#with the ‘hint’ being that desmond the avian

[teecupangel]

Hey had you seen the posts about Murphy & his chick? Now imagine the chick is Desmond & his new single dad is one of his ancestors who, after fruitless brooding, finally has a baby. Animal or human.

https://www.tumblr.com/cookiemonstari/714456378863960064/fearthefuzzy-penguinsweaters-afeelgoodblog?source=share

I saw the first post about how Murphy incubates a rock so the link with the update on Murphy’s dad life is a pleasant surprise. I hope the best for him and his unnamed child.

As for the idea, why not both?

Humanoid figures with avian characteristics, including wings because wings AU are fun.

I kinda like the idea of this being a single-dad Ratonhnhaké:ton setup because this gives us an excuse to have Altaïr and Ezio be his ‘we’re trying to help’ dad friends who usually give contrasting advice. (Also, Edward wants to be called ‘grand pappy’)

Perhaps the chick would be brought in by someone else (maybe Bayek?) and given to Ratonhnhaké:ton to take care of. Ratonhnhaké:ton has wanted a child of his own for a while now but, now that he was a father, he wasn’t sure what to do.

Enter the commonly used proverb “It takes a flock to raise a fledging.” and everyone in the same avian community tries to support Ratonhnhaké:ton as he and Desmond grow as father and son.

Additional suggestions for this fic:

We can make Jacob, Evie, and Arno the same age as Desmond so he has childhood friends.

Darim, Sef, Flavia, and Marcello can be older kids (with Darim being the oldest) so Desmond would also have big brothers and sisters.

Of course, if you wish for everyone to spoil Desmond, you can make it that Desmond is the only fledgling in their flock as all the canon children (Darim and the others) have already grown up and have flown out of the nest. Jacob, Evie and Arno are around the same age as Ratonhnhaké:ton instead and they can act like the cool aunt and uncles.

If you want to hammer in the angst, make it clear that Desmond sustained injuries that can only be seen as ‘inflicted’ and not accidental. Whether this was done by his parents or by someone else is up to you.

Aveline could be Ratonhnhaké:ton’s best friend that he goes to frequently when he needs to complain about all the ‘advice’ he gets from his dad friends.

An easy way to add Shaun, Rebecca, and Clay are for them to be traveling merchants or perhaps researchers who give information to the flock whenever they pass by. They could be the ones to have the next plot point if you ever need an easy way to push the plot along XD

Ratonhnhaké:ton sings the same lullaby that his mother used to sing to him whenever Desmond has a hard time falling asleep. Later on, the two of them hum it whenever they groom each other’s wings.