#i don't know what possessed me to plug that disc back in but--

[theconfusedartist]

maybe this is weird (and I do promise I’m dropping the rest of the lore in a hour or so) but

in the rewrite, i always write Altaïr as seeing Desmond as:

Altaïr: this is my little brother, my son, my best friend, and annoying twin that makes all the reckless mistakes i already learned from. i love my boy, but damn if he doesn’t be doing some wild shit

wereas Desmond is like

Desmond: i love Altaïr! he’s my brother, my best friend, one of the few people who I’d happily consider my father, my face twin, and (did I already mention?) best friend! he makes a lot of mistakes, and we disagree about lots of stuff, but i’m so happy he’s in my life

Altaïr in permutation 17: this sucks. Des isn’t even here right now (hist time) and he can’t even hear me when I’m trying to talk to him (in modern time)

Desmond in permutation 17: this sucks. Altaïr isn’t even here right now (modern time) and I’m so fucking lonely !! !! !! now I’ve gotta die to turn on the eye and then what?! no one is coming back for me!! I don’t even know where Alex is, I’m just praying that I’ll survive after dying to get Elijah and keep him safe, but this shit sucks!

#y'know the funny thing is #i spent almost an entire month and a half #rewriting assassin's creed--just all of it--with the intention that desmond stays alive and eventually gets to live happily #which is still the main endgoal of the protocreed au #but like??? every character in AC that would've treated Desmond well was DEAD and all of his living allies would most definitely use him #even if they're his family or friends he would never be put firts #*first #i was genuinely thinking about giving up on the rewrite simply bc in canon there is no character that was alive and willing to treat Desmond #like he's someone that matters #and i knew that Desmond time traveling was a thing but I still wanted the modern day era to still have weight #and the way ubisoft wrote their ac games is that: there is no hope. not really #no matter what you or other people do good will never win #and i was truly unsure how to get around that depressing narrative #but then!!! #suddenly protocreed! #i don't know what possessed me to plug that disc back in but-- #i played that game and i was like: yeah he's dating desmond #like-I don't even know how to say this #but Desmond and Alex OTP for the win and i don't have any in universe explanation for it (on Desmond's side) simply bc #both the assassins and the templars don't let the man socialize they just plug him in the animus and expect him to be seen and not heard #like the Manhattan connection was really easy to make since Desmond was kidnapped there and then returns in AC3 to make a lovely full cirlce #but all I could think was Alex definitely loves this man #they make each other better AND worse #anyways #this is a lot of tags talk about Alex and Desmond #when Alex isn't even in the main post but #Altaïr Claudia and Ezio are Desmond's closest family #and he's very close to Connor and Aveline but he's taken for such a fucking ride #when the grandparents that took him in when he was truly in a bad way #ends up being the same people who are his ancestors and not? dead?