#kindgom hearts 2

[theblueprincess590]

Roxas’s Prologue at the Beginning of KH2 is the perfect introduction for KH2 Because it firmly establishes the 3 core themes of the Game through Roxas’s character. The First theme Roxas’s Story talks about is the idea of duality. Roxas is Sora’s Nobody, his Other, an integral part of Sora’s being that he needs back in order to become a complete person again and wake up. To put it in another way Roxas is the Prince Charming to Sora’s Snow White. But Roxas of course rejects his role in the fairy tale, he has become his own person after all why would he ever want to go back to Sora. Roxas fights his fate all the way until the very end when he finally meets Sora and understands everything. Roxas knows that things could be the other way around, that he could if he wanted to leave Sora to his eternal sleep and take his place in the universe but he won't because in this moment he truly gazes upon the sanctuary that is Sora’s heart and realizes that it is beautiful. Roxas knows that it has to be Sora, that only his heart has the power and kindness to understand the hearts of others and connect to all. So Roxas does what he was meant to do and returns to the sky he was born from. He restores Sora and brings about duality, right? The tragic ending of Roxas’s story hints that perhaps true duality has not actually been achieved, after all can it even be called duality when one has to sacrifice themselves for the sake of the other? Maybe just maybe true duality could be achieved if Sora and Roxas existed together side by side rather than as one being, but answering that question is no longer Roxas’s responsibility, it’s Sora’s now.

The Second theme relates back to KH1. In Kingdom Hearts 1 the game asks what is the true nature of the heart and answers with light so in KH2 the biggest question is “What does it mean to have a heart?” This Question is raised right from the beginning with the reveal that Roxas is a nobody. As stated in the 13th Ansem Report from KH1 the Nobody is the shell that is left behind after a heart becomes heartless, A body that still goes on despite its lack of a heart. And by the logic of KH Roxas should be an emotionless husk devoid of any real purpose but he isn’t any of that. Roxas by all accounts behaves like a normal teenager with emotions as real and passionate as Sora’s. Heck one could even argue he’s more like a real teenager tha his somebody. Sora is at his core a cartoon fairy tale character, his behavior and action exaggerated for dramatic and comedic effect, he yearns to see what lies beyond him in the great wide somewhere, and most importantly of all his beliefs are rooted in a sense of pure whimsical idealism. And Roxas isn’t really like that at all, he is far more grounded than Sora with his emotions being much more reserved often times giving in to melancholy rather than fairy tale wonder and only entering emotion as extreme as Sora’s when he’s forced into situations of intense stress by forces beyond his control, his desires are nothing more than a simple wish to spend his summer days on the beach playing with his friends, And he’s not at all concerned with grand ideals or beliefs just focusing on his small personal life. Perhaps the biggest piece of symbolism for Roxas being a normal teenager at his core would be his home, Twilight Town. Twilight Town is unique in the series for being the only normal world. It’s not a Gothic fairy tale castle like Hollow bastion nor a Child’s paradise like destiny Islands, rather it is just a simply quiet suburban town where the most exciting things to do are go to the beach or play Struggle. It’s the type of video game level that makes you feel at home with its music theme being the pure embodiment of summer melancholy. There is the Old Mansion of course which radiates haunted house energy but it’s important to note that the mansion is very much cut off from the rest of the town with the only people living there being outsiders rather than the actual citizens of Twilight Town. Now one could claim that Roxas only acts like a real person because of the false memories forced on him once he was trapped in the digital Twilight Town but it’s important to note that Roxas doesn’t lose any of his emotions or personality after he regains his real memories, in fact his emotions become even more passionate, like a star going supernova. So when Roxas definitely declares he has a Heart of his own to DiZ we can’t help but believe him despite everything else in the series telling us otherwise. With the entire nature of the series put into question it must be asked, What does it mean to have a heart if a being who is defined by his lack of a heart and emotions not only claims to have heart but shows the most humanity out of everyone else in the cast? Is a Nobody like Roxas truly capable of having a heart separate from Sora’s? All these Questions and more now Sora’s responsibility to answer as Roxas’s Other.

And Now we have the final theme of KH2 which is without a doubt the most important theme in the entire series, “Separation is inevitable.” In Kh1 the game explored the idea of People’s hearts staying connected even when they’re world’s apart through The Destiny Islands Trio and Sora’s faith that he will find them again even after the ending. KH2 further expands on this idea by confronting the truth that separation is inevitable, everything must someday end whether we want it to or not at that includes the time we spend with our loved ones. This is ultimately why Roxas' time in the digital world takes place during the end of Summer Vacation, to teach Roxas and the audience this fact. Every kid knows that summer vacation is going to end, that their time in the sun isn’t eternal so the days they dread the most are those final days of summer. By placing the story in this time frame it allows the kids playing the game to understand how Roxas feels, to let them experience and empathize with his growing sense of dread as every day counts down so that when Roxas’s finally says “Looks Like My Summer Vacation is Over” they all feel it. The digital Twilight Town existes to teach Roxas that separation is inevitable and that is because Roxas was rejecting this truth. When Roxas left Organization XIII he refused to say Goodbye to Axel, rejecting their friendship outright simply because it was easier to pretend they were never friends than to accept the pain of losing him. So the narrative punishes Roxas by giving him a normal happy life full of friends and then ripping it all away from him. And we see Roxas beginning to understand this Truth as he attempts to give Axel a real goodbye even if it was more for his own sake rather than Axel’s. However the take away from this theme and Roxas’s Story is much more than “we just have to accept the pain of separation”, rather it is something far far more beautiful.

“We can’t be together forever so we better make the time we do have together something to remember.”

That is everything Kingdom Hearts is about summed up in one sentence. Everything ends including the time we spend with our loved one but instead of wallowing in that heartbreaking truth we must embrace it and enjoy every second we have with our friends so that we will always be connected to them even when they’re gone. Or to simplify it, “Don’t be sad that Summer is almost over instead savor those last few days with your friends so you never forget them”

[karla-the-elemental-dreamer]

"A Familiar" Feeling (Version 3)

In honour of Riku's birthday in my timeline being 27 APR, I decided to do a redraw of an old piece. This is the 3rd version of "A Familiar Feeling". In hindsight, I wished I drew Riku looking down more like the 1st version, but I'm proud of everything else.

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Versions 1 and 2 below:

[scarletgemstone]

fanfic recommendations master post bounces + comics

Disclaimer i own nothing everything belongs to the rightful owners please go and support them and be nice

Invisible strings by ackerhardt (hazbin hotel)

Healing blitzo by taloslives (helluva boss)

Who we choose to be by boopoopeedoo (MCU)

The trees are screaming by RB (mlp)

Something sweet to bite by knackerman (mlp)

Of rotten apples and putrid pears by magpiepony (mlp)

Dear diary by alyssa hartwick (mlp)

Forever faithful by konseiga (mlp)

Silent ponyville series by jake-heritagu (mlp)

Dear rarity by alyssa hartwick (mlp)

To see her smile again by boopoopeedoo (MCU)

To know she was safe by boopoopeedoo (MCU)

An apple sleep experiment by magpiepony (mlp)

Rebuild by boopoopeedoo (MCU)

9:IF by talisman975 9(2009)

Butterflies by adcoon (mlp)

Can’t stand to be apart by inkheartbrony (mlp)

A cutiemarks true meaning by inkheartbrony (mlp)

Let her in by tooshyshy (mlp)

Scratch by tooshyshy (mlp)

Where we belong by kiba sniper (psychonauts)

Dear brother by formapossum (rango)

Cursum perficio by digitaldreamer (psychonauts)

Saving blitzo by taloslives (helluva boss)

Leave it to heaven by taloslives (helluva boss au)

Learning how to be a witch by angelxoxo8 (owl house)

Twilight’s dollhouse by kaidan (mlp)

Lifesaver by ReScripta (rango)

Inner storm by the angst alchemist (psychonauts)

Highway by ReScripta (rango)

The zodiac trilogy by violetheart77 (gravity falls)

No way by keleficent (gravity falls)

Healing blitzo by taloslives (helluva boss)

A wolf at the door by regidar (mlp)

Rocket to insanity (mlp)

I meet the turtles by angelxoxo8 (tmnt)

Sophia x by angelxoxo8 (sonic x)

Scorched Ooo by fiery crusader (adventure time)

Family by major144 (adventure time)

Love and madness by major144 (adventure time)

My little pony friendship quest by magpiepony (mlp)

The friendship test by magpiepony (mlp)

Rime of last winter by extreme light 9 (adventure time)

The corpse bride by bad horse (mlp)

Parental control by wallybinx (the black phone)

light and avengers series (kingdom hearts and avengers) by the unlimited

enemy of my enemy (BATDR) by phantomthief fee

zero (the animatrix) by ma_kir

the tale of two brothers by sparklespepper (super paper mario)

haunting nightmare by pen stroke (mlp)

truth be told by obabascribbler (mlp)

one final choice by inkyshadow (batim)

rain clouds come to play again by the angst alchemist (psychonauts)

bendy and the resistance by Fiona gamer fox (batdr)

child of the darkness by lozzielou (batdr)

the happy couple by the angst alchemist (psychonauts)

remember who you fight for by xxmauix17 (Mario movie)

tell the Story by lamay1may1 (unicorn wars comic)

ink stain by metallicarist (batim comic)

rise of the black crown by hypnodigitalis (cult of the lamb)

the gift of Life and the battle for Mt.quena by tigerman531 (pokemon)

unicorn wars what if by masayo (unicorn wars comic)

discord's doll by nonya beezewax (mlp)

if only if only by the plethaura

words that sink into the soul by phoenixkit77 (mario movie)

[moonrpg]

my 30 mins in review IT IS AWESOME the qol improvements are kind of insane. but I still went back and switched to the annoying snes controls for fights bc it is what I’m used to LOL very cute that they kept the options.. like yeah you want to walk at a snails pace go ahead!! I do not want to though. Having a blast running around but I have work tmr so GOODNIGHTYS

[eyesoverinfinity]

Where does you oc stand?

Here is a poll to say where your oc stands in this arbitrary poll where you don't even have to say anything about them. (you can if you want to tho)

[hotchocolatescoat]

Well, I haven't posted in a while so here we are:). I have recently got into 2 game franchises. I will probably talk about the one I know less of first ; kingdom Hearts. I honestly had no idea what it was until my friends showed me or more forced me to know. In all honesty it's a solid series. I have read most of the lore, watched a lot of playthroughs and enjoyed reading different reviews. Honestly though, who invented this series and why 🤣 . I love Donald duck's battle at the beginning and dark thorns battle. The graphics can be a little jarring but hey it's cool. I hope I can get to actually play it soon. I'm not trying to go in blind.

Ok, onto my other game series. Drumroll please 👐👏👐👏👐 devil may cry. I love it sm. I will start with game 1 ; really cool, really swag. Dante's first appearance on screen made me knew, it would be a good fucking game. Now game 2 ; .... Sorry game 3 - deserves all the hype imma be honest. The amount of combos and combat style really set a higher bar than the last 2 games . I enjoyed the tower levels, it fit into the world and story perfectly and it felt like I was truly having fun . I enjoyed vergils fight and eventually gaining his powers. That was noice. Game 4 ; I did prefer game 3 but the overall play for game 4 was a lot nicer. This is honestly because of the sheer amount of combos that are available , it's really fun to play as Nero, even if he isn't dante . Nero is usually portrayed as a youth with lots of power. He stumbles back using his gun, he leaps back after using his sword combos and small things like that, that really helps bring neros character to life . Now, I'm not going to gloss over it , DMC 4 is unfinished. Capcom had to reuse the map and you would play as dante. It's pretty cool, I will admit but reusing the world for dante doesn't feel right, the levels and bosses don't feel right for dante. Nero was a lot more fun to play as, especially when you learnt all the combos. DMC ; devil may cry..... The reboot is shit and deserves to be shat on. Who put Vergil in such a bad outfit. If you know the series you know what I mean. I'm going to end the review here bc I haven't yet played DMC 5 but I can't wait too.

[kiloude-city]

As both a twst and kingdom hearts fan you should definitely play kh

One of the early games (2 I think) stitch can help you in battle then he shows up in like BBS and 3 too I think

(Spreading the kingdom hearts propaganda)

And if you are a Kingdom Hearts fan, YOU SHOULD PLAY TWISTED WONDERLAND!!!

Reasons to play KH:

Kingdom Hearts 1 Maleficent basically adopts Riku, who literally looks exactly the same as Silver and both share many attributes (like associations with dreams)

Kingdom Hearts 1 includes basically all the TWST great seven except replace the evil queen with like, captain hook.

Maleficent is in all the games as some type of antagonist.

The number seven is heavily featured throughout the games. Much like TWST it has a great importance. Instead of the "great seven" we have the "seven princesses of heart" which is literally just RSA.

Mickey is there. He has a canon reason for why he does not have a shirt. He also gets choke slammed.

You will cry much like TWST makes you cry for the tragic backstories.

Kingdom Hearts 2 has stitch, who is a summon that you can fight with. He also sends Sora, Donald, and Goofy to the Tron world while harassing final fantasy characters.

Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep has the space ship Stitch is from. The main characters teach him about friendship before the movie events. It's actually really adorable and precious.

Kindgom Hearts Dream Drop Distance is gay as hell and has so many similarities to chapter 7 I could write a whole essay.

I have written a crossover fic for the two. It is not finished and I don't know if it ever will be but its great fan service (shamelessly plug)

REASONS A KH FAN SHOULD PLAY TWST UNDER CUT!!!

Reasons you should play Twisted Wonderland if you are a Kingdom Hearts fan.

This ones for you mobile fans. The game is both a rhythm and battle game. The art style for it is EXACTLY THE SAME AS UX AND DR!!!

Riku is there. (Silver)

Chapter seven is just Dream Drop Distance.

You want more disney and hot anime guys? THIS GAME IS THE BEST!!

You want heartrending backstory and complex characters? We have both!

Gender is a concept. "All boys school" 👍

Mickey is there. I don't know either. But he is.

You can easily hallucinate what Sora's experience in NRC would be like.

This is a good time filler while waiting for missing link and kh4. Trust me. Please. I am begging you what is wth the bagels-

Thank you for coming to my ted talk. Feel free to ask more questions if you're interested!!!

[fell-contract]

2. Top 5 games of all time.

3. Favorite boss?

13. Coolest enemy/boss design?

2. God okay I'm just doing single player or else this gets real murky. In no order I'd say:

Fire Emblem (US)

Final Fantasy X

Kingdom Hearts II

Persona 5

Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Basically the gayest possible list, only caveat I'll make is that it feels too recent to slide Elden Ring in there since I just finished it like a month ago. Honorable mention to Ratchet & Clank as well!

3. Probably Sephiroth from the first Kindgom Hearts, the mystique of discovering the untitled competitor in the coliseum to that dramatic opening cut all the way to the exhilaration of the actual fight itself. The attack animations are gorgeous and it's so satisfying to finish every time.

13. Okay this one is a recent pick but I was so struck by Malenia in Elden Ring that I have to go with her. I'm a sucker for anything plant related in RPGs and that combined with the backstory and her ridiculous combat, it was hard being mad about getting my ass kicked so much when she was so stunning.

Ask me these!

[gaslightgatekeepgirlbosscombat]

Group E, Round 3, Poll 3:

Propaganda under the cut

Lady Rhea

MAJOR SPOILERS FOR THE ENTIRE GAME AHEAD This lady gaslighted, gatekept, and girlbossed for a little more than 1000 years. Her story starts in ancient Fódlan where she was a member of a magical dragon race called the Nabateans, children of Sothis. After Sothis was killed and her corpse desecrated by a bandit named Nemesis (who believed himself to be fighting for the freedom of humanity), he made a sword out of her body to arm his allies and massacred the Nabateans. Rhea gathered the last few Nabateans left and some human allies and, under the name 'Seiros', waged war on Nemesis and his army. Victorious, Saint Seiros rewrote history to cover up the existence of the Nabateans and created a religion around her mother, now calling Sothis the Progenitor God. As the years go on, Lady Rhea used her holy influence to give rise to the Adrestrian Empire. It's implied that her church, the Church of Seiros, played a part in wars that resulted in the creation of the Holy Kingdom of Faergus, a nation that broke off of Adrestria, and the Leicester Alliance, another nation which broke off of the Kindgom. FE16 makes a point to note that she continues to censor history up to the present, including limiting technological advancements for 'blasphemy'. Her advisor, Seteth, once served her as Saint Cichol and even he has shown shock and horror at how far she has gaslit, gatekept, and girlbossed. The protagonist of this game is the child of Sitri, the 12th human vessel in a project that Lady Rhea personally conducted to try and revive her mother. Rhea never admits this to the protag's face until she is either in a weakened state or an enemy of the protagonist. She even tries to restart the experiment on the protag without their knowledge. The game splits into four routes and in one of them the protagonist turns on Rhea. In this route Lady Rhea girlbosses so hard that she turns into a dragon and reclaims her Saint Seiros persona as she tries to kill the protag and reclaim her mother who, at this point, exists as a weapon the protagonist wields and as an organ Lady Rhea implanted into them as a baby. In two of the routes where the protagonist sides with Lady Rhea she'll accompany them to combat the forces that orriginally allowed Nemesis to attack her peeople (who have turned into a highly advanced underground race at this point). This girlboss moment is so cool to me because Lady Rhea had been a prisoner for 5 years but still manages to turn into a dragon and take a literal ICBM to the face to protect the protag. TL;DR: Lady Rhea has gaslit society and made a fake history. She gatekept by personally executing members of her own church she made because she disagreed with their ways. She girlbosses by being the Archbishop of her religion for 1159 years and turning into a dragon to KILL "

She created a thousand year old church to control an entire continent. She rewrote history to be able to control the continent and keep the power she gained, under a belief that she was all that could protect humans from themselves.

The ULTIMATE example of gaslight gatekeep girlboss!! (((Major FE3H spoilers))): Gaslight: constructs an entire centuries-old religion centered around her dead mom with herself as the leader, hides the identity of herself (secretly the founding saint and namesake of said religion) and her compatriots (secretly other major saints), rewrites continent’s history as well as the origin of the nobility’s hereditary crests and holy relics, hires homeschooled mercenary seemingly for nepotism/skill reasons but doesn’t tell them that she actually implanted her mother’s heart into them as an infant in hopes to revive her dead mom. Gatekeep: intentionally withholds continent’s secret history, church covers up and censors some of humanity’s technological/medical advancements in order to obscure aforementioned history as well as to prevent the development of more efficient weapons of war/destruction, instructs faculty and students not to leak dangerous side effects of powerful holy relics to the wider public, executes rebels/assassins/conspirators that seek to remove her, literally hires a Gatekeeper known only as Gatekeeper. Girlboss: Canonically bisexual pope with hips for days and de facto leader of an entire continent. Powerful warrior. Proficient in instructing hand-to-hand combat. The first cutscene of the game shows her sword-fighting in heels with a muscular man and, after being disarmed, beating the shit out of him in hand-to-hand combat and stabbing him to death with a dagger. Girlboss.

Morag Ladair

She is an inquisitor for a despotic colonizing empire, who is ruthlessly efficient, a master manipulator, and also a genuinely charming characters. She creates a rumor of the execution of a party member to successfully lure out the rest of them, and they only escape because she chooses to let them go

[dahliarose2]

KINDRED SPIRITS - PART 10

summary: alexandria, the kindgom and the hilltop launch their calculated attack on the sanctuary. tensions rise when daryl wants you to stay home from the battle, but you refuse and he eventually caves. secrets still loom as you and daryl team up to lead the horde of walkers to the sanctuary

daryl dixon x reader

part 1 part 2 part 3 part 4 part 5 part 6 part 7 part 8 part 9

After the fight with the Saviors, Maggie, Rick and Ezekiel had gathered together with their communities, vowing to fight the Saviors until freedom was achieved for every person standing. The win from the days previous, as the Saviors and Scavengers fleed Alexandria, had given everyone the injection of hope and vigor that they had needed all along, now seeing how strong they all were together; what they could achieve. Everyone's spirits and motivation were high, as plans had started to be made, setting their eyes on the biggest prize of all; taking the Saviors for good this time, indefinitely,

You had rested up for a few days under Daryl's orders and his comfortable watch, not letting you out of his sight as he voted to ditch some of the teams going on runs, letting them handle it to take care of you. You had told him you were fine, it wasn't like you had experienced any fatal injuries, bruises more so here and there, especially the ones that covered your neck from the chokehold Negan held you in harshly during the battle, before you had managed to get away. It wasn't the physical scars Daryl was entirely worried about. He had noticed your nightmares, which seemed to be continuing as he would comfort you every night, as much as you apologized for waking him up with your screams and pleas. He was worried for your mind, which seemed to wander, how you would flinch at his hand meeting your shoulder, though you did it involuntarily, his heart would still twinge slightly at it. He did every task, even if it was within arm's reach, making you food, turning the TV on, everything. And while you were thankful for his acts of service, as caring as they were, especially in the first day or two, now you were just sick of being coddled after days of it,

You expressed a yawn as you turned in the bed, seeing no figure there lying beside you, as you rubbed your eyes, sitting up to see Daryl pulling his clothes on quietly. "And where are you going?" you asked teasingly as he turned to see you awake, smirking at you. "Gotta help them hit some of the lookout spots," he replied kindly but it came out as more of a murmur, as you pulled the covers back, getting out of the bed. "Well I'm coming too," you stated with a smile, almost as if it was obvious, and it was. Daryl knew you'd want to come which is why he had tried to sneak out. "Nah you ain't. Yer stayin' here with Rosita and Michonne," he argued, as he grabbed his crossbow. You scoffed as you started pulling jeans and a shirt on defiantly. "Daryl, Rosita got a bullet to her shoulder, Michonne was brutally attacked and suffered a broken rib. I am fine. I'm unharmed and I'm coming with you," you reasoned, being just as stubborn as he was,

He grumbled an aggravated sigh at you as he watched you pull your boots on, zipping them up with a headstrong smirk. "You hear what I just said? Yer stayin' here. I need you safe, and safe is here," he growled out gruffly as you rolled your eyes at his determination to keep you here. You grabbed your gun from your bedside locker, fastening your belt with your knife sheath, around your waist as you shook your head frustrated. "Daryl I have been holed up here for days, and I appreciate your help the last few days. You know I do. But right now, they need every able-bodied person out there helping, doing something. And I am able-bodied. So I'm coming with you. You can't stop me," you blurted out angrily as you watched him relax slightly, backing down,

He shook his head at you, before finally staring at you as you gazed up at him. "Fine," he grumbled out, though his usual aggression wasn't there, not for you. You smiled at him gratefully, happy that he wasn't annoyed at you. How could he be? You were right. He knew he had cared for you to an extreme in the days you had been home, and he knew you appreciated it. But he couldn't keep you here forever. And he'd rather you come with him, than stay here angry at him. He couldn't handle you being angry with him. "Thank you," you smiled as you stood on your tip-toes, placing a slow kiss on his lips as he reciprocated, entangling his arms around you. After a few moments of bliss, he pulled away as you smiled,

"Knew you were soft for me, Daryl Dixon," you joked with a mischievious smile as he let out a 'pfft,' pushing your face away with his big hand as you giggled, his shove not being forceful in the slightest. "Shut up," he muttered, trying to hide his smile and the blush that crept onto his cheeks. He knew that too, that he had a soft spot for you, he was sure everyone knew that by now, though none of them mentioned it for fear they'd get an arrow through the eye for pointing it out. He was being vulnerable with someone for once, and he wasn't sure how to navigate it. Everything he had once known had melted away. And it frightened him, but he still let it. After years, he let you in, unable to keep his front up anymore when it came to you. He questioned what his feelings were. The worry he felt for you when you were missing, the anger that had boiled within him as he watched Negan hold you close, the relief that washed over him once he had you in his arms after so long,

He hadn't felt this way about anyone before. Sure, he'd protect every member of his group with his own life if he needed to. He'd lay himself on the line and let everyone walk over him to keep them safe. But when it came to you, it was more than that, he knew that. He would do anything for you. He wasn't sure how to label his feelings or whatever there was between you. The moments of affection you shared, they meant everything to him, even though he hadn't said any of this out loud. To you or to anyone. He didn't know where to start. He didn't know if you wanted something casual, a fling, a relationship; hell, he didn't even know what he wanted. All he was sure of, was that he wanted you to be happy, not to feel pressured into labelling anything too soon, though he was dying to know what you felt, what you thought. So he said nothing,

You both walked out, getting ready to head out. You, Morgan, Carol, Tara, and Daryl had been tasked with taking out the lookout posts of the Saviors and to direct a giant horde of walkers towards the Sanctuary. Rick decided to assist and join in taking down some of the lookout spots. Meanwhile, the remaining Alexandrians, the Kingdom and the Hilltop launched a direct assault on the Sanctuary as a distraction, until the walkers got there. Maggie prepared their people, as they welded sheets of steel and metal to the sides of the vehicles they'd be driving towards the Sanctuary when the time was right. Carol and Tara would track a herd of walkers, going to the highway to wait for yous, while you, Morgan, Rick and Daryl took out the lookout posts. You watched Daryl get on his bike, as you moved to get on. "Nah," he said with a bit of urgency there, as you eyed him confused, pulling your hands away. His gaze softened as he realized how rushed his tone had sounded. "I mean. I need you to go with Morgan, help him take out the other lookout post. He's been actin' a bit weird lately, need ya to keep an eye on him," he explained gently as you stared at him for a moment, still unsure before you nodded,

"Okay," you smiled lightly, "if that's where you need me to be, then that's where I'll be." You still were a bit suspicious of his tone, but you were still grateful he was even letting down his protectiveness over you to let you come in the first place, so you chose not to argue with him as you turned around to see Morgan, looking stoic. You turned back to Daryl as he revved the engine of his motorbike. You reached forward to hug him tightly, as he wrapped his arms around your waist, breathing in your scent as he hummed in content. "Be careful," you warned him, moving a bit of his dark hair out of his face as he nodded. "You too. I'll meet you at the highway," he whispered to you, looking around to lean up to place a kiss on your cheek. You smiled, you knew he wasn't totally keen on PDA,

You walked over to get in the car with Morgan as he drove to the lookout spot. You took them out with expert skill, shooting them before they'd even realized you were there as Morgan wielded his stick, driving it into the skulls of the remaining soldiers. You both exchanged a nod and a smile as you got in the car, heading straight for the highway as Daryl arrived at his lookout spot, taking out the men without warning, before he headed towards the Sanctuary. Once he arrived at the back of the perimeter, he looked to see a soldier standing there. He took his aim, firing the arrow towards the car next to the soldier on lookout; Dwight. This had been the real reason he didn't want you to come. Daryl hadn't yet found the right time to tell you that Dwight had joined your side and he wasn't quite sure how you'd take it. Realistically, he wanted you to come with him, to keep a watchful eye over you, to protect you, even though he knew you could protect yourself,

Dwight spotted the arrow, looking around to make sure he wasn't being watched, before he took the piece of paper rolled around the arrow, unravelling it to see the word 'Tomorrow' emboldened on the page. He turned to where it had been shot from to see Daryl, ducked behind a vehicle as he sent him a nod in confirmation, knowing the groups meant to attack the next day. Dwight used the crossbow to shoot it back, Daryl nodding back firmly as he took the arrow, climbing back on his bike to make his way towards the highway. You and Morgan had drove, parking up beside Carol and Tara. "Any sign?" you asked Tara, as she looked down at her watch before she shook her head, knowing you weren't talking about the herd, but Daryl. You sighed loudly before you heard an engine, looking up to see Daryl driving towards you as he parked his motorcycle, walking towards you now, relief washing over both of you,

"What took you so long?" you asked, as you hugged him for a moment. "Got held up," he lied gruffly, but you didn't question him anymore than that, focused on waiting for the horde of walkers to come. The clock striked the time Tara and Carol had predicted as you exchanged a worried glance with Carol when you saw no sign. Suddenly, Daryl saw them in the distance. "Hey," he said patting your shoulder gently, "look!" You noticed his touch as he directed your gaze to the walkers coming towards you in the distance. You sighed in relief as you couldn't help but smile slightly. This plan was actually going to work. "Okay, close enough," Tara scoffed as you laughed at her calculation being a minute off. "Ready?" Carol asked as she looked at Morgan,

"Ready," he said firmly as they shared a smile as they began running towards the next station spot they had mapped out just up the road. You jogged over, getting on the bike behind Daryl as you wrapped your arms around his waist. "You okay?" he craned his neck to ask gently, as you nodded, indicating you were ready for him to drive. You followed Tara, Carol and Morgan a few paces away, sticking beside them as Daryl drove at their pace, before Carol hit a button on the remote she held, as you all heard a boom. You turned around to see the car on the highway successfully lit on fire, as the walkers followed it, leading them the way that you needed them to go. Once you were at the next spot, you got off the bike, helping Morgan to tie the tripwire. You worked on using a knot that Daryl had taught you at the beginning of it all, to tie it successfully to a hook on the wall of a building as Morgan pulled it, making it taught as he got to work on fastening the other end to the wingmirror of one of the vehicles,

You and Morgan shared a trusty handshake as you walked up the stairs, joining the others at the top of the bridge that stood above the tripwire you and Morgan had just installed. You looked out to see the walkers in the distance, coming in your direction just like you wanted them to. Just ahead, you spotted a walker wavering dangerously close to the trap as Tara seemed to notice it at the same time. "Shit. Could that set it off?" she asked with a panic, as Morgan already began descending the stairs rapidly. "I got it," he announced as he ran towards the walker, piercing his stick through it's skull swiftly, just before it hit the tripwire. Morgan looked out to see the Saviors' vehicles approaching as he moved nimbly, hiding behind a dumpster just in time. You and the others stood watching from the bridge that was out of the Saviors' eyesight, watching as they hit the tripwire,

The explosion sounded and fire engulfed the cars and motorcycles, successfully burning the Saviors within to a crisp. You looked at Daryl as he nodded; second phase of the plan was complete. You heard gunshots in the distance as you all got to your vehicles. Your eyes darted towards the Sanctuary. "It's started," Carol said, as you heard the battle begin at the facility in the distance. "It was always gon' be that way," Daryl responded as you nodded, all of you watching the walkers approaching now, right where you wanted them. "Pleasure doing business with you," Tara smiled with a mock salute as you mirroed her action, the two of you laughing. Tara and Morgan ambled into the car as Carol approached you and Daryl, holding him in a close hug before taking your hand softly, giving it a knowing squeeze,

"Be careful," she whispered to both of you shakily, her worry for yous evident in her voice. You squeezed her hand back, sending her a reassuring smile. "Shit, this is gonna be fun," Daryl humored as he watched the oncoming herd. "Hell yeah it is," you resounded with a laugh, both sharing a smirk as you climbed onto his bike, wrapping your arms trustly around his torso again, your thumb moving subconsciously to rub his hip as he blushed, Carol noticing as she smirked at him but he gave her a look that said 'be quiet.' She gave you both one final smile, before getting in the car with the others as you heard them drive away. "Ready?" he asked amusingly, as he turned to you. You flicked the gun in your hand, checking the barrel was full before clicking it back into place, lifting your hand to smile at him slyly. "Ready when you are," you replied as he smirked at your shared enthusiasm, both of you ready to kick those Saviors' asses,

You held on as he started the engine, driving his bike at a slow pace, the walkers right behind you now as they followed the noise of the motorbike. You got a few yards away, before you cocked the gun in your hand, aiming it straight at the metal container you had placed there earlier, shooting it expertly as it exploded in flames, the walkers being spurred on even more as Daryl continued to drive. "Nice shooting, who taught you how to do that?" he asked smugly as he kept his eyes on the road. "Carl," you replied arrogantly, as he turned to send you a glare as you laughed, knowing it was him who had taught you, though you and Carl did target practise together often now and you both led the training of the Hilltop citizens in weapon combat over the last few days, getting them as experienced as possible for the battle that was now upon you today,

You and Daryl continued to ride as you shot at the designated explosives along the way, expertly setting them off as Daryl smiled secretly at your skill, not caring to admit how proud he was. You shot the final one, taking the detour as you watched the walkers be led to the Sanctuary as you both drove away, heading towards the meetup spot where the others would be waiting

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MEANWHILE....

After waving off you, Morgan, Tara, Carol and Daryl, Rick got to work on his task, as he made his way in the vehicles, secured with the steel armor with the rest of his people, to the meetup spot where Maggie and Ezekiel's soldiers would be waiting in similar vehicles. Once they met there, they headed out towards the Sanctuary, parking the cars outside the front gate of the Sanctuary as they began to pile out, raising their guns towards the facility. With one firm swoop of Maggie's arm, the people began to shoot a few times before halting their shots. After a few moments, Rick heard a door creaking open, leaning out to see Negan strolling out onto the balcony along with a few of the Saviors, his right hand Simon, Dwight and Eugene,

"Sorry I'm late. I was in a meeting," he apologized mockingly as he swung Lucille over his shoulder. Rick stayed silent as everyone kept their guns fixated on Negan and his men. "See, I see no reason to participate in throwin' lead at each other, Rick. I care about my people. I won't send my people to die in the firing line to play "my dick is bigger than yours,"' he stated dramatically as he paused, shrugging his shoulders, "it is. But hell, I won't let my people die for that fact. Like you're about to." With his last sentence, Rick watched as Negan pointed Lucille right in his direction, through the sheets of metal tantalizingly. Rick ignored Negan asking him what he can do for him in a mocking fashion, instead pointing at the soldiers next to him. "Really hope you don't have Y/N in amongst those cars of yours. Be such a pity to watch my wife die. I just hate seeing pretty people die," he teased, as Rick's jaw clenched at his mention of you. "She's not yours. Not anymore," Rick warned, as Negan simply chuckled at his frustration, as he pointed his finger up at the soldiers next to Negan on the balcony,

"Dwight, Simon. You're Eugene, you're?" he yelled, clearly asking the woman her name. "Regina," she quipped as Rick nodded. "Regina. All of you here, all of you inside. You surrender and you can live. Can't guarantee it any time after now," he offered as Negan snickered at him. "What about me, Rick?" he asked in faux worry, placing his free hand to his chest, faking a wound. "I told you. Twice. You know what will happen," Rick seethed viciously as Negan licked his teeth slowly in a wide smirk. "You're right. I know what's about to happen. But you don't, Ricky boy. You really think you got the numbers for this fight?" he boomed loudly as he gestured to Simon, who brought Gregory out from the facility. Rick stayed silent as Maggie's jaw clenched at the sight of Gregory,

"What did you wanna say to Rick and his piss patrol, Gregory?" Negan asked coolly, as he draped an arm over Gregory's shoulders, who flinched involuntarily. "The Hilltop stands with Negan and the Saviors. Any resident who takes up arms against the Saviors will no longer be welcome in the colony," he shouted, trying to sound sure but his voice wavered. "And?" Negan whispered to him expectantly. "A-and their families will be thrown out to fend for themselves. Go home now. Or you won't have one to go back to," he threatens as Maggie scoffs, shaking her head as silence fell over both groups now. "You do what you need to do," Maggie whispered sincerely to the Hilltop citizens who stood next to her, but they didn't falter, giving her assured nods,

"All I have at Hilltop is a bunch of books and a lobster bib anyway," Jesus laughed as Maggie smiled brightly back at him. "You heard him. Go back to organizing wheat or whatever it is you guys do," Negan taunted. "Doesn't look like anyone's goin', does it?" Maggie yelled back menacingly, but amusement was evident in her voice at the fact that his threat hadn't worked. "Hilltop stands with-" Gregory started angrily, before Jesus interrupted him. "The Hilltop stands with Maggie," Jesus shouted as the other Hilltop citizens nodded in agreement. Simon suddenly moved from his spot to stand dangerously close to Gregory as he began to cower, stepping backwards as Simon walked forwards. "I invested a lot in you," Simon growled out as he pointed his finger at him, "and I am very disappointed." With his final words, Simon reached out his hands, shoving Gregory down the metal staircase that he was standing in front of, sending his body tumbling harshly down the steps,

Suddenly, an explosion was heard nearby as everyone's heads whipped around to see the explosion that you and Morgan had orchestrated. Rick smirked as Maggie nodded at him. "You lieutenants are going to have to decide now," Rick demanded as he stared at them through the gap in the sheets of metal from the cars. He watched Negan smirk, but knew underneath it all that he was struggling for options. "Maybe we can convene and take a time out," one of the other soldiers piped up, fear in his voice, as Negan turned to glare at him. "No. It's here and now," Rick refused, making his intentions clear, before he stepped to lean on his left leg, scoffing now. "You really gonna make me count?" Rick asked amused as Negan glared at him,

"Fine. 10...9....8," he counted slowly, emphasizing every number as he did so. "...7," he yelled and without warning, raised his gun shooting straight at where the soldiers stood, his group following his move, as they all raised their guns beginning to shoot out the windows of the Sanctuary, bullets raining down on the facility. With Rick's swift movement, the others managed to get inside as Negan was forced to practically dive down the staircase, ducking from the gunfire. The others began to pile into their cars, shooting as they retreated into their vehicles. People got into the RVs, driving them straight through the front gates, before parking them up as they jumped out, running back to the cars. Once Gabriel saw everyone got out safely, he turned to Rick and gave him a rapid nod as Rick wasted no time, hitting the button on the remote, as the two RV's exploded in flames, as they both ducked,

Through the smoke, Rick spotted Negan limping towards and hiding behind a piece of scrap metal from the debris. He saw red as he began shooting blindly, trying to catch him in the gunfire, seeing he was alone, defenseless. Gabriel's hand on his shoulder halted him as he turned around seeing Gabriel's panicked face. "We need to go Rick. This isn't about you, right?" he asked firmly as Rick listened, looking around at the walkers coming emmanantly closer towards them, grumbling a sigh but running towards the car, getting in as Gabriel got into his. Rick drove away, thinking Gabriel was right behind him, when in reality he had seen Gregory scared running to find somewhere to hide as he got out to help him; a mistake as Gregory took Gabriel's car, driving off swiftly, as Gabriel was forced to stumble into of the cabins, shutting the door and locking it as he panted, turning to see a figure; Negan,

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You and Daryl reached the meet up spot as he climbed off of the bike, reaching his hand out to you to help you off. You gazed at him in awe slightly, placing your hand in his palm as he graciously helped you off the bike, his hand ghosting your back to make sure you got off okay. You began to walk towards Rick and the others, only realizing now that neither of you had dropped the hold, still holding hands. You both noticed but neither made a move to let go as you blushed lightly. Once you reached the others, you were forced to let go of his hand as Maggie's arms engulfed you in a hug as you hugged her back, both of you smiling as you both swayed side to side a bit. "It worked," she whispered as you both pulled away, beaming at one another,

Daryl walked over to Rick as you spoke with Maggie. "We can wait some more," Daryl reasoned as they stared out at the horde of walkers attacking the Sanctuary. "We can't," Rick denied. "Gabriel stopped to get me. Negan. He was right there. I was trying to kill him and Gabriel stopped me," Rick said to Daryl as he listened to him. "You all right?" Daryl asked at his words, but Rick only chuckled lightly. "This isn't about me," he replied, before gesturing towards the cars, as Daryl took his nod, sounding a loud whistle letting everyone know to gather and leave. Everyone got into the vehicles as you got onto the bike with Daryl again, holding onto him extra tight, leaning your face against his back as he let a small smile grace his features at your action as he drove to next output you needed to take out, the group splitting to take out as many of the Savios outposts as possible. You relished in a few moments of bliss, not needing to worry about anything as Daryl drove the motorcycle. You felt the wind hit your face as you closed your eyes, feeling a few minutes of complete relaxation before you'd have to fight once again

PART 11 COMING SOON ;) let me know if you want to be added to the taglist <3 hope you enjoyed. for continuity purposes, this is a short chapter compared to the others, because i want it to flow a bit better and didn't want to cram too much into one part <3 not entirely proud of this part, so apologies if it's subpar

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[selfish-solace]

sorry i change interests like every 2 months i promise it’s a circle. with like a come and go in there right now fallouts in the pot and it’s probably gonna stay in there for a WHILE but my main interest is that and psychonauts is back there kindgom hearts is fighting it to be in my top spot adventure time would be as well but I didn’t like the last two fnc episodes .. :( art will come soon okay guys

[sketchy-the-changeling]

What games have you been playing lately? And are there any new releases you're looking forward to this year?

I briefly got back into Kindgom Hearts 1 but Persona 3 Portable just came out on PC so that's the primary game I've been playing now.

As for games I'm looking forward to this year (important ones in bold):

Spongebob: The Cosmic Shake Kirby's Return to Dreamland Deluxe MegaMan Battle Network Legacy Collection Insomniac's Spider-Man 2

STREET FIGHTER 6

[karla-the-elemental-dreamer]

Terra Week 2023 - Day 1 Package

@terrakhweek

I won't bore you all with formalities, so if anyone wants/needs to see my introduction/intention on works. Check here: https://karlasworld1998.wordpress.com/2023/03/22/introduction-to-terra-week-2023/

Basically the content of Day 1 is a bit loose and fluid, but Days 2 - 7 are a bit more in-line with Terra's past actions. And also, Terra decided to give some of his own closing statements on Day 7.

Terra is energetically driving most of my submissions (i.e. what to create and what emotions to convey), with the exception of one or two that were devised without his help (i.e. the poems).

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Prompts Addressed: Worlds + NewFriends&HangOuts

Pieces: 1. Drawing of Terra as a merman. (Worlds) 2. Dream Recap for Mary Poppins' world. (Worlds) 3. Drawing from one matching dream scene. (NewFriends) 4. Individual copy of Terra's chalk drawing (NewFriends)

To be acknowledged/shared: WED 22 MAR or THU 23 MAR

Requires mod/re-share on Twitter (written pieces)?: Yes

Mods, check the above for every submission package. Some may not have written works and so don't need to be re-shared to Twitter as I am 'mysticdreamer20' on there. I am posting every day on Tumblr so that there is consistency to my viewers and not like 'She's missing some days for TW...?'. As always, you share what you see as fit/suitable.

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Found a rigged model of 'topless Terra' on DA. So I thought I could try to draw that myself and so turned him in to how he would look in Atlantica:

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Dream recap from TUE 14 MAR - 2023.

This dream has been divided into half, as only the second half is posted here. The first half was not pertinent to a Terra week prompt/idea:

(If this was a fan-fic, it would be written with more of a BBS tone and perhaps more mention of Aqua and Ven. I drove the dream towards Terra-Week as best as I could).

-- START RECAP --

Terra got into his armour and on the glider himself as he then sat me in-front of him (me not in armour). He leaned over me as he sent the glider into the air and launched us off. However, we didn’t end up returning to the main area of Kindgom Hearts. Rather, we ended up on some small asteroid planet, which looked like it could be the Gateway Galaxy from SMG1. With Terra taking off his armour and now wandering the small planet with me, I felt like he and I were going to be on our own for the rest of the dream. That’s when I decided to ask him if there was any world he wanted to go and see. Terra answered “Well I’ve never been to Notre Dame before, so I wouldn’t mind going there”.

I became confused as for some reason, I thought that I had been there before with Terra. He replied that I may have gone there with Jak, but that Terra definitely remembers never being there before. All of a sudden I realised what I was wearing. That I changed into an outfit that some nun would wear, only without the headdress.

The dream then changed scenes, and I ended up singing ‘Feed The Birds’ as I was in front of some sort of cathedral. Terra was seen walking up to me as he asked me “Why are you singing Feed The Birds?”. I stopped near the end of the song and answered that we didn’t seem to be in the world of Notre Dame, but that we had ended up in ‘Mary Poppins’ world’. Terra seemed to be caught surprised as he looked around and saw all the old London style buildings. I also noticed that for this world, Terra was wearing a dark brown woollen coat with black trousers and boots. We then decided to walk around town and check out the rest of the area. I wondered why we didn’t see Maleficent in this world, less so concerned about Pete.

Closer to where all the houses were, we looked over and saw Bert, at the time during the cannon movie where he was a chimney sweep, but in the dream, he seemed to be working as a graffiti removalist. As Bert was seemingly scrubbing something off a brick wall with a brush, he looked over at us and called out, “Hey! You must be Terra”, as he waved frantically. Terra wondered how he was already known in this place. We both approached Bert as he then asked Terra, “And who’s that?” (referring to me). “She’s my friend” answered Terra, but then Terra’s voice was heard saying in the dream, “If I said my dreamer, he wouldn’t understand what that is”.

That’s when a large group of unversed showed up in a wide alleyway between some houses. “Unversed!”, Terra called out, as he then said sorry to Bert for the fact that he had to run off and deal with them. I said to Terra, “I can’t wield a keyblade. Looks like I’ll be sitting this one out”. As I began to walk off, Terra grabbed my arm and pulled me back. He prompted me to turn back around to face him and then reminded me that I was able to summon a clone of his keyblade. With him making a small gesture, I did end up summoning my own copy of his Earthshaker keyblade and so he and I both went and dealt with the small dark purple unversed that were in the area.

Once the unversed were gone, Terra and I went back to roughly where we were before, at the side of one of the houses. That’s a when four teddies decided to show up; being Selvian, Sierra, Nasha and Sibella, and Terra looked really happy to see them. I can’t remember what exactly it was that Terra said, but he insinuated for us to do something. That’s when he gestured to the open brick wall and suggested we draw a mural or ourselves on the wall with chalk. He winked directly at me after saying this, which I knew meant that he was signalling I could draw this instance for Terra-Week IRL.

Terra looked over at Bert, worried that he was going to tell us off or remove the drawing immediately after it was done. Bert reassured Terra and said something like “Eh, I’ll clean if off later”, even insinuating that he may decide to let the drawing stay forever. There was then a sub-scene with Maleficent and Pete looking at Terra and I from a distance. I have forgotten everything that Pete said, but Maleficent was like “No. Let her think that we’re not here. Look, she’s a baby (derogatory intention). Soon enough she’ll be swept up by that nanny, Mary Poppins (insinuating that Mary Poppins was going to kidnap me)”.

The scene then went back to Terra, the teddies and I drawing on the wall. Terra and I could reach, but the teddies had a really hard time as they were really short, so I had to hold each one up as they did theirs in their chosen place, and then I drew mine. There was yet another sub-scene that now played though. It was just me and Terra, and I was now sick with a cold. Terra pulled out a container of fish oil out of his pocket as he was getting me to take it. He also said that if he can’t meet Mary Poppins (as in can’t find her), then he can at least act like her. In a very mono-toned way, he sung some resemblance of ‘A Spoonful of Sugar’ as he inched the spoon closer and closer to my mouth, and then finally fed me the oil.

Back to the main scene again, as we had finished the drawing, Mary Poppins had now come walking into the scene from the Banks’ house. I forgot everything that was said, but it wasn’t looking good overall. We wanted to meet Mary Poppins, but didn’t necessary want to be taken in by her. Mary Poppins mentioned something about us wanting a nanny, when she saw the teddies and likened them to if we had children [Terra and I are NOT romantically linked; remember, DCs and/or NPCs are weird, and Mary had a concrete agenda in this dream]. Without notice, Mary came up to the teddies and grabbed Selvian, Nasha and Sibella, them now shouting and screaming. Mary walked them off as she said to them, “Come now, you’ll be taken in with the Banks’ children”.

Sierra wasn’t seen, and I wondered what had happened to her. I must also mention that Terra was back in his normal clothes for the drawing scene. When Mary had gone into the house with the three bears, Sierra came out of the lower part of Terra’s hakama pants that she had wrapped around to cloak herself [The flares were pulled back. She made an outside portion, i.e. a separate compartment]. Staggering out from behind Terra like she had been on a jackhammer, Sierra looked like she had seen a ghost. Terra looked dumbfounded to notice her there, but he was glad that one of the bears was safe. Soon after this, I woke up.

-- END RECAP --

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The drawing!: Recall back to the mural scene, Terra was like, you can wow them with this/'I'm allowing it'. This is the first time I have drawn a super detailed replica of a dream scene.

The idea is 'New Friends and Hangouts'. So if you think about it, we're offering Terra our friendship and companionship:

(L-R): Terra, Selvian, Nasha, Sibella, Sierra, Karla.

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For those that want to gush over Terra's chalk drawing. He drew this:

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Thank you and see you on Day 2! 23/24 MAR (TZ dependent). I am in Melbourne, Australia

[hxroofwilds]

What was the first muse that you’ve written?

So in the wee ol days of 2002, I started roleplaying on a notebook with a friend and we would pass a notebook back and forth in the hallways of our middle school. In that notebook was an Inuyasha Rp, where I roleplayed as Inuyasha and Miroku(not my proudest moment).

But if you mean online, it would be Roxas and Demyx from Kindgom Hearts 2, and it was in a forum on Proboards made back in 2007.

Tumblr, my first RP muse was Red from Pokemon(peep the icon above) and I actually had a pretty large group of people that adored my rendition before I got chased out of the Pokemon RPC.

[kingdomheartsgifs]