Stars and Stark

"I played every game in the franchise. Here's what I thought about all of them." Yeah you and every other person. I see this post on Reddit at least once a week. "Rogue makes no sense." I don't care, rub your two brain cells together and make it make sense. "Here's what I think the next historical setting should be." Shut upppppppp.

You know what I want to talk about? The bad cable management in Abstergo's server room. Who the hell is responsible. Also, why are their IT people seemingly being held prisoner in basement dungeons? I want to know. And why do Templar indoctrination rituals seem to center around forcing random people to do IT maintenance? Why am I being cult brainwashed via computer repair?

Literally Shay and Connor:

DAI having multiple tarot cards for each character and changing them as your relationships with them developed was, on the one hand, totally ornamental and absolutely wouldn't have been noticed if it hadn't been included in the game. However, including all that additional art was one of the many memorable frills that make the game stand out against other RPGs.

Can we finally retire this tired take that “Connor doesn’t have charisma”? He absolutely does. The problem is that audiences keep measuring him against a very narrow, Eurocentric idea of charisma: one that always defaults to cocky rogues, witty banter, and action hero-style suave.

And because Connor doesn’t perform charm in that way, people dismiss him as “bland.” But charisma isn’t just about being a smooth talker. Connor’s charisma is quieter, more grounded. When he speaks, people listen because he actually means it. His sincerity draws people in because he’s not putting on an act or trying to manipulate anyone. And the respect he commands doesn’t come from bravado -- it comes from the steadiness and conviction with which he carries himself.

That’s also charisma. Just not the kind most gamers have been trained to recognize. And honestly, the fact that so many write him off says less about Connor as a character and more about how narrow our collective lens for “charisma” has been.