#and Eivor being like

[reiverreturns]

so you’re telling me eivor “you could have wisdom! glory! power! what more do you need?” “everything else” varinsdottir really decided to leave england on a whim but went out of her way to say goodbye to:

aelfred (rat bastard)

guthrum (yawn)

harald (great hair less than 30 seconds screentime in the original game)

and she wouldn’t travel to say goodbye to:

valdis, oswald, and broder who lost a brother fighting to rescue sigurd from fulke

ljufvina, who has always been a firm friend and sacrificed so much fighting under eivor’s banner

stowe and erke, a perpetual reminder to her that what is good and what is right don’t always align

vili, the man who knows her heart as she knows his, her longest and often-closest friend

ceolbert, a man who left this world too soon but left such a mark on eivor that she would visit his grave and mourn him long after he was gone

are you really telling me that ubi. with a straight face. in this economy.

#yes im still annoyed by it #eivor deserved BETTER you hounds #thank god for fanfic writers who will no doubt cure all my ac-induced ills with their magic #i know i'm being facetious because i did like the hytham and sigurd parts but the general point is a valid one #and yes there should have also been more in ravensthorpe #i don't need a randvi goodbye #but i DO need one with gunnar #and some dialogue at dag svend and hunwald's graves #AND WHO'S GOING TO LOOK AFTER ALL HER ANIMALS?!?! #ac valhalla #acv spoilers

[syninplays]

the gif I enjoyed making the most 😏

#unpopular opinion but I like it more when Eivor is the one being held #they're still the cutest couple tho #randvi #eivor #eivor varinsdóttir #eivor x randvi #ps4 #acvalhalla #acv #assassin's creed valhalla #my gifs #randivor

[leofrith]

lol remember when eivor was like "i will not be captive to another man's gaudy design. my destiny is mine to weave." and then she. proceeded to be captive to a man's idea of what she should be and did not, in fact, weave her own destiny because she was too busy following the old god in her head despite having previously expressed blatant disinterest (and that's putting it mildly) in doing so. and then after finally finding safety and comfort among her people after a lifetime of scrounging and clawing for every ounce of happiness she ever got she then proceeded to die alone on the opposite side of an ocean from everyone who ever loved her and who she loved in return.

#normal and not at all ooc!! nothing to see here!!! #are we all just being hit by The Rage at the same time? cause that's what it feels like lmao #hahaha girlbonding (gn) #i don't remember who it was but someone said something that i'm definitely about to misquote #about the way that this ending makes more sense for male eivor (havi) than canon eivor #like a man who decides to abandon everything in the pursuit of knowledge with his past self who was also a dude? yeah sure! whatever #still sucks!! but i can almost see it #but eivor spending the rest of her life obsessing over her past life in which she was a man? feels bad!! #and they could have done some really interesting stuff with exploring eivor's relationship with her gender (gnc king) but they didn't #this was not that. like it was very clearly not written with that intent #and eivor abandoning everyone she loves in service of havi's own ends denies eivor agency in a way that feels soooo fucking gross #and it reeks of 'man writes ending for a character arc that would make sense for a male character' #idek if i'm making sense but like once again #i never wanted or expected a perfectly happy ending for her but jesus christ i feel like not wanting her to end up alone was not a tall ask #ac valhalla #eivor varinsdottir #eivor varinsdóttir #ky posts text #ac.txt

[sapphic-woes]

Randivor deserved sm more lmao. Ik I don't write about ships often but like this has just been on my mind.

Replaying that whole part when they meet Soma really opened my eyes to what their dynamic could have been flushed out. Like Randvi is adorable around Eivor. She softens up. She giggles and smiles and teases. She literally shines and her joy is so infectious! Eivor is so gentle too. A worrywart over Randvi's impulsive behavior, yet can't help but adore her actions. The way she chides Randvi but then just...let's her do what she wants and makes sure no one hurts her? She spoils her damnit. Eivor spoils the adorable Randvi and it is such a heartwarming thing to see.

I haven't played tlc but everything I read about it really makes me sad about em. Like why couldn't we see more of this? I would love to see Randvi free, because she's so much more chaotic than she comes off. I would love to see Eivor being the one to keep hectic situations calm, because usually she's the one starting a fight. I'd love to see how they both bring out the rare parts of themselves because they trust each other. I'd love to see how they both are in tune with each other too and understand the small quirks they both have. Like??? Just c'mon. Why make them have a smidgen of depth if you're not gonna give me more??? Grr

#that's it thats my rant i just really love that mission #cuz Randvi is so different. she's the cutest i swear. #and shes curious!? she acts all reserved but questions eivor about her love life lmao #shes just sm more than she seems and they WASTED her #and fuck cmon. eivor who punches first and asks questions later being so attentive to randvi??? #all the remarks reminding her to be careful and stay close to het yada yada #like???? FUCK!? #randivor #eivor x randvi #ac valhalla #rant

[teecupangel]

Regarding that young!Basim pic... Imagine Yggdrassil doing a derp and that resulting in Eivor getting dropped in Bagdad while Basim was still a twink. The first issue she faces? The fact she has a Hidden Blame on her arm. The second issue? Runnin amock of said twink Basim

So, since we’re talking about twink!Basim, we are talking about Basim before he became a Hidden One, right? I’m just imagining Eivor getting dropped into the men that were about to kick the living shit out of Basim and Roshan just stares in confusion as this heavily armed white person just dropped from the sky just when she was about to save the thief.

So now, you have Eivor who is confused af and also, oh, people trying to kill her, what else is new? So she starts fighting them and Roshan gets into the fight because Eivor was focused on killing soldiers while Basim is being a pathetic wet kitty that’s super confused and… pretty much drenched in blood right now so really wet kitty. One of the soldiers almost got to him if it hadn’t been for Roshan and she tells Basim to run. Eivor says she’ll catch up and Roshan and Basim run while Eivor does what she does best…

Kill everyone trying to kill her.

By the time she was done, Roshan and Basim were gone and she needed a place to hide so she goes the other way without realizing it.

Roshan would find her later on and Eivor wouldn’t know her (because, narratively, I think it would be better if Eivor does Roshan’s sidequest in ACV after the main story is complete) but would recognize that she’s a Hidden One. Roshan would notice her hidden blade and she’d ask which branch she’s from, maybe even ask if she’s from the England branches.

Eivor tells her the truth because, as far as she knows, she just got transported to a different location and not… a different time.

It’s only when she meet Basim as a novice does she realize that she has traveled back in time.

Unorganized Notes:

Eivor would have to change her clothes. That bloodbath had plastered her usual outfit all over Baghdad and she even got a dreadful title like “The Butcher” or the “The Madwoman of Red” or something.

This gives us an excuse for Eivor to wear a more Hidden One-inspired outfit!

Basim has a crush on Eivor. It’s half ‘I developed an adoration for you because you saved me’ and half ‘you can kill me with a single blow and I’m apparently into that’.

Eivor sees it but she also sees Basim as being too young for her so she… usually just ignores it or laughs it off.

Roshan ain’t going to poke that with a twelve-foot pole. She ain’t got no time for that puppy love sideplot.

Eivor doesn’t join the Hidden Ones but she does cooperate with them. She’s trying to find a way back to her time and she thinks the answer is somewhere in Baghdad because that’s where she had been dropped off after all.

Usually she just ends up getting roped into Basim’s shenanigans because Basim sees her and gravitates towards her.

Loki would probably notice that Eivor is Odin’s Sage because she’s not supposed to be in this place and that reeks of Isu bs that Loki knows of. Basim’s crush on her is purely Basim though but Loki’s memories would start messing with that as well.

#honestly i can see twink basim being a puppy when he sees eivor #like ‘oh! it’s eivor! hi eivor!’ #then try to be all suave about it when he realized he’s being too puppy #twink basim is a dork #and hytham inherited that #it’s clear that this is #uuhhh #baseiv #eivsim #eivbas #i don’t know their couple name #assassin's creed #ask and answer #basim ibn ishaq #eivor varinsdóttir #roshan assassin's creed

[peridot-tears]

I love how AC Valhalla was a chance to delve deeper into the histories of pre-existing characters like Juhani Otso Berg, Ratohnhaké:ton and Ziio, and Shay Patrick Cormac. And yet --

#going by the few clips i watched #they didn't #unless the haudenosaunee bits count???? idk how deep they went #but instead they stuck in kassandra and basim #which like #i'm not complaining about them being there #but maybe stop mass producing new characters developing them halfway and forgetting they existed???? #ac valhalla #eivor #ac #juhani otso berg #ratohnhaketon #ziio #kaniehtiio #shay #shay patrick cormac #shay cormac #ac rogue #eivor varinsdóttir #basim ibn ishaq #basim #assassin's creed #otso #ac3 #tears falling like peridots

[marcusrobertobaq]

U then recover memories from your past life and decide to embrace that path instead of continuing the way u are now (who u thought u were), and then u basically become another person (your past-self), even tho your past life and u are quite similar in some way but still considered 2 different people separated by an amount of time and experience (your past-self ain't got your current-self experience cuz, well, mf's dead already). Well, it's still u but with bonus memories and goals from another era.

No, ain't talkin' bout dbh. It's Basim.

#ramblings of a stupid modafucka #basim ibn ishaq #just interesting how the human brain is so limited these sages often need mythological veils or personifications of consciouness #like an imaginary friend u always talk to cuz they just don't understand what they feel and SEE initially. #eivor basically rejected the memories but didn't work. she just...didn't want to follow Havi's path and his goals #but decided to study the memories in the end #still being 100% >>herself<< (if u know what i mean). that's the major difference

[fanworldbuildingfun]

I’m 35% into Valhalla and I need to vent a bit I have such a... Love/hate thing for this game???  I mean. From the “Mythology set” it would be my second-favorite, after Origins

(Which is an undisputed leader for the perfect mix of lovely world, lovely protagonists, and heart wrenching story which - most importantly - ties in to the Assassin lore)

Valhalla gets #2 after Origins for a very simple reason: while I may have issues with Eivor (not the writing; I find them pretty fleshed out, but for the moments when story decides to sod your dialogue choices and defaults to prideful hothead), I did not click with Kassandra, whom I decided to start Odyssey with. A little over 15% in, and I switched to Valhalla. I fully intend to see if Alexious would click better, after I’m done with Valhalla

(and just to clarify: I’m playing the “Let the Animus decide” option for Valhalla, co Eivor is female in main parts of game)

Now. One thing I have to mention: I’m a completionist and I’m easily sidetracked by non-mainline quests. Which means that, while I’m doing main plot quests in power level order and I’m only on Oxenefordscire Arc right now, I have a lever 5 settlement and 200 power for Eivor. Which means, I am at this point invested in the role playing aspect of game

And had a lot of time to tinker Eivor to my preferences Now, the thing I am having issues with: I have, as I mentioned, a love/hate situation for Eivor. I*like* how I got them acting at this point, and am managing to rock, more or less, the Hidden One aesthetic and behaviors now. Which yeah, comes with its own issues since you can’t really join the Brotherhood Point is, my Eivor isn’t going in guns blazing. They also aren’t going to get into your face and will consider other options if it’s beneficial for the situation. Even if it doesn’t exactly go with the “Dane” attitude to the problem Which makes the moments where the game goes more linear a problem Case in point, the start of Oxenefordscire. And the dialogue with Sigurd and Basim hit me right into the face. Because my Eivor isn’t going to toss accusations straight at Basim after seeing them act so odd. Not after having spent time running errands with Haytham and exploring old bureaus. The more likely option they’d entertain would be that someone got to both of them But instead, you have Eivor going all “Odin and Loki” in this situation - without any obvious reason?? I mean it would make sense if you play Eivor as the more aggressive type, but I did not. This kind of defeats the purpose for giving us the option to tune Eivor’s behavior - and in a scenario where, subjectively, Sigurd is the one acting more sus than Basim!  (Subjectively because, at this point, one can either see Sigurd as being influenced by sus Basim who has Agenda OR, as Sigurd being unreasonable and Basim appeasing him to avoid confrontation) Anyway. I’m hoping there will be some shifts further on because this has been frustrating me something awful Moreso than Dag being forced as a critic on Eivor while I’m busy running Eivor around and securing us alliances, and making exactly zero claims at being a Jarl (And I did get a bit spoiled beforehand, so with how the entire Dag situation is supposed to play out? I feel like I’ll be feeling all “sod it, I quit, peace out” by the end but without actual ability to do it. Would have been lovely if there was an option to at least have a talk where you seriously consider joining Hidden Ones but alas) ...This is going to get frustrating won’t it. RPG but not quite. I’d say they should have kept RPG elements at Origins level - at least when it comes to dialogue / personality. Call me spoiled but my basis for good RPG dialogue-pick comes from Bioware’s Star Wars games / Dragon Age series. And those won’t fit into Assassin’s Creed, unless we are talking Alternate Universe / Modern Time line game

#assassin's creed #Assassin's Creed: Valhalla #A bit of venting #Raven branch Eivor #Cautious Eivor #Let me keep them as such if you are giving me options #Don't make me act like Odin when my Eivor is being super sus of Odin (at least in my head)

[something-in-the-seas]

God of War/AC Valhalla crossover where Odin gaslights Eivor while wearing his goofy little hat.

#god of war #god of war ragnarök #assassin’s creed #assassin’s creed valhalla #ac valhalla #eivor being so eleqouent and then god of war Odin being like straight out of the sopranos is so funny #they’d be the funniest duo #eivor varinsdóttir

[goji-pilled]

my favourite part about playing ac valhalla so far was listening to sigurd talk about being a god in the flesh, thinking hes completely nuts, and then later during the asgard saga thinking, "oh! tyr sure looks and sounds a little familiar 😀"

#and same with loki. like. ok. #which makes the line eivor randomly dropped about 'the gods dont care' being so much funnier #like girl. the calls coming from inside the house 😭🫵

[basimibnishaqs]

listen the Isu lore of ac only matters when it matters to me. thank you

#i genuinely really love it. thinking about ancient sort of people being #later interpreted as gods or angels etc etc #also the story of eve is so fucking cool in ac #however also some people only #focus on the Grand Isu lore and I’m like shhhhhh you can do both #thinking about eve and archangels in the world of ac is making me 😵‍💫 #love making ocs in ac that literally no one but me cares about #ALSO the newest shit with the sages (with eivor and basim) #is so fucking cool like #relationships between reincarnations (forceful??) and their predecessors is so #like the idea of fate and supplantation and oneness and division within ‘chosen’ humans #is so cool #great that nobody else cares about 🤡

[syninplays]

Went in game just to take this pic so have my favourite viking baddie ever 💗

#btw not related but I keep reading about people hating/not being a big fan of ac valhalla #and like I would play that game until my fingers fall off tbh #let alone eivor(s) is my favourite assassins creed character EVER #jk they're my favourites from all games I've played and that's quite the compliment #anyway #ac valhalla #acvalhalla #eivor varinsdóttir #eivor #assassin's creed valhalla #mine

[leofrith]

acv hate on my dash and i can't even be mad about it because they make some good points 😶

#like yes it was extremely fucking weird to have us play as a viking with all the violence that entails #while conveniently sidestepping any real consequences for that violence or contending with the results of that violence #because you're too afraid that lingering on it for too long might make your protag look bad #it's like they suddenly decided that their audience is too stupid to deal with moral ambiguity. in the moral ambiguity franchise. #this is once again drifting towards my forever argument that making these games rpgs was a mistake #or rather making these games *half-assed* rpgs was a mistake #and weakens the narrative bc there's never any meaningful follow through for any decisions #including some of the decisions that we the player don't even get to make ourselves #like i think having a set narrative would eliminate a lot of the problems with this game's writing #because they clearly weren't willing to take the rpg elements all the way #also just... make it smaller. there's too many arcs and too many diversions from the main narrative #which while a lot of them admittedly have some fun character moments they probably should not have been required to advance the main story #and with no mission replay or ng+ it's just so prohibitive to replay unless you're like me (deeply mentally ill and in love with eivor) #the point being that dissonance has always bugged me about this game. i could fix her i could fix her i could fix her #anyway. hi i'm gonna go do that ask game now ajdgjhdsf #the nerve pain last night was making it difficult to be on the computer. tbh it also is right now but we soldier on 🫠 #ky posts text #ac.txt

[holymost]

STUMBLED UPON - currently accepting .

@wolfkcst ; ( rest ) : trying to sleep, but unable to fall asleep

light steps are taken to move her across the wooden floorboards . she stops at her traveling companion's room , pondering if checking in on them would be forgiven for any possible disturbance . kindness trumps dismissal in her mind , and Johanna peeks into the room .

her full figure slides through the cracked open door once noticing their restless movements , and she's already crept towards the bed before she's even realized it herself .

❝ unable to rest , Eivor ? ❞ voice is soft and gentle when it breaks the midnight silence ; a woman ushering forth a stray cat one might compare the blonde's tone to . it is , however , not meant to be taken as condescending ━ at least that wasn't her intention . the state of Johanna's allies were just as important as her own , if not more .

#IC ━━ ( PLEASE RETURN MY REFLECTION TO ME ) . #ASK ━━ ( RESPONDENCE TO THOSE I LOVE ) . #wolfkcst #[[ sniffles and blows my nose on ur shirt ]] #[[ she is a shweetie ]] #[[ also I took this in a way of eivor being like. a bodyguard for johanna GHSDJGFHJSD ]] #[[ eivor protect little miss johanna pls ]]

[reiverreturns]

the exquisite pain of wanting to replay ac valhalla whilst also remembering how mind numbingly boring the first 60% of the game is

#a hot take maybe but god i almost never finished it #eivor was boring the ui was shitty the story was just dotting from one place to the next #like i feel a lot of my experience is rose tinted even now because boy did i grip onto some of the characters #and my heart still yearns for more time with them #but like as a whole package acv was not great for me #my firstborn for a chapter mechanic like the older games where i can replay the bits i like #don't mind me i'm just being emo about vikings again #ac valhalla

[author-morgan]

I saw your tags about Jon Snow and people calling him a himbo and I just need to vent 😂 I just HATE people calling almost every single male character a himbo, it just shows they don't know the meaning of the word. And I noticed people do it to somehow justify the fact that they like a male character, like, it's completely ALRIGHT to like fictional men without thinking of them as stupid, especially when in canon their intelligence is shown time and time again.

EXACTLY! There was a time when you didn't have to justify liking a male character by being like 'oh, but he's a himbo,' like you shouldn't have to reduce their intelligence to feel validated or unashamed of liking a character.

#sierra replies #theres so many examples of male characters being reduced to the 'himbo' trope #and im sick of it #it makes for poor conversations bc people are UwU he's a himbo #it makes for poor fics with the bad characterizations #its just so obscene like yes everyone has stupid moments but when someones intelligence is repeatedly shown in canon its just a disservice #the AC fandom is especially bad for it but I've seen it all over the place #can people not see this as a double standard? can you imagine if we reduced female characters to bimbos to justify liking them? #some of the people ive seen called himbos how are NOT are Jon Snow Alexios Eivor Arthur Morgan like noooo stop #elluvians