#i just don't want to go through another decades long dry spell

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KH3 Boxart...And Chess Pieces...

Going under read more because I know people still haven’t played or finished the game.

So I don’t usually get too over worked on doing a lot of speculation pieces because i’m either 30/60 right to wrong and the stuff I’m wrong about the writing goes in a complete 180 and then I’m going, wait? WHUT?!

In short, I don’t like to speculate too much in regards to Kingdom Hearts because one really never knows where the hell Nomura and his team is going with this, so whatever happens I just go along for the ride. 

But ya’ll...YA’LL I WILL talk about my hopes that I have low expectations for but can we just talk about that secret ending for a second!

Okay, 1st: Nomura that sneaky son of a bitch thinks he’s so damn clever with this boxart. He never draws things for the sake of drawing them and I’m sure a lot of us had speculated that the city/world/town that our favorite guardians of light are at, would be a new world to explore in the later half of the game.

Because it sure as hell ain’t none of the already known original Kingdom Hearts Worlds we know. 

But wait...not once has this world ever showed up for all of 50 plus hours of gameplay, we NEVER see this world. 

Until Sora and Riku show up in it in the DAMN secret Ending but wait, there’s more! 

We actually DO get a glimpse of this world for the Verum Rex game trailer when we go to Toy Story but at the time I didn’t really pay much attention to how similar it looked to the damn backdrop of the city in the boxart because my main attention was on: HOLY SHIT! NOMURA, YOU SLY MOFO VERSUS XIII IN MY KH3?!

I was also going, wow this looks really good...almost TOO GOOD and TOO WELL THOUGHT OUT for just a game trailer for an obvious final fantasy game parody for toy story or as a good reason to explain why Sora and crew shows up there to help with the Heartless. 

Basically, Nomura hinted at where the next arc of the story will go! But I don’t think this is his first time doing this, the artwork with the sora, riku, roxas, namine, kairi, donald, goofy and mickey standing on tall white pillars for KH2 hinted at what we now know as the Final World in KH3. 

What I hope Nomura is doing is carrying over core concepts and ideas he had for versus XIII and adding them to KH! The only reason I hope for this, speculate this might be true is because Versus XIII, like the FF13 Trilogy was dealing heavily with the cycle of life and death(eternal sleep) in accordance to the Fabula Nova Mythos.

Ven’s Chirithy tells Sora in so many words: Dude, every time you come here you raise my anxiety because you are LITERALLY hopping in and out of Limbo like it’s nothing! Like what kind of soul(heart) do you have, to totally disregard teetering between life and death?!

And then Sora’s all like: Don’t you know? I disregard the rules and literally make my own! BTW, I’m totally coming back for you, because we are friends now, okay! I’m this close to being this universe’s jesus, i literally fall down into realms of darkness via golden doors showered with glorious golden light!

Have you accepted your Lord and Savior Jesus!Sora into your life?

Chirithy: I just said don’t bring your sunshine ass back here because if you do, you might actually die! Not just be stuck in purgatory, like really die dude! This is the Final World...FINAL...you DO know what that means, this is like purgatory for lost hearts souls. Because I don’t if I could help you the second time in re-piecing you back together! \TT_TT/

Sora: I’m totally coming back for you! >^.^< 

Chirithy:....He...he’s...a really...sweet kid...yea...a really sweet kid...

...Basically, I feel like The Final World isn’t particularly Heaven, probably more akin to a place of purgatory for lost or wandering hearts(souls) like, you aren’t really dead but you aren’t really alive either.

Because let’s face it, majority of characters in this game, never really truly DIE...not counting a very SELECT FEW...I wouldn’t be surprised if Nomura decides to recon Ephemer’s death later on through some Deus Ex Machina (which is why I don’t bother trying to speculate ANYTHING with this series)

Anyway, i went on a tangent there.....yea I think the Verum Rex game world is the same world on the boxart and I hope it’s a sign that Nomura is going to actually carry over ideas from versus 13 into KH, now that we got basically what amounts to Limbo or heaven depending on how to interpret the Final World, even the hashtag on the instagram post basically says it in so many words. 

The Place where hearts return. And it’ll make sense if the next arc does focus on the thin line between life and death or in KH’s terms...DDD 2.0 >_>

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So I watched the cutscene with young Eraqus and Xehanort again and noticed that yes, it is being set up for Sora to throw hands against the Foretellers, Luxu!Xigbar and most likely Master of Masters.

And I am so here for it! 

Now the thing I wanna know is...aside from Riku obviously, who is gonna help him out? the new character, Yozora and his crew? Is the gang going to try to find a way to bring he and Riku back?

....Will Kairi really and truly get to do ANYTHING?!

...Just hope it doesn’t take 7plus years to get there to know D:>

Also, also...Nomura, please take your time and construct a better put together story...I will rant long and hard about this later...

But if you HAVE to do that annoying thing where I HAVE to buy a Nintendo Switch to play a few tie in game in between 3 and 4 again..at least I and the rest of the fandom will KNOW THIS TIME, they actually contribute to the overall plot of Kingdom Hearts...because BOY was it never implied the first go round.

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seokjin ceo au?

Hi. Sorry it took me a while to answer this. I just don't have a lot of time to get on my computer on weekdays.

I have a similar ask here but that hasn't been updated for some time, so I wanted to make this.

* s - contains smut

Chrysanthemum by yoonia - drabble / CEO!Seokjin, boss au Summary: When you have a special way to fix his mess.

Copy Room Christmas by feliix - one shot (s) / wc~4.3k / CEO!Seokjin, boss au, PWP Summary: After waking up hungover after your office party, you struggle to remember the details of the previous night. The pieces of the puzzle all come together once you find yourself tangled in the bedsheets of your boss, Kim Seokjin.

Fixate Inc. by untaemedqueen - one shot (s) / wc~5k / CEO!Seokjin, secretary!reader Summary: Jin gets back from a work trip to Bali, his assistant has missed him dearly.

Kairos by luffles424 - one shot (s) / wc~25k / CEO!Seokjin, strangers to lovers, A/B/O dynamics Summary: When your financial aid falls through for your last year of school, you fear you’ll have to drop out and postpone your degree. Until Taehyung gives you a suggestion to make a lot of money, quick. His idea can’t possibly end well, can it?

Strings by sugakookitty - one shot (s) / wc~5k / CEO!Seokjin, strangers to lovers Summary: After getting ditched by your friends at a New Year’s Eve party, you and Seokjin decide it’s best to stick together—since neither of you are in the partying mood. You two may be from different worlds, but you have at least one thing in common. It’s been ages since you’ve had a decent hook up, so why not bring in the new year putting an end to your dry spell? There is one rule, however. When the morning comes, you both have to go separate ways—and carry on as if it never happened.

Thank You, Daddy by ktheist - one shot (s) / wc~19k / CEO!Seokjin, sugar daddy au Summary: The last time you saw Seokjin was when he went off to college and never looked back. Uncle Kim, a friend of your father who treated you like his own daughter, would complain about his estranged son whenever he came to visit in the new year and got drunk and turned into a pathetic sobbing mess. That scared the fuck out of you because who knew old people could look so ugly when they’re crying over their child whom they neglected for the most part of his life? Well, that child grew up into a fine young man. Fine enough to afford a sugar baby.

29 + 1 by taeescript - series (s) / CEO!Seokjin, slice of life Summary: In which Seokjin is the Devil from The Devil Wears Prada, Taehyung is your work Jesus and Jimin is your handsome successful brother.

Hideaway by bonvoyagenoona - series (s) / CEO!Seokjin, assistant!reader, childhood friends to lovers Summary: On the eve of CEO!Jin’s debut, Jin is running scared. And, as always, it’s your job as his executive assistant to bring him back. The next three days with Kim Seokjin will make or break you.

Made-up Love Song by floralseokjin - series (s) / CEO!Seokjin, single dad!Seokjin, elementary school teacher!reader, strangers to lovers Summary: Your first encounter with Kim Seokjin doesn’t go so well, nor your second, or your third… and maybe that’s because it shouldn’t work on paper. You’re an elementary school teacher living with your best friend, and have never left the country despite hitting the third decade of your life not so long ago. He’s the dad of one of your students, nearly a decade older than you and divorced. Oh yes, and just another minor detail – he’s a multimillionaire. Your lives are lightyears apart, yet somehow, your paths having now crossed, things just seem to fall into place…

I already mentioned about wanting to make a proper list for CEO fics cos that's easier for upkeeping rather than updating old asks. I just haven't made time to draft one but I will try to make one maybe within this month or the next.

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Fantasy Klance Ficrec

Finally new list for fic recs. Hope ya all enjoy these awesome fics. :)

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Of Wolves and Wisps

Lance knows not to seek with his mind in the woods. The fae have a habit of twisting the desires sought by those who chase after the wisps. But when given no other choice, Lance makes the decision to alter his path. To change his fate.

He should have known, really, how things would turn out.

Never call out to wolves. One may just answer.

Words: 145,585 AO3

The Criminal Witch and His Knight of a Husband

Series

Under the rule of an unjust king, witches not employed by the crown had become illegal in the kingdom of Altea. Not wanting to work for a filthy murderer of a man, Lance spitefully refused to get his certification at the normal age of sixteen. But that was over half a decade ago. Altea is now ruled by the beautiful and reasonable Queen Allura, and Lance finds himself happily married to her head knight, despite his fugitive status.

Lance struggles with helping hot headed, prone to danger Keith stay alive, while simultaneously keeping his ability to cast spells a secret. He can't have him figuring anything out. After all, the last thing he wants is for his own husband to arrest him.

Words: 80,309 AO3

Star Cursed

A Dragon familiar is the last thing Lance expects to summon when he graduates lowest in the class at the Magerium. All he wants to do is summon a toad or a cat and get to work, but summoning a High Magic creature like a Dragon is something no one has done in hundreds of years. The Dragon, named Keith (why, WHY is he named Keith), is trained to be a familiar for the most powerful of mages.

Unluckily for him, Lance is assigned the task of lesser potions master. Lance has to navigate a precarious balance of grumpy-Dragon-with-nothing-to-do on top of his workload of boring tasks. That’s when he isn’t enduring the ridicule of the other students, who believe him to be “Star Cursed.” To make matters worse, discontent in the Magerium is brewing and it might mean danger for all High Magic creatures, which currently includes one Dragon named Keith

Words: 152,239 AO3

fit the crown to my head

“What’s the fun in a masquerade if you don’t flirt outrageously with the prettiest person in the room?” the young man says flippantly, and then winks at Keith. Keith huffs a laugh, amused.

“You keep saying things like that, but you haven’t seen my face,” he says, gesturing to his mask. “I could have warts under here. I could have spots, or scars.”

“You’d be lovely even with all of those,” the young man says, and he suddenly sounds serious. It takes Keith by surprise, makes his heart twist along with his stomach. “Your eyes,” he continues, tilting his head. “I’ve never seen eyes like yours before.”

Words: 75,705 AO3

Magic Bound & Unbound

Set in a world where familiars and witches are paired to perform magic together, Lance is an aspiring witch who is desperate to find his bondmate. He's dreamed of the day when he would be able to perform bonded magic, but hides a dark secret that could ruin everything. Keith is a familiar who's seen a little too much of the world. He's been paired with witches multiple times and each one has forced and broken a bond on him, so now he swears off ever letting himself be paired again.

When they meet, though, Lance triggers something in Keith and it scares the hell out of him. A part of him desperately wants to be paired, but he's not sure he can take rejection one more time.

Words: 56,345 AO3

Regarding Park Benches and Demon Bites

Lance forces his eyes open, all the way this time. It takes them a second to adjust, and when they do, his stomach plummets to the center of the earth. The man is in a black shirt, the sleeves rolled up on his forearms to reveal the runes inked across his pale skin. There’s a sword strapped across his back, a big one.

“You’re a Shadowhunter,” Lance blurts. Lance’s mother had warned him about getting mixed up with these bloodthirsty maniacs, and here he is, half conscious next to the very people he’d worked so hard to avoid the last two years. He’s fucked. Royally screwed. He isn’t sure what kind of punishment is handed out to warlocks for public intoxication but his mind races through options like indefinite imprisonment, dismemberment, death?

Words: 8,999 AO3

you build your tower (but call me home)

In the land of Arus, the youngest Nalquodian prince—Prince Leandro—is hidden away in a little castle that overlooks the kingdom; a countermeasure to protect him from the Galran assassins that have sworn to take his life.

And in the tallest tower of the castle, behind a grimy rose window and under a dusty sheet, is an enchanting gargoyle that the prince finds himself compelled to visit every day.

Almost as if by a spell...

Words: 63,041 AO3

Wild Magic

The Vastaya are an ancient and proud race, born of magic and man, and they are dying. The spread of humans makes the magic of their homelands run thin. What is left is preyed upon and corrupted by the rising galra influence.

After losing their home, what remains of the Marmora tribe scatters, fighting the spread of corruption where they can. For the last few centuries, this is the only life Keith has known. And with Shiro’s disappearance, he’s more alone than ever. But he keeps going, even if it means losing himself. For the fight. For his people. For their future. For his homelands. For magic.

The last thing he expected to find is another feathered vastaya, one with wings that shine like the sky and move like waves when he dances. He never asked for company, never wanted it. But as Keith finds himself growing fond of Lance’s flippant attitude and determined blue eyes, he thinks that maybe, just maybe, he doesn’t want to fight alone anymore.

Words: 151,776 AO3

A Touch of Magic

"Keith—" He feels his heart lurch as Keith squats down next to him. One hand on his wolf's head, scratching behind his ear. His eyes, however, remain fixed on Lance, and he had really hoped that the whole dry-mouth-lump-in-the-throat-heart-skipping-a-beat thing would've stopped happening when he turned, but here he is. Vampiric and still the flustered mess he was when he was human. "Buddy, I can't breathe—"

"You don't have to breathe," He says, that ghost of a smile still fixed and the whisper of amusement in his voice.

It sends chills down his spine.

Lance huffs as much as he can when there's a large wolf crushing his chest. "That doesn't mean it's not uncomfortable."

"You'll survive." He pats his wolf one last time before pushing to his feet. "Better luck next time, Lance."

"I'll get you one day, Keithy boy." He calls out as Keith walks away, disappearing from his vision and continuing down the path. "Just you wait."

Words: 19,953 AO3

For Fox Sake

Foxtail series

Photography has always been an passion of Keith's. Being able to capture that perfect moment - grant it immortality and unleash it to the world so that the people may decide what stories they tell - is what he lives for.

So when given the opportunity to expand his horizons, Keith finds himself on a month long excursion in the middle of nowhere, with only his camera and his own thoughts to keep him company.

And this forest - this mountainous landscape seemingly untouched by human hands - holds more than just a vast array of scenic landscapes and wondrous wildlife worthy of being captured in film.

It holds a secret. One Keith hadn't anticipated discovering, much less believing. And though they say "take only pictures, leave only footprints", Keith worries that when he finally has to return to his mundane world, he'll be leaving more than just tracks on the ground.

But his heart has always belonged to the woods, and he knows the fox will guard it well.

Words: 80,888 AO3

Ghost on the Shore

After moving into an desolated house in a swamp, Keith finds that the area's not as abandoned as he anticipated. He soon meets Lance, a mysterious boy that apparently lives out in the marsh, and who seems to possess magical powers to a certain degree.

Words: 37,055 AO3

It Never Rains on Saturday

Rain or Shine Series

In the magical kingdom of Altea lies an ominous tower filled with monsters. Every day, adventurers battle through the tower’s levels in a never-ending quest to slay the Demon King who lives at the very top.

Lance, a talented archer, is one such adventurer. However, Lance doesn’t want to kill the Demon King.

Lance wants to marry him.

Words: 22,726 AO3

Nameless

Lance McClain was not pale. He enjoyed the sun as much as any other, and though he was often run down or fatigued, this was due to his steadily amounting college work, not his need to sleep upside down. He was everything a vampire wasn't. Oh, except for his constant cravings for blood, and the name in cursive permanently scrawled over his wrist.

Since the name had appeared on Lance's thirteenth birthday, he'd been desperately waiting for the day he'd finally meet his soulmate. And it finally comes, the first day of his second year of college, delivering a boy that causes everything Lance had fantasized to come crashing down around him. Not only is his mate a human, but he's the kind of human that despises vampires. A hunter named Keith.

But matters of the heart aren't the only thing standing in Lance's way, for a much greater enemy is on the horizon, posing a threat not only to Lance and his family, but to Keith, too. The nameless are coming for them, and soon.

Words: 102,409 AO3

Were-woof

Living off the grid is one thing. Keith had been doing it his whole life. However, now that the mountain he has lived on his whole live is slowly being developed thanks to a ski resort it's getting harder and harder for Keith to keep to himself. Especially when he happens to catch the eye of a rather cute looking townie.

Words: 133,954 AO3

An Eternal Flame

“Do you have a deathwish?” The phoenix answers him with a question this time, apparently intent on dodging the question about its name. Maybe it’s for the best, Lance’s mama always warned him that he tended to get attached to things once he’d named them. He closes his eyes, takes a deep breath.

He isn’t going to get attached this time.

Making sure that he’s still holding the phoenix’s attention, he reaches down and pushes his cloak aside, then lifts his shirt. There, bright red and ugly against his hip, are three long slashes. They aren’t scars, they aren’t healed in the slightest, they’re still red and open wounds. They don’t hurt, not in the physical sense, but Lance can’t help the repulsion he feels whenever he looks at them.

“Not a deathwish, a death sentence.”

Words: 63,692 AO3