#conner kenway

[theacblade]

Using whatever dopmine hits me to post another AC meme

[rosethyler]

[sunnysidezblog]

Spoilers, I guess, for the Desmond Miles story/games?? Idk they're games that've been out for years, but I thought it was only polite. If you don't care, then the rest is under the cut. I just need to get my love for and thoughts on Desmond out of my system.

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The thing I find most tragic about Desmond miles as a character is the fact that even though the assasins preach freedom, Desmond was never given the freedom of choice until the very end and even then it wasn't a real choice.

We don't know much about Desmond's time at the farm when he was growing up, but it's insinuated multiple times that he was hit by Bill, or that he had been abused in some way.

He grew up in a place where he wasn't given a choice in whether or not he wanted to be an assassin. That in itself breaks one of the core values of their creed, which is that they fight on the side of freedom. And one could, and should, in my opinion, argue that the freedom of choice is one of the most important rights someone can have. The freedom to choose to fight for something is fundamental to what the creed is all about.

Then, he finally is able to make a choice on his own when he runs away from the farm. He thinks everything they've told him is a lie, that templars aren't real, and there's nothing to worry about. He finally makes a choice, yes, but it was one that was predetermined from the very start. The isu knew he would do it. They calculated it and set up dominos to knock over when the time was right, down to the millisecond.

Desmond Miles was very much set up to die, much like a lamb raised for slaughter. He ran away to see the rest of the world and only got to see that world for 9 years. He was always destined to be caught by the templars, fall in love with and get betrayed by Lucy, he was always meant to die.

His entire personality was also manufactured if one would like to argue that. The isu made sure that the steps leading up to his demise were calculated to perfection (with the exception of Juno, who even with little wiggle room was able to manipulate conner). Desmond's entire personality-- his humor, his attitude towards life, and his roll over stance to his mistreatment.

By giving him the childhood he had and then running away, he was hardened and had been instilled with the creeds' principles and then was exposed to the rest of humanity. He probably always had compassion and kindness for people, and that part of himself was probably increased when working as a bar tender because bar tenders see the world at their best and their worst, and he himself after having fought for his place in the world knows how resilient humans can be.

He was given an impossible choice that wasn't much choice at all, seeing as there was never supposed to *be* a choice at all. The only reason there was a "choice" was because of Juno. Minerva originally only set up the eye to be the only choice, leading Desmond to his willing-but-unwilling sacrifice, but Juno threw a wrench in the plan.

Not only was he given the most impossible choice ever, but he made the one everyone was expecting him to because in his eyes, what else was he supposed to do? Let most of humanity, which consisted of 7 billion people at the time, die? Because what, a megalomaniac false god thought she could reenslave humanity after she's long since passed?

Even more tragic is that he was arguably tortured before his death as well. He had to watch his ancestors go through horrors and conspiracy. He had to go into the animus and feel what they felt, whether it be injuries or emotions.

He felt the stab wound Altair got, and the betrayal Altair felt as his father figure was revealed to be a Templar in disguise. He felt all the injuries Ezio sustained and felt the horror and shock and betrayal and grief that Ezio felt watching half his family die. He felt the inner turmoil of Conner as he was thrust into a world that hates people like him and had to suffer the pain of knowing he'd have to kill his father AND he lost Achilles, who was a father figure to him.

Desmond was forced to live three lifetimes, and while doing so, he lost control of his own life. He suffered from the bleeding effect, he lost all sense of time, he suffered ridicule by people who were supposed to be his comrades. He suffered further under the harshness of his father.

And he was never given a choice, and neither were any of the others up until the point of his death, which is what to me makes his character so tragic and appealing. The entire timeline could have shifted, had he made different choices or his personality was just a tiny bit different.

This aspect is also why I think that his death is so underwhelming in terms of satisfaction. Maybe that was the point, though. His death, maybe, was supposed to feel anticlimactic and unjust. Maybe the ending was supposed to, instead of feel like a real ending with a good conclusion, was more so meant to emphasize he never had a choice to begin with.

Anyway, I just think Desmond is neat. Have this:

[notwalterssister]

Codextober Day 14: Shadows

Wish I had more time for art but at least I got this done in time between classes and work.

[gooseontheinternet]

guys i have my sister my phone to take photos of the paul revere mission and some of these are fucking gems

[thatlonelybanana]

So currently going through all of the Assassin's Creed games (both the ones I have on disc and on consol, including I which is apparently rare but besides the point.)

And me, being the idiot child I am, have not played all of em. I inherited them from my dad, but the only one that I played the most was Black Flag and I haven't even played ACIII

That being said, I have been thinking Conner and Ratonhnkaté:ton were two people, and I've been comparing them

Because how the fuck do you have a guy named Ratonhnkaté:ton and then just a guy named Conner?

(I think you can see where this is going)

It wasn't until yesterday I found out that they are the same people.

The same. People.

Which is even better, because now I have a reason to diss him more XD

[winterassassin1987-95]

My Past is Not Today

Meet Darius Kenway, formerly Desmond Miles. He is thirty two years old currently and currently seventeen years removed from the trauma and pain of his past. He has gotten a lot better but has to have his back to a wall to prevent being snuck up on, wears a hoodie with the hood up to hide his face, and he keeps his hair short since he hates it being pulled. He will hoard food that is given to him, and he tends to sleep lightly. Darius loves music and he finds comfort in his music. He is a fan of Aurelio Voltaire, Brothers of Metal, Sail North, JYC Row, and Voiceplay. He was adopted by Haythem Kenway and has Shay Cormac and Conner Kenway for brothers whom he is now close to. He also seeks comfort from both Haythem and his grandfather Edward Kenway who supported Haythem adopting Shay and Darius. He has met and fallen for Ezio Auditore who encouraged his growth even suggested that he change his name.

Context: Darius Kenway is a different timeline of Desmond, so while yes him being paired with his ancestor Ezio is off putting, this is Ezio from the main line, not the one from Darius' timeline as the Ezio of this AU has Christina follow him, and worked her ass off to assist the cause which lead to a much mellower Ezio. So it's Ezio Prime that has fallen for Darius not Ezio Vespucci (to differentiate).

[pinkja]

There are two moods: assassin’s creed (derogatory) and assassin’s creed (affectionate). They exist at the same time.