#he's not an existing character so uhh i guess not disney?

[bubblewrapsnek]

Phantomarine Live reread: Prologue

I'm anticipating the reread before the chapter finishes cause I want to read it now again, altho I wanted to wait the chapter to be over to have a cleaner finish line for mental order and to avoid posing questions to things that would be maybe have more ground to speculate on or outright be answered in a few days This is my first time rereading Phantomarine, so if anyone is actually goint to read these posts expect me to come to realizations about stuff that everyone knew ages ago probably, also it's my first time liveblogging something since a friend suggested it could be appreciated, I am not convinced there would be interested but it can't hurt I guess. That said I hate the idea of clogging with posts and like keeping stuff a bit more tidy, so I'll post one post per chapter with my thoughts, silly ramblings and whatever comes to my mind that I feel like sharing while trying to put my thoughts in order

So uhh if you exist and are reading, have fun and feel free to interact!

First thing I'll not here with a few examples and try to not say everytime, but I can't help seeing how the royal family brands EVERYTHING with the Manta, I swear you could fill a where's waldo book by searching the mantas in Phantomarine's pages at this A manta hat, manta drawer, manta desk, and a manta polo in just the first pages, I swear they have a disney park-esque gift shop outside the palace

A manta hat, manta drawer, manta desk, and a manta polo in just the first pages, I swear they have a disney park-esque gift shop outside the palace

Bonus neat things, the candle has the same pattern as Cheline's dress and there is what I guess is a samoyede on Irving's shirt

Next thing is something I hadn't noticed before but I've seen already people point out in the comments now, Irving having very clearly pink eyes, at first I thought it might have been lighting but in the pages where he is alive they are very clearly pink, and even when in shock the characters get drawn with pinprick irises, while the others get black dots he has pink and is even more blatant in the shot with the Fata morgana stabbing them where he is eye to eye with a Fata with the same eyes

Bonus: alive Lani is very cute

I pointed the next thing in another post but I love how Cheline wanted to be sure to scapegoat the Fata Morgana so much she painted the arrows and bow too with Cheth's name bands(confirmed to be painted on by the transcript too altho it was the only possible reason they had those bad with what we know now), also I love that the cyan outline was faintly on the Fata Morgana's eye from the beginning

I am also getting suspicious about the ghosts being blue and the veins(referred as such in the transcript) that spread from the bite being purple, tho I don't have a concrete or sound thought about this

Also, something I love a lot in comics is paneling so some of this won't be thoughts but just panels that are really pretty or fun or creative here I love how the action flows very well, having many details making what happens readable such as the "magic" squares making phae's body on the bottom edge of the silouhette in the middle also appear on the heart, showing the wound being "repaired"

Love the veins snaking behind her

Something I had completely glossed over was Phae's middle name being Augusta, and I do find it possible to have a reading on it, as Augustus was the name and title that Octavian took as the first emperor of rome, the member of a what can be considered a royal lineage establishing the name for himself and becoming a key turning point in the history of an empire, just as I can see Phae become the turning point for the history of her reign, a change of the guard and of the status quo of the kingdom she watches over

End in the end, to finish the prologue of this reread, a funny typo Cheth appears, tipping his fedora: "M'Phaedra"

[beepsparks]

Uhh random thoughts. Hosts and their fav attractions at the Disney parks bc Disney theme park attractions and history was a special interest of mine for 3 years (btw FUCK Disney obviously im just putting these hcs here bc despite its no longer a special interest I am still nerdy as hell about the theme parks specifically and I like to give characters favorite rides)

Cookie: this man seems like a thrill ride seeker. He will go on as many extreme rides as possible until he eventually has to go to the bathroom to throw up from motion sickness. I have the feel he’d like the Tower of Terror. He’d probably drag Schmitty on it despite Schmitty seems like the type to be absolutely TERRIFIED of drop rides. (He’ll go on anything else tho)

Buzz: okay call it obvious but Buzz Lightyear (and whatever the hell other name they give it istg it’s the same ride but they all have different names at every park). Tell me Buzz WOULDN’T like the LASER SHOOTER GAME RIDE. He probably thinks it’s cool as hell and would challenge others with beating his score. Nobody wins against Buzz.

Nate: this ride is defunct and no longer exists (unfortunately bc I think it’s awesome) but Extra-Terror-estrial Alien Encounter. Something tells me Nate’s weird little interest in conspiracy theories would lead to him liking the REALLY DARK lowkey horror attraction about a transportation device sending a violent alien into the room and characters getting attacked by it. (Btw if you don’t know what the ride is, look it up, its awesome) He’d probably take Buzz on this one and Buzz would be terrified with all the screaming from both the crowd being scared and the characters getting killed by the alien while Nate is having the time of his life lmao. Anyway, unfortunately since Alien Encounter no longer exists, I guess I’ll just say that Nate’s other favorite ride would be Rock N’ Roller Coaster. (Unfortunately, Buzz finds that ride too extreme for his liking as well so Buzz would NOT have fun getting dragged onto there by Nate)

Schmitty: without even thinking about The Lost Gold, I feel like he’d like Pirates of the Caribbean. Idk I Just get that vibe from him. That and he’d also probably like Soarin’ because he’d find it REALLY relaxing (the soft breeze the ride gives ya plus the calm movements and nice visuals and smells) can you tell I want Schmitty to have time to relax and be all chill yet. (Anyway projecting here but considering It’s a Small World is referenced TWICE in The Lost Gold, I headcanon Schmitty secretly likes the ride. It’s not his favorite but he likes it. Shhh I want the funny man to at least somewhat like my interests too)

Guy: Guy also seems like the type to like thrill rides as well (but he’d be able to TELL when hes getting motion sick unlike Cookie) but he also seems like the type to like rides with music that’d get at least somewhat stuck in his head, so while I can’t REALLY decide I guess the closest option is Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind, because it’s a roller coaster that has the chance to play one out of seven songs while the ride goes on. (Fun fact actually I’ve been on it before and it’s literally the only roller coaster I can stomach (i hate coasters) and it played Everybody Wants to Rule the World lmao)

Bonus, REDACTED: The Haunted Mansion. I think we can all agree on that. He’d be upset that the ghosts on the ride aren’t real, though.

[treedledraws]

And the main villain!!

[madametrashbin]

Always Yours, Forever

Disney Princess AU, as @nicebonescomrade (tagging you, as I did say through main that I had planned to write this) chose to call it. The giga brain they have, it’s great and their anons too- whew. Good stuff, indeed. (And the memes, I resonate with them because the method to my bullshit involves memes... only when I actually write, I turn them into something more coherent and proper.)

Also @i-put-the-yan-in-polyandry because their Beth piece was S Grade and sublime. I’ve been reading that shit on repeat because what I would do to get spoiled or at least even a smidge of affection after traumatizing events.

Anyways, I’m going to tweak a little bit of that AU, if only to incorporate some other elements from Comrade’s posts that I thought was even more interesting and it did tempt me to go on a writing frenzy... I want to selfishly indulge in all of these situations because I’m in desperate need for some comfort.

Uhh... I guess it’s time for symbiotic relationship between Teyvat and Reader? Is that the right word? It’s 12am when I started writing this, please understand that I only get quiet time during the late hours as I suffer from insomnia + boomer back pains.

But anyways, enjoy... mightcontinuewiththisAUanothertimehah-

You run, because that’s all you can do.

You can hear the shouting behind you, your body screams at you as you narrowly duck away from another volley of arrows... your lungs burn, your legs are all but numb to the pain... everywhere is hurting.

You run, because you’re not ready to die a second time... you don’t want to die again either.

You do not understand where this aggression came from nor do you understand why they kept accusing you of imitating their God... and as far as you were concerned, you weren’t that attractive and weren’t even remotely close to looking like any of the Archons you’ve known thus far.

They were all really pretty... something you could have said when the situation was less dire and perhaps surrounded by friendly people.

(Barbatos, as far as you were concerned, didn’t have this much fanatical reverence from what you’ve seen and heard from in the game... ah, if only you weren’t in so much pain, you could be thinking about things with a clearer mind.)

Said God is watching from the sky no doubt as you could see a glimpse of green from the corner of your eye. You could see that sick amusement on his face and the same anger he held that matched the angry mob behind you.

The mockery hurt, especially from the many characters you were fond of when you were still...

You thoughts were cut off when you tripped, a noise of surprise leaving you as your foot unfortunately hit a rather solid stone embedded in the ground, making you rolling down the slope near Brightcrown Mountain and caused your hand to get a rather nasty cut... you still cannot get used to that golden color that leaves your wounds instead of the familiar crimson.

You took a moment to catch your breath, your body aching painfully yet the sound of the approaching mob had you force yourself to your feet to run again.

You don’t get that far until you reached a cliff, a dead end as you find yourself facing two unfortunately terrible choices... so all you could do was make a prayer for someone, anyone, to save you.

For what have you done to garner such hatred?

And so Teyvat answers with a dragon of blue, who soared across the sky with a powerful roar that matched its unadulterated fury for the recent events going on as of this moment.

Teyvat was born connected to the Creator... one whose face it has never seen yet felt the presence, small as it was, as a constant in its time alive.

The land, the sea, and the sky all knew that they were alive because of the Creator, and that they will continue to exist so long as they live... thus, when their master had descended upon the land, they rejoice.

They could finally see their beloved maker, they could hear and feel the very power that flowed through their veins with them... cycling through each other endlessly. 

A sacred connection that not even the Gods could ever hope to achieve, even if they and the humans that walk on their lands claim to be the closest to them...

Fools, they all were. 

There were no living beings that could ever hold a candle to the devotion of the very fabric of the world that lives because of them... and seeing the humans and those worthless Gods chase and harm their beloved Creator, it simply proved to be a true statement.

For in the end, the Creator’s life is Teyvat’s life... and if they die, Teyvat will die as well.

That is not something they can allow to happen, not while they still desperately wish to live with their Creator who finally graced them with their presence.

So, in response to the mess made by mankind, they sent the Dragon that was formed by their gales and skies to protect them before it was too late.

(Though, if one were to ask which living creature born not of their land, sea or sky were the closest to their Creator, one would say it was those who hailed from the land condemned by the Gods... one that remains in the form of the world’s many monsters and immortalized men.)

You had been momentarily terrified when you saw Dvalin... and yet when his form swept around you, his body of blue feathers and sharp claws of midnight skies brushing away the projectiles aimed your way, you had never felt so relieved in your life.

It had taken everything within you not to weep, not to collapse to your knees are your legs wobbled, struggling to stay standing while Dvalin had his claws hovering over you like a protective covering.

He roars, and you witness the familiar sight of the Energy Rain falling onto the mobs that had lost their composure upon sight of him... soon enough, it forces everyone including Venti to retreat... but neither of you move from your spots until Dvalin was certain they had all but left.

That was when your legs finally caved in, your whole body trembling as the tears you had suppressed finally flows freely from your eyes.

Your body hurts, stinging pain lingers everywhere on your skin... you’re dusty and covered in dirt from falling every now an again, dried golden blood that still kept its lustrous color sticks to your skin, but alas... you do not pay it any mind.

Nothing could truly beat the exhaustion that weighs down on you after days of running, no food or rest to spare after the beginning of the mob hunting.

“Creator... are you alright?”

“...no.”

You answer him after a long moment of silence, although the Dragon was hardly surprised given your current state.

You wordlessly accepted his invitation, shakily climbing onto his back before he makes his way to the tower, which you’re quite familiar with the lore that surrounded it... you immediately take notice of the hilichurls waiting, holding onto a variety of items that surprisingly did not contain weaponry. 

Of course, you were skeptical at first, given your initial situation until it dawned on you that while the Archons and the Humans do not particularly like you, you still had the ones that such people would call monsters.

When the hilichurls had carefully tended to your injuries and little birds that rested on your shoulders sang songs to you to soothe your weary heart, you find yourself crying quietly again if only out of relief when you finally understood what was going on.

You weren’t hated by everyone... well, at least, you still had a place to go to when times were too rough on your weary soul.

That much, you were eternally grateful for.

[crispyapplepies]

Time to Defend Akuroku

Just thinking out loud here but #akuroku defense time. So there's this old interview Nomura did with Famitsu where he comments that Nobodies don't age.

And People like to ignore this comment for some (anti) reason, and that really bothers me because people not having an imagination shouldn’t have to be my problem, but here we are lol.

The TL;DR of this essay is that as far as I’m concerned, Axel’s practical age is an illusion, up to the viewer to decide. And I’ll explain my logic behind it below~

The fact that Nomura said this back then is very interesting because we do indeed see exceptions to this rule in certain nobody characters like Xemnas, in particular, and Namine. We can presume Roxas will age too but people just take that for granted and nobody seems to be talking about WHY Roxas will age, cuz they’re too afraid of getting canceled I guess lol. Well this is what side accounts are for~

Nomura goes on to explain that a person is made up of a body, a heart, and a soul. Disney’s shitty racist comment about that aside, I think that makes perfect sense. Allow me to use Terra to Illustrate. Terra was divided up into these 3 essential pieces. His soul->Lingering Will, His body->possessed by Nort, His Heart->Terra’s Darkling.

The Soul is essentially the core of what makes up a life in KH. The fact that you can think at all in KH is to show you have a soul. It is your existence in and of itself. Terra as an existence, is this Spirit. His Lingering Will. His remaining most powerful feelings.

Terra’s body was Norted. Without Terra’s heart or soul dwelling in it, this body is essentially an empty vessel. It’s logically probably much like the puppet replica program’s but like- super Buff lol. Were Terra’s soul to remain in that body, he would simply be a nobody for all intents and purposes. Able to go on, but lacking any sort of personality or Life, with a capital L.

This is because in KH, the heart is where a person’s self-hood is stored. It’s where new memories are formed when you’re Living. These memories which shape you into who you are.

This is why nobodies can simply form new hearts over time by forging connections and creating new lives and relationships with people, finding new passions. They have their soul, (their will), and their body to exist, so there is nothing to prevent them from simply developing new hearts.

So, logical conclusion on this matter: once the nobody makes friends, connections, memories or finds new passions, this new heart will form. Yes, even Xemnas. Which brings me to…

Why does Xemnas age? Why does Namine age? The answer is obvious. They formed new hearts. Namine willfully defies orders and befriends Sora. Xemnas found a true passion for leading the organization. Their wills were strong, they formed a new personhood. They LIVE as real people do. New core memories = new age. Now let’s talk about Axel.

It is unknown when Terranort or Lea became nobodies. Maybe 10 years passed, which would also explain why Xemnas is around 30, or maybe they did it much sooner. We don’t know. But for the sake of arguing Nomura’s entire point here, that nobodies don’t age, let’s assume very little time passed between Lea working at radiant garden, and becoming a nobody. Let’s say 3ish years. We’re gonna use our imagination now, that’s what fiction is for. 8) 3 years of Lea growing 7 feet tall go by, and then suddenly one day he is Axel.

Axel is a nobody. Axel has lost his heart. It’s out there in the void as a heartless somewhere. He initially loses emotions, has no close connections, no love.
 Axel is not Living. He is physically alive but he is not exercising his livelihood. He has one old friend who is cruel to him and does not make effort to connect with him, and he has icky jobs to do every day. I would describe this state as Axel being “frozen”. A (no)body going through motions and barely exercising his soul’s Will. I think of a nobody in this state as like an advanced/glorified zombie of sorts.

Or think of it as being in a state of Neverland, except Neverland is entirely in your head. If children living in Neverland for a century were to emerge back into the real world, they would not just suddenly be practically 100 year old people. They would still be kids because that was the state of mind and body they dwelt in all that time. Even if they lived and breathed for 100 years, these children did not age, neither physically, mentally, or emotionally. The only way for that to happen would be to exit Neverland. And exiting Neverland requires a will to mature, an openness to change, a new journey to follow. It requires these children to Live, with a capital L. To “unfreeze”.

Here comes Roxas.

Let’s say Axel became a nobody at 19. If Axel did not Live for 10 years, he’s *practically* still 19. He remains in a state of Neverland. Similar to Steven Universe rules where Steven’s age reflects his state of mind, or how the gems are thousands of years old but did not mature in any way due to the lack of change in their states of mind. Axel has developed no new heart in all those 10 years.

At what point did he develop a new heart? Well I’m not Nomura so I don’t know, I’m sure it was gradual but I uhh have a hunch:

It was when he bonded with Roxas. It was when Roxas gave him reasons to Live with a capital L. Roxas inspired within Axel a sense of change, maturity, a new journey to follow.

Roxas made Axel feel like he had a heart. Regardless of numbers, as a nobody, as a living (or nonliving) being, Axel did not age. Until he made a best friend in Roxas. It’s a beautiful sentiment.

[cosmiccstuff]

“Ten years after the canonical events of Gravity Falls, Dipper and Mabel Pines are reunited with their great uncles for one last adventure across the world. Joined by Pacifica, now a close friend of the twins and romantic partner to one of them, as well as Mr. Mahina, a hearty boat captain who has been travelling with the Stans for a few years, the Pines family must solve the world’s mysteries that nobody else would dare to decipher, make sure the dangers of the past are no longer there to harm them, and kick complete ass while doing so.”

hi my name is zachariah and I made a cringe au for my cringe middle school interest... its not really an au its kinda just a theoretical gravity falls season 3 so um. yeah I have been working on these for like a month and im just glad to post it at this point sjhfjdsjf

more notes under the cut!! also reblogs not likes uwu

-since I know thisll never exist and therefore I can do what I want, this would definitely not be a Y-7 show on disney (fuck disney actually alternate universe me is helping alex hirsch steal back the rights to this show) and since theyre all older I think this’d be pg-13 or maybe even MA just because I want mabel to say fuck lmao

-when I say “pacifica is dating one of the twins” I mean shes dating mabel (even all these years later, mabifica still fucking rules), I’m just theoretically straight-baiting people lol (though, dipper and pacifica dated 2 summers after the OG GF summer, if that makes u feel any better, its just that it didnt work out and also shes a lesbian now so... lol)

-the twins went to college!!! mabel is an animation student at my shitty parody of calarts, and dipper is a journalism student (he specifically does supernatural journalism which would be an important part of the series) at west coast tech. also pacifica goes to the same school as mabel and is a fashion design student (I have a drawing of dipper in drag bc of her if anyone wants it lol). their schools are miraculously in the same general area so they share an apartment!! more on this later if I end up continuing this

-themes of this series/season/au/whatever would b like. generational trauma, recovery from abuse (every single one of the main characters have been through some form of abuse besides *maybe* dipper and mabel which in itself is even debatable), self redemption/self forgiveness and like. maybe even some coping with loss thrown in there. also found family DUH what else would I do

-noa/mr. mahina (and his dog scuttles) are new!!! so he originally wasnt gonna be a main character or anything but I got,, really really attached to him and ended up making him into an actual full-blown well rounded character so here we are! uhh what else can I say about him,, hes 63 (4-5 years younger than the twins, this takes place in the summer and his birthday is in december so idk) and hes just an old artsy himbo who loves his dog. absolutely no secrets or backstory here :) nope not at all :)

-samuel is dippers best friend, I wanted to incorporate him more but the boat was getting crowded and hes the least connected to the entire family as a whole so hes less relevant sadly :( he and dipper met in Jew Club™ and then ended up being roommates their first year and it just spiraled from there, if this were a real thing id make it so he facetimes the twins a lot and maybe even gets to visit bc I really love him and think he works well with them all

-ford is super depressed uh,, I guess not entirely but he REALLY spends a ton of time moping about how he basically fucked up his entire family for generations and the fact that he ruined a ton of shit so um. yeah. hes my fave though so expect some good shit >:) also hes gay as hell lemme clear that up lol

-can you think of some reasons for stans memory loss issues besides old age?? :)

-finally; you dont get to know anything about mary. does her name sound even remotely similar to any other name though? shrug. I dont know. 

regardless of how many notes this gets expect me to make more because I have SOOOOO much content I have been wanting to upload but I havent been able to because I havent posted any of these so :)

[thalassomania]

this is a recounting of a dream i had yesterday that really messed me up i wrote it all out that day but forgot to post it so i guess ill do that now?

uhh tw for family mentions, jjba, death

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ok so i was going to a museum with my family. but my family consisted not only of my irl relatives but also some comfort characters, etc... namely joseph joestar, kakyoin, and caesar

and at first it was all good, we saw some history of superhero comics (and i did some goofy superman impressions, which i guess comes from how much DC i’ve been reading lately) and an aquarium with angelfish and axolotls, but then we got to an entire “exhibit” dedicated to jotaro kujo

there were a lot of conflicting details in the exhibits but the recurring fact was that he died, and not by natural causes (presumably murder). i think most of my family wanted to leave pretty quickly but something about this section of the museum haunted me. i sat there for ages just imagining jotaro beside me, and then sometimes i would see him, and every time i did i just wanted to break down in tears... i remember trying to tell my dad how sad it was and he wouldn’t listen

when i finally got up to try to rejoin my family i couldn’t find them, and i felt terribly small and lost. i think some of them had decided to leave the museum prematurely, while others had taken a different route that i couldn’t seem to find on my own. i passed the jotaro exhibit multiple times because seeing him brought me comfort (he’s one of my kins actually but i guess that wasn’t relevant in dream-world). eventually though, the exhibit was torn down before my eyes because jotaro kujo was “no longer standing,” which i remember thinking was stupid since he was already dead

after i left i found some relatives (maybe my grandma) saying “grandpa joseph” was looking for me and wanted to take me to one of the gift shops, so i went looking for him... i think i found him briefly and he handed me a ton of coins i’d never seen before (museum currency?) but then i lost him again. i saw part 2 joseph with caesar at another point and i remember reaching up and ruffling his hair. caesar got kidnapped by some freaks in white hoodies and we fought them off. i saw a shirtless touhou cosplayer wandering among the crowds too

there were multiple floors to this museum and as you looked further it became a mall-slash-amusement-park... floor B2 was a spongebob-themed water park that apparently did very poorly with kids so it was shut down. i think at one point i arrived on that floor and the elevators immediately locked, which sent me into a panic

i remember looking for joseph and kakyoin and my girlfriend and my parents and everyone. i found a single mom who said she was a character from one of my old favorite comic strips (andy fox from foxtrot if you’re curious). i remember watching luigi (yes, that one) get on a ride called the Nothing Coaster that slowly severed his soul from his body and erased him from existence (i actually “obtained” his soul and it looked like a green crystallized heart), and when the coaster came back around all that was left of him was a green sticky hand toy in the seat. there was a disney channel original-themed clothing shop, a build-a-bear with some weirdly NSFW associations (not gonna specify, it was gross and 18+) and a guest appearance from thanos, so many damn gift shops that i couldn’t tell which one joseph (who i called “grampy”) had wanted me to visit. i wanted to go so badly, i think because i was hoping for jojo merch??

all the while i was being followed by jotaro’s ghost, who answered any questions i gave him with little hand gestures and shakes of the head. i think he was slowly possessing me because i could feel myself becoming him, and i let it happen because i thought of how happy it would make joseph to see his “other grandchild” again

i know i saw some characters i like—dio, yuuka kazami, etc.—and didn’t have the chance to interact with them... i was just trapped in this mall/museum thing and as much as i tried to go down the elevator and find the rest of the floors (and hopefully joseph), i couldn’t do it in time before waking up

there are some common threads in my dreams that were present here (the multi-floored mall/playground complex, looking for something i can’t find, being away from home and unable to return). that last one has appeared pretty consistently in most of my dreams for the past few months, usually in relation to visiting relatives in what is supposed to be—but never feels like—a vacation. the whole time i felt so damn small and hopeless and scared, and when i woke up it was already 1 PM and i felt sick and i still feel sick but i’m sorta better now so here we are

[bluerosesburnblue]

This very nearly became a Kingdom Key Only run because I like challenge runs like that but honestly I never felt like sticking to the Kingdom Key was ever really a hindrance

...so let’s talk about that ending, from the start of the Keyblade Graveyard to the credits, yeah?

I cannot BELIEVE that Nomura gave us the Beach Party Ending we were all hoping for just to rip Sora away at the last second. Good GOD, man, who spit in your coffee?

So I guess we should get the elephant in the room out of the way, first. I’m actually not... that upset by the ending? Like, yes, I find it extremely ironic that the game that made me love Sora more than any other character in the game would essentially kill him off, but... okay, when Nomura said that the ending would be “hard to swallow” I had two worst case scenarios in mind. And I mean “worst case” in the “Nonononono he’d better not do that if he does I’m done” way

Scenario 1: Xehanort unlocks Kingdom Hearts. Either he’s stopped or he succeeds, but either way the damage is done and he’s too far along to stop and the universe is reset. All of the heroes are alright, they survive the ending, but the world of the game is changed irreversibly, forever. It’s all one World again, the Disney worlds are gone, or they’re there but they’ve been forced together in a weird jigsaw-puzzle way. The details don’t really matter, I just didn’t want a status-quo shakeup like that that gets passed off as a happy/bittersweet ending because the heroes survived

Scenario 2: Xehanort unlocks Kingdom Hearts. Either he’s defeated but whatever he started can’t be stopped, or Kingdom Hearts is the only thing that can defeat him. Either way, Sora has to use the power of Kingdom Hearts. He keeps the world exactly as it was, but has to give up his own physical existence to do so. After all, he who opens the door will become a god in the next world. Maybe he persists as a “force” that watches over his friends, but Sora is gone for good

What we ended up getting was... very similar to that second scenario, but it differs just enough to save it for me. At the very least, knowing that Sora and Kairi are connected and that Sora’s in Shibuya in the Secret Movie gives me enough hope that he can and will come back. Which, when compared to what I was afraid we were gonna get, leaves me weirdly optimistic. I still cried a lot (NOMURA I AM TAKING CUSTODY OF YOUR SON THAT’S MY SWEET BABY BROTHER NOW FIGHT ME) but I’m nowhere near as emotionally devastated as I could’ve been

And here’s the big thing, I liked most of the scenes in the Final Battle sequence. As scenes they were (mostly) fine. The reunions were heartwrenching (even if Sora is just kind of... there for most of them), the KHUx stuff was incredible (Ephemeeeeeer <3<3<3), the locales and concepts were all interesting. My problem was actually the order events happen in

So, first off, everyone dies way too fast. WAY too fast. It’s one of the two scenes I have a problem with. Everyone arrives at the Graveyard and fights a swarm of Heartless. They walk down a crevice and see Terra. A surprising amount of people get knocked out or injured trying to take care of just Terra-Xehanort? Then another big wave of Heartless shows up and everyone just... dies? Like, the second big scene in what is a very long finale and everyone dies? Hell, Aqua just gives up!

They also blew the KHUx Union X attack WAY too early. A set piece like that (it’s SUCH A GOOD CONCEPT AND THE SCENE WAS BEAUTIFUL) and you waste it on a big cloud of Heartless at the start of the final battle? Guys... guys that’s some last minute “all hope is lost, so here’s unexpected help” stuff, you shouldn’t just have that happen that soon

And the thing is... both of those scenes would be so much more impactful if they had happened later in the finale. Ideally, picture this:

The team takes care of the first swarm of Heartless. (You could have moments in that fight where you get a different guest Keyblade wielder, one at a time, in a callback to the KH2 Battle of 1000 Heartless with the FF characters). They’re feeling pretty good about it. They just all worked as a team for the first time together and they did alright. Maybe a little shaky. After all, most of them don’t really know each other that well. They can’t know each other’s styles or predict each others’ moves. Their teamwork is shaky, but they managed and that gives them some confidence. Maybe they can do this if they work together

Then Xehanort shows up. We can’t be having any of this “friendship” and “teamwork” nonsense. He throws up the labyrinth to try and separate everybody and pair off the Darknesses each to 1-2 Lights so that they clash, but the Darknesses are at a clear advantage. Unlike in the actual game, the labyrinth is crawling with Heartless to break up the tedium of the boss rush a bit. (I liked the idea of having to choose who to rescue first in the actual game, but it didn’t actually effect anything except which order you took the fights in.) While running through the Labyrinth you encounter different friends in different sections to help you fight off Heartless, and their boss fight is at the end of their section. That would give everyone just a bit more time to bond with each other. Maybe put in a few puzzles or something that make use of them creatively, like Ven and Aqua using wind and barriers to traverse their section of the Labyrinth. Just... everyone needs more time together. Some things about the fights and reunions would need to be changed, though. I wouldn’t be adverse to changing it up just slightly so that Lingering Will shows up as a guest for the Terranort + Vanitas fight, and it takes both Lingering Will and The Guardian to wrest Terra’s body back (instead of having Lingering Will only show up for Attempt 2 of the Terranort and Heartless Tornado Kill Everyone scene and then fuck off somewhere? Never seen again?) The Saix and Xion fight is also changed up. Roxas doesn’t just... appear from nowhere, and while this seems to be Xion... something’s off. It’s not really Xion, just a puppet made to look like her using data from the finale of 358/2 Days that had, miraculously, survived. This Xion is like the second Replica Riku (and can I just say thank GOD it’s not the “Riku from the past when he was controlled by Ansem” like they thought for the longest time because that was SILLY. Though I’m slightly disappointed that it wasn’t Data-Riku’s digital heart shoved into a Replica body like I’d theorized based on the trailers). This Replica gets purged, too, leaving two Replica bodies conveniently wearing Organization coats behind at the Keyblade Graveyard. We’ll get back to that

(Also, and this is just me, but I actually like how unrepentant Vanitas is. I think a lot of people forget that his sympathetic traits and background of abuse were novel-only things and the novel canon isn’t game canon in the same way that the Harry Potter movies aren’t book canon. Game!Vanitas has never been anything other than a completely unrepentant jackass, and Sora and Ven still gave him a chance to redeem himself. He just refused to take it, and I like that. It’s refreshing to have a character in KH not even try to justify their evil. He’s evil because he wants to be. It’s as simple as that.)

So, anyway, we have the labyrinth stuff. The team is worn down. NOW is where you place everyone dying. I don’t care if you keep it the same, or the Heartless Tornado is controlled by Ansem, or even just Ansem, Xemnas, and Young Nort pick everyone off because they’re all the same person, so of course their teamwork is stronger. You all weren’t good enough friends. You couldn’t have won, because none of you had fought together before, so your friendship was a detriment as you stumbled over each other and just assumed you’d be okay. Sora is left alone. And then he’s gone, too.

And here’s where you place the Final World. I think there was a big opportunity missed here. We get Namine separated from Kairi here. So here’s what I propose: remember all the talk throughout the game about the hearts within Sora’s melding with his, but they might be able to be saved if their memories and the parts of themselves were placed in the right boxes? Fffffffuckingggg... HAVE NAMINE AS A GUEST HERE and have it be just as much about putting Sora back together as it is separating the pieces of Roxas and Xion from him. Once you meet up with Namine’s star (or just have her have a physical form, too, since she’d be tethered to Kairi, too?) she helps out because now that Sora’s in pieces, it’s just a simple matter of sorting those pieces. Putting the scattered links in the chains of memories in different chains, back where they belong. Two hearts are released, now to find everyone else’s. Chirithy is still there, just give Nami some more time

(Also, add a colored tint to the stars or something that goes away after talking to them they were so hard to see)

Anyway. Dives. Lich. I don’t hate this section, I just think the Lich fights could’ve been a little more interesting? Also uhh... maybe have the characters hearts be found in worlds that actually, like... mean something to the character thematically? I guess Aqua in the Caribbean makes sense because water but it would make more sense to have her in Arendelle because ice is also water and she’s basically Ven’s big sis and there are quite a few parallels between the two relationships? The hell does Axel have to do with San Fransokyo? And since Terra would theoretically be there in the rewrite, we’ll need an extra world so place Axel in Twilight Town. Then I dunno. Donald in the Caribbean because he’s canonically a sailor. Ven in Corona because his isolation by Eraqus has parallels to Rapunzel only a bit less evil in intent. Terra in Olympus because that was the world he learned he could be a true hero and beat the darkness. Goofy in Monstropolis because out of all the characters he’s the funniest and they use laugh energy. Mickey in Toy Box because he’s the face of a major franchise and has so many toys based off of him you have no idea. That would place Riku in San Fransokyo where his Norted Replica counterpart was and also poetically make him and Kairi the last ones saved

SO EVERYONE’S ALIVE. We return to the land of the living. There’s no weird... like, time repeats or anything. The last four Norts are... kind of shocked! But also laughing it up because Sora just abused the Power of Waking to hell and back and they know what that means. Also, the lights are still at exactly the same disadvantage they were before they got revived. Or so they think until two bright lights emerge from the labyrinth behind them. That’s right, Roxas and Xion are here, having had their hearts freed from Sora’s in The Final World and taking the abandoned Replica bodies from the Labyrinth. Now we have the Sea-Salt reunion, sans the stuff with Isa because why the hell should Roxas and Xion just be sympathetic to Saix? Save that for a scene in the finale. Doesn’t even have to be spoken, just make it seem like Saix, Roxas, and Xion are trying to come to an understanding but still awkward around each other

After that I’m a little shakier, admittedly. I know you leave Ephemer’s appearance to summon the ancient Keyblades until the very end. I’d also have given him some line like “You remind me of an old friend” or something. Just... slight reference to Player

I have no idea how to work around the Kairi getting killed stuff and still get the ending Nomura wants! That’s the second scene I have a problem with. Sora doesn’t “need” motivation, he’s already prepped to bash the old man’s face in. I dunno... maybe opening Kingdom Hearts messes up Kairi’s light or something and that’s why she disappears? I dunno, there were better ways to do that if you HAD to kill Kairi, and better scenes if you didn’t, tbh

So in summary, I like the pieces of the ending, just not how they were put together. There was a lot of cool stuff in theory, it just wasn’t executed as well as it could’ve been for a more satisfying and emotional finale. The ending’s fine, and I honestly expected it to be a bit rushed considering how much they had to wrap up in this game, but I think it was a low point in what was otherwise a really fun and enjoyable finale to the story arc

I mean... I think that’s all I have to say about the ending, so here’s some assorted thoughts:

I think it was a missed opportunity to not have a Max Goof cameo at the end when the Disney trio is reunited with their loved ones and Goofy just stands there with Jiminy. Max wouldn’t even have been voiced. Just let him show up

I’m torn as to characters’ outfits in the Final Battle. On the one hand, I like how in the end all of the trios are wearing outfits that match the other members of their respective trios. On the other hand, I would’ve killed for EVERYONE to have had a new outfit with the black and plaid/gingham theme to show that they’re not just disjointed trios that happened to come together, but a big group of companions. Everyone is a Team, it’s not just a Team made of Everyone. They made excuses for Mickey’s shirt and Lingering Will’s cape. They could totally have done some “oh weird I guess getting brought back from the dead changed our clothes isn’t that convenient” thing

Why did they “break” Lea’s Keyblade only to have it be just fine when they needed to lock Kingdom Hearts? Why was that there?

I heard someone once say that KH3 was an “obligation.” And I can see where they’re coming from. While I loved the game overall and can feel the work and love put into it, between the sheer amount of sequel hooks and the rushed resolution, it does feel like Nomura just wanted to move on to the stuff he’d thought of in KHUx but had to wrap up the ongoing arc first. I’ve been spoiled on SOME of the Secret Reports, not all of them, but the Subject X stuff and Luxu’s true role with the box could’ve easily been put elsewhere. Maybe in a game in the next arc. That would’ve freed up some time in this game for a few more things, like giving Dark Aqua more screentime (she’s defeated in the same scene she’s introduced? Really?) and just in general spread the original plot stuff out more. As it is now, I feel the sequel hooks just distract from the current plot arc

I appreciate that they tried to give reasons for the Organization members to be in different worlds, but I don’t think it was executed that well. Yeah, we get explanations, like in some they’re performing more experiments on the heart and in others they’re searching for the New Lights, but they never do anything with what they accomplish in them. I was so sure they were going to do something with Data-Sora or Data-Riku because of the “digital heart” stuff in San Fransokyo, and NOTHING came of it. Here’s an idea: Data-Sora in Xion’s place among the Norts and Data-Riku in the Riku Replica’s place. Have Data-Sora look like Xion or act like her before the reveal. I dunno, just do SOMETHING with them. Have the Norts reference the Lights they found in the final battle or something. Just don’t drop them once the world is done

That being said, the worlds themselves were amazing, I really liked the original plots in Toy Box, Monstropolis, and San Fransokyo. The character interactions in Corona and Arendelle were delightful. I also loved the design for the Ice Labyrinth in Arendelle and Galaxy Toys in Toy Box. Would’ve loved to have seen more of the town in Corona but loved what we did get to see of it. The Caribbean was... alright, but did contain my favorite party member: a shambling pile of crabs that were gifted sapience by an ocean goddess so that Sora could free her, only for her to get freed by someone else offscreen

Funny enough I actually didn’t care much for The Caribbean and San Fransokyo, but for opposite reasons. The Caribbean was FAR too open for its own good (I am NOT an open-world person and bad at navigating, so the ship, while interesting in concept, was a nightmare) and San Fransokyo was too scripted (I felt like I was locked in Hiro’s garage). I didn’t hate them, but I also 100% completed every other world and decided that with those two, it just wasn’t worth doing before beating the game. I didn’t hate either of them, and my feelings may change when I go back for treasures and lucky emblems

I absolutely killed Davy Jones with the Pirate Ship attraction. Pass up the opportunity to summon a neon pirate ship on top of a hyper-realistic pirate ship during a climactic battle? Who do you think I am?

I love how Ephemer’s name in the journal is just “???” because that’s an accurate representation of Sora’s reaction. “Who is this guy? Why is he here? Huh???” But I know. I know who the best dandelion boy is. So typical of him to swoop in at the last minute to save you and then disappear to who knows where

I ADORE that the final battle is Sora, Donald, and Goofy together and that the final attack is Trinity Limit. Sora coming back on his own from no health just for Trinity Limit was AWESOME and such a perfect end to the series, gameplay-wise

And finally, I am a little sad that the one theory I had throughout the game was wrong. I’d thought that, since Young Xehanort and Eraqus are always shown in in Scala ad Caelum, that it wasn’t a flashback but simply their spirits playing a metaphorical chess game in the afterlife. Their dialogue after the final battle seems to indicate that that isn’t the case

Also, and this is just for me, but my final death count was 5

Once to the Tornado Titan due to having a poor grasp of Airstepping and NO grasp of Rage Form, killed myself thanks to spamming Riskcharge

TWICE to the electric arena trap in Verum Rex because I am SO BAD at shooters and ejected myself directly into the Death Pit twice

Once during the ship battle portion of the Zombie Kraken fight

Once during the Union X Keyblade summoning because I was too busy reading the list of names to notice the text on the screen that said “HEY IDIOT DODGE ATTACKS DON’T JUST SIT THERE WHAT ARE YOU DOING”

But for now, I think I’m out of stuff to say about KH3. I’m sure I’ll find more once I’ve processed everything, but for now...

now we’ve just got to wait for Sora to come home

[fairyharps]

hello!! i just finished kh3 so below are my thoughts. obviously, spoiler warning if you havent finished the game.

first of all...... wow!!!!!!!!!! its real!!!!!!! i held the game in my own hands and played it!!!!!!!!! 12 year old me has been screaming non stop since the release im in a fog of emotion. every time i started up the game and heard that new kh3 rendition of dearly beloved with the ocean waves i just absolutely lost it

however, in the end, i feel mixed. i guess the hype over the years built up to an astronomical amount and while the game was incredibly fun and beautiful and i love seeing the story finally pan out into the finale, in a way it also felt very short? as of writing the first few paragraphs here i have just started san fransokyo, so i havent seen the actual finale, but these are my current thoughts and i will update this as i play. i still feel like there is so much more that is going to happen and ive barely even scratched the surface

theres a lot of new information that got me going WILD. piecing everything together & theorizing is always something i find fun about kingdom hearts since its so unpredictable. in fact i got so into it i had to start taking notes and making diagrams. i love a game that makes me bust out a notebook. (i do this for hm/sos/stardew and acnl as well lmao)

also every single time ienzo came on screen i went absolutely HOG WILD. when he laughed? the little laugh?? his smile?????? just thinking about it now is making me misty eyed fellas i love my boy

the implication that demyx, luxord (was his name always pronounced luke-sord??? i always said luck-sord wtf), and obviously marluxia and larxene's somebodies are from before the keyblade war is out of control!!!! vexen and demyx being double agents for ansem the wise?? ANSEM THE WISE'S REUNION WITH IENZO!!!!!!!!?????????? also zemyx is real sdfjsdlkfjsdlkfsdlkfjsdlkf jk

uHHHHHHH VENTUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MY BABY MY SONION!!!!!!!! AND AQUA!!!!!!!!!! I'M SO EMOTIONAL!!!!!!!!!!!! im honestly losing my mind everything is coming together aaaaaaaaaaaa literally seeing ventus looking SO BEAUTIFUL is making me lose my mind AND UHH AQUA.... REALIZING SHES IN THE WORLD OF LIGHT...........DAMN U NOMURA FOR MAKING ME FEEL

S-SAIX................................. I LOVE EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!

i felt very mixed about the paopu sharing scene. while i know this ship was always going to be endgame, i really hate how little development it actually gets throughout the Whole Series so instead it feels So forced. that scene is bone dry. the whole time i was wondering why they werent including riku since he was like.. 20 feet away.... like hes your best friend too guys.... i really am unable to understand this scene. like... nomura you KNOW how to write compelling relationships so what happened buddy. woody and buzz had more romantic tension than sora and kairi. also like when she leads him into the light or whatever.. whats the deal

i LOVE kairi but god. can you PLEASE let her do SOMETHING????? CAN I PLAY AS KAIRI??? im so tired of her being reduced to a damsel even when she has a weapon shes supposedly adept with now. she has had like.............. no development. im so sorry this happened to you kairi

im surprised there arent more worlds. i thought there would be the same or a greater number of disney worlds as kh2 but theres actually fewer?? and they feel much longer, or at least some of them do. worlds like the caribbean and toybox felt gigantic and took me forever while corona and monstropolis felt smaller. and some of the worlds you cant even fully explore until after you played through the story????

also im very intrigued about this new female character that keeps getting mentioned vaguely. i suspect there will be some intense retcons put in place abt her since she has NEVER been mentioned before dispite it seeming like shes very important. 

the final world place is very interesting conceptually but like how many times in this series am i going to have to collect soras lmao ALTHO i loved hearing from namine ;_; i miss u sweet girl

also uhh i could write for forever about sora as a character and how complex he is when you actually think abt it. i STILL see ppl saying riku is more interesting as a character but i feel like ppl only look at soras optimistic outlook. sora really keeps his feelings locked up way more than you think he would & not only that but hes so empathetic he ends up tackling everyone else's feelings too.. the idea that he is only powerful or useful because he has friends really hammers in how he says "my friends are my power" like.. every 5 seconds.. god  i love u but pls take a break for a Second. i just want him to go home and hug his mom

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ok i just finished. like 5 mins ago. im still trying to like.. register what happened. the final act really packed a LOT together. i feel like theres too much to even mention right now. and theres still SO many questions. 

like i said before, i feel mixed. while there was a LOT to like about this game, there was also a lot that i did not like or was confused/put off by. i thought the first like, 2/3 of the game was too long and kind of boring sometimes? i couldnt handle in arendelle how they included the songs.. i get why they did it but it was NOT for me. the disney worlds kind of dragged on and, outside of the story connections to the finale, felt a little pointless. nothing happened other than the org popped in to egg on sora and then left. and the final act went by SO QUICKLY i didnt feel like there was enough time to register all the shit that was happening. also i fucking HATE how after everything, kairi was reduced to a damsel YET AGAIN. are you KIDDING ME!!!!!!!!! everything she does is off-screen and her "death" acts as a motivation for sora which is the worst way to do things like what the fuck

i personally really liked the game, even if parts were not as i initially expected. there was a lot of hype surrounding this game, but i think for what it was, it was as enjoyable to play as any kh game, and it delivered a lot of emotions, answered a few questions, created more questions, and wrapped up the dark seeker saga pretty nicely while still leaving room for future stories to be told. and BOY do i have some questions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

people who dont like how convoluted, dramatic, weird,  tropey  or heavily-retconned the plot is might think its bad. but ppl have thought kh in general is bad for those reasons for years anyway. honestly while these are all things that i can understand and empathize with, in the end for me its about how it makes me feel rather than like, how well it follows storytelling rules? and it sure made me feel a Lot. like im saying this as a long-time superfan so lmao

anyway i cried a lot for a very long time about the following: old man yaoi, ventus and roxas being in the same shot, how everyone looks rendered in beautiful next-gen hd, lea isa  and xions new outfits, namixi date, uhhh seasalt trio finally got to go to the beach together, namine being ALIVE, all the shit everyone said after i beat them in the labrynth, how often everyone cried in this game, sora uhhh not existing??? what happened????? is this what the next game is going to be about??? 

THANKS NOMURA FOR MY FUCKING LIFE????????

[n0ttinghamshad0w]

It's not like I'm falling in love, I just want you to do me no good And you look like you could

ROBIN OLIVER HUNT (Name at birth: Robin Huang; Alias: Robert Oliver Gardner)

Birthday: March 12 1990 (Pisces) Hogwarts House (Primary):  Gryffindor Hogwarts House (Secondary): Slytherin Myers-Briggs: ENFP Enneagram: Type 8 Height:  5��9

Overview:

Mother:

1.       Unknown—Linda Huang, still alive, forced to give up her child by her conservative parents who did not want her raising a child out of wedlock, has not tried to make contact with her son.

2.       Mother Florence—the head nun at Nottingham Orphanage, firm, but kind; strict, but genuinely wanted the best for the children; had a soft spot for Robin, since he’d been there for like all his life.

3.       Barbara Economides—Robin’s first foster mom, had six kids of her own, but room in her heart for a dozen more

Father:

1.       Unknown—Ernesto Rosetti

2.       George Economides—Robin’s first foster dad, loving and hard-working man, who unfortunately did not have a very hard-working cardiovascular system. Died of a heart attack when Robin was ~12

Mother’s Occupation: he doesn’t care about his birth mom, but Barbara owned a bakery

Father’s Occupation: he doesn’t care about his birth dad, but George owned a bakery

Family Finances: well, none of the homes he was in were great financially

Birth Order: only child as far as he’s concerned

Siblings: N/A--(Stefan, Petros, Elek, Idola, Eileen, Karena...the Economides kids)

Other Close Family: None

Best Friend: Joan Woode (28)

Other Friends: Tuck Frere (26), Martin Maddon (18), Fakhir Azhar (27)

Enemies: all those who neglect/abuse their children

Pets: none, would love a bird or a fox tho

Home Life During Childhood: He was in an orphanage till he was nine, and it was not a bad orphanage at all, just massively under-funded. At nine, he was placed in a foster home, a large Greek family, and he was very well-loved and well-taken care of, but the father dropped dead of a heart attack when Robin was 12 and the Economides family had to move and they couldn’t take care of Robin. He shuffled through like four other foster homes, at least one of which he was badly abused in, till at seventeen, he just didn’t come home one day and the family never reported it and that was that.

Town or City Name(s): Nottingham, England

What Did His Bedroom Look Like: Never had a steady room, or one of his own. Always shared with someone else, always a small bed.

Any Sports or Clubs: Nah, he was the type of kid who hung out under bridges and threw stuff.

Favorite Toy or Game: Had a toy archery kit back at the Economides house

Schooling: left school at seventeen

Favorite Subject: History and English, loved old stories of Robin Hood

Popular or Loner: loner---’cept he was real popular with the “troubled” kids, the freak in freaks and geeks

Important Experiences or Events: When George died, the abuse at the other foster homes

Health Problems: None

Culture: English?? He’s actually Italian and Chinese, but wouldn’t know at all. Considers himself Greek, if anything

Religion and beliefs: The only time in his life when he was religious was when he lived with the Economides family and went to church on the reg, since then, he’s convinced that if a God does exist, he’s a shitty God and only people can really help each other

Your Character’s Character:

Bad Habits: smoking, drinking, commitment issues, def has ghosted girls before...oh yeah, uh, stealing things??? He’s also a pickpocket

Good Habits: very good with children, when he wants to be he’s very kindhearted, very charismatic, very charming, good sweet-talker

Best Characteristic: intense--has his set of beliefs and morals and will stick by them

Worst Characteristic: intense--to the point where he isolates himself

Worst Memory: The moment the Economides family left him at the social services office (also George’s death lbr)

Best Memory: His first Christmas with the Economides family

Proud of: the money he’s been able to give back to the orphanage

Embarrassed by: his lack of formal education

Driving Style: erratically, I don’t think he has a license but he definitely knows how to drive--does not get into accidents, but is hella reckless

Strong Points: passionate, believes in a cause, dedicated friend, charming, charismatic, quick-learner, good with his hands

Temperament: sanguine

Attitude: passionate, intense

Weakness: has a very specific mission, keeps people at a distance unless you’ve proved yourself to him, you can know him but never really know him

Fears: man, uh, not being able to make a difference

Phobias: abandonment issues~~~

Secrets: the fact that he’s a master thief

Regrets: not finishing secondary, not being like a better person or whatever

Feels Vulnerable When: talking about his past

Pet Peeves: tourists (but they make good bait), people who hate on people who use subtitles, americans, mac copmputers

Conflicts: his very idealistic moral code vs reality, his very idealistic moral code and mission vs caring about his own life/needs

Motivation: justice for children

Short Term Goals and Hopes: find Tuck’s family, steal from Tuck’s family, find Martin, find enough money to get Fakhir a good lawyer

Long Term Goals and Hopes: well shit, making a difference in the lives of people somehow

Sexuality: heterosexual, but could be convinced to fuck a bloke

Exercise Routine: just generally active, runs a fair bit, likes to play sports with friends

Day or Night Person — Night

Introvert or Extrovert — Extrovert

Optimist or Pessimist — Optimist

Likes and Styles:

Music: alt-rock, classic rock, rock in general, also some punk

Books: he likes old stories and folktales (ie; Robin Hood whom he modeled himself after), but does have a soft spot for some high fantasy books (he’s a big fan of Lloyd Alexander’s work--wait, I guess that doesn’t exist since The Black Cauldron is disney but IM SURE HE HAD SOME SORTA EQUIVALENT...The Beige Cauldron) and adventure novels

Magazines: GQ probs let’s be real. Never bought one, always knicked ‘em out of newstands. ALso probably playboy……...Recently has been into tech mags.

Foods: Greek food---reminds him of his time with the Economides family. Loves him a good lamb gyro with a big side of chips.

Drinks: Whiskey--straight up. Not a huge tea drinker, but likes a strong Turkish coffee. Also Gin and Tonics

Animals: Foxes and birds of prey. Tbh, kinda hates that the name the orphanage gave him is ROBIN for crying out loud it sounds so fuckin’ wimpy

Sports: big football fan, also into rugby, probably out of all my characters the one who follows sports the most jeez

Social Issues: def def a huge proponent for children’s rights, especially within the foster system; that’s his biggest thing, but he’s also really for Magick-Rights and against the pressing xenophobia and nationalism that’s rising in a lot of Western European nations

Favorite Saying: Faint heart never won fair lady; As you wish

Color: Dark forest green

Clothing: enough to maintain his image as a #rebel, but def does not invest toooo much in fashion. Lots of cool jackets, mostly darker colors

Jewelry: nah, mate that’s excessive (has this pendent that Barbara gave him that used to be George’s but that’s it)

Games: loves dominoes a lot actually

Websites: uhh reddit probably

TV Shows: probs into Game of Thrones and #epic period dramas

Movies: his absolute favorite movie is The Princess Bride, he loves good action flicks with a dash of epic romance--something with a real hero. Also probs a Star Wars fan. V for Vendetta

Greatest Want: to make a difference in the world, to make sure no child is ever hurt

Greatest Need: to let people in

Where and How Does Your Character Live Now:

Home: small studio apartment in Benbow

Household furnishings: sparse, probs just sleeps on a mattress let’s be real, has a hot plate and a mini fridge, uses a crate for a coffee table

Favorite Possession: his trusty pocket knife, one of the first things he bought with his own money

Most Cherished Possession: necklace that Barbara Economides gave to him that used to belong to George, it is a Greek Cross

Married Before: Nope.

Significant Other Before: the only serious one was this rather posh girl when he was 21. She ended up getting pregnant, but got an abortion and the relationship sorta derailed after that.

Children: nah

Relationship with Family: lol

Car: n/a

Career: no “career”--has worked service jobs and manual labor, was a bartender for a bit but quit bc of the Fakhir thing

Dream Career: god, he doesn’t know--maybe a social worker, tbh, or owning some sort of afterschool program for kids

Dream Life: he wouldn’t tell you, but being married to a beautiful girl, having a buncha kids, adopting a bunch too

Love Life: a string of one-night stands and brief dramatic love affairs that ended like smoke in the night

Hobbies : knife-throwing, wood-carving

Guilty Pleasure : women?

Sports or Clubs: not at the moment

Talents or Skills : wood-carving, bartending, bit of an amateur hacker, decent dancer and football player, decent at like climbing things lol, lock-picking, stealth talents

Intelligence Level: Never did well in school, but is quite very streetsmart and can read people very well, knowledgable on random things, courtsey of Tuck 

Finances: not as bad as you’d think, but still def the poorest out of my characters. He’s the type of dude who gives everything he gets back--always drops in coins for street musicians, always

[ahundredcows]

I got tagged by @foeyauic and @onionknight007 thank!

1. coke or pepsi: coke I guess

2. disney or dreamworks: ?? how can I choose??

3. coffee or tea: tea

4. books or movies: books all the way

5. windows or mac: windows

6. dc or marvel: marvel

7. xbox or playstation: I have no fricking idea

8. dragon age or mass effect: I have no idea but dragon age sounds more like something I’d like

9. night owl or early riser: night owl

10. cards or chess: chess

11. chocolate or vanilla: chocolate ofc

12. vans or converse: converse?

13. Lavellan, Trevelyan, Cadash or Adaar: question mark

14. fluff or angst: I’m always in for some angst (even if I might scream the opposite)

15. beach or forest: I don’t like the beach that much, but I love he sea. I also love the forest tho

16. dogs or cats: both are good, but I choose cats

17. clear skies or rain: liSTEN. Yesterday we had clear skies, there was not ONE cloud to be seen and I was craving for some non-existing shade I was dying bc that stupid sun kept burning me alive i HATE clear skies. and I live in the netHERLANDS, it’s supposed to be cold here which it really is compared to other countries so srlsy don’t take me there

18. cooking or eating out: I can’t believe I’m saying this but cooking

19. spicy food or mild food: depends. not too spicy though

20. halloween/samhain or solstice/yule/christmas: christmas

21. would you rather forever be a little too cold or a little too hot: COLD

22. if you could have a superpower, what would it be: shapeshifting

23. animation or live action: animation

24. paragon or renegade: ??

25. baths or showers: showers

26. team cap or team ironman: uhh, I haven’t seen the movies/read the comics, so yeah

27. fantasy or sci-fi: fantasy

28. do you have three or four favourite quotes, if so what are they: bruh, I can’t really remember any. ‘You have to be odd to be number 1′ only one I know sorry

29. youtube or netflix: I’d say netflix, bc I know it’s useful, but I don’t have it myself

30. harry potter or percy jackson: harry potter, stil haven’t read percy jackson, whoops

31. when did you feel accomplished: when I got a diploma and later medals with my sport

32. star wars or star trek: star wars

33. paperback books or hardback books: this one’s difficult, bc I like it when paperbacks get all torn and wrinkeled and old, bc it shows that it realy has been read, but hardbacks are more comfortable? to read and they are prettier imo

34. horror or rom-com: wtf I don’t like either. I can only watch horror together with someone else and then I can vaguely enjoy it, but later I will have regrets. Rom-coms can be funny, but I’ve seen too many and they are mostly too predictable and romantic imo.

35. tv-shows or movies: tv-shows

36. favorite animal: cats/catlike animals

37. favorite genre of music: rock

38. least favorite book: some book I had to read for dutch literature class

39. favorite season: autumn or winter.

40. sparkly or shiny: shiny

41. favorite character in a tv-series: um. too many??

42. do you have/want any tattoos and if you do, what are they: I don’t really want a tattoo, but I really like seeing designs and shit.

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