#I unfortunately don't have the skill or patience to make it a fanfic but maybe by the end up it I'll have the same amount of words as your-

[bungobble-my-balls]

I'm in the middle of writing out my Sigmatsulucy headcanon of how they got together but I keep adding and re-writting shit and this is either gonna be multiple posts or one VERY long post

I love making content for niche subjects that only I care about and showing people anyway. It is my favourite activity 💕

[chanrizard]

Hello! I've followed your blog for a long time and really appreciate what you do for giving us content. I'm sorry you've received such poor feedback lately. You're doing great, and I think the point you were making about not getting credit was very valid. I can only imagine how frustrating that must feel for you to spend a long time working on things, only to not get creditted for the work you put in.

Scrolling through your posts, I do think it was a bit harsh to refer to fanfic authors as just "banging it out" instead of taking their efforts more seriously. I think this may have been why people had a bad reaction. I truly do hope you see the value and effort that people put in... And I think that you do after reading everything, I just think that maybe some people could have interpreted your words differently.

I just wanted to send this in order to tell you that not everyone views you that way. And it is likely that it was just choice of words that made people think you were implying something else... I hope.

You don't have to respond, but I just wanted to let you know that it could be interpreted that way. I honestly probably would have interpreted it that way as well if I hadn't read your other messages. I appreciate your work otherwise!

hey anon, thank you so much for this message! full disclosure here i meant it in a typing something really fast because you were struck by inspiration -mostly because i've seen it used in promo tweets by the authors re: their works- and i did not realize at all that verb is usually used with a very negative connotation and it's akin to scribbling down something fast and without care... it's not an excuse that justifies wording it so poorly and i checked my trusted translate app after posting that so my bad, i understand why people got upset over it and i'm sincerely sorry for that

i learned something new and i will pay more attention to how i word things in the future

and i absolutely do! writing fics is something i could never do, and being friends with writers i know how hard it is and all the care and planning and the corrections and the love and the incredible amounts of time that go into writing them, especially considering that some people don't even write in their native language and that's twice as impressive. the point i was trying to make and that got kind of lost in all *that* is that both giffing and writing are wonderful things that require a great deal of patience and skill and are very time consuming, so i'd love if people treated them with the same respect ❤️

only unfortunately oftentimes this doesn't happen, and this time it wasn't even my stuff that got reposted but a friend's, who saw her gif reposted both here and on twitter in the span of 2 days and what prompted my rant in the first place

[rumor-imbris]

Hello, Lady Connor! I want to ask out of unbearable, suffocating curiosity in my heart, even though in the previous post you already said to not mention "that certain comic". Could you please enlighten me about your view on that comic and what you despise about it? I would love to read your detailed thoughts about it even if just once. But if this is too triggering for you, I'm truly sorry for your discomfort and you don't need to answer it.

Hello, dear Anon and welcome ^-^ It's weird you naturally called me Lady Connor, as usually only my little fairy @giuliettaluce does. Well, I guess her magic put a spell on everybody here!!

If you really care to know, I'll answer, but brace yourself, it's going to be very long, almost an essay, because I can be very detailed about that comic being a failure in its every part. There's so much to say. You're right, as I mentioned before, it can trigger me, but I have attentively analized it and I know it makes not a single atom of sense. So nothing can actually bother me that much, don't worry ^_-

First of all, my general consideration of the AC Reflections comic issue #4, (yeah, that thing -.-) is that of a mere attempt to desperately make Bayek's remote vision through Senu's eyes a canon feature. It was created and published in 2017, the same year AC Origins was released and yes, they needed an excuse to make believe Connor's alleged daughter inherited a skill someone (who isn't even their direct ancestor!!) that lived 1700 years ago in ancient Egypt had! OMG, this should be funny enough, but I'll go on. Also, I think it was likely a carelessly arranged way to satisfy those AC3 fans demanding a "happy ending" for unlucky Connor (quite 5 years later, of course).

I'll better go step by step to figure out where to start from, seriously.

1) In the comic, when Otso Berg opens the file related to Connor, the scene is set in "1796: Upstate New York." Now this is chronologically and spacially incoherent and illogical. We see Connor still wears his assassin outfit in it, right? According to AC Initiates (2012) in 1804 Connor invites the Dominican assassin Eseosa at the Davenport homestead to provide him some advices and further training as he's involved in the leading of the Haitian Revolution. That's a really cool character, read about him, if you want!

So, until then Connor is still an assassin, probably the mentor (by now) of the Colonial Brotherhood. He still runs the homestead and he still commands the Aquila, I guess, he's the captain still. I calculated the distance between the homestead and the then upper NY frontier territories is approximately 260 miles (quite far nowadays with cars and planes as well). Then, why the hell should he have a family located in the forest upstate NY? It sounds very unconfortable to run back and forth to reach them and go back to take care of all the Brotherhood matters, doesn't it? Unless he knew about teleportation!!! Also, wow, he lives all alone in a nice massive villa with all the comforts of that time while his children and wife still live in a Native village constantly menaced by settlers wanting to steal their land? Beside the fact that Connor, at least in my point of view, seemed at last very familiar with european way of living by the end of the game, this leads us to the next point.

2) By the time the game and the comic are set (second half of 18th century), most of the East Coast Native tribes were facing the tragic and forced migration to western and northern territories (mostly towards Canada, protected by the British) because of all the consequences of the Revolutionary War (lost territories, failed alliances, settlers advancing and buying their lands and so on). So tells us history, unfortunately. It's a fact. And this is wisely showed to us in the AC3 main game when, after all the Kanien'kehá:ka tribes had left the territory around Connor's village (yes, even those near New York, to be clear) even Connor's own tribe at last migrates west, leaving an empty ghost village. They had remained all along to protect the secret temple, but in the end they as well were forced to leave. So, to me it's highly improbable that in upstate NY, one could still find a tribe and even if so, that Connor would let his family live there and risk their safety everyday.

3) The whole comic plot revolves around the fact that Io:nhiòte has a "special gift"... She inexplicably knows how to read the ground and find animal traces, she also can perform a perfect twisted acrobatic flip in the air and land unharmed to the ground. Do we know why? No, don't ask! xD She simply knows U.U, even if right after the next scene she slips and falls miserably down a cliff xD, but... ok!! Beside that, when Connor is far away to search for some water and is about to be attacked by a wolf hidden in the grass nearby, she sees the whole scene from the eyes of an eagle flying in the sky above her. As I said before, this reminds us of Bayek's (never clearly explained) ability to see through his eagle Senu's eyes and spot dangers and enemies. Now can you tell me why the hell this little girl has super powers and a skill Bayek had? As I said, they are not even directely related, as Bayek is not one of Desmond Miles' ancestor, we know him simply because Layla's new Animus is magical and can inexplicably read fragmented DNA from people who died a thousand years ago (it can also prepair coffee, I think!). So, where did she get that from? Magic? Mysteries of life? Convenient improbable connections for marketing's sake? We'll never know and you should simply accept that and ask no question!

4) From her height, way of speaking/moving/running, I assume Io:nhiòte is at least 8 years old, 8 - 9 minimum. She's the youngest of three siblings, who must be at least two years older than her and than each other (according to a human woman pregnancy timing!). If the comic events are set 12 years after the main game ending (1784, when Connor also starts to train the young ex-slave Patience Gibbs, arriving at the Davenport homestead with Aveline De Grandpré, according to AC IV Black Flag bonus mission with Aveline), so, this means that in that same year Connor must have found hastily the love of his life in a Native village (as if he was easy to open himself with other people after all he's been through), married her, impregnated her and seen her give birth to their first child, all in the same year when (let's not foget! xD) he still is the leader of the Colonial Assassin Brotherhood at the Davenport homestead training novices. Now, this may even be possible humanly speaking, (well, if you force the things a bit and hurry up!) but highly unlikely to happen!! xD

These are the main problems affecting the logic of the comic in my opinion, the points making its foundations crumble apart. Though I'm sure there are many little others to point out, such as Otso Berg "opening" Connor's files... like what? Where did those data come out from? I remember playing AC IV Black Flag and uncovering a file where Abstergo researchers themselves closed access to his memories as there was "nothing appealing to this character anymore"! So, if no more researches were conducted on him since 2013, where did Mr Berg magically or conveniently discovered such data in 2017?

Or... do we want to talk about the cover? It shows Connor in the spirit outfit from the Tyranny of King Washington DLC, which has apparently nothing to do with the comic, since it is set in his present day and he wears his assassin standard robe. Now, I think that can be either a simple marketing choice to make the comic more appealing, as... well, that cover is so cool, let's admit that, or maybe the subtle suggestion that the events told in it are just a parallel Disney-like reality and are not to be considered true at all! xD i don't know, maybe both explanations are right.

I'm sure that the deeper i dig, the more nothing rational I'll find!

If you played the old games, if you know well the franchise and its lore, the true, good, old AC lore, you definitely realize by yourself how that comic is useless and senseless.

This doesn't mean I do not wish an "happy ending" for Connor. But I'd rather accept something coherent with the main game events and AC chronology. Also, it doesn't necessarily needs to be a "happy" ending, as they conveniently created to please complaining fans. I wished for something real... coherent with his personality, acquired life-style and endless sense of duty and values.

Maybe that's what pushed me to write my FanFic novel in the first place, after all... To give him MY OWN cohesive ending, including my love, for love is always needed, I guess.

I'm so sorry if the answer took this long in time and words, but you were warned! ^w^

Though, thank you... Seriously, thank you so much for asking. You made me reflect once more about this matter.

Come visit me again, if you want. Take care

- Rumor Imbris 🦋

P.S. Oh, and if you're interested, this is my "jelousy song", for when things like this trigger my inner witch!! xD

[cloudslou]

rant anon is back again! i sure have a lot of things to complain about....glad you're willing to listen 😭

so about taylor and what you said about the fans making her songs about her public life and not going any further in terms of explanations and meanings. yes, i agree 100%.

i don't like taylor that way, meaning i don't get involved in her personal life or gossip or who she dates or whatever. i love her and respect her and support her as an artist, i love her music and her art and what she does with it and that's it. however, unfortunately that doesn't mean that i don't come across certain opinions. i believe taylor is a VERY private person and also very smart and i believe she lets us (the fans) and the world see what SHE wants us to see about her, especially through her art. ever since the album came out i've seen sooooo many people writing paragraph after paragraph about her relationship with joe, literally FANFICTION about them and i'm like ????? you clearly haven't been paying attention to her at all. the conversations around some songs seem SO fucking invasive, talking about her and her partner as if they're your friends and you're discussing their relationship ????? (that can also be about louis & harry as well..!). we don't know what's going on in their lives, again, we only know what SHE shows us through her art. making up scenarios and shit about them as a couple as if you're talking about your fave fictional ship is so......NOT OUR BUSINESS!!! also (fans or not) making everything she does about her relationships fuels the image the media has created for her all these years that's she's trying to overcome. (is that the correct word?) she's so much more than her relationships, she's an incredible artist, she can make you think about SO many things through her music and having a one dimensional view is so boring. she says it clear as day in lavender haze, maybe listen to her.

i want to say more but my thoughts are all over the place 😭 thank you for the time and patience again!!

SORRY I DIDNT ANSWER THIS i was at work and at work i only have time to scroll on my phone not answer a full thing :DD

i agree w so much of what u said and i do think taylor is much more private that anyone gives her credit for (like even if we DID know all the truth abt her romantic relationships, the stuff she doesn’t talk abt is endless. her family, her friendships (namely like uhhhh ppl like karlie), industry stuff (we didn’t know abt her record label struggles and her masters until she laid it out), and so much of it only comes out in wayyy retrospect. when we learn things about her, it’s cus that’s the time she wants her fans to know.

also lol you talking abt how some fans essentially write fanfic abt her and joe Have u seen that tweet posted by gaylorsoftwitter that basically says that same thing cus that tweet is soooo funny esp for the tumblr user posted in it lol. if not u should find it cus it’s exactly what u said.

i think while fans and media alike to make everything abt her relationships, taylor also has a hand in this and it’s a skill of hers to get ppl to focus on what she wants then to focus on, to see the story as she wants them to see it. she’s retconned the story behind so many songs and this raises no red flags for some ppl abt her “lying” (lying here being a totally acceptable moral thing). like she’s changing the story bestieee cus the truth isn’t actually 100% accessible via this song. i think it’s perfectly fine to talk and speculate but oof if u think 1d tumblr talks w a lot of certainty…. swiftie tumblr has this issue to the MAX. it physically pains some ppl to think she might lie to them.