#khux mog

[serenedash]

Theres been so many amazing additions to this post I love khux so much jfhdkhdid

I cant believe I forgot to mention spirit pets and pvp!!!!! Remember when we all thought Brain made the dream eaters and then the finale Did That lol

Tbh I remember when pvp was added I was extremely impressed with how it was handled lore wise, it was an incredibly smart move to let wielders fight each other but without any real competition that could lead to another war due to everyone understanding it was just data recreations and how that fact alone led to new developments irt strelitzia and the reveal that they were still in the data

Another thing I forgot to mention is how in unchained chi/union cross, there is NO keyblade war in the main quests. I remember everyone was really confused when we got to that point in the game and everyone was like??? But in chi this is when the war happened????? And now we know its because we were just reliving the events but without those sad memories like I mentioned in the original post, and how that manifested in khux as dreams and it was a side event disconnected from the main plot.

Playing in real time gave the player real impact when it came to Ephemera too, which I saw people mention in tags. Like there was a very noticeable empty space with him gone and some people might know I used to actually really hate Ephemera because I felt so betrayed lmao, and I think people now don't understand how much khux fans love Skuld for that reason because in those months you played without Ephemera, you did EVERYTHING with Skuld leading up to the war so it made it easy to get very attached to her so imo it made me sad how skuld was kinda shoved aside in union cross but that's not what this is about,

But also speaking of Skuld, someone mentioned parties being important to plot too! And if you never played khux, you could form parties with friends and help each other in boss battles or play multiplayer. Skuld was a party leader and had Ephemera in her party before he switched unions, which I always thought was a neat bit of lore (fun fact canonically the player, Skuld and Eph are in Anguis and Eph switches to Unicornis, most likely to get closer to Ira as the leader of the foretellers to get the book lbr) and a MAJOR part of khux gameplay thats rarely talked about is the NPC's the player is friends with. In English fandom a lot of people call them the sewer squad since you first meet them in the sewers and they're in basically every event and holiday sidequest and it can be read as this is the player's party if you didn't have one yourself. And tbh I know it meant a lot to see these NPCs in the ending scene with the dream eaters because these guys really were loved by the player base and tbh its a real shame the only one that has a canon name is Mog but regardless, their sidequests always showed how important parties and friendships were in khux and you never see anyone talking about them since it was side quests (this can also be said for the "friends ARENT my power" guy and his friend, who were also important NPCs) like you see people make cutscene compilations for khhx and they're just. Never there. Truly another part of the khux experience that's lost on most fans who never played

I mentioned this in on another post but Im gonna put it here too for everyone, a major impact on the khux experience was kh3 trailers since kh3 released in the middle of union cross and I'll go thru it for those that didn't play, SPECIFICALLY on Lauriam and Strelitzia-- marluxia and larxene were shown in a trailer after they were introduced but BEFORE the sibling reveal. For many people this was proof that Lauriam killed Strelitzia since they drew parallels between namine in castle oblivion and rapunzel in the tower and figured Strelitzia was in a similar situation. And THEN it was reveled Strelitzia was related to either Lauriam or Elrena BUT the Japanese was very vague and it wasn't specified and we had a length of time where we had no idea who she was even related to but with the appearance of Larxene in Frozen in a trailer, people thought her appearing in a movie about the bond between sisters was proof she was Strelitzia's sister. It really was a wild fucking time to be alive. You can tell real intense khux fans from casual fans when they tell you to play kh3 in the middle of union cross and then go back and finish khux,

Let's talk khux gameplay and plot,

imo I think part of khux's story telling and the impact of the story gets lost now that the game is defunct. I always thought people didn't appreciate how the gameplay and the mechanics actually had an impact on the story and while that impact become virtually nonexistent later on, I always thought it made the story far more engaging when the game was just chi/unchained chi and also the English translation didn't do it too well ngl

Anyway what I'm specifically talking about is the medal system. Also I feel like the whole bangle thing wasn't explained well in game but really it just comes down to leveling up medals specifically. If you never played khux, you equip medals to your keyblades and they doa specific attack and to level them up you combine multiple of the same medal and you could see how leveled up a medal is by the amount of yellow dots next to it and, in JP at least, this was called "guilt" and like wow that name fucking slaps. And when nightmare chirithy reveals the player has been collecting darkness this whole time thru the medal system, you have literal guilt on your conscious. You are guilty of collecting darkness and negative emotions like guilt to use for your own power. And in Back Cover when the foretellers are made aware of this, there's no stopping it and ofc the player can't stop either, they HAVE to get stronger, you literally have to keep playing the game,

Another part of the game that I appreciated is the way the name changes factored into the game; chi was the original "world line" that the dandelions existed in and at first unchained chi had come off as just a remake but really what we're playing is the continuation, where the player and the dandelions are now in this unchained state/new world line and they're reliving their time as wielders but now without the war/"dark" memories and finally when they relive everything and get back to the "present," they continue on after into "union cross" which I feel like. wasn't explained well in game that much tbh but if you didn't understand what that meant in game, it was just to say that unions didn't matter anymore and they were all dandelions so the unions. when the unions are crossed.

and tbh the experience of playing this game in real time also added to the experience a lot and the impact of the story especially with a player insert character. I think the most effective use of this game being played in real time was Strelitzia. Now in the english version, everything with Strelitzia was all one update and the english ver was behind so honestly they had to do catch up they couldn't really afford to lag behind. But in JP, which most khux fans kept up with using fan translations, Strelitzia's introduction and her death happened about a month apart so it gave the players time to actualyl grow attached to her and THEN we get crushed. You can easily pin point the exact time certain khux fan art was drawn bc in a group drawing of the dandelions Strelitzia is there instead of Lauriam since he was only introduced after her death

and another thing! It only became apparent by the end of the game but khux actually takes place over the course of about 4 years. which is fucking insane. because the dandelions were stuck in the data for 4 years and didn't know it until the glitches started. and the game ran for roughly the same amount of time and we weren't even aware of that either until the glitches! ("why 4 years" there are cutscenes that literally say "4 years ago" so yeah girl what the fuck haha)

Anyway yeah this was just me rambling I think about this so much all the time can you tell. I hope missing link does something like this too tbh it makes it more fun and makes it feel that your actions as the player actually have impact on the story

[rosie-kairi]

What’re your thoughts on Mog? Have you seen the events with him and the other keykids?

I love the sewer squad they were such a fun addition to the chi saga. Like, yeah they're really not that important in the grand scheme of things but they are your friends. You have significant interactions with them and you really feel like a friend group due to all the little side events khux would sometimes have where you did A Thing with them.

One half of me wishes we got names for them (beyond just "Mog" and "[descriptive adjective] keyblade wielder") but I also understand why we didn't. Their designs were randomly picked out from in game outfits to make it feel more like they were fellow players you (the person playing it on your phone) might actually form a party with. There was no point to giving them names because it's not like they were Skuld or Ephemer levels of important. Giving them names might've created an expectation that they would be plot relevant when they were really just there to show that, y'know. that Player had friends they cared about.

Anyway Mog specifically. I thought he was funny as hell. absolute icon for having a speech bubble that just said "*screams*". Cringefail loser. I remember there was a joke theory that he was Demyx and I thought that would be funny as hell. Can you imagine.

[crinkler]

multiple possibilities:

Moogle Head is his full name, Mog is his nickname.

They’re two separate people

the afro wielder knows Mog personally, the other person who called him Moogle Head was using a descriptor

[swapauanon]

So the Daybreak Town Party (aka: the Sewer Squad). The MMO AU does give them a bit more focus and character.

Mog is an actual Moogle in the MMO AU (as was previously established during my time as an anon sending asks to @disneydreamlights), and has some self-worth issues due to people in-universe thinking that a Moogle can’t be a competent Keyblade Wielder, which is part of his motivation for his canon trait of constantly wanting to prove himself. He also tends to get dragged into his party-members’ antics against his will. And yes, he does run a lemonade stand with his party.

The girl in pink with a frog-hat and jetpack is named Ribbi in this AU, and is obsessed with two things: Frogs and Space. She started out with just two pet frogs, but now there are frogs all over her apartment, and heaven help you if you hurt any of her squishy babies. She knows them all by name. Post KH4, she’d forge a friendship with Strelitzia.

And... uh... @disneydreamlights, do you have any ideas for the other two?

I mean, aside from bandana girl dating Sherry, and the kid with the afro and clown glasses maybe having a disorder or being the male equivalent to Luna Lovegood I genuinely have no idea.

[xiiiwayfinders]

PLEASE WHY DOES NO ONE TALK ABOUT MOG

[sawyarts]

Khux week day 5 but i just wanted to draw mog

[trans-girl-sora]

You ever think about how Xehanort is like Schrodinger's Trans Man

If you had a female Player, he's trans

[pippuns]

the strelitzia mission took out my kneecaps which is why it took me a bit to make this one

[bluerosesburnblue]

Do the keykids with speaking roles who interact with Player have official names? You know, the kid with a moogle hat who finishes his sentences with "kupo", the girl with silver hair and red bandana, the girl with a pink frog cap, the boy with a white afro, and the other kids who have briefly spoken in the past? Last I checked on the fan wiki they were just referred to as other union members, or other dandelions. Mostly asking cause I'm making comprehensive lists of character names.

They don’t and it bothers me because I can’t ever tell who’s talking!

The only one who has a name is the kid with the Moogle hat, who Chirithy calls Mog in the Valentine’s quest

He’s named after the famous Final Fantasy recurring Moogle, Mog, though I couldn’t tell you if this was a localization addition or if it was present in the Japanese version, too

None of the rest of them have names though! All I want is for them to have names so I know who’s talking!

[hyadeslull]

While my tinfoil hat loves the Demyx is the MoM theory, my gut tells me there's a reason this doof

looks similar to this doof

[thetwilightroadtonightfall]

sewer squad on day 13 prediction:

[crinkler]

Mog: My summer vacation. . . .

[echoheart0324]

Please turn off your volume, unless you want to hear my pen constantly tapping as the speech bubbles pass. I found the ending really cute, so I decided to record it for fun. It’s really nice seeing them all move around and being energetic.

[xiiiwayfinders]

KHUX LGBT Headcanons

Ephemer- bi ace

Skuld- bi

Brain- aroace (he/they)

Strelitzia- pan (basically canon)

Lauriam- bi

Elrena- bi

Organization XIII:

https://xiiiwayfinders.tumblr.com/post/653637120384204800/organization-member-lgbt-headcanons-xemnas

Other:

https://xiiiwayfinders.tumblr.com/post/661522795470225409/more-kh-lgbt-headcanons

[aratanaruu]

this game

[swapauanon]

Something I just Realized About the MMO AU

The Sewer Squad keeps losing things! No really, look:

Cap/Skipper: Lost her sister.

Z: Lost his memories.

Mog: Lost his confidence.

Ribbi: Lost her arm.

The Player: Lost the sanctity of their mind.

Anneliesse: Lost her sense of safety.