#i literally fell asleep and woke up to thoughts of dark templar

[saltiestcoconut]

Dark Templar's name symbolism

Aka why Ai is the perfect example of a knight templar

So in addition to being absolutely obsessed with Ai I am also obsessed with Ai’s deck because holy shit is that deck loaded with symbolism it’s beautiful really but the card I’m the most obsessed with is Dark Templar cause duh of course I am it looks very very similar to Decode Talked, Yusaku’s subace (Firewall Dragon is Yusa’s ace I don’t care what Konami says and this is the hill I will die on) because of course it does and its effect is similar yet opposite of Decode Talker except instead of protecting it revives but like its name (specifically its adaptation name change) is what really interested me

At first I thought it was lame that DT’s japanese name was Dark Knight while its english name is Dark Templar like Dark Knight was pretty much the perfect summary to ais character development (character reveal?) so why would they change it to Dark Templar? (aside from being pieces of shits but let’s assume they had a thematic reason) I got bored enough to find out Google essentially defines a templar as a religious knight which I thought was odd but aight an acceptable name change but then but then I came across the knight templar trope while reading through Yubel’s trope page on tv tropes (I was looking for those elusive Jewish wedding/Jaden vs Yubel fusion duel parallels if you can provide them hit me up pls) and oh boy did that trope change the game 

I’m just going to list the defining characteristics of knight templar straight from the page because holy fucking shit Ai portrays this trope to a t 

“Usually, the Knight Templar's primary step (or objective) to their perceived "utopia" is to get rid of that pesky "free will" thing that is the cause of crime and evil.”

If Ai would have won that duel against Yusaku he would have gotten rid of his free will by scattering it thus dying in the process while utopia wasn’t Ai’s endgame Ai’s existence would have led to a dystopia and preventing that is Ai’s endgame goal 

Many Knight Templars are utterly merciless in dealing with those whom they consider evil, and are prone to consider all crimes to be equal.

While Ai didn’t believe that everyone else was evil (save for Queen but he’s not wrong) he did erase those who tried to stand in his way and that’s pretty much what a knight templar does in face he doesn’t erase Aoi instead forcing her to suffer the same fate he has all because she teamed up with Akira to stop him from getting the second sol key (disproportionate punishment to crime)

It's important to note that despite being villainous within the context of the story, Knight Templars fully believe that they are on the side of righteousness and draw strength from it and that their opponents are not. Trying to reason with one isn't much good either, ...

While Ai isn’t a villain he is very much the antagonist of s3 (remember kids villains and antagonists aren’t the same!) and he absolutely could not be reasoned with because he believes that what he’s doing is for Yusaku’s best interest (a trait he shares with Yubel who is definitely a knight templar don’t get me started on the whole fusion thing) of course this doesn’t get revealed until much later on and it’s even revealed that he was doing this mainly to save Yusaku’s life so he definitely drew strength from his motivation

Indeed, it may take them a while to realize that a person with sense and good will really opposes them ...

He knew Yusaku would oppose him (while this doesn’t fit to a t his antagonism was an act so that he could get Yusaku to kill him or commit a homocide/suicide (sorry couldnt’ resist)) hence why I believe his extreme actions was an attempt to goad Yusa into chasing after him so Yusa would end up dueling him and thus forcing him to pick how he dies 

One of the few ways to actually change a Knight Templar's mind is to kick their ass down to the ground. ... They won't necessarily join you ...

While this part again doesn’t exactly fit Ai to a t these parts do at least to fact that Ai didn’t reveal the entire truth until Yusa beats him and quite literally knocks Ai down and out (gotta love high stakes children card games) even then Ai still doesn’t try to listen to Yusa’s desires (granted he couldn’t have even if he did wanted to) interesting to note that tvtropes says they’ll probably listen to your story when in this case Yusa listened to Ai’s story and this was sprinkled throughout their duel getting progressively worst as the duel continued 

The Knight Templar is often the ultimate incarnation of Light Is Not Good, and in series where Dark Is Not Evil ... If they are still nominally good, expect them to be a Hero Antagonist.

I disregarded everything that didn’t apply to Ai in between these two statements because Ai himself is the dark aspect of the series something he shares with Yusa and obviously he doesn’t believe Yusa and himself to be evil especially Yusa since you know he knows Yusa is actually a good person I included this because Ai was very much originally a hero turned antagonist and this is yugioh it’s the embodiment of light bad dark good (if memory serves me right 5ds is the only series to not follow this trope)

Sometimes, the Knight Templar is an artificially intelligent computer that took its instructions to "protect humanity" a bit too far

I couldn’t resist this was the plot to s3 in a nutshell 

... Knight Templars will insist that they're good guys, even the ones that are practically villains, they often aren't completely ignorant of the pain they cause; they simply consider it to be acceptable collateral damage, or regret the means they "must" use to achieve their ends

In this case Ai had noble intentions but insisted on portraying himself as a villain and he expressed regret at having dragged Roboppi with him and causing Roboppi’s demise (sobs)

Given how well Ai suits this trope (it’s almost every single one of their defining features) it’s no wonder that his symbolic monster counterpart is known as both Dark Knight and Dark Templar with Dark being the common element in its name change cause goddang 

I lowkey want to do an in depth analysis on Ai’s deck and how they fare against Yusaku’s code talkers cause there has to be a connection but I’m lazy and that requires so much research 

#im running on 4 hours of sleep #i literally fell asleep and woke up to thoughts of dark templar #i might have a problem #its okay tho #dark templar @ignister #yugioh vrains #ai vrains #ais deck #apparently i need a meta tag now #ais deck analysis #ygo vrains

[harveywritings92]

You fall asleep on them/ They fall asleep on you: Malik,Altair, Shay, Ezio

Malik: You didn't fall asleep on him more like you were watching him work around the bureau and fell asleep sitting on a stool and leaning against a bookshelf, He noticed when you stopped humming and saw napping, he took his over coat off and placed it over you like a blanket and went back to work occasionally shooing away any other assassin's who tried to wake you. 

How he fell asleep on you

He'd fallen asleep on you after having been a wake for three days straight; filling out contract requests, you knew he going to crash eventually... But didn't think it would happen literally! You were practicing leaps of faith, when he went to go lecture you on proper form, and passed out on top of you! You were trapped in that hay pile under a sleeping Malik for two hours! before your older brother Altair found you. He thought it was funny! you not so much.    

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Altair Modern au: Altair was review some mission dossiers and reports the others dropped off in his office, when he felt a weight on his shoulder, he looked and saw Y/n dozing of on him, He'd known you'd been having trouble sleeping with exam week coming up, without even putting the file down, he shifted a bit let her get into more comfortable position against him, and went back to what he was doing. if anyone barged in or tried to wake her. Altair would shoot them a 'wake her and I'll kill you look.' and they' scurry off.   

How he fell asleep on you

He hesitant about taking a nap in public like this, but he was so fricken tired driving home would be a bad call, He squeezed in behind you watching you work on the computer, his arms had wrapped around your waist and gave you a little kiss on the neck, before drifting to the sounds of shifting papers and tapping of computer keys, Altair wasn't sure how he napped for; because next thing he knew some D-bag was hitting on his wife! and he wanted the jerks head on a spike!

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Shay Cormac: Shay he was injured and Y/n had spent the whole damn night stitching him back together, by the time he was back on his feet! Y/n was dead on hers, Gist was worried about the y/nat woman as she was sort of swaying around when insisting she was standing still! it came to a head when the crew stopped at a tavern, and the barmaid wouldn’t stop trying to hit on Shay! 

Annoyed Y/n got up and plopped herself down in the Templars lap and buried her face in his neck, Shay tensed up as this was out of character for Y/n, he assumed she was going to start kissing him or something… Then he felt the soft rhythmic breathing and realized she’d fallen asleep!

The now fuming barmaid tried to yank the y/ht woman off the Irishman who slapped her hand away, while Shay’s free arm was securely around Y/n’s waist keeping her in his lap. “She staying right here, now piss off or get me another ale…” He hissed the woman humph’d and stomped off while Shay went back to talking to Gist while occasionally rocking, kissing or playing with Y/n’s hair.

How he fell asleep on you:  

He was drunk and somehow found his way to your house, You weren’t really expecting him, you reading when loud crash nearly caused you have a heart-attack! you put your book down and went downstairs to see. “Shay?” the Irish templar jolted at hearing his name and turned to look at you, surprised. “Y/n when you get here?” he slurred your brows furrowed. “I live here…” the you smelled the alcohol. “Shay are you drun-” He suddenly hugged you a little too tightly causing you to wince.

“Okay!” you wheezed patting him on the back trying to get him to loosen up, only for him slack suddenly and you to lose your footing! the two of you fell backwards on to your staircase. “ow…” you groaned and looked to see Shay passed out sleeping on your waist, You try wiggle out from under him, but he had nice grip on you! and you may have sprained your wrist on the way down… You could feel it throbbing painfully.

That’s how Haytham and Gist found you… four hours later. You were using Shay’s head to rest you wrist on and your legs had gone numb by this point and You needed Gist to carry you to your kitchen table, giving you a front seat view as he and the grand master woke Shay up, Who sobered up pretty quickly when he realized what he’d done! and was literally on his knees apologizing to you!

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Ezio(takes place in Brotherhood): She didn't necessarily fall asleep on him, Y/n was pregnant and wasn't as versatile as she used to be, waddling around shopping or doing little things were more taxing as the months wore on, it was noon and very hot! So, the y/hc woman decided to take a break on a bench and somehow had fallen asleep. Y/n wasn't sure how long she was out for but when she woke up the sun was setting and she was leaning on someone!

Y/n's face went red and was going to apologize to the person only to recognize the white robes saw Ezio looking at her concerned. "Tell me when you go out, I thought someone took you." he croaked while check her over making sure she wasn't hurt... She apologized she hadn't planned to fall asleep, it was hot and she so tired! Ezio calmed her down said it fine, just next time tell him or take someone with her, he called a horse and took her back home. 

How he fell asleep on you(Set in AC:II)

It was two years after he'd come to Mario, he was still reeling over the whole "My father was an assassin and Templars exist" thing, this whole situation was putting a serious toll on his health. 

Y/n would often find Ezio in his room reading his grand father's journals and looking at his robes guilt ridden and unsure... It was obvious he hadn't slept either, she could see the dark rings under his eyes, the few times he looked away from the books. 

What could she say to him? Y/n hardly knew Ezio and it was obvious he had it out for her for some reason, often acting short and bitter towards her! especially when he found out she was a girl, however that seemed to change after taking out Vieri De Pazzi...

He came back acting... odd. 

Y/n was looking through some old documents when Ezio suddenly came in he stared at her without saying anything, it was creeping her out. "What?" she huffed trying get a reaction out of him, he didn't say anything his golden eyes stayed fixated on her, before looking down at his feet and silently walking outside.

Y/n's stomach knotted up and she followed after him to find him sitting on a bench with his head in his hands breathing heavily. "Ezio." She called he didn't answer she noticed he was shaking... was he crying?

"Ezio." She sat down next to him. "It's too much... the blood! they keep staring at me" he kept muttering it was then Y/n realized he was breaking down! "Hey.. look at me." She grabbing his face making him look at her. "You're not going let this break you Ezio, I won't let that happen alright?" the assassin eyes were still glazed as the y/hc woman hugged him.

 "I'm here with you..." she cooed trying to bring him back into reality, she felt his arms shaking but he managed to bring around her waist and pulled her close to him, Y/n wasn't sure how long they say there for, but Ezio's body relaxed and his breathing evened out into soft rhythmic intervals he was sleeping... Y/n knew she wasn’t going back inside anytime soon, and fell asleep few moments later...

Y/n had been woken up that morning by one of the Mercenaries who was doing his morning rounds, Ezio was gone the only evidence of him being there was his cape was draped over her like a blanket, Let's just say Ezio's bitter attitude towards Y/n did a complete turn around when he returned from Florence.       

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