My Thoughts

Desmond lives again!

Ok so… I think by now, the people who follow my fics/read my showerthoughts/haunt my deeply unhinged Tumblr can probably tell that I have poor impulse control.

Which is, unfortunately, true.

And THIS HERE is today’s evidence—

Because I just really wanted to write a cute little MerMay thing, ok?? That’s TRADITION, ya know? I saw THIS ART FROM @sneaky-eel, got inspired, and thought: short and sweet. Just a tiny little reblog scenelet because I love Eel’s art and LOOK at that face. I can’t say NO to that face.

SO, I was aiming for small. Like 200 words. Hell, maybe even 400 if I let myself indulge and do just a LITTLE bit of world building.

That was the plan.

Ya know—something normal. Something restrained.

Unfortunately, I am the one writing it.

So this UNIRONICALLY went from:

“Aww, that’s so cute! What if Des was a mermaid with a P.O.E and Edward found him?” (◕‿◕✿)

To my brain—which is a deeply unserious organ—going:

“okay but what if Edward’s ship hit him instead?” (⊙‿⊙✿)

And then, somehow:

“What if Edward’s crew briefly considered cannibalism?” ヽ(゜∇゜)ノ

Which is how this stopped being a tiny little reblog scenelet and turned into an actual one-shot.

Also, full disclosure—I… have not actually played AC4. I’m a little embarrassed about that since the modern gang IS there, but I’m still traumatized by the end of AC3 and honestly, anything post AC3 is just unforgivable Ubisoft fever dream fanfiction to me. Admittedly, AC4 is not the worst offender, but I just genuinely struggle to immerse myself in a world where Desmond just… isn’t there.  

So please forgive the inconsistencies lol. I know Edward almost entirely through memes,  fanart, and whatever cursed knowledge leaks through my Tumblr dash, so lore/characterization of him and his crew are DODGY at best lol.

ANYWAYS—

This is inspired by @sneaky-eel. Eel, you unlock things in my brain that should, perhaps, remain locked. I am still living in fear for my other WIPs.

But anyway, he met Ezio, right? Ezio from the start of the story, who at the time was 17. So Desmond told him "yeah so yeah um I am your descendant from 500 years in the future".

And let's be honest, probably thought the guy was a brat. Desmond moved out of child Ezio into adult Ezio in his trips to the Animus pretty early even in AC2. He mostly knows Ezio as an older man.

But here's the thing.

EZIO HAD JUST LOST HIS FAMILY.

And he looked at Desmond like "wait, so that means you're like, my grandson"

Desmond was trying to argue that "well, there's some great great great— in the middle of it" but Ezio was already having a paternity crisis.

And might I emphasize.

Ezio was 17

Desmond is 25 (and also suicidal, let's be real, this is AC3 Desmond)

Ezio still wanted to parent Desmond.

Like, it was a whole dream of Ezio trying to teach Desmond the ropes of Renaissance Florence because he thought he needed to impart wisdom upon his "grandson", while Desmond was flabbergastedly running after him like "YOU'RE YOUNGER THAN ME"

That was it that was the dream. I know it sounds like I'm making it up but I really did dream this. Sometimes my dreams have very coherent plots.

What if when Desmond does the thing he do in the end of assassin creed 3 he time travel

However

Instead of being there when Altaïr as an master Assassin. He there when Altaïr is a baby and not as a human BUT as an eagle and stressing Umar the whole time. I feel we need more stories with Altaïr father and I just want to make Desmond a menace.

To add on

After Altaïr pass, he too will turn into an eagle because the apple shenanigan and both can be a menace to Desmond other ancestors and so far and so forth.

"It's alright, you were born for this."

Ezio: np, you'd do the same