#hikari chapter one

[cremeriie]

i do not have any more funny osvald art to post right now (or any, like, serious art either.) BUT i have been rotating him and the other 8pathies in my mind for a month now and i must ramble about him + them or i will explode!!!!

so anyways, here are some various osvald being a Dad™ to the travelers headcanons, bc i have. many. (under the cut for your convenience.)

osvald isn't very a "touchy-feely" guy. but, on a particularily anxious day for the group, when agnea asks him so sweetly if she can braid his hair, he can't say anything but yes. how could he deny her, when the earnest joy that lit up her face reminded him so much of his daughter? when evening came and the travelers returned to the inn, it took everyone much internal strength to not mention the flowers woven thoughout his, surprisingly luscious, locks. they knew if they said anything he would pluck them out, and it was rare to see him indulge in something so openly beautiful.

in a similar vein, every one of the travelers has slept on his shoulder at least once, much to temenos' chagrin, who would kill deal with anyone that dared mention the time he drooled all over the only decent coat osvald owned. not like osvald cared, anyways. his clothes were simply a means to an end. temenos felt bad regardless and made sure to scrub extra dutifully when it was his turn to do the laundering.

ochette takes this a step further and jumps into his lap whenever she can. she always wants to hear about the books he's reading, the theories he's thinking up, or just about his day. castti finds them asleep like this, once, with osvald's arms wrapped protectively around ochette and her cheek smushed against his chest. the sight makes her smile warmly, but she cant help but feel sad at how he never looks at peace, even when at rest.

throné is prone to indulging in self-destructive habits. most of the time this manifests as reckless pick-pocketing but sometimes, on worse nights, she takes to the tavern. osvald finds her one night, already three deep, and sits beside her. he leans close and speaks quietly, but intently. the tavern keeper couldn't hear their conversation, but he was glad to see the two order only coffees for the rest of his shift, and the girl with a much more content expression.

hikari, fresh on the run from his kingdom, secretly confides to osvald during a night watch shift together that he doesn't truly believe he is worthy to be king. that anybody else could, should, do it, but not him. osvald is quiet for a moment. he suddenly begins to explain the basics of fire magic. how it's an element that anybody can tap into, but only few who are gifted with its blessing can fully master. since anybody can do it, there should be no need for these masters, and yet, who else do the people trust to warm their homes and light their streets? hikari takes in the information before letting out a small grateful smile. he thanks osvald for the lesson and they lapse into comfortable silence.

one eventful day, in the ever opulent merry hills, partitio and osvald found themselves trouncing (well, parti trounced, osvald stalked) through the town, stopping at any stall they crossed to try and find some rare herb castti had heard of. finally, after an hour of searching, partitio laid eyes on a single bundle of greens for sale, and at the very last stall too. he put on his winningest smile and approached the vendor. osvald watched, disinterested, from a distance. crowds were bothersome, and he was thinking how much he'd like to be back at the inn when he heard a sudden offended spluttering coming from the stall. it seemed like the vendor had offered her, frankly offensive, price and refused to budge on it. osvald was sure partitio could have handled it himself, but the thought of a haggle session exhausted him and he decided to end things before they started, by taking a long stride behind his fellow traveler and looming over them both. all he had to do was raise an eyebrow, before the vendor crumbled and offered the herbs for half off.

[randomminty]

Five billion octopath 2 scribbles i feel sick

[izfaish]

yeah hi he's my oc now. bold words i know. anyway here's my fic about him bc i'm starved of lore skfjgfhds

[taz19tz]

Human

you think I'm done with Running Up That Hill brainrot? NOPE

This scene just touched my heart

Read Running Up That Hill chapter 13 by @dunedragon yall

I tried to do anime style ish

NDJDJSHDB SORRY I PICKED THE BACKGROUND FROM GOOGLE 🧎‍♂️🧎‍♂️🧎‍♂️

[celestriix]

some octopath doodles!

minor out of context spoilers for partitio chapter 2 and 3, and also his scent of commerce in Tropu’hopu

[starkittnd93]

It’s so windy today—

Sooo naturally I immediately thought to put my blorbo into a situation and practice my animation while I’m at it! :D

[nootnootles]

He has a death grip on my heart

[mwezina]

random thought.

Does anyone else wish we got a Hikari standalone game? Like from all this petty bs, we got a story of succession, betrayal, strength vs. kindness.

Like what? This isn't octopath travellers. This is Hikari and friends with minor disputes.

[kaquinnxylatae]

we need more arcaea accounts on tumblr literally all the accounts ive found (which adds up to 3 im pretty sure) have been inactive for at least a year

i draw lethe and saya a lot so if you follow me and i become more active ill post extreme amounts of lethe and saya art

[bad0mens]

(Trying this style of linking because the other one always seems to default to chapter 1)

[dazzlerazz]

It's time to take on that fucking train

[besaidcafe]

I'll be honest, I'm glad I'm leaving Temenos' video until later on

I don't want to pull my hair out just yet 🙃

[abobobob]

Do you guys think Hikari and Partitio would be horsegirls?

[ali-yona]

so far hikari's story is the only one (that I've noticed) that plays a rendition of determination!!!!!!

[taz19tz]

THE NEXT CHAPTER FOR RUTH IS UP SO I CAN FINALLY SHARE THESE!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH @dunedragon FOR COMMISSIONING ME!!!! WHAT AN HONOOOORRRR IM SO HAPPY AAAAAHHH

I HAD REAL FUNSIES WHEN DRAWING THEM!!!

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Bonus:

Hes tired kay

[everythingsinred]

How do you think it would have gone if Aoi had stayed in the school? Obviously the idea of her alice being gone would have to change, but how much do you think we would have seen her?

I think it would have been nice to know her more, beyond "tragic little sister that is sweet", but that's just me :/

her alice being gone was just a factor in the story so she had no reason to stay, so if you just erased that, aoi joining the class would have been so fun!!!

ESPECIALLY bc of what we get of her in fanbooks that we get very little of in canon, which im very sorry about. in canon aoi might seem like a sweet, cute, cheerful girl, and yeah, sure she is, but she's not mikan-esque OR nobara-esque about it. we get little bits of it in canon if u pay attention, but aoi is a narcissist! theres a comic in one of the fanbooks where she talks about how cute she is and its SO FUNNY!! basically, aoi is a self-centered little shit (i imagine since she's the youngest and both natsume and her father are always protecting her, she might have become a little spoiled) and her presence in class b would have been amazing.

to be very serious about it, aoi's presence would have been very intriguing in the escape arc (she could have been around to see her mother die, for example, so maybe that scene wouldnt have been so brushed over), she couldve provided extra comfort to natsume when mikan was trapped in the labyrinth, and she and ruka could've had some bonding when it comes to natsume's death. honestly, i dont see anything changing in a huge way, but her presence couldve added to the story, to the themes, to the mood, etc.

on a FUNNY note, though... aoi would bring so much chaos! as far as i can tell, only koko, ruka, and tsubasa know that natsume loves mikan. and none of them would tell ever--ruka out of loyalty and also bc he likes mikan too, tsubasa out of fear of retribution, and koko out of... i'd like to say loyalty too, but maybe a little fear. but aoi? aoi isn't scared of her brother! and she would make fast friends with mikan, as we already saw. i think it would take her no time at all to figure out natsume likes her, and bc she'd want to "help", she might suggest things. and the whole time natsume is eyeing her bc he knows he can't control her and she is a huge risk for letting something "slip". her "loyalty" would take the form of matchmaking and bc there's no fear there, there's no way to stop her.

additionally, i'd love to see her interact with the class b kids. teasing natsume, hanging out with ruka and mikan... and i'd love to see which other class b kids she clicks with!

my bitterness over aoi not becoming mikan's classmate is from the fact that the story wouldn't even have to change that much. natsume is still doing missions anyway. and that chapter with the newspapers is already SO boring (no offense but jfc), that adding or changing it a bit to allow aoi to stay wouldnt have affected much (and might have made it better). i just dont like her being a one-off character when she had so much potential and was so fascinating.

(also fanfic always features her as nice but shy, almost like nobara, when all i want is aoi being a cheerful but self-centered little shit.... it's so unfair!!!!)