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Found myself knowing with very sudden and very strong certainty that I needed this horse. I'm still not sure what I actually want his name to be and I already changed it once after purchase. That's what being on SSO at 1 am gets you.
#sso#ssoblr#z talks#z's photos#h: dreamwhisper#it WAS wayfinder#and now it's dreamwhisper#but I went through so many names in the purchase window that I feel halfway to illiterate#highlights included faithkeeper dreamkeeper dreamguardian windstrider lightseeker trailseeker trailfinder and probably more#considered moondream also#and twinflame#this game is DIFFICULT and not because of the quests its just hell to choose names for your pretty horsies#this is my... 26th horse? i THINK?#and i try not to reuse the same first or second words#ill use something ive got as a first word for another horses second (and vice versa) for example ive got both dewdrop and mountaindew#but i dont like using the same first word twice#WHICH GETS VERY HARD AFTER A WHILE.#also good thing I didnt go for a -keeper name bc my lavernas name is crownkeeper LMAO. forgot about her for a hot sec#I might genuinely be happy with dreamwhisper though. its a nice name#also i put him down as eternal because lore#and hes a stallion because i feel like doing a little snippy snippy on an IMMORTAL horse's stallion stones is just plain rude yk#anyway. my cat is very sternly telling me its bedtime. dont think i can say no to him
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one day, I will set this right
#kh#kingdom hearts#kh terra#kh fanart#my art#I finished terra's part of bbs today#I knew WHAT happened but not HOW y'know?#ouch man. ouch.#honestly did not expect him to become my favorite wayfinder#I should've known really I'm a huge sucker for possession tropes#especially if they're super tragic#AND DUDE WAS LITERALLY SPLIT INTO THE 3 FUNDAMENTAL PARTS OF A HUMAN BEING#which is in the process of doing something terrible to my brain#so um. if you're a terra enjoyer hmu seriously#I'll probably be making more fanart for him anyways#sorry for the ramble#can't wait to see him again in III <3#hashtag terradefender4ever#hashtag eatshitxehanort
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Guess who just spammed through watching KH3 and UX again? X'D
or other about the BBS trio finding the remains of Daybreak Town in the realm of darkness, and a certain someone's scarf.
(also wth are these armor designs they make no sense why all the random shapes and tiny inconsistent weird details e<e )
#my art#kingdom hearts#ventus#terra#aqua#kh ventus#kh terra#kh aqua#bbs trio#post kh3 idea#wayfinder trio
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wish things could stay like this forever
#these drawings are also like a year old but i still like them#ill forever be emo over every kingdom hearts trio#kingdom hearts#kingdom hearts 358/2 days#birth by sleep#358/2 days#kh sora#kh riku#kh kairi#destiny trio#kh roxas#kh xion#kh axel#sea salt trio#kh ventus#kh aqua#kh terra#wayfinder trio#art#fanart#my art#sorry if the layout is weird I’m still getting used to tumblr
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エラクゥス一門+チリシィ
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Just my fav besties, your honor.
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So I just kept going after drawing Ven--
#kingdom hearts#kh#ven#aqua#terra#ventus#kh aqua#kh terra#kh ven#kh ventus#bbs#birth by sleep#land of departure#my art#spring#wayfinder#wayfinder trio
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"You know, I could pull up a million islands, but if you're not there to land on them..."
AUGHHHH WHAT DO YOU MEAN Maui has spent his entire life pulling up islands and doing heroic deeds for the love and adoration of humans only to NOW say that he only wants to do it for MOANA!!!!!
#moana#moana 2#gif#THIS LINE FUCKED ME UP SO BAD#LISTEN#if that isn't a love declaration i don't know what is#they both went in there thinking they might die and WHAT DO YOU MEAN he says this to her after looking meaningfully into her eyes#maui#hooked wayfinder
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im back!! have wayfinders
#my art#kingdom hearts#kh#fanart#terra#aqua#ventus#wayfinder trio#terra kh#aqua kh#ventus kh#they r just judging u#why r they judging u? idk man#ven just thinks theyre cool#sorry i took kinda a break
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Big Moana 2 Spoilers ahead. Beyond the cut is the Samoan to english translation of maui's 2nd song for moana. (And the context it appears in)
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ladies and gents of the moana fandom, thanks to the effort of samoan speaker @yuki685 on youtube, and my buddy @rykierykerman for hooking me up with the text and screenshots
what i'd like to discuss with yall today is not only sharing the translation for this song, but some of the character implication this has for maui, especially when you look at how his OG legends depict him.
LYRICS:
(Maui singing in Samoan):
Aue, aue, le faigata / Aue, aue, how difficult it is
Ua pa'ū fa'anoanoa / Falling into sadness
Aue, aue, fa'ataga ola / Aue, aue, please allow this life to continue
Lenā La'u talosaga / This is my prayer
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(E manu malo) / May there be blessings
(Opataia Foa'i and Te Vaka singing in Tokelauan)
Tele tele mana e o te vavau (Vavau) / Great, great power of mana
Tau ke tu ke Manumalo / Fight, stand tall and be victorious
Ke Manumalo / Be victorious
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(Grandma Tala)
Aue, aue, mana e o te vavau / Aue, aue, the power of mana
Tau ke tu ke Manumalo / Fight, stand tall and be victorious
Ke Manumalo / Be victorious
Ke Manumalo / Be victorious
Ke Manumalo / Be victorious
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The piece that made me flip my shit when I read it was the confirmation that this song is a PRAYER
when I first heard this song before the movie I assumed it was a funeral rite. a dirge, followed by a choral revival. during the film, when maui and then the ancestors sang it over moana's lifeless body and I had no subtitles to go on, I thought perhaps it was a spell, or maybe a lullaby from Maui's far distant past, then taken up by the ancestors as a comfort to the grieving Maui- then back to the spell theory as Moana awoke to the powerful music and emotion channeled by tala and her crew.
even my first google translate search of the lyrics missed the word prayer, which goes to show that AI translation is no match for native human insight.
Maui's song being a prayer is a friggin big deal.
Maui's stories span the width & breadth of the pacific islands, and each culture arising from those island tells variations on that legend. some emphasize his rebellious side, others his inventiveness, still others his drive, his humor, his ingenuity, his pride. But a common theme in most is that this man, this demigod- he does NOT get along with the majority of his ancestors or the gods. Even when he's not outright malevolent to them, he's tricking them or undermining their effort. He's usually stubbornly self-sufficient, if he gets help from someone divine, its usually because he tricked them into doing it. Maui does not beg, he does not plead. (at least, not with any lasting sincerity). he's a charmer, a schemer.
But here he is, his tattoos stripped away, his hook gone, his beloved Moana growing colder and colder- he's out of tricks. he's out of time, out of power. he's as helpless as the day he was thrown into the ocean to save her. rock bottom, figuratively and literally.
he does the absolute last thing he can, born of pure desperation. pure grief, pure need. He prays.
he prays not expecting an answer. he prays, knowing that the gods and all his family would relish the chance to tell him to fuck all the way off. he prays, even if to no one but moana's lifeless body.
i often joke that maui is bad at feelings. but really what i mean is that maui is bad at regulating his feelings. he represses them as hard as he can, denies them, wraps them in humor and when that fails he straight up tries to out run them. its a maladaptive coping skill he's had to pick up over his immortal 3000 year lifespan because otherwise, he'd be wallowing in endless grief as friend after friend either dies or lives long enough to become his antagonist. boy has some serious trauma built up and no good examples of how to handle it in a healthy way.
until moana.
moana provided an example of how to be vulnerable without being weak. a safe space where he could share his heart and be met with understanding and validation. we see him mature, even fractionally, and in the sequel he's not nearly so closed off. he worries openly about moana, admits his concerns about the mission, even returns moana's favor from the first film and gives her a sincere, supportive pep talk.
but all his progress in processing his emotions seems to backfire in this moment. the first time he'd opened his heart to a fragile mortal friend and here he is, exactly as he feared, devastated at her passing. He had invested real time and care and attachment into this human and he's utterly shattered that its all coming to an end so fast. that he'll never experience her voice or her smile or her wit ever again.
she's precious to him. he cant bear to lose her. his sadness in more crushing than the ocean he's surrounded by, denser than the rock he kneels upon. even if he got his powers back, even if he pulled up a million islands, if Moana isn't there to land on them...there's no point.
less than 10 minutes ago he was ready to die for her.
3 minutes ago in movie time, maui faced his own mortality. powers stripped bare, down to his last ounce of strength, frying in impossible lightning heat, he kept struggling. the first look he gives moana is fear, raw and unfamiliar on that handsome face. but in this penultimate moment, his eyes meet moana's. his grimace gentles, eyebrows lift, gaze softens into a regretful, heart melting smile. he finds small comfort in seeing moana for one last time, seeing her unhurt, hearing her call his name. the rope slips from his grip, and somewhere in the milliseconds between lightning flashes, he relaxes, relief skitters across his features. perhaps he thinks "ahh, at least she's ok." "at least she'll outlive me". perhaps he has a moment of acceptance for his fate, knowing she's proud of him, knowing he did his very best. maybe he thinks ,"this way ill be sure to meet her again, in the afterlife. its for the best."
or maybe, just maybe, he thinks
"see you out there, moana."
but now, 3 minutes later, its once again the worst case scenario. any relief he had in that last smile at her is obliterated in the wake of his grief. its once again the worst case scenario. he's not thinking now of the curse being broken or his hook or his tattoos. a world that she's not in, whether he be human or demigod, is not a world he can stand to exist in. he cant do this without her. he needs her.
so he digs deep inside himself, through the pain or losing her, through his own family trauma and antagonism towards authority, and pride, to beg, on his knees for help from a higher power. its unclear to us if he's intending to pray to the gods or to his own ancestors or both or neither. to anyone who can help. to anyone who will listen.
and its neither of those sources who answer, at least, not as directly as matai vasa or tala do. its moana's kin, her loved ones, (eventually including the ocean), who answer from the great beyond. he looks them in the eyes and they weep with him. they sing power over moana and the impossible happens.
(salacious handholding occurs)
the stars are put back in maui's eyes, the sun back into his sky.
does this mean...
yes.
his tattoos are still cooler than hers.
even when theyre mad at him. (same, little guy, same.)
bruh.
now kiss
#moana#maui#moana 2#moana 2 spoilers#hooked wayfinder#moaui#maumoa#moana x maui#maui x moana#essay#shipping essay#cultural context#big honkin spoilers
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ventUwUs
#kingdom hearts#kh ventus#ventus kh#ventus#kingdom hearts 3#birth by sleep#bbs#kh bbs#kingdom hearts birth by sleep#wayfinder trio#bbs ventus#ventus bbs#square enix pls release my son from your basement
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uhhh, who's gonna tell them?? (all three of them??)
And a bonus doodle of Terra and Aqua below!
#fanart#kh#kh bbs#kh fanart#myartmpkc#kingdom hearts#Terra#Aqua#Ventus#Wayfinder Trio#Kingdom Hearts Fanart#birth by sleep#terraqua#just a little lol
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old art of the trios 💫
#kingdom hearts#kh#artists on tumblr#digital illustration#my art#kingdom hearts fanart#destiny island trio#sea salt trio#wayfinder trio
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Although it would completely destroy the kh lore, I am a sucker for bloopers.
I love finally hyperfixating on kh after a while cause I have so many old sketches from high school that I finally have the energy to finish
#kh terra#terra kh#aqua kh#kh aqua#kh ventus#ventus kh#ventus#wayfinder trio#kingdom hearts#my art#kh actor au
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The whole set!
Btw since more than a few have said they would get these as tattoos, let me just say: you absolutely have my permission 👍🏻
#kingdom hearts#keyblades#kingdom hearts fanart#digital art#illustration#my art#destiny trio#sea salt trio#wayfinder trio#vanitas#all the tags have been lovely#always happy to see how active the fandom is here ^^
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showing my little brother things he’s never seen before aka I saw this and ran
#kh#Wayfinder trio#kh ventus#kh aqua#kh terra#my art#Drew this on da plane. … showing my amnesiac boy stuff he’s never seen before
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