Hey guys.
So some of you who've been around on this FF page might have remembered seeing an older version of this story around 2013-2014. Some of you might have read it. Hell, some of you might've even liked it. Well, here's a little backstory about myself and that fanfic.
I started writing it when I was sixteen, and it was my first ever story. It was a pretty exciting time in my life. I had never written anything before in terms of creative writing and I wanted to write something for my favorite character and my favorite video game series. It was fun, because I liked lore building and I enjoyed the idea of creating a character that was a product of everything I made it.
And when I was writing it?
God, was I an asshole.
I wrote like I was the best goddamn thing ever put on God's green earth and I really don't know why to this day. Maybe it was some sort of age and arrogance thing. Maybe I was full of myself. Maybe I was just stupid. Whatever. I digress.
Well anyway, I'm twenty now. I haven't updated the original version of TIaFIHW in about a year and a half. Which is really a damn shame, because I always knew how I wanted to finish it but I just...ran out of steam. Around September of my sophomore year of college, I fell into a pretty bad depression that still is sort of going on, and I fell out of writing for a pretty long time. The last 10 chapters of TIaFIHW went unwritten because, well, two reasons.
One, I didn't have the energy to finish it anymore. Two, I hated it.
No seriously. I've read and re-read that story and all it's chapters several times and out of the 42 chapters I wrote, I currently feel as though maybe 3 of them are redeemable in any way, shape, or form. I drop characters randomly and constantly. I forced in a romance because I thought it would get me more hits. Everyone was out of character. It was in first person for some goddamned reason. And I wrote so pretentiously it makes me want to jump back in time and throttle seventeen-year-old me for writing so ridiculously. (And if you think that sounds harsh, it's honestly just the way I am at this point).
So yeah, if you clicked on this, you can see where this is going. It seems to be a theme, hasn't it? A lot of the stories about Connor Kenway that I remember reading when I was a teen two or three years ago are getting rewrites and I can't really understand why but I'm grateful nevertheless. And here I am, hopping on the bandwagon. I've actually been wanting to rewrite this story for about three months. And this isn't just a polish or a fixing of grammatical mistakes. This is a full rewrite: new origins, new characters, new ending. The pieces of the original-writing wise, character wise, or plot wise-that I was actually fond of may make a return but aside from that, it's basically a total reimagining on my part.
This is the version of TIaFIHW that I've always wanted to write but didn't have the skills nor the maturity to fully do so.
I'm not making authors notes anymore except if I need to clarify something or I need to add translations. Honestly, I don't think they'll be missed, because my authors notes were cringey as hell. I'm solely here for your enjoyment and for your reading pleasure. Consider this enough authors notes to make up for my following lack of ones.
And hey. Chances are that I won't finish this. Between you and me, it's pretty likely. But if I get back into writing, then maybe I'll start to feel better about myself again. And to me, that's at least worth something.
As always, I don't own Assassin's Creed or Ubisoft's portrayal of historical figures. I do, however, own all of my OCs.
Thank you for clicking and thank you in advance for any reviews, follows, or favorites that you may leave me.
On with the story.
