#kh verse tag.

[goldensunset]

O you, who at the world's far-off end dwell,

I know your wish- it is my wish as well.

[ofmusicandmagic-a]

@singingwings bc we talked about Kingdom Hearts verse for Robin

It had been another summer celebration all day; Tempera had been busy with patrols to keep things going smoothly, but now that things were winding down, he could relax. At least in theory.

Robin was the first person he spotted who he knew; he knew she'd done a small concert today but he'd been unable to be in the area at the time. Now, she was sitting and just looking at the stars.

"Do you see something up there?"

[unmeiha-arc]

sometimes i think i might have too many aus

[milimeters-morales]

i want acau matt to freak out so bad about Miles possibly not surviving something that he starts using his last resort and trying to convince god to let Miles into heaven anyway to reunite with his parents (he still thinks Miles’s parents are dead in this scenario) and he’s panicking so much that he takes a few minutes to realize that he doesn’t know if Miles is even religious and if his parents were. Yknow how Jerma kept saying “HEAVEN. HEAVEN. YOURE GONNA GO TO HEAVEN.” when his sims 1 family kept dying and his seaman was dying? That’s kind of the frantic and spiraling energy i want to have Matt give off as Miles’s heartbeat gets weaker and weaker and the doctors can no longer help

[hallowed-nebulae]

3 for the fanfic ask game!

from this ask game

3: What’s a fic idea that you have but haven’t written yet?

oh i have SO MANY loose fic ideas (curse of an active imagination). i will say that the current one i've been rotating in my head is a ffxiv fic that details an incident mentioned in 5.3. specifically, that time the crystal exarch apparently used a salmon fillet as a letter opener. i think it'd be a fun little scene to write, maybe use it as a character study for lyna and the exarch's relationship, maybe use it as an excuse to write some family fluff, something like that.

alternately: i sort of came up with an au with a friend or two, where alphinaud and alisaie (from ffxiv) somehow ended up in daybreak town (kh) and got dragged into all that politics with the unions and all the tension and such. the two of them would absolutely not vibe with the unions i think, ahaha, and since that au would have them be from either post-5.0 or post-5.3 (the shadowbringers character development it important), they'd not take too kindly to the insistence over being rid of all darkness. especially considering they'd Just seen the damage that Only Light can do, over in norvrandt. it'd probably be a bigger fic but i do want to write it some day, it'd be fun

[madamhatter]

"You shouldn't be pushing yourself so much, dearest hatter. Sophie, please, go to bed."

In the cramped confines of her workspace, Sophie Hatter never considers that the existence of darkness counters her loneliness. 

Just as she fills unclaimed spaces with quiet lament, so too do the shadows. They occupy and co-exist between or behind material objects, moving and changing as much as the light did. One key difference is that her subjection to the living world meant her participation with her shadow sewn to her heels. 

Not too human, not too inhuman either. 

Perched on her aged stool, pencil rolling between her thumb and index finger, Sophie retreats into the farthest corner of her bedroom-turned-office. Curtains drawn, merely a sliver of sicky yellow street lights breach in the dark, flitting with the occasional passing car. 

Her bleary eyes affix to the pencil in her hand, the grip intensifying momentarily. Neglected paperwork from the business owner—no, mother, Sophie amends—returns to hours upon hours of poured labor at her desk, concluding to a drained mind. 

Mother has been preoccupied in recent weeks, but as always, I couldn't leave the work undone—whether she expressly requested it or not. Omitting the details of her rationale, the copper-haired woman presses her lips together, forcing lead to the paper. 

The pencil's scratch, pointed and persistent, breaches the silence of the room as though progress and work have come. Yet, the lead burrows deeper, darkening the curvature of a "t" meant to continue an unfinished statement. Overwhelm, override. Amidst the ghastly awareness and the hollowing horror of recognition, she clings to a familiar cure-all: work. Immersing herself in it would numb the creeping, insidious frustration neath her flesh.  Hopefully, that is. No, assures. She corrects herself once more, amid the interplay of paperwork, shadows, and isolation.

The seamstress adjusts her position, her eyes darting between her work and the curtains. A heavy, uncomfortable presence seems to burrow into her, akin to uninvited eyes observing her like a bird in a white-gilded cage. Her shoulders slump, and the pencil lifts from the page. Taking a deep breath, she presses the lead back down. Yet again, an uneasy weight forms at the base of her throat.

Who is there? What is there?  Squeezing the pencil till her knuckles turn ghostly white, she indignantly turns her face, entertaining her irrational imagination. 

Pure yellow retinas, devoid of irises or pupils, fixate on her. The figment of her worries, brought to life in hues blacker and bluer than ink. The creature, seemingly timid, gazes at her, its head canting slightly, unmistakenly worried.

Her red-rimmed eyes blink once, then again, she softly utters, "Mister Shadow?" 

"You shouldn't be pushing yourself so much, dearest hatter. Sophie, please, go to bed."

Sophie's shoulders were tense, barely noticeable, at the eldritch mystery's gentleness. Again, the pencil rolls between her fingers. Raising her eyes, a soft yet unyielding firmness is in her voice: "Mister Shadow, though I appreciate your concern..." Steadily, her tone hints at the weariness of a sharp tongue: "But the work must be done. None of this paperwork can magically finish itself, and every stitch delayed is something closer to breaking." Her gaze flits to the papers. "As you are aware, waiting is not an option for me." 

With a sigh, she leans forward in her chair, her eyes momentarily closing as if seeking a moment of respite. "I have to keep going..." 

Who else will if I don't?

[bxtonpxss]

YOU’VE OBTAINED THE BOLT CHARM!

Thor can now be summoned by Sora!

Charm Description: A small charm with a lightning bolt! It houses a strong heart filled with electrifying energy!

Summoning cutscene:

“Sora!” A familiar voice happily cries out immediately upon appearing and the sound of feet scampering could be heard as Thor the Raichu darts past the tree line surrounding Viridian Forest.

Once the electric type is close, he leaps at the Keyblade weilder with his front paws stretched out then scampers up the young man’s side with a laugh, head popping up then over the boy's shoulder so he could affectionately nuzzle his cheek.

COMMAND Attack Summon > [Thor] Party Limit

Summoned Thor:

COMMAND Attack Dismiss Fight > [Strength. Grass Knot. Rock Smash. Thunder Wave] Limit

His attack command is called “Fight” and this allows Sora to act as Thor’s temporary trainer. When Thor appears he behaves similar to Genie's summon in Kingdom Hearts II and roams freely on the battlefield until Sora activates the 'Fight' command which makes him attack the enemy using one of Thor's known moves.

Strength - attacks nearby enemies with strength-filled punches. Grass Knot - large vines burst from the ground to entangle, trip or whip enemies nearby. Rock Smash - attacks nearby enemies with powerful swipes of his tail. Thunder Wave - fires small bursts of electricity from his cheeks. TW stuns the enemy 100% of the time. Static - passive ability. While Thor is on the field, if he's physically struck by the enemy there's a small chance his Static ability will activate and stun Sora's opponent.

Limit Break: "You can count on me!" - Thor / "Yeah! Let's do this!" - Sora

COMMAND Attack Dismiss Fight Limit > [Bring the Lightning!]

Thor's Limit Break is called Bring the Lightning! Shortened from "You Bring the Thunder, I’ll Bring the Lightning!" This is a combination attack performed by Sora and Thor. He appears at Sora's side with his whole body surrounded by electricity and the pair fire a Thunderbolt and Thunder respectively up towards the sky. This instantly summons a large dark cloud that covers the field and calls down multiple bolts of lightning to strike around them in powerful bursts that destroys everything in the area while leaving scorch marks on the ground where whatever enemy has been struck.

shout out to @valorxdrive's ask response. I read it and immediately had the urge to turn Thor into a summon. So guess who was up at 1 - 2:30 am thinking about Thor being a summoning charm for Sora instead of sleeping like I didn’t have to be up and getting ready for work in 3hrs.

[madeimpact]

Verse Information - Sunset City.

So I added a verse on my carrd for my Discord server, primarily because those muses now have some common ground through there that's easier to fall back on than to completely redo their meetings and dynamics from scratch here. It's by no means the "main" canon for this blog, but here's a post explaining it anyway for anyone who cares enough to know.

Basically, the premise is that every muse in the server gets mysteriously added to a group chat that then gives them access to a hub world called bargain bin Twilight Town Sunset City. From there, they can access the worlds of all the other associated muses. Sunset City is a dreamlike city ( literally ) that gets reshaped based on the minds of those that access it. But lately, the muses have been trying to get to the bottom of what this place really is...

A lot of the major canon divergences apply to the KH muses, and they really just stem from the fact that there's a bit of a sense of linear progression in the server, so Sora was very much in step with my playthrough of the series, so when he died...I kind of had to improvise LMAO. I'll have to improvise again whenever we get more information on KH4, but for now, just consider this a completely alternate timeline to the main canon where he disappears to Quadratum. Some fun things also change for Roxas but not to nearly the same extent as Sora.

Edit: And then the same thing happened to me while writing Noctis. I was writing him in step with my playthrough, then dude had to go and get prophecy'd on me and I had to figure out how to justify continuing to write him; same with my friend who writes Ardyn in the server. So those changes will also be detailed here.

List of all the major divergences below the cut. Where relevant, I'll indicate when a Discord-only muse or mun is being referenced.

Let's start with Roxas, since he's got fewer divergences to hammer out:

Basically, just so I could justify writing him while he was canonically inside Sora's heart and not really existing, he managed to exist in Sunset City during that time, due to Sora's heart manifesting him there and the nature of Sunset City as a dream world. He sort of experienced stuff in Sunset and stuff through Sora's heart as if he were in both places at once. His physical body also couldn't leave Sunset until he was able to link to Xion at the end of KH3.

And for Sora:

Sora's ship in this verse is with my friend's Riku who doesn't write on tumblr, so you'll probably see Soriku referenced in relation to this verse.

After the events of DDD, Sora got a therapy Munna from Emmet ( Discord-only mun ). Sora had trouble sleeping after his Mark of Mastery exam, on account of, y'know, the whole "I almost never woke up and had my body used to house part of Xehanort" thing. Also, nightmares. Lots of them. So since Dream Eaters can only really exist in sleeping worlds, and he can only summon his Meow Wow for short periods of time outside of there, Emmet arranged for Sora to have a therapy Munna. She's a shiny that the Breeders turned over to Emmet because they trusted him to put her into good hands and not just ask for a shiny for its own sake. In fact, he didn't even really ask for a shiny. The Breeders just were like, "oh, this guy's reputable, we can give the shiny to him." Sora named her Munny on account of her gold color, and because Munna sounds like Munny! Munny is bred to be a therapy Pokémon, not a battling Pokémon, so Sora doesn't actively battle with her, but she can help defend him in a pinch.

Jingle doesn't really exist in this verse...yet.

And here's the biggest one: Sora is not in Quadratum, and has not been yet. This divergence is entirely a result of me flying by the seat of my pants and trying to figure out how to continue to write him in the server after he fucking DIED — think "anime adapting an ongoing manga and running out of source material and having to improvise" type of beat. Basically, because of all the friends he made in the server, as well as all of his friends from canon, Sora's heart was able to hold on and wake up in Anti-Sunset, a parallel nightmare counterpart to the pleasant dream of Sunset. He began trying to make his way back to the surface, but was interrupted by a mysterious woman who splintered his heart into several fragments again. Several of the muses in the server formed a rescue party to try and find him. Each of the ten fragments of Sora's heart sensed the group and called out to each of its members, requiring them to help him overcome some of the pain in his heart in order to dispel the darkness that kept them caged and separate from each other. After these ten fragments were obtained, the group was able to safely return home with Sora.

Whenever we eventually get more information about KH4, and potentially a release date, I'll figure out an excuse to eeby deeby him back to Quadratum, but basically, if you see references to a rescue operation for Sora in threads set in this verse, that's what's going on.

Noctis suffered from the same problem as Sora, where I was writing in-game events happening to him as I experienced them, not knowing that was eventually going to result in him perma-dying. This also ended up writing the server's Ardyn into a corner. So here's what we came up with:

After learning his and Ardyn's fate from Bahamut in the Crystal, Noctis decided that — as angry and damaged as Ardyn made him feel, it just wasn't right to kill someone who was also a victim. So instead, he appealed to any humanity Ardyn might have had left in an effort to make a truce, and try to put off the inevitable long enough to look for another way. Incredibly, Ardyn agrees to the truce, and holds back the miasma enough for the group to resume their travels, now with Ardyn in tow, looking for a way to change their future for the better.

Because the prophecy hasn't been fulfilled yet, there are still daemons running about, and the party is doing their best to keep things under control. They basically have Ardyn on a big ol' child leash while he menaces them in less apocalyptic, more just plain old annoying ways.

The point in the Sunset timeline that I write these guys at on the blog jumps around a lot, it just kinda depends how I feel lmao.

[ofmusicandmagic-a]

"None of that is necessary," he said, chuckling quietly. Just what was he supposed to be looking for here? "Do you usually offer to pay people for their time?"

@ofmusicandmagic / semi plotted.

"Sorry if I'm putting you off from talking to me. Would you like some Munni for your troubles?" his smile is warm, though a little sad all in all. "Or I can take you out for dinner and pay for it all? There's a good restaurant near here, my best friend and I go all the time."

[the-au-collector]

Welcome

I’m The AU Collector, call me Collector. You can find me under the same name on AO3. Here you’ll find my own AUs, my original world, and lots of reblogs. I’m mainly in the Linked Universe and Kingdom Hearts fandoms, but you’ll also see me stray into others like Tales of the Abyss, Lockwood & Co, Batfam, etc. I call pretty much all of my works AUs, so even if it’s a fic, I’ll call it AU for simplicity’s sake.

I have a lot of AUs so I thought I would break them down below for people wondering what they are. Also feel free to ask me about any of them. I’d love to ramble about them!

Linked Universe

Relinked AU: 23 years after Linked Universe, the Links’ kids are kidnapped, forcing the Links on another time-traveling adventure to save them. Meanwhile, the kids go on their own adventure to get home.

Reconnect the Chain AU: AU of Relinked. Taking place 10 years after Linked Universe, the Chain reconnects themselves. It’s my happy, slice-of-lifey version of Relinked. Most drawings or writing I do with the Relinked kids as kids will be tagged as both RtC and Relinked if it’s pre-reunion.

Radio AU: Modern College AU. The Chain are all somehow affiliated with the college radio station at Kakariko University. Hyrule’s a new student who gets dragged into their chaos, and learns a little bit about himself in the process.

Cupcakes for Harmony: Inspired by Their Melody. I looked at Their Melody and said “what if I made it sadder?”

Adventures of Uncle Alfon: Legend’s Uncle has some things to say. A non-linear, slice-of-life fic focusing on Uncle Alfon and his relationship with Legend.

Epic AU: Ongoing brainstorming. Epic: The Musical has inspired a plot in my head but idk what’s happening with it yet. All I really know is it’s another LU Links Reunite fic, plus some.

Second Chain/Ultimate Chain AU: Alternate versions of the same AU. I add some more heroes into the mix! Features The Hero of the Kingdom (TOTK), The Hero of Ages (Age of Calamity), The First Hero (Skyward Sword Manga), The Shadow of the Hero (Four Swords Adventures), The (younger) Hero of Legend (A Link To The Past), and The Hero of the Minish (Minish Cap). Potentially, I may even add the Ancient Hero (Tears of the Kingdom).

Kingdom Hearts

Those Who Have Been Wronged Series: A multi-book series currently in the works. It’s canon-compliant up until the secret ending of KH3. Follows the Foretellers’ arc with Kairi as the main protagonist as she searches for Sora and works to defeat the Master of Masters alongside Ven, Namine, Vanitas, and Lauriam. It does include all the KH characters, and almost everyone gets their own time to shine, but Kairi and co. (The Reflection Crew) is the main group.

Together AU: KH3 onwards AU where everything is wrapped up during KH3. The Union Leaders are here. Eraqus is back. Everyone is (mostly) happy. A soft, slice-of-life series I write when the Wronged Series is getting to overwhelming.

Miscellaneous AUs: Occassionally a KH AU will pop into my head. These aren’t very serious works, just fun ideas.

Tales of the Abyss:

Fire Rises: Mostly vibes at this point, Fire Rises will focus on a cast of 6-7 Unscored (people born outside of the Score) trying to make their lives in a world that still holds onto their hatred for them. Takes place 5-ish years after Tales of the Abyss.

OG-Verse:

The OG-verse is my original world called Auran which shares a good portion of worldbuilding as the Wronged Series and Together AU. It’s where all my KH OCs have gone to live. I have a lot of worldbuilding for this but not a lot of story at the moment.

[ofguardiandragon]

an 𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗡𝗧, 𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗟𝗬 𝗦𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 & 𝗦𝗘𝗠𝗜-𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗘 portrayal of mushu 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 mulan. 𝗕𝗔𝗦𝗘𝗗 𝗜𝗡 disney verse / kh verse. not 𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐎𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐃 with mulan 2 or the live action. 𝗠𝗨𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗘 goes he/him.

muse • notes • mun • tags • credits

[astrummorte-m]

kingscyrus replied: .............. give me the stats, I WANNA KNOW. LMAFO

if you say so, my guy (gnc)

tumblr blog #1, astrummorte:

mostly ocs, though the ones that are of note for my canons are yae miko, xemnas, diluc, dottore, kaeya, sora, roxas, kafka, aqua, ardyn izunia, paimon, man in the moon / manny, cloud strife, nicholas d. wolfwood, kaveh, and boothill.

tumblr blog #2, corfolli:

these r literally ALL OF MY NEAR CANON CHARACTERS. like. adherence to guidelines and rules and codes alike. aside from my bg3 characters, who follow a weird timeline <3. that being said, ezio auditore de firenze, gale dekarios, wyllyam ravengard, halsin silverbough, high harper jaheira, vax'ildan vessar, keyleth of the air ashari, ren amamiya, and futaba sakura.

tumblr blog #3, betonrcd: my super canon divergent aventurine of strategems, from honkai star rail. he has a pet kitten and is adoptive family of decima sangsters (novastrae) and my kaveh's hsr verse.

tumblr blog #4, tenarcana: my BIG GUY. my LOVE. the one who DESERVES THE WORLD. my longest term oc from a canon character, kairos rian serif. please bug him i beg of you

tumblr blog #5, foughtbelief: my kh dnd dmpc that i was "forced" to make tag along because my FUCKING PARTY got attached to him :sadge:. he's just a little guy your honor

tumblr blog #6, carrusidae: god/deity of youth, joy, revelry, and laughter. simple blog, meant for only lightheartedness.

tumblr blog #7, spellwound: bg3 tav made complicated w time travel and messing with the d20 of the universe babey

tumblr blog #8, memorieskept: buncha my ocs in one spot whenever i wanna mess w them tbh

tumblr blog #9, whcnimdone: self insert bg3 tav. uwu

tumblr blog #10, vcltaic: MY BELOVED VILLAIN HSR OC love that evil horrible woman who is evil for a good reason <3

tumblr blog #11, memenatura: my ffxiv wol oc whomst i love dearly

as for discord~ oh gosh. okay. let's go.

final fantasy series: cid highwind (ff7), aerith gainsborough (ff7), sephiroth (im recognized by this guy dont fucking talk to me dog), tidus (ff10) , yuna (ff10), lulu (ff10), fran (ff12), lightning (ff13), fang (ff13), vanille (ff13), noel (ff13-2)

kingdom hearts series: riku, marluxia, kairi (briefly), foreteller ava, ephemer, strelitzia, xion, namine (briefly), ventus (briefly)

pokemon series: lots of protags, but. u know. touko (bw), n (bw; briefly), kris (crystal), the jp manga version of blue (the girl, not the rival. the one who fucking hates birds), dawn (dpp), cynthia (dpp), summer (pr:gs), emmet (bw2/post-loa), rosa (bw2), blanche (p!go), selene (sm/usum), nessa (swsh; briefly)

a lot more??????? there's. i'm everywhere, man.

gonna be real with you dog, thinking about this made my head hurt. /lh

[nievea]

And we separate... Nothing is the same forever...

Jill Warrick of Final Fantasy XVI. Written by Latte.

  verses. / tags. / headcanons.

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exclusive to @adureus. I will not write with any other Clive. any mentions of Clive refer to her interpretation of him. apologies to any other Clive!

I feel the most comfortable writing within the Final Fantasy fandom. I am open to writing with others, I just need to be a bit more creative! please understand that I am most familiar with KH & FF!

my time online will be kind of off and on, I will prioritize threads that I currently have the muse for. please don't be offended by that, if we have a thread going I will get to it! my job is very demanding sometimes outside of work hours, so I will do what I can!

Of all the things to teach, I teach secondary English. Sometimes I have over 150 assignments to grade, so I can't always be here. Not to mention, I spend my whole day teaching/babysitting kiddos, so my social battery isn't very high. I tend to come home and read! so, my activity is pretty low until the weekends. I tend to have better muse when I don't feel exhausted.

I have very little patience for drama, I just like kindness & good vibes! simple enough!

the only ship I will take part in is Clive & Jill.

I am going to strictly go with canon. @adureus & I have intentions to rewrite some of Clive & Jill's parts ( expedite that relationship a lil... ) so unless you have it stated otherwise, canon is what I will follow!

[muryonokansei]

this is an indie, private, and selective multi-muse blog featuring maki zenin from jujutsu kaisen! on this post, you'll find all relevant links/info here for my blog. i am completely caught up with the manga and anime, so this blog will not be spoiler free (i will tag if i mention leaks, though). if i'm not here, you can find me on one of my other blogs: @impishsensei @blastintriumph @yuujitheevessel

active muses on this blog: - maki zenin (jjk; primary) - toji fushiguro (jjk; secondary) - riku (kh; secondary) - zack fair (ff7; tertiary) - yoshida hirofumi (csm; test muse + request only)

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[cryptidsncurios]

The Likelihood of My Muses Receiving a Redemption Arc

Kuja

If we're talking about during the events of the game?? Very likely "no." He's so locked into his own self-centered mentality of gaining power and being the best and destroying Garland and ruling Gaia and then... yknow.... *cough*destroying the universe*cough*..... he's too much of a narcissistic, insecure mess to even begin to get his footing on the concept of turning over a new leaf.

However, if we're talking about post-FFIX Kuja?? Where he had his little "aha" moment before his "death," and, despite being a damn drama queen about it ("I don't deserve to live after all I've done. I'm useless to this world." Oh woe is him) came to the realization that there's more to life than just himself?

Well... admittedly, he'll always be a narcissist to some degree, always dramatic, always thinking of himself first. One does not live for 24 years with such stunted emotional growth to just magically change overnight.

But now that he's been given this second chance, he's carried that little "aha" moment with him, and he's a smart cookie entirely capable of learning---maybe not outright empathy, but at least he can grasp the concept of sympathy. Even though he would still have some difficulty putting himself into other people's shoes due to his lack of experience and couldn't totally relate on the same level, he can still see someone's happiness or hardships and somewhat understand what it is they're going through.

(And tbh I have personally headcanon'd in that verse that he's begun using some of his wealth to help out various folks that need it, does some odd jobs in Lindblum and Alexandria and, when he travels, does his best to learn from others rather than cloistering himself to his own personal interests.)

However... it does bear repeating: Kuja has some very intense emotional issues. Thus, ultimately, I feel it would depend on outside influences---he meets good people, finds some positive experiences, he could grow into a beautiful blossom that lives a full, happy, healthy life.

But if not... well. He could become even worse.

It just depends, I suppose---but the likelihood of being able to find a new purpose for himself in his post-FFIX verse is fairly high.

Xigbar

As of now, due to the ongoing nature of the KH series, Xig is still a big ol' wild card. However, just looking at what I've interpreted of him... it's another case where it could go either way.

Despite his constantly casual attitude and nonchalant behavior---that eternally idgaf clownery---Xigbar is... for lack of a nicer way of saying it, a deeply broken individual. He began this journey as Luxu: this hopeful servant of Light, desperate for everyone to be saved---but now, he's lived for centuries, hopping through body after body, basically at the mercy of a Fate that he fully doesn't understand.

Regardless of what's to canonically come, I envision two paths for Xigbar:

The first is where he becomes the Ultimate Villain of the next arc, seeking out the destruction of the Master and the Foretellers and everyone that dares to get in his way, gaining his revenge and finally NOT keeping his power levels at 0.03% of his full abilities (I cannot be unconvinced of this, it is The Truth).

The second?? He becomes the Weird Uncle Guy who sorta tags along but is still a snarky nuisance to everyone, all while subtly showing off how super OP he is.

So... in summary, again, since KH is ongoing... it's a half-and-half kinda deal.

Kimbley

No. Absolutely not. He's a cannibal serial killer mass murderer. No redemption for him.

[katherinekris]

{Out of Adventures}

God, an OOC tag? in 2023?

Anyways, I’m putting out a fic that features Katherine as the right hand lass to Princess Vespera in a Twin AU. Updating some of the KH info, and adding FFXV and FFXIV info for her.

The Fic: Night and Eventide

Main Verses: KH, FFXV

All of her old verses still apply, mostly. I just miss all of the old early writing I used to do. The reason this blog seems bare is I did a hard clean on it in 2017, cleaning out threads that were abandoned or whatever. I miss them, but yanno. It happens.