Desmond lives after the Solar Flare but half of his face is torched and all his ancestors (including Haytham) can control his body sometimes..... which is basically just a Two-Face/Harvey Dent scenario
If I remember correctly, Two-Face can’t control which side takes over, right? (then again, I’m sure there’s a specific timeline or arc where he can in the comics)
So let’s use that.
Desmond can’t control who takes over, but there’s pretty much trust among them all, and they’re cooperating with each other, although there is a lot of suspicion being directed at Haytham because he is a Templar.
Although Haytham is acting quite ‘cooperative’ (which is suspicious all by itself too) and they all have the same priority: to keep Desmond safe.
Unorganized Notes:
Prioritizing Desmond’s safety was bound to happen. They all share the same body so that means they need to protect said body.
Desmond wouldn’t wear any ‘two-faced’ themed clothes because that kind of fashion sense will catch people’s eyes. He’s most definitely going to keep his hood on and maybe even get a face mask or some kind of fabric he can wrap around his lower face to make it harder for people to see how half his face is torched.
He might even grow his hair, so he could use it to hide half his face, although that would end up being scrapped because, goddammit, it’s hard to see and the hair gets in the way.
The most ‘two-faced’ theme clothes he’d do would be to wear a full on half white half black mask. Maybe even add a bit of gold accent to it?
Wanna make Desmond’s life more annoying? It’s not just his face. Half of his body is torched, and the middle of it looked like the burnt part was slowly creeping towards the other half. (I kinda like this idea of him being more like the burned version of Hel, the half-normal, half-rotting goddess of the dead… so, like the Muspelheim-version of Hel XD)
In this scenario, Desmond could be a rogue Assassin, working alone to fuck up Abstergo while looking for Bill Miles because he (especially Altaïr and Ezio) want his Apple back.
Altaïr usually takes over when something tech-heavy is needed, since his time studying the Apple helps him understand 21st century tech far more easily than Desmond himself.
Ezio usually takes over when it’s time to put on the charm and for any situation where swaying other people to their side is paramount.
Ratonhnhaké:ton takes over when they need to hunt something or someone, or if they need someone who hits fast and hard with no qualms fighting a lot of people with really fast guns.
Haytham usually takes over when it’s time to stop being nice and manipulate people. Threatening and intimidation? That’s more Altaïr’s alley. Haytham is there to lie and cheat and manipulate people into doing what they want without them realizing it. Oh, and if the need to act like an elitist prick is needed (“There’s no need to for such rudeness.” “Bite me, Haytham. Ow! Did you just… bite my own arm???” “It was not me. I would never drop to such immature tomfoolery.” “… Guys…” “Not me/no/It was not me.” “Well, obviously, one of them are lying.” “Uh-huh.”) (It was Ezio)
Man I am just SO CONFUSED. About the time line of this game.
No one is telling me how long links been gone! Or how long the botw-totk timeskip was! They all just started selling my stuff again lol. I'm going to have to get everything redyed!
Me: hey random stranger! Lore dump? You look like a lore dumper.
Kindly npc: why hullo there, link ^^! My, I haven't seen you in a while since the calamity ended! I was so worried when they said you and the princess had gone missing! But it's good to see you're well.
Me: aw, thanks. How long has it actually been tho.
so maestro told me tonight at the end of rehearsal that he "got an email about me", turns out it was the org that's interviewing me next week for their summer job reaching out to him as a reference. and then when that was figured out maestro proceeded to spend the next, like, twenty minutes standing there writing out a recommendation for me on his phone at 10 pm while i'm Sitting Right There, just trying to get the assignment notes to send to the orchestra,
If you haven’t read WizardoftheRainbow’s weblena fic, What You'll Find In The Night, please do. This wonderful story resonated with my soul on many very personal levels, not the least of which was the astronomical aspect of it, which spurred me on to draw this post-fic picture as a tribute, which turned out to be one of my most favorite things I’ve ever drawn. Really wanted to capture the splendor and happiness of the night sky, as the stellar jewel box the fic mentions, and of the love between these two love birds.
Anyway, the fic is fantastic, it’s cozy, it’s perfect. 💜✨
P.S. If you want to also listen to a perfect weblena (and also dellumbra) song, I recommend “Satellite” by Lena (yes, that’s really the artist’s name!). I listened to it soooo many times while drawing this!
Drawing without title + alternate shadowy-title versions below the cut!
Today's polish is really pretty. I love this really bright yet unmistakably pumpkin orange. The shimmer here is gorgeous. The only odd thing about this one is that it looked almost completely opaque in person but looked very sheer when I went to take pictures. I definitely know to put a third coat on this one next time. This is Ahead of the Carve from Glisten & Glow.
Finished "The Children of the Glow"! I really really liked it actually, a nice bit of moral grayness! The final choice of how to publish the last piece did, in fact, have me going on a rant about how we should overthrow the governments of both locations because we have nothing to lose but our chains, and that's a compliment to it.
It's super interesting to me that shepard talked to doctor chakwas about the facial scarring. that it bugged them enough in canon to ask about them. I mean, I of course feel like my shepard would be super uncomfortable with the entirety of the Lazarus project, and that both the new scars and the lack of old scars would be very troubling to them, but the fact that it's a canon discomfort even if you didn't already feel that way is really cool to me.
Rakiel (left) and Ander (right) 3 min and 26 seconds before consecutively drinking 50 health potions. I call this story beat 'The Potion Run'. The Potion Run scene is gonna be so sick once I actually write and illustrate it oml. Like I need more stories abusing the fuck out of potion mechanics
maybe a little sacrilegious of me, but i want to say that i'm glad seb is retiring. i'm going to miss him like hell and this sport won't be the same without him; will be worse in many ways. yet he just seems so happy and at peace with it all that i can't help but be glad he's doing what's right for him at the end of the day