#more often than not

[teecupangel]

I've been seeing some gem fusions on tiktok, where two people fuse together to become a new being and I'm just imagining Des and Altaïr not wanting to seperate after fusing for a mission of smth

(sorry if this isn't your fandom but I had to say it before the thought disappeared (⁠•⁠ ⁠▽⁠ ⁠•⁠;⁠))

I didn’t fully watch the series I think you’re talking about but I have seen some clips and a few episodes my friend showed me a long time ago so I have an idea of what you mean.

At first, I was thinking that this could be a severe Bleeding episode but bleeds are usually described as something that takes over the subject’s personality. What you’re suggesting is more of an assimilation of Altaïr’s personality to Desmond’s without overwriting Desmond’s.

In that case, may I interest you in this small fic?

Now, if you mean a full-on AU where Desmond is able to fuse with any of his ancestors at will, then things would be a bit different.

In this scenario, there is an easy reason why Desmond and Altaïr wouldn’t want to separate after perhaps a harrowing mission:

Loneliness.

I’ve touched upon how Desmond and Altaïr are quite similar to one another and an argument could be made that Altaïr is actually the ancestor that Desmond is most similar with.

Both were born and raised in a secluded Assassin ‘stronghold’

Both have been training as Assassins since they were children

Their father-figure (Al Mualim and William Miles) are high-ranking members of the Brotherhood who has high expectations of them

While differing in circumstances, they have a distant relationship with their parents and parental figures

They were raised by cold/distant parental figures in a place that may or may not have been militaristic as well

There is no explicit evidence that they had friends or any deep connections with anyone prior to the games (Abbas does not count as an argument can be made that the breaking of friendship only further isolated Altaïr and Kadar’s relationship with Altaïr before his death was ambiguous at best)

They have, at certain points in their life, contemplated the idea of running away from the Brotherhood

From this, we can make an argument that the main reason why Desmond and Altaïr would refuse to cancel their fusion would be because at this state, in this form, they are one and both at the same time. They share everything, further amplifying their loneliness while providing a ‘cure’ to it by the fact that they still keep their individuality in this form even if they are one.

In other words, they don’t have to be lonely anymore whenever they are in this form.

And, even if everyone was able to finally coax them out of canceling their fusion, the damage had already been done. Desmond and Altaïr would seek each other out, whether they fuse or not doesn’t matter. With a single fusion, they were able to understand one another more than anybody else they had fused with before. A deeper connection brought by the similarities of their upbringing and circumstances.

And that… is the beginning of what could either be a relationship they had craved for their entire life or could easily isolate them from others with an ‘us versus the world’ mentality.

#other way #it’s gonna be deliciously angsty #alright no usual tags because it’s only implied (at the moment) but this is definitely #altdes #ask and answer #it's fine if you guys want to ask about fandoms i'm not in #more often than not #i probably heard of it and can give at the very least my version of it or a vague/generalized idea for it :) #ngl i was thinking as their fusion as more of ouroboros form in xc3 than gem fusion #in terms of what it means to be fused

[b0tsbby]

Not to be gay or anything I’d feel very honoured to be able to see the depressed side of Stampede Vash, like…to feel like a safe space enough for him to just drop the act completely.

Like yea let’s sit in silence together. I’ll listen to all the unspoken words you share with me.

#I just remembered stampede Vash most likely hates himself #and probably breaks down when he’s alone #more often than not #not like cry break down #but like a sensory shut down #I just wanna sit with him ya know #I’m experiencing Vash fever lately #he’s just so me coded sometimes

[balbigalum]

can we just talk about what play fighting w aegon would be like? ever since that scene where aemond fights him i’ve just been thinking of it. tickles. a urge to get dominance over one another. affection. banter. laughter. everything he probably lacked in childhood with his now lover.

omg YES i feel like he has no idea how to be gentle especially while playing fight because he only used to do it with aemond and they were harsh with each other in the training yard (and they didn't really play anymore after aemond lost his eye) so he always has this urge to win when he plays with you, he kinda takes it very seriously and he would use any trick he can to get you to shield which includes: tickling, bitting, making you promises, getting his hand under your dress, anything to win (and he also loves to overpower you) i feel like once you shield he gives you a big kiss on the cheek while laughing

#and sometimes playing fight leads to other stuff #more often than not #he just really likes physical contact #house of the dragon #aegon ii targaryen #anon #aegon x reader

[colorisbyshe]

seeing a bad take, going on their blog, they frequently post ofmd.

many such cases.

#hp + ofmd at the scene of the crime #more often than not

[oceandiagonale]

I just discovered your blog and I had to stop in to say Gene is fucking adorable. I want to give him a hug and protect him from all harm

OH THANKS AAAAA 😭😭😭

#oceandi answers #anonymous #generic protagonist #I also want to protect him but alas I have to follow the story and that means he experiences Events KFJDSJKF #as the drawer all I can do is guarantee that he'll be okay in time and that no matter how bad things get he'll still be happy and supported #more often than not

[acehardys]

you can make the worst gifset of your life and it will get 10k notes but make something you're proud of and it'll get 5!!

#tumblr #fandom #it be that way #more often than not #text #🌈.txt

[schzunabe]

Also a thought about v1. what if it used sign language instead of speaking

#more often than not #ultrakill

[ofknowlcdge]

spelling? never heard of it. can’t even get it to sit down for a second either

#「 this puppy isnt going to be quiet ― puppy speaks 」 #because my spelling theses months is terrible #and i don't mean literally everything i spell #just those words #and my keyboard #that's just trying to stop me using the space bar #more often than not #which rude man

[redstonedust]

yknow AI art has ruined an entire genre of painting to me, i saw one of those smooth anime-realism pieces and immidiately thought ''ugh, AI art'' until i noticed it was posted by an established deviantart user 6 years ago. like ive never been a huge fan of that genre but it looks like a pretty difficult style to master and i feel bad for the artists who specialized in anime-realism only to have their entire market jacked by people typing keywords into midjourney.

#like. yall know the exact kind of smooth shaded anime realism i mean right. #its SO prevelant in ai art to the point that i end up always end up assuming that style is ai more often than not

[sully-s]

Listen, if I had the time I would just make Justice Leauge the mockumentary, lol.

#justice league #dc comics #Batman #WonderWoman #Superman #Flash #green lantern #hal jordan #martian manhunter #hawk girl #aquaman #cyborg #cheetah #captain cold #mockumentary #dcau #my art #fanart #I just love the idea that Sups gets jealous that Flash being stationed in the midwest saves his mom more often. #That Martha Kent wears Flashes hat more often than Clark's to be nice. #I'm annoyed that some of this text is hard to read but I didn't want to lose the details I drew and no amount of storke effect seemed to he

[genderqueer-karma]

i do feel like people should make real, earnest efforts to learn about as many different belief systems as possible before they dedicate themselves to one

#yo it's d :) #it’s 1am but more importantly i think we shouldn’t just say shit that isn’t true out of ignorance #if you’re not educated on a topic and you’re not trying to be don’t talk about it #more often than not #dedicating yourself to a belief ends with you having your world shattered #(​dedication without full commitment and understanding anyway) #because you will meet a challenge you don’t know how to combat and you might fold! #arm yourself with as complete of an understanding as possible

[hedgehog-moss]

I feel secondhand embarrassment when I read goodreads reviews of like a british or australian book and find americans complaining that the unfamiliar turns of phrase and slang made the book hard to read, while non-native english speakers in the reviews are doing fine. Saw yet another review today where an american was like “it was enjoyable except for the way this book assumes I’m british and I get the slang” there are people on this web page who learnt your language as their third or fourth language and they’re dealing, have some shame

#happens more often than you'd think

[cemeterything]

i'm aromantic but to me the most romantic words in the universe are "you won't hurt me". i trust you to try not to cause me pain, and you can trust me to have the self-preservation instincts and knowledge and respect for your boundaries not to let you.

#🐉 #yes i often feel more like an unsocialised beaten animal than a man. thats not important right now though.

[applepidotcom]

I know I said I would get myself a kindle today….. but now I’m overthinking it all once more .

#I always do this #always always always #more often than not #I overthink on my purchases for literal weeks or months at a time #and more often than not. don’t end up buying anything #and it just remains in my wishlist #like a fucking fool man

[deadmomjokes]

PSA: tomatoes are not spicy. Tomatoes and tomato products should not be spicy. Pizza sauce isn't inherently spicy. Tomato-based pasta sauce is not spicy. Ketchup is NOT spicy.

If tomatoes are spicy, you have an allergy to tomatoes.

This announcement brought to you by my almost 29-year-old husband learning for the first time in his 2.8 decades of putting food products into his mouth that spaghetti and saucy pizza aren't spicy foods

#his amazement at our daughter eating spaghetti willingly #when apparently he's been suffering in silence over there his whole life #and i'm like ???? #and he's like ''you didn't make this spicy?'' #NO #NO I DID NOT #and he just blue screens for a minute #and i'm like YOU THINK SPAGHETTI IS SPICY??? #and he's all ''yeah that's why i prefer we don't have it very often'' #the absolute SHOCK i tell you #turns out he hates ketchup because it's spicy and he never understood why people wanted to dip fries in spicy sauce #i was like ''DUDE ketchup is supposed to be sweet and maybe a touch tangy but also cool and refreshing'' #and he's like ''SWEET?????'' #so uh yeah turns out dude's allergic to tomatoes and he just assumed everyone had a way higher spice tolerance than him #cuz he can find ''non spicy'' food too hot #and it's just all tomato based stuff and we never thought to connect the dots #mild salsa? too spicy. IT'S THE TOMATOES. #tacos? too spicy even at baby heat levels. IT'S THE TOMATOES. #prefers alfredo to marinara despite alfredo having objectively more pepper in it than marinara #he thought his spice tolerance was just so wimpy that my 'normal' was too spicy for him #so he's just been dealing with 1-3 meals a week being spicy to him our entire marriage WITHOUT SAYING A WORD #because he didn't want to offend me with his wimpy palate #IT'S THE TOMATOES #it's always been the gosh darn tomatoes

[dear-ao3]

i don’t see enough of this on tumblr but it’s ok to have a great relationship with your family. i love going home. i love going to the grocery store with my dad on a saturday morning. i love driving aimlessly with my sister. i love calling my mom after work. i love waking up in my childhood bed. i love making pancakes while everyone is asleep. i love sending memes to the family group chat and having to mansplain them to my parents. i love watching hallmark movies together. i love surprising them with little gifts and treats. i love calling my parents when i have good news. i love my dads cryptic texts. i love having 5 hour phone calls with my sister. i love asking my mom how to get rid of stains. i love it.

#appreciation for good family dynamics #ok well we’re not perfect but more often than not i love them #not a tag #from saph