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the entire "The solar flare is cyclical" thing was a fake out on Minerva's part so no one would figure out what she was actually working on, which was a way to prevent the *other* catastrophe they suffered from ever happening again--large scale isu human subjugation, enslavement, rebellion, war

Now, the Isu as a people were on their way out, but no way were all of them going to go gentle into that night. And their tech was made to last, so anything that survived the Toba event itself would be around for millenia.

Humans were genetically engineered to be subservient to the Isu. Minerva can't change put that cat back in the bag. What she *can* do, though, is use this genetic predisposition against the Isu.

Minerva creates a 75,000 year long breeding program to make the world's most unassuming, patient, *good* man--who just happens to be Isu kryptonite. There's just *something* about him that makes Isu want to kneel at his feet and be told they're good.

Desmond's glad he doesn't have to die to save the earth and all but also, like. What the fuck Minerva. Why.

So I had queued this post yesterday about a sign that says “ALL GODS MUST BE KEPT ON A LEASH” and @fanworldbuildingfun reblogged it with the following tags:

#every isu in ac #especially juno #for safety reason #and basim/loki #for nsfw reasons #< previous tags #Teecup I'm going to need you to elaborate on the latter #What nsfw reasons #Are we talking the vengeful nsfw or the oneshot style nsfw #Why did this post send me into Loki/Desmond thoughts #And Desmond is the one suffering here #....Whom do you think held the leash between Juno and Aita

It probably sent you into Loki/Desmond thoughts because it is sorta about my top!Desmond x bottom!Basim fic A Break where the main idea is “Desmond might not be able to fix him and his Isu-ness but he can definitely mindbreak him into being an obedient dog” so I guess… NSFW oneshot? No ‘s’ because I make no promises if I’ll make a sequel to A Break once I played Mirage XD

As for who has the leash between Aita and Juno? Those two held each other’s leashes but neither of them ever used it. They’re like two dogs that have leashes but no owner to rein them in.

Although…

Juno definitely pegged Aita more than once.

Actually…

(gets a megaphone)

All male Isus got pegged!

Odin? Got pegged by both Minerva and his wife!

Loki? Dude gave birth to Sleipner! He probably cheated on Sigyn because she wouldn’t peg him!

Tinia? Would have been pegged during his orgy party if Odin and Loki hadn’t crashed the vibes!

Hermes? Wants Persephone to peg him sooooo badly!

[quietwingsinthesky]

Lucy lives!au where both lucy and desmond are tensely sitting on the fact that Clay Told Desmond She Is A Templar and neither of them know how to approach this without outing that fact to everyone (Desmond does not want his dad to kill her)

OUGHHHH.

and the way it completely flips the little power dynamic they had going on. because whether desmond likes it or not, whether he wants it or not, lucy's life is now completely at his mercy. one wrong word and. well. they're called assassins for a reason. and while i think there's multiple stories in the series of assassins becoming templars, there's basically none about templars becoming assassins (or assassins again) which tells you about all you need to know about how willing they'd be to let a "traitor" back into their little gang.

and that's just got to feel terrible, right? especially now that desmond knows. if he can just read between the lines of what lucy has told him about vidic from her perspective, what clay has shown him about how she was turned. terrible awful moment of realizing that it's playing out all over again; only now lucy owes her life to him for not giving her over to the assassins. i don't think desmond would like that at all.

and like. to me there is zero question that part of the reason lucy latched onto desmond more than she was probably supposed to according to the whole templar double-agent plan was that he was someone she had a modicum of control over. she was very much in control of the flow of information to him, he owed her for getting him out of abstergo, and in all likelihood, she probably intended to protect him from them as best he could (a track record which does not reflect well on her! considering what happened to clay! but i really do think she intended to.)

so, that is gone. not only is that gone, but her world's been up-ended, again. she's not a quite a templar, not quite an assassin, and oh, right, the sun is still going to explode, and they barely know how they're going to stop it. desmond was in a coma for who knows how long, and now he looks at her different. he knows. and now they're all going to be in close proximity with his dad and her mentor who will not risk the whole world for either of them, shaun's still being twitchy about 'what if desmond was a templar spy' with no idea how close and how far off that assumption is, and there's also that fucking alien isu ghost lady who tried to kill her through desmond! not a fun time for lucy, all things considered.

and like despite that, i think the old dynamic they had still remains. desmond relies on lucy. she's now proven that she's a completely unreliable anchor to reality, but still, she's the one he's got. they started this animus shit together; they're gonna finish it together. lucy is still trying to pull the incredible balancing act of pushing desmond far enough to get what they need without breaking him entirely, something that's getting harder and harder by the day because like. three. well, no, four, huh. haytham, too. so four memory dives in, there's... if not damage, then a disconnect. between desmond and reality. that can't be undone, only managed.

everything that happens already leaves their little team so isolated from the outside world, but alsjdlksa i fucking love the idea of lucy & desmond being even isolated from the other assassins. terrible secret gang.

[raininyourblackeyes]

asking serbian eurosport once again when are they planning to hire me as their fogure skating commentator because the current one doesn't know shit.

[thepreciouspurrsian]

Just a quick sketch as usual… I was wondering how Basim would look with Loki’s iconic helmet. It suits him, right?

[deiaiko]

#19.3 Unravel

It had been some time since Agni felt this nervous. Not even talking with Jinsung Ha recently had made him feel like this. He fiddled with the mask on his hand as he waited for Grace to come back. He had thought hard on how to deliver the news, but he knew that no matter how he phrased it, Grace would be upset. Velt nuzzled under his palm and Agni gave her a few pats, before deciding that she would be better inside her bowl in his lighthouse, just in case the shinsu acted up around Grace after he received the news.

Grace came back wearing the comfiest shirt and shorts Agni knew Grace liked to wear on lazy days. He joined him on the floor, and they ate dinner together. Agni always finished last, so while waiting for him to finish his meal, Grace told him about his day with Bam. Grace was intrigued by how much his way of thinking had changed, and how glad he was to be able to be by Bam's side when he was having a bad day. It reminded Agni of the hidden floor, when Grace faced his sworn enemy.

They left the used bowls on the coffee table and went to brush their teeth. Afterwards, they turned off the light and went upstairs to sit on their bed. Grace's curious gaze never left him, and Agni curled his feet nervously.

Grace was the one who broke the silence. "So…what is it?"

Agni's breath hitched. This was the part he dreaded most. "I talked with the crocodile earlier. Did you know that he could manipulate stone already?"

"Huh." Grace needed a few seconds to let the information sink in. "Didn't Rak learn it on the Hell train? How does he know it?"

"Turns out our crocodile also traveled back to the past like us. He found the young crocodile and taught him."

"What?!" Grace gasped, wide eyed. "That means our Rak is–!!"

"He's dead." Agni quickly snuffed out that hope. They had been in delusion for long enough; it was time that they faced the bitter truth. "He suffered a fatal injury from the explosion. He couldn't have lasted long without proper help." Agni omitted the actual cause for Rak's death, but still kept his words true. "I'm sorry."

"…Oh." Grace looked lost, just like Agni was. His lips parted a little, but they closed before any sound escaped.

Agni gently squeezed Grace's hand, encouraging and comforting as he let the silence stretch on, giving Grace some time to process the information.

"Agni…" Grace whispered, "do you think Hatz and Isu…?"

Agni bit his lip and avoided his gaze, as the nightmare of that day replayed in his mind. He witnessed Hatz get his arm ripped off when trying to protect him. He could still recall the clang of a sword hitting the floor, and Hatz's suppressed scream that gnawed deep at his guilt. He witnessed Isu get beheaded after being taken hostage, the memory of warm blood painting them both still vivid like it happened yesterday. 

Agni refused to acknowledge their possible deaths, because it felt like a nightmare that one day he could hopefully wake up from. He avoided the topic when Grace brought it up, so he wouldn't have to say it aloud and make it real. He had been so hard on himself, because he couldn't get rid of the feeling that he had failed Grace and everyone else involved.

Agni knew this had to change if he wanted to live better, now that they had gotten a second chance. So he swallowed down the lump in his throat that had built up over the years and asked mostly to himself; "What are the odds of their survival?"

"There's always a chance–"

"Grace." Agni looked him straight in the eye. "They were already severely injured before the explosion hit."

Grace fell silent and went still.

Agni felt a pang of guilt upon witnessing Grace's reaction. "Sorry. I didn't mean to snap." Agni fiddled with his hands. He realized that he didn't know how much Grace knew of what happened. "My scar…do you know how I got it?"

"I…was told it was from the family heads' battle." Grace looked thoughtful. Agni knew he was trying to be careful with his words. "A stray attack?"

"It could have been worse." The memory of the scorching heat on his skin felt like it had only happened yesterday. He passed out right when he was about to heal Isu, and only found out later that he also lost sweetfish at that time. The days he spent recovering from the burn, to withstand the excruciating pain every second he was conscious, and finally coming to terms that it'd be a permanent scar, was one of the turning points that had changed him forever. Were Grace not there to care for him, he might have ended up destroying himself even more.

Agni hadn't realized he had his left hand clawing on his cheek until Grace pried his hand off and frowned, "You're doing it again."

"Maybe I should wear the mask…" Agni muttered to himself. After all, Grace gave it to him less so he could hide the scar but more to prevent him from unconsciously hurting himself. The only time he could safely take it off was when Grace was around.

Agni bit his lip nervously when Grace didn't reply. He no longer had the courage to look Grace in the eye that spoke so much concern, so he leaned close and rested his head on Grace's chest. "Rak, Isu, Hatz and Hwaryun were trying to get me out of that damned place. But we were caught while escaping, and…it was a bloodbath. I was…too occupied to react to the incoming heat. Rak shielded us from the explosion. And when I woke up…"

"They weren’t with you," Grace finished it for him after Agni trailed off a moment too long.

Agni nodded dazedly, "I've been telling myself that they're still alive, after a blow that could kill rankers. But…who am I kidding? I was lucky enough to survive with just this little–" Agni vaguely pointed to himself– "inconvenience."

Agni felt a hand gripping his arm, and he pulled away to see Grace looking at him with a pained expression. His eyes were glossy and his lips were pulled into a thin line. Trusting his instinct, Agni reached out to gently trace and cup Grace's cheek with his free hand.

"I'm sorry," Agni muttered. "I'm sorry, for not telling you sooner."

Agni silently witnessed tears that streamed down on his love's face. It was a bitter sight that Agni wished he'd never have to see again, that he had tried to avoid for so long by not telling him. He pulled Grace in and held him close to his chest, as if Agni was trying to gather his own crumbled heart back together.

Grace mumbled their late best friends' names as he held onto him tighter, shaking from each breath he took between sniffles.

Agni felt his own eyes sting with unshed tears. He remembered the years he spent climbing the tower together with his old team. Despite their banter being his source of headaches, Agni knew he too had come to acknowledge them as his cherished friends. Only when they were gone did Agni realize how much he'd miss having them around. Seeing the younger them didn't exactly close the gaping hole in his heart, but at least the emptiness was more filled.

Agni squeezed Grace tighter. "We have their younger selves with us now. We will protect them better this time."

Grace only nodded and sank further into his embrace. And Agni planted kisses on his hair, relishing the thought that after everything he had gone through, Grace was still a constant in his life. As long as he had him, everything would be okay.

When Grace started shaking again, Agni caressed his hair and hummed a comfort song they had known by heart. Still, it didn't make falling asleep any easier for Agni, especially not after admitting that his nightmare was very much real. However, as he had been through grief…this, too, would pass.

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[red-dyed-sarumane]

reading the novels again WOULD get me back into shuuenpro in both a drawing and theorizing way now that i can actually read & dont have to rely on others to tell me what it says but i 1) dont have them with me 2) already dedicated 5 formative years of my life to it in a near religious way and 3)a lot of fans have analyzed it to death already so i think its perfectly fine to focus on aru sekai series instead.

[mirendils]

v strange to have been in the ac trenches for so long and have so many new people interested in shadows. it feels like a bunch of people just walked into my house. hello. i’ve been in ac hell for years now. welcome.

[sunskate]

is this real 👀 there’s a word missing in the description of the 2024-25 RD:

“a dance mix of e.g. a rhythm, an artist, a ___ from stage or screen��

a what from stage or screen?

both movies and paso doble had been rumored but “Dance Party”? 😬 makes it sound deeply unserious🙃💀

they decided they liked slipsteps i guess, so it’s easier to flag where the PSt starts. more defined steps is good

[music-art-sport-and-more]

But it's Ilia who is going viral. So maybe, just maybe, you are a bit outdated and the younger generations might be just fine with watching athletic abilities in something that is called sport ...

[gemharvest]

Girl help one of the dogs walked on my laptop again last night (I know it has to have been Psycho) and now it's not behaving properly.

[thebleedingeffect]

I'm super excited to play all the assassin's creed games that I have rn and make two separate tier lists of all the characters and games ^-^ so far I've played the entire ezio trilogy, ac1, ac3, and atm I'm playing syndicate! After syndicate I'm planning on playing unity and after that I'm thinking of mayyybbbeeeee playing rogue :] once I'm done with them I'll be playing origins!! The chronicles and liberation/freedom cry are much lower down on my list but I definitely want to play them at some point! And I really do want to play mirage but I don't have a ps5 and idk if my computer is strong enough to run it...

But in summary!! Syndicate -> Unity -> Rogue -> Origins -> Liberation -> Black Flag -> Freedom Cry -> the AC Chronicles

There's also a chance I'll be replaying ac1 for like, the third time or something as well, I've missed Altair and Desmond so I might break down and play the game again lmao

[red-dyed-sarumane]

still funny i did a whole circle as a vocaloid fan. when i got into vocaloid i exclusively listened to the synth versions of songs mostly bc "the vocaloid is how its Supposed to sound why would u listen to covers" & then i gradually fell into the utaite scene until i almost exclusively listened to covers for a few years. and now i almost exclusively listen to the synth version of songs again but now its bc half the time there just Arent any covers of songs i like and the other half of the time im Extremely picky about singers.

[darkaac]

Fin.

[ebenelephant]

so i watched the play of a little life before i read the book - because a friend read the book, thought i'd like it, and either way we like going to the cinema together - but i just got it for christmas from my dad and i was looking through the user submitted content warnings on storygraph and it's just like... fucking hell, man. i don't know if i can read this. i saw it staged, with uncomfortably realistic special effects and phenomenal acting, but to read that? 700 pages of that?

[frostedturquoise]

Sometimes i feel bad for being super verbose and using too many words for something i could of explained in far less or when i could just get to the point or be verbose and say a lot but miss crucial details due to over twenty year long well worn habits of it being The Safest Way To Talk About Anything in person for over twenty years to the point it just affected both IRL and online communication.

So, you know, if you ever want clarification/curious as to what i meant on a thing/i habitually never mentioned something in passing but mentioned around the thing feel free to ask if you want to know because even if i am more likely to be embarrassed about long worn habits theres only a less than 5% chance it was intentional and a 95% chance it was just habit.

Feel free to ever ask about it (in asks/messages/ect) because it would probably be good for me to talk to more than just the same people i know IRL over and over again anyway whose habit of 'rarely gets invested in conversations they did not start personally' and choosing to skip 50% of the details because 'im fucking over this is shit if they are listening they will ask' is the easiest way to get around this shit.

Also sometimes clarification is important because sometimes in the moment i just compile sentences in weird fucked up ways because having three wildly different languages with very different structures forced down your throat since before you were even properly school aged can fuck up your sense of language in unexpected ways. Especially once they expect you to suddenly drop everything you earned because it 'wasnt cute any more' when you took advantage of said skills to learn more than the person teaching you rather than idk take the potential parenting bonding activity for what it was.

[hmltn44]

just finished ac mirage and the whole plot is basically just. a tie-in to valhalla (the only way i figured it out is by googling it cuz it was so vague)