#harlan cunningham

[redpool]

LGBTQ+ Characters in Assassin's Creed

only the characters that are relevant to the story and or we actually spend time with.

Alkibiades - Assassin's Creed Odyssey - Bisexual.

Alkibiades harbored not only a flamboyant attitude but also a rather insatiable libido, frequently engaging in threesomes and even foursomes with men and women together.

Alexios/ Kassandra - Assassin's Creed Odyssey - Bisexual.

It's safe to say they're bi, whether or not you choose to sleep with only men or only women.

Azar - Assassin's Creed Valhalla - Gender Fluid

She adopted a masculine name and mannerism which eventually led to the discovery that she was gender fluid. As per her wish, Azar's friends continued to us feminine pronouns.

Erke Bodilsson & Stowe - Assassin's Creed Valhalla - Gay

They formed a close bond and eventually a romantic relationship. which they hide from the public.

Eric Cooper - Assassin's Creed: Initiates - Transgender

this one is new to me tbh, it also says he's mentioned in the Syndicate database. It says he's Scottish and was in a relationship with someone who was murdered in a discriminatory attack, and after hunting down and killing the group responsible, he considered ending his life but was recruited by an assassin names Gavin Brooks.

Harlan Cunningham - Assassin's Creed Brotherhood - Gay

Tho only his voice is heard (in Brotherhood) his story is greatly expanded in Assassin's Creed: Initiates. During high school he had a promising career in wrestling, but this ended when he was outed. He fled Texas and travelled to Europe, finding solace in the Brotherhood.

Chevalier d'Éon - Assassin's Creed Unity - Transgender

In a time where dressing up was popular, she first dressed as a woman at a costume ball, aided by her build, King Louis XV took notice of her and realized that her appearance of a beautiful woman would make her easy to deploy as a spy. After 49 years of dressing as a man on most occasions, she took to appearing publicly as a woman in 1777, sparking a debate on gender.

Jacob Frye - Assassin's Creed Syndicate - Bisexual

Jeffrey Yohalem (the lead writer for Syndicate) indicated that the team explicitly avoided giving him a female love interest during the main storyline. He also hinted at the idea that Jacob needed to 'figure himself out' after his brief partnership with Maxwell Roth. This led to speculation over his sexuality, which led to the official Assassin's Creed Tumblr account confirming that he is canonically bisexual.

Leonardo da Vinci - Assassin's Creed 2 - Gay

Leonardo appeared to be gay, as this was hinted at several times. When speaking to Ezio in Rome, he mentioned his work on the Mona Lisa, and Ezio warned him not to allow pretty girls to distract him from making the designs he needed. With his arm around him, Leo lightly assured him that women would 'provide little distraction'. Additionally, he was in a relationship with his assistant, Salaì.

Eivor - Assassin's Creed Valhalla - Bisexual

same deal as Alexios & Kassandra

Ned Wynert - Assassin's Creed Syndicate - Transgender

Ned was a transgender businessman from America in London during the 19th century, writers said he was added in the game for representation, really the only acknowledgment of it is a look shared between Jacob & Evie when they first meet. Ned is based on the historical figure of the same name.

[sir-yeehaw-paws]

Something Something if they ever did a game with the modern assassins I'd play Harlan Cunningham or Arend Schut-Cunningham in a heartbeat.

[harlan-cunningham]

Opinions

I need to remind my dear husband that he doesn't need to have an opinion on everything.

Especially with people on the internet. Not only is it dangerous ( Clearly we have to be careful for "obvious" reasons ), but his stress levels are beginning to make me stress.

[hrtstppr23]

RP Partner Wanted

Hi! I'm a 23 year old rper who would love to find some rp partners. So I'm looking for 18+ rpers who would want to write fandom or fandomless things with me! I have a few plot ideas for fandomless stuff but am open to hearing any ideas you have. I do double and am willing to rp anyone or any ship for you and I write both male and female ocs! The fandoms/characters I play are listed under the read more. For all of the fandoms I want to double and i do have a few canon ships but prefer ocxcanon. I write only on discord and i prefer real face claims no animated stuff. I love talking ooc, making edits, playlists, sharing hc and all that fun stuff. I also like including NSFW. If interested please interact or message me!

Stranger things:

Billy Hargrove

Henry Creel

Steve Harrington

Will Byers(aged up)

Dustin Henderson(aged up)

Mike Wheeler(aged up)

Eddie Munson

Chrissy Cunningham

Jonathan Byers

Lucas Sinclair(aged up)

Jason Carver

Dmitri Antonov

Gareth

Harry Potter:

Golden Trio: Draco Malfoy, Luna Lovegood, Cedric Diggory, Fred or George Weasley, Theodore Nott, Mattheo Riddle

Maruaders: Regulus Black, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Severus Snape, James Potter, Lily Evans, Peter Pettigrew

Next gen: Albus Severus Potter, James Sirius Potter, Scorpius Malfoy, Teddy Lupin

Twilight:

Edward Cullen

Jacob Black

Carlisle Cullen

Alice Cullen

Rosalie Hale

Jasper Hale

Caius Volturi

Jane Volturi

Demetri

Felix

Riley Biers

Quil Ateara

Embry Call

Paul Lahote

IT:

Richie Tozier

Eddie Jaspbrak

Bill Denbrough

Stanley Uris

Henry Bowers

Patrick Hockstetter

Victor criss

Wednesday:

Enid Sinclair

Human!Thing

Xavier Thorpe

Tyler Galpin

Pugsly Addams(aged up)

Rowan Laslow

Ajax Petropolus

House of the dragon:

Aemon Targaryen

Alicent Hightower

Aegon Targaryen

Helaena Targaryen

Jacaerys Velaryon

Lucerys Velaryon(aged up)

Descendants:

Mal

Evie

Jay

Carlos

Ben

Jane

Doug

Audrey

Chad

Uma

Harry Hook

Gil

Saw:

Amanda Young

Lawrence Gordon

Adam Stanheight

Daniel Matthews

Shadow and Bone:

Kaz Brekker

Jesper Fahey

Wylan Van Eck

Nina Zenik

Matthias Helvar

Euphoria:

Ashtray (Aged up)

Cal Jacobs

Derek

Fezco (New FC)

Cassie Howard

Maddy Perez

Nate Jacobs

Elliot

Aaron Jacobs

Wolf Pack:

Garrett Briggs

Luna Briggs

Harlan Briggs

Baron (New FC)

Blake Navarro

Cody Malcolm

Cyrus Nix

Everett Lang

Outer Banks:

John B

JJ

Sarah Cameron

Rafe Cameron

Kiara

Pope

Code Lyoko:

Odd Della Robia

Ulrich Stern

Jeremy Belpois

William Dunbar

Yumi Ishiyama

Aelita Schaeffer

Love, Victor:

Victor Salazar

Benji Campbell

Felix Westen

Pilaz Salazar

The Maze Runner:

Thomas

Next

Minho

Gally

Chuck (aged up)

Aris

Young Royals:

Wilhelm

Simon

August

Henry

Heartstopper:

Charlie Spring

Nick Nelson

Tao Xu

Elle Argent

James McEwan

Ben Hope

Tori Spring

Aled Last

The Lost Boys:

Michael Emerson

Dwayne

Marko

Sam Emerson (Aged up)

Alan Frog (Aged Up)

Edgar Frog (Aged up)

Paul

David

Narnia:

Edmund Pevensie

Peter Pevensie

Prince Caspian

One Piece:

Luffy

Zoro

Sanji

Buggy

Koby

Shanks

Usopp

13 Reasons Why:

Montgomery De La Cruz

Winston Williams

Jeff Atkins

Tyler Down

Scott Reed

Cyrus

Justin Foley

Alex Standall

Zach Dempsey

Five Nights At Freddy's:

Mike Schmidt

Cobra Kai:

Miguel Diaz

Robby Keene

Eli 'Hawk' Maskowitz

Demetri Alexopoulos

The Hunger Games

Les Miserables

SKAM/DRUCK/WTFOCK

[goldenlilium-ocs]

Active OC List

Header by @trashedits

Harry Potter

Curran Walters as Atlas Price || #atlas price

Diana Silvers/Annabel Scholey as Clara Bishop

Grace Van Dien as Danielle Price || #dani price

Gavin Leatherwood as Finneas Jones (Co-created) || #finn jones

Simay Barlas as Juliette Bishop || #juliette bishop || #noble house of bishop

Sophie Cookson/Emilie de Ravin as Kassandra Bishop

Madison Davenport/Kat Dennings as Katarina Bishop

Chance Perdomo as Kingston Chance || #kingston chance

Rabia Soyturk as Anastasia Duval || #stassie duval

Inde Navarette as Nora Riddle (AU daughter of Juliette Bishop and Mattheo Riddle) || #nora riddle

Hayley Lu Richardson as Ophelia Diggory - (AU daughter of Juliette Bishop and Cedric Diggory)

Harry Gilby as Owen Bishop || #owen bishop

Stranger Things

Skyler Samuels as Camilla Cunningham || #camilla cunningham

Maddie Hasson as Young Camilla Cunningham

Daisy Edgar Jones as Ginny Munson || #ginny munson

Daniela Nieves as Ramona Montero (wip) || #ramona montero

Maia Mitchell as Stella Bauman || #stella bauman

Marvel

Madelyn Cline as Juliette Rogers || #juliette rogers

Vampire Academy

Simay Barlas/Inde Navarette as Malia Ozera/Ivashkov || #malia ozera

Desire Mia as Raden Novak || #raden novak

Rudy Pankow as Roma Ivashkov || #roma ivashkov

Other Shows

Diana Silvers as Aria Vance - Gilmore Girls (WiP)

Fivel Stewart as Jasmine Prescott - Outer Banks

Danielle Campbell as Juliette Samson - The Society/misc

Simay Barlas as Leyla Avci-Kilic - Deadly Class

Alexxis Lemire as Lucy McCall - Teen Wolf

Meg Donnelly as Phoebe Wyatt - Harlan Coben’s Shelter

Hande Erçel as Sera Halston - The Sex Lives of College Girls

Bruna Marquezine as Sylvia Alvarez - Daisy Jones & The Six

Other Movies

Avira Wayne - DC

Lily Collins as Diana Evans - TDATT

Adria Arjona as Rosalind Bardot - Renfield

Naomi Scott as Talia Quinn - Uncharted

Jenna Coleman as Bree Solo - Star Wars

Books

Kaitlyn Dever as Bea Verena - Folk of the Air (WiP)

Ellie Bamber as Joan Nelson - Osemanverse

Marina Moschen as Niamh Telmar - Narnia

Lily Collins as Lucinda Fray - The Mortal Instruments

Original

Harry Gilby as Alix Collins

Tarjei Sandvic Moe as August Balkesen

Jamie Chung as Bonnie

Madelyn Cline as Daniella Laurent

Josefine Frida Pettersen as Eisa Balkesen

Eleanor Tomlinson as Elara Seymore

Joshua Whitehouse as Elijah Warrington

Jessie Mei Li as Elizadine Gale

Deniz can Aktas as Emery Arslan

Wolfgang Novogratz as Fabian Dior

Thomas Hayes as Henry Adler

Tyler Young as Isaac Laurent

Danielle Rose Russell as Kenna Grace Ashford

Daniel Sharman as Killian Sallow

Alex Fitzalan as Nikolai Oriel

Gemma Arterton as Polexia ‘Polly’ Collins

Syvonne Karlsen as Theadora

Cody Christian as Zachary Smythe

Suus de Nies as Vivian Lowell

Kennedy McMann as Faye Anderson

Deniz can Aktas as Emery Arslan

Caitlin Stasey as unnamed oc

[fictionz]

New Fiction 2023 - October

Another October in the can! And now I wish I could snooze through the real horror that is the holiday season. Maybe I'll stay in October forever... forever... forever...

Here's the long version (since Tumblr blocks too many links in one post).

The TL;DR:

Short Stories

"Snatched from the Brink" by Mary E. Penn (1878)

"The Canal" by Everil Worrell (1927)

"The Lost Performance of the High Priestess of the Temple of Horror" by Carmen Maria Machado (2020)

"The Time Remaining" by Attila Veres & trans. Luca Karafiáth (2019)

"CUE: Change" by Chesya Burke (2011)

"Last Call for the Sons of Shock" by David J. Schow (1994)

"The Real Right Thing" by Henry James (1899)

"The Haunted House" by M.A. Bird (1865)

"The Island of Regrets" by Elizabeth Walter (1965)

"The Stolen Body" by H.G. Wells (1903)

"The White Priest" by Hélène Gingold (1893)

"The Man Who Went Too Far" by E.F. Benson (1912)

"Mater Tenebrarum" by Pilar Pedraza & trans. James D. Jenkins (2000)

"Menopause" by Flore Hazoumé & trans. James D. Jenkins (1994)

"Señor Ligotti" by Bernardo Esquinca & trans. James D. Jenkins (2020)

"Shambleau" by C.L. Moore (1933)

"The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe (1850)

"The Village Spectre" by Gianna G. Maniego (2002)

"The Fog Horn" by Ray Bradbury (1951)

"The Lady of the House of Love" by Angela Carter (1979)

"The Woman's Ghost Story" by Algernon Blackwood (1907)

"Black Bargain" by Robert Bloch (1942)

"Vastarien" by Thomas Ligotti (1987)

"The Doll" by Daphne du Maurier (1937)

"The Transferred Ghost" by Frank Stockton (1882)

"The Shadowy Third" by Ellen Glasgow (1923)

"The Daemon Lover" by Shirley Jackson (1949)

"The Interval" by Vincent O'Sullivan (1918)

"The Phantom Cyclist" by Ruth Ainsworth (1971)

"Couching at the Door" by D.K. Broster (1942)

"Bloodchild" by Octavia Butler (1984)

Audio

Tales from the Crypt Presents: Dead Easy by A.L. Katz & Gil Adler, performed by Sean Astin, Jake Busey, Tia Carrere, Brett Cullen, John Kassir (1995, 2022)

Comics

"Birds of a Feather" by Stephanie Phillips, Maan House, Giorgio Spalleta, Justin Birch, Chris Sanchez (2021)

"The Origin of Vampirella" by Budd Lewis & Jose Gonzalez (1981)

"Do You Know... the Beast-Man?" by Richard Howell, Colleen Doran, Kevin Cunningham (1992)

"Good Ol' Fashioned Vanilla" by W. Maxwell Prince, Chris O’Halloran, Martín Morazzo, Good Old Neon (2018)

"For Better or Worse?" by Richard Corben (2016)

"Werewolf!" by Frank Frazetta (1964)

"Chickadee!" by Aya Rothwell (2016)

"The Evil Dead" (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) by Richard Floyd-Walker (1986-1987)

"Famine's Shadow" by Rachel Deering & Christine Larsen (2014)

"A Pretty Place" by Emily Carroll (2023)

"The Thing from the Sea" by Wally Wood & Joe Orlando (1951)

"The Living Ghost" by Frank Belknap Long & Fred Guardineer (1948)

"Essence of Life" by Gail Simone, Tula Lotay, Jared K. Fletcher (2013)

"Hag of the Blood Basket!" by Al Hewetson & Sean Todd (1971)

"The Fisherman" by Franco, Tressina Bowling, Wes Abbott, Sara Richard (2022)

"Dental Plan" by Joy San (2019)

"Frankenstein y el Hombre Lobo" by Unknown (1946)

"Man's World" by Keith Giffen, Mary Sangiovanni, Bilquis Evely, Mat Lopes, Taylor Esposito (2017)

"Shadow of Death" by William M. Gaines, Al Feldstein, Graham Ingels (1953)

"Smoke and Cedar" by Abby Howard & Alina Pete (2016)

"I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" by Harlan Ellison & John Byrne (1994-1995)

"A Dog and His Boy" by Evan Dorkin, Sarah Dyer, Jill Thompson, Jason Arthur (2006)

"The Horror Beneath" by Leah Moore, John Reppion, Timothy Green II, Michelle Madsen, Nate Piekos (2006)

"Shadows on the Tomb" by Joe Certa (1952)

"The Muck Monster" by Bernie Wrightson (1975)

"The Duel of the Monsters" by Archie Goodwin & Angelo Torres (1966)

"The Willowdale Handcar or The Return of the Black Doll" by Edward Gorey (1962)

"Inside You" by Valerie D'Orazio & David James Cole (2014)

"Soylent Teen" by Jordan Morris, Liana Kangas, Ellie Wright, Jack Morelli (2023)

"The Gris-Gris" by Jim Keegan & Ruth Keegan (2004)

"Fair Ground" by Jo Duffy, Mike Manley, Jackson Guice, James Fry, Kevin Cunningham (1992)

Video Games

Haunted House dev. Atari (1982)

Castlevania dev. Konami (1987)

Clock Tower dev. Human Entertainment (1995)

D dev. Warp (1995)

Friday the 13th dev. Atlus (1989)

Silent Hill 3 dev. Konami (2003)

Five Nights at Freddy’s dev. Scott Cawthon (2014)

Movies

It Lives Inside dir. Bishal Dutta (2023)

The Company of Wolves dir. Neil Jordan (1984)

Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare dir. Rachel Talalay (1991)

Honeymoon dir. Leigh Janiak (2014)

Organ dir. Kei Fujiwara (1996)

The Bride of Frankenstein dir. James Whale (1935)

The Royal Hotel dir. Kitty Green (2023)

House of 1000 Corpses dir. Rob Zombie (2003)

The Nun II dir. Michael Chaves (2023)

The Godsend dir. Gabrielle Beaumont (1980)

Hatching dir. Hanna Bergholm (2022)

The Velvet Vampire dir. Stephanie Rothman (1971)

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter dir. Joseph Zito (1984)

A Haunting in Venice dir. Kenneth Branagh (2023)

Piggy dir. Carlota Pereda (2022)

A Night to Dismember (The Lost Version) dir. Doris Wishman (1979)

The Blob dir. Irvin Yeaworth (1958)

Embrace of the Vampire dir. Anne Goursaud (1995)

Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls dir. Andrew Bowser (2023)

Exposed to Danger dir. Yang Chia-yun (Karen Yang) (1982)

Saw X dir. Kevin Greutert (2023)

The Birds dir. Alfred Hitchcock (1963)

Slumber Party Massacre II dir. Deborah Brock (1987)

Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island dir. Jim Stenstrum (1998)

The Being dir. Jackie Kong (1983)

Kuso dir. Steve (2017)

Visible Secret dir. Ann Hui (2001)

The Exorcist: Believer dir. David Gordon Green (2023)

The Love Witch dir. Anna Biller (2016)

Bones dir. Ernest R. Dickerson (2001)

Bedevil dir. Tracey Moffatt (1993)

Television

Regular Show - "Terror Tales of the Park" I-VI (2011-2016)

The Simpsons - "Treehouse of Horror Presents: Not It" (2022)

Tales from the Cryptkeeper - Seasons 2 & 3 (1994 & 1999)

[lives-in-a-harpsichord]

Harlan and Arend for @krablord!

[asscreedevents]

Assassin’s Creed Fandom Event 2019!

Hello fellow Assassin’s Creed fans! Thanks to all of you, Assassin’s Creed Fandom Events is back this year with another Assassin’s Creed Week, this time with a focus on modern-day appreciation! Between the 1st and 6th of September, come celebrate 12 years of Assassin’s Creed with us.

This year’s prompts are:

- Day 1 - September 1, 2019: Modern Gang

- Day 2 - September 2, 2019: Assassin Brotherhood

- Day 3 - September 3, 2019: Templar Order

- Day 4 - September 4, 2019: Minor or Non-Affiliated Character Appreciation

- Day 5 - September 5, 2019: Original Character Appreciation || Modern AUs

- Day 6 - September 6, 2019: Free Day

How can you participate?

Just create! Draw something, write fanfiction, show off your cosplay, create a playlist - there are unlimited possibilities to show your love for Assassin’s Creed. You don’t need to sign up anywhere to join in on the fun; all you need to do is post your work. If you want us to reblog your entry - and yes, you definitely want that - put the tag “asscreedevents19” within the first five tags, so that we can find it.

While we encourage you to come join us during the week of the event, late entries are more than welcome! Just make sure to tag us on your post or send us a direct ask, so that it won’t fall through the cracks (as Tumblr posts are wont to). 

For more information, check out our guidelines page! (Mobile users: see our guidelines post.) You can also find all event-related posts under the tag #ACFE admin post.

We hope this event will be as fun for you as it will be for us!

[milkybishop]

— Assassin’s Creed: Uprising, Issue #3

[ourfallenwinter]

Image AC

This one originated from my conversation with my friends about Bishop feat. William Miles is a big troll that doesn´t share secret information. @desynchimminent That´s what happened!

Everybody wondered Bishop origins. Harlan Cunningham thought that she was a defector from Erudito. Gavin Banks thought about her being former CIA. They had this conversation among themselves for some time. When they run into mentor William Miles. So naturally, they asked If he knows. William knitted his eyebrows together and bent over to them to be closer.

“ She worked for a very powerful company that spread into the whole world.”

“ You don´t mean that she was Templar?!” Harlan asked skeptically.

“Much much worse my dear friends,” said William secretly.

“ William but what is worse than Templars? Where did she work?” Gavin had an unpleasant feeling from this.

If that´s even possible William bent even closer to them mysterious twinkle in his eyes. 

“ She worked in McDonald's!”  Silence fell onto three men.

“WILLIAM!!!”

In the background is Rebecca laughing her ass off. Because only she knows Bishop´s true origins.

[sunsetagain]

So I finally drew my favorite modern couple XDD Inspired by AC Uprising issue 3. Arend hates Chihuahuas but Harlan picked one up already. When can we see Harlan show himself in Uprising...

[keearis-archive-blog]

A collection of Harlan Cunningham headcanons no one asked for

- runs his hands through his hair when he’s anxious - has an affinity for technology - he has trust issues after he was outed, and it took the assassins quite a while to convince him to trust them - will kill anyone who hurts Arend - when he gets angry his voice goes totally void of emotion - when you first meet him you can’t read any of his facial expressions, takes a long time to be able to - doesn’t like being touched unless he knows you well Feel free to add more

[catterfly]

finished full-color commission for @juhaniotsoberg of his fav AC characters, Arend Schut-Cunningham and Harlan Cunningham being cute and lovey!!

This was really nice and soft to paint.

[commission info]

[harlan-cunningham]

Happy New Year from the Assassin's.

[krablord]

a vry vry late xmas card- all the way from @vreinart land!!

featuring a birb art that is so delicate i am afraid to touch it, a hella cute lil popart card, stickers oc some of the best OW sprays -

and!!! custon arend & harlan ow style stiiickers!!!

these are literally the best too, the only problem is i have a million places i wanna put’m ;;o;;

[margridarnauds]

Okay, I’m apparently still on this but....as much grief as I’ve been known to give AC in the past (and I will continue to after this)....we’ve really come a LONG way. 

Like, we’ve had degrees of gay representation in the series since Da Vinci back in the days of Ezio, even as far back as the very first game, but like....in AC Unity, which came out in 2016, we had next to nothing, besides the Marquis de Sade, and most of his flirting with Arno can be brushed aside as nothing, especially when his flirting with Elise is highlighted and more overt. We got the Chevalier d’Eon, but they’re generally referred to as “he” and treated more like a man in a dress. Rogue, also 2016? Nothing in the main storyline (the modern storyline apparently drops some lore on Harlan Cunningham and Arend Schut Cunningham, but....I didn’t notice it.) ORIGINS, taking place in a setting where it would have been very easy to slip something in (and that was only made...about three years ago)? We get one reference, and the character is (1) a villain and (2) designed to be as repulsive as possible. Syndicate gave us Ned Wynert, Jacob Frye, and Roth, but all three of them are played fairly subtly. (Though, in all fairness: I WON’T count that against them given the time period - It’s the Victorian Era, and I DO think that there’s enough to intuit, especially reading the database entries. I’ll give the Syndicate team props for putting in as much as they could.) Odyssey did a good job, being the first game in the series where you actually had the ability to play your character as queer, albeit not without controversy due to That DLC, and quite a few side characters being queer as well, and it definitely laid the groundwork for Valhalla.

It isn’t to say that Valhalla’s the FIRST one to do anything, but between Birna explicitly being in love with Soma, Erke and Stowe, Azar explicitly being genderfluid, a love letter that you can read from two women, and Randvi being in love with Eivor (who’s canonically a woman, and has a feminine name), even if you choose not to actively romance her, along with the other romance options...I definitely think the series is making leaps and bounds. Like, these aren’t blink and you’ll miss them characters, these are characters who are tied into the CORE of the game. You can’t miss it, you can’t ignore it. I know the series has gotten its share of flack for historical accuracy, given that all the enemies are randomly generated as either men or women and there’s no OBVIOUS discrimination against Eivor as a shieldmaiden (personally, I’d point out that there’s quite a bit of subtext if you look for it WITH the idea that Eivor’s canonically a woman in mind), but also? Frankly, the entire series rests on the idea that there’s a worldwide custody battle over alien artifacts that’s been going on for over two thousand years and has involved almost every famous person ever - It’s really weird where the suspension of disbelief rests sometimes. And it’s VERY, DEEPLY satisfying seeing this happen with The Viking Game™, given that Vikings are everyone’s go-to MANLY MEN WHO ARE MANLY. It’s getting increasingly so that Straight Gamer Bros can’t ignore the subtext, because it’s very blatant. It isn’t PERFECT, but I do think that it’s trying, especially from where we were just a few years ago in the series.