There’s something that’s been bugging me for a while now and I couldn’t help but to make a post about this….
Now as a HUGE assassins creed fan, (especially AC3 and Connor) I understand self ship, fanfiction, and making OC’s for our boy Connor. The game doesn’t show any indication of a love interest or his future wife. It just ends his story there. But outside of the game, I’ve read that the templars made propaganda on his life saying that he married a blonde woman and she took the kids and left him all alone, which is stated to not be true. Canonically he’s married to a Native Woman and had three children and also stayed within her tribe (this is shown in the AC Reflections comic).
What I’m trying to say is…why do fans whitewash his wife? All I see is Connor paired with white OC’s or colonial women. There’s not many stories where Connor meets his wife or a Native Woman. Fans would always pair him up with a white colonial woman despite having a Native wife in canon. Is it because many of the fans based their OC’s off their image? Or do they not know about the Reflections comic that showcases Connor’s life after AC3? Which is understandable but if not that, then why white wash his love story? Maybe I’m too woke but I took notice of this recently and it’s now bugging me lol.
What are y’all opinions?
there’s a big difference between whitewashing his wife and simply pairing him with an oc - two separate characters. the whole point of creating an oc and shipping them with a character is because it’s fun. it’s because it’s something this person enjoys. because it’s entirely made up.
i understand ops point of view, however, life is made to have a fun. i don’t speak for native americans as i’m not one myself, but a native having relations with white people was not uncommon. (i mean look at ziio! she fell in love with haytham - HAYTHAM OF ALL PEOPLE.)
a lot of people in the assassins creed fandom pair up their ocs with characters who already have canonically wives; but the whole point in doing so is because its a free world.
i don’t really understand this post, it’s like saying ‘well, your oc isn’t italian, thus you can’t pair your oc up with ezio!’ what sense does that make?
yes, connor canonically marries a native woman. would he fall in love with a white woman? i wouldn’t think so given the damage and reputation, but would he instantly accuse all white people of bad when he has white people who reside on the homestead? who care for him as he does with them? when he’s half white himself?
i’ve seen a lot A LOTTTT of media with connor and a native wife, it’s out there on tumblr, you just have to find it 🙂↕️ but saying that people cannot pair their white oc with connor doesn’t sit right with me. fandoms are made for having a good time, as are ocs. i don’t think it would sit right with creators if they poured a lot of energy into an oc, a lot of backstory, etc. to then change the skin color for a character.
love is love. regardless of gender, of color.
ofc no hate in response to op, i understand where they are coming from. i just think that this argument can go both ways. and to answer ops question * a lot of people don’t know a comic exists. when the game ends, a lot of people kinda made up their own ending for connor unless your a die hard fan who actively sought out for the comic ending.
but even then, making up your own ending is also an option and making connor fall in love with who he likes is too!
i mean, look at the connor and haytham ship. that’s fucked up.
* i hope this doesn’t come across at hostile, i just wanted to put my point across and absolutely no hate at all.
Don’t worry, I didn’t see any hate coming from you at all! I totally get where you’re coming from which is why I also asked or stated in my post is it most likely that fans don’t know about the reflections comic or they base their oc of their own image? Or it’s both! I honestly don’t mind Connor being paired with a white oc , hell some of the best fics on ao3 have great original characters who are white. Sometimes I pair him up with Aveline!
But I also come across some stories that have a racist or ignorant undertone to them if you get what I’m saying. And I guess that’s why I made that post about the white washing of his wife. Other than that, I don’t mind Connor being in an interracial relationship but sometimes the stories can get a bit offensive in a way. Even the ConHayth pairing is a bit weird too, especially when they infantilize Connor