#i didn't know where else to put that info haha

[pomefioredove]

HIII I SAW THE FLIRTY PROMPTS EVENTS AND RAN HAHA

Can I please get "You're a shy little thing, aren't you?" with Rook please???? 🙏🙏🫠🫠🤍

anon this one is PERFECT omg screaming...

summary: "you're a shy little thing, aren't you?" type of post: short fic characters: rook additional info: romantic(?), reader is gender neutral, reader is not specified to be yuu, Rook being a little freak, shamelessly flirty, not proofread a part of this event

There's that feeling again.

Your heart rate picking up, muscles tensing, adrenaline urging you to find somewhere to run, a quiet corner to lurk until those eyes you feel on the back of your neck have turned away...

You're surrounded by people, but even the crowd isn't enough to hide you.

For so many years, you hadn't been noticed at all. An unsaved seat, a forgotten name, a dull, drooping wallflower with nowhere to root. Ignored and undesired, nothing more than a piece of furniture in everyone else's lives.

You had long come to accept that it's just how things are, even here.

And, so, the feeling of being watched is wholly unfamiliar.

You slip out of the midday crowd and into a quiet corridor. Your worst fear, really, is that whoever's keeping their eye on you is picking you apart at the seams, analyzing your every flaw...

As if being quiet didn't make you enough of a target...

"Ah, there you are! I thought I lost you,"

You nearly jump. For a moment, you're tempted to look around the vacant corridor for someone hiding in the shadows, because, surely, that voice isn't addressing you.

The boy at the other end of the hall tilts his head. "Ah, do not be frightened! I was only worried you had been swallowed by the crowd,"

You blink.

"...Me?"

"Oui," he responds, putting his hands on his hips. "You are such a tiny thing, I could not let any harm befall you under my watch."

There's something rather unsettling about his gaze. Familiar, even.

"Tiny?" you scoff at the description. "...Who are you, anyway?"

His smile is just as uneasy. Too eager, you think. "Je suis désolée, how rude, I have not introduced myself yet. Where are my manners?" he scolds himself, taking a step forward.

"Rook Hunt."

No, not familiar at all. You've never seen this man in your life, even if there's something about his gaze that strikes a chord with you.

You give your name in return, to which he hums.

"You are quite the interesting creature, you know."

Creature? You give him a sour look, and he chuckles.

"I mean it in the loveliest way. Like a flower which takes a century to bloom, or a comet one might see but once in their lifetime,"

He speaks enthusiastically, and thus fast, leaving you dizzy with metaphors and imagery.

"...Is that a compliment?"

A small smile graces his lips, and he leans forward. "Would you like it to be?"

Full of surprises. You instinctively lean back, further away from those piercing eyes.

He hums again, eyes shining with amusement. "Ah, ah, have I embarrassed you? My apologies,"

"I'm fine," you lie, and leave it at that. You can't seem to come up with a good excuse, and your face feels warm.

Rook tuts, circling around you like a predator surveying its prey.

"...There is no shame in being flattered, chérie. Though I would gladly embarrass you all day just to see that lovely look on your face again,"

You watch him carefully, though avoid eye contact as he stops, eventually, standing in front of you again with a little smile.

"It is a shame you hide yourself, even now. Your beauty should be appreciated," he says. "...Though, I admit, I find the idea of keeping it all to myself rather tempting."

He's going to give you a heart attack, you think. You can feel the embarrassment swelling in your chest, making your heart beat a little faster and averting your gaze to the ground.

He chuckles. "You're a shy little thing, aren't you?"

"I..." you cough awkwardly, eyes fixed on the floor tiles. "...Don't get complimented often."

Rook places a hand over his heart, as if offended by the very thought. "Non? What a cruel world we live in, where such beauty goes unnoticed! The very notion wounds me!"

"Well, then..." he says, getting down on one knee and taking your hand in his, kissing each of your knuckles.

"...Let me make up for it, chérie."

[lizzaneia-elizalde]

For ALL the yanderes you’ve created, those that are fathers, going to be fathers, or want to be fathers (intention to baby trap their wifey’s), how well of a father would each of them really be? Like on a scale of 1-10 (10 best, 5 average, 1 worst). And what’s their parenting style or just some tid bit info on their parental duties?

I don’t want to overwhelm you with this request, so hopefully this can be a simple headcanon list for just some of them like the sugar daddy, cowboy, politician, etc. of whorever else.

Thanks your stories make me so giddy to read and will you ever make ABCs for your OCs? (SFW/NSFW/mixture of both)

Yandere! Men and their Fatherly Capabilities

I've always wanted to do these types of questions! Scenarios are so fun to do and read so I hope I didn't mess up this one!

About ABCs, i'm probably going to do sometimes. It can be requested, although I don't know where to start with it. Kink ABCs, probably? I dunno, i've only read a handful of ABC drabbles. But it looks soooo fun.

YAN! ARTIST: 7/10

Arlen would definitely be higher than average. His emotions are not that twisted yet (LMAO YET). He was loved by his parents, and his grandmother. He knew what a healthy relationship with a child looks like, so he strives to do the same.

Although, he would be clumsy sometimes, but he knows what to do and what to say.

"Honey? Oh no, don't eat the paint. *Chuckles* you weren't? Ah, sorry. But you want to learn how to paint? Alright. Come here. Let's start easy. Okay?"

YAN! DRAGON: 4/10

Vincent would be awkward. He's been for hundreds of years now, with no one to rely on, no family, no friends. Then suddenly, you came in. When you became his spouse, he was a little bit worried about your offspring. He doesn't know how to father at all. He hatched from his egg alone, so when your child got born, he's awkward, confused, and overly cautious. He's afraid to hurt the child after all.

He would probably shower the child with gifts, as compensation. Because you know, some parents, who cannot express affection in a physical and verbal way, would shower their child with gifts.

"Ah, child. Do you need something? No? Oh, hmm... Well, I found this necklace with a temperature controlled gem as a pendant. When you're cold, it will warm you up, if you're hot, it would cool you down. No need to thank me. It's my duty as your father, after all.

YAN! THEATER ACTOR: 3/10

Horrible father. Well, not horrible-horrible, but the fact that he wants your attention on him and him only is already a major setback. If he suddenly had a mini me running around and hogging your attention, let's just say Ignatius wouldn't take that lightly.

He will take a vasectomy just to avoid having an accident. So no accidental pregnancies at all.

"Ugh. No children for me. I can't have your attention on somebody who is not me."

YAN! BUTLER: 10/10

No doubt about Zero. He will definitely be a great father. He's the best butler out there. A chimera also, so he's stronger than humans, maybe even select monsters. He's caring, cunning, smart, and loving.

He's devoted and loyal, so expect your child with him to be the most beloved child out there.

"Pumpkin! How are you? Hungry? Haha, don't worry, I already prepared your snacks and drinks. Of course, it's in the garden, in your most favorite spot. Come, your mother is also there."

YAN! SUGAR DADDY 8.5/10

GRR BARK BARK BARK AWOOO *Ehem* wait what who said that? Well, anyways, as much as Rowan is the most caring sugar daddy out there, he's still a mafia boss. So him being one is putting you and your child's safety in danger. But other than that, with his loaded money and insane protection from his men, your child will be one heck of a protected baby out there.

Although, it would take more convincing for Rowan if your child wanted to be the next mafia boss.

"You want to be like me? Dream on, squirt. This lifestyle is dangerous. So if you want to become like me, I better see you prepared for everything. So, not now."

YAN! JOCK: 6/10

Damon would be at most, average. Well, above average by only a bit. Remember, he's not exactly the most emotionally capable man out there. His himbo persona is the only one making him afloat in the social world. He's probably gonna go and act like his parents. After all, he already has a himbo persona. What harm could it be if he would develop a loving father facade?

Maybe the more time he spends with you and your child, he will become actually affectionate. And he will be, don't worry.

"Heyya champ! Want to play basketball with daddy? What? No, I didn't trip you on purpose. HAHA! Alright, you caught me. You gave your momma so much trouble, so I had to discipline you a bit."

YAN! ASSASSIN: 2/10

NO! PROBABLY THE WORST FATHER OUT THERE! I feel bad, but technically speaking, he hasn't healed from his father's abuse. He's also already a violent man who would do anything to get out a reaction from you, and he won't stop until he did. So, imagining him with a child is a NO NO! He's that much of a bastard.

Once he healed though, then maybe? But definitely not current Azrael.

"A child? Angel, no. I do not want to have them. Period."

YAN! EX-BOYFRIEND: 4.5/10

Lee is emotionally unavailable for people other than you. Even his own parents. You're the only one whose able to bring out such intense emotions from deep inside him. But he won't be that much of a pain to deal with, it's just that he's probably gonna be one of those awkward dads that only talks to you one or two sentences a day, and only does his best in providing for his family.

Don't worry, he's not an ass to just neglect his child, just, barely emotionally there.

"Hey kid, here you go. Your allowance for the week."

YAN! COWBOY: 7/10

Knoxx is prideful, so he takes pride from his family also. He always dreamt of having his own child, teaching him the ways of the ranch, giving them their pony, and teaching them that once they set sights on a potential partner, they shouldn't let go.

Other than that, he's going to be a good dad. He will make his own father his role model, and rear the child to the best he can. Although not without a few bumps due to his personality.

"NO! Twilight! Stop! Don't scare the horse like that! Just easy petting, no sudden slaps-- TWILIGHT! NOW LOOK AT YOU, ALL DIRTY BECAUSE YOU STARTLED YOUR HORSE. What am I even going to say to your mother..."

YAN! EMO: 9/10

Ashton is surprisingly going to be an excellent father. He's in tune with his emotions, is not one to impose traditional views on his child. He will be very open minded about your child, and will be an actual strong pillar of support.

Along with you, your child with him will be a great kid, who's in touch of their emotions and is sensitive to feelings.

"It's okay to cry sweetie. If you want, you can embrace papa. There there... Just let it all out. You're big, strong, and amazing. Nobody should doubt that, even you."

YAN! WEREWOLF: 7.5/10

Lyall grew up with his family, which is like a lot of them. It's like a compound where several branches of generations live in the same lot, so he knew how to take care of kids and play with them, and make sure they grow to decent adults.

Unlike his family though, he will make sure to teach his child the ways of a werewolf in an early age, so that they will not be lost in the dark if they shifted for the first time.

"Shifting will hurt, I can't deny that. But hey, focus on your wolf's voice, let them guide and soothe you. I am also here, and also your mother. Together, we will guide you until you finished. That's my pup."

YAN! EX-HUSBAND: 7/10

Novel/OG Inigo will definitely be a 10/10 father, but for this version of Inigo, I only placed him a 7/10 due to him being an opportunistic asshat. In the novel, he genuinely wanted to marry Ykaidi for the children, but in this case, he wanted to marry you for you to come back in his arms, and is using the kids as a leverage to get you back.

Other than that, he's probably gonna be a great father. Allastor is one, so Inigo has a role model to look up to when it comes to amazing fathers.

"You two, what are you doing? Hmm? baking cupcakes for your mother? Well, isn't that amazing. Do you mind if I help? I can operate the electronics."

YAN! HOSPITAL CHAIRPERSON: 6/10

He's paranoid. So he's probably gonna be really strict with his child. Like, curfew time is 5pm kind of strict. He's not one to intrude in personal stuff though, so the only strictness he actually has is making sure his child is back home safe, and always at home, since home is the safest place to be.

Your child is probably gonna get sick of it though.

"What time is it? Yeah, 5:10 where were you? I was worried sick! School? I thought school ends at 4:00? You went out with your friends? I don't care about that but when I saw curfew is 5, it's 5!"

YAN! VILLAIN: 8.5/10

Eros is a lovable man. And unlike his current life, his modern past life was exposed to gentle parenting. He was an orphan, so he wants to give everything he can to his child. And in his current life, his father was absent, and his mother is a pedophile, so he definitely, definitely wants to break the cycle of being a bad parent.

He's the Duke after all, what can he not give his child?

"Happy birthday, my precious jewel! Wait, why are you mad at me? Oh? That? Well, gifting you a villa in the seaside is a good thing right-- ow! Ow! Okay! I shouldn't waste my money! Haha!"

YAN! POLITICIAN: 5.5/10

Like I said with Maximus, he's also a traditional man. He provides, you take care of the children and the house. He's also a politician, so he's busy as a bee making a name for himself, taking care of the city, and providing for his family. Although, he does make sure to spend his holidays with his family.

Your children will be popular as hell, seeing as they are the children of THE Maximus. So, goodluck to them if they are introverted.

"Children! Papa's home! I bought Christmas gifts from the cityhall. Your aunts and uncles wanted to give you tons of presents, so do go ham in opening them! Don't worry, papa will be here until January."

YAN! MAFIA BOSS: 5.5/10

He's the opposite of Rowan. He gets jealous easily. Like really easily. Same as Ignatius, if you have somebody that you put your affection into that was not him, it would leave a bitter taste in his mouth. Also, with him constantly filling up with wealth and expanding territory, it will be a horrible place to rear a child. Since he baby trapped you though, he has no choice but to provide for the kid. He's surprisingly decent, and his jealousy is more or less childish (Thank God).

SO, he just baby trapped you just for the sake of you being trapped. Hooray for the man who's NOT thinking of consequences.

"Boohoo, cry for your mom. I just stole your lollipop. What's that? You want this back? Well come and jump, tiny. Come on, jump-- OW! H-honey! OW! Okay i'll stop teasing tiny h-- OW! Okay I won't call them tiny!"

SO, ranking from greatest to DEFINITELY NOT

Butler > Emo > Sugar Daddy = Villain > Werewolf > Artist > Cowboy > Ex-husband > Hospital Chairperson > Jock > Politician > Mafia Boss > Ex-boyfriend > Dragon > Theater Actor > Assassin

There you have it! Our official ranking on who's the best daddies to the "I will not leave my child with them"

[anghraine]

hi! i read through some of your posts about the stewards and was so happily surprised to learn that tolkien might've had some egyptian & byzantine culture inspiration for gondor?? the peter jackson movies' portrayal of gondor never did it for me, but i'm not a particularly creative person so all my efforts to conjure up a version of faramir & gondor that felt *real* were kind of half-hearted. (random confession but i've been putting off reading the silmarillion for this reason: i can mentally take all the beautiful fanart of dark-haired characters and store them in my faramir collection, which i won't be able to do once i actually recognize those people lol).

but knowing what i know now, it feels like i've taken off the blinders to a wider range of possibilities. it may not be accurate to tolkien's version (sue me, jackson did it) but it got me thinking about korean traditional clothing and sangtu (a topknot style where men usually kept their long hair up). like imagine a faramir who usually has a sangtu and wears dark hanbok, leaving his hair long and streaming during his stay at the house of healing!! also some of the most iconic korean stories are about conflict between father and son, the weight of duty versus ideals, etc. so it just fits in so well.

anyways incoherent rant aside, i'm really delighted at the idea of getting inspiration from different cultures outside of vague european medieval imagery. just wanted to say thank you for your wonderful posts & analysis for sharing this info and helping me out!!

Oh, no problem! Haha, I used to also collect dark-haired art of characters I didn't know for my Tolkien faves, so that was adorable to hear about someone else doing. I hadn't thought about using Silm characters for fun headcanon purposes, but the temptation is pretty real tbh, especially given that Silm characters with virtually no description get more book Faramir-accurate art than Faramir himself does, lol (beardless pretty men with long black hair are everywhere in Silm art, and yet my fave who definitely looks like that— /waves cane at clouds).

But yeah, Tolkien very definitely had Egyptian, Byzantine, and Roman and other Italian influences in mind for Gondor in particular. So even for those who are set on ~Tolkien's vision~, he was specifically very annoyed at the idea of Gondor being seen as at all northern European or that northern Europe is somehow the source of all heroism in Middle-earth or in any way sacred when a) Morgoth was rooted in the north, b) the happy ending of LOTR centers the new political order in the south, and c) IRL Tolkien particularly loved Latin and Spanish.

But that aside, I love the idea of also going a step beyond Vague Medieval Europe Aesthetics Forever in lots of other directions, and that version of Gondor and Faramir seems really apropos to the scenes and themes surrounding them. I especially love the idea of him wearing a princely hanbok and his hair appropriately up in all of his scenes as he navigates drama around his people and his family, until the time comes for Dramatically Streaming Hair in the Houses of Healing with Éowyn.

(Years ago, I had a lot of fun thinking about a sort of cdrama version of Gondor's history, but I think your idea is better :D)

[taki118]

Yakuza Fiance ep 6 Manga Comparison

We are halfway through the anime folks. As always under the cut I have everything the anime missed out on from the manga. The scans are fantranslated cause I'm lazy.

First thing the convo between Tsubaki and Yoshino is framed in the manga as a flashback.

The convo is mostly the same but once more details are missed such as Yoshino determining that Kirishima seeing her then was 6 years ago.

We also loose out on this cute image

Now they then cut to the school where the manga picks up so I'm not sure why they removed the stare thing (I know the anime loves its dramatic stares) maybe for time?

Anyway the convo at school is much the same but if you thought that little stop Yoshino gave during her lecture was weird well the manga has an explaination

Like I don't get why the anime didn't put a text box or something they've done it before, its just kinda odd. (I dunno I honestly forgot about this during my first watch and was like "That was weird" I didn't get the reason for Yoshinos shock maybe thats just me though)

Ok so the scene is again mostly the same but the visuals when Yoshino realizes she's Kirishimas first friend is such a down grade in the anime. She just stands there and the word friend repeats in the background meanwhile the manga gives us this

Like we get this cute little slugger Yoshino, which I gotta assume is a reference to something, then we get a little montage of all the shit she's gone through its just very underwhelming by comparison.

So ok the Nao stuff first of all I wanna say the lighting is like off like its so bright the manga gives the impression of a more softer lit place so it feels more like a high class bar. Its not really a difference but it annoyed me and I am writing this haha.

The convo is much the same again with some small stuff cut, I'd say Naos internal thoughts are much meaner in the manga. They did change placement again though. When the other women bring up Kirishima in the manga Nao goes straight into flashback mode

It gives the impression that she is lost in thought and can't help thinking about him even though she's such a calculated person, this info gets put into the anime but it doesn't offer the same weight but I'll compare once there cause they made.....choices. But also it doesn't feel as abrupt when Kirishima shows up in the manga you get the impression Nao has been sitting silently for a bit. Not the "hey we were literally just talking about you" vibe the anime has.

So they put the flashbacks in when Nao is in the bathroom scene and they are framed a bit differently from the panel above (the sex thing is there just on another page so i didn't add it) So like instead of a scene in a bar or club where you assume they mightve talked about him before she approaches we get this

Which is like ummmm I don't actually know if the anime is trying to make a point or not, about the age difference or whatever

So like Nao panics more in the manga (and I really wanna make a post on this at some point so I won't get too in the weeds but) and we learn just how long it's been since she saw Kirishima (we do get him saying it was 3 years in the anime like the manga but honestly ya'll missed out on her panicked thoughts)

So it was three years ago Kirishima is 18 now meaning he was was 14-15 when they met which is why the scene in the anime is interesting. I think they thought rather than having nao say the time frame they thought to visually imply it by having her see him in school uniform which is a choice particularly with the girl she's with. Like we have a college freshman (probably she might be older) openly being like "wow arent those highschool freshmen so hot?" I dunno it's kinda funny.

But yeah anyway the manga gives us more detail into her thoughts and how she thinks about it (also did anyone else think the close up on the kiss was weird and it lingered too much?)

Anyway we get another loss of thoughts

Like nao is constantly thinking like this not sure how she'll come across in the anime honestly.

Anyway again convo is much the same only shortened, with Kirishima directly saying she acted more like a foreigner back then. But also when he leaves she doesn't look at the card in the manga, nor does Ozu show up to give an ominous stare (this adaptation and adding stares I swear to god)

Ok so this is something I mentioned in ep 4 but they took out how Yoshino has been planning a summer trip to Osaka for a while

Like this they also took out which leads into her cute hand binoculars (glad they kept it) and convo on the phone with Kirishima. Its another set up thing they dropped so it feels a little more random and convenient in the anime.

So the start of the trip is overall the same but again we loose some character beats

In the manga it feels like she pulls him before he gets shoved and we get explanation why he's never really been to Osaka and a cute culture clash moment.

Ok so this is weird we get the face but we don't get the context for it. Like this head thing felt so off to me when I first watched again maybe its just me.

That being Yoshino trying to play tour guide for Kisishima all while doing tasks.

We also loose out on the explanation as to why she's buying so much food and Yoshino getting a little nostalgic. These scenes also help to show that the roles have shifted with Yoshino being the knowledgeable one Kirishima has to relay on in a new city. We can kinda get the vibe in the anime but you really feel it in the manga.

I will say the scene at the Takoyaki store is pretty good in the anime giving some actually fun visuals and expressions.

So the scene with Nao and her coworker is longer in the manga the woman keeps complaining about various things and Nao is working overtime with keeping her composure

It actually showcases a lot of her personality with all the mental back talk she does so its a shame it was cut. Like I get it who wants to listen to someone humble bragging like this but it takes away from her character.

We also loose more of Naos thought process as she considers seeing Kirishima again due to this conversation.

Again I will likely do a whole thing just on Nao at some point but the anime skips over all of this and gets right to Ozu talk.

But once the get there ugh we once more loose some set up stuff

Again not having Nao think about Kirishima makes her contacting him seem a little less calculating and we loose the hint that Ozu was trying to contact Nao privately. The rest of the convo goes the same.

So we do loose some cute domestic stuff with Yoshinos arrival in the anime

Showing how she is with the gang members its not a lot but still.

So the room scene is pretty one to one which i am very grateful for its one of my favs. We do miss a small explaination about the keychain though.

No spoilers for anime onlys but be the fact that it feels heavy is important later. I will say the touch of doing a close up on Kirishimas hands as he holds it like he doesn't want to let go was really good.

So the walk is honestly well done in animation and I'm grateful to how they visually show Yoshino struggling to keep pace with the two but we do loose a Yoshino thought thats important.

Its kinda important for the arc as Yoshino tries to better understand Kirishima.

The store scene is very accurate and I love they kept the Shoma trying to sneak to drinks thing but we lost this dumb Shoma face

We then loose an inbetween scene of Nao meeting up with Kirishima before the hotel. It again serves to establish Nao as a character and her thinking.

Honestly this would have been better to end the episode on. Instead we get a very rushed Hotel scene.

And I do mean rushed, the tattoo talk is longer and helps to set a timeline for Kirishima.

Like im having such trouble picking things cause this scene is so much longer

They go into more detail about WHERE exactly they are going tomorrow which is set up. Then before he leaves to shower we get this back and forth where he explains she seems more like herself now.

Which then leads into the seeing the phone screen. It all gives the impression of two people who have history. But the anime is so rushed you can barely tell. I am really hoping for some brevity next ep cause it will have some scenes I really like.

[ourloveiselectrifying]

Hello hello! It's me DFP

I'm wondering where you learned/are you learning to Code? I find the structure of your game quite entertaining and I like to take a little inspiration from it (If I'm allowed)

And I tried to make images that are options but apparently I'm still a long way from leaving the beta of my projects So I wanted to seek advice from you

(Also, if this is not the correct account to ask this I apologize, but if you have some very good advice that can help me please feel free to go to my DMs)

Hello DFP! :3 (I'm not exactly sure what you mean by structure sorry, but probably yes haha) 

I didn't learn coding. In fact, the scariest part of my game is the code itself! I would like to take classes in art and coding someday! It's just not a great time in my country to be spending money atm ahahahaha- (cries in national housing and inflation crisis)

If you're using Renpy to make a VN, smart people would recommend giving the Renpy and Python's offcal guides a good look and watching Renpy tutorials on youtube.

For me, I'm the kinda person that only takes in information by dissecting and breaking things, then learning from the mistakes. I looked at the front page of the Python pdf, and it made my ADHD repossess my body despite being on the max dose of ritalin. I immediately closed it then skimmed through the Renpy quickstart, not really taking in any of the information, jumped right into designing the main menu, minced up the code, caught a bunch of errors, and had to check out fourms for fixes.

Have some random tips that may or may not be helpful since I don't know your skill level and I, am infact, not skilled in Renpy, I have no idea what I'm doing half the time! :3

Make new files for everything, don't just put it all in the script or it's going to get ridiculous.

Scripts get LONG use # and add notes, so you can CTRL + F and find stuff easily.

If you're like me, check out renpy's reddit/lemma soft fourms, if you're not getting good goog search results, it might be the words you're using, I had this issue a lot, try changing up words in your question (options/preferences/choices/decisions)

When you're learning copy and paste the code/answer, once you know the the code and can type it out fast, then starting manually typing it out.

Always check the dates on posts, there's a bunch of old renpy guides/fourms that don't work anymore.

There is more than one way to skin a dingo (sorry kevin), if you've found a fix that seems ridiculous but it's working, keep it!

If you have anger problems prepare to get fuckin' pissed off! Before you start coding have a coffee/bottle of water/energy drink beside you, so you have to walk away to take angry piss breaks and can clear your head.

If you absolutely cannot figure something out, make a copy, put it aside and work on something else until you're a little more skilled.

I have three copies of olie, the one that works, the one that I'm experimenting on, and the one on a USB I copy when I get drunk and forget which is my "fuck around" code and which is my "don't touch it, it works" code and I annihilate my game. Make regular backups to your USB for any emergencies, houses burn down. Limit your drinking while coding.

Compare code to the game base if you're coming up with errors. Goog the exact error that pops up when the game crashes. (renpy expected statement)

Click the blue text and it'll take you to it. Sometimes it's not very accurate and you need to look a little above or below the line the error happened. 70% of the time your error is a missing space or "," or an extra space!

I also recommend checking out all the shortcuts on your code editing software (I'm using visual studio code!) I was manually adding indents to each line, which was wasting an insane amount of time LMAO ;w; 

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by images that are options, but I'm guessing an imagebutton? If you search "renpy imagebutton" there's a few forums and tutorials that will guide you but it's like this.

You need a screen for your buttons, an image, if you're feeling funky add transforms to the button, else just use a different image for idle/hover!

Add the anchor before you do xpos/ypos because it messes around with the positions and you'll have to re-adjust the xpos/ypos again. You need anchor for the transitions to work properly.

If you want the button to make a sound on click add activate_sound or remove it if you don't want one, it's optional.

This is how you make the transform, you can do a TON of different transforms. This is a simple idle/hover transform. ease is the animation type/speed, alpha is transparency, 1.0 is fully visible, 0.0 is transparent, at 0.5 on idle, it has a dimmed effect. the zoom makes it bigger. Make a new file for this one!

Buttons have a TON of actions to choose from, this is a time I actually would checkout renpy's offical guides. This one does the same as a jump at the end of a label or choice.

If you want your game to not pause when your buttons are visible, just use "show screen nameofthescreenhere zorder 20" (zorder is the layers, 20 is like usually the top, you can go higher though)

If you want your game to pause while the screen is up, use call screen instead of show!

I probably won't do too many of these coding/renpy support things on my tumblr but, OLIE'S discord server has a few game dev channels for coding support if you'd want to join there! :3

I wish you well and goodluck on your game!!! 💖🫡🍀

[bendyartistic]

Who else is Chris married to? TuT I saw on one of your posts that he was married to multiple. I'm just wondering who they are.

*Literally explodes into confetti*

Hai!! I was gonna make a lengthy post for this but I figured I'll make it short, and if you really want to know more about everyone I'd be happy answer any specifics. I just didn't wanna info dump crazily without warning lol. Also cuz I have no idea how to write it all out to where it's not confusing...

So Chris is married to 6 people... that's a lot. But it's cozy and comfy. I'm gonna list everyone in chronological order from first to last, as well as list their ages. (And where they come from.) Everyone here are demons or other, so they're dead. Meaning they don't age anymore haha. And they come from different times in life ig.

Christopher - 29 (Male) (For basic info) - - - - - - Kiro - 26 (Female) - OC (Not mine) Will - 31 (Male) - Sort of an OC I guess? 💀 Frankie - 50 (Male) - Creepypasta Character Lucifer - Infinity (Male) - Character (Show: Lucifer) John - 25 (Male) - OC (Not mine) Hawkeye - 64 (Male) - Character (Show: M*A*S*H)

Don't ask me how this random cluster of characters came to be... they all weren't originally my idea to be put into my AU, then again AU's are meant to be fun, but I've come to love all of them. The person you can blame for them being here is @kiro-pierre lmfao. She is my closest friend and actually helped me form this AU :)

[woolying]

i meant to post this last week before the first in-game comic came out but i forgot oops.... anyywayyy i am sooooo obsessed with teruko plays among us so im posting my initial predictions based on canon/what i think would be funny (girl who likes mongy monday and drdt a bit too much and is trying to be normal about it) also i explain the roles for people who may not know them!

i might update these each week as more info comes out in the comic

(under the cut bc its long / drdt spoilers)

DAVID

jester (neutral role, has to get voted out to win) - i think its kinda self explanatory as to why lol (i hope teruko shoots him <3)

i would say imitator (crew, in meetings can select a dead crewmate with certain roles and take it for one round) and he uses it on xander if (probably when) he dies, to sorta match what he does in canon, but i didnt put down any imitable roles for xander... but i guess he still could be anyway if im wrong about xander's role

ACE

morphling (imposter, can disguise as other people) - bc blackened, and he imitated eden in the note?? idk

either that or swooper (imposter, can temporarily turn invisible) - bc hes sneaky like that

veteran (crewmate, kills anyone who interacts with them) - the scared of other people role

XANDER

executioner on teruko (neutral, has to get teru voted out to win) is my fav guess i think

maybe vigilante (crew, can guess imposter roles in meetings to kill them, if they guess wrong they die) - just bc it suits him?? idk

one of the imposter roles idk - bc attempted murderer, maybe teruko shoots him?

^^ i wrote these before episode 3 came out and we have since seen xander doing a task so this is a no (tbh i dont think executioner does tasks either?? i forget if its a toggle or not)

CHARLES

amnesiac (neutral, basically no role but if they find a dead body they can steal their role and be it for the rest of the game) - haha get it because he forgot...anyways

investigator (crew, sees footprints when people walk around), tracker (crew, can place arrows onto people to see their location), or spy (crew, can see exactly who is where on admin table) - investigative roles that don't involve dead bodies

^^ another update post episode 3: charles on admin table!!??? (but notes say he always does that what a loser)

WHIT

swapper (crew, can swap votes onto someone else in a meeting) or transporter (crew, can teleport two people to trade places during the round) just bc i think he'd have fun with it lmao, both can be very chaotic/annoying roles or rlly good/helpful depending on how the person uses them (he uses them to be annoying)

mystic (crew, gets notified whenever someone dies) - just vibes tbh

EDEN

engineer (crew, can vent and fix sabotages remotely) - a support role suits her i think

i kinda got nothing really oops??? we'll see i guess

MIN

undertaker maybe?? (imposter, can drag dead bodies) - bc blackened, altering the crime scene🔥🔥🔥

tbh a more suiting imposter role might be traitor (a random crewmate who becomes imposter if both die early) but idk how this group would manage to kill the imposters that quickly... either that or amnesiac picking up an imposter role based on the fact that She Didn't Want This

altruist (crew, gets to sacrifice their life to revive a dead participant) - min voice i just wanted to save you!! i can imagine teruko dying in the middle of nowhere and min bringing her back

J

vigilante or jailor (crew, can tag people to be jailed during the round and choose whether to execute them during the meeting) - i think shes pretty involved in trials so a meeting crew role makes sense? though j gives off such bad guesser vibes lol may she rest in peace

tracker - partially vibes, but also i think it would be funny if she got a role that can be kinda boring in some circumstances bc she'd be so mad about it

AREI

guardian angel on eden (neutral, wins if eden wins) - Arei "I guess this time I can be the person you rely on" Nageishi

jailor maybe - it reminds me of her in mins trial with the pen idk vibes

tbh im not rlly sure if the blackeneds will end up being imposters?? bc it almost feels too obvious but maybe the simplest answer is the right one yknow? also since min was added off a poll i was kinda doubting, but i feel like nico/levi could also be imposters if they were chosen instead? but idk who else would be if not the blackeneds bc at that point its just random so i cant really guess

these could be all totally completely wrong honestly im just having fun thinking about it! i cannot wait to see more YAYYY YIPPPEEEE

[archive-of-the-lost]

𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 @i-am-so-strange

Your ideal match is…Michael Kaiser!

♡ This may be a surprising match for you, and honestly, it is for me too! I'm not sure what kind of SO I expected for him, perhaps someone with his dramatic flair and/or ambition. But after reading your info, I didn't have anyone else in mind for you, so here he is!

♡ Kaiser is undoubtedly the snobbiest guy in blue lock, and that's saying a lot, so you both didn't get along at first. Enemies to lovers all the way (again, my first matchup based on this concept!). I'm thinking the first time you both got along was when he made a comment on someone you both found annoying, and you couldn't help but agree, spending the new few minutes gossiping about that person with him until you remember your goal to think more positively about people.

♡ "Film school dropout and a frustrated writer lol". This is the line that put him in my mind and no one else could wedge themself in. Kaiser obviously has a connection to theatre/the arts given the professions of his parents, and he did have a period where he incorporated stage roles into his shit-talk. 💀 My point is, I think he would have a genuine interest in film and writing as a hobby. So he'd want to know more about this side of you, what parts of media/the arts that you like. Even why it didn't work out, if you'd tell him.

♡ Once he finds out that you play the piano and the guitar, he seems to make it his personal mission to get you to play for him. He pesters you every day about it, begging urging you to play him a song. When you finally do, he just stares at you the entire time, transfixed.

♡ One time he accompanied you shopping, offering to pay for anything that wasn't food in an attempt to court you rather than show off his wealth. You seem to be the type to insist paying for yourself, being independent and all, but he was persistent in offering to buy you that gorgeous but expensive coat you were eyeing. For Christmas. Did I mention it was snowing? He was lagging behind you for a bit when you stopped to look through a window of an antique shop. What a memorising sight it was, he just had to take a picture. Yes, his tiny smile was quite cute from the corner of your eyes.

♡ Throughout the first few months of dating, I can imagine the both of you sort of dancing around each other, too afraid to come off as "too much" or too vulnerable. You're both independent and not great at showing how much you care about someone, which leads to a honeymoon period probably more anxiety-ridden than it should be. He definitely did his research on traditional romance and brought you roses, chocolates and a fluffy stuffed bear. Very cute, but it took him a while before starting to get you more personalised gifts.

♡ Once the both of you become more comfortable with each other, the relationship starts sailing more smoothly. The two of you can joke with each other without worrying about the other person not finding it funny, playfully swat at each other, tease each other. Kaiser isn't the type to laugh at little things much, but when he sees you laughing, he can't help but laugh as well. That's the chemistry of love.

♡ Your ability to stand up for yourself is good for your relationship with him in the long run. There are times when he makes mistakes or even pushes boundaries, so you being able to tell him when you're unhappy (in a healthy communicative way) with something he did is vital to the long-term success of the relationship. He needs to know what's healthy in a relationship, what he can and cannot get away with.

Your sibling is…Barou Shoei!

♡ Your mentions of cleaning and dislike of disorganisation reminded me of him LMAO Okay, but seriously, you both sound like a great match! For living in the same house, that is! He'd appreciate those qualities of yours as he also loves cleanliness. It also means you're scolded by him the least out of his three sisters, haha. Though it helps that you're older than your sisters. You're more mindful of cleanliness.

♡ Is cleaning a hobby? Barou certainly thinks so. He often gets you to clean with him, not because he wants to give you work to do, but because he finds the activity enjoyable and sees it as a way to bond with you. He stated his ideal type as someone who can clean with him, which gives us some insight into his preferred way of spending quality time with loves ones: doing chores together.

♡ You're an INTJ, he's an XSTJ (not sure if he's I or E yet), so the both of you are quite similar in that way. Independent, organised. Even down to the being bad at expressing that you care for people part. But! While you're a "looks like could kill you but is actually a cinnamon roll" type, he's a "looks like could kill you, will kill you" type all the way through. Yes, he does care for his family, but you're never gonna catch him doing anything sappy without looking constipated.

♡ Barou also looks down on everyone, not just certain people. He thinks his strength is his egoistical mindset, so you know he's even proud of it. 💀 Hey, maybe you learned it from him. But Barou isn't above respecting someone (kinda?) after they beat him in soccer, so he's also working on his tendency of looking down on others. Somewhat. In his own way. You guys can work on it together!

♡ Woah, the both of you are blunt and straightforward. I imagine that causes the both of you to butt heads when you disagree, because you mentioned you know how to stand up for yourself, so you're not the type to agree with him just to keep the peace.

♡ Barou mentioned that he hasn't cried since the day he was born, and by the looks of it, he hasn't laughed since he learned to walk either. When you have friends over and you're laughing with them, he gives you a weird look like having fun is a crime or something. He doesn't say anything though. At least you have friends, tell him that.

♡ I don't normally pay attention to appearance when doing sibling matchups (because a lot of bllk characters have natural colourful hair and eyes) but you and Barou totally look like siblings! Your tendency to wear corporate clothing suits the serious aura Barou always has around him. In general, INTJs seem to have rbfs or at least look serious/done with everything so I'm going to assume the both of you have this unapproachable aura. People can usually guess that you're siblings. You having dyed hair is making me wonder what your reaction was to Barou's new red stripes to celebrate his 100 million yen value.

[doubleedgemode]

that post u made about A.B.A regarding her classic GG quotes is so interesting I had no idea she said that! I haven’t played the earlier games, would u happen to have screenshots of where she says that or where I might be able to see some of her classic/unused quotes ? I just like having that stuff on hand lol. Thank you!

Thanks to you, anon, for making me revisit the screenshots, and sure thing! I'm gonna link the page, keep in mind it's super meaty and covers a lot of characters so ctrl F search will be your best friend to find specific character/quotes :)

I found them in this big quote compilation in guiltygear.ru, click the sentence to go there. (Kudos to @/solradguy's big gg neo.cities archival efforts making me find the page)... BUT before anything, important DISCLAIMERS❗:

1. Some of the quotes in general can get kind of explicit or with double entendres so uh keep that in mind.

2. Something I just learnt after going to find you the translations, it's to keep in mind their author: See, this is better explained in the aforementioned ne.ocities archival, but a lot of the site's translations were made by someone who, without going too much into detail, is... a controversial member of the community, who is known for putting a good bunch of misconceptions and mistakes into their translations. (Also they have, in my opinion, unsavory and even problematic takes about the franchise. Don't try to argue with them, just block, per proper net etiquette) I don't know japanese so I don't know if this quote index suffers from that so in the end, we'll have to take all this quote info with a huge grain of salt.

Keeping all this in mind, this is already probably a wordier answer than you expected BUT since we are at it, I'll ramble about some A.B.A quotes (in no order) that I found interesting about the topic under the cut, if you want to read that.

First and third quotes in this picture are pretty self explanatory about this part of her character. The vs Faust intro... Man, that looks straight out of her strive song. Dunno if they pulled inspiration from that, but it seems even in the classic days they had a pretty clear idea of part of A.B.A's story being existing and thriving in her own unique way.. Which makes me kind of emotional for some reason ;_;

These were NOT unused as far as I can tell, but obviously do correct me if wrong!

I find it fascinating how much of clear glimpses these are are into her law obsession (more on that specific one later) and believing herself to be a high class person and looking above "lower classes" shoulders.

Some of these aren't exclusively about the aforementioned topics but they mention her cooking god knows what creatures (like in that one infamous xxac ending) and just.. being a scared, pathetic individual at heart. Sigh.

There are probably more examples of all this but this post needs to end sometime today.😭 So, returning to her law thing being an obsession in capital letters, look at her ingame overdrives:

But before that, the elephant in the room: People's observations of her instakill looking pretty taxing to her to perform and even making a berserk Paracelsus look like even he thinks this goes too far are not far from the truth. "I might not recover this time... Dying!!!" What else can I say, that's just sad.. and very interesting lorewise about the toll of this kind of summonings. Yeah, people noticed that in strive, she can summon the same exact door as in her insta with no struggle (or at least not the same level for sure) indicates her power or skill have improved which is so so fascinating.. Anyways. Back to the law thing. We've always had a huge sign under our noses: Her saying Evidence in her overdrives. While sure it can be evidence in a more general meaning, like proving facts or something, it does call to LEGAL evidence, too

...Maybe that was super obvious for everybodh but I'm afraid to admit I didn't connect the dots til now haha 😅

I cannot access my xxacp copy right now to see if her saying shouko during her overdrives is correct, but were we to take this as truth and also trust a japanese language study site as solid because. Again I have zero knowledge of japanese... According to Nihongoclassroom..

It can be used in a legal setting.

And with this we can neatly wrap this up... Tdlr I guess she's living up to her creator being a mansion owner (which isn't precisely cheap) and it gets so interesting and double edged (HAH) if you believe her classic games was as self aware while doing this and fooling herself as strive A.B.A is.

AND she has or had a HUGE interest in law (and if u allow me to reach mayyybe morality too?). While probably not as core to her as her key thing, she sure has told the audience almost as much as it.

[eldragon-x]

sorry this post turned into me just ramblign about luka from emuferal so its going under a read more. i love fucked up nonbinary people

Man I'm gonna have to go back and search up Luka dialogue from previous quests because I'm sure I'll look back at some stuff that had me like "haha luka youre so silly and weird" and go oh no.

Like. okay I'm trying to make a comprehensible post about how wild this character is to me. like just put yourself in my shoes because again I just started playing emuferal on creative mode, didn't give a fuck about the quests or npcs, I just wanted to satisfy my kinnie heart and chat with other players.

And I just kinda started accepting how weird Blood Tundra is despite lacking context. Like whatever, creepy snow region with bodies of water made up of blood. why not. the area looks kinda beautiful actually.

And Then I start doing quests and I'm just weirdly charmed by this character who leads the small village in this region because they seem kinda offputting and kinda easily frightened and they always start quests by making it sound like people died only for it to turn out to be something silly and thats basically the tone I expected from them.

And then you get a quest about their friend seemingly having disappeared and you think haha theyre gonna be fine. and all you find is their bones and Luka seems so nonchalant about it? and then you get a quest about the village children having seen a ghost and you think oh surely its something else. except it actually is a ghost that leads you to a tombstone that talks about the blood tundra taking over things and when you talk to luka afterwards they seem to have weird feelings about that?

and then you get a quest where luka asks you to cover up a murder???? and a quest that implies the blood tundra was cursed to be Like That and everyone there is trapped in the tundra?? and another quest where luka asks you to help a castaway and apparently i missed some dialogue implying luka knows him and hurt him?? and when you talk to them between quests they always hint to feeling some deep regret about something?? luka?????

all that sure makes me look at the blood lakes and dead trees and whipwrecks in the area differently. the emuferal team is apparently planning to impliment lukas next quest in the emulator soon but it doesnt reveal much from what info i could get on it and idk if the dev team would or could ever add entirely new quests to the game. its so sad that this might remain unresolved because i really felt like i went down a rabbit hole with lukas whole character. remember when i played this game to have fun with being a kinnie

[br1ghtestlight]

For the WIP ask, I'd love to get more info on "Gene teaches Rudy to shave"- that sounds adorable!

haha that was a fic I was working on for geneuary actually!! rudy is like 13 and starting to grow facial hair but he feels too awkward asking his dad how to shave so instead he goes to their apartment and asks if gene can teach him (everybody else in the family is working in the restaurant but gene is "busy doing homework" aka watching tv) its like a male bonding fic kinda?? but also I just love their brother dynamic they're the cutest <3

Gene was eating another handful of popcorn when Rudy finally spoke up. "Gene, uh, you know how to shave your face, don't you? Didn't your dad teach you?"

"Yup!" Gene said with his mouth full of popcorn. "Dad taught me how to shave my face, and Mom taught me how to shave everywhere else. I still prefer getting waxed, though. My pain tolerance is, like, CRAZY high."

Tina hadn't shaved since that incident with her leg hair when she was thirteen and Louise wasn't interested in shaving at all, so Gene was the only child that Linda ended up teaching to shave, even though Bob was the parent who taught him how to shave his face. He didn't mind growing a bit of scruff or leg hair every so often, but sometimes growing facial hair made him uncomfortable and he liked the smooth feeling that he got after he shaved his legs. It had become a monthly ritual at this point.

Rudy looked away from Gene before he spoke. "I'm, uh—I'm starting to grow facial hair… and I really don't want to ask my dad to teach me how to shave. He would make it into a weird male bonding moment and I REALLY don't want that to happen. It would be super awkward. Louise is my best friend and I'm already over at your house a lot of the time, so you are the only person I could think of who might… be able to help me? I took a few razors and a can of shaving cream from my dad's house, so I wouldn't need to use anything that you own. I tried following online tutorials but I ended up doing it wrong and I cut my cheek."

Rudy pointed to a band-aid that he'd put on his lower cheek in embarrassment and Gene nodded thoughtfully. He wanted to help his friend with this milestone, even if he'd never taught anybody to shave before. This could be good practice for if he ever had to teach his own children!

He knew that Rudy was feeling awkward and uncomfortable about this situation so Gene decided to do what he always did in situations where people were feeling uncomfortable, and try to have fun and keep the energy upbeat. He would try to make jokes and help Rudy feel as comfortable as possible. They would have fun together and before long Rudy would forget why he was nervous in the first place!

[bereft-of-frogs]

✨ Fic Writing Review 2023 ✨

@aurorawest tagged me in this an age ago but there was always a chance (however slight) that I'd maaayyybe finish something else before the end of the year (I did not) so I held off. But! It's time for the 2023 review.

Words and Fics

103, 870 words posted

Technically only 1 fandom, but then like...3 subfandoms? (Star Wars: Fallen Order, Prequels/JA-era, and A New Dawn/The Last Padawan)

14 fics

1 ongoing WIP, 2 multi-chapter, 10 oneshots, and 2 chapters added onto my OC repository, 2 series

most recent drop: we are made of our longest days

longest: technically the whole of the dark ocean duology at 50,304 but also just part 2: to stand at the edge of the sea (25,752)

shortest: found a tape that was blank (1,392)

Top Fics by Kudos

closure, and the lack thereof (98)

omens and all kinds of signs (72)

with teeth, we've come this far (66)

(dark ocean duology) part 1: the deep sea is a haunted house (63)

(dark ocean duology) part 2: to stand at the edge of the sea (59)

and some love for the bottom 5 because my favorite is among them: 1. a shadow resides by night (13), 2. follow me into the endless night (16) 3. p.s.: wipe the salt off of my skin (30), 4. I feel like I'm borrowing all my time (33), 5. take in a breath, fill your lungs (34)

My fandom fic events in 2023

just the usual whumptober taking up most of my autumn

Upcoming Events and Projects for 2024

for 2024 I think I'm going to try out like a 'leapfrog' method, where I focus on finishing a first draft, then let that percolate while I work on the next first draft on the list, then backtrack for the second and so on...I think this makes sense. I liked focusing on one project at a time last year and I'm hoping that gets me to make progress on the 4-parter that I really, really want to write and keep putting off.

omens and all kinds of signs (chapter 3)

manipulation/hostage thing (?) (part 1)* - I really need a better working title for this, this is not actually describing what's going on

the haunting presence / serial (part 4)**

the haunting presence / serial (part 3)**

manipulation/hostage thing that turns into an undercover thing (part 2)* - god these working titles are just so pithy aren't they

the haunting presence / serial (part 2)**

the haunting presence / serial (part 1)**

omens and all kinds of signs (chapter 4)

We'll see where that brings us in the year....and if I get derailed haha. If I make it through this I have a sick!fic in development and a myriad other bullet points of vague ideas, inspiration lightning might strike on one of them.

Last word: I spent the first third of 2023 so convinced I would never write again and in a not-great place, to clear 100k posting on ao3 was truly a relief and sharing all of this with you all has been a joy. Thanks for being there and I hope everyone has a happy New Year!

Rules & Tags below the cut! ***(ok let's be real, you all know me, I didn't actually tag anyone because I'm a mess of social anxiety and I always feel like I'm bothering people with tags (even though I am NEVER bothered by tags, but I can't apply that to myself for some reason, in my own mind I'm just uniquely annoying, but we don't have time to unpack all that--) but anyway, I put the rules there and the summaries for the two mystery upcoming fics if you want to see those or reference the rules!

Rules: Feel free to show whatever stats you have. Only want to show Ao3 stats? Rock on. Want to include some quantitative info instead of stats? Please do this. Want to change how yours is presented? Absolutely do that. Would rather eat glass than do this? Please don’t eat glass but don’t feel like you have to do this either.

I am too shy to tag anyone but if you're looking for an excuse to post some stats and goals use this as an open tag!

That should probably be one of my '2024 goals' to get less shy. ah well.

*This is a holdover from the 'psychological' whumptober prompt, I started it in October but knew it deserved more time and energy that I could give it on a deadline. The sort of core of the first part is my take on a 'fandom staple': the Haxion Brood finally gets the jump on the crew and they get entangled in a plot that's perhaps unnecessarily complex due to the interference of a...like 'HR consultant' Sorc Tormo hires, who attempts to manipulate them into carrying out their dirty work. Part 2 (it's a duology again folks!) picks up a bit after the end of part 1. Because to get out of the part 1 situation they end up owing someone a favor, and the calling in of that favor sends the crew on an undercover mission to a super-secret Imperial construction project. Clearly still developing some stuff, I don't have a working title or a good way of summarizing events, but I have a lot of dramatic scenes and everything pretty well outlined.

**Ah, my four part serial killer drama that I have been saying I've been saying I was going to work on for months. Years. This is going to be my year, I swear it! 'Why are you writing it in reverse order' it just makes more sense to work backwards, and part 4 I have the most clear plot outline for. Yeah it's fairly straightforward in general, a mysterious serial killer stalks Jedi through 4 generations. Possibly inspired by My Literal Nightmare, aka 'someone is secretly living in your house' (aka phrogging??? I learned there was a term for it while doing research for nanowrimo, I just thought I was being paranoid and sleep deprived during an insomniac period a few years ago lol) (it's a long story haha). But yeah this mysterious murderer who seems to not really exist at all, and vanishes like a ghost for years at a time.

[golbrocklovely]

wow. I didnt realise people were so invested in where a 27 y/o dude was sticking his… surely you’re tired of these questions by now? you also seem to know a lot abt colbys personal life for an outsider… or maybe youre his secret gf with all the insider goss… Lol no hate just find it all funny.

you must be new here haha

i've been talking about colby's love life since like 2019/20 on here. basically once i started asking ppl their opinions, or for them to come vent about random stuff in the fandom, that's when ppl started asking me about his love life and what he does with it.

that being said, i rarely snoop or dig for stuff. i have friends that notice stuff, and then i also get told info from anons. usually they know before i do lol

and personally, i don't mind any of this for a couple reasons. one, realistically, fans are already having these conversations. they just do it in dms and gcs. i'm just one of the few that talks publicly about this stuff. and bc i do that, i try my best to keep the girls anonymous as much as i can. second, ppl are naturally curious. as am i. even if i talked about other shit, i would still want to know about his love life for curiosity's sake.

what else am i supposed to talk about? their videos? i do that. their career? i do that. their friends? yep. their personalities? of course. i talk a lot about snc, and eventually, it comes back around to their love lives. it's just another topic.

third, and kinda most important, i don't let my perceived idea of their (or mostly colby's) dating life make me think differently or lowly of them. colby dates a lot. he hooks up, he has flings. he's an adult man living an adult man life. and i accept it as that. he's not a slut bc he sleeps around. he's not a douche bc he goes from woman to woman. he's just.... a guy. but that also being said - i don't know him. i don't know what he does with his free time or, as you so eloquently put it, stick his dick into. a lot of this is just assumptions. and i understand that what i believe to be reality is not. i don't know everything about him, and i'm okay with that.

and fourth, snc aren't on here. this is the one true platform where we can vent about them without them seeing it. and without them laying eyes on something they didn't want to know. twitter, insta, tiktok - they can't escape comments. there is only so much colby can hide from on there when ppl feel the incessant need to @ him every time he so much as breathes near a girl. on here... i can talk about it and know he's 99% most likely not to see it.

if snc come on here, they are signing up to see whatever about them. they aren't gonna accidentally come across a post of mine or whatever. especially since i very rarely tag their names when i'm talking about their love lives. the only time i do that is when i make a general post of "hey maybe everyone should chill out".

so... no, i'm not tired of it. i think it's fun :) lol

also if i was dating colby i would be LONG GONE from this place sksksk

[hoghtastic]

I think the nun costume stories are from different days.

I have no idea if this counts as off topic but I wish the one fan account that went offline a year ago was still active during a time like this. The one with the funny content. Often a lil cheeky. I think she/he left because of Mexico and the politicians. She/he didn't pander to Alex like others. No fan account was like hers or his? I really have to say there are great fan accounts, whether they like his gf or not, but I think there are also really bad ones that are borderline cheap. One of them is particularly inferior to the others. 

At first I was confused because I thought the funny account was back under a new name, but at some point I realized that the content was just much worse. Maybe she just wanted to copy the other account's style? The original account never sexualized Alex as much. Then I knew OK, it had to be someone else. I was a little disappointed not gonna lie. I was a bit shocked at how much information I got when I briefly asked what others thought about the account I’m referring to. 

Supposedly it was already a topic on the old blog. She's into private information about Alex and sticks with people who can give her private videos. I heard that she gets really excited when Alex's parents or others see her stories, supposedly she thinks that Alex watches all of her stories with a fake account. About that I wasn’t as surprised, you notice very strongly that she desperately desires acknowledgment and likes from Alex and his gf for her comments and captions but masks it as support. She likes his family’s comments under Alex gf’s comments and tries to involve in everything Alex. But her captions and comments for Alex are borderline obsessed. You could think Alex is a god and not a human being when you see her comments. But again, many of her comments are aimed at her hoping or thinking that he and others of his people see her stories. 

She is the type of fan account that likes to allude to hate towards his gf in her captions in order to portray herself as a true fan. She also gets attached to better fan accounts, actually a really REALLY good fan account that has good content, seems to be close to her. It's crazy how extreme some fans see Alex. He’s only human. Seriously, I would also like to watch private videos but this kind of worship is delusional.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts, anon. 😊 I believe that, as long as there will be celebrities, there will always be the extreme fans who put them on a pedestal, to whom they can do no wrong. However, it's important to understand that they're only human, like the rest of us, who happen to have made some career choices which gave them more exposition. However, they still have their flaws and are far from perfect. And this is why I disagree with the "censorship culture" I've seen on some Alex fanpages, especially since he started dating Johanne, where people were called out and deemed "not true supporters" if they dared criticize him and/or her. Not everything they do is bad, obviously, but they're not perfect either, and if people would like to comment on it, as long as they keep being respectful, they should be allowed to do so.

About the private videos, I believe they're private for a reason. Most of the time, they belong to people who are not public figures, and therefore such content should never be downloaded nor shared among fanpages. If not illegal, it's at the very least morally wrong. And even if people don't straightforwardly share it, just "hinting" at having them and/or knowing private info, to make themselves look more important or "better fanpages" is just childish and a desperate need for attention, in my opinion. (It reminds me of those irritating kids in elementary school, "Ooh I know this and that, but I won't tell you! Haha! 😜". Like, either share it (knowing it's stolen, private content and therefore you shouldn't be doing it) or just shut up and keep it to yourself. 😆)

[dzthenerd490]

Kingdom Hearts: The Brightest of Hearts - Chapter 9: A Hook of Darkness and A Fairy of Light

Sora, Donald, and Goofy were riding on the light tunnel back to Traverse Town. Sora was happy not only with helping Ariel get her happy ending but also running into Triton before leaving and getting more Ansem reports he collected. Sora was especially excited when Triton told him to give Merlin, Yen-sid, and Fairy Godmother his regards. He still had no idea who Yen-sid was, but it was always amazing to meet another old Keyblade Wielder of Light. Though Sora and King Triton didn't always see eye to eye, Sora was at least glad they left on good terms. Sora still felt bad for not staying for the wedding, but he knew Ariel didn't need him anymore. Instead, he decided to focus on the fact that Ariel finally got to live the life she wanted and through King Triton's magic she could visit Atlantica any time she wanted. 

Finally, Sora, Donald, and Goofy made it back to Traverse Town and once again, not getting ambushed by a Heartless ship again. The three of them sighed in relief considering that a win, leaving both Chip and Dale confused. After the Gummi ship landed Sora, Donald, and Goofy stepped out to see Merlin, Fairy Godmother, Cloud, Leon, Aerith, Yuffie, and Sid all in the town square waiting for them. Aerith and Yuffie then got out confetti poppers and set them off to make confetti fly everywhere. 

"Congratulations!" Soon they all started cheering and clapping in praise of Sora, Donald, and Goofy, leaving the three of them in confusion. 

"Uh for what?"

"Yeah, we didn't stop the Dark Army yet, we took down another Lord sure, but they still have their home base, and we don't know where it is."

"Of course, but Fairy Godmother did some sneaking around and info gathering, and it turns out there's only one left!" Sora, Donald, and Goofy were shocked by what Yuffie just said, if she and Fairy Godmother were correct, that meant they were only one step away from facing off against the Maleficent and the Dark Army once and for all. Sora was overjoyed to hear this, he quickly jumped up and raised his keyblade high in the air while yelling in triumph. This is what Sora was fighting for, to finally put an end to all the pain and suffering that the Dark Army caused and now he was so close. However, Merlin quickly raised his hand to stop Sora from doing anything else.

"However, first thing first, Sora? I believe you have something important?" Sora quickly understood what Merlin meant and gave him the Ansem reports King Triton gave him. Merlin took the papers and smiled in glee.

"Excellent my boy, truly excellent I believe with these and the ones I currently have we are just a few pages short of completing Ansem's entire report! Soon everything that clever devil learned will be clear as day and we'll be able to use the knowledge to save the multiverse." Merlin then patted Sora on the shoulder and Sora smiled in pride.

"Hm, come by my study, I managed to fully decipher more pages and I have something that will truly help you on your next mission, my boy." Sora's eyes sparkled in excitement, and he looked back to Donald and Goofy, both of them smiling and waving at him to confirm it was ok with them for Sora to follow Merlin. Sora then ran off after Merlin and Fairy Godmother.

***

Sora made it to Merlin's house, Merlin and Fairy Godmother were already there. Both of them were smiling while Merlin was holding a white crystal that's shaped like a heart. 

"Now then please come over and have a seat here Sora, we have a wonderful surprise for you!" Sora was confused by what Merlin said but smiled none-the-less and did as Merlin asked. 

"Now, have you made new friends with the inhabitants of the various world's you encounter?" Sora nodded in excitement.

"Haha! spending my boy! Then this will be the perfect gift for you!" Merlin then tossed the white crystal heart in the middle between himself and Fairy Godmother. To Sora's amazement the white crystal heart stopped midair and instead floated in the space between them. Merlin and Fairy Godmother then started chanting, making magical symbols from all around them. The magical symbols slowly took shape and as they did, they floated toward the crystal heart to float around it. Eventually there were enough symbols to make a strange looking sphere around the white crystal heart. After that, Fairy Godmother and Merlin made one last chant and all the symbols flowed into the crystal heart, filling it with magical power. The white crystal heart then flowed toward Sora and phased right into his chest. 

Sora was only a little scared, he knew Merlin nor the Fairy Godmother would do something to hurt him. However, this was still weird, what exactly did they do to him?

"Oh, fear not, my boy. What we did was actually a blessing. If Ansem's research is correct, the connections within your heart will become your new power!" Sora's eyes almost sparkled in excitement; however, he was still confused.

"... uh, what?" Fairy Godmother then stepped forward before Merlin could say another word.

"What it means dear is that the deeper the bond you make with your friends the more you'll be able to call upon their strengths and powers in your time of need." Sora was amazed by this. Sora already thought that having friends is one of the many things that make people stronger, but this took that to a whole new level. Sora just looked at his own fist as he imagined how much stronger this was going to make him. Sora then clenched his fist and raised it high while smiling at Fairy Godmother and Merlin. 

"Thank you both for this, but uh, how exactly do I activate the power?"

"I'm afraid that's something you'll have to figure out my dear." Sora sighed in defeat but didn't complain, however he did realize something that seemed contradictory.

"Uh wait, if a spell like this exists. One that gives people strength through connections to other people from other worlds. Then why was there ever a rule to keep the natural order by not interacting with the locals of other worlds? That doesn't really make sense if you think about it." Fairy Godmother and Merlin then looked at Sora in shock, then toward one another in concern. Sora was taken aback by this; he was a little worried if he accidentally asked too much and therefore overstepped. The two of them then faced Sora with smiles but were still sweating, making Sora look at them in concern and confusion. 

"Well, my boy, now you know why I and Santa were so frustrated with the rules our old master gave us. Hahaha!"

"Oh, Santa, I haven't heard from that troublemaker in a long time!"

"Sora actually encountered him in one of the holiday worlds, he is the spirit of a holiday called Christmas."

"Really?! My word, that man knows how to make an impact!" The two of them started laughing again, though the joy in their laughter seemed forced. Sora originally wanted to tell them how he met Triton but right now he was more concerned for them and didn't want to change the subject. But then again, he'd rather not pry into something he doesn't understand. Sora remembered all the times he asked his parents questions he shouldn't have which put them in awkward situations. Sora knew it most likely wasn't to the same degree but still, he'd rather not repeat such a mistake.

"Well, if there's nothing else, I guess I should go and get ready to liberate the last world." Merlin and Fairy Godmother both smiled and waved Sora goodbye. Sora smiled weakly as he waved back and left Merlin's house. Once Sora was gone, Merlin sighed in self-disappointment. 

"He may be young, but I think he could tell something was wrong."

"Of course he did Merlin, children are smarter than most give them credit for." 

"Should we really tell him the truth? About... everything?"

"Merlin, it's not like we lied to the child. But I do see what you're trying to say... After the final battle is over. Once Sora and his friends have defeated the Dark Army, we'll tell him about... the Keepers."

"Yes of course, we owe the boy that much at least. I just wish he nor his friends never got dragged into this mess in the first place."

"Oh Merlin, you can only do so much. Besides giving the boy some credit, he's done so much in such a short time. My, we needed just as much time if not more to liberate a single world when we were his age. Besides, it's not like he's alone."

"Hm, that may be the true Fairy Godmother. But those who wield the darkness have many tricks up their sleeves. Besides, if it really is true that our Ansen has betrayed us and is now leading the new Dark Army... then I fear Sora is walking right into his trap."

***

Sora was still a little confused on Fairy Godmother and Merlin clearly hiding something. 

"hm... oh well! If it's important they'll tell me later, or better yet, I'll find out on my own." Sora decided to leave it alone and instead focus on the fact that only one more world had to be liberated before he could finally save Riku and Kairi. Sora then stopped in his tracks and made a long sigh of defeat, saving Riku or Kairi was definitely not going to be easy. Riku was the champion of darkness and Sora was the champion of light. They were supposed to be enemies not friends, so for Sora to save Riku would most likely be impossible. After all it was their destiny, one to defeat the other to see whether the multiverse would be ruled in darkness or light. Sora then grunted in annoyance as he pounded his chest hard with his fist out of determination.

"Screw destiny! I'm saving Riku and that's final! Kairi too! I don't care how long it takes! Nothing is impossible, just difficult!" Sora then raised his fist into the air and smiled with determination. Sure, Sora didn't know the first thing about repairing Kairi's heart but that doesn't mean he wouldn't try. 

"That might not be as easy as you think." Sora then smiled out of overwhelming joy when he heard that voice. He then turned to his left and saw Kairi's astral projection standing there, but he made a look of confusion when he saw how sad she looked.

"Kairi what's wrong?"

"I'm not sure yet but I think you should be careful. The Dark Lords know that you only need to liberate one more world before their concealment magic wears off and you'll be able to find us without even having to defeat them first."

"Kairi... do you know how many there are left?"

"Just three: Maleficent, Hades, and Captain Hook."

"Hades? He was a Lord of Darkness? Then why didn't he fight me head on?"

"I really don't know Sora, he's strong but lots of the members of the Dark Army here say he's a coward as well."

"Well ok, then that means that Captain Hook and Maleficent are the only ones left to worry about. Thanks Kairi, save your strength, I'm gonna rescue you and Riku once I take those jerks down!"

"Be careful Sora, Riku is in distress after your last fight but he's more determined than ever to fight the Light. Also, Captain Hook and Maleficent aren't your biggest worry. They answer to someone as well, I think he's known as the Supreme Master. They call him Ansem, seeker of Darkness." Sora's heart sank when he heard that. The last Keyblade wielder of Darkness said something similar, but Sora hoped he just misheard it. He was wrong, so wrong, the true leader of the Dark Army was indeed Ansem or at least that's what he was called. Merlin's old friend and the one who wrote those reports that gave Sora such a boost in power, was also the leader of the enemy force. 

"Ansem? Are you sure about that?"

"Positive, why? Do you recognize that name?"

"I... yeah I do, but I really hope it's a coincidence is all."

"Well, in that case, me too. Goodbye Sora. Don't make me wait too long, ok?" Kairi then smiled and winked at Sora while he blushed and waved goodbye as she faded away. Sora wasn't sure what to make of this, could the two Ansem's he knows of really be the same person? Sora felt like he needed to confirm this now more than ever, but he had no idea where to start. Sora considered all his options but then came up with a horrible idea that just might work. Sora groaned in frustration, but this was probably the best way to get direct answers especially concerning the Dark Army. Sora really didn't want to do this but slapped his cheeks to help him suck it up and then got ready to do the unthinkable.

"Hey! voice! I want to talk!" Sora looked around for anything around him to change but there was nothing.

"Voice?! I want to talk about the Darkness! Are you willing to talk or what?"

My name is not voice! Sora couldn't help but shutter when he heard it, Sora then groaned again in annoyance. The last thing he wanted was to talk to the voice again but if he wanted to confirm his suspicions with Ansem this was his best shot. Sora then looked around in annoyance since the voice was in his head and therefore had nothing to look at.

"Well then what is your name then?" 

You don't need to know that yet! Suddenly a large shadow formed on the wall of the alleyway. Sora faced it to see it made a figure that stood extremely tall and had a strange head with four horns like a goat's horns. The shadow's eyes then opened to show large red eyes that started at Sora with intense hatred. Sora couldn't help but tremble in fear at the first sight, but quickly forced himself to stand tall and not show fear. 

What's the sudden change of heart child? Are you under some delusion that I will help you defeat the Champion of Darkness?

"Of course not! I want to know who Ansem; Seeker of Darkness is. Also is he the same as the Ansem who made the reports for the Guardians of Light?" The shadow seemed surprised by what Sora said, he seemingly pondered on it for a while before looking back at Sora. 

And why should I tell you? What will you give me in return?

"... Can't you just do it out of the kindness of your heart?" The shadow was silent for some time before laughing like a psycho. 

HAHAHAHAHA! What heart?! Listen boy! Everything has a price! You don't pay, you don't get your due!

"Ugh! Alright fine, what do you want?" Again, the shadow seemed to ponder on this for a little while but then his eyes widened as if he recalled something from his past.

I want your Heart to be a resting place for the sword.

"... What?"

You'll find out eventually, now to your question. I'm afraid the answer is complicated to answer... The king of knowledge lost in the abyss, with only his brain for his heart died the same day his family did. The fault lies in the false master of light, he who corrupted the Shield, banished the Wand, and cursed the Sword into an eternal slumber. Now the Wand and I play chest. We bet, play, and see how the game will end. But this game is strange because there are two kings. One is a heart with no body and the other a body with no heart. one wants to use seven hearts while the other will command thirteen bodies. Seven of Light and Seven of darkness are needed to make the key, no more, no less. One has stolen the name of his old master, the other changed it. Both want redemption, both want to be remembered, both want to be feared, both want what the original did. A foolish boy became a foolish man. A foolish man became two foolish men. You have yet to face one but once you do, you will face the other. You already know the name he stole and soon you see the face he corrupted.

"... So Ansem and Ansem seeker of Darkness are different people?" 

I already told you what you need to know, you can figure out the rest on your own. Sora then pouted in frustration, what the shadow told him wasn't even a riddle, it was no better than word play. 

"You still haven't told me who you are and why you're even here? Why can I hear your voice in my head?"

... hehehe, so many questions, so few answers, the multiverse itself is one big joke that no one even told. The darkness has been corrupted while the light has lost its way. I'm just a memory of a war no one remembers. As they say, history is told by the victors. You want more answers? Ask the victors. And remember, light and darkness are two sides of a coin but favor one over the other, you'll become blind. The shadow then faded away leaving Sora frustrated. 

"What was any of that supposed to mean?" IT JUST MEANS WHAT IT MEANS! UGH, I HATE CHILDREN! Sora had to cover his ears despite the voice shouting in his head. Once it was done Sora just grunted in annoyance.

"Jerk..." Sora then realized he wasted enough time and just walked off to town square to get back with Goofy and Donald. 

"Well, that was annoying but at least the voice is just as sick of me as I am of it. Also, I think he said that the two Ansem's are different... Yeah I'm pretty sure that's what he meant." 

***

By the time Sora made it back to the town square everyone was celebrating their close victory and drinking beer. Donald and Goofy in particular were dancing around and singing while both of them were holding mugs of beer. 

"Oh, hey what's that?" Everyone then stopped when they saw Sora. 

"Uh... it's... it's called beer."

"Oh? Never heard of it, can I have some?"

"Nope!" Donald then casts a magic spell to make all the beer float into the air at high speed only for it all to explode into a firework.

"Hey! What gives, Duck!"

"Sid! Sora's 14!"

"You couldn't have just not given him some! Ugh!" Sid then stomped away in anger.

"Uh sorry."

"Nah, Sorry it's fine. We shouldn't have been drinking in the first place. Now then, ready to liberate the last world!" Donald then raised his fist to Sora; Sora then smirked in determination and gave Donald a fist bump to show how ready he was. Goofy was about to get up but then fell down due to being drunk. Donald sighed and gave Goofy a healing potion and kicked him to get up. From this alone Sora made a mental note to never drink beer even when he gets older. 

***

Now on the Gummi ship, Chip and Dale activated the light tunnel and soon the ship was flying down the tunnel. Sora got the controller and was ready to take down any Heartless ship that got in the way. However, about half an hour later no Heartless ships showed up, nothing the travel down the tunnel was actually extremely peaceful. 

"Gosh, do you think they ran out of Heartless?"

"No Goofy, somethings wrong. I don't know what, but this is definitely not a good sign." 

"Well, it wouldn't be the first time they changed things up. But either way I'm sure whatever it is we can handle it!"

"You sure are optimistic aren't you, Sora?"

"Hey! You say that like it's a bad thing, Donald. There's nothing wrong with hope! Besides they already got heavy armored ships, an ambush, and a giant eel looking Heartless ship! What else could they possibly do?!" Suddenly the entire ship was rammed by a giant pirate ship that forced them right out of the Light tunnel. Once again, the Gummi ship was flying out of control until it ended up transporting into a random world. 

"AAAAH! I DIDN'T JINX IT!"

"AAAAH! YES, YOU DID SORA!" The Gummi ship then roughly crashed onto something hard making Sora, Donald, and Goofy fly out of their ships and hard onto the ground. The impact was so hard that it caused Sora, Donald, Goofy, Chip, and Dale to be knocked out instantly.

***

Sora didn't know how long he was out but when he came to, he could see from the front view of the Gummi ship that they crashed onto the hull of the pirate ship. 

"Ugh, are... are we on another ship? But how?" Sora got up and saw that Donald and Goofy were still knocked out. Sora woke them up and did the same for Chip and Dale and explained that they were on a giant pirate ship that was seemingly abandoned. Donald went over to the front of the ship to look outside while Chip and Dale were setting up the scans. 

"Hm, well this is weird."

"This isn't a Heartless ship, fellas. However, it has a multiversal travel engine!"

"What? But those can only exist within Gummi ships! This isn't a gummi ship, it's a sea ship!"

"I don't know but that's not the worst of it, there's a large signature of dark energy on this ship with only one source. this could only mean one thing."

"Sorry fellas, but we got ambushed by one of the Dark Lord's themselves." Sora was shocked but only for a second, he quickly smirked in determination and raised his hand as his keyblade manifested. 

"Like I said, no matter what it is we can handle it. The fact that there's a Dark Lord on board is just an added bonus." Goofy and Donald were wide eyed at first but then both of them nodded in approval. The three of them then left the Gummi ship and walked onto the hull of the pirate ship but even as they did there was still no one present. 

"This is definitely a trap."

"But what should we do then? How do we avoid it, a-hyuk?!"

"I say we strike them before they strike us, let's go to where the Dark Lord is."

"Ok... and where is that Sora?" Sora then went wide eyed as he realized what Donald asked. Sora grunted in frustration again, today was really turning out to be a bad day. 

You wish to seek out the darkness? Sora groaned again when he heard that voice in his head. Go away, I don't need you anymore.

First rule of the darkness is that your strength determines your position. You want me to listen prove your strong enough to force me... now then you might not like it, but you really do need my help, so let me help just this once, sound good?

Fine! Whatever, please help me find out where the Dark Lord is hiding.

Heh, so easy. Now close your eyes, then focus on the magic within your heart, see through your heart instead of your eyes. Sora sighed and did as the voice asked, of course everything was dark with his eyes closed. However, as he focused on the magic within his heart, he saw a large purple flame in the distance and when he opened his eyes, he could still see it only now it was in the ship, right where the captain's quarters would be. 

"That's where the Lord of Darkness is!" You're welcome! Sora grunted when he heard the sarcastic tone of the voice.

"Ok thank you! you can shut up now!"

"Wah?"

"Sora, we didn't say anything." Sora then started sweating nervously as he realized he was practically talking to himself in front of Donald and Goofy.

"Oh... uh... I just... thought I heard a bird yelling at me is all." Wow, nice save. JUST GET LOST! Sora screamed in his head as the voice seemingly laughed while fading away. Sora then faced Donald and Goofy while trying to smile despite him still sweating nervously. 

"Uh! Let's go get that Dark Lord jerk!" 

"... Sora."

"Is there something you want to tell us?"

"... uh... can I tell you later?" 

"Wah?! No way! You will tell us right-" Goofy then covered Donalds bill to keep him from talking. 

"Of course, Sora, but please remember we DO need to talk about this eventually, ok?"

"*Sigh* Yes dad!" Sora then ran off to the captain's quarters of the house. Donald sighed and followed but then noticed that Goofy was still standing there with watery eyes.

"A-hyuk, that was so sweet! Gosh, I wish Max still called me dad."

"He was being sarcastic, Goofy, don't let it get to your head." Goofy then grunted in disappointment and manifested his shield. The two of them quickly chased after Sora.

***

Sora, Donald, and Goofy then crashed the door open and ran into the Captain's quarters. Their Captain hook was talking into a magically floating scroll covered in dark magic.

"Just use the Air Pirates to catch the brat! He'll ruin everything if this continues!"

"I'm sorry sir I'm trying! But the Heartless respond better to-"

"WAIT! Be quiet..." Captain Hook then turned to his right and saw Sora, Donald, and Goofy standing there.

"Uh, Captain?"

"I'll need to call you back Mr. Smee."

"But wait-" the magic scroll then rolled up and as Captain Hook waved his hand away the scroll floated away into one of the bookshelves of his quarters. 

"So... you're the Champion of Darkness that has Maleficent rattled."

"In any other situation I would have been honored. I always wanted to meet a pirate."

"Have you now? Such delusions of a child, not understanding danger. Even as it stands before them."

"Why does everyone keep acting like being a kid is a bad thing?" 

"As much as I'd love to off your head, I unfortunately have different matters to attend to. Heartless if you'd please." Several Pirate Heartless then manifested around the captain's quarters and several more surrounding Sora, Donald, and Goofy.

"Farewell Champion, may your heart be the guiding key and all that nonsense." A veil then manifested behind Captain Hook, and he walked behind it while the Pirate Heartless covered his exit. Sora then smirked and so did Donald and Goofy for then this would take no longer than five minutes. Or at least that would be the case but something strange was happening to the Heartless. They were seemingly shaking around as if they were losing control of themselves as their forms were changing. At first, they were getting wobbly as if they were made of water then they actually started to melt into black puddles. Before Sora could say anything the black puddles then raised back up into new forms, all of them took the form of Sora with his keyblade.

Remember everything comes at a price, child. This is the price for my help, now let's see how long you can last.

"Grrr, you rotten jerk!" Again, the dark voice laughed as it slowly faded out of Sora's head. 

"Sora, what are you talking about?"

"Sora what's going on?"

"Ugh! Alright! Alright! Donald remembers when you asked if I knew something weird and or magical about myself." A shadow Sora then charged toward Sora making him raise his keyblade.

"Well, when I said no, I lied! I hate lying but it's true, I lied!" Sora then slashed at the shadow, but it faded away only to reappear behind him and slash him back. 

"Argh! The truth is that ever since this One Heartless scratched me in the back I've been hearing evil voices in my head! They keep telling me to give into the darkness and for some reason every time I listen or try to ignore them, I get slightly stronger! Like that first time I cast a lighting spell!" Donald cast a fireball at a shadow Sora only for it to dodge again, however instead of huffing in annoyance Donald was shocked to hear what Sora said. A strange dark voice both trying to convert him to the darkness and giving him little bits of power. Donald never heard of any of it but none of it sounded good. 

"Sora! When did all this start?!"

"Uh, well... When I first got to Traverse Town..."

"SINCE THE BEGINNING?!" as Donald screamed, he had to dodge several slashes from the shadow Sora's. 

"Sora, why did you tell us?!" Goofy then tried to shield bash a shadow Sora but it disappeared and reappeared behind him to slash him in the back. 

"It was a voice in my head! There's not really much you can do about that! Besides we had only just met at the time, you guys probably would have thought I was crazy!" Sora then dodged another slash and finally managed to kick a shadow Sora back only for it to recover quite quickly. 

"I think you're crazy right now for hiding it!" A shadow Sora then punched Donald in the face, to which he quickly froze it with an ice spell before it could disappear again.

"Ugh! Guys can we please talk about this after we defeat these annoying shadow me's?!"

"We will be talking about this later though!" Donald angrily cast a lighting spell hitting two shadow Soras directly hurting them both, at least until they escaped by disappearing. Sora then jumped across the room and slashed the shadow Sora that Donald imprisoned earlier. Goofy threw his shield and it ricocheted among the shadow Sora. However, they all quickly recovered just as Goofy got his shield back. Donald then cast several lighting spells hoping to finish them all but instead some disappeared to escape while the others were indeed hurt but seemingly regenerated from the damage. 

"This isn't working! Dam- ahem! Dang it, how do we destroy these things?!"

"Hahahahaha! Fine! Fine! Let's end this little game, shall we?!" All the shadow Sora then formed together into a single shadow Sora. This one was no longer a shadow but instead had a hard constructed body of pure darkness and was even covered in a dark aura body. Then four goat horns formed on the head and red eyes formed on the blank face.

"Hahahaha! It's been so long since I had a body! Do entertain me well won't you little Pawn?"

"Wha? Who is that." Sora turned to Donald and then Goofy and saw the fear in their eyes. Sora then sighed, though this made things easier to explain, it was still annoying that this had to happen at all.

"That's... the voice in my head." Donald and Goofy looked at Sora in shock then to the shadow Sora, who bowed politely to confirm that Sora was right. Donald then groaned in anger at the sight of the shadow and actually tried to talk to him.

"Who are you and why are you haunting Sora?"

"Me? All you need to know is that like this child I was a fool blinded by the light thinking he was a hero of justice when in reality I was a prince of thieves. I helped those above me take so much and give so little. And now the war begins again only with new puppets at the end of the strings. So, I ask you all, do you wish to continue and dance for the amusement of those who shine or would you rather cut your strings and let yourselves fall freely into the darkness." Donald and Goofy looked at each other in confusion then to Sora as he had a look of disappointment on his face. 

"Yeah, that's pretty much how he talks, always in riddles. Sad thing is that there are not even good riddles."

"Well excuse me for trying to have some fun. Regardless, that's enough bickering, let's fight, shall we?" The Dark Sora raised his shadow keyblade and walked forward. Donald and Goofy jumped forward to push him back, instead Dark Sora slapped them both away with his free hand. It looked like a simple slap, but it had enough force to push them both past Sora at high speed and ram into the wall knocking them both out instantly. Sora was instantly enraged and swung his Keyblade down on Dark Sora only for it to be blocked. Sora tried striking from different angles, then another and another. Sora realized he was going at such high speed, but he was more focused on finding an opening on Dark Sora and taking it, but instead Dark Sora managed to use both his free hand and Keyblade to block every single strike. Soon Dark Sora was using only his free hand to block every strike at such amazing speed. 

Sora wasn't getting anywhere, he quickly jumped away from Dark Sora and cast a fireball. However instead of launching it Sora got a better idea and started casting the multi-core spell. It was still difficult, but Sora managed to cast both an additional lighting and ice spell and have it aimed right at Dark Sora. 

"Eat this!" Sora launched the spell at Dark Sora expecting it to do some serious damage. Meanwhile Dark Sora started laughing as the spell flew toward him at high speed.

"hehehe, Okay!" Dark Sora then opened his mouth to an abnormal degree and ate the magic spell as if it was nothing more than a snack. Sora just stood there shocked, sometimes his enemies dodged or even deflected the attacks, but none had ever just eaten the magic directly. 

"Ahhh... my turn, WEH!" Dark Sora unleashed a loud screech, powered by magic. Due to the room being small the magical vibrations were bouncing all around the room. Sora felt like he was being hit by several punches from all directions, at the same time his ears were ringing due to how loud it was. When it was finally over Sora just collapsed to the floor with only his arms barely holding him up. Sora started sweating in fear, he only felt this kind of fear back in Deep Jungle, it was the fear of losing to the Darkness. Sora faced lots of strong enemies, so it was hard to compare and contrast but something in his heart told him Dark Sora was the worst of them all. Before Sora could ponder anymore Dark Sora grabbed him by the neck and raised him high in the air.

"How does it feel? Knowing with all the light in the multiverse... you're still just a pawn on the chessboard." Dark Sora threw Sora out of the captain's quarters, Sora landed hard onto the floor of the hull and tried to painfully get up. Dark Sora walked slowly toward Sora while Sora tried to use his remaining strength to wield his Keyblade for defense. 

"Even after all that you cling to your Keyblade? Is it not already obvious that you are not the victor here? The prophecy did state that the Champions of Light and Darkness would battle to determine the fate of the multiverse... but it never said that the Champions wouldn't be killed by anyone else." Sora was so sore and exhausted that just holding his Keyblade was a chore, but there was nothing else he could do.

"Except give up..." Sora looked at the Dark Sora in confusion.

"Oh, come now of course I'm still in your head. I know what you're thinking and I'm telling you give up. Don't you want to save Riku, the only way you can is to give up your keyblade. If you don't have it, then Riku has no reason to be the Champion of Darkness anymore. One cannot exist without the other, destiny does not exist for nobody. These are the rules of the game Sora, the only way to win is to stop playing." Sora looked at his Keyblade again, if he was being honest, it was true this would be the better thing to do; after all, what joy did the Keyblade actually bring him? Sora was forced to go on this quest, he was forced to fight monsters and villains he barely understands, he was forced to leave his home, and he was forced to separate from his friends. Because of this Keyblade Sora was alone... Sora then snickered at the idea of that, what a bunch of lies, he thought. 

"What?!" Sora ignored Dark Sora and kept thinking to himself. Sure, there was bad but there was good too. Sora met new people, saw new worlds, saw and experienced new stories, and helped save not just one but several worlds from the Dark Army. Sora wasn't a hero, but he was a friend to those that needed it and frankly that's all he wanted to be. Sora then remembered all the worlds he visited and everyone in them that he interacted with. That's why even when the going gets rough he wasn't going to collapse and cry like he did in Deep Jungle, he would get back up and fight. Sora didn't even notice it but his keyblade started glowing and surging with magical power.

"No! That's impossible! You never received any training! How are you able to manipulate your aura so well?!" Sora then smiled as he heard Dark Sora panic, Sora then remembered all the friends he made: Yuffie, Leon, Donald, Goofy, Chip, Dale, Alice, Cloud, Sid, Tarzan, Aladdin, Genie, Jack Skellington, Sally, and Ariel. Sora then opened his eyes and to his amazement golden light manifestations of everyone he thought of were right there beside him. Instantly all the golden light manifestations fused into Sora's heart instantly. Sora could feel a massive surge of magic flowing through his body, but it wasn't overwhelming instead it was energizing. Sora smiled proudly as he raised his keyblade with one hand and pointed it right toward Dark Sora. Dark Sora growled in anger as he manifested a dark aura around his dark body to increase his own power.

"It doesn't matter what the material is made of, when it comes to chess a Pawn is still a Pawn!" Dark Sora then roared again causing a massive blast of magic to shoot right at Sora. A normal person would have been badly hurt or even killed by the mix of intense sound waves and magic, but right now Sora was taking it quite well. Dark Sora's roar was only pushing Sora back a little bit but wasn't really doing any damage. Sora then walked toward the roar as it was pushing him back then he started running as it was getting easier. Dark Sora realized it wasn't working anymore and quickly raised his keyblade to block Sora's strike. Dark Sora forced Sora back and started swinging himself only to miss or get his strikes blocked by Sora. The two of them continued to clash like this, only Dark Sora quickly realized that Sora was so much stronger than before. Dark Sora couldn't make any sense of it, sure he was the Champion of Light but that only gets you so far without training and magical boosters. However, by using his magic sense Dark Sora saw that there was indeed a magic booster within his heart. 

"Oh... so that's how it is, how... PREDICTABLE!" Dark Sora then reached into Sora's chest and grabbed his heart directly. Now Sora was in deep pain, his physical heart slowly being torn out of his being. As Sora weakened, he dropped his keyblade and started losing strength. Dark Sora laughed as he was slowly ripping the heart out of Sora.

"I have to say I am impressed, even though my power is only a fraction of how it was, you still shouldn't have been able to beat me, yet you were close. But alas, you're not the king or the queen, you're a pawn, but don't worry once I'm done with you, I will find the Kings and I will put out every spark of their corrupting light!" Sora then grunted in anger and quickly remanifested his keyblade back into his hand.

"What?!" Sora then slashed Dark Sora in two, but he didn't stop there, he used every bit of his strength to keep slicing up Dark Sora until it did any lasting damage. Finally, after what seemed like a hundred strikes, Sora managed to slash Dark Sora in the chest and this time it left a slashing mark of golden light. Dark Sora then let go as he gasped for air, finally Sora let himself fall to his knees as he was free but exhausted and his heart felt like it was breaking. Sora then looked up at Dark Sora who was slowly fading as his wound burned and spread throughout his body.

"Ahhh... well... I'll be damned... you're not a pawn at all... you're more like a rook... you can destroy everything in your path... but in the end you can only go in one direction or the other... and like all other pieces... you do whatever the King tells you to... So be warned little Rook... the game is far from over... and when it ends, the only real victors... are the Kings..." Finally Dark Sora was gone, and the hearts from the Pirate Heartless he absorbed were released. Sora let himself fall to the ground. Sora knew that now wasn't the time, but he just couldn't do anything else, so Sora just went to sleep and hoped that Donald or Goofy would give him a health potion. 

***

"Yeah tink, just give him some fairy dust and he'll be ok!" Sora felt something being sprinkled onto him as if it was some kind of dust. Suddenly Sora felt a lot better and was even able to not only wake up but get up all by himself. Sora didn't feel as strong or energized as the powerup he had earlier, but this was definitely a second best. 

"Look at that, you alright little guy?" Sora turned to his left to see Peter Pan standing there with Tinder Bell on his shoulder. Sora looked at Peter confused, he was dressed in all green and was actually just a little taller than Sora. 

"Uh yeah, I'm great actually, thank you by the way."

"A pleasure, by the way, might want to dodge."

"Huh?" Sora turned around only to see an Air Pirate Heartless extremely close to punching him with its large fists. Sora panicked and jumped purely on instinct but was surprised to see that he not only jumped higher than before but was also floating in the air. Peter then blocked the Air Pirate's strike with his dagger and slashed it a few times before it disbursed, and the cursed heart was released. As Sora slowly floated to the ground, he looked at Sora in amazement.

"Wow, you're a natural when it comes to flying, huh? I'm Peter Pan and this is Tinker Bell." Peter extended a hand; Sora took and shook while Tinker Bell flew close to his face to get a closer look. Sora laughed as he backed away from her to get some space. Sora was amazed he was looking at an actual fairy or maybe it was a pixie. Sora wanted to ask but at the same time he figured that was rude to ask so blatantly. Instead, Sora extended a hand to her, and she smiled as she took only a finger. Sora made sure to only shake his finger gently so as to not shake her. 

Just as introductions ended Sora saw that in the sky there were several Air Pirates in the air trying to chase Wendy, John, Michael, and the Lost boys. Sora quickly manifested his keyblade and without even thinking flew in the air to help. An Air Pirate Heartless nearly got Michael but Sora slashed its arm off and proceeded to cut it in half, defeating it. Sora smirked at first but then saw how many there actually were. Sora could definitely take them, but he couldn't do so while protecting everyone. Sora then realized that Donald and Goofy were still in the captain's quarters, knocked out. Sora was about to fly down but couldn't leave with all the chaos so instead looked to Peter Pan and Tinker Bell who were just about to join the fight. 

"Peter! Go to the captain's quarters and find two people named Donald and Goofy! We need them to help!" Peter grunted in disappointment that he wasn't going to join the fight, but did as Sora asked since even, he understood they needed all the help they could get. While waiting on Peter, Sora flew to after the Air Pirate Heartless, he even made sure to run into one head causing it to fly off and started crashing down toward the ground. This ended up getting the attention of the remaining Air Pirate Heartless, thus they all started flying toward him while leaving everyone else alone. Sora smiled and activated a lighting spell, allowing him to hit three different Air Pirate heartless. However, while distracted another Air Pirate Heartless punched him in the back. Sora slashed its head in retaliation and as it was punched away, he cast a fireball at it, destroying the Heartless. 

Sora smiled and was about to get ready for the next one but before he could another Air Pirate Heartless flew by him and punched his back. Then another flew by and punched him in the stomach, then another across the face. Sora knew what they were doing and worst off he couldn't do anything about it, they were surrounding him and only striking him when and where he wasn't ready. This was a lot like back in Atlantica when he couldn't swing his keyblade properly underwater. This was different though he wasn't underwater; he was in the air and there wasn't any water to help him here. As if on cue, Sora's keyblade started glowing gold again, Sora smiled in a mixture of excitement and relief as he knew what this meant. 

Sora's keyblade then transformed into the Crabclaw Keyblade, Sora looked at it in confusion as he had no idea how this was supposed to be helpful. Before Sora could figure it out, Several Air Pirate Heartless started surrounding him and were preparing to strike him from all sides. Sora raised his keyblade in defense, but he knew this wasn't going to be enough to block against all the incoming attacks. Suddenly a bubble of water formed around Sora and expanded at accelerated speed thus hitting all the incoming Air Pirate Heartless. Now that they were all covered in water Sora once again hit them with a lighting spell, this time it was able to arc between them and thus shock them all. However, the current wasn't as strong so despite them being hurt from the lighting they were still able to fight. Worst off, the fairy dust on Sora was wearing off and he was slowly falling. 

Sora quickly flew to the ground but the Air Pirate Heartless were flying after him. As Sora was safely falling, he raised his keyblade at them and transformed his keyblade into the Pumpkinhead Keyblade to shoot several jack-o-lantern missiles at the closest Air Pirate Heartless. Destroying at least five of them; however, there were still seven active and dived right at Sora. Thankfully Goofy's shield was thrown at the Air Pirates and ricocheted between them causing them all to simply fall due to either being knocked out or seriously hurt. A large fireball then shot at the Heartless, engulfing them all in flames and getting rid of all the Heartless. 

All the children started cheering in joy, knowing that the Heartless were gone and started cheering on Sora, Donald, and Goofy. Sora quickly hugged both Donald and Goofy for saving him but then he lowered his head to apologize. 

"I'm sorry for hiding the voice, guys. You were right, I shouldn't have kept it to myself." Donald was still mad and was about to tell Sora off, but Goofy placed his hand on his shoulder to tell him to not say anything. 

"We're not mad Sora, we were just worried about you." Donald then looked at Goofy in anger but Goofy then smacked him in the head to keep him quiet. Donald was dazed at first, but then grunted in annoyance and turned the other way while crossing his arms. 

"I know it feels like there are some things that are better to handle by yourself but when you're overwhelmed it's always better to get some help. Especially for those you can call your friends." Sora smiled and hugged Goofy to show his appreciation. Donald looked back and figured he was being too harsh on Sora and sighed in defeat. 

"Goofy's right Sora, we'll always have your back but for crying out loud don't go hiding stuff like that! If you have more secrets like that you better tell us now." Sora couldn't help but laugh at Donald trying to still act all tough and authoritative.

"Haha! Ok, ok I'm sorry Donald, but seriously that's it. I really don't have any other secrets."

"Well, isn't this just peachy!" Everyone then looked at the upper floor of the boat to see Captain Hook standing there staring down on all of them. 

"I was hoping to get rid of Peter Pan before I got rid of the Champion of Darkness. No matter, I'll just destroy you both at the same time." Peter Pan then ran forward in front of Sora, Donald, and Goofy to face off against Captain Hook.

"Bring it on Hook! I already beat all your pirate goons; I can beat you too."

"Yes, you certainly did, boy! But you must know there's a fine difference between a pirate and a captain! If it's so hard to tell the difference, then it's about time you grow up!" Captain Hook started growing as his body was covered in a dark aura giving him both size and power. 

"WOW! He's uh... Well, I swear he couldn't do that back in Neverland."

"Yeah, you'll get used to it. Anyways just watch out because him being big is unfortunately not all he can do." Captain Hook then manifested several arrows of darkness and they all shot right toward Peter Pan and Sora. Peter actually panicked while Sora smiled and manifested his Three Wishes Keyblade. The dark arrows shot right back at Captain Hook right in the face making him growly in anger. He then raised his sword now enlarged and sharpened with darkness, to strike down on the both of them. Sora who was still smiling and manifested his Olympia Keyblade, after a perfectly timed strike on the incoming blade it recoiled causing Captain Hook to fall off balance. Sora then manifested his Pumpkinhead Keyblade and shot several jack-o-lantern missiles at Captain Hook to both hurt him more and cause him to fall down entirely. Since his body was so big, he ended up falling off the ship entirely and thus started crashing into the emptiness of the Darkness in-between worlds. 

"Woah! I don't know how you did any of that, but it was amazing! What is that key thing anyways?"

"Just think of it as my weapon." 

"Really?" Peter then flew up and snatched the Keyblade from Sora, Sora wasn't concerned but still looked at Peter in disappointment for stealing his Keyblade like that. Peter swung it around like a sword but still looked at it in confusion.

"This is a weapon? It just looks like a giant key." The Keyblade then dissolved into light and manifested back into Sora's hands.

"You know it's rude to just take something from someone else."

"Oh come on I was just looking at it."

"You could have just asked rather than taking it."

"Pfft! You sure like to complain, what are you a girl?" The Lost boys then started laughing at Sora to which Goofy crossed his arms at them and gave a dad's glare at them causing them all to instantly feel bad. Peter on the other hand was still laughing at his joke while an unamused Sora was walking up to him. Peter then stopped laughing and saw Sora glaring at him very seriously.

"And if I was a girl? Does that mean my complaints are just suddenly not important?" Suddenly Peter felt under the pressure of Sora despite being slightly taller than him. 

"Uh... well come on, it was just a joke."

"So, it's funny to say that because I complain about legitimate reasons, I must be a girl? It's also funny to call me a girl as if it was an insult?" Sora continued to glare at Peter with a serious stare which made Peter sweat in nervousness. Peter then lowered his head and apologized, afterwards Peter then flew over to Wendy and apologized to her as well for all the mean things he said to her previously. Wendy and her brothers even had a laugh about it while teasing Peter. Meanwhile Donald and Goofy walked up to Sora to see if he was ok.

"Dang Sora, I knew you could be intimidating but I never knew you could handle a ruffian like that."

"Oh well, I used to be a ruffian myself, Donald. You see me and Riku used to try to hang out with older kids to make ourselves look cool; we ended up picking up bad habits from them. My mom made sure to give me lots of lectures to get me out of those bad habits, I guess it all ended up rubbing off on me."

"And you became just as terrifying as her as a result?"

"What?" Goofy then slapped Donald on the back of the head to keep him quiet, all while Sora just stood there confused. 

"You vile little vermin! You think you've won?! I'm just getting started!" Suddenly the ship was moving and now it went to its own destination. Soon the ship and everyone on it was flying over the skies of London, then a normal sized Captain Hook walked out of a Void and onto the deck. With him several Pirate Heartless and Air Pirate Heartless came out of the Void as well.

"Now then, shall we get started?" Sora grunted in annoyance; he really should have figured that this battle was far from over but after the fight with Dark Sora he was kinda ready for it to be. Two Air Pirate Heartless zoomed right toward Sora, who just manifested his Olympia Keyblade and slashed them both, causing them to fly off uncontrollable and fall away. Another Pirate Heartless tried to charge at Sora head on, Sora was ready for them, but Peter Pan instead jumped in front and used his dagger to deflect the attack and strike the Heartless. 

"Sorry about earlier, I never caught your name by the way."

"I'm Sora." 

"Sora? Like soaring in the skies?" Peter Pan then flew in the air to show off to Sora, then two Air Pirate Heartless tried to ambush him from both sides. However, Peter just playfully kicked one in the face causing it to stagger while stabbing and slashing the other to destroy it. Peter then plainly threw his dagger at the other Air Pirate to destroy that one as well, releasing the cursed heart within. 

"That name fits you quite well. Though I think it would fit better with a little help. Hey Tink! Be a pal and give him some fuel?" Tinker Bell actually smiled in delight because of the request and quickly flew over Sora and quickly sprinkled her dust all over him so that he could fly again. Sora thanked Tinker Bell but to his surprise, Tinker Bell kissed him on the cheek to show it was her pleasure. Sora just smiled thinking it was common for fairies to do that. Sora then smirked with determination as he flew into the air to take the Air Pirates head on. The other children and Lost boys were just throwing random stuff at them which did nothing. Sora thought this was funny but still better than to just watch so he quickly flew in to help. Sora quickly manifested his Pumpkinhead Keyblade and aimed at all the Air Pirates closest to the Lost Boys. The damage managed to hurt the Air Pirates while getting them away from the Lost Boys, however it also drew all of their attention toward him. 

About twelve Air Pirate Heartless flew toward him in different directions but this time Sora was ready. Sora manifested his Crabclaw Keyblade to make water all around him, he then used an ice spell to freeze all the water making a barrier shield all around him. As predicted all the Air Pirates crashed into the barrier and even three were destroyed because of the impact. However, Sora didn't stop there, with the barrier still controlled by his magic he made sure to drop it directly over Captain Hook. 

Captain Hook with his Pirate Heartless guards was smiling at the sight of everyone struggling to fight off his Heartless. After he was done with them, he would commence the invasion on both London and Wonderland. With two worlds being destroyed at the same time would give him more than enough energy to be on par with Maleficent. With the others being gone and Hades being docile it should be easy pickings and Master Ansem would surely approve. However, his train of thought was interrupted when a dark shadow covered him and his Heartless. He looked at the shadow in confusion and then looked up only to scream as he saw a giant barrier of ice, he was seconds from impacting. Thankfully because of the shape of the ice Captain Hook himself was fine but the Pirate Heartless surrounding him were destroyed instantly. 

Captain Hook grew red in anger and slashed at the ice in high speed until it shattered into pieces. However as soon as he was done, he was faced with Sora who managed to cast both a fire spell and lighting spell at him. Captain Hook was then shot with both spells setting him on fire and electrocuting him. Sora smirked thinking that now the battle was over but suddenly Captain Hook unleashed his dark aura that allowed him to repel the fire and lighting. Captain Hook's clothes was now ruined which made him look horrible especially with his deranged angry face. However, Peter Pan quickly flew in and tried to ambush Captain Hook only for Hook to block Peter's strike with his dagger. 

"Come on Hook, your fights with me remember?"

"Grrr! Wait your turn, brat!" Captain Hook then covered his left arm in his dark aura to make it bigger and stronger, he then punched Peter causing him to fly uncontrollably away. Sora tried to take advantage of the distraction by charging at Captain Hook but again Hook proved to be faster and countered with his own strike. Sora could not believe the amount of force that came from the strike, it rippled through his muscles and made him want to scream in agony. Sora was then pushed to the ground and left there without the strength to get back up. Captain Hook took advantage of the strike and jumped on top of Sora and stabbed him in the heart. Or at least that would have happened if Goofy hadn't bashed him midair with his shield, causing Captain Hook to crash into his own ship. 

Donald then helped Sora up and the two of them then quickly cast their own fire spell and combined them together to make an even stronger spell. As Captain Hook got up, he was again hit with a fire spell only this time it was a large barrage of even hotter fire. When it was finally over Captain Hook was covered in ash and was left in a lot of pain. Sora, Donald, Goofy, Peter and all the other kids started laughing at Captain Hook in his defeated state. Captain Hook then growled in anger and shock all the ash and dust off of himself. He was completely out of dark energy, but he didn't care.

"You think you won just like that you little brat! I may not be a master of magic, but I am a master of the sword! And you're just a tiny little inexperienced bug." Sora, Donald, and Goofy just looked at one another not really feeling intimidated by Captain Hook at all.

"Do you think he's projecting or something?"

"Gosh, he must not have had a good childhood."

"Hey Hook!" Sora, Donald, and Goofy then looked behind Captain Hook, Hook turned around to look as well only to scream when he saw Peter Pan holding a smiling crocodile. 

"If we're so small, then why don't you pick on someone your own size!" Captain Hook then opened a void portal back to Neverland to escape but Peter Pan managed to throw the crocodile through the portal before it closed. Now all the children and lost boys started cheering while Peter Pan bowed to them all. Sora felt he deserved the praise as well and, despite them starting on the wrong foot, started clapping for Peter as well. Peter Pan then flew to the ground to face Sora, Donald, and Goofy.

"Thanks for the help, guys."

"No problem, though, sorry we really didn't do that much."

"By the way, where did you even get that crocodile from?"

"Oh, that guy was clinging to the hull. I don't know why but that crocodile would never rest until he could eat Hook, lucky for us though right?" Before Sora could say anything, he noticed that the ship was close to the Big Ben tower and was amazed to see a clock tower so big. Sora then noticed that on it there was a glowing light and quickly realized it was the world's keyhole.

"Guys! That's it, that's the keyhole!"

"Well let's close it quick!"

"Wait! don't leave so soon, stay and celebrate the victory with us."

"Oh, please do stay." Wendy then approached as well as the others hoping to talk more with Sora, Donald, and Goofy. Donald grunted in annoyance while Goofy laughed and scratched the back of his head in embarrassment. Sora would normally love to stay but he knew that after this world all he'd have to do is face off against Maleficent and finally he could save Riku and Kairi.

"Sorry guys, but we really have to go, I know we didn't get to meet properly but I swear that after I stop the Dark Army I'm coming back here with my friends."

"Heh, well alright then Sora, go save the world or whatever but don't forget to give Neverland a visit too." Sora nodded to confirm he then used the fairy dust to fly over to the World's keyhole. 

***

Chip and Dale finally managed to fix the Gummi ship and picked Sora, Donald, and Goofy up from the Big Ben Tower. 

"Well that wasn't our best adventure, we crashed onto a sea ship in space, had to fight the evil annoying voice that's been bugging me, and fought alongside a bunch of seemingly fun kids but didn't have time to properly hang out with them."

"The important thing is that you liberated the world and stopped the last Dark Lord Sora. Now that you did, we can finally find out where Maleficent is and stop her."

"Uh actually fellas we got some bad news." Sora, Donald, and Goofy looked to Chip and Dale in confusion while the two of them looked back in sadness.

"We think this planet was a decoy or something. You see Captain Hook may have been a Dark Lord, but his main invasion wasn't focused here it was focused elsewhere. We'll have to go there in order to halt the invasion and finally get a reading on where Maleficent is hiding." Donald and Goofy were shocked and groaned in defeat, they were so ready to have finally liberated all the worlds but then it just one more showed up out of nowhere. Sora on the other hand stepped forward with a serious expression of determination. 

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go get that last world!"

"Wah? Sora, don't you want to go to Traverse Town first to rest a bit?"

"We can rest after we liberate this last world, but before then what do you guys say we go for one last round before the final battle." Sora then extended his hand to Donald and Goofy. Donald and Goofy looked at one another but then Goofy smiled and put his hand over Sora's. Donald hesitated a little but then did the same.

"All for one and one for all!"

"Well said Sora!" Chip and Dale then got to activating the Gummi ship for the next world while Sora and Goofy got to their ships. Donald on the other hand felt like something was wrong but still went to his seat. Donald made sure to watch Sora, he couldn't help but feel that Sora was pushing this too far but what could possibly drive him to be so reckless Sora, I know it's hard, but try to hold it in for now. The only way to find your friends is to stop the Dark Army. you can't give up now. if you want to see your friends again you have to push forward. Those words echoed in his head and suddenly Donald was filled with guilt and regret. However, it was too late to bring it up or apologize since they were already entering the Darkness in-between worlds to go to the next world.

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Part 10

Part 8

[p5x-theories]

I've been thinking. Do the original phantom thieves exist in the p5x timeline, or is this an alternate universe where they didn't? I feel like someone would have mentioned them at this point, or Closer would probably bring up his they're like those "other guys" (the PTs). Unless the whole team is dense and didn't notice them when they were doing the whole thing.

That, or this is the Maruki universe? I haven't played Royal, but I'm gonna assume his whole thing was like, giving you what you wanted the most or making you happy no matter how many laws of the universe he broke, such as raising the dead. Unless that was all a sort of simulation of sorts. That being said, if you get everything you want, wouldn't that mean you'd have no desire for anything else? Though considering the Palace owners, that isn't really the case. Maybe.

Another thought I've had is that this takes place in one of the bad endings of P5X, probably the one where you sold out the crew and joined with Jablo...Jabloldbrka....the cup fella. I can't put it into words since I've never seen it because I'd be too sad practically betraying everyone, but maybe it works? Since we don't know Joker's role in the story despite seeing him in the previous trailer, maybe he's going to be working against us?

Ah, yes, the bad end theories! Both post-Maruki bad end and post-original P5 bad end have been suggested as possibly being where P5X is set on this blog before, and it's always fun to come back to those after we get some new info, so thanks for bringing them up again!

In Maruki's case, he was absolutely trying to create everyone's "ideal" worlds without trauma, so it would stand to reason that people would have no desires left if everything's "ideal" for them. I could definitely see Maruki smoothing over the involvement/actions of the Phantom Thieves to keep people from questioning his world too much- in fact, this comes up at least a bit in P5R as, if I recall correctly, at least one of the Phantom Thieves doesn't seem to quite remember what brought them all together as friends in the first place- which could explain your point about the Wonder Squad never so much as referencing the original Phantom Thieves so far in P5X.

I think the biggest hitches here would be: 1) There'd have to be more to it to result in all traces of the Phantom Thieves, as real-world people, being completely erased as far as we've seen so far, including things like the rebrandings (Big Burger, no Leblanc or Crossroads, etc), because Maruki wouldn't have done that at least as we saw him in Royal, and 2) It would suggest something's gone wrong with his "ideal" world, as people are having desires again- both our main characters, and people with warped desires that form their own Palaces or even just a Mementos Shadow. But neither of those are insurmountable obstacles to this theory!

In Yaldabaoth's case, specifically making the deal with him, it does track that people would lack desires, as the point was control, conformity, and essentially locking everyone into Mementos to think the same way, unable to act for themselves (ie, desire something). The fact that the deal with him would allow Joker to continue acting as a phantom thief (and possibly joined by the other original Phantom Thieves as well, though that's unclear or even unlikely if I'm remembering right) would also explain how the Metaverse still exists, and how there are still Palace rulers. If the other Phantom Thieves are gone, locked inside the Velvet Room, it could also explain why traces of them in the real world have vanished, which works out nicely! I don't think there are actually any major points against this theory right now.

These "post-bad end" theories are fascinating to me, because I'd really love either of them to be true, but I'd also be kind of surprised if Atlus let them make Joker be an antagonist, haha. I just... keep expecting something in P5X canon to disprove them, and instead they just... seem to keep clicking into place better???

Anyway, on the other hand, there's always the alternate universe theory, like you also mentioned. This one would be a good way for P5X to tell its story and have similarities to P5, while still being able to get away with any discrepancies, because it's an alternate universe so of course things are a little different! Since it's so flexible, it's a pretty good fallback theory at the moment, as it'd be hard to contradict unless something directly from P5 canon shows up to prove it's actually the same universe, haha.