#Welcome to Smash Sora!

[flowergirlmiwa]

the brush on this particular one genuinely reminds me of ventus' keyblade. Im mentally unwell

a car snow scraper is a kind of keyblade. hope this helps

[gizmo02]

Welcome to Smash Sora!

[thatsofic]

★ WELCOME SODA TO THE FICFEST STAGE!

The audience was ecstatic for them!

Dayna's huge comeback earlier that year with her smash hit, "Deserve," was a major success and the crowd went wild.

The performance of "Closer" by Sora, which had only been featured on tour and never officially promoted, caused a frenzy among fans.

And when Soda performed their first duet track since their debut, "Hair Down," the entire venue was packed and everyone was ecstatic and singing along.

SHOW SODA SOME LOVE AT ... @alwaysvivid !

[smashinghalloween]

𝕭𝖔𝖎𝖑𝖘 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝕲𝖍𝖔𝖚𝖑𝖘 𝖔𝖋 𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖗𝖞 𝖆𝖌𝖊 . . .

A familiar chill is sweeping through the Smash Mansion-- with it a cacophony of ghoulish giggling echoing along every hall. The source of the frightful uproar were hoards of ghastly ghosts. This year they weren't simply here to deliver a message. Residents and visitors alike would find themselves plagued by the nightmarish apparitions as they delivered merely a taste of the horrors they would soon experience in the town of Halloween...

No wall or door was a barrier to the haunting ghouls and everyone would find themselves personally accosted by a gruesome spectre and left with an invitation in their posession. The envelope resembled the iconic Smash Invite, except the paper was more withered and the symbol upon the orange seal bore a glowing jack-o-lantern.

The invite was a request for your presence by the one and only Pumpkin King himself. Included was a torn map of both Halloween Town and the renowned Hotel Transylvania. It contained directions on how to reach the hotel via the connecting graveyards for your stay, including a booking and room number with a signature by Count Dracula himself.

        EVENT DETAILS:

This special Halloween event is for the Smash / General Nintendo community! If your muse chooses to attend, they will transform into a Halloween creature upon arrival to Halloween Town ( like Kingdom Hearts ). It’s up to you what sort of Halloween entity your muse will become! Of course, if your muse is already scary, they needn’t change. Duplicate muses are welcome!

You may find non-mutuals participating in the event, you are not required to interact with everyone, but please be respectful and open to everyone.

You don’t have to be following this blog, but it makes life easier since all updates will be posted here. Jack Skellington and Count Dracula will be the main hosts of this event.

Your muses will be staying at Hotel Transylvania during the event, which Count Dracula runs. He is an old friend of Jack. The graveyards at each location offer a quick portal to and fro.

I wanna stress that this event is open to everyone in the RPC. Smash is about celebrating crossovers and Sora being in Smash makes everything canon. Don’t be afraid to get involved! Canon characters, OCs or otherwise, you’re all welcome to have some spooky fun in Halloween Town!

It will take place the throughout all of October with special events, ect every week. This means everyone gets a chance to take part, but you’re not locked into the event, you can RP outside of it normally of course! Your muses will be helping Jack and the rest of the town make Halloween happen! They will also get to experience many different activities such as pumpkin carving and finding a prize through a haunted maze. Parties will also take place at the Hotel and live music events. Again, the community tag for this event will be: ‘#event: spooky smashing fun’

The events aren’t time sensitive and can overlap, so don’t worry if a new one starts and you’re still having fun with another one. For example, your muse can carry on pumpkin carving, while a masquerade party is also happening. You can take part in as many or as few events as you like. The point is to have some Halloween fun all through October! Even when the event ends, you're free to continue threads.

Please reblog this promotion post if you’re interested / your muse is joining the fun! It helps gauge interest. Please feel free to join the Smash/Nintendo RPC Discord server for more discussion and to share your ideas for this event, meet other participants and more! https://discord.gg/SETxJyv

Needless to say, anti-LGBTQ+, TERFs, MAPs, incest shippers/supporters, racists, exclusionists, ect are not welcome to participate in this event.

[milesonthenet]

Kingdom Hearts: A bizarre Disney experiment that took off.

Welcome to the House of Milesverse, and today we will be discussing a truly bizarre series. I promise that I'll try to keep it Simple & Clean when it comes to discussing it. Today's topic is Kingdom Hearts, the iconic Disney-Final Fantasy crossover that you've probably heard of.

This is in late honor of the franchise, in fact. March 28th celebrates the 22nd Anniversary of the first Kingdom Hearts game. That is 22 years since Kingdom Hearts' inception.

What IS Kingdom Hearts?

The Process:

Years ago, the early seeds of Kingdom Hearts were laid in a game idea. Square Enix (Square at the time) wanted to make a 3D game similar to Mario 64. However, they could not figure out an idea on who would represent the series. They believed that only characters from Disney could potentially rival Mario in popularity.

That led to a chance encounter between former game producer Shinji Hashimoto and a Disney Executive. Square as it turned out, operated in the same japanese office building as Disney did. From there, Hashimoto pitched the idea to Disney directly, and it was smooth sailings from then on.

Development soon began in 2000 with character designer Tetsuya Nomura providing the 'look' of many characters in the game. Initially, Disney wanted Donald Duck to be the main protagonist for the game. Square on the other hand argued for Mickey Mouse to be playable.

Instead, a compromise was made, and an original character was created. Sora is the main protagonist of the Kingdom Hearts series and wielder of the keyblade. He's recognizable to many people who aren't as familiar with the games.

A fun fact about Kingdom Hearts is its use of Final Fantasy characters. These characters were quite a shocker expected back then. In fact, their appearance was deliberately kept a secret to entice fans.

Success & More:

The first game, Kingdom Hearts 1, was released in 2002. It was a commercial success, and it quickly paved the way for a sequel. As of 2022, the game has sold well over 36 million copies worldwide.

Tetsuya Nomura himself was unsure if there would be room for a sequel. He still snuck in a secret trailer scene in the game for fans. Soon enough, plans for a sequel were made after Kingdom Hearts 1, and other games quickly followed. Chain of Memories, for example, was released in 2003, and directly follows the story from the first game.

Since then, Kingdom Hearts is up to its 13th installment. It has spawned a massive following worldwide. The series just perfectly captures the Disney magic that many people had in their childhood. More than that, it also offers something fun for the Final Fantasy fans.

In 2021, Sora would finally join Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as its last DLC fighter. In addition, it was revealed that Sora is the most highly requested fighter to ever appear in the Smash Bros series. It's quite a testament to his character, and how popular he is.

In 2022, Kingdom Hearts IV was announced for the next generation of consoles. It is a sequel to Kingdom Hearts 3, which acted as an ending to numerous old storylines. Kingdom Hearts IV sets the stage for a new story, pitting Sora and his friends against the 'Lost Masters'.

Voice Actors who have worked on Kingdom Hearts:

Kingdom Hearts has boasted many actors over its installments. You would be surprised to see who's been in the series.

The main character Sora is voiced by Haley Joel Osment. Osment played in the Sixth Sense as Cole Sear, a psychic child. You'd know him from the iconic film line, "I see dead people".

The main antagonist Xehanort is voiced by at least three actors.

Leonard Nimoy (Spock from Star Trek)

Rutger Hauer (Roy Batty from Blade Runner)

Christopher Lloyd (Doctor Brown from Back To The Future)

Opposite of Xehanort is Eraqus, who is played by Mark Hamill. He's Luke Skywalker and the iconic voice of The Joker in numerous Batman media. Nimoy and Hamill in a way also represents the Star Trek Vs. Star Wars debate that's pervaded fandoms for so long.

The character Roxas is Sora's 'nobody', essentially his other half. He and Ventus, the character he's modeled after, share the same voice. They are both voiced by Jesse McCartney, a famed popstar in the 2000s. Jesse McCartney would also do the voice for Robin in Young Justice, and later, as Nightwing.

Ansem the Wise, later known as DiZ, is another supporting character in the franchise. Christopher Lee is well-known as Dracula, Saruman, and Count Dooku. After his unfortunate passing, Lee was replaced by Corey Burton.

Hayden Panettiere was the initial voice for Sora's close friend, Kairi. She played Kirby Reed in both Scream 4 and Scream 6. She also played Juliette Barnes in Nashville, and Claire Bennet in Heroes.

Hayden would later be replaced by Alyson Stoner in future installments. Alyson Stoner played Caitlyn in Camp Rock and it's sequel. She was also Isabella Garcia in the popular Disney series, Phineas and Ferb.

The main antagonist of the first game was Ansem, Xehanort's Heartless. Ansem was at first voiced by Billy Zane for the first game. Billy Zane was also the main antagonist of Titanic, aka Caledon Hockley.

In later games, Zane would be replaced by Richard Epcar. Richard Epcar is notable as the voice of Raiden from Mortal Kombat, and Daisuke Jigen from Lupin the 3rd. He's also the voice of Joseph Joestar's older self in later seasons.

All of this is further compounded by the Disney worlds. Kingdom Hearts gets numerous old actors back to reprise their roles. For example, Mickey, Donald, and Goofy all retain their current voice actors.

Overall, Kingdom Hearts has a well-crafted cast of voice actors. Numerous notable names have come to play characters in the series. I think that on its own is another impressive fact to add to the series.

The Story (And why it's not as confusing as you think):

What makes it so confusing?

Kingdom Hearts is renowned across online fandom platforms for its plotline. Almost anything about it is guaranteed to create confusion in fans. It's hard enough having to keep up with how many people are just different iterations of other characters. Fans have coined the phrase "Everyone is Sora/Xehanort." for a reason.

In reality, the story itself is not 'confusing' at first glance. It all relies on making sure you play the games in order. Kingdom Hearts' greatest flaw is when people overthink it to the extreme.

There are a lot of people who would prefer to skip to the most recent game. However, that creates its own net of issues. When you don't play the games in order, you end up confused by certain plot elements.

To fully comprehend the bigger picture, you need to accept a few things about the series as well. For example, keyblades are inherently magical weapons. They possess a degree of sentience and can open or lock any door. Only someone strong of heart can wield a keyblade.

Overall, Kingdom Hearts is not a confusing series to get into. It's just a lot to look at. This leads to the games overwhelming people who try to take in every single detail.

Why it works:

The love for Kingdom Hearts is phenomenal. After its release, it quickly gained praise as a best-selling hit under Disney. Much of this praise is given to the story, and characters. Even more praise is added to its scene-stealing music.

Its blending of Disney and RPG tones is also enjoyed by the audience. This is something that you would not expect to work, but it does. Kingdom Hearts itself is a perfect balance of Square Enix's usual flavor, combined with the childhood Disney magic that you are familiar with.

Kingdom Hearts' accuracy toward Disney also works when looking at the films. Fan-Favorite locations in the game are pulled from Disney's various films. They are almost perfectly replicated in Kingdom Hearts' own animation. It is a testament and love letter to the franchise's cartoonish roots.

Kingdom Hearts is something that at first glance, you think would not work. It's effectively a bizarre fusion between two things that have nothing in common. However, the developers behind the scenes do their part in making sure that the game balances it. Everything has a purpose, and nothing feels out of place.

Conclusion:

Kingdom Hearts is an interesting topic to bring up in terms of video games. It's attracted a lot of confusion and shock from newcomers. However, I believe that this zaniness does its part. It is meant to be shocking, and as a series, it does that well.

There's something fun about how the series presents itself. Kingdom Hearts does not take itself seriously. Yet, there's no harm coming from that effect. This only accentuates its deep connections to the Disney franchise.

I think Kingdom Hearts is a fun series that has a lot of heart. I wanted to play the games myself as a kid after seeing how cool they were. I finally had the chance to buy them last year. It was perfect being able to relish every moment in playing them. I would recommend you pick up the game yourself.

What's NEXT?

Remember when I said that I was doing a review of Transformers: Earthspark? I still am. I pushed it back in favor of other topics, but it is still happening.

We'll also talk about X-Men '97 and discuss some other things. Moon Girl season 2 will also be another topic sometime this year. I hope you really enjoyed this one, by the way. If you have any questions or suggestions, please send them my way.

[haveievermentioned]

sending you back top 5 fic recs and top 5 fics you’re written for the ask game!! :)

Sorry this took so long! I got busy. Top Recs:

"You must fix your heart" series by @screechthemighty as much as I like Valhalla, it didn't come CLOSE to what I want from a post Ragnarok story like these fics do. They are kind of interlinked and honestly, after (Massive GoW ragnarok spoilers) this really helped me with all of that.

Angry Words by PoH. Actually anything by PoH. They are my best friend and all of their writing is fantastic. They Semi sincerely wrote fics about William Birkin having a love affair with the element fire, they wrote a GORGEOUS fic about Jack and the Little Sister's first Christmas on the surface, and a lot of great Ace Attorney and KH stuff that fill in blanks or are post series. But this is maybe the funniest ones they did (outside of William/Fire which was a sort of parody) where Xigbar gave Roxas and Xion a PS3 and a copy of Bioshock with no context and they learn about Swear words! Like "Communist!" and "Goddess!" It's great.

Dripping Diamonds (between my thighs) by @empresscirque Okay I haven't read it. But Empress is another fantastic friend and this is maybe their most popular piece. I skimmed it a bit and it's written really well. (Just not my ship, and they know that)

The Mallard Family by GreyLiliy as a MASSIVE Darkwing Duck fan I can't emphasize enough how much this completely changed how I thought of his yuppie neighbors, the muddlefoots.

Pearls of Portent by Zophaer Link/Mipha fic where Link wakes up with 7 of Mipha's eggs next to him. Link is mute, everyone is confused, it's really sweet and sad.

Okay, on to mine

As long as you should have lived - a Resident Evil post village story where Chris proposes a legally real but otherwise fake marriage to Mia in order to fulfill his promise to protect Rose. Mia agrees, and things don't go as well as they planned. Chris is a Demiromantic Asexual in here, Mia has loads of trauma to unpack from 7 and 8, and their fake honeymoon keeps running into complications, like Ethan's sister who never bought anything Chris said.

The Jecht/Maleficent series Kingdom Hearts universe, some time shortly after BBS, Maleficent mistimes a teleport and ends up on Destiny Islands, where she runs into Jecht - recently of Radiant Gardens - and falls ill. A combination of exoticism and Florence nightingale leads them to having a one night stand. After THAT it splits into 3 universes. In all of them, Jecht has promised to love her forever. In all of them, How that plays out depends on what happened right after that promise.

Italian Beef Sandwiches and Spaghetti! Introducing Chef Carmy! Look, in 2023, The Bear and Delicious Party Pretty Cure came out. Both stories had people using food to deal with dead family members. I had to smash them together, and I had a LOT of fun doing it. It was written before S2 came out so it's not exactly canon compliant even before the girls show up, but like... I had Yui and Carmy talk about food and dead relatives and Ritchie trying not to swear in front of kids.

You are not alone stand alone story in my Quadratum series, Sora figures out he's Aro Ace after being very confused by the X-files. Aya, Garrett, NieR, and Sora all have great moments, Ash gets introduced and as much as I love Xem, xeir pronouns make me frustrated (but non binary people deserve more non they/them rep) and Garrett also learns something about himself.

Welcome, Curious Friends a zine piece where Sora went to Phantom Manor and woke up looking at a ticket taker skeleton. It's got a mystery, it's got danger, it's got a LOT of catharsis for anyone who has ever wanted to punch (spoiler)

(honorable mention: Xion, the soap opera lover, Lover of the Light, The Secret Diary of Quincey Morris, Mia Goes Shopping, and Tell me it won't hurt.

[snowstar716]

SUPER SMASH BROS. CHARACTER THEME SONGS (in my opinion)

Mario: Jump - Van Halen

Donkey Kong: Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang

Link: Centuries - Fall Out Boy

Samus: Iron Man - Black Sabbath

Dark Samus: Take Me Over - Red

Yoshi: Walk The Dinosaur - Was (Not Was)

Kirby: Counting Stars - OneRepublic

Fox: Wings Of Steel - Wings Of Steel

Pikachu: Thunder - Imagine Dragons

Luigi: Ghostbusters - Ray Parker Jr.

Ness: It's The End Of The World As We Know It - R.E.M.

Captain Falcon: Don't Stop Me Now - Queen

Jigglypuff: Symphony - Clean Bandit

Peach: Holding Out For A Hero - Bonnie Tyler

Daisy: Umbrella - Rihanna

Bowser: Be Prepared (Cover) - Jonathan Young

Ice Climbers: Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

Sheik: Keep It Undercover - Zendaya

Zelda: When You're Gone - Avril Lavigne

Dr. Mario: Doctor - Jack Stauber

Pichu: Electric Avenue - Eddy Grant

Falco: Birds - Imagine Dragons

Marth: Hero - Skillet

Lucina: Time - Pink Floyd

Young Link: Go The Distance - Michael Bolton

Ganondorf: Hail To The King - Avenged Sevenfold

Mewtwo: Animal I Have Become - Three Days Grace

Roy: Burning Down The House - Talking Heads

Chrom: Awake & Alive - Skillet

Mr. Game & Watch: Game Over - Falling In Reverse

Meta Knight: Wrong Side Of Heaven - Five Finger Death Punch

Pit: Fly Away - Lenny Kravitz

Dark Pit: Bring Me To Life - Evanescence

Zero Suit Samus: Unstoppable - Sia

Wario: Thrift Shop - Macklemore

Snake: Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes

Ike: Legend - Jaroslav Beck

Squirtle, Ivysaur, & Charizard/Pokémon Trainer: We Are The Champions - Queen

Diddy Kong: It's Tricky - Run-DMC

Lucas: I'm Just A Kid - Simple Plan

Sonic: Runaway Baby - Bruno Mars

King Dedede: Fat - “Weird Al” Yankovic

Olimar/Alph: Rocket Man - Elton John

Lucario: Aura - Dennis Lloyd

R.O.B.: Boom - P.O.D.

Toon Link: Come Sail Away - Styx

Wolf: Three Little Pigs - Green Jelly

Villager: Psycho Killer - The Talking Heads

Mega Man: More Than Meets The Eye - Linkin Park

Wii Fit Trainer: Physical - Olivia Newton-John

Rosalina & Luma: All The Stars - SZA

Little Mac: Free Fallin’ - Tom Petty

Greninja: The Ninja Song - Cory Williams

Palutena: Goddess - Iggy Azalea

PAC-MAN: PAC-MAN Fever - Buckner & Garcia

Robin: Magic - Mystery Skulls

Shulk: Into The Future - Chef’Special

Bowser Jr., Larry, Roy, Wendy, Iggy, Morton, Lemmy, Ludwig: Horrible Kids - Set It Off

Duck Hunt: Atomic Dog - George Clinton

Ryu: Karate - Tenacious D

Ken: Through The Fire & Flames - DragonForce

Cloud: Push It To The Limit - Scarface

Corrin: The Middle - Maren Morris

Bayonetta: Daisy - AshNikko

Inkling: Paint It Black - The Rolling Stones

Ridley: Die MF Die - Dope

Simon: Whip It - Devo

Richter: The Sound Of Silence (Cover) - Disturbed

King K. Rool: Crocodile Rock - Elton John

Isabelle: Best Day Ever - DJ Cadence

Incineroar: Eye Of The Tiger - Survivor

Piranha Plant: Mean Green Mother From Outer Space - Levi Stubbs

Joker: The Joker & The Thief - Wolfmother

Hero: Magic - Pilot

Banjo & Kazooie: Best Friend - Weezer

Terry: Fight To Win - Your Favorite Martian

Byleth: School’s Out - Alice Cooper

Min Min: Unleash The Dragon - JT Music

Steve, Alex, Zombie, & Enderman: Diamonds - Rihanna

Sephiroth: Evil Angel - Breaking Benjamin

Pyra & Mythra: Warriors - Aaliyah Rose

Kazuya: My Demons - Starset

Sora: When Can I See You Again? - Owl City

Mii Fighters: Critical Hit - No More Kings

Sans: Spooky Scary Skeletons (Remix) - The Living Tombstone

Cuphead: I Ain't Worried - OneRepublic

Vault Boy: Sugar, We're Going Down - Fall Out Boy

Shantae: Friend Like Me - Robin Williams

Doom Slayer: Out Of Hell - Skillet

Hammer Bro: U Can't Touch This - MC Hammer

Chain Chomp: Who Let The Dogs Out? - Baha Men

Thwomp: Crushcrushcrush - Paramore

Waluigi: Loser - Beck

KlapTrap: Chomp Chomp - Alestorm

Skull Kid: Masks - Aviators

Moon: Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Midna: The Wolf - SIAMÉS

Ghirahim: Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance

Metroid: Parasite - DAGames

Mother Brain: Intergalactic - Beastie Boys

Nightmare: Nightmare - Avenged Sevenfold

Knuckle Joe: Fighter - The Cast of Glee

Chef Kawasaki: Eat It - “Weird Al” Yankovic

Andross: Imperial March - John Williams

Krystal: Keep Holding On - Avril Lavigne

Samurai Goroh: Heavy Metal Samurai - Metalucifer

Starman: Starman - David Bowie

Jeff: Rocketeer - Far East Movement

Tiki: Dragonhearted - TryHardNinja

Lyn: Forsaken - Within Temptation

Black Knight: Fight The Knight - Crush 40

Phosphora: Electric Shock - F(x)

Ashley: Hocus Pocus - Marnik

Burrowing Snagret: Angry Birds Rap - JT Music

Kapp'n: Another One Rides The Bus - “Weird Al” Yankovic

Riki: Happy - Pharrell Williams

Color TV-Game 15: New Game - Nitro Fun

Sheriff: I Fought The Law - The Clash

Devil: The Devil Went Down To Georgia - Charlie Daniels

Takamaru: Warriors - Imagine Dragons

Dr. Wright: We Built This City - Starship

Flies & Hand: Fly - Marshmello

Prince Of Sablé: Adventure - Matthew Parker

Sukapon: Robot Rock - Daft Punk

Isaac: With Great Power - JT Music

Starfy: Shooting Star - Owl City

Nintendog: Dogsong - Toby Fox

Dr. Kawashima: Teach You How To Die - JT Music

Vince: Happy Accidents - CG5

Nikki: Mi Mi Mi - SEREBRO

Dillon: Rollin’ - Limp Bizkit

Yuri Kozukata: The Spook - KSHMR

Arcade Bunny: Drunk Arcade - Bombs Away

Spring Man: This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race - Fall Out Boy

Squid Sisters: Just Dance - Lady Gaga

Ghosts: Ghost - Mystery Skulls

Bomberman: Dynamite - Taio Cruz

Alucard: Vampire - Lazyboy Empire

Wily Capsule: Crazy = Genius - Panic! At The Disco

Zero: On My Own - Ashes Remain

Knuckles: Fight Back - NEFFEX

Shadow: Pumped Up Kicks - Foster The People

Guile: This Is America - Childish Gambino

Akira: Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas

Gray Fox: Another Way Out - Hollywood Undead

Rodin: Heathens - Twenty One Pilots

Shovel Knight: Diggy Diggy Hole (Cover) - Wind Rose

All Pokémon: Evolution - KoRn

Master Hand & Crazy Hand: I Will Not Be Moved - DAGames

Giga Bowser: Godzilla - Eminem

Ganon: The Beast - Tech N9ne

Galleom: I Am Machine - Three Days Grace

Rathalos: Dragonborn - Jeremy Soule

Dracula: In The Dark Of The Night (Cover) - Jonathan Young

Marx: Alastor’s Game - The Living Tombstone

Galeem & Darkhon: This Is The End - NateWantsToBattle

[blackhakumen]

Mini Fanfic #1155: Welcome to New Donk City!!☆ (Super Smash Bros Ultimate)

5:12 p.m. in New Donk City......

Pit/Sora: (Walks Out of the Bus Together Along with Everyone Else in the Smash Family with Awe Struck Looks on Both Their Faces as They Start Looking Around the City in Front of Them) Woooooooah........

Sora: So this is New Donk City? It looks even more bigger than I imagined.....

Pit: Right? It's been one of top two places I've always wanted go to for the longest time now.....

Sora: (Turns to Pit) What's the second place?

Pit: The Polar Express.

Sora: Awesome.......

Pit: (Let's Out a Very Loud Gasps Before Moving Sora's Face to What he is Now Pointing at) Sora, look!!

Sora: ('GASPS') The Christmas Tree.......The Declarations.......Christmas Chrouses!

Christmas Chrous: (Happily Swinging Their Heads From Side to Side While Singing in the Public Eye in a Near Perfect Harmony) We wish you a Merry Christmas~ We wish you a Merry Christmas~ We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year~

Viridi: (Walks Out of the Bus Along with Kairi and Riku) First day of December and they already got everything prepared for the holidays.

Pit: (Already in Tears of Joy along with Sora) I know, right? ('Sniff') It's so wonderful......

Sora: Amazing.....('Sniff') Sight to behold for- (Eyes Suddenly Starts Widening) suuuuuuoh my God! (Moves Pit's Face To Where's Pointing At) Pit, look!!

Pit: (Gasps Loudly Again as He Sees a Group a Man Out Walking Oit of a Building One By One, Wearing White Beards and Red Wintery Like Attires) SANTAAAAAS!~

Sora: There's so many of them!~

Kairi: You....guys do know that we've already met the real Santa in the past, right?

Viridi: Yeah, what make any of those fake ones any different?

Pit: (Turns to the Girls with a Very Excite Smile on his Face) They're the very first Mall Santas we've see in the long time that aren't Uncle Dedede for once!

Sora: (Grabs his Chin While Thinking) I wonder if they accept photo requests....

Viridi: (Shrugs) If money's involved maybe.

Kairi: ('Sigh') I just hope they don't charge us too much.....

Riku: Let's worry about all of that after we settled ourselves in for. (Starts Yawning a Bit) That plane ride got me more sleepy than usual.....

Dedede: (Scoffs While Walking Out of the Bus Alomg with Cloud and Tifa Behind Him) Bunch of posers. What kind of Mall Santa would charge someone to take one picture with them?

Tifa: There are few other malls I can think of, that actually does that kind of thing actually.

Cloud: I'm surprised you never thought about doing it as well, De.

Dedede: Why would I? It's the holiday! I ain't never gonna be the one to try and crush people's dreams of wanting to meet St. Nick for few a dough, especially since OUR mall starting to up charge the prices. (Turns to the Couple) Did y'all know they charge nutcrackers sixty dollars now?

Tifa: (Eyes Widened in Genuine Surprise) Sixty dollars?

Cloud: (Raises an Eyebrow in Confusion) For a nutcracker?

Dedede: Yeah, sounds stupid, doesn't? It ain't even that special looking either! We have people working hard on their grind to try and buy games, gift, subscription cards, and rare looking action figures that cost just as much and then some, and y'all expecting people to pay that much for a regular looking ass nut cracker? Hell Nah!

Daisy: (Gently Grabbing onto Luigi's Hand Walking Next to Them Out of the Bus) I'm telling you, babe, you have nothing to worry about here. You folks seems like nice people from what you told me about me.

Luigi: ('Sigh') Yeah, but they can be a headache sometimes. Uncle Arthur and Tony especially. I can't TELL you how many times they kept pestering me about not having a girlfriend and boyfriend......

Daisy: (Forms a Confident Smirk on her Face While Hugging on her Boyfriend Arm) Well, luckily, you got yourself a kick ass girlfriend who's more than willing to stand by your side throughout all of it. I could even brag a little if you want.

Luigi: If it helps get those two to back off a bit, then I say go for it.

DK: (Walks Out of the Bus Along with Diddy While Sigh) I don't know, Diddy. Are you sure Pauline's not gonna be mad me for what happened?

Diddy: (Gives DK a Reassuring Smile on his Face) That was a long time ago, big guy. She don't seem like the kind of lady who hold grudges from what I heard.

DK: ('Sigh') I guess. (Smiles a Bit) It's cool have an entire city named after me at least.

The duo then starts noticing a few city folks glaring harshly at the big ape in question, causing him to swallow his confidence down with one gulp.

DK: Even if everyone here does hates my guts.....

Diddy: (Pulls the Front of his Shirt to the Side in Awkwardness) Sheesh.....

Peach: (Struck in Awe at the City in Front of Her) So this is New Donk City.......It's so.....big, vibrant....(See a Few Cars Driving By with the Multi Sounds of Horns Starts Ringing her Eardrums) A lot more busy than Smash Town even.

Mario: (Chuckles Lightly as He Walk Up Next to Peach) That's the city life for you. It used to look a lot different when Lu and I were raised here, but it still feels as homey and recognizable as it always been. Pauline did a really good job taking care of this place.

Peach: Yeah. That's.....(Frowns a Bit) Great.......

Mario: (Turns to Peach with a Bit of a Worried Look on his Face) Is everything okay, Peach? You're not having tummy ache again, are you?

Peach: (Giggles Softly) No baby~ I'm find. Really. I just got myself lost in my own thoughts again is all.

Mario: (Stares at Peach for a Brief Second Before Sighing) If you say so. (Points at Himself with a Grin on his Face) Just know I'm always here if you wanna talk and vent, okay? I'm serious.

Peach: (Playfully Rolls her Eyes) Yes, Mr. Mario, I hear you loud 'n clear~

Mario: (Playfully Cringes a Bit) ('Ugh') Please. Mr. Mario is my father's name thank you very much.

Peach: Then what do you want me to call then?~ Honey? My Knight and Shining Armor? (Leams Closer to Mario with a Somewhat Seductive Look on her Face) My one and only Teddy Bear?~

Mario: (Shrugs) Whatever makes you happy, dear. Just....don't give Ma any ideas on the nicknaming department. She goes overboard with it real quick.

Peach: (Giggles Softly) I try!~

?????: Mario!~

The couple turns to see the Mayor of New Donk City, Pauline, walking over and happily waving at them.

Mario: (Smiles Brightly at his Old Friend) Pauline, hello! (Walks Over to Pauline and Gives her a Hug) It's so good to see you.

Pauline: (Hugs Mario Back) Likewise!~ (Forms a Teasing Smirk on her Face) I see you're looking a like a pipsqueak as you've always been.

Mario: (Smirks Back at Pauline) Hey, I've grown a least a few inches in the last few months or so!

Pauline: Really?~ Then how come I see still see the top of your head after all these years, hm?~

Mario: Hey, we can't all have crazy growth spourt like you do, Mayor Paulidonna~

Pauline: I thought I told you never to call me that.

Mario: (Playfully Shrugs) Ooops~

'A-HeH HAM'

The duo turns to see Peach staring at the both of them before quickly putting on a sheepish, awkward smile on her face.

Peach: S-Sorry! Didn't mean to interrupt the reunion, but my name is-

Pauline: (Smiles Brightly at the Princess as Gives her Welcoming Handshake) Princess Peach!~ Mario told me so much about you in the past. It's truly an honor to finally meet you in person.

Peach: Yes, likewise~

Samus: (Watches the Trio in the Distance While Sighing) Oh boy. There's that look again......

Rosalina: (Raises an Eyebrow in Confusion While Standing Next to her Along with the Other Certified Mom Members) What look?

Samus: The jealous kind.

Bayonetta: Seems like our pink princess is slowly starting to succumb to the jealousy side.

Palutena: Not too surprising. We all been down that road at least once before.

Lea: I don't think ever have a hint of jealousy in my system.

Aqua: Neither do I now that I think about it.

Palutena: (Turns to the Keyblade Warriors) Give it some time. It'll come around eventually.

Samus: Let's just hope this doesn't go haywire in the long run.

Moms: ('Sigh') Yeah........

Christmas Journey Continued.......

@cyber-wildcat

@ma-lemons

@albion-93

@bestpony666

@theweebmaster31

[wildcardaces]

@ruby-static "de ja vu group rejoicing moment" edition!

Where this definitely seems familiar

Shawn: ANNA HOLY FUCK!

Shawn: FNAF MOVIE TRAILER!

Anna: yo WHAT!?

The both of them: YEEEAAAAH!!!

Quil who just walked in: what the hell?

They had the group reaction to Steve in smash, then sora in smash, and now while it's not smash related but finally. We have them all *WHEEZE* poor quil has no clue whats going on!

Suddenly Shawn rainworld shenanigans

Shawn: NOOOOO!

Welcome to rainworld

Shawn: FUCKING LEECHES!!!

a totally fair and easy game.

And the finale!

Shawn is slowly losing his ability to not be angry at his gaming situation xD

[maryo274]

"My friends are my power!"

As the fourth character of our #ninefanartchallenge I give you the holder of the legendary Key Blade, explorer of multiple Disney/Pixar universes and most recently the final fighter of Super Smash Bros Ultimate's Roster. From the Kingdom Hearts universe, here's Sora 🗝️✨

Not gonna lie, I know close to nothing about Kingdom Hearts but I've really wanted to get into the games and play all of them now that they're on PC, since I never had a Play Station console. My only experience playing as Sora has been in Smash Bros and it's been super fun. Also, I went with KH 1 Sora since it's the most iconic one, I suppose. It's the one that was presented at Smash after all.

Hope you like it. I'll try to post one more before the year ends. 😉✌🏼

Square Enix ©

Disney ©

Art by Maryo274 ©

If you like my art support with a reblog, it is appreciated. And you’re always welcome to comment too.

[princess-of-the-corner]

Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix Recap: Beast's Castle (Don't Fall in Love)

Before you can even access the world, you again have to complete a Gummi Route. In this case, Stardust Sweep.

Just like Asteroid Sweep, the Gummi Ship flies between various asteroids while battling Heartless and Nobodies. Unlike Asteroid Sweep’s red-tinted asteroids, these are tinted green.

Later routes contain more interesting gimmicks.

(Corner’s note: I am attempting to add a ‘readmore’ tag because I love these but I don’t want to subject everyone to the KH version of the ‘color of the sky’ post!)

 Sora, Donald, and Goofy arrive in the Entrance Hall, taken aback by both its size and how gloomy it is.

Sora wonders who lives here, and the trio is startled by a distant roar from deeper in the castle.

However, it doesn’t take long for them to recognize the roar as the Beast’s and, excited to reunite with one of their old friends, decide to check up on him as a Shadow Heartless creeps into a small room to the East.

Sora notices this, and the heroes disembark to battle the Heartless.

FUN FACT!: The overworld theme for this world is known as “Waltz of the Damned”. This got the rhythm game a “mild language” mark on its ESRB rating.

In the Parlor, our heroes find a rose under a glass dome, and are immediately surrounded by Heartless.

After enough time has passed, enough Heartless have been defeated, or Sora has lost, the trio get overwhelmed by the Heartless’ sheer numbers.

At this point, the Beast barges into the room, curb-stomps all the Heartless without breaking a sweat, swats the heroes aside just as easily, takes the rose, and leaves without a word of acknowledgement.

Goofy wonders if the Beast forgot about them, Sora notes that the Heartless’ presence must mean something, and Donald’s salty over getting swatted like a bug.

This room holds a Save Point and Monty’s Moogle Shop. Monty adds the Silver Ring accessory to the shops in Twilight Town and Hollow Bastion.

Out in the Entrance Hall, Donald notices a lady at the top of the stars.

Goofy surmises that the lady would have to be Belle, since this is Beast’s Castle and all, and Sora suggests that she might know what happened to the Beast.

On the way, the heroes are beset by various Heartless, including two notable types.

Sometimes, while walking down the halls or through the Courtyard, some of the gargoyles will be possessed by Heartless and come to life. These are Gargoyle Knights (wielding swords) and Gargoyle Warriors (wielding axes). Blocking the Gargoyle Knight’s attacks will stagger it, allowing Sora to use the “Release” Reaction Command to instakill it by expelling the Heartless animating it. The same can be done to Gargoyle Warriors by avoiding their spin-attack.

Upon ascending the stairs up to the East Wing, Sora hushes Donald and Goofy so they can sneak in.

Belle laments her situation, wondering what she’s going to do, and Donald tries to break the door down!

Slapstick ensues when Belle opens the door anyway, and she greets Donald with an (unwanted) hug, before also giving a verbal welcome to Sora and Goofy as the party’s Mage struggles in her embrace. This also makes her one of the few characters to break the sacred order of “Sora, Donald, and Goofy” when addressing the party.

After she releases Donald, she explains the situation to the party.

They’re having some relationship troubles lately, with the Beast not really talking to her anymore and locking himself in the West Wing.

More worryingly, he’s also locked up most of his servants, and Belle has no idea why.

The only way to access it is via the West Hall, and Sora volunteers to help, though Belle urges our heroes to be careful, given that the Beast hasn’t been himself lately.

Inside Belle’s room are a couple of chests, one of which contains the Castle Map.

The West Hall is found opposite the East Wing in the Entrance Hall.

There are some suits of armor for Sora to smash for free MP, HP, and Drive Gauge prizes, some unbreakable suits of armor blocking the way to the West Wing, and a sleeping Wardrobe (Beauty and the Beast) blocking the way to the Undercroft.

Upon trying to push the Wardrobe, she wakes up, briefly, shoves Sora out of the way, then hops back into place in front of the door, before falling back to sleep.

In order to complete this section, you must use the “Push” Reaction Command while the Wardrobe is sleeping in order to move her.

Sometimes, however, the Wardrobe will wake up, and “Push” will become “Waken”. The “Waken” Reaction Command causes the Wardrobe to counter attack, wherein she swats Sora out of the way, before hopping back into place.

Leaving the Wardrobe unpushed for too long will ALSO cause her to reset her position.

Once she’s fully shoved out of the way, she COMPLETELY awakens and asks what they want.

Sora explains that Belle needs them to go into the Dungeon, and the Wardrobe realizes that they’re here to help her friends.

She apologizes for startling them, and mentions that she was human before the enchantress cast her spell.

She was turned into a wardrobe, while the prince was turned into a beast.

Donald’s shocked to learn that the prince is the Beast, while Goofy’s shocked to learn that the Beast is a prince.

Sora wants more details on the spell, and the Wardrobe says that it was a cold winter’s night, before stopping there and saying that the rest can wait for AFTER the others have been rescued, much to SDG’s disappointment.

Inside the Undercroft, the heroes find that the door is a stone slab with a massive keyhole engraved between two semi-humanoid engravings.

Then, the stone turns to darkness, ten fingers curl around the keyhole, and the now living engravings fistbump.

 Say hello to the Thresholder, the first boss of this world.

 The thresholder slams and flails its arms around, summons Gargoyles identical to the others in the castle to fight for it, but otherwise remains stationary.

It will also Summon Hook Bats to defend itself after the Gargoyles are beaten. Sora can use the “Bat Cry” reaction command to grab the Hook Bats and bludgeon other Heartless (including the Thresholder) with it.

The Thresholder will also sometimes blast globs of darkness from its keyhole.

When it’s HP is depleted, Sora can use the “Release” Reaction Command to fire a beam of light into the Thresholder’s Keyhole, expelling the Heartless giving it life: The Possessor.

The Possessor is not a particularly powerful Heartless (later games have it as a regular enemy, even), and is the same species as the various Heartless that animate the Gargoyle Knights and Gargoyle Warriors (in fact, you can even see Possessors fly out of them when they’re destroyed, as a neat bit of foreshadowing).

The Possessor in this game has no means of attacking or defending outside of drifting aimlessly until it can repossess the Thresholder.

This is the second boss that the King can save Sora from. But remember, the King showing up is NOT a guarantee, and every time he appears, his chances for showing up again are permanently decreased for ALL bosses he can save Sora from.

Defeating the Possessor earns Sora the “Upper Slash” ability (knocks the target into the air if the block button is pressed in the middle of a Ground Combo, 4 AP to equip), Donald the “Donald Fire” ability (basically the same as the Fire spell), and Goofy 4 more Max HP.

After the Possessor is destroyed, the Thresholder turns to stone and dissolves into darkness.

Even though it had already turned to stone in the gameplay when the Possessor was destroyed.

Regardless, the doorway to the dungeon can now be opened.

Inside, the dungeon is empty, except for a clock, candelabra, teapot, and teacup.

“There’s no one to rescue?” Donald questions.

Sora sighs.

“Did someone say rescue?” an obviously French voice questions, only to be hushed.

“Keep quiet,” another voice speaks, “It might be THEM.”

“Oh they look like nice boys to me,” a more motherly voice chimes in.

Goofy assures the unseen speakers that they are nice, and that they’re friends.

Sora reveals that Belle sent them, and the various objects come to life, revealing themselves to be Cogsworth (Beauty and the Beast), Lumiere (Beauty and the Beast), Mrs. Potts

Sora introduces himself, Donald, and Goofy (in that order), and Donald picks up the clock to inspect him.

While Donald is a bit slow on the uptake, Sora takes it in stride, and Goofy asks if a spell was placed on them as well.

The servants explain their story:

One winter’s night, an old beggar woman came to the castle and asked for shelter.

The cruel prince of the castle refused because of her “unsightly appearance”.

She then revealed her true form, her true power even, and placed a curse on the prince and his servants. The prince became the Beast (now as ugly on the outside as he was on the inside), and his servants all became various appliances, tools, and furnishings in order to further punish him.

Sora, Donald, and Goofy consider this to be MASSIVELY out of line, and Donald suggests they hunt the enchantress down to fix this mess.

Mrs. Potts shoots that idea down, and the servants explain that they already know how to lift the curse, but they can’t do anything about it with the current state the Beast is in.

He’s become extremely paranoid, and forgotten how to trust others, seeing everything and everyone as a potential threat. He’s even MORE closed off than he was when he first met Belle.

Cogsworth worries that he may have turned into a Heartless, and while SDG are HORRIFIED at the thought, they reason that it’s probably NOT that bad yet, though they do believe that the Heartless may be responsible for whatever’s happened to the Beast.

With everyone determined to save the Beast from whatever’s sunk its claws into his heart, Lumiere leads the way to a shortcut.

The Dungeon holds a couple of chests, one of which holds the Map of the Basement, and a Save Point.

Cogsworth is in the upstairs portion of the Undercroft, and if you talk to Chip, he’ll mention that Cogsworth can make an alarm sound so loud it can wake up anyone.

Also, while Lumiere was the one who lead the way in the cutscene, its Cogsworth you have to talk to in order to progress the story.

Cogsworth, when spoken to, tells the two Suits of Armor guarding the upstairs door to step out of the way to let their guests through.

In the next room, we have a puzzle.

In order to open the way forward, all of the lanterns need to be lit, but they’re REALLY high up.

As such, Cogsworth will have to hold a lever down in order to keep the lanterns within range for Lumiere to light.

However, the lanterns have all been “lit” with dark flames, so Mrs. Potts with have to extinguish them so they may be lit properly. However, because the flames are dark by their nature, Sora will have to lend the power of light with the “Sprinkle” reaction Command to light the lanterns.

But Cogsworth can’t hold the handle down indefinitely. If he gets tired and loses his grip, all the unlit lanterns will go back to the ceiling. Whenever he loses his grip, Sora will have to use the “Restore” Reaction Command to restore Cogsworth’s strength by having Mrs. Potts give him water.

In short, Sora will have to guide Lumiere and Mrs. Potts to every lantern AND run back to Cogsworth whenever his arms give out.

Welcome to the most tedious puzzle in the entire game that I can remember at the moment.

It does not help that there are crates that slow down Lumiere and Mrs. Potts, and the “Sprinkle” command can only be used when everyone is standing next to the lantern.

Lumiere will always head to the next lantern, while Mrs. Potts will slowly hop after Sora.

Mercifully, the first of the four lanterns is lit automatically in a cutscene demonstrating how to progress through this puzzle, but this is still an infamously annoying section.

But once all four are lit, Sora opens the secret passage by pushing in the brick that was sticking out of the wall.

With that taken care of, Lumiere and Mrs. Potts head back to their stations to go back to work (with Chip following his mother) while Cogsworth explains that the Beast’s bedroom is at the very end of the west wing. He’ll be heading there to wait for SDG to help save the Beast.

The secret passage deposits SDG behind the impassable suits of armor from before, right by some gargoyles that have a chance of being Possessed, and granting access to the West Wing. The Beast’s Room lies at the end of this Heartless-filled Hallway.

Inside, we get our cutscene, and the next boss battle.

“It’s time you dealt with Belle,” III of Organization XIII remarks as he and Beast stand by the cursed rose, “She’s scheming to take everything you have.” He turns to walk away from the window, towards the door. “This castle, your precious rose-

“And then – your life.

“Trust no one, feed your anger!

“Only anger will keep you strong.”

“I’ve had enough of strength,” the Beast replies, “There’s only one thing I want –”

“What?” III questions, “to love and be loved in return?”

“Who could ever love a beast?”

The beast roars at III as SDG brandish their weapons to fight the Organization member.

“See?” III remarks, “She has accomplices.”

III glides back, and with a wave of his hand, raises an invisible barrier that blocks off the enchanted rose, before vanishing into a Corridor of Darkness.

 “Hey, prince,” Sora greats.

That was apparently the wrong thing to say, as the Beast roars loud enough to shake the room.

“Oh dear! Master!” Cogsworth shouts.

The Beast lunges forwards, having completely lost himself to his primal instincts, as Sora, Donald, and Goofy raise their weapons.

If they want to save their friend, they’re going to have to fight him.

The Beast is radiating a dark power, the same darkness III has been stoking to cloud his judgement and influence his decisions.

When near Cogsworth, Sora can use the “Wake Up!” reaction command to stun the Beast and deal massive damage to him.

The Beast however, can briefly knock Cogsworth away and stun him by roaring “Leave, NOW!!!”, though Cogsworth will recover.

Otherwise, he mostly attacks with the same claw swipes he used while protecting Sora in KH1.

When the Beast’s HP is depleted, the “Charge” reaction command becomes available. You need to spam this Reaction Command in order to give Cogsworth the power needed to wake up the Beast. Failing to do so will lead to the Beast reviving. Success leads to “Charge” becoming “Get Up!”, which ends the battle when used. As well as earning the following Victory Bonus:

Sora gets an Armor Slot.

Donald gets 3 more Max HP.

Goofy learns Defender (increases defense when HP is critical).

“Cogsworth, what happened?” the Beast questions upon waking up.

Cogsworth tries to explain it delicately, while Donald rips off the bandage and just tells the Beast that he locked all his servants up in the dungeon.

The Beast is, understandably, horrified.

“Who was that guy you were talking to?” Sora asks, “The one in black?”

The Beast gasps.

“Xaldin!” he exclaims, “… That’s his name.

"He came from the darkness. He used my anger to control me!

“He took all my sorrow, my sadness, my pain – and turned it all into rage.

“There was nothing I could do. I could no longer see the truth.”

Goofy theorizes that the Beast threw all his friends into the dungeon for their own safety, because he might’ve been JUST aware enough of what was going on to realize he might end up hurting them in his berserk state if he didn’t get them somewhere he couldn’t reach them.

The fact that he locked himself in his room adds further credence to this theory, though the Beast can’t remember enough to know if Goofy is right.

Cogsworth, at least, believes it to be true, and cites Belle seeing the goodness in his heart as evidence.

Unfortunately, hearing Belle’s name reminds him of how he treated HER while under Xaldin’s control, and he starts another depressive spiral. He hasn’t done anything to PHYSICALLY harm her (he’d never dream of it), but that doesn’t mean he’s been treating her well either.

Sora tries to explain that Belle was more worried FOR the Beast than worried about anything he might do to her, but the Beast is convinced that Belle wouldn’t have said anything even if the Beast HAD harmed her, thinking she’s too nice for her own good.

(In short, his self-loathing’s kinda at an all-time high.)

Sora suggests talking to her, and even offers to go with him to supply moral support.

THE BEAST HAS JOINED THE PARTY!!!

There’s a Save Point in the Beast’s Room, but let’s go over his abilities real quick:

Right Claw Swipe: Swipes sideways with right claw.

Left Claw Swipe: Ditto, but with the left claw.

Diagonal Claw: Swings and swipes diagonally with right hand.

Rising Claw Swipe: Jumps while scratching with left hand.

Falling Claw Swipe: After jumping, he swings the right hand down to scratch while falling.

Furious Shout: Spends 10 MP to knock down nearby enemies with a furious shout.

Furious Rush: Spends 10 MP to attack the enemy successively with a rush of enraged tackles.

His Limit is Howling Moon. Like Mulan’s Limit, it consumes all of Sora’s MP to use. To quote the Wiki “The limit begins with Twin Howl in which Sora and Beast roar at enemies. Afterwards, in the Reaction command slot, Stalwart Fang causes Beast to damage nearby enemies with a sonic wave. Meanwhile, in the Attack command slot, Outcry allows Sora to lunge at an enemy at close distance. The finisher move is Last Howl which causes the duo to unleash a powerful howl in an intense burst of light. During the limit, Sora can move freely. The limit can be ended prematurely through the Stop command in the Limit slot.” (Note: All I really cut out was the Japanese names and transliterations of those names.)

Regardless, with the Beast in the party, the suits of armor will let Sora pass now, and the Beast can help clear out any Heartless as they make their way to Belle’s room.

When they reach Belle’s room, however, she’s nowhere to be seen, but the Wardrobe is waiting for them.

She’s thrilled to see that the Beast has regained control from Xaldin.

The Beast, however, is more concerned with Belle’s whereabouts, at which point the Wardrobe reveals that she left to go after the man in black.

“What?!?” the Beast shouts, “Why doesn’t she do as she’s told?”

“Temper, temper!” the Wardrobe lectures as she turns her back to the Beast (and it says a lot about how much she trusts his self-control, even now, that she has no fear talking back to him like this while Donald and Goofy are cowering), “Her spirit is what makes Belle so special.”

Sora reminds Beast that it MIGHT be best that they find Belle before Xaldin does, and the quartet heads out.

Upon reaching the Entrance Hall, they hear the following.

“I’m warning you! You’ll be sorry!”

“Belle! Where are you?” Beast shouts.

“Beast! Help! I’m in the ballroom!”

Entering the ballroom reveals Belle fleeing an unseen pursuer.

Beast calls out to her.

“I’m all right” she assures as she steps out onto the balcony, and a burning Heartless wrapped in chains descends from above.

Having been cut off from its prey, it turns its attention to Sora, Donald, Goofy, and the Beast, and sinks into the ballroom floor.

Its darkness spreads across the floor, pillars, roof, windows, and chandelier.

The Heartless bursts out of the floor, having transformed the iconic Ballroom into a hellish parody of itself, and begins the fight.

This is the Shadow Stalker. During the battle, it will randomly possess parts of the ballroom to attack the heroes. It can send waves of darkness from the window, tendrils from the floor, make the pillars bend like tendrils, and even bring down the Chandelier.

Whenever the Chandelier drops from the ceiling, or a Pillar reaches zero HP, Sora can use the “Release” reaction command to force the Shadow Stalker into the open.

Once it’s been defeated, however, the chains break, and the Shadow Stalker reveals its true form by cloaking itself in darkness and emerging from its evil cocoon as a horned hellhound, a twisted parody of the Beast.

This is the Dark Thorn. It can swipe with its claws, summon Possessors from the floor to act as homing projectiles, grab Sora with its arms, turn invisible, or bring down the chandelier and swing around on it to attack.

When the Dark Thorn is invisible, Sora can use the “Step Vault” Reaction Command to step on its back and jump into the air.

After using Step Vault, Sora can use “Catch” to grab the Chandelier’s chain, drop the Chandelier on top of the invisible Dark Thorn. This deals minor damage and enables “Pendulum Swing”.

Pendulum Swing features Sora swinging the chandelier to grind the Dark Thorn against the pillars at the edge of the room, forcing it to turn visible (but dealing no damage).

If the Dark Thorn throws Sora, you can use the “Slingshot” Reaction Command to recover by swinging off a pillar and spinning into the Dark Thorn, dealing minor damage and forcing it to become visible if it’s cloaked.

Just like the Possessor/Thresholder, Mickey can save Sora.

Upon defeat, it grants Sora 5 more Max HP and Retaliating Slash (pressing the block button after getting knocked into the air makes Sora counterattack), Donald 3 more Max HP, Goofy an item slot, and the Beast 35 more Max HP.

The Dark Thorn is a rare example of a pureblood Heartless boss, meaning that it does not release a heart when killed, its body instead evaporating.

The ballroom returns to normal after a fade to black.

“We did it!” Sora celebrates.

"So you think,” Xaldin taunts.

The Beast attempts to attack Xaldin, but the hooded Nobody simply gives a calm “Farewell” as he vanishes into a Corridor of Darkness, disappearing right as the Beast reaches him.

The Beast wonders what he wants, and SDG theorizes that he was trying to turn the Beast into a Heartless so they could control his Nobody.

Belle is relieved to see that the Beast is back to his old self, and the Beast is thrilled to see that Belle is okay.

He apologizes for how he acted while under Xaldin’s control, and Belle assures him that there’s nothing to apologize for, before immediately going into a lecture about how he could stand to trust her a little more.

Lumiere remarks that time is running out, and comments on the rose from the Beast’s room.

Cogsworth then elaborates, explaining that the curse will only be lifted if the Beast learns to love and is loved in turn before the last petal falls, the spell will be broken.

Sora wonders if he’ll make it, but Mrs. Potts and Goofy are confident that he will, though Sora’s a bit more skeptical.

Then, his Keyblade summons itself, and the enchanted rose, back in Beast’s room, glows and levitates.

Light gathers around the tip of Sora’s Keyblade as a crown symbol appears at his feet, energy swirling around him and creating that sky dimension thing as the rose floats above him.

The rose fires a beam of light in the air, generating a massive, keyhole-shaped Gate above it, allowing Sora to do his thing and fire a beam of light from the tip of his Keyblade and into the keyhole, opening the Gate to the next world.

Beast asks about the lightshow, and Donald explains that the Gate is open.

In other words, it’s time to go.

They bid farewell.

“No more arguing, okay?” Goofy requests.

Belle gives the Beast a Look, and the Beast becomes adorably sheepish.

The servants promise to see to it, and bid our heroes farewell, promising that they’ll be welcome to come back anytime.

 Before leaving, however, Sora requests that they let him know if they learn anything about Riku, King Mickey, the Heartless, and/or Organization XIII in the mean time.

Sora learns Cure!

 In this game, Cure takes up ALL of your MP and puts you in MP recharge.

The amount of HP recovered depends on your Magic stat, BUT it also has an AOE effect that heals any nearby party members!

In short, Cure is nowhere NEAR as broken as it was in KH1. It is now a last resort rather than a panic button.

Upon clearing the world, another route connects to the Gummi Route unlocked by beating Land of Dragons.

However, much to the surprise of SDG, the Gummi Ship starts flying right back to Hollow Bastion without their input.

 I wonder what might be going on over there…

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I agree with Sora, Donald and Goofy. Let’s hunt down the Enchantress and kick her ass!!

[monstrouspegasister]

Fanganronpa ideas

ATTENTION ASPIRING FANGAN MAKERS!!!

Would you like an idea for a future fangan, free of charge? Well, your wish is my command! Here are all the fangan ideas I’ve devised but for one reason or anohter, decided to abandon (mostly cuz I’ve thought of another idea!) Make sure you credit me, first!

(Author’s note: All these character suggestions are just that- suggestions. Feel free to include or exclude any of them. Also, if you think one of the characters isn’t given the right Ultimate Talent, you’re welcome to change it.)

Disney Princess fangan

MC: Snow White, Aurora, Sofia, or Elena

Snow White: [Royal Talent undecided]

Cinderella: Royal Maid

Tinker Bell: Royal Inventor

Aurora: Royal Lucky Student

Ariel: Royal Anthropologist

Belle: Royal Librarian

Jasmine: [Royal Talent undecided]

Pocahontas: Royal Survivalist (Author’s note: If you plan on including Pocahontas, I wouldn’t recommend killing her off. Her real-life counterpart has already been through enough. :[ )

Mulan: Royal Soldier

Tiana: Royal Restraunteur

Rapunzel: Royal Artist

Merida: Royal Archer

Vanellope: Royal Gamer

Moana: Royal Wayfinder

Raya: Royal Explorer

(Author’s note: Feel free to exclude anyone listed here and / or include other Disney heroines (Esmeralda, Kida, Mirabel, Asha, etc.)

Super Ronpa Bros

Super Smash Bros Ultimate fangan

MC: It’s all up to you!

Mario: Ultimate Plumber

Luigi: Ultimate Ghost Hunter

Peach, Daisy, and / or Zelda: Ultimate Princess

Bowser and / or Ganondorf: Ultimate Villain

Wario: Ultimate Microgame Developer

Link: Ultimate Hero

Samus: Ultimate Bounty Hunter

Star Fox, Falco, and / Or Wolf: Ultimate Space Pilot

Mr. Game and Watch: Ultimate Jack-Of-All-Trades

Solid Snake: Ultimate Secret Agent

Meta Knight: Ultimate Knight

Villager: Ultimate Mayor

Isabelle: Ultimate Secretary

Sonic: Ultimate Speedster

Olimar: Ultimate Astronaut

Little Mac: Ultimate Boxer

Steve: Ultimate Miner

Joker: Ultimate Detective

Sora: Ultimate Keyblade Wielder

My Little Danganronpa

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic fangan

MC: It’s all up to you!

Twilight Sparkle: Ultimate Princess

Applejack: Ultimate Farmer

Bon Bon- Ultimate Spy (Sh: s revealed as Secret Agent Sweetie Drops later on. :3)

Cheerilee:Ultimate Teacher

Coco Pommel: Ultimate Assistant

Coloratura, Sapphire Shores, and / or Songbird Serenade: Ultimate Pop Sensation

Octavia Melody: Ultimate Cellist

Pinkie Pie: Ultimate Party Planner

Photo Finish: Ultimate Photographer

Suri Polomare: Ultimate Fashion Designer

Zecora: Ultimate Alchemist

Fluttershy- Ultimate Veterinarian

Rainbow Dash: Ultimate Daredevil

Lyra Heartstrings: Ultimate Anthropologist

Starlight Glimmer: Ultimate Prodgiy

Trixie Lulamoon: Ultimate Stage Magician

Vinyl Scratch- Ultimate DJ

If I get any more ideas, I’ll let you know!

[heartbinders]

..... yoink! Sorry sora, you just experienced first hand kidnapping by Bowser now that you're officially in SSB

*slide whistle sound effects* || @kingbcwser

Isn't it a little late to be hazing him? Well, not like it matters. Sora may be strong for someone his age, but he was a little too caught off guard by the sudden yoink to really be able to react any other way except struggling.

❝ Hey! What's the deal?! It's off hours right now! No throwin' punches outside the ring, remember?! Put me down! ❞ Sorry, Sora. Welcome to the dash event Smash Bros.

[smashinghalloween]

𝕯𝖔 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖋𝖊𝖊𝖑 𝖎𝖙? 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝖈𝖍𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖎𝖓 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖆𝖎𝖗... 𝕳 𝖆 𝖑 𝖑 𝖔 𝖜 𝖊 𝖊 𝖓 𝖎𝖘 𝖓𝖊𝖆𝖗...

Dark greetings and welcome to the official informational hub blog for the yearly Halloween event for the Nintendo RPC and beyond. This event takes place from October 1st to 31st and involves your muse getting sent to Halloween Town and becoming a monster for the duration of their time there.

The aim of this blog is to keep all the relevant event information in one place for easy access. Feel free to direct all inquires to our haunting hosts---

Mod Jack Mod Oogie

Promo post || Event opener || Meme tag

        EVENT DETAILS:

This special Halloween event is for the Smash / General Nintendo community! If your muse chooses to attend, they will transform into a Halloween creature upon arrival to Halloween Town ( like Kingdom Hearts ). It’s up to you what sort of Halloween entity your muse will become! Of course, if your muse is already scary, they needn’t change. Duplicate muses are welcome!

You may find non-mutuals participating in the event, you are not required to interact with everyone, but please be respectful and open to everyone.

You don’t have to be following this blog, but it makes life easier since all updates will be posted here. Jack Skellington and Count Dracula will be the main hosts of this event.

Your muses will be staying at Hotel Transylvania during the event, which Count Dracula runs. He is an old friend of Jack. The graveyards at each location offer a quick portal to and fro.

I wanna stress that this event is open to everyone in the RPC. Smash is about celebrating crossovers and Sora being in Smash makes everything canon. Don’t be afraid to get involved! Canon characters, OCs or otherwise, you’re all welcome to have some spooky fun in Halloween Town!

It will take place the throughout all of October with special events every week. This means everyone gets a chance to take part, but you’re not locked into the event, you can RP outside of it normally of course! Your muses will be helping Jack and the rest of the town make Halloween happen! They will also get to experience many different activities such as pumpkin carving and finding a prize through a haunted maze. Parties will also take place at the Hotel and live music events. Again, the community tag for this event will be: ‘#event: spooky smashing fun’

The events aren’t time sensitive and can overlap, so don’t worry if a new one starts and you’re still having fun with another one. For example, your muse can carry on pumpkin carving, while a masquerade party is also happening. You can take part in as many or as few events as you like. The point is to have some Halloween fun all through October! Even when the event ends, you're free to continue threads.

Please reblog the promotion post if you’re interested / your muse is joining the fun! It helps gauge interest. Please feel free to join the Smash/Nintendo RPC Discord server for more discussion and to share your ideas for this event, discuss it, meet other participants and more! https://discord.gg/SETxJyv

Needless to say, anti-LGBTQ+, TERFs, MAPs, incest shippers/supporters, racists, exclusionists, ect are not welcome to participate in this event.

[piaveitalia]

[Date posted: Oct 10, 2021]

Welcome to Smash, Sora!

[mrsquidgereenart]

Here comes the boy! Hello boy !!