally getting to play in the present day in assassin’s creed brotherhood and 3, like actually getting to run around and explore as Desmond.

(I did a post like this on my old blog and I’ve rewrote them on here but I also got some new things, I just like having a post like this on my blog and I like seeing people who also agree with these brilliant features in this franchise, you can pretty much tell which two games are my favourite lol, Black Flag and 2 will always have a special place in my heart,)

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Haytham Kenway Although Haytham technically isn’t an Assassin, he’s a Templar, he plays a key role in Assassin’s Creed Rogue – a prequel to ACIII. British-born Haytham is, wait for it, Connor’s father and is also a playable character in the ACIII prologue, where players infiltrate the Royal Opera House to assassinate a patron before later meeting Connor’s mother – a member of the Native American confederacy ‘Haudenosaunee’. He was trained to become an Assassin by his father Edward James Kenway, but after Edward’s death, Templar Reginald Birch took young Haytham under his wing – nurturing him over to the dark side, which resulted in him becoming a Grand Master of the Templars. . . . Follow me @assassinscreed_u_a_e for MORE... . . . #assassinscreed #ubisoft #assassinscreedodyssey #ps5 #playstation5 #gaming #kassandra #ac #gamer #assassinscreedorigins #ezioauditore #assassinscreedsyndicate #assassinscreedunity #alexios #assassin #assassins #connorkenway #assassinscreedbrotherhood #edwardkenway #jacobfrye #eviefrye #videogames #games #virtualphotography #assassinscreedblackflag #acodyssey #ezio #acphotomode #assassinscreedvalhalla #assassinscreed https://www.instagram.com/p/CB_kxsUp_AB/?igshid=90lq83rpmz78

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Kelleigh Birch

Nickname: Leigh Birthdate: October 22nd, 2023 Current Age: 15 Parents: Brendan Birch & Lisia Reyes-Birch Home Region: Hoenn

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Pokemon Fankid Siblings 9/23

Kassandra & Amara Birch

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Months ago I made full-bodied versions of my fankids Sarah and Abigail...and now I’ve got four more done. Brooke Reyes-Stone (originshipping), Madeleine Xavier (Aria’s daughter), Kassandra Birch (contestkingshipping), and Alyssa Goldstein (questshipping). 

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Kassandra Birch’s Character Profile

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PKMN Fankid Edits - Gen I Part III

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Fankid Gen I Redesigns 

Check out the originals for comparison: Aiden Stuart (neoshipping), Brooke Stone (originshippin), Callista Borgia (clingyshipping), Kassandra Birch (contestkingshipping), Alyssa Goldstein (questshipping), Zachariah Jackson (Vincent’s son), Kenn Filmore (Violet Waterflower’s son), and Dover Montgomery (Lily Waterflower’s son). 

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If Rory's in Gryffindor and Luke's in Ravenclaw where are everyone else?

Alright. Lets go hard and bring in all the fanbabies *takes a deep breath* 

Gryffindor 

Aurora Ketchum, Rose Ketchum, Rika Griffith, Chloe Liscio, Vivienne Liscio, Bailey Griffith, Coltan Slate, Garnet Slate, Ivory Slate, Flynn Slate, Jason Goldstein, Alyssa Goldstein, Kassandra Birch, Karly Martin, Eli Dunstand, Heidi Dunstand, Kody Mitler, Harper Blake, Holly Blake, Mathias Hudson, Callista Borgia, Sarah Kristen, Zachariah Jackson

Ravenclaw 

Asher Oak, Luke Ketchum, Samuel Oak, Sierra Berlitz, Isaac Maple, Lavender Griffith, Azure Slate, Opal Burns, Jade Slate, Amara Birch, Aubrey Xavier, Benjamin Martin, Haley Mitler, Morgan Lockwood, Abigail Natochenny, Aiden Stuart, Sacha McDowell

Slytherin

Janessa Cathcart, Anastasia Hayden, Gwen Berlitz, Marissa Ketchum, Liliene Liscio, Dover Montgomery, Rogan Griffith, Jasper Lewis, Topaz Burns, Brooke Reyes-Stone, Madeleine Xavier, Nicole Martin, Leah Blackburn, Bethany McGonnigal, Isabella Robbins, Ryan Matisse

Hufflepuff

Kieran Berlitz, Mica Slate, Gemma Slate, Dylan Sketchit, Arianne Liscio, Xander Hayden, Faron Liscio, Chelsea Ketchum, Cinna Griffith, Kenn Filmore, Gabriel Hayden, Rosaline Slate, Jordan Slate, Amber Slate, Kyler Reyes-Stone, Gale Blackburn, Kendall Hudson, Sylvie Armeniox