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[emptinas-aa]

the   master   of   masters     //     alternate   universe

i’ve decided to go ahead and make this an official verse! so far this’ll be a test to see how i like it and if my mutuals and rp partners enjoy it as well! below is a big ol’ dump of info for anyone interested or just curious as to how i’ve managed to rationalize this one angery boy being the master of masters himself.

ATTITUDE.

i know this is an odd place to start but it was one of the main things i wanted to tackle before committing to this idea ─── the master of masters and vanitas act very differently and i wanted to explore this aspect in detail before branching into anything else, so i think it’s a good place to start as far as solidifying my ideas go.

i’ve established before on this blog how much i love to put emphasis on vanitas’ unversed and how he expresses less emotion the more unversed he’s expelled as it pushes emotions out of his native body and into an extension of himself. in birth by sleep vanitas is his quietest, he’s calm and collected and doesn’t really snap or yell very often if at all, this is because he has thousands of his unversed spread across multiple worlds at once, his main body is left feeling hollow and emotionless, and he likes feeling this way as it puts him fiercely in charge of himself. in kh3 he’s louder and snappier, considerably so, and this is because his unversed only occupy one world, monstropolis, and later on a bit of the keyblade graveyard as well. a lot of his reactions to things are more personal and human-like because of this.

during the age of fairy tales... vanitas, or rather the master of masters, keeps all of his unversed inside at all times ― and yes, he does have the ability to create unversed at this time. the reason the master of masters is so aloof and out there, why he’s so expressive with his reactions and being over the top with his moods changing like the flick of a switch is because he has countless emotions bubbling away inside him all at once, all fighting for the forefront.

in kingdom hearts 3 and remind you see glimpses in vanitas’ attitude that don’t exactly fit him... ‘hey guys, feeling a little LEFT OUT HERE’ with such vim and vigor, such a need for attention that the mom definitely portrays at times too, and ‘venty-wenty’? things that i at least can personally say i’d never expected to hear vanitas say, so why is this change happening? why now? well... i’ll get to that in a bit.

VANISHED, DIMMED, AND FADED WITHOUT A TRACE.

so before i go any further i wanna take a bit of a jump back to instead talk about how i see the master of masters becoming vanitas, how this change in not just attitude but his entire person is so different before we tackle the most recent stuff and him realizing who he was / is.

all the way back to the age of fairy tales; the fact that ventus resides in this timeline is sort of the saving grace for this au - along with of course vanitas’ mention in remind about how they were never the same person to begin with. anyway ─── when the master decided it was high time he booked it outta there and let the world take the wheel, he discarded his coat and physical form ( which is already something my canon vanitas can do, discard sora’s body and just be a bunch of sentient, floating darkness ) to instead plant himself inside the heart of the one boy he knew thanks to the book of prophecies would flee the keyblade war and make it relatively unharmed to the world to come and actually live it; ventus.

there he stayed until xehanort extracted the darkness from ventus’ heart in bbs, ‘creating’ him. we already know that this process left ventus without his memories and in a near zombified state for quite some time ― the master of masters wasn’t much different; losing all his memories of his time as said master, a near blank slate with only recollection of his time as ventus post the age of fairy tales at his disposal.

a being with all this excess power he could barely control let alone contain, the unversed now came in waves and rest assured xehanort was thrilled ― the abuse, neglect, and mistreatment came with xehanort’s desire to control vanitas and meld him into his ‘perfect darkness’, it changed him from who he used to be, a chaotic and free spirit now to one of anger and jealousy, of envy and hatred, no longer armed with the knowledge of his creation, the book of prophecies, or anything else aside from xehanort’s harsh teachings.

flash forward now to kh3 where vanitas has reformed himself from the negativity flowing from monstropolis, he’s given an organization cloak for the first time ― and this is where things begin to change. recall in remind when the mom and young xehanort speak? how xeha mentions he feels a connection to the coat, how he feels it was meant for him, he was supposed to wear this; well, a similar sensation occurred in vanitas too. he felt a connection, a piece of the past slipping back through the cracks, it comes back little piece by little piece. vanitas keeps this a secret from xehanort, doing his best not to allow the slowly returning memories to become apparent as the man knows oh so many ways to get whatever he wants out of him at this point, but you see bits of a changing personality slip through like i’d mentioned before, the little bits of dialogue that feel just a little too off.

THE FUTURE.

this is where my info begins to run dry! as for what his plans are and what he intends to do from here on out, i’m not too sure, but somehow i feel like that’s very very fitting for his character. honestly, i wouldn’t be surprised if after his death in kh3 he manages to reform himself to his former appearance and, especially with xehanort dead and gone, can continue his watch over the world as the events to come play out as intended. he’s a watchman, a spectator, a journalist, purely there for the ride and to write down what his eyes see from many different reaches of the world.

and who knows? luxu’s done a great job fulfilling his role ― maybe it’s about time for an unprompted rendezvous.

SOME EXTRA TIDBITS.

the master of masters is the original embodiment of darkness created by kingdom hearts to balance the light

he is chaotic neutral

he’s always had the power to create unversed, but would rarely if ever do so before his time as vanitas

he was aware of his fate to lose his memories and become xehanort’s living punching bag and yet still helped ymx be put on his path

the coat helps him keep his unversed inside

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[corltax]

@octowasa Arms delicately drape around the other as a soft kiss is planted from behind. He felt like surprising the other with a little be of affection. ❝ Yo, dweeb. ❞

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eyes    lifted    with    a    blink  ,    a    hum    of    surprise    settling    gently    in    his    throat    as    corltax    shifted    his    head    just    so    to    glance    over    his    shoulder  .         ❛       ───    hello  .      ❜         own    response    was    spoken    embarrassingly    awkwardly  ,    enough    to    make    cheeks    flush    if    the    octoling    was    willing    to    admit    to    such    a    thing         (      which    he    wasn’t  !      )

clearing    his    throat    slightly    in    an    attempt    to    subdue    the    impact    of    his    own    fluster    corltax    instead    offered    an    easy    smile  ,    resting    his    hand    against    one    of    octavio’s    arms  .         ❛      it’s    good    to    see    you  ,    my    dear  .      ❜

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