liam’s anu-kite induced hallucination in triggers being a flashback to when he was a scared fourteen year old boy who couldn’t protect himself against a group of people who were supposed to be on his team rather than one about theo, the guy who once tried and almost got liam to kill one of the most important people in his life while shifted and was planning on killing him next even though becoming a monster that hurts people is one of liam’s greatest fears. theo actually being the one who pulls liam out of his head and keeps him from killing someone and talks to him about why he gets so angry when he’s really feeling afraid. layers. guys there are layers.
Hey kids, go to my art twitter to see stuff i dont post on here or i wont post until i compile them. Instant art nonsense without the lines! There is a lot i haven’t posted here and I’m sorry for that pssshh
https://mobile.twitter.com/Flamboyant_King/media
(You can also compare how i act between twitter and tumblr. The dichotomy.)
for real cant stop thinking abt how cool altair’s arc is in ac1 like.
we’re introduced to him at his absolute worst. he’s the best assassin in the brotherhood, and it’s gone to his head - he’s arrogant, self centered, and doesnt care about anyone else, not even the creed that’s supposed to uphold as a master assassin. and so he acts rashly, and the price is paid, as kadar straight up Dies and malik loses his arm, because the mission went wrong because altair thought himself invincible
it’s the absolute WORST way to introduce the MAIN PROTAGONIST to the audience, at least in terms of endearing us to him
and so he goes back to the brotherhood after surviving the mission going wrong. and malik comes back too, missing his arm and telling al mualim how his brother was killed.
malik HATES altair’s GUTS because his brother paid the price for altair’s arrogance. and al mualim decides that altair should be punished as well. after faking altair’s Death, al mualim decides to give him a second chance - which means that altair is demoted all the way to the absolute bottom and he has to make his way back up again, to re-earn his ranks
so altair sets off, demoted to a novice, and carrying out a bunch of menial busy assignments. nine assassinations he has to carry out, in three cities
so each assignment he gets, he has to speak to a rafiq in that city’s assassin bureau. and you just see how each rafiq leers at him and insults him, and it’s just, Low Blows considering he was once the top assassin. but oh boy, when he gets to jerusalem? well malik is now the rafiq of the jerusalem bureau. you winced at the other rafiqs’ low blows, but malik responds with outright Hatred and vitriol and you just... take it, because you know altair deserves it. and altair argues back at first, but as time goes on and he does more of the assignments, he slowly stops responding. he just takes all the insults in stride.
so over the course of the game you see him slowly learn humility, as he works to earn forgiveness and earn his place in the brotherhood once more
and that alone is so interesting! because literally when do you ever encounter a protagonist who undergoes a redemption arc? the PROTAGONIST? and of a video game no less, meaning that you’re PLAYING the protagonist. you’re THEM. it’s just so unique
BUT NOT ONLY THAT! but along the way altair starts noticing that some things just... don’t add up. he begins to question authority - not because of his arrogance this time, but out of a genuine sense of right and wrong. and characters accuse him of being arrogant whenever he tries to bring it up, so he mostly keeps quiet for most of the game except for the few attempts to bring it up to people. but by the end of the game, those last 3 assignments, he knows something isn’t right. and he confides in malik over this, who has witnessed altair’s slow path to humility and while he still doesnt like or trust altair he at least knows he’s Improving, and malik actually acknowledges altair’s uneasiness. instead of responding with the snarky underhanded comments born out of pain and hatred, he actually sits back and reflects and realizes and idk its just. such a monumental step in their relationship, the fact that altair confided in him, and that malik actually took him seriously, after how contentious they had been in previous interactions (rightly so).
and so by the end of the game we see that al mualim IS a traitor and IS working with the templars, and so now altair has to take him down and save the brotherhood as a whole. and idk its just so cool that this happened alongside his redemption arc. plus the fact that he and malik are finally on speaking terms, they’re FRIENDLY by the end its just.. clenches fists.
idk just tl;dr altair’s arc is so unique and i really like how it was handled lol
read the first part here | read the third part here
cherry on top: the first text exchange i posted did surprisingly well, so here's another one! this one leans a little more into age gap than the other one did.
you:
i think it’s cute that you don’t know half the slang i use
joe:
I know some of it.
You said something was "giving" yesterday.
you:
and?
joe:
it was giving confusing.
joe:
What was the thing you were telling me about yesterday?
you:
girl idk
be more specific
joe:
It was about a woman ajd a top she wanted?
And*
you:
OH MY GDO
ugh she wanted some pearl halter top for nye but couldnt find it anywhere so she asked on tiktok if she could borrow it from someone then a nurse offered to but THEN the nurse ghosted her because she got called into work and tara was bashing her and saying it was cause she was a hater but then the nurse commented about how she got called into work and EVERYONE thinks tara is actually both accounts because her views dropped and she posted like a month ago about how she could barely afford the mortgage on her stupid expensive house
anyway that was it
hello?
you:
you're not embarrassed of me right
joe:
?
Baby why would I be embarrassed of you?
you:
idk
i saw a tiktok of this girl talking about how her ex would hide her from all his friends because he was embarrassed of her
joe:
Y/N.
My love.
You talk to some of my friends more than I do sometimes.
you:
yeah thats true
omg did gaten tell you that him and lizzy are moving in together
you:
happy evening!
just got home from work 😛
what are you doing
joe:
Just finished making dinner.
Shrimp scampi, if you're curious.
What are you having?
you:
hmmm
im thinking its a girl dinner night
joe:
Oh, are your friends coming over?
That sounds nice, I hope you have fun.
you:
what
joe:
?
You said girl dinner.
The girls are coming over for dinner?
Is that not what that means?
you:
omg youre so cute i love you
you:
wow my own boyfriend didnt even like my post
joe:
You posted?
Hold on.
You look cute in those, send them to me please.
you:
you still didnt like it
joe:
Oh sorry.
joe:
On lunch, thought I'd check in.
How's your day going?
you:
panic
joe:
What? Why? What happened?
you:
in queue for harry tcikets
cnt talk
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