#Genderfluid Eivor

[jageshemashftw]

JUST FINISHED ASSASSIN’S CREED MIRAGE, MASSIVE SPOILERS BELOW

So, Nehal being a subconscious aspect of Loki pretty much confirms that Ubisoft’s version of Loki is genderfluid like they are in the actual mythology. That’s all well and good, I like that.

But then you also have Eivor who also has their own genderfuckery with Havi.

So, basically, the entire plot of Valhalla is one genderfluid cunt having serious beef with another genderfluid cunt.

[kingshai69]

not to be misandrist on main but i genuinely forget that male v/hawke/shepard/eivor/whatever kassandras brother is named etc exist. im sorry but to me they will always be women* mainly bcs i honestly think the voice actors for the women versions r a million times better than the males but also why would u willingly play a man. this is half a joke, ive played male hawkes+shepards before but i genuinely sideye ppl so hard when they refer to x character as he instead of she or they ngl

[aretheyqueer]

are there any assassins creed submissions???

yes, these

Desmond Miles Bisexual Eivor Varinsdottir Genderfluid Edward Kenway Pansexual Connor Kenway Two Spirit Haytham Kenway Bisexual

[welcometothewarren]

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Currently watching: survivor 💀 i have a survivor personality now. it's spouse's fault.

Currently reading: i just (JUST) finally finished Pontypool Changes Everything after putting off the last fifteen pages for a century. i'm different now. i Was reading The Silent Cry: Mysticism and Resistance by Dorothee Soelle but idk, i'm struggling a little bit to get into it. i feel like the timing isn't quite right, so when i'm done chewing on pontypool i might switch to waiting for god by simone weil. or one of the 10,000 papers from Academia i have saved for "later." my next fiction book will probably be. piranesi? or moby dick, the whale weekly folks look like they're having fun.

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[peridot-tears]

Valhalla DLC was set in France? Lmfao, damn. I didn't play past Odyssey, so all I know are genderfluid Eivor, Basim the Iraqi is a Norse god (??????), Kassandra shows up and is very shippable with Eivor, and also Eivor spends most of the game in England but eventually is buried on Haudenosaunee land. Also, helmet-eating pigs.

Yeah, I didn't realize Forsaken was such a controversial book when I read it, but then I actually played ACIII and it clicked. I was watching playthroughs and cutscenes from that game years before I actually played it. The ending monologue that was cut was actually what cemented my love for Connor. I stan that man so hard.

Also, TRUE. Corporate bureaucracy, over-delegating, and also executive decisions -- whether literally everyone else even a chip under them in hierarchy actually agrees or not -- are the unsung villains of wonky creative decisions. But do we know if they are the actual ones who decided Aya shouldn't be the real protagonist?

A lot of the time, I think about how actual inclusive decisions -- like well-written female protagonists, BIPOC characters whose design and storyline are actually decided by people of their respective cultures -- are things that marketing teams, writing teams, etc. actually push for, but someone -- executive teams, or hell, maybe it's the other way around and it's the marketing or creative teams -- decides it's too envelope-pushing or risky or unimportant. Which is how we end up with Ubisoft having a male and female protagonist share the screen (Syndicate, Origins), or having us pick a gender (Odyssey, Valhalla), instead of actually having an unquestionable female protagonist. And the marketing usually emphasizes the male character (side-eyeing Odyssey so hard).

Actually, I agree with you on the lore dumping via text take. It's more economical (although, I do think sometimes the main storyline is too tight; ACIII bothers me the most because they just casually drop a bomb like "oh btw Ratohnhaké:ton is the grandson of the Clan Mother" and you're like, Literally NOTHING in the gameplay shows ANY indication of that). I think Syndicate especially did a good job on that front, because we got to see Shaun and Rebecca banter, and also Shaun be extremely British, in the database notes.

But the thing that bothers me in particular is the Isu info-dumping. Like, ooooof. In ACIII, I just could not take to running around the cave listening to Juno tell the story of how she had to kill Aita. Same with Odyssey, where I ran around the entrance to Atlantis listening to Aletheia talk through each and every pillar. You just...kind of stand there and listen to them drone on and on about Isu history, in the vaguest terms possible. It's not even written, you just sit there listening to someone monologue.

Also, I'm new to video games in general (started playing in college, and so far every game I've actually finished is AC -- listen, listen, one of the only other games I played was Sekiro, and that thing is rage quit fuel ok), but is this much text normal?

Omg I was also hoping Shao Jun would be the Jade protagonist, but all we got was a Qin-era game that looks like a sad attempt at imitating Wo Long Fallen Dynasty lol. Missed opportunity -- Ming Dynasty is such an interesting time period, the last Han-ruled era sandwiched between two long periods of foreign rule. But try telling Ubisoft that, especially the western side.

Omg, idk if you're familiar with Mo Dao Zu Shi (the Chinese sword gays you see all over Tumblr), but there are so many adaptations of the book, and the book is so focused on telling us that everyone is an unreliable narrator, even ME, the NARRATOR, that like. If you don't live off fanon, you don't actually have a lot of material lol.

Also, headcanon accepted. Finally, a way to reconcile Ziio telling him to fuck off because he'd "lied" and her own in-game monologue about fearing his ambition and influence on Ratohnhaké:ton.

(The kiddo grew up just fine, you and the Turtle Clan did such a good job on him 😭😭😭)

"Except ACIII. You get the remaster for free. ONLY the remaster," Ubisoft says.

"But Mr. Ubisoft," we cry, "when will you remaster ACI?"

"Who?"

Irt Shao Jun's Name

Why is it even spelled "Jun"? Even in her first appearance in Assassin's Creed: Embers, Ezio and Sofia pronounce it "Shao Yun."

It's...a mixed bag in Chinese fandom, as far as I've seen. There are no official characters for her name, and without them, we don't know what her name means or even how to correctly pronounce it because there are no tones. Fans usually pick a number of characters to spell out either Shao Jun or Shao Yun, which means her name is usually pronounced differently, with different meanings.

Tbfh, I always favored 绍君 for her name, AKA Shao Jun with "Shao" being a surname to mean "carry on" and "Jun" being a word to describe a gentleman/someone of noble birth and bearing. It bears a lot of power.

In the official AC novels by Yan Leisheng, he uses the 少芸，or Little Yun, which has me taken aback because I've always read Shao Yun as her full name, meaning "Shao" would be a family name, not a prefix. I guess both would work, given that she's a palace concubine. The "yun" he uses means "rue," the flower, which is fitting for a concubine, but doesn't bear the same weight and power as the "jun" I chose for her.

Either way, Ubisoft can't commit to her name. They spell it one way, then pronounce it another. Even the novelization is apparently officially non-canon, meaning once again, the VIBE of this girl is completely up to fanon.

[mani-mooncrow]

a heartless, godless barbarian

[kingdom-falls]

Okay y’all so I’m watching a playthrough of AC: Vahalla with female!Eivor and I’m loving the relationship between Sigurd and Eivor because it is peak ‘Two minds one brain’ and appreciation+platonic affection while ALSO showing them as individuals with closely aligned goals but independent aspirations. Also it feels like with the early glitch in the Animus it doesn’t know what gender Eivor is which leads me to thinking they could be genderfluid which makes my little enby heart go crazy

[just-a-geekygoth]

modern!AU Eivor Wolfsmal would still be a Heathen. I don't make the rules.

[sails4ship]

Eivor is Non-Binary/Genderfluid/PAN

[blandacheadcanons]

Eivor is genderfluid.

Here’s an article as evidence.

[jageshemashftw]

Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla having the take that genderfluid people are genderfluid because they’re the reincarnation of gods is… definitely something, I’m not sure what.

[littleforestbat]

I knowwww ac valhalla has the two protagonist forms for like. Gamer bro reasons but also

thanks ubisoft im rubbing my little nonbinary hands all over eivor and your ingame form switcher setting is only adding to my power !!

[wayofsparta]

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[residenthorizon]

okay but all these damn posts begging ubi to give us yet another basic wh*te w*man protag instead of like. y’know, a motherfucking genderfluid viking assassin?? i fucking see y’all

[safetyandpeacenovice]

Eivor: I don't identify as genderfluid. I am genderfluid.

Eivor: I identify as-

Eivor: ✨a bitch✨

[my-least-favorite-savior]

Male, by the way. I’m playing male Eivor.

It’s two months until Valhalla and I still don’t know if I’m going to play male or female Eivor. Leaning toward male.