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sneaky-eel · 27 days
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That Bunny!Desmond art is causing me to have very... Impure... thoughts... Especially involving his ancestors
They just want the chance to love their bunny
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But Desmond knows they’re just trying to fatten him up.
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teecupangel · 10 months
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So I’ve had this idea for awhile now. There are points in the AC games where Desmond sees ghosts of people instead of his ancestors. What if this wasn’t just a bleed but a slip in time? Desmond trying to prove the ghosts aren’t real tries touching them to ‘dispel’ then and ends up accidentally stealing something off them. Something small like a pin or feather. Desmond starts a collection of items he keeps hidden from the others. His favorite targets to steal from are the ancestors because the stolen item is small it’s not noticed the first few times but then they get paranoid later when they notice. Maybe desmond can reverse pickpocket the ancestors and leaves small things that help on missions? Maybe he just keeps a box of treasures from the ancestors to feel close to them (cause he loves them).
It would be funny if the first time Desmond did this, he didn’t even realize it.
Like… he was just trying to touch his ancestor to see if they were real but the closest thing he could touch was their hood. He touches it and they disappear before he could be sure if he did touch it or if he just ‘imagined’ he touched it.
He didn’t know that he had accidentally pulled their hoods off.
And that immediately catches his ancestors attention because that has never happened before.
How the hell…?
Then…
The next time he tries to touch someone, it’s Maria Auditore. She was just staring at the wall and Desmond didn’t know why he did it.
He just…
He tried to touch her hair.
Only to accidentally take one of her hairpins before she disappeared.
His eyes widened as he noticed the hairpin he was now holding.
Not knowing that Maria Auditore had turned around to face the direction where she felt the touch and ask quietly but desperately, “Petruccio?”
After that, Desmond tried to experiment on just what he can touch or pilfer.
It seemed that the moment he touches the ‘ghost’, they disappear.
But if can pull his ‘prize’ off the ‘ghost’ before they disappear, his stolen good would stay with him.
Tugging Altaïr’s red sash does not work.
But nicking one of Ezio’s pouches (the smoke bomb one that Desmond knew he could easily replace) does work.
As long as the entirety of the item is pulled away from the ‘ghost’, it will work.
So…
Desmond tried to check if he could only do this for small items.
Malik’s teacup (the Jerusalem bureau had a lot anyway) and… this one actually bit him back because he had to quickly steal it which meant he splashed hot tea on his arm.
Machiavelli’s coin pouch… (he can take the ‘hit’)
Haytham’s hat (which he threw on the pile of secret stolen goods he was hiding in his little corner of the Grand Temple like some kind of treasure hoard… not that he thought of Haytham’s tacohat as a treasure but, well, he stole it so it was his now, no takebacks)
And then…
He went big.
He went for Ratonhnhaké:ton’s tomahawk.
In Desmond’s defense, he didn’t think it would work.
The tomahawk was secured on Ratonhnhaké:ton’s belt and it wasn’t like simply clipped on like Ezio’s pouches. It was definitely more secured than Machiavelli’s coin pouch.
But…
He still managed to nick it.
For a brief second before the ghost disappeared, he was sure Ratonhnhaké:ton had turned around and tried to grab his wrist.
He knew he locked eyes with Ratonhnhaké:ton.
He was sure of it.
Anyway…
In the end, Desmond felt so bad that the next time he sees Ratonhnhaké:ton’s ghost, he returned the tomahawk without pilfering anything else.
And Ratonhnhaké:ton realized it when he felt the weight of his belt change. He took the tomahawk and saw the post it stuck to the blade that says ‘Sorry. I didn’t think I would actually steal it. :(‘ (and Ratonhnhaké:ton has no idea what “:(“ meant, was that supposed to be a kind of signature?)
From there, Desmond realized that he can… in some way, also plant something to the ghosts.
He only does it to his ancestors and it’s usually things that he knew they could use with little post its to leave a message on how to use them.
Bandages for Ratonhnhaké:ton because he’s always out alone, and he stresses that he needs to clean even the smallest cut Ratonhnhaké:ton might get.
Machiavelli’s coin purse to Ezio with a post it that says “tell Machiavelli I didn’t steal anything inside. Just wanted to check if I could steal it. Sorry.”
And…
Because he was insane…
Or he was slowly going insane being stuck in the Grand Temple with no one to talk to but two stressed Assassins trying to fight a ticking solar time bomb and his dad who he has a lot of unsolved father issues with, he just…
He accidentally gave Altaïr Shaun’s pocket notebook.
It was stupid.
Absolutely stupid.
But, at the same time…
Altaïr’s ghost just appeared out of nowhere and Desmond didn’t have anything on him so he just grabbed the smallest thing on Rebecca’s table. He didn’t even know why Shaun’s notebook was there!
Fuck.
Shaun was looking for it and Desmond had to pretend to not know where it is because he wasn’t going to tell them he could ‘touch’ ghosts.
A selfish part of him couldn’t help but think that this ‘interaction’ was his alone. That telling anyone would corrupt this beautiful thing he has.
Still, he felt bad so he promised to himself that he’d steal back Shaun’s notes next time he sees Altaïr.
… And he’ll just hope that Altaïr would keep the notebook on him.
Which he did.
Surprisingly.
So he quickly stole it back and…
He paused.
Because that was too easy.
Especially for Altaïr…
So he flipped the notebook open.
And sees a folded paper on the first page, written in English in Altaïr’s handwriting.
“Are you our Desmond? If you are, give me another one of this that I can write on. We need to talk.”
And Desmond frowned and flipped through Shaun’s notes.
He had expected it to be notes about Renaissance Italy or maybe even the American Revolutions.
No.
It was notes…
About Desmond.
All of his Animus sessions, including the sessions he had in Abstergo, summarized with Shaun’s snarky comments here and there, and…
Desmond’s eyes widened.
The last entries was about how Desmond seemed to be trying to touch something that’s not there.
There’s even a comment of how Shaun believes that Desmond is using sleight of hand to look like he managed to catch something in midair and he’s worried that Desmond doesn’t even realize he’s doing it, that he truly believed that he was able to catch something that wasn’t there.
That meant Shaun believed Desmond was slowly losing his mind and making up elaborate-
Wait.
Altaïr read this.
He would have connected Desmond’s supposed ‘catching of something not there’ to…
Oh.
Altaïr knows…
He knows who Desmond is.
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elbiotipo · 11 days
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Count Dooku: The Republic is corrupt and undemocratic, and the Jedi are elitist and out of touch, they have opressed us for far too long!
Separatist: I agree! We need to make a new path, down with the Republic, we'll join you!
Count Dooku: Good choice my friend! Welcome to the Dark Side of the Force. My name is Darth Tyrannus. You can join me at the Star Destroyer Malevolence with my friend, General Grievous.
Separatist: wh
Separatist: why are you called like that
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junkfoodcinemas · 5 months
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Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) dir. F.W. Murnau El Conde (2023) dir. Pablo Larraín
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Hernán Conde De Boeck
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gael-garcia · 8 months
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"Your simple-mindedness is fascinating. 'My father stole less than these other robbers.' It's only a villain that can say those words. An empty being that doesn't believe in the human experience.
Why, thank you."
El Conde (2023) Directed by Pablo Larraín, Cinematography by Edward Lachman
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fabulaobscura · 3 months
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El Conde (2023) dir. Pablo Larraín
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universalwound · 6 months
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shalom / givenchy fall 1996 couture
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mimiedosa · 1 year
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PAPÁ DRAC?!!, PAPÁ DRAC!!!!!!!!11!!!!! 😭😭🧛🖤🖤🖤
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webdiggerxxx · 1 month
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a-state-of-bliss · 1 year
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Conde Naste Brides UK by Carl Bengtsson
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sneaky-eel · 17 days
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Last bit of the sleeping assassins! All of which are also old as I think these were from October/November?
If you don’t like seeing AltDes, EziDes, and ConDes then skip right over these cause what is under the cut is kinda shippy.
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“Secret Softie”
Altair waits for Desmond to fall asleep first because he knows Desmond is a heat seeker and will cuddle up to him. Plus since Altair wakes up long before Desmond normally would he can continue to pretend to be that cool and aloof guy.
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“Entangled”
Connor usually tries to take up as little space as possible, but with Desmond he will happily coil around him. He makes sure that he is between Desmond and the door so he can be the first to confront any intruders.
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“Smothered”
Desmond is the only one of the three who can handle sharing with Ezio. That doesn’t mean he always likes it. On good nights Ezio is a heated, weighted blanket. On bad nights he is a goddamn jackhammer in his ear.
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teecupangel · 3 months
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Hellooo! Loving all the posts about spider Desmond 🕷️
I am curious though, one of the replies mentioned something about Ratohnhaketon also having spider babies and I would LOVE to see how all that would happen too
The Spider Desmond idea (mostly AltDes)
For Ratonhnhaké:ton’s part, there are two main ‘nests’ I can see Desmond being ‘reborn’ in as one of his great great (insert as many great as needed here) grandchildren.
One would be the Grand Temple but this would mean that Desmond would be stuck in the Grand Temple… unless there is a small hole in the Grand Temple that only him and his spider children could enter and exit from?
The second would be somewhere in the Homestead to give us an easy time for him and Ratonhnhaké:ton to meet. The mansion’s basement could be the location as the Brotherhood do care and ‘revere’ the spiders so they would believe having a nest of them in the basement of their headquarters would be an auspicious sign. An alternate would be the mine near the Homestead. This way, Ratonhnhaké:ton would only meet Desmond after he became an Assassin.
Regardless of which ‘origin’ you pick, the main idea is that Desmond meets Ratonhnhaké:ton and this is more of a case of friends to lovers trope.
The changes of the plot really depends on if you want Desmond to also be part of Edward’s life or not but, for this idea, we’ll go with Desmond not being able to stop the Kenway Family Drama and only being born after Ratonhnhaké:ton was born. This means that Haytham is still a Templar and canon is more or less in place.
For this one, Desmond becomes Ratonhnhaké:ton’s closest confidant, the one person in the Homestead who listens to him and believes in him wholeheartedly. Achilles’ tough love approach only serves to push Ratonhnhaké:ton to Desmond.
On Desmond’s side, he’s still grieving over Ezio and Altaïr but it’s not an encompassing grief that shackles him. He lives with the grief and focuses on the happy memories he had with them. He also takes any responsibilities Ratonhnhaké:ton had in the homestead whenever he’s away so he’s keeping busy. This gives him time to write to the Italian Brotherhood, just to check up on his descendants. They’re doing well and that lifts a weight over Desmond’s shoulders.
The homestead know of him but they know him as a sickly man, unable to leave his room with a bed covered by curtains that hides his body, leaving only shadows.
He’s kind though and do care for them.
They also hear the joy in his voice when he talks about Ratonhnhaké:ton and it didn’t take the homestead long to mistake their relationship as ‘they’re keeping it a secret because it’s dangerous to flaunt this kind of love’.
Of course, Achilles hears about it and just rolls his eyes. He doesn’t bother to correct anybody because, as far as he was concerned, yes, the two idiots were falling in love and doesn’t even know about it.
Ratonhnhaké:ton is always accompanied by 3 to 5 spiders who help him. They can understand him and Ratonhnhaké:ton learned enough of their sign language to understand them as well. They’re part of the spider nest that Desmond woke up in and followed Desmond outside because he was more or less their caretaker during the last few years Desmond was still in the nest.
Later on, they become the unofficial nannies of Desmond and Ratonhnhaké:ton’s spider children.
All right, in terms of when their friendship turned to romance, you can take your pick.
My main suggestion would be after Ratonhnhaké:ton learned of Washington is the one behind the burning of his village and mistook Haytham’s actions as trying to manipulate him.
Ratonhnhaké:ton returns to the homestead and finds Desmond waiting for him with a smile as he says “Welcome home” and his rage turns to sorrow.
He holds Desmond as he tells him everything that happened and Desmond stayed by his side.
There is a moment when they look like they’re about to kiss but Desmond stopped him by pressing his hand over Ratonhnhaké:ton’s mouth gently.
Ratonhnhaké:ton was hurting right now and Desmond understands that it would be so easy to take comfort from someone who cares but Desmond doesn’t want Ratonhnhaké:ton to have any regrets. He tells him that he’ll stay by Ratonhnhaké:ton’s side for as long as he needs him but not like this.
If Ratonhnhaké:ton feels something for him that is deeper than one feels for a friend or a family then they would talk about it once Ratonhnhaké:ton is in a better ‘headspace’.
In the end, they do talk about it after a few days of Ratonhnhaké:ton just staying in the homestead and Ratonhnhaké:ton confessed that he didn’t know how he felt about Desmond until he thought about it these past few days. Before…
It just seemed so natural for him to act that way to Desmond.
Their relationship evolved so naturally that Ratonhnhaké:ton never questioned it.
From there, they make their relationship official although they start slow in terms of… the physical aspect of their relationship.
In this situation, their first children would probably be conceived the day before Ratonhnhaké:ton joins for the battle in Yorktown.
Among the children, Io:nhiòte would be the most in-tune with her spider half and is always seen playing with the other spider children. Their two older children would have varying degrees of ‘spiderness’. The oldest daughter would later become part of the Miles bloodline.
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fayegonnaslay · 3 months
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Twiggy photographed by Barry Lategan
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junkfoodcinemas · 5 months
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El Conde (2023) dir. Pablo Larraín
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hernan conde de boeck
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