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Was anyone gonna tell me Basim is hot, or was i supposed to find out on my own as I progressed through the game
Adding og tags because they break my heart 😭
mirage is insane because every character, the city, the brotherhood, and even the narrative mourns basim. everything except for basim himself
Assassin's Creed Mirage ↠ 5/∞
What I am attached to, you ask?
This one, single, lonely lock of hair
excusing all of basim's many crimes because he is literally neurodivergent and a minor
Assassin’s Creed: Mirage (2023) | Scenery appreciation (vol. 1-?) | Basim's assassin training
”But you will not be here to see it.”
”Do not be so sure of that. The game is not over. The game is never over.”
BASIM in ASSASSIN’S CREED: MIRAGE The Forty Thieves Bonus Quest
I need someone to rant with me about Basim's feelings towards Eivor
Because on the one hand I'm like "He loves her, Platonically or more it does not matter. He just fucking loves her. Hytham was not lying," and like sobbing over the fact that she was probably the only person he's ever told about Fenrir to. How he bears his agony over being betrayed. How he just looks at her. All those shots where he is just staring at her (sometimes smiling) "I guard you like a father," and Eivor's "You are family" lines.
But then. THEN. There's Basim's "I will take everything. Your memories. Your skills. Your secrets," as he stands over her grave. The GLOATING. That now, if he could not take her life, HE WILL TAKE EVERYTHING ELSE. And he says it with such malicious intent it's almost cruel.
That AS SOON as he realised who Eivor really was he went all the way to FUCKING NORWAY to kill her because he could not wait. That he momentarily SNAPS mentally over the chance at killing her.
But then there's him simply being "curious" at how her saga ends. There's nothing in it for him to know. He just wants to know.
The campfire scene in the modern day. Where Basim SEES Eivor. And they share a soft, knowing smile. Like he's greeting an old friend.
I just I JUST. DOES HE LOVE HER?! DOES HE HATE HIMSELF FOR LOVING HER?! Has Odin tainted her for him, made her beyond recognition?! Does he still blame Eivor for what happened in a past life? OR is the fact that Eivor is barely anything like him, a redeeming quality?! LIKE BASIM IBN ISHAQ LET ME CRAWL INSIDE YOUR BRAIN.
I love how even though they're at odds here they still share that look of 'wtf is she on?'
Assassin's Creed Mirage ↠ 5/∞
You just know that Basim must have been insanely popular during his time as a trainee at Alamut. He's comfortable with all types of people (from his background with scholars and pick pockets), including both adults and children. He's kind, clever, charismatic, idealistic, a little bit cocky, with a hint of mystery (the trauma).
What I'm saying is that he definitely had lots of friends and admirers. I personally don't believe he ever let anyone get super close to him (something that just got worse after accepting Loki's memories), I do think after the events of ACV that he still had people out there who were as confused as Hytham about Basim's "betrayal".
Happy Valentine's Day to my fellow Basim fans!