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teecupangel · 1 year ago
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I sometimes think about Desmond in a transformers au, where he'd either be a human trying to avoid the whole alien robots coming to earth or is a bot trying to stay out of the war
(I like to think he'd transform into a motorcycle lol)
I mean… why not make Desmond’s life miserable (affectionately) by making it both?
So let’s do the usual Desmond is the ultimate isekai protagonist and kick him in the Transformer universe of your choice after he dies after operating the device.
Desmond finds himself in a world very similar to his own that the only difference is that there are no Assassins or Templars or even Isus in this world. If you want to give him a headache, this world has Assassin’s Creed as a fictional franchise that started out as a video game.
And it’s only small blessings that the name Desmond Miles is not that weird and he doesn’t look like the game Desmond Miles because the game Desmond Miles always have a different face in each game.
So, anyway, the Autobots and Decepticons start their war again here on Earth and Desmond is trying not to be part of it.
Unfortunately for him, it seemed that the war keeps following him for some reason.
Desmond thinks it’s a coincidence and he’s just focus on helping people escape the destruction that comes with the Decepticons not having any problems with collateral damage and the Autobots only being able to prevent so much before having to focus on actually trying to take down the Decepticons.
Then…
Desmond almost gets crushed by the rubbles…
Only to be able to get into safety by turning into a motorcycle.
What. The. Fuck.
He doesn’t know it yet but…
The reason why the Decepticons and Autobots are always in the vicinity where he is or seemed to be going the same direction?
They’re looking for the same thing:
The Allspark, a powerful artifact from their world that is said to be able to create new Transformer life.
And they can only get the ‘area’ where it’s supposed to be, not its exact location.
Something that they find to be strange.
They believe that one of the humans might have it but that’s not possible because the AllSpark cannot be held by a human.
None of them can even think of the possibility…
That the AllSpark has taken human form.
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suzukiblu · 4 months ago
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WIP excerpt for inkwell; Billy adopts Conner and it actually goes pretty good! (( chrono || non-chrono ))
“Oh, you don’t have to do those, you’re the one cooking,” Billy says. Lynn pauses again, then looks up again with another frown. 
“What?” he says. 
“Um–if somebody cooks for you, the polite thing to do is do the dishes for them after. So I can do ‘em,” Billy clarifies, because probably Cadmus actually wasn’t really very interested in teaching Lynn, like, normal manners and stuff, come to think. Because Lynn wouldn’t have needed to know that, if they weren’t ever gonna be letting him go be normal. 
Jerks. 
Lynn stares blankly at him again. He’s holding a dish. Billy hopes he’s not embarrassed or anything. It makes sense that he doesn’t know, obviously, and even if it didn’t make sense it’s not like Billy’d hold it against him, but, like–obviously Lynn doesn’t know that kind of thing yet. 
It’s probably gonna be a while before he does, Billy figures. Though Lynn’s technically still really little, so he might have an easier time letting his guard down a little? He hasn’t really had much life experience to tell him he shouldn’t, so . . . 
Billy . . . well, he learned pretty quick not to let his guard down too quick in a new foster home. Or, like . . . ever, really. At all. 
He’d like it if Lynn just . . . didn’t have to, though. Didn’t have to learn that kind of thing, he means. Like–yeah, definitely Lynn should keep his guard up on patrol and missions and stuff, but not at home. 
There’s not any kryptonite in the apartment for a reason. Pretty much the same reason Billy wants Lynn to be able to let his guard down. 
“You want to . . . do the dishes,” Lynn says slowly. 
“Yeah,” Billy says. “I mean–if you like doing them yourself it’s fine, just since you cooked I thought I should at least, you know, offer?” 
Lynn stares blankly at him some more. He does that a lot. Billy wonders if Lynn’s maybe just not very good at using facial expressions yet, come to think. That might make sense, right? He saw some pictures of the other genomorphs in the mission report, and most of them didn’t have very expressive-seeming faces either, and almost nobody actually human-looking spent too much time working down on Lynn’s sublevel, it seemed like. And also the head security guy apparently wore a helmet with a half-mask involved, and Dr. Desmond was, um . . . maybe not a great person for Lynn to be taking any cues from, considering–plus who even knows how hands-on he was in the lab anyway–so maybe Lynn just still hasn’t seen all that many expressions yet. Like, outside of his uploads and stuff, anyway. Or maybe he just didn’t see all that many of them “growing up”, depending on how awake he was for that? 
Or both, maybe. Maybe just both? 
Cadmus did not do a very good job teaching Lynn how to be somebody outside Cadmus, Billy is pretty sure. Which, well–yeah. Of course it wouldn’t have. 
Cadmus didn’t want Lynn to ever be somebody outside it, or even be outside it at all. 
That’s just so, so messed up.
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feinyan · 7 days ago
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DATING HEADCANON featuring. damon maitsu, kai monteago, wolfgang akire, desmond hall, mark berskii, jean delamer, jett dawson, eva tsunama, diana venicia, wenona, grace madison, cassidy amber and toshiko kayura. (platonic)
hi hi happy new years :] some of these characters i dont understand very well so please be patient with me … one dating / scenario for every character! (excluding three. i gave up. im sorry) toshiko is platonic!
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# damon maitsu
infatuated with you. something damon had always struggled with was strong feelings. interest in people, the concept of love. things like those never crossed his mind, feeling like he had greater priorities. but that’d long since gone away, being replaced by such an overwhelming feeling of what he’d once lacked. at the thought of you, your gleaming smile and humming whenever you’re excited, he grows flustered. a strong, warm feeling in his chest. a feeling so overbearing that he feels like he’ll overheat at any moment. but he wants to explore this with you. slowly, but surely. he wants to open up with you, unwind. he wants to be able to understand the way he feels.
# kai monteago
the way he conveys himself around you is something that is shown to nobody. his facade taken off, a true him in which only you can uncover. a boy of so many emotions, his vulnerability, his happiness, his sorrow. everything. he trusts you with everything he has, the whole of him, as if you were fumbling his life within your fingers. he wouldn’t mind that. he knows you wouldn’t fuck it up.
# wolfgang akire
oh so careful with you. only daring to touch you in the most delicate way, his touch against your skin gentle, soft enough that it seems he’d think you’d break if he even applied a smaller amount of pressure. caring for you in such a warm way. dressing you in warm clothes when you’re sick. wrapping a scarf around your neck in the cold. sliding a blanket over your sleeping body. you’re something he couldn’t bare losing, and to him, that delicacy he holds toward you will always be worth it.
# desmond hall
morning walks, always. burying his fingers beneath your shirt, letting out a husky laugh as you mumble for more time sleeping. but eventually, you cave, and like always, you set out on a walk. beneath the sunrise where its quiet. when not many people are out, and you two are alone. basking in the fresh sunlight raining down on you, enjoying eachothers laughs, hands pressed together.
# mark berskii
needy. a boy who wants more and more from you, who feels himself drained by any contact other than your own. he treats you as if you were a charger, clinging to you awaiting your restoration to his social battery. hes not big on words, preferring to show his affection with actions. laying his head against your lap quietly, leaning against your shoulder, hugging you from behind. small yet romantic gestures in which he finds healing. a safe haven where he can unwind in a most vulnerable way.
# jean delamer
attentive in every way. it’s as if he had a third eye, constantly lingering over you. monitoring you. noticing your every action, if your eyes have faltered slightly, or your eye twitches at someone in dismay. he’s notice it, and taken note of it. his read on your body is incredible, the ability to aid you in escape from an uncomforting situation without even a word from you is a special little skill he claims to have learned from time spent with his crew.
# jett dawson
shows you off like you’re the biggest prize hes ever won. to him, you’re worth more than any trophy! the amount of times your name has slipped off his tongue without him noticing might break a record. his eagerness to ramble about you is endearing.
# eva tsunaka
a place where she belongs. somewhere she feels shes truly appreciated, truly cared for within someones presence. she’d struggled so much with being left out, mocked for what she thought was impressive. but to you? its different. the difference in your attitude toward her ultimate and identity allows her to display her upmost honest self with you. her nerdy comments, her attitude, her vulnerability. who allows herself to become lost within your presence, long enjoying the safety and sense of security you’ve given her. there couldn’t be anything she could ever thank you with.
# diana venicia
sweetest girl ever, though thats a given. worships your body with praise, kisses your everywhere. places you’re insecure about, places you think are odd, places you think are unique. she’ll kiss them until you love them the way she loves you. she appreciates every part of you, from the inside to the outside. if you’re insecure, she cheers you on. she helps you build a good view on yourself. if you’re confident, she feeds into it. she’s your number one supporter. nobody is perfect, yet to her, you’re the closest thing there is.
# wenona
spoils you. shes worked so hard, so why wouldn’t she? to her, any money put toward you is worth spending. expensive stuff, fancy dates. though she doesn’t enjoy throwing around cash for the sake of it, maybe you’re an exception. someone like you who indulges in her interests, who is willing to listen to her ramble about future business opportunities and handle her busy nature whilst still loving her all the same. your patience is rewarding, as long as everything is put to use.
# grace madison
confidently defends you. puts her word in for you no matter the discussion, because nobody talks to her partner like that. regardless of the situation; backhanded comments, obviously bitter words, straight insults. she can’t help it, it comes naturally. the willingness to argue with and fight anyone who dare make even a singular ill comment toward you comes with dating her. she isn’t scared of anyone when it comes to defending you.
# cassidy amber
despite her outgoing, overwhelming spunk, chill days have become a frequency with her. days where you two take time to indulge in each others presence, enjoy games and shows, simply being together. not that its any less chaotic, of course shes still energetic as ever, yet off camera within the walls of your home, it allows her to be a more clingy version of herself. one that allows herself to bury herself within her partners embrace, paying less attention to games, and more attention to the person in front of her.
# toshiko kayura
a darling who wants to learn from you, someone who represents the figure of an older sibling to her, someone who means so much to her. she clings to you. she takes after your actions, your thinking style, your way of speaking. taking words and forming them within her own speech, following you around like a curious puppy eager to learn the things you’ve been indulging in. she enjoys your time, and wants to be like you, wholeheartedly.
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@ feinyan
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solardriftx · 18 days ago
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P:EG SPOILERS UNDER CUT‼️‼️‼️
just finished ch1 and I WAS ABSOLUTELY BLOWN AWAY. i have to yap abt my initial thoughts😭
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- my crack theories were wrong but yk what im SO GLAD this is better than i could ever imagine
- DAMON AND DIANA YOU ARE SO REAL TO ME. she stood up for him when nobody else would. he stood up for her when nobody else would. damon, someone so stoic and logical, was moved to question such a seemingly open and shut case at the sound of her tears, at the impact of her kindness (in the pathos route ) AH😭😭
- the difference between eva and damon…is that deep down damon slowly started to accept others kindness…while eva chose to deny it no matter how obvious it was that some people truly did care.
- i am a SUCKERRR for characters like diana so highly driven by empathy that it is simultaneously their greatest strength but also their weakness. she feels so deeply for *everyone* and it’s what causes her to keep her chin held high even after everything, but the sheer savior complex that’s starting to develop makes me worry for her
- DAMON DAMON oh my god the first time he let his guard down and trusted someone even after scolding everyone else for doing so it blew up in his face. seeing him with tears streaming down his face at the sight of eva’s death (looking almost unaware of the fact he is crying), just to revert to blank shock afterwards, and finally harden into frustration and distrust—oh my god. like i really have to applaud how accurately they captured the behavioral nuances of being emotionally stunted
- the daily life segment was so charmingly written, highly elevated my opinions on characters i previously felt neutral about—namely kai and desmond. they are both very dear to me now. also as much as i somewhat dislike using the term “tsundere” to describe emotionally complex characters…tsundere damon was so real this chapter, very funny to watch
- on this same note damon allowing toshiko’s nickname for him while shooting down the others…they are the siblings ever
- i just really like how these characters try their best to intelligently approach the killing game the way actual people would. when tragedy strikes, it’s all the more chilling knowing you would’ve tried problem solving the same way
okay thats all for now. expect me to be insufferable for the weeks to come💜
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whateversawesome · 1 year ago
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Spy x Family Fic Compilation
Love Is... : After a practicing a 'welcome home' kiss with Yor, Twilight develops symptoms he had never experienced before: a rush of energy, good mood (when near his family), voracious appetite for his wife's cooking, aggressive behavior towards other men (who dare to come near his wife) and a desperate need to kiss Yor again. This is the first rut of his life. How will Twilight deal with this? (Multichapter. Completed!)
With Murderous Intent, I Love You: Yor and Loid meet before Operation Strix and fall in love, but have to separate. Later they find each other again aboard a cruise ship. Unfortunately, Loid is Yor's target. Based on Spy x Family Season 2 ED Music Video Todome no Ichigeki. (Completed).
Eden's Ball: A cute Twiyor Eden AU. Eden's Student Council is hosting the event of the year: a ball! This is the perfect opportunity for Loid Forger to finally ask Yor Briar to be his girlfriend. There's only one problem...he needs to ask her to the ball first (Two-shot, completed).
Fate: In this AU, Loid Forger and Yor Briar meet as children and are best friends who plan on spending the rest of their lives together. Nevertheless, they are separated after the bombing of their town. Years after the war, they find each other again in a very unlikely place. (Multichapter, completed)
The Rose: An alternate universe in which Twilight and Thorn Princess meet before Operation Strix. During a Governor's ball, Twilight faces the most important mission of his life: to steal the Thorn Princess. (Completed).
A Kissing Disaster: After their identity reveal, Twilight and Yor must navigate one important aspect of their relationship: intimacy. Twilight is more than ready for it, but Yor still lacks experience. Getting carried away can bring unexpected consequences. (Completed).
Addicted to Yor: Upon realizing he's become addicted to his wife, a very touch-starved Twilight resolves to stop touching her all the time. Will he succeed? Spoiler: No he won't. The man is hopelessly in love with Yor. (Completed).
Joint Mission: On the first joint mission between the Garden and WISE, Thorn Princess overhears something that makes her doubt her husband's love for her. Twilight's most important mission now is to reassure his wife. (Completed).
The Divorce: Twilight and Thorn Princess discover each other identities during a side mission. After that, Twilight knows his marriage is over. But can he go through with what needs to be done? (Completed).
Last Days of Operation Strix: Twilight can feel it: Operation Stix will soon be over. It's almost time for Loid Forger to die. He's supposed to have a clean exit like his other missions, but Strix is NOT like any other mission. As much as he tries to deny it, Twilight has been compromised. Now he needs to choose between his duty and his love for his family. (Multichapter. Completed!)
As a Real Family: A series of tooth-rotting fluff one-shots in non-chronological order in the same universe as Last Days of Operation Strix. Just some domestic fluff about the Forgers, including super cute Twiyor baby.
Until You Come Back to Me: (Actors AU/Eden AU) Everyone knew actors Yor Briar and Loid Forger had a long history together. But seven years ago they parted ways and moved on with their lives. Now Loid Forger is coming back to Ostania. Nobody knows he's now a spy for Westalis. His mission: To spy on Prime Minister Donovan Desmond. To achieve this, he'll have to get close to his former love, Yor Briar, and manipulate her into spying for him. His agency, WISE, was very clear to him: Do whatever it takes, whether is a heartfelt reconciliation, friendship, or even...seduction. (Major angst warning for this one).
Fake ID: In this Eden AU, teenagers Loid and Franky will do anything to get into a nightclub to see their favorite band. (A small prequel of Until You Come Back to Me). (Completed).
Also, thank you to all the artists who have crafted fanarts from these fics. I appreciate you and your beautiful art from the bottom of my heart 💖
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forthegothicheroine · 4 months ago
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I don't know how to tell you, but Norma Desmond on the left there is doing a caricature of over the top silent movie acting. The point was that even in the 50s, nobody was acting like that! (Nor was actress Gloria Swanson in her actual silent movies.)
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cryptidram · 2 months ago
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okay nobody asked or cares. here's my
Crispin Lynch Headcanons
she/he autistic lesbian
never talks (obviously), but communicates through stimming and drawing!!! for example: pointing to a drawing she made of a thing she enjoys, excitedly stimming and squealing and flapping his hands
is in love with rita. um. this came from nowhere i just like the idea of it let me have this
she thinks rita being a werewolf is actually Really awesome and maybe hes a little bit possibly attracted to the fact that she is a werewolf (lesbians are freakay) (source: me)
jeremiah wants to be friends with him. she does not. she tries to communicate that she wants to be left alone. jeremiah does not take the hint. hilarity ensues (they end up being surprisingly close after a While its cutesy trust me)
likes stars!! knows nothing about them. he just thinks theyre really pretty and likes going on walks to stare at them
mostly just transports bodies with rita, but mostly helps with assistant stuff with her. cannot deal with blood though, the bodies have to be covered and she can't do any work on the bodies himself
never takes that fuckass beanie off
easily nauseous! she finds a hair in her food? she'll probably start gagging.
quinn??? somehow understands him very well????? that doesn't mean quinn LIKES crispin. just understands her for some reason. crispin likes quinn though
never put sybilus and crispin in a room together. nothing bad will happen itll just be really fucking awkward and quiet
crispin and odie are bffsies!!!
is surprisingly close with desmond. not, like, extremely so, just more than someone would expect
desmond is one of the only people who's spoken to crispin before she stopped speaking!
crispin was always pretty quiet even before the whole not speaking thing. she just thought talking was stupid and kind of annoying and he never really spoke anyways so why not just stop? and then she did. only ever says ANYTHING in moments of extreme distress, mostly meltdowns. if he does speak, they're just simple one or two word phrases that either express the distress he's feeling or the problem causing said distress. if she was having a meltdown over an uncomfortable shirt she was wearing, for example, it would either be cursing or a word/phrase based on the problem ("itchy," "shirt," "itchy shirt," "feels bad," etc.)
emphasizing that speaking is INCREDIBLY RARE for him, he does NOT have meltdowns often
knows some basic sign language. chooses not to use it because she literally just doesn't want to talk to people
texts using emojis. only emojis. and emoticons
average crispin text is "👋(^_^)! 👍🌅!"
okay ermmmmm thats all. for now ❤️
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zahri-melitor · 3 months ago
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I realise this probably never got the payoff it promises, but in terms of themes, this is fascinating from Tom Taylor in Nightwing #93 (2016).
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Heartless threatens Blockbuster with his heart-removal device. Blockbuster. What’s one of the big Blockbuster plotlines from Dixon’s Nightwing? Blockbuster’s heart problems and heart transplant (from a sentient gorilla from Gorilla City).
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But after bringing up the spectre of the previous heart transplant, Heartless (a villain all about removing hearts!) says that there’s no point. That nobody would miss Roland, because as far as we can see his mother, the driving force behind the transplant, isn’t here.
But then, at the end of the issue…HEARTLESS needs a heart transplant.
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And he doesn’t have to go through the stress the Desmonds did to get a heart; he has an entire WALL of options.
It’s just really interesting in terms of themes, because we know TT has read and likes Dixon’s run. And here he is alluding to an old storyline but deliberately choosing not to repeat it.
It’s…hmmm. It gives a lot of fic storytelling potential. Because I hadn’t even lined up the overlapping factor in these two villains until that exact threat, and then it smacked me between the eyes and I went ohhhhhh. Oh that’s a clever reference.
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robyn-runestone · 3 months ago
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Have an idea for a Professor Layton fic. (Based on my disappointment at Flora not being in the new trailer)
After being left behind again, Flora decides that enough is enough. She runs away from home and returns to Saint Mystere, the closest thing she’s ever had to a proper home.
Things have changed since she last left. Bruno had passed away, and there was nobody around to maintain the robots inhabiting the town. At least, that’s what Flora thought. She then notices that all the townspeople are still in top working order, even though they were without a mechanic for a long time.
She decides to investigate Bruno’s workshop, and she finds out that the town got a new mechanic. This mechanic is none other than Desmond Sycamore. Desmond, while searching for something to do with his life, settled down in Saint Mystere, found out about the robot secret, and realised the townspeople were breaking down without Bruno to fix them. He decided that he had nothing better to do and placed himself in the role of the town’s mechanic.
Flora and Desmond awkwardly bond over the course of the story as Desmond teaches her how to build machines. Flora learns that he’s Hershel’s brother, and she realises that there’s many things about the professor that she doesn’t know. When Desmond finds out she’s Hershel’s ward and the fact that she’s always being neglected, he grows protective of her and vows to rub it in Hershel’s face when he eventually looks for Flora.
All in all, it’d be a nice story about Desmond reliving what it’s like to have a daughter again, and Flora experiencing what it’s like to have a present father in her life.
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teecupangel · 25 days ago
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So, I've been thinking about the Desmond line lately. Mostly about Insane!Connor but I would like to hear from you how you think the Desmond line would be while insane.
There is an insane Altaïr somewhere here in the blog but, as usual, trying to search it proved fruitless XD
Let’s start with Altaïr. His insanity is tempered by Al Mualim’s teaching. He is known to have revolutionized the Brotherhood in terms of techniques and tools. The truth is that both have been created and perfected via experiments of which his victims did not sign up for. He has no remorse for using others to satisfy his curiosity but he knows how to toe the line. He learned how to toe the line. He’s known as a legendary mentor, the father of the Modern Brotherhood, and no one would dare say anything else. Masyaf itself has turned a blind eye over his more than questionable methods because of loyalty and an understanding that there is a line that Altaïr will not cross. He will not harm the innocent. In this one, Abbas would never have the chance to destroy the Brotherhood from the inside because Altaïr would have taught his sons everything.
And Sef?
Sef has always been a curious boy and he likes it when his subjects don’t know that they were being experimented on.
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Ezio, on the other hand, grew insane after the death of his father and brothers. His insanity took the form of how he acts as an Assassin. His first assassinations were brutal and undeniable painful. Mario reprimanded him about it, trying to drill in his mind how they were meant to be quick and painless. They kill to protect people. The swiftness of their kill is a show of their belief that even their targets were humans who deserved to be respected in death.
So Ezio does things differently. He toys with them first, takes away what they love and care about. He doesn’t kill innocents, of course, but… planting evidence, whispering to the right person about certain damning information, destruction of property holding important priceless items…
There were more than one way to make a person wish for death to come closer.
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Ratonhnhaké:ton, on the other hand, was curious of people. Of these colonizers who act both like they wish for harmony and take what wasn’t theirs. He listened to the spirit because he love his village. He listened to Achilles because these lessons make him stronger and gave him a better understanding of the world outside his village.
Charles Lee deserved to die because he dared to trample on his village’s peace and killed countless of people. Everyone else?
They were on his way.
One did not care how many ants they step on while walking, after all.
Haytham Kenway though.
He wanted to know what made Haytham Kenway tick.
What was behind that polite condescending facade.
His mother had been worried that he inherited the darkness in his father’s eyes but Ratonhnhaké:ton knew…
Haytham Kenway’s darkness was one born of suffering and grief.
Ratonhnhaké:ton’s darkness had always been lurking.
Watching…
Waiting…
And Ratonhnhaké:ton let it play whenever it wished.
Why shouldn’t he?
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Desmond knows how to act normal. He has seen people do it. He has mastered acting like them.
There was only one person who saw through his act.
His mother.
And nobody listened to her.
Everyone saw Desmond as mediocre.
Average.
Except his mother.
His mother saw him for who he really was and she was afraid.
He didn’t understand why though.
Until he relived Altaïr’s memories.
And he realized.
His mother knew of the truth because it must have been a tradition in their family.
To leash a monster using specific lessons that will ingrained rules upon them.
The way her (and Desmond’s) ancestor had been.
And living as Altaïr was exhilarating. For once, he felt feelings that was so similar to his that it was easy to fall into them. High synchronization rate that they’ve never seen before.
Ah.
Desmond would have had so much fun watching Altaïr every day.
Then… he started to dream…
He looked a lot like Altaïr but… he wasn’t Altaïr. In these dreams, Altaïr was there was well. Older, wiser…
And he…
He learned quite a lot in that dream.
Enough to try and see how Lucy Stillman would react to being one of his experiments.
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suzukiblu · 24 days ago
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WIP excerpt for Jan behind the cut; “project sidekick”. (( chrono || non-chrono ))
“This is such bullshit,” Wally bites off, because it's not like he's not Wally, he's been Wally all this time, nobody could tell the fucking difference including Uncle Barry and his parents and Batman and his teachers and friends and him–except they're not, none of them are, the Flash is his uncle but he's not the Flash's nephew, he–he–
He’s not. He remembers them, but none of them remember . . . remember . . . 
It’s a different Wally West that they’re all remembering. A different Kid Flash. A different . . . 
They think he’s different. They think he’s not . . . 
He’s not Wally West to them. Not to any of them. 
He doesn’t–he doesn’t know what . . . what’s going to . . . what’s he’s going to . . . 
“We must only wait, my friend,” Kaldur says like they’re even actually friends at all, but Wally doesn’t know how to think of him as anyone else. He is Kaldur, same as–he remembers everything Kaldur remembers and he’s genetically identical to Kaldur and he’s actually technically probably more Kaldur because everything he did was something Kaldur would have, because he didn’t know the stupid difference! He’s Kaldur, just three months farther along. All he ever did was what Kaldur would’ve done. 
So he’s Kaldur. He’s more Kaldur than the real Kaldur. 
And literally no one else thinks that. No one else thinks that, and if Wally ever actually said that, they’d all think he was about to go fucking supervillain on them or something, which actually maybe would be justified, if only because supervillains get to do shit like burn down or explode or disintegrate entire fifty-three level labs and every single doctor who’s ever worked in them and also break into Belle Reve and personally vibrate Desmond’s larynx out of his fucking throat! 
It’d take longer to kill him than the heart would, and maybe Wally really is going to end up a supervillain. Maybe he’s a shitty person or he has mind control somewhere in his head that just hasn’t gotten triggered yet or– 
“I am actually very not-good at waiting, that’s kind of my whole thing is being bad at waiting, if you forgot,” Wally cuts his own thoughts off with, forcing his hands not to vibrate with speed–or Speed. “Or it’s Kid Flash’s whole thing, anyway, and my stupid ass didn’t know the difference.” 
The Flash kept looking at him like he was worried about what he was gonna do and his–and–and the Wests are gonna be so, like, upset and horrified and probably be upset with themselves, too, since it’s not like they tweaked he wasn’t really there–wasn’t their–wasn’t the same kid they’d been raising all his life, and Batman told Dick he was sorry, which–how often does Batman even do that, say he’s freakin’ sorry like that?! 
And–and the Wally who’s been in stasis on sublevel 53 for the past three months is gonna come get his life back and not know anything that’s happened or anything that’s going on, and–and–
And M’gann and Artemis are gonna be so freaked out. Like, Conner’s one thing, they came in knowing about Conner being a clone and he does, actually, look different from Superman, what with the whole “being half his physical age” thing, but them–they all look exactly like the guys whose lives they stole and maybe they do have freaky mind control in them, maybe they’re not safe to be around, maybe they’re creepy awful evil sleeper agents or–or– 
“And yet the necessity for the waiting remains,” Kaldur says gently, the total actual asshole who can only act like that ‘cuz he got cloned from the most chill and most responsible sixteen year-old who has ever walked the fucking earth, Wally is pretty sure, and he got made out of a socially-inept loser who literally no girl alive would ever look twice at and who can’t just slow down when he–! 
“Sure it does,” Dick says, then lets out a mean, bitter little laugh. It’s not a laugh Wally’s ever heard from him before. 
But he heard it when Dick told him about . . . told him about the circus, and Zucco, and . . . 
That’s not even something that actually happened to him. Not even something that happened to this Dick, which–actually, yeah, never mind, Wally will take the socially-inept loser who can’t slow down compared to remembering watching the Flying Graysons fall. Remembering watching that from their kid’s perspective, all the related thoughts and emotion and–and Dick remembers all that awful stuff, remembers losing his parents and his life and his whole world, and he doesn’t even get to feel anything about it anymore. 
He never even met the Graysons. Never lived with them or travelled with the circus; never performed in front of cheering crowds like he remembers loving, never knew any of those people, never actually felt all that rage and grief and helplessness. 
So no one’s going to think it counts, now that they know he’s not the Dick Grayson that actually did do all those things.
And now Dick’s actually lost his parents and his life and his whole world, because none of it them were ever his at all, and he remembers feeling that twice, and remembers exactly how awful it was the first time. Remembers what it did to him the first time. How it changed him, and what it made him, and . . . 
Yeah. Wally will take the socially-inept loser of a gene donor, actually. The socially-inept loser of a gene donor is looking pretty good right now.
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paigelts05 · 4 months ago
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The Training Simulation [FNAF HW2, Renegade AU]
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Artwork: https://www.deviantart.com/paigelts05/art/1093433943
AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/36911932/chapters/149355976
Published: Sep 01, 2024
Out of work and trying to provide for himself and his daughter, Desmond Anadem is offered something by his former employer: a chance at his old job back.
All he has to do is complete their training using a VR training system.
Even though they sent an off-the-shelf headset as a sign of good will, can he trust that even for a second that he will be safe?
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Desmond Anadem was currently re-evaluating his life choices.
After getting fired, and then fired upon, he thought that Fazbear Entertainment was finally done with him. But they weren't.
After the Raid on the megaplex, which he took part in whilst his daughter decided upon staying outside as a sentry - something that definitely had something to do with what she did prior to the 'Breach' - to monitor what went in and out, he thought that Faz Ent would finally give up the goat.
But instead they sent him an off-the-shelf VR headset that was still in it's packaging, a pair of controllers that were also off-the-shelf, and a copy of their VR training system (it was not the VR environment of which his daughter had spoken of; this was a peice of software that had been made in a game engine that was not owned by Faz Ent, and was just a game used to train up new human staff).
It felt like an awfully grand gesture of trust building, to send him a VR system that had not been touched by Faz Ent. Likely because they knew that he knew what happened to many others who used Faz Ent proprietary headsets, and the VR environment that they had been stuck in.
But Sylvia's sister was using a non-Faz brand VR setup when William posessed her. They'd had time to talk about it during the Raid: he had known that Ness was posessed, but during the Raid, Sylvia and Ness had explained the how behind what happened. Desmond did not disclose his involvement in tampering with the arcades to make freeing Ness easier; nobody had deciphered his sigils yet, so nobody needed to know.
Turning his attention back to the letter, all it told him that he was just going to use the training program and nothing more. The only Faz-touched tech was the game itself.
The box also had a letter. It read that they planned to re-hire him at a better salary, but he'd need to re-complete his certifications, as they had been voided when he had been fired.
'Blaming me for you fucks trying to shoot me again, I see.'
Yet despite that, he didn't seem to be able to refuse the offer. Faz Ent knew where he lived, and until the police got around the red tape of securing him a job and accomodation far away from here, he'd need to play safe.
When he told Cassie about it, she agreed. This was the safest bet.
Get the certifications back, see where things went from there.
After completing what he thought were all the minigames, he grabbed the in-game faz-wrench and opened the secret door, deactivated the inhibitor, and noticed a poster.
'Remove your mask?' Desmond thought to himself, 'Faz Ent kept trying to introduce these masks, but we just kept on using the eyepieces instead because those masks gave me and everyone else the creeps. Here goes.'
He reached his hand to his head, hearing the controller clack against the VR headset he was wearing, and removed a mask from the player avatar's face.
The room around him looked as abandoned and decayed as the megaplex did after the raid.
He returned to the computer monitor, and he noticed something that wasn't there before; they had hard modes.
'Expecting more out of me than before I see…' he grumbled as he begun the second gauntlet, and as he did, something irked him.
The animatronics that appeared in these new minigames also looked somewhat as they did during and after the Raid. Expected. The Daycare Attendant was a destroyed mess after the second fire in Roxy Raceway destabilised most of the megaplex and so was the DJ, and this game reflected it. The memory of seeing the DJ so beat up during the Raid haunted him, as did the sight of the miserable sun he saw that night. The fact that they had only gotten worse after the Raid made him feel sympathy for them for the first time. And after the so-called earthquake that Desmond was sure was an explosion the other day caved in parts of the megaplex further, he found himself worrying for the mental states of those robots for the first time too. Also, he was certain that Fazbear Entertainment only wanted him back so they could repair thier severely damaged bots. Maybe they made this game to specifically train him for that.
If he got near those robots again, the first thing he'd probably do would be to talk to them and see how human they are. A thought that would have been foreign to him three weeks ago.
Once he'd completed the rest of the minigames and re-earned the most useless certifications to ever exist, he found himself surrounded by staffbots that had appeared out of nowhere - a recreation of what Faz Ent wanted to happen to him and his colleagues no doubt - and after the staffbots attacked, the screen turned to static.
He tried to remove his headset, but he couldn't.
He called out for his daughter, but received no reply.
He stepped about in his panic and tripped over a cable, so he was definitely still alive. And when the static cleared as he crawled to his feet, he saw a staffbot's start up screen.
'What in the…'
And once it finished loading, he found himself seeing through the visual feed of a staffbot.
And then he saw his daughter.
He tried calling out to her, but she didn't seem to hear. The bot didn't output his audio input.
He tried to reach out to her, and the staffbot he was viewing the world through reached out.
And handed her that mask that only he and his daughter's sleeper side had seen. The Vanny mask; the mask that William had made to control Sylvia's sister. The mask that Sleeper had stolen before it had been used, and then lost after she saved Gregory and caused the Breach.
The mask that Fazbear Entertainment had tried to model technician masks after.
His daughter's Civilian alter, Civ, was currently fronting; he could tell from her eyes. She had never seen the mask before.
He tried to call for her to stop and put the mask down, but again, the staffbot didn't output his audio input.
He felt himself collapse to his knees as he watched Cassie put on the mask. And as she did, the staffbot shut down.
He could remove his VR headset again.
He threw the thing off with such force that it skidded to the other side of his apartment, landing under the shelf that held his father's retro Bonnie mask. He didn't care if the VR headset was broken or not.
Sweating, shaking, and disoriented, Desmond took a moment to breathe before clambering to his feet and calling for his daughter.
He didn't get a response.
Whilst he had been training, Cassie had gone off somewhere. And if that was really her who he had witnessed through the eyes of the staffbot, she was at a Fazbear Entertainment controlled facility. Though there was no way of telling which one.
Any Faz Ent facility could have staffbots. The mask could have been taken anywhere.
Cassie could be anywhere.
So he put on his work boots and ran outside.
Someone had to have seen his daughter, right?
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taruth3mighty · 8 months ago
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Do y'all think that nobody told Anna that Desmond was going to die soon? Like... it seems like everyone (except Captain Silvier) knows about it. Anna doesn't seem like she's aware of Desmond's "last wish" either, which will make his death even more heartbreaking. Anna basically has to sit by and do nothing while her adoptive father, the only person she has left, is bound to die and she's unaware of it. She's a true damsel in distress. Like... if she doesn't pull and Elsa move and blast the of the ones who will kill Desmond with ice powers, then I will riot /j
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de-lyc-ful · 11 months ago
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And just like that, the Broadway run of How To Dance In Ohio has come to a close.
I don’t particularly know what to say, I’ve never been very good at explaining my emotions. I see parts of myself in parts of almost every show I watch, but Ohio is special in the way that I have seen myself in all of the show. Every character, every beat, every song, felt like looking in a mirror. My Ohio art journey started with a (mostly) full cast drawing, so it’s only fair that I close this chapter with another, better one.
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Is it perfect? No. Is it accurate? Also no, I drew the characters as werewolves, in what world is that accurate? (I also didn’t draw the stripes on Caroline’s sweater but you’d have to actually pay me to do that) But this is my send off to a wonderful show.
How To Dance In Ohio has brought me so much, even though I only saw it once. It brought me community, it brought me confidence in my work, and it brought me confidence in myself. Ohio has told me that “yes, I can make it, whatever that means to me.”
As a surprise to absolutely nobody because I’m very open about this, I am autistic. And while I am studying to become a concept artist, acting is a dream of mine as well. I’ve been told by my family that I will never be able to do theatre professionally due to my sensory issues, my stubbornness, everything about myself. The Ohio community welcomed me with open arms, told me to dust myself off, and keep going.
I’d like to specifically thank a few people who I’ve had lovely interactions with.
Ashley Wool- You were the one who encouraged me to keep going, to not doubt myself, and to take pride in my work. You were the first person to actually enjoy my art so much that you wanted a print of it, and I am so incredibly grateful for all you’ve done, intentionally or not, to push me to make more art.
Desmond Luis Edwards- You are incredibly funny and I have so much respect for you. I’ve enjoyed our interactions and watching your livestreams and all the delightful people I’ve gotten to meet through them.
Madison Kopec- I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. I am mildly frightened by you and I will see every show that I possibly can where you’re in it. Like, holy shit, I can’t begin to explain how in awe I am of your performance. Also your tumblr username makes me laugh.
Imani Russell- Pretty much the same as like I’ve said about Madison, I’m amazed by your performance and I will try to see or at least listen to as many shows that you’re in as I can. However you don’t scare me nearly as much because anyone with an orange cat can’t be scary to me. Your username also makes me laugh. (This paragraph has been edited for spell checking)
Nicole D’Angelo- This dude responded to my tiktok comment right after MIDNIGHT to read a random essay I had written THE DAY BEFORE CLOSING and then had a delightful conversation with me about why Marideth is such a good character. Endless respect and love for them.
Thank you, How To Dance In Ohio. Thank you for everything.
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ao3feed-twiyor · 5 months ago
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A Never Ending Web of Long Stories
read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/mrg06B2 by Der_Weber Donovan Desmond is dead. Operation Strix is over sooner than everyone expected, and nobody is less prepared for it to be over than Twilight. It may have only been a few years, but he’s more at peace with his “fake” (maybe not-so-fake) family than he has been anywhere else. So, he makes a decision. Meanwhile, Yor has been worried sick. It’s been a full five days, and Loid still isn’t back from his side-mission. No amount of assassin training could have ever prepared her to deal with her husband going missing – even if she knows that, as a spy, he can take care of himself just fine. Damian is alone. His brother is almost graduated and his mother is nowhere to be found. His father's cousin, who he has never met, has now been thrust into the role of guardianship for the young Desmond brothers. Nothing is ever simple. And every story seems to be a long one. Words: 966, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: SPY x FAMILY (Manga), SPY x FAMILY (Anime) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Categories: Multi Characters: Anya Forger, Loid Forger | Twilight, Yor Briar Forger | Thorn Princess, Yuri Briar, Sylvia Sherwood | Handler, Franky Franklin, Damian Desmond, Demetrius Desmond, Emile Elman, Ewen Egeburg, Becky Blackbell, Bill Watkins, Fiona Frost | Nightfall, Original Characters, Henry Henderson, Jeeves (SPY x FAMILY), Donovan Desmond, Melinda Desmond Relationships: Loid Forger | Twilight/Yor Briar Forger | Thorn Princess, Damian Desmond/Anya Forger, Anya Forger & Loid Forger | Twilight & Yor Briar Forger | Thorn Princess, Becky Blackbell/Bill Watkins, Yuri Briar/Fiona Frost | Nightfall Additional Tags: Post-Operation Strix (SPY x FAMILY), Damian Desmond Loves Anya Forger, Aged-Up Damian Desmond/Anya Forger, Alternate Universe, Fluff and Angst, Domestic Fluff, Adoption, Damian Desmond Needs a Hug, Mentioned Donovan Desmond, Tags May Change, Tags Are Hard, Tags Contain Spoilers, Not Beta Read read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/mrg06B2
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piracytheorist · 2 years ago
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The philosophy of Eden College is that children need, at least in papers, to have both parents in their lives. They're like "Oh you're a widow(er)/divorced? Sucks to be you better find a spouse or your kid won't be accepted!"
They're so strict about the families of their students upholding the values of the traditional, nuclear family… and then they accept a ton of students into their dorms, where the children experience absolutely none of said values.
Not only that, but Damian Desmond, one of the first-year students who, aside from his bullying attitude, could be described as a model student by Eden, rarely if ever even sees his parents. When he calls home, he doesn't talk with his mother - he talks with their butler. He doesn't plan on staying home for the holidays because he knows his father won't be at home, so it won't matter even spending time with his mother and older brother.
I mean, don't get me wrong, plot-wise it's perfect because it brought Yor into the story and into Anya and Loid's lives and I love that, but it also shows how little the actual value of family means to Eden (and what Eden represents, considering what the Imperial Scholar meetings actually consist of), and how the Forgers are a total opposite to that. If Eden knew about them, Anya wouldn't have been accepted. A child with no info on her date of birth and biological parents, illegally adopted by a random nobody with no family who married also a random nobody, all of that a week before the admission interviews? They'd be kicked out.
Eden represents family in papers - both parents present, with at least one being biological, and who gives a damn if the child actually experiences familial relationships and bonds.
The Forgers represent family in feeling - three people who were alone (and yeah Yor has her brother but the fact that they both keep their jobs a secret from each other despite knowing each other their whole lives... yeah) finding each other and building a home together, and who gives a damn if blood or papers say they are not actually related.
(Anime only fan here, don't spoil me for the manga)
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