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Not pictured: Gist trying to prove he can climb the Morrigan’s mast faster than the Cap’n

#assassin's creed rogue #shay patrick cormac #⟪Portraiture 🎨⟫ #(spoiler) He can certainly reach as far up but trying to go as fast as a trained Ass sounds like a recipe for disaster #pray for your first mate

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#assassin's creed rogue #⟪Portraiture 🎨⟫ #every once in a while I get the inexplicable need to draw the Colonel #or maybe it's bcs I started playing Valhalla and the frozen waters are giving me war flashbacks dAmn do I miss the North Atlantic #(I aLso miss having three dimensional Templars but shh)

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Need a place to advance your mastery of the Templar trade?  Look no further than the New York Templar Academy, staffed by highly experienced members of the Order eager to train aspiring disciples in the best skills for the job! *Starring Prof. Lee from the Boston branch

#⟪𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔳𝔢𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤 (𝔖𝔥𝔦𝔱)𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔱 📰⟫ #assassin's creed rogue #assassin's creed iii #shay patrick cormac #george monro (acrg) #christopher gist (acrg) #jack weeks #and a guest appearance by #charles lee (ac3) #credits for Haytham w/ cabbages (fig.1.1) go to irishtemplar if my memory serves me well but I couldn't find the original post... #if anyone has it lying around somewhere please do ring me up #that was a great edit

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d’y’all ever dig into your old folders and get the air smacked out of ye lungs by one of yer old shitposts 

#⟪𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔳𝔢𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤 (𝔖𝔥𝔦𝔱)𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔱 📰⟫ #no lie I did not remember making this one and I was ROLLING #context: What if the Templars ran an educational institution and needed advertising banners

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#⟪Portraiture 🎨⟫ #⟪✠ The Virginian Rite ✠⟫ #⟪✠ Honour and Loyalty ✠⟫

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💭 Monro/Gist HCs

Yeah ok so Tumblr’s tag limit isn’t big enough to hold my ambition and cropped out some of my rambling, meaning I have been forced to finally consider using a text post to house my HCs rather than solely relying on the tag allotments of my images

So here I am

Some more of what it says on the tin:

The Colonel is a light sleeper, but he sleeps more soundly leaning against Gist (which only happens if they’re out in the field and regular sleeping arrangements are a distant dream). To the Colonel’s credit, he claims that it was, indeed, comfortable.

Gist has the honour of being the Colonel’s oldest friend and closest ally in the colonies, and true to this, he seems to have a sixth sense when it comes to telling if something is bothering the man. He wouldn’t force the issue immediately—the Colonel innately dislikes being fussed over—and trusts the older Templar enough to ask for his help when he feels it’s the right time to. Still, this isn’t a foolproof method, and Gist sees the Colonel indulging in his habit of clearly trying to take on more than he can manage, he will interfere.

Gist is loud, and the Colonel likes that the way it is. When it comes to dispositions, the Colonel tends to...mull over the gloomier stuff when things get dark (a lot of thinking does that to you), but when in comes Gist with his voice like the summer sun, it’s hard to keep brooding for long.

The Colonel never fails to gently chastise Gist when he’s being too rowdy, and, to be honest, Gist doesn’t mind. It’s his way of moderating his more...destructive side, and he knows it. It could be that he was being overly enthusiastic about starting a fight, or that he was being too attached to his drink—if he feels the Colonel tugging at his lead, he listens and gives way.

Still, Gist does love a good banter, and the Colonel isn’t about to change that. Monro probably responds to most of his cheekiness by inwardly rolling his eyes, but sometimes Gist catches him from just the right angle, and the Colonel for all his calm couldn’t resist chuckling at his sass. That never gets old.

Throughout 1757, after the Colonel decided he was going to try spare Shay’s life by advocating for letting him join the Order, he sometimes has doubts about whether the ex-Assassin could really change—if Shay discovers that he’s a Templar, would he still be so friendly with him? (After all, his Brotherhood had killed Finnegan Jr., who had also tried to be good but was unfortunately still a Templar—a fact that Johnson and his anti-Assassin crew would never let him forget) Gist, though, had no such doubts; he’d been right by his Captain’s side for the whole year long, and knew with complete certainty that if ever the Colonel found himself in danger, Shay would come running to him right away, allegiances be damned. Gist’s intuition is barely every wrong, and he assures the Colonel he can bet his life on it.  (Gist wore the most smug “I told you so” face for a few days after Fort William Henry, and the Colonel can’t quite say he found it the slightest bit annoying)

After the raid at Albany and the Colonel’s funeral, Gist had to admit he feels a bit...off-balance. With Monro no longer around to rein in his less sympathetic urges, he feels it’s once again easy to get lost. Of course, he couldn’t quite lose his grip on things when he still has his Captain to serve (a full Templar now, look at him), but when Shay feels uneasy about having to kill Adéwalé, a good man in a war that had killed so very many good men, he feels a little bad about immediately framing it as a necessary evil—and for slipping down that vengeful slope so effortlessly. In their kind of war, it’s hard not to wind up feeling bitter.

#⟪Headcanon Hour 💭⟫ #⟪✠ The Virginian Rite ✠⟫ #⟪✠ Honour and Loyalty ✠⟫ #...yeaaah ok that got a bit dark at the end but #all in all Rogue is a total tragedy so honestly is anyone surprised 😂 #but ok my point is that these two had been through a /lot/ of shit and they fought their way through it /together/ #and das hot

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Everything will be all right.

#⟪Portraiture 🎨⟫ #⟪✠ The Virginian Rite ✠⟫ #⟪✠ Honour and Loyalty ✠⟫ #okay ship rambling time #so as you probably already know I consider these two to be the local Back-to-Back Badasses™ team #but another big HC I have about them is that they're also each other's greatest moral support #There was that line in [3.3 Circumstances] where Gist said he used to wonder whether he was doing the right thing until he met the Colonel #and let's be real here /nobody/ says that unless there's some deep shit going on back there #On Gist's end I have this idea that despite that trademark boombox voice and jolly good banter he's actually a really cynical fellow #in the sense that he often drinks for fun but also often enough he drinks to forget #when you've traveled all over the place and seen the same conflicts crop up time and again in all of them it's hard to deny any of it #It was so bad that when Lawrence first scouted him out and eventually told him about the Order he could not even #be arsed to think of it as different from any other paid job bcs eh another party jockeying for power in the world is business as usual #But then he met the Colonel—the first Templar he'd seen who emphasized the Order's role and responsibility in creating a more peaceful world #At first he finds it rather funny in a ”did u hear this man lol he can't be serious” sort of way #but as time goes by he just...fell in love with that idealism #Gist is a very pragmatic fellow and tbh he wouldn't really buy any dreamy talk easily #but with this one guy he's willing to /try/ and take the shot #and being someone who sees the world with whatever the opposite of rose-tinted glasses is #Gist knows more than anybody how hard it can get to be someone trying to make a difference #And despite the Colonel's immovable stoicism he /does/ have those moments where he feels a bit worn out from all that trying to do good #And well Gist just made it his job to catch him when he falls #It works out rather well bcs the Colonel's a bit of a...klutz when it comes to showing any vulnerabilities #Leaning on people simply does /not/ come naturally to him #But after all that time talking to Gist about what he's trying to do and /knowing/ that he can trust the man to stick by him until the end #Well...it makes leaning on his shoulder just a bit easier #(the other reason has something to do with how Gist is the only guy in the entire Rite who's noticeably taller than him but shhh) #I mean it's no accident the Colonel asked Gist to be the guy who plays Shay's first mate #Aside from the fact that Gist is described as a great actor #who better to set as the ex-Assassin's handler than the guy he can trust the most? :^)

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Some reporting from the front lines at Monongahela 📢

Spent a great deal of time just taking in the sights around Boston bcs I know this is my last chance at playing Templar, but man, Haytham feeding chickens in a random Boston backyard is life

That look on Ziio’s face when Haytham suggested getting rid of Braddock tho, I’m in love

Also went for a swim in the frozen waters by the shore and there was no freeze damage... Not gonna lie, I felt like a god 😂

While the movement control here’s generally nicer than Rogue’s, surprisingly, but when it comes to the finer parts where stealth is a necessity... Let’s just say I have never seen so many desynchronization warnings in my entire life

A short memo on the horses everyone got at Monongahela 🐎👀 In riding order: ・Church - brown w/ white front socks ・Haytham - same as above ・Hickey - black ・Johnson - chestnut ・Pitcairn - white w/ black back socks

Was supposed to go find Braddock somewhere in the convoy parked in the middle of the woods...but then I saw the back of the single bluecoat in the crowd and heyyy if it isn’t George W now where’s Gist he’s supposed to be here too

gdi Lee stop being adorable by saving my ass and shit, you’re tempting me with the future we could have had dammit

So my brain lapsed and I, very purposefully following the on-screen prompt, shot a gunpowder cart right in front of me while chasing Braddock and knocked myself off my horse—

Speaking of Braddock, what usually happens to a Templar’s ring when they die? It doesn’t seem right to just leave it lying around... Are they generally buried with their wearers? Hmm 🤔

To the rest of the Rite dutifully waiting for their Grand Master at the Green Dragon, who instead heard him running away from gunshots after chasing a damned almanac page right into a group of rooftop guards, I’m so sorry

Everyone seems to have shifted places at the Templar meeting table at the tavern, so I guess nobody called dibs on the seats? 😂 The only thing that remained the same is that Hickey and Pitcairn are still sitting across each other...

⌛️ Bonus: Present Day Interlude

Ah yes, I have been blessed with the opportunity to witness William Miles’ infamous A+ fail parenting techniques at close range

TIL Shaun has amazing conflict resolution skills

Juno hovering over the Animus and disappearing when approached is creepy af

Bugging Miles Sr. repeatedly as he tells me to “get back to work” satisfies my low-key petty heart

#⟪Portraiture 🎨⟫ #⟪Chirpings 🐤⟫ #⟪✠ Safe and Prosperous City ✠⟫ #⟪AC3 Liveblogging⟫ #Just gonna be recording impressions at this point bcs I want to remember what cracked me up etc. #but fff it's sad to say goodbye to the Boston team 😭 #in the meantime welp I see my motion sickness problems are back in action #guess I gotta take care with how long I stare at the screen ugh :/ #but siiiiiigh #the lads on horses 🐎😊😊😊 #also the way Hickey keeps lolling his head like he either has no neck bones or twice as many as a regular human is rather endearing now

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📝 AC Rogue Timeline

Put this together to sort through some of the key events that happened in Rogue and AC3′s prologue, bcs a lot of them overlap and I needed to keep track of where everyone was to make working on my HCs easier 😂

[PS. Asterisks(*) denote details taken from Forsaken, the rest are from the game.] [PPS. Transatlantic crossing take about 2-3 months at this time.]

1752 - Rogue's story starts  8 July 1754 - Haytham first arrived in Boston* —(AC3's prologue here) — 9 July 1755 - Battle of the Monongahela 4 Aug 1755 - Ziio kicked Haytham out of her camp* 1 Nov 1755 - Lisbon earthquake Early 1756 - Shay took off with the Manuscript Early to Mid 1756 - Shay recuperates at the Finnegans' Early Aug 1757 - Siege of Fort William Henry 17 Sep 1757 - Damascus episode with Holden* 9 Oct 1757 - Haytham and Jenny killed Birch at the Troyes chateau* 3 Nov 1757 - Monro died in Albany Mid-1758 - Having buried Holden, Haytham returned to the colonies* June 1758 - Shay and Haytham's meeting/Shay's initiation

#⟪Observations 🔍⟫ #⟪✠ Honour and Loyalty ✠⟫ #So Haytham was kicking ass in Boston while Shay's out and about in New York chasing after Smith and Wardrop #Also damn #Haytham only got one month's vacay with Ziio? LeE— >:^0 #But hmm yes I was trying to figure out when Haytham & co. would've had the chance to meet up with the Colonel & co. #because from the way Haytham spoke of the Colonel's recommendations regarding Shay #I think they must have met enough that they've got a bit of a connection going on bcs that would go a long way #in making sure the Colonel's recs have any weight with Haytham #Especially considering Shay's status as an ex-Assassin #the question of how to handle him is probably not something the Templars can handle lightly 🤔 #after all we know for a fact that what to do with Shay is a contested issue in the Rite #Poor Haytham caught between Johnson and the Colonel 😂😂

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AC3 Seq2 - Table Positions

Ok so

As it turns out, apparently AC3′s autosave function kicked me forward to the next memory and I can no longer get to that scene where everyone’s sitting together at the Green Dragon

So in lieu of screenshots, here’s a short memo on what the lads are doing at the table from what I remember:

Johnson → sits next to Pitcairn, stretches a lot

Pitcairn → intense debating motions at Hickey across the table

Hickey → casually chilling with his drink

Lee → is amazingly sitting quietly next to Hickey

Church → at the end of the table between Lee and Johnson, slouched over and occasionally dusting off the table

#⟪Observations 🔍⟫ #⟪✠ Safe and Prosperous City ✠⟫ #⟪AC3 Liveblogging⟫ #I spent some time ogling them before I turned the game off during my first sitting so I'm reasonably sure I got what they were doing right #except Lee I'm not too sure what he was doing bcs I was staring at his back while he talked 😂 #but he wasn't moving to wildly about #watching Pitcairn bring out the best of his oratory skills against a boozed-out Hickey was pretty entertaining though 😂 #makes you wonder what they're talking about #and Johnson's stretching is so...kitty

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Some more playthrough notes since I managed to get just enough time to finish up the Southgate episode today.

📢 Highlights 📢

I remember the scene in which the gang snuck up on the Southgate-bound convoy very well from Forsaken, and took my time marveling at how well it syncs up with the playable version...until Hickey ran out of lines to delay the guards and immediately hollered for Haytham to do something because he can’t hold the guards there forever 🤣🤣🤣 Sorry, Thomas 😂 

Speaking of the team though, the things they pulled off on the ride towards the fort were a thrill to watch 👀 I’m sure it’s just part of the show to keep up the illusion that this is a gang of Assassins and not, in fact, a gang of Templars, but when you get to watch Pitcairn and Hickey dash by your periphery, smoothly clamber up a house, and then straight up pull a synchronized air assassination on two guards with bayonets of all things in the distance, that’s impressive as heck. Where did they learn how to do this stuff?? 😂

But oK when we get in the fort... How all your boys just disperse and melt into the crowd of actual soldiers, starting all kinds of conversation with them? Beautiful social blending 💯👌(and a great look into the gang’s bullshitting skills; I have to say Lee and Hickey are naturals at this, the confidence with which they deliver their cover stories is top grade)

Speaking of their interactions with the fort’s actual staff, I’m amused by how Pitcairn’s first instinct is to tell one of the soldiers to stop slouching 😂 

And then the fighting started, and boy I have never seen this many redcoats in one screen

I gotta admit I couldn’t even see myself 90% of the time in that crowd—at least everyone except Haytham had markers above their heads. The disguise worked too well 😂

I found Ziio while tumbling through the crowd and fought by her for 10 whole minutes completely forgetting about Silas, it was great 

It was also more great because Pitcairn also happened to be right close by, so that’s the three of us against the whole crowd, it was honestly a rather dramatic moment

Now I’m not surprised that there are a few glitches in this game, but while all this was going down ONE of the buddies was standing very still right there watching my ass get beat (Is that you Church? Betraying us a bit early, are you? 👀)

Lee is, again, being very adorable (the way he yells “I'll deal with this, sir!” is just...can we just keep this version and not the one he wound up becoming 😩

Overall it’s a really fun bit to play through bcs this is probably the only time the whole party’s working together, which honestly I can’t get enough of 😂 And everyone aside from Haytham had their own lines asfjsdfslfI feel so spoiled there is so much cOnTenT 

Also, shout out to the veeery slight smile from Ziio at the end of the mission, that was some serious butterflies-in-stomach material ⚰️😇 We know how you feel, Haytham.

#⟪Portraiture 🎨⟫ #⟪Chirpings 🐤⟫ #⟪✠ Safe and Prosperous City ✠⟫ #⟪AC3 Liveblogging⟫ #Ubi please we need like 1384239423 more Templar groupwork missions like this #"Templars seldom work alone” and all that right? right #on a side note #the high tier guards in this game are vicious #and the bushes feel very...tiny #as a player who pretty much lives in shrubbery this is very unsettling #let's hope there are more hiding places in the future fields 😂

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GUESS WHO FINALLY GOT AROUND TO PLAYING AC3 ⭑⭑⭑

My copy finally arrived and I’ve only gotten as far as the part before Southgate Fort, but goddamn I haven’t had this much fun in a while 😭😭

📢 Highlights 📢

A real gather, raise, and kick ass with your own Templar crew session?? God I hope Sequence 2 lasts forever

biG sHiPs I mean ok I’ve watched AC3 playthroughs before and the part aboard the Providence had always seemed so fun...but playing through it in person is evEN BETTER

This ship is easily twice as big as the Morrigan or the Jackdaw //gross sobbing// I want to buy this ship off Birch & gang how much do I have to pay them

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(Lowkey wondering if Shay used to work on a ship just like this one bcs his father used to work on a ship that’s also in the merchant navy)

Boston harbour is sO huge why does everything feel huge in this game

Damnit Lee you used to be so adorable what happened to you man

Going about town doing your job while this puppy of a Templar trainee follows you around is 👌👌👌

You can,,,actually,,,incessantly bug your Templar brethren for a talk at their table in the Green Dragon up to 4-5 times after cutscenes? And those convos have deep characterization content in them?? What black magic is this 

(Yes I have spent too much time dicking around only in Rogue, anything more than bare bones content now look amazing to me)

Oh sweet Father of Understanding their idling animations are also all uniQuE I must take screenshots and note this down somewhere later

Other things I’m personally losing my mind over:

My Lawrence muse cannot wait to see how his baby brother’s doing (although for now he’s still recovering from the Emotions™ of getting to see the Grand Temple in person)

Pitcairn, Pitcairnnnnnn sweetie I finally get to see you in person gdi I could not sit still for the entirety of the part where I had to get him out of Braddock’s nasty mitts //screeching 

It took me entirely too long to realize this, but the underside of Haytham’s cloak is actually red and suddenly everything now looks ten times as hot *q* (Not that he needed much help in looking hot, but well...red/black colour schemes on clothes just have that special charm, you know how it is 😇😇😇)

Can’t wait to get to the next part where we’ll finally go against Silas with a full team hnngh but for now I must sleep 💤  I have to say that Haytham’s been easier to navigate with than Shay for some reason, which made the playthrough pretty fun, but if there’s one thing I won’t miss from this game, that would be the old Animus interface... The layout’s great and all, but getting flashed with a screenful of pure white every time I want to check the database is...yeah, not great fun for the eyeballs. But, pretty great going otherwise 😂 

#⟪Portraiture 🎨⟫ #⟪Chirpings 🐤⟫ #⟪✠ Safe and Prosperous City ✠⟫ #⟪AC3 Liveblogging⟫ #I should've been asleep 6 hours ago #but the buzz of the game made falling asleep impossible so #here's my attempt at exorcising it #I have the feeling I might have said a few cringeworthy things I'd only pick up after I get some sleep later but you know what #this is as honest as I'll get so I think I'll keep it for the memories #hmmm what other things can I say that I wouldn't have said in a state with more self-restraint #oh right #Monro/Pitcairn has been a big ghost ship of mine for about a year now so uh #if you ever see me going wild over our other very diplomatic-minded Templar that's probably got something to do with it #yes #the more I read up about this fellow the more it just feels like they'd get along so... 😂 #okay that's enough skeletons out of the closet for now #but ahh #the ”why did I wait so long to get this game” feelings are rather strong right now 😭

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🔍 The Equitas

　Speaking of Smith, while he was, professionally speaking, a company treasurer, the way Shay & co. talked about him (and what his database entry says) suggests that he’s also the owner/captain of the poshly-named schooner Equitas.

　While much tinier than the Morrigan, the Equitas is quick, and very well equipped—it’s got its own ice ram and burning oil storage. Smith seems to have made sure to keep his vessel upgraded and in fine form.

　The deck itself is rather sparse, but there are quite a few cannons. It looks rather homey dusted with snow, actually.

The sails are white with elegant gold trimming. All in all, quite a cozy little craft 😊⛵️

#⟪Observations 🔍⟫ #⟪✠ The Virginian Rite ✠⟫ #If you think I'm currently thinking of a time when Lawrence's whole gang was on this ship coasting down the river valley for a Templar job #you are absolutely right 😂 #Man I wanna take her for a spin #but unfortunately the game will not allow me to do this 😑

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🔍 Smith Memo

　Went to take a peep at Smith too, and boy, they actually made sure that he couldn’t fight. At all.

　After having, uh, gently removed the guards from the premises, I discovered that you can totally just walk up to him and he wouldn’t run or even try to fight back. And if you use a berserk dart on him (a.k.a. “that one method to switch on everyone’s fighting mode”), he reacts differently—he’s not as aggressive as Lawrence or Wardrop had been, and mostly spent his time running back and forth agitatedly, straight up ignoring the other guards unless they started targeting him first.

　Man, he really couldn’t fight... Poor fellow must’ve been feeling terrorized 😬 

　By the by, after all this I made sure to tag him with the sleep dart before the berserk dart snuffs him out and left him snoozing somewhere warm, because I’m an inquisitive creature but not a total monster 😂 Thank you for your service, Smith!

#⟪Observations 🔍⟫ #⟪✠ The Virginian Rite ✠⟫ #On a side note #that running-around-without-attacking-anything berserk state #is also what the cats/dogs get into when you dart them #LISTEN I ONLY KNOW THIS BCS OF AN ACCIDENT OK #I still feel bad about that...😭 #But hmm the sleep dart working as an antidote for the berserk dart is some hot HC I see great uses for this 🤔🤔🤔

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🔍 Fightin’ Wardrop Memo

　So today I spent some time chasing Wardrop all over Albany to find out how he does his fighting, which as it turns out is a great way to flood the town with chaotic three-way fights involving every single fighting unit in the area 😂 

　On a more serious note, his battle moves are quite similar to the Colonel’s, so I guess this means we can assume that he’s not a total slouch at swords and pistols 🤔 Coupled with how nonchalantly he just jogs all over town, he seems to be pretty good at keeping fit overall...

　On top of all that, he’s also capable of pulling a pretty mean high kick. Colour the rest of the Virginia gang impressed, I’ve never seen even the Colonel do that before 😂😂

#⟪Observations 🔍⟫ #⟪✠ The Virginian Rite ✠⟫ #This is a man whose stockings flatter his kickin' legs and he /knows/ it 😂😂😂 #But crack aside #I've always thought that he'd make a nice philosophical foil to the Colonel during their Mt.Vernon days and well #the fact that they can /both/ fight pretty well kind of made the parallels look hotter?? Hmmm #Like I feel Wardrop's the kind of guy who isn't half as bothered by ethics or morals as the Colonel is #but if he's just all talk he doesn't look all that threatening... #But ah if he /can/ bite as hard as he can bark tho #that'll be something else #😏

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WHO THE FUCK SUMMONED WILLIAM JOHNSON

#⟪𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔈𝔳𝔢𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤 (𝔖𝔥𝔦𝔱)𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔱 📰⟫ #this cracked me up hard the first time I saw it 😂 #but with all the FWH work I've been doing here lately #instant!Johnsons are suddenly especially relevant #The Colonel wishes he can summon Johnson at will like that :^|

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Shay: Wait here, in case Johnson arrives. I'll— I'll protect the Colonel. Weeks: Thank you!

Looking through Weeks’ part of the FWH cutscenes again and man

There’s just so much weight in how he thanks Shay here. Weeks is obviously restless, and clearly not enjoying the fact that all he can do is sit back and watch shit hit the fan without being able to do anything. If he knows Johnson was on his way, I suppose that means he was with him at Fort Edward and got sent ahead as a messenger... 🤔 But that means he had no idea that the Colonel had surrendered, and only found out after he arrived. And to top that off, since he’s not stuck inside the fort, he’d have known what’s waiting for the garrison waiting to leave FWH 👀

To make it worse, the terror must’ve been doubly real for Weeks because, like Gist (and Shay here), he’s one of those Templars who we know has especially close ties to the Colonel (even if this information is...kinda tucked away in his database entry instead of in proper cutscenes where I wish it could’ve been hgh), so this isn’t just a case of “oh, my Templar coworker is in danger”; he genuinely doesn’t want a friend of his to die. With how most inter-Templar relationships in the series often play out as emotionally sterilized, practical it’s-only-business partnerships, it’s just nice having Templars who have real human connections sometimes 🤔

#⟪Chirpings 🐤⟫ #⟪✠ Honour and Loyalty ✠⟫ #I s2g the database entries for everyone hid so many gems that could've become badass scenes #Like hell yes I would've loved to see more of everyone's advertised traits in action #I mean ok to be fair we got one(1) scene showcasing what Weeks can do but mmmyes I need more of that ”cleverness and adaptability” on screen #And seeing Gist and Weeks being the Rite's resident stage stars bamboozling their targets during Templar ops would've been golden asdkfjalds