#kingdom hearts writing

[humunanunga]

Enough of the trope where memory loss undoes the damage or the corruption or whatever. More content where removing memories just removes the context.

The tragedy of needing to grieve and not knowing what or who you lost or why. The angst of having trauma and being denied the awareness that it's trauma. The suspense of being different somehow and left to wonder how and when. The tension of knowing that something is off and you can't find where it hurts. The Adventure Zone gets it. Kingdom Hearts gets it.

There is an aching inside you and you don't know how it got there.

#i think about xion or the stolen century and need to lay down. i'm so normal about them. #tropes #narrative tropes #memory loss #tragedy #angst #the adventure zone #taz balance #the stolen century #kingdom hearts #xion #writing #musings #hall of fame

[bloodybellycomb]

I really do think that it’s good for the soul to be unironically pretentious about something. Not in a gatekeeping kind of way but in a “yes, it really is that deep and I would love to enthusiastically and passionately explain why” kind of way.

#mine is shakespeare #hamlet #specifically #although i will defend #romeo and juliet #to the ends of the earth #also #the iliad #the odyssey #literature #writing #classics #although it can be so much more than just books #i also think that I would defend the story of kingdom hearts like this as well #probably homestuck too #completely unironically #birdy chirps

[gummi-ships]

#kingdom hearts dream drop distance #khddd #sora #riku #nightmare's end #mirage split #my gif #i was going to write up a whole thing in the tags about my thoughts on this keyblade #but i just know it'll be an incoherent essay because i can't properly articulate my thoughts #the x-blade must be forged through a clash of light and darkness #but i find it so highly significant that sora and riku can create their own keyblade which is so unheard of #this keyblade isn't created with a clash but rather through harmony and balance #not with conflict but with understanding and connection and love #and i always felt as though that's how the x-blade SHOULD be forged. that master xehanort went about it all wrong #because balance and connections are such important themes in these games #it has two handles and looks so regal when combined. all of the shapes feel reminiscent of the x-blade too #it shines so brilliantly with both sora and riku's symbols. the heart and crown which is the iconic logo for the entire series #also the way stained glass is always used to represent hearts. it's so significant! #and yeah the paupu fruit keychain is its own thing to unpack #okay so i ended up writing something anyway but there's still so much more #i just really hope we get to see more of this in future games because it would be shocking if it was nothing more than a cool combo attack

[haunted-xander]

Terra voice how do I tell my teacher slash parental figure I think the new kid might be a victim of child abuse

#i think about pre-bbs ven way more than i should #i had a rant for the tags written but internet fucked up and it didnt post and now i cant be bothered to write it all again #just know i have feelings. a lot of them #terra #aqua #ventus #kingdom hearts #kingdom hearts birth by sleep #kh #kh bbs #art #my art #xanders art #digital art #fan art

[zhuletta]

Totk hyperfixation making my brain go brrrr

#zelda #tears of the kingdom #totk #totk fanart #zelink #I CANT STOP PLAYING THIS GAMEEEEE #zelda got me out of my artist/writing block THANK U #my brother told me this looked like a rendered screenshot of the game and my heart went ncosnfisnfkwkfkd #giulidraws

[letoasai]

Master List

I really haven't posted all that much but if it helps people navigate, then that's cool. ^^ DP x DC

King's Consort - One shot

Mother Gotham - Part 1 and Part 2

Father Time - One shot

Chronos - Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5

Vlad- Alternate Obsession - One shot This might get added to.

Will work for food - Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3

If anyone wants to continue any of the dp x dc ideas, feel free.

FF 7/8 - Kingdom Hearts

Strifehart Week 2023

Day 1 - Soulmates

Day 2 - AU / Switched Canon

Day 3 - Disney

Day 4 - Mythos

Day 5 - Free Day

MerMay 2024

Legs to Fins Cloud/Sephiroth

Pollution Sick Cloud/Squall

Courting Sirens Sora/Riku

#master list #writing corner #dp x dc #kingdom hearts #Danny Phantom #Strifehart week 2023 #mermay 2024 #Danny x Jason #danny x tim #cloud x sephiroth #Cloud x Squall #sora x riku

[mxsqerxde]

theyre crossing the street for the first time

#kh #kingdom hearts #kh4 #art #kh kairi #kh ventus #kh vanitas #they r.... a trio in my kh4 au #im rlly excited to start writing them in my comic concepts bc theyre so silly. to me

[lego-ninja-bilbo]

*Bill and Ted voice* 69 Dudeee-!!

#the joke writes itself #underrated favs #<3 #Demyx #Zexion #Ienzo #zemyx #Kingdom Hearts #demyx kh #kh demyx #zexion kh #kh zexion #kh ienzo #ienzo kh #legoninjabilbo

[omnificent-orion]

When you wake up, what kind of world will you find yourself in?

Will the world reflected in your eyes be the world you wished for…?

The one who will decide that is you.

#Orion's Art #Kingdom Hearts #KHX #KHUX #KHML #Kingdom Hearts Missing Link #Player Character #Skuld #Lauriam #Marluxia #Ephemer #Ventus #Brain #Strelitzia #the dandelions are blooming #the larkspur #and the strawberries #as I write this the night sky rumbles with thunder #I never know about tomorrow #but spring comes again anyways #let's meet again #in the next--

[storm-driver]

bear with me, kh3 rewrite where sora is guided by eraqus' keyblade to castle oblivion early on in the game, and he stumbles his way into the chamber of waking to find ven, brings him back to everyone else to let him rest and recover for a couple disney worlds, and after a few worlds, he's ready to go save aqua, and a whole "world of darkness" world appears on the map, and ventus is your party member the whole way through the world. him and sora can have a proper conversation about their weird af situation, ventus can bear witness to The Horrors that is the worlds plunging into darkness for almost a dozen years. anti-aqua can be the final boss and ventus gets unique dialogue while fighting her.

just think about it.

#kingdom hearts #stormy weather #in before i write this myself

[goldensunset]

O you, who at the world's far-off end dwell,

I know your wish- it is my wish as well.

#ephemer #khux #khml #kingdom hearts #kh #missing link #kingdom hearts union x #kingdom hearts missing link #kh ephemer #thinking about... how among the people in scala he's this legendary figure #but from a personal point of view he was simply someone riddled with grief #he founded a new world but he did so alone when he should have been with all his friends... #mine: kh #my art #so time may or may not have gotten away from me... i started this drawing in July. lol #the caption is part of old verse 2 from pokémon legends arceus #the entirety of which is absolutely perfect for ephemer but would be too long #i'll just write it in tags here: #'o you; who at the world's far-off ends dwell; i know your wish- it is my wish as well. #my own beloved is now gone from me; departed to a place i cannot reach. #my old companions have left me behind; their faces faded into days gone by. #still to my breast i clutch this hopeless dream; a futile wish for us once more to meet. #oh you; who at the world's far-off end dwell; i know your wish- it is my wish as well. #but ours are cold and endless winter days; warmed only by memories locked away.' #[minor edit: fixed the color of the lines on his shirt!] #[i am so proud of this one you don’t understand]

[rhythmmortis]

day 6: a world to revisit

#kingdom hearts #kh #kh1 #kh4challenge #wonderland was pretty cool in kh1 but imagine how it would look in the new engine and with better movement options #also that world text is also one of the most complicated graphics ive done as of writing this (1 month before this is posted) #tried doing more stylised colouring for this one to try and fit a set palette and i think it looks pretty alright!! #this one goes out to the bestie because im glad i get to make wonderland things for you now :)

[autumn-may]

that one blorbo trend

#kingdom hearts #kh #my art #kh fanart #Akusai #leaisa #lea #axel #saix #saïx #isa #kh isa #kh saix #kh saïx #kh lea #kh axel #image id in alt #Blood tw #I dont think i could chalk this moment up as isas “most traumatic moment” but i did not want to write the full sequence of events leading- #-to ddd on a tshirt so i just drew their matching catalyst moments

[raven-at-the-writing-desk]

diasomnia ice-cream parlor au doodles

[Referencing this post!]

Hello, yes, I’ve been thinking about the Diasomnia ice-cream parlor AU again 🍨🍦 I guess I must have been really hungry lately www

I see them as offering not just ice-cream, bur also variants like gelato, shaved ice, milkshakes, etc. (They can afford it with support from the Draconia royal family’s funds 😂) The focus here will be ice-cream though, just because that’s Malleus’s favorite.

Imagine walking in and not knowing what to order (there’s so much to choose from!), so you ask the staff to pick something for you… (Yes, I’ve thought about this way too much and now I’m going to shovel this at you—)

Malleus strikes me as a very traditional and old-fashioned guy, so I’d see him falling back on ol’ reliable. You can’t go wrong with a classic sugar cone and a healthy scoop on top!

He recommends mint chocolate chip because it adds an additional pleasant cooling sensation to the actual coldness of ice-cream. Malleus is fond of the flavor himself; it’s great for cooling down a mouth that’s hot from breathing flames!

You’re brave if you accept anything Lilia hands you… You ask him what this is (the ice-cream looks… discolored in some places, and there’s all this weird stuff jutting out from it; is that a piece of lettuce???). He just winks at you and calls it “Lilia-chan’s Super Cute ⭐️ Special”, featuring a bunch of “unique” flavors he created himself.

It comes served in a cup because it’s easier to eat it while walking that way. For Lilia, who is a well-seasoned traveler, foods that are able to be eaten on the go are a plus!

Silver picks out a waffle bowl (it resembles a sturdy bird’s nest) and encourages you to try a lot of different things. It’ll help you to gain an appreciation for the new and unfamiliar! With how wide the waffle bowl is and how many flavors and toppings are in there, this can be good for sharing with friends from all over.

The particular version featured in the doodle has three kinds of ice-cream, each one representing one of the three Good Fairies. A pink flavor, a blue flavor, and a green flavor—maybe rose or strawberry, blueberry or cotton candy, and pistachio? It’s a very naturey palate.

His animal friends have helped with the ingredients; there’s honey drizzled on top, as well as crushed nuts. Freshly picked berries and edible flowers garnish the bowl too—oh, and we can’t forget a generous chunk of honeycomb!

… I don’t know much about Kingdom Hearts, but I’ve heard that Silver resembles Riku from KH?? So maybe Silver can offer some sea salt ice-cream too as a throwback 😂

… Was anyone surprised by this? No? No.

Sebek chose a tall parfait glass for serving so that the dessert can be as tall as possible. It’s a matcha and ube soft serve, swirled high. The green is Diasomnia’s color, and the purple is meant to be the color of the underside of Malleus’s cape. (Sebek wanted to include black ice-cream to for the Draconia royal color, but couldn’t find a good flavor.)

Art isn’t his forte, but Sebek did his best to “recreate the imposing, elegant image of wakasama” in his dessert. The cherry on top, flanked by two conical chocolate pieces, are meant to be Malleus and his horns. The wafer poking out is supposed to “enhance the young master’s presence”. All the other things are extra details in an effort to make the ice-cream larger than life: candied fruit peels arranged in a line (to resemble the spines on a dragon’s tail), mochi balls (“magestones”) piled to one side, and a chocolate biscuit stick + wafer that, together, look like Malleus’s staff.

Sebek tried really hard! … He will aggressively try to sell you on this item.

If you’re really hungry or with a large group, why not go for the Diasomnia Family Fundae? It’s their take on a sundae, served in a glass boat. There’s a whole banana, chocolate syrup, whipped cream, and three maraschino cherries! The bramble is made of dark chocolate.

Each student is represented by one scoop and a little candy or chocolate that helps to characterize the boy (horns, bat wings, lightning bolt, or sword). Sebek is a lemon-like sherbet, befitting of his loud, in-your-face personality. Lilia is a bright red berry flavor (strawberries, cherries, cranberries, etc.), like his favorite red juices, deep and complex. Silver is vanilla bean, pure, simple, and earnest. (He could also be a subtle lavender flavor, since that's a flower known to ease you into sleep.) And Malleus… well, that scoop is a pitch black, but the flavor is something you can’t quite place your tongue on. It’s a mystery, just like he is! (Maybe the shop changes the flavor every now and again. They can run a promo where if you guess the right flavor combo for that particular week’s Malleus scoop, they give you a discount or a free cone.)

A lot of chocolate sauce is dripping down from the Malleus scoop; this is because the sauce is supposed to be his “blot”. The bottom three scoops—Lilia, Sebek, and Silver—are blanketed by the chocolate thorns as a reference to how those three were sentenced to sleep.

#twst #twisted wonderland #Malleus Draconia #Diasomnia #twst AU #twisted wonderland AU #AU #notes from the writing raven #my art #Lilia Vanrouge #Silver #Sebek Zigvolt #spoilers #Kingdom Hearts #KH Riku #Kingdom Hearts Riku #disney twisted wonderland #disney twst

[haunted-xander]

Vanitas stop projecting it's not making your case any more convincing

#GOD the dialogue here was a BITCH to write #it kept getting waaay too long and i had to keep editing and readjusting it #i ended up rewriting it THREE TIMES #vanitas STOP MONOLOUGING SO MUCH #vanitas #ventus #vanven #kinda. not like inherently but like. yk #kingdom hearts #kingdom hearts birth by sleep #kh #kh bbs #art #my art #xanders art #digital art #fan art

[yoroshiu]

You wake up with holes in your memory.

Holes you don't know exist until later.

You're given a mission, you take it in stride. You've saved the world once so a second time isn't too bad. Though sometimes you feel things towards places and people you don't know. Crooked smiles, the gentle and eternal sunset, sky-blue ice cream that tastes salty then sweet—the traces of Summer constrict your lungs. Huh? What's this? They question why you're shedding tears. You don't know the answer.

You're met with faces you don't—you do—know, and yet they know you. They call you another name and it doesn't ring a bell. Over time, it gets annoying as they look past you with smirks and no care about who you are. Secrets and missing friends drive you to anger. Why does no one say anything?

Who is, what is, why is—why, why?

The answers are weird. There was a you, not you, but you. They had a different name but a similar face, but different hair and the way they smiled was a bit different. Everyone says they were you but when you see their visage for the first time, they seemed like someone else. They lived a life you didn't. You don't know what exactly they lived through, you just feel the weight of a deepened loss.

You, everyone says. It's you.

But that feels wrong. Memories blend and blur like a watercolor painting, but it feels distant. Them. Not you.

And when you understand, feel, the gravity of their existence, you wonder why they were made to be you. You feel like you can't comprehend fully, what it means to be you or them. What is you, what was never you. There was more too. One, two, three, maybe four. Preceding, succeeding—what were the bits that belonged to you?

You, you, you.

Who are you really?

#kingdom hearts #kh #sora #kh sora #roxas #kh roxas #heart hotel #thinking about sora and the crisis that comes with having your identity split without your awareness #yoroshiu writes