#and sora is the clones child

[blacklegsanjiii]

First of all im so sorry for the long askbut!! New parent idea 💥💥 i present to you: King

Now hear me out, you might be thinking ‘really??? King from wano the bird guy?? Why tf’ but my good sir there are multiple reasons

1. Fire! King is from a race called lurarians (he’s infact the last of his people because theyre world wide known as beautiful because of their white hair, dark skin and beautiful black wings) lurarians are also known to be able to set themselves on fire! So that fits prettyyy well with sanji

So if we take pt 1 with us and expand it...

2. Test subject ✨ we all know Sanji is judge 3rd expiriment and also that vegapunk has made the seraphims of the warlords combined with kings lurarian DNA to make very strong clones. Judge and vegapunk were also in a science group together so they might have some shared notes and materials...

So that brings me to the parent King au...

What if vegapunk and judge kept in touch and decided to keep King in germas dungeon for the foreseeable future because its very well guarded etc etc so he is essentially both vegapunk and judges labrat

And when judge is busy with Sora and Reiju he notices that while reiju hasnt failed his expectations for power, he can always do better so with the quadruplets he also decides to mix kings lurarian DNA in for even stronger child soldiers (so 1234ji have 3 bio parents lmao)

Maybe this alters their appearance also a bit? (Mini baby wings 🥺 that they hide becausd its a weakness maybe 124ji got them amputated later in life while sanji ofcourse kept his hidden)

But anyway canon continues and sanji gets thrown into the dungeon with his mask... Here he meets a huge winged man. First days maybe weeks they dont really talk but sanji is a child and starts talking to king because he's lonely

They startbonding and in the next almost year that sanji is stuck there they really learn to love each other and sanji shows king his baby wings and king just decides 'yup thats my kid' teaches him to groom and how to fold/hide them without being in to much pain

But then vegapunk and judge fight and split up, king was originally vegapunks labrat so he is also taken from sanji.

Canon continues with them both respectively escaping,king tried to find sanji but couldnt bc germa is very stealthy and nobody knows where they are so he joins kaido etc etc

And then they meet again in wano.

Thoughts :0?

I had to double check King's age to make sure this is plausible and yeah, he's 47. He can fully adopt Sanji. I support this fully, fire boys unite! Also imagine Heterochromia!Sanji, one blue eye and one red.

King who is Vegapunks labrat being experimented on for a good while before Reiju and the quads come along, hell, even before Sora coming along. Captured as a teenager and being held captive and tortured for years. Eventually he's locked in the dungeon and left there to rot even after Vegapunk leaves to focus on other things but leaves him in Germa. No one really interacts with the Lunarian except to bring him food and water to keep him alive in case they do decide they want to do something with him again. What it could be he doesn't know what more they could do.

Judge however has gotten married and had a daughter already but notices her flaws and while she's not a full failure, he could do better. So he infuses the Lunarians DNA with those of his coming sons, despite his wife taking that poison she won't be able to do much to get rid of that at least. He can deal with the other failures she causes later but right now he's unworried. Even when the children come, the third one is wrong, he's blond instead of darkhaired, he's easily bruised. Unfortunate really. He had high hopes for that one particularly, for the stealth instead of brute force the others were for.

He sees the wings and knows he still at least has the Lunarian DNA, he might still have some use. Maybe.

He's not and it's clear by the time Sanji is six. Weak and crying and frail compared to his siblings. He has a full range of emotions which even Reiju doesn't have. Disgusted Judge throws him in the dungeon, a metal cover his head and unconcerned if he dies down there, Sanji screaming and crying for him to come back. Apologizing to his father over and over again as if it will change anything. It doesn't. He's trapped alone in the cell but there's someone down here with him. There's a man, tall with white hair and black wings like he has, only a few years older than his mother. He's telling Sanji to quiet down, no one will come get him. Sanji can't stop crying so he apologizes and sits in the back of his cell. King gives his real name to the kid, introduces himself as Alber to the boy, he is a boy after all, small and frail and so utterly broken and too young to be there. He knows what it's like to be a failure after all. It takes all of a day for King to see the small black wings the kid has. His wings are in awful condition: Bald spots, cuts, bruises, broken feathers. King remembers what that was like, the uncomfortable feeling and itching, those wings are from Lunarians though, so this kid has his DNA or there's another Lunarian here possibly. Both are bad options, no one should be forced to live as he has. No one.

They're together for a year and some change and in that time 124ji find out about Sanji and King almost burns the little princes for what they're doing. They have wings as well, atrophied and unworked like his are. He can only stretch his so far in this cramped cell. He hears the crunch of bones in the younger's cell. He throws fire at them once and is doused in water unforgivingly. They're incredibly close, King hasn't told the boy this where his wings come from and Sanji asks if he's where his red eye comes from and King says probably, albeit he's confused about that, he's only seen the blue one.

He teaches Sanji how to preen and hide his wings more comfortably and for protection. King tells him they will be his pride and joy and he will be able to fly with them. Sanji says he hopes so. They've been together for a year and some change when they take King away from Sanji. They tranquilize him and the last thing King hears is Sanji screaming and begging for them not to take him. He wakes up to Vegapunk telling him it's time to continue their work. King stays for a year, working on getting his wings back to functioning, preening and carrying for them. Then he escapes. It's a mess getting out but he needs to get out. Needs to find Sanji, his son. He will find his son.

So he breaks out and goes hunting for Germa but hears the kids saying Sanji better be dead since he's out of the dungeon, which means he escaped. As relieved as that makes him it means he has more searching to do. He looks and looks for years and years. He doesn't find him though and ends up in Wano under Kaido, working his way up to becoming an All Star. He hides who he is and decides he'll wait, maybe Sanji will pass by.

Sanji on the other hand is going through canon mostly normally, I think having King there would partially impact how he views woman but also for as much flirting as he does he doesn't actually sleep with anyone. Zeff found out he has wings while on the rock because he's crying about how fucked they are. Zeff is staring at the black wings attached to this kid and helps him hide them when they're saved, threatens the doctor to keep quiet.

Zeff helps Sanji rehab them before Baratie opens and after it does he lets the boy fly to his heart's content. Patty and Carne will save him if he falls in the water, he can still swim but his wings are not made for water. Is he still amazing at it? 100% but like, he's not a duck or a penguin. He's part Lunarian. He wears coats like the vice admirals and admirals do. Off his shoulders to hide his wings, to keep them safe as he goes about his day. He doesn't really over heat thanks to his Lunarian traits but when he gets cold, it's so fucking cold to him.

When he joins the crew everyone thinks he's kind of prissy with the full suit+extra jacket thing he has but...he's illegal. He's an illegal race and if he gets found out he's fucked. Drum island is when Luffy and Nami find out. Sanji is begging for Kureha and Chopper to not tell anyone which they assure they won't. Kureha does tell him he's lucky he only broke his back and not his wings. Chopper says they're in desperate need of preening and Sanji admits he hasn't done it since he left the Baratie because he didn't want to get caught. He mumbles it all of course but Nami and Luffy are looking at the black monstrous wings as they unfurl and Chopper is amazed at them. They're huge. He has to have a ten/fifteen foot wingspan(if not more but anime logic) and Luffy asks how you preen wings and Chopper shows him despite Sanji insisting he can do it himself. It's too late and Chopper and Luffy are preening a wing and it feels good. Zeff didn't even preen him, not unless Sanji asked and Sanji was too proud to ask normally. Even Nami touches them and is surprised how soft they are.

They leave with Chopper and make it off Drum island and to Alabasta and meet Ace. Sanji is fine in the heat, he's in so many layers though it concerns everyone but he waves them off. He's sworn Nami and Chopper to secrecy but not Luffy because he bought his silence with meat. Sanji is so lucky he didn't inherit more traits from Alber because that cigar marine is tailing them and here and if it wasn't for these covers over his wings h would put to death immediately. Even as they take Alabasta back he doesn't uncover his wings. Not until they leave again and Nami is getting upset with him saying they need preened and that she'll do it while he's on watch. Nico Robin has joined the crew and he doesn't trust her that much and he'd rather not trouble Nami at all but she basically throws him to his knees and starts preening. If Sanji moves to help she threatens to raise his debt which he doesn't understand.

Robin probably knows but no one has else finds out until post TS. He can sill sky walk, he still learned it and to keep his secret. But no one else knows, not until WCI/Wano. Sanji notices his brothers wings are gone and Sanji is the only one left with them. The black wings he cannot cover with his red cape so at least one is always showing as well as his red eye. It has wigged some of his crew out until he showed both eyes at the same time and Robin called him interesting in the way she does some poneglyphs or rituals she reads about.

It made his stomach turn. Just as it is now as he's being called interesting again and Pudding is saying their kids have wings like he does. Big Mom says she thought Lunarians are extinct and Judge says they are. The quadruplets are only infused with the DNA, not actually Lunarian. Sanji wants to vomit.

He'd claim to be an illegal race than to be a Vinsmoke. So during the escape he claims it. He flies and it's awkward so it's a combination of sky walking and flying. Carrying Luffy and Nami to safety. His bounty skyrockets as they head to Wano. It's higher than Zoro's as Nami preens his wings and Luffy coming to help after he's had a nap and some food that Sanji made. He's wanted dead or alive with Vinsmoke as his last name unfortunately and being Lunarian added to his list of crimes.

Everyone seeing his wings in Wano is new and he asks everyone not to touch them. Zoro is confused because the fuck cook? I'm your rival? And Sanji shrugs because he doesn't know what else to do. Then fights keep happening. He uses the raid suit a couple of times, the second time is the worst. He's fighting Alber, he's sure of it. He's so fucking sure but he's drilled through buildings and he's certain Alber is going to kill him for this.

Maybe after the raid Sanji finds a moment alone before Zoro and Luffy wake up. Maybe King the Wild Fire finds him and they talk and catch up. Maybe King preens his son's wings like he always wanted to. Maybe King joins the crew.

Maybe King went to the East Blue, found the Baratie, met Zeff. They would bond over the Eggplant. Sanji's second place in the bounties. When he gets to Egghead he has no sympathy for Vegapunk, he does for Kuma and Bonney but for what he's done to his family? Never. He will never forgive him.

[q-ueen-potato]

ONE TO FOUR AU

@alexoreality @botan-kiri @aenbyveryverygayperson

Sanji's brothers are clones.

Whe Sora told Judge that she was pregnant, the King of Germa thought that this wasn't enough, So, while his child was still in the womb, he did alongside the experiments a try of a new way of cloning.

It was a success

He took advantage of the biology to not need a external way for the clones grow. They are growing alongside the original inside their mother..

In the end...

The original, but the 3th born

The only experienced, the only to scape

[lightandfellowship]

Hmm.

By the way. Not saying this is canon, but—how wild is it to consider the possibility that a data construct of Sora can have the Child of Destiny powers, too. Like, in terms of "you can clone this fate-appointed ability".

[luniarii]

Rei Ayanami NPT List

﹒ ︵︵ names : Rei¹ , Mizuki¹ , Delilah , Yoona² , Marionette , Lorelai , Sirena , Neo , Blaire , Cyrus , Sera(phina) , Uriel , Atlas , Marcelline , Eden , Lyra , Sora , Lilith

1 - Japanese , 2 - Korean

﹒ ︵︵ pronouns : eva/eva , angel/angels , doll/dolls , tool/tools , clone/clones , robo/robot , shito/shitos , first/firsts , blue/blues , unit/units , pilot/pilots , vessel/vessels , impact/impacts , cala/calamity , soul/souls

﹒ ︵︵ titles : the first child , the pilot of unit 001 , the (eva) pilot , (prn) who is withdrawn , the clone , (prn) who is a vessel for Lilith , (prn) who is not a doll

[hollowwhisperings]

The Mythology of Keyblades: Riku the Beach Boy of Avalon

This theory is partially Crack and partially a genuine investigation into the usage of Arthurian mythology within the KH series.

(this line from Monty Python & the Holy Grail inspired this whole theory: all i had to do was replace the referenced [Lady of the Lake] with Riku)

If you've loitered about the Kingdom Hearts fandom enough and read enough interviews with Tetsuya Nomura, you'll soon conclude that Riku is Tetsuya Nomura's Favourite Child in this series. Riku is the driving force for most of KH's story beats & Riku has played deuteragonist to Sora, story-wise if not in gameplay, in every game that isn't a prequel. Riku seems to gain a new & unique special ability with every game (often at a harsh price). Yet, for all the time the audience spends with Riku... the series is very careful about revealing anything about the boy beyond his utter devotion to Sora. The game even encourages players to Forget and Overlook the integral roles Riku plays in the series, typically via throwing a Kairi between him & Sora.

Jokes aside, while Riku's Secret Anime Prince coding is STRONG, it is not the point being explored here: there are 2 seemingly nonsensical Disney Crossovers established prior to most everything else: 'Alice in Wonderland' (something somewhat explored in my 'Princesses of Light as Stars' series of tinhattery) and 'The Sword In The Stone'. This post shall examine the latter, an animated adaption of the King Arthur myth, and how it is represented in KH not solely through the character of 'Merlin' but as the underlying principle behind the x-blade, Keyblade Wielding & how Riku acts as Kingdom Hearts itself.

Boy at Beach Distrubiting Swords

Let's start with Riku's Keyblades: he has had more than one, not due to gears or keychains but due to... apparently being able to churn fresh swords from his Heart as the Plot Requires.

The different keyblades used by Riku throughout the series thus far are the following:

Kingdom Key (Sora's default keyblade)

Souleater/Way to the Dawn (Riku's default from KH1 until KH2.9)

the Keyblade of Heart (while possessed by Apprentice Xehanort's Heartless, AKA Ansem Seeker of Darkness);

the [Combined Keyblade/"Gayblade"] (alongside Sora)

Braveheart (Riku's current keyblade)

(given that King Mickey found Kingdom Key-D in the Dark equivalent of the Destiny Islands & the whole "x-blade was made of light & darkness" thing... THAT keyblade, currently wielded by King Mickey, may ALSO come from Riku)

That's 5 different keyblades (6 if we include Kingdom Key-D), and ALL have been seen onscreen with at least 1 other, typically Kingdom Key, marking each of these keyblades as being 'distinct' and 'separate' from each other. Before figuring out what Heart Maths may be at play here... a brief interlude.

Young Adult Gifts Toddler Giant Sword: More Wholesome than it Sounds

Supposedly, the ability to [manifest] & "wield" a keyblade is only possible through a successful Bequeathing Ceremony: Terra performed such a ceremony for Riku in BBS. This, however, is a method passed on by the Master of Masters & subsequent schools of keyblade masters: given... literally EVERYTHING seen on "traditional" schools of keyblade mastery, this Premise is Factually Dubious. The series shows multiple characters manifesting or otherwise wielding keyblades without any such ceremonies: even assuming that these rites "carry over" through acts of Posession and Cloning, the Need for a ceremony becomes questionable. This would not be the first (nor last) time in the KH series that the "knowledge" of Foretellers, Mentors & Scholars prove to be Assumptions rather than Absolute Fact.

Exhibit A: Axel & Accidents

Axel is the best example as, unless we are later informed that Subject X performed the ceremony on Lea (or that Roxas or Xion did so without knowing), Axel has never been part of nor possessed by an existing keyblade wielder: his keyblade is entirely his own, a surprise to all.

Sora & Kairi were never formally bequeathed a keyblade though the latter "accidentally" inherited the ability from Aqua in BBS. Sora never had such a ceremony, the KH Wiki (dubious resource that it is) explains Sora's keyblade wielding as being a result of Ventus sleeping within Sora's Heart: I think it is more likely that, unlike the Formal Ceremonies of past keyblade schools may have taught, Hearts do not actually require outside recognition of "worth" in order to manifest a keyblade.

Once Upon A Meteor Shower

Riku's Heart entrusting Kingdom Key to Sora in KH1, a last-ditch effort from its Light to keep to its Oath of Protection, strikes me as being more "faithful" to what we have observed of keyblades in-game. For all that the formally schooled Keyblade Wielders past recited "May Your Heart Be Your Guiding Key", no one embodies the intent of this principle more than the entirely self-taught Sora: Riku and King Mickey likely next closest in trusting their Hearts over what they have been taught.

A Heart entrusting its physical manifestation to Another due to the Connection between them seems a "Truer" bequeathment than the (admittedly heartwarming) recitations of a stranger. Keyblades may NOW be deemed "weapons" to conquer Darkness... but the original x-blade was made of Light AND Darkness, a union of forces working in balance rather than opposition. The first x-blade was a tool for Protection, not Hurt: a creation of Heart and, thus, of Love.

Exhibit B: Body & Hearts

A creation of "Heart". As in, 1 heart = 1 keyblade. Multiple hearts in 1 body? Multiple keyblades.

Roxas is the Go-To example: the Nobody Twin of Naminé, created when Sora "unlocked" Kairi from his Heart whilst Ventus slept within it.

Roxas, in his every appearance, is capable of Dual Wielding: a keyblade from Sora, a keyblade from Ventus. Upon gaining an independent, replika body... Roxas can still, apparently, dual-wield.

...despite no longer sharing the Hearts of Sora nor Ventus (nor Xion).

(as this is a Riku speculation post, not a "what the heck is up with Roxas" one, i'll just... put a Pin in this mystery for now but the "maths" of 1 heart = 1 keyblade are, indeed, still facts of canon: Nomura confirmed as much when revealing the Above Album Art he made for Utada Hikaru's KH3 songs)

Exhibit C: Proof of Concept

Then we have Aqua: she lost her keyblade between saving Ven & falling into Darkness. The keyblade of Master Eraqus came to her aid: this is consistent with the established concept of Bequeathing Ceremonies. It's uncertain whether the same person can bequeath keyblade-wielding to multiple persons but it seems likely given the scale of the Unions in KHX.

(At that same point in time, the Heart of Eraqus was hidden within a Nort'd Terra: 3 Hearts existed within Apprentice Xehanort, all of them in conflict with each other, to varying degrees.)

The keyblade Aqua receives, the keyblade of Master Eraqus, is named 'Master's Defender'. This was originally the keyblade of the Dandelion Brain but was passed onto Ephemer and from pupil to student until eventually being inherited by Eraqus. This seemingly aligns with the concept of Masters 'bequeathing' keyblades to students, specifically THEIR keyblades.

Interestingly, Riku has never wielded Terra's keyblade (or its likeness, via keychain) 'Earthshaker/Ends of the Earth' after its being bequeathed to him, likely due to its remaining with Terra's 'Soul', the 'Lingering Will' within his armour. If this is the case... NONE of the keyblades Riku has conjured or wielded are a result of his Bequeathment Ceremony. Terra's Keyblade becomes a 6th (or 7th) keyblade connected to Riku, albeit an unused one.

Speaking of Terra...

Xemnas (the Nobody of Apprentice Xehanort AKA 'TerraNort') is NEVER seen wielding a keyblade, let alone two.

...but he DOES wield two [lightsabers]/'Ethereal Blades'.

If Xemnas had ever believed in his own personhood, it's plausible that he could have dual wielded keyblades like Roxas... though the conflict between the Hearts of Xehanort & Terra are unlikely to have cooperated long enough for dualwielding to be sustainable in combat.

Back to the Beginning

Kingdom Key was formed by the Light within Riku's Heart. That Light entrusted itself to Sora while Riku himself was lost in Darkness. Riku is later seen wielding a different keyblade, 'Soul Eater'. Given that KH1 sets up a premise of there being 'two' Kingdom Keys, one of Light & one of Darkness... perhaps 'Soul Eater' was made from the Darkness within Riku's Heart. Maleficent or Ansem SOD would know better than most anyone how to create such a thing.

(it's still Weird that Riku's Heart is the ONLY Heart we see capable of manifesting TWO, simultaneously existing & separately wielded keyblades: Riku using Souleater never prevented Sora from using Kingdom Key; Souleater becoming 'Way to the Dawn' did not affect Kingdom Key; and Riku & Sora use each other's keyblades interchangeably in KH2, even dualwielding at times)

While Riku is possessed by Ansem SoD (the heartless of Apprentice Xehanort), he wields a keyblade forged by the hearts of 6 of the 7 Princesses of Heart: this keyblade is named 'Keyblade of Heart' or 'Keyblade of People's Hearts'. This is an artificially made keyblade, wielded by an entity made up of at least 4 people's Hearts (Riku, Xehanort, Terra, Eraqus) and it does not seem to survive past Ansem SoD's defeat.

During the events of KH2.9 (at the 'Drop Point' between the first timeline of KH3 & Sora's First Retcon), Riku and King Mickey find themselves struggling in the depths of the Realm of Darkness. They had hoped to find the missing Master Aqua yet their journey has only proven the point of Master Yen Sid's preventing such a rescue 10 years prior: alone, surviving the journey to the abyss would be all but impossible. Similarly, Sora immediately post-DDD would not have survived the pace set by Mickey & Riku: Sora needed the lessons and confidence boost he found through Herc & Meg before he was truly ready for Aqua's Attempted Rescue.

Before Sora has his Hero Moment (complete with Riku's slow-mo heart-eye reaction to it), Riku's keyblade 'Way to the Dawn'... breaks. Riku also spontaneously gets a Hair Cut. Not due to any attack landing on him from the Demon Tide nor due to any bout of Gay Agony: just... "randomly" (Sleeping Realm Theory covers this).

So then Riku casually manifests a BRAND NEW KEYBLADE, while not at all possessed nor acting as a Heart Hotel, and that keyblade is Braveheart.

(which is basically Kingdom Key but Make It Modern)

It's also in the Realm of Darkness that Sora & Riku first wield their Combined Keyblade whilst in the same plane of reality: in DDD, they wielded their blade across parallel dreamscapes. The [combined keyblade] in KH3 looks exactly as it did in Dream Drop Distance: half Mirage Split, half Nightmare's End.

How Many Hearts Does 1 Riku Have?

The highest number of "hearts" occupying 1 Riku is 10, in KH1: his own, Xehanort's & Terra's, the ghost of Master Eraqus (still biding his time for Maximum Drama), with the 6 Disney Princesses of Heart smooshed within the 'Keyblade of Heart' the Riku Vessel is wielding.

By that time in KH1, both Sora and Riku have wielded Kingdom Key. Riku had also acquired & begun wielding the 'Souleater' keyblade.

Kingdom Key is the keyblade born of the Light in Riku's Heart: a sword entrusted to a Crowned Prince from someone hidden within water, a gift that marks its wielder as a saviour and a fate-chosen king. Sora bears Riku's Crown, a pendant he is never seen without, and Riku (& his Heart) was sinking within both literal (storm and tide) and metaphoric (falling into darkness/sinking within deep waters) waters when Sora receives Kingdom Key. When Sora arrives in Traverse Town, the Final Fantasy & Disney characters there hold Kingdom Key in reverence: the Key follows Sora so THEY follow him too.

There is an Irony about every keyblade-related argument Sora & Riku have in KH1: Kingdom Key WAS Riku's before it was Sora's, the authority of the sword & reverence given to its wielder WAS on "loan" from Riku... but, ultimately, the wielder chosen by the Physical Representation of Riku's Heart & the Light within it?

Yeah, no, sorry Riku: your Heart Likes Sora More.

After KH1, Riku never attempts to "reclaim" Kingdom Key: it's probably during the events between KH1 & KH2 that Riku realises that Kingdom Key is not only a literal manifestation of his own Heart but that he believes Sora to be the best person to wield that "Heart", that "Destiny".

Even if Riku had not somehow managed to manifest the Souleater/Way to the Dawn keyblade, needing to "borrow" Kingdom Key during his year-long vigil at Sora's bedside... I doubt he would have KEPT the sword or that it would let itself be "kept".

Riku's unique connections to both Light AND Darkness make it somewhat reasonable to conclude that 'Souleater' is the Dark counterpart to Kingdom Key: a keyblade formed by the Darkness of Riku's Heart, a keyblade that evolves to 'Way to the Dawn' and Riku's efforts to master his Darkness and return to the Light.

(this still begs the question: how the heck does Kingdom Key-D fit into all this?? no, i'm genuinely asking: what is up with that keyblade)

ALTERNATIVELY! Kingdom Key-D was very logically forged by Riku's Darkness, manifesting in the Realm of Darkness alongside the Fallen Destiny Islands. This makes it Interesting that Mickey could carry it around prior to personally meeting Riku but, regardless of any realizations on its nature & likely relationship with Riku (or Sora), Mickey wields this keyblade-D from KH1 onward.

(This potentially leaves Mickey's Original Keyblade, seen in BBS, as yet ANOTHER keyblade available for Riku's use: the count has risen to 9, 8 if excluding Key-D.)

So... if Riku's Darkness forged Kingdom Key-D, what was Souleater & what IS Braveheart?

Alt #1: Riku, like any Strange Pond Person, can summon as many Magic Swords as Destiny Requires because... he is Literally Kingdom Hearts & that leaves ALL hearts "free" for his use.

Alt #2: The keyblades Riku wields (Souleater, Way to the Dawn & Braveheart) are all manifestations of SORA'S Heart. Sora may be oblivious as to why he is so fixated on Riku but, if Chain of Memories is anything to go by, Sora's HEART knows what it wants, damnit! Even without any allegedly required Bequeathment Ceremony, Riku is a "Child of Destiny" and had already crowned Sora as one too: just as Riku's Heart reached out to Sora, Sora's Heart may have reached BACK for Riku. Thus both boys end up with Keyblades: each holding onto a piece of the other (somewhat literally).

This gives additional explanation to their easy trading & wielding of each other's Keyblades in KH2: the keyblades "belonged" to BOTH boys and always had.

This interpretation easily applies itself to Sleeping Realm Theory, too: 'Way to the Dawn' still "broke" because of Riku's Sacrifice but instead of figuratively representing Riku's Heart "breaking" via his actually Dying, it would represent physically the effect that Sacrifice had on Sora: his Heart broke, "dying" with Riku.

Alt #3: Riku's extra keyblades were from Maleficent, "Ansem", Ansem &/or King Mickey. The timeline allows for Maleficent's providing Riku with the 'Souleater' keyblade: it does not QUITE align for the broken connection between Riku & his Would-Be Fairy Godmother that we can assume happened upon her death in KH1, nor account for any effects caused by her subsequent "resurrection". The timelines required for the other candidates to be involved are not consistent with that of the games nor supplementary canon.

Before wrapping up, let's acknowledge the Giant Crowned Rainbow Sword in the room:

The [combined keyblade], wielded by Riku & Sora in DDD & KH3, is a manifestation of "their Hearts [beating] In Tune". It is That Simple: any efforts to straightwash its existence WILL cause plot holes so just Accept The Gayblade is Gay.

That the Gayblade just so coincidentally resembles both the Ultima keyblade(s) and various x-blades, definitely fit most description of what the x-blade is & how it can be made?

These are also Just Gay. Kingdom Hearts has been building up to (gay) Love being the Ultimate Power of the series from its very beginning: it has ALWAYS used heart imagery and symbolism, used Disney Couples to mirror the changing relationship of Sora & Riku, used "the connections between hearts" as a child's understanding of love (in all forms).

The logical evolution for a Coming of Age journey about a Boy & his Best Friend, in a series that repeatedly uses & is named for 'hearts', who have become stronger as their hearts became more attuned... is for said Boy to realise, acknowledge and recognise that the connection of their hearts has Changed into something less platonic: romantic love, like that between couples in Disney films, like Riku (& Selphie) brought up to Sora through star-shaped fruit before ever exploring those stars personally.

The [combined keyblade] was naturally forged through mutual devotion: its existence implies that the fabled x-blade of legend was ALSO forged by mutual love, that Kingdom Hearts chose its guardian because of Love, that the x-blade's legendary strengh came from its need to protect its dearly Beloved: there is no Straight Explanation for Sora & Riku being able to make the combined keyblade.

[duckapus]

Avatar Ages

In as close to descending order as I can get. @forthedancingandthethriving if you have corrections for Tulip, Juliano and Nimbus's placements please tell me so I can edit

Laharl: Canonically 1316, looks and acts around 18 or so (albeit a very short and somewhat immature 18, but still.)

Ramagog: Hundreds of years old, vaguely an adult

Olimar: Early-to-mid forties

Juliano: Late thirties, acts more like he's eighty sometimes

Mario, Barry and Tune: Mid thirties

Nimbus and Red: Probably early thirties or late twenties, it's a bit hard to tell with them being animals and all

Kirby: Claims to be the youngest adult, also has mentioned his species is immortal and don't bother actually remembering their exact ages after the first hundred years or so, refuses to elaborate

Shantae: 19

Sora: 18

Tulip and Ash: 17, with Tulip being less than a month older than Ash. She Can And Will hold this over his head if given the opportunity

The Arles and Frenzy: 16, Doppel is technically older due to her perceived thousands of years alone in the void but is identical to Arle physically and acts younger due to her trauma and missing out on any post-Madou character development, while Frenzy is older than both by a couple months

Elanore: Official documents claim she's 12 and everybody has agreed to Go With It because Clone Ages Are Weird

Bonus: Fred was Vaguely a Young Adult and Spudnick was Vaguely a Child when they were alive

[danganronpasurvivoraskblog]

Soooo Makoto, Izuru, Komaru,Toko, Yuki, Sora, Shuichi, Kaede Kuripa and Maya…

May I have permission to create child clones of you with white hair, dark skin, black wings, and star-shaped pupils?

Um...I don't really know what you mean, but sure, go for it!

[berivan-noctisia]

One Piece 1077 - Evil Sanji

I see a lot of this being discussed but I don't really understand what the moral panic is about. Zorro and Luffy are also fighting those kids, they have to defend themselves. Neither are notorious child abusers and they haven't tried to soften their blows. Sanji has been specifically shown to not be able to fight "women" but that is not the case here. The way people talk about Sanji it makes it slightly seem as if he completely turned 180°C and was now ready to fight or kill a woman. I highly doubt his transformation could change his morals THAT significantly at this point at least and I think having a female ennemy would have been a clearer indicator of something being wrong in Sanji's mind itself.

Furthermore, Sanji has been repeatedly shown to have a very "passionate" personality, his rivalry with Zorro being a prime example but not the only one. He gets angry easily, and he doesn't restrain his anger in those kind of situations (we are not in an emotional deep part of Whole Cake island type situation, the panels prior are full of humor with the constitution, his ugly face and chivalry with Nami).

We have also been shown that Sanji holds some kind of grudge against Jinbei and its clone could have very well critically injured Nami. Technically, this very well is a life or death situation even if it is not treated as heavily.

His sentence also does not strike me as something that he could not have said before (to Zorro for example), nor does it seem like he had any remorse kicking S-Shark moments prior when his eyebrow was still in its original direction.

He also ressembles Robin in her devil form, and nothing had indicated that her transformation mentally transformed her into a "bad" person or broke her morals (I know their situation is very different, but those panels being so similar makes me think it is just a drawing tool). To me that panel just looked like a comical and "cool" way to make Sanji appear more devilish, and show that he has (unconsciously yet actively) activated his powers and is ready to use them.

I am very curious to see what Oda will show us next about Sanji but I was genuinely surprised of all the talks about Sanji becoming emotionally like his brothers in this instant while nothing stroke me as particularly not something Sanji would do.

I also may not remember it very clearly but wasn't Sanji's existential crisis and promise with Zorro on Wano a simple result of his own fear of becoming like his brothers? His doubts and fears were exceptionally valid at the time yet I don't remember anything actively indicating that his emotions per se had been affected by the activation of his powers. If using those powers (passively or actively) could affect Sanji's emotions that quickly and easily, it would render Sora's efforts remarkably useless.

Maybe I am strongly and completely misunderstanding the panel, could also happen. Feel free to share your interpretation of those elements!

[ciitrinitas]

baldr sky.

oh, baldr sky. what a whirlwind two weeks we had with me being desperate to not take another month to finish a long vn. we did it, though, and the real true world we ascended to along the way was full of headaches.

what a ride. baldr sky is a visual novel huffing some jrpg-isms and can only be described as a baby concocted from the dna of evangelion, xenosaga, and fsn--and that baby is the death stranding baby who hates sex because flesh reviles it. it's bonkers at times and admirably ambitious. that it feels structurally sound and sticks the landing so well on its final route is a real testament to it. it's an eroge, and i can't be mad at it for all the eroge elements in it that weren't totally my speed; i'm not gonna complain about an eroge eroge-ing.

there's like...so much i could say about it. baldr sky has a fuckton going on. i have to give a special shout out to the aki route for going so utterly ham on being the incest route. she's the protagonist's second cousin and they treat each other as siblings, but then it turns out she's also a clone of the protagonist's mom--but no! it goes deeper than that! aki is a clone made from the dna of his mom, their aunt, and their grandfather, and their aunt thinks of aki as her child with her sister (the protagonist's mother). it's insane.

it was a fun time! long, but fun.

edit because i forgot to do a quick route ranking: sora > rain & aki > chinatsu & makoto > nanoha.

[fayesdiary]

For the video game asks: 4, 6, 12, and 28!

4) Do you like to get 100% achievements/trophies?

Depends on the game, really.

For example, I love 100%ing Kirby games to the point I don't consider them done until I do so because the requirements are always tough but reasonable and a lot of fun, but then there are other games where 100% either takes way too long (Souls games), you have to do a lot of stupid and annoying shit for achievements, have to deal with asinine drop rates for collection achievements (Dark Souls 3 and Re:Chain of Memories, especially the latter because to get all the enemy card you have to kill every single type of enemy last in a fight for a minimal chance of their enemy card dropping so it's almost impossible without RNG manipulation), and a lot of that stuff makes me go "oh hell no."

So I'd say it depends on how much I enjoyed the game for me to even want to do 100% and how respectful of my time the requirements are. Majora's Mask is a pretty good example of that because I never planned to do 100% at first but then i loved the game so much I decided to go with it!

6) A series you’ve enjoyed since your early days of gaming and still enjoy to this day whether it still has games coming out or is one you return to

KINGDOM HEARTS. No question.

I've been entrentched in the series ever since I was a child and I always adored it. I think it alone rewired my brain so much and determined a lot of my obsessions! (power of friendship, existentialism/identity crises, clones, people sharing a body, you name it)

It's something that is always in my mind at least in the background and that flares up periodically or when a new game comes out, and I am so excited for the future of the series since it's a whole new direction and despite all the setup there's still so much we don't know!

(and yes I did absolutely scream when Sora got announced for Smash or the KH4 trailer)

12) A character you particularly like in the game you’re currently playing

Well, I'm playing Engage right now, I already mentioned the brain worms Alear and Veyle give me, so I'm just going to say that I freaking adore Yunaka with all my heart.

28) Pick a series you like. What was the first game you played for it? Was it a good starting point? Would it still be a good starting point now?

For the Kirby series (that shares the throne of favorite franchise along with Kingdom Hearts), Super Star Ultra was my first game!

I'd say it's still a really great introduction as a wonderful remake of one of the pillars of the whole franchise (even if it's a bit clunky compared to the newer games), but it's absolutely one of the best Kirby games (and remakes in general, really) and I think every Kirby fan or anyone interested in getting into Kirby should play it!

[austincosplayswapmeet]

Table #2 (RESERVED)

NWT = New With Tags; NIB = New In Box

Various Fandom Shirts (Nightmare Before Christmas, Vocaloid, Disney)

Various Props or Things to Use for Making Props

Various Unstyled Wigs, many NWT

Various Formal Dresses (great for masquerade cosplays!)

Various Pins, Keychains, and Gashapon figures for making fandom Itabags (Sailor Moon, Fire Emblem, Demon Slayer, Disney)

Various Accessories for Cosplay/Disneybounds or to store makeup for cosplay (purses/handbags, drawstring bags, makeup bags and shoes)

Various Cosplay Productivity Electronics

Plastic Star Wars Lightsabers

Sailor Moon ColourPop Makeup, NIB

Over 200+ pieces of jewelry for faire, formal, cosplay, or Disneybounds!

Small Graduation Caps, Disney Baseball Caps & Various Minnie Ears. NWT

Love Live Sunshine!! Cosplay

Dolls Kill x Hello Kitty "Out Of Pocket Princess" Dress; Size M. NWT.

Avocado Toast Comfort Food Large 15" Squishable. NWT

Ahsoka Tano Clone Wars Child Costume

PopSurf Teal Hoodie & Shorts. NWT

Red & Black Plaid Lace-Up Suspender Skirt from Hot Topic. NWT

Aladdin 30th Anniv. Princess Jasmine Jewelry Set from Disney Store Japan. NIB

DC Comics Batman Formal Dress from Hot Topic; Size S

Kingdom Hearts Sora Red Jumpsuit/Romper (+belt & gloves)

Toon Link Cosplay

Kingdom Hearts Roxas Wig

Sailor Moon/Usagi Tsukino Arda Wig

Star Trek 2009 Spock Shirt

Wednesday Addams Dress

Buzz Lightyear Belt

Lots of other fandom related items that can be used at cons/faire

[realian]

in last night’s recording of my Kingdom Hearts Let’s Play, I lovingly described my real genuine theory that Sora is the biological child of an alternate dimension Squall Leonhart and Aerith Gainsborough :) it just makes cents.

[animusignus]

Batfam Adjacent:

The Al Ghul Family

The Father:

Sensei ¹

The Matriarch:

Rúh al Ghul ¹

The Child:

Ra's al Ghul

The Daughter's In-Law:

Sora ²

Melisande ³

The Grandchildren:

Dusan al Ghul

Nyssa Raatko ⁴

Arkady Duvall

Talia al Ghul

The Great-Grandchildren:

Damian ⁵

Tallant ⁵

Athanasia ⁵

Kara ⁶

Mara ⁷

The Clones:

Respawn ⁸

Silencer (aka. Honor Guest) ⁹

Raze ⁹

Smoke ¹⁰

Note:

¹ As per research Sensei is Ra's father and Rúh is Talia's paternal grandmother, sooo they (Sensei and Rúh) are Ra's parents?

² First wife of Ra's, before his fancy name change.

³ Mother of Talia second wife of Ra's, they met at Woodstock.

⁴ Eldest daughter of Ra's, as she was alive during WW2. All her family is dead.

⁵ Children of Talia and Bruce Wayne.

⁶ Talia's daughter with reporter Clark Kent.

⁷ Daughter of Dusan, seems to be younger than Damian.

⁸ He is a 'clone' made from the genetical material of Talia and Slade Wilson (so not a clone). He does not have a name and his parents do not care for him. See here.

⁹ Two of several clones, only two that were successful, that Ra's 'bred' to be the perfect enhanced killer.

¹⁰ She is a "genetic template of Ra's al Ghul by a black market geneticist named Dr. Splicer", considered a sibling of Silencer and Raze.

[only-in-december]

What if Sora was able to adopt the failed clones of Danny like then they turn to goo they were made into normal looking spirits Only very young so Sora adopt them.

That's adorable Anon.

Like, Sara finds out from Danny what Vlad was up to. And she's seething. (Obviously.) She ends up so angry that she pays Vlad a visit. She walks in and sees other souls (like herself.) She's startled by this, but keeps going. In the end she finds four small souls (I think canonically there were four. Not counting Danielle, and counting Prime Clone Danny.) They look like little boys and seem to imprint on her like baby ducks. They follow her looking confused as she stalks her way angrily to Vlad's lab. Sara clenches her fists with anger and yells at Vlad. He can't hear her, and she knows it. But this man. He traumatized her nephew in more ways than one at this point. (And that's not counting what he's done to her baby brother.) So, she lays into him. Small things go flying from his shelves after a while. One almost hits Vlad on the head, and that makes one of the little boys cry out. He begs Sara to "stop yelling at our Daddy!"

That's when Sara sees it. These boys look just like Danny had as a child. Well...not exactly. She wasn't able to place what it was, but there was something off about them. The only one that was spitting image 100% Danny, was the youngest looking, smallest child. If Sara could get sick, she would have.

I feel like she'd stop yelling at Vlad, (for now) and see if the boys were okay. Check if they were hurt, make sure that whatever Vlad had done, didn't impact them as souls. (She'd probably table the fact that Vlad had created beings with souls for later.) I don't know if she'd find any indications of what they'd been through or not. She would chalk the fact that they're all children up to them being relatively young when they died.

So, she takes them home. Calling them all 'Danny' would be too weird. So she starts throwing names out there and kind of lets them pick. In the end, their names are Jeb, (named after Sara and Jack's dad Jebediah.) Neil, (because of Neil Armstrong. They may be dead clones, but they all still have a deep love for space dangit.) Castor, Pollux, (the gemini twins. Idk I just think it's cute.) and the youngest keeps the name Daniel. (Sometimes she calls him Bean for short. Mostly though, he's either just Daniel, or Little Daniel.)

She can't legally adopt them. For one, they're all dead. For two, even if they were all alive, she’s only seventeen. (At the time of her death.) But, she rolls with it. They're her kids.

I can't decide if Danny can see them or not. What do y'all think?

[wittyy-name]

First Impression: Great author who's friends with a great artist Impression Now: Amazing author who is a great person and is friends with an awesome artist (who just so happens to be a wonderful person named Sora)

I’m sensing a “came bc of Sora, stayed for the writing” theme here, lmAO. Thank you!

First Impression vs Now