#luxu sees a younger version of himself in brain

[corishadowfang]

Any headcanons for Fallen Stars!Luxu?

YES LOTS. Minor spoilers for the latest chapter of Fallen Stars, so throwing them under a read more:

Brain was right about Luxu being a storykeeper, but only partially right about the reason. Luxu is VERY familiar with slipping into and out of different roles, so he figured putting those skills to use as a storykeeper would be a great way to keep prying eyes off him (and make his life a little easier). Also, even though many of the stories aren't entirely accurate, he's still pretty fond of them; they remind him of home, even if only in little pieces.

Because he's supposed to be maintaining his cover, he tries not to mess with the stories he tells too much (which would've bothered him when he was younger, but he's mostly just used to the idea now). That said, he will occasionally throw in a random "incorrect fact" in there just for fun.

Relatedly, he actually really likes reading the myths, etc., about everyone from Daybreak Town. He finds the discrepancies amusing most of the time, and he often tries to pick out how the stories ended up getting to that point from the truth. One of his hobbies is tracking down new versions of the stories to see what's the most ridiculous.

(He actually just likes reading in general, haha.)

Luxu doesn't necessarily have any "real" friends, but he has people whose company he enjoys well enough. He tends to see most people less like "people" anymore and more like...interesting pets or distractions. While he might like spending time with them well enough (and be amused by their antics), he's not going to be particularly hurt when they're gone.

He does, however, have a soft spot for the Union Leaders/Foretellers/anyone from Daybreak Town. The Foretellers is a more personal bond, but for the others, it's largely just...they're the only other ones who know. Most of the time anymore he's pretty good at leaving his emotions out of what he does, but anyone from Daybreak Town can drag the sentimental part out of him. That's the reason he tries to keep Brain away from Darkness/the box; there's a part of him that wants to preserve this one last part of Daybreak Town.

(He's also fully aware of Skuld's presence in Scala ad Caelum and has made efforts to try and keep the Master from noticing.)

He's learned a lot of powerful magic over the years, but tends to use it for more mundane things. Little things to help him cook easier, or move an obstacle out of the way, or to cool down on a hot day. He has a lot of very precise control, so most people don't even realize that he's doing magic.

Most of the time he's hard to detect, but when he's acting as himself and not his vessel, there's this very...otherworldly feeling. You can tell that you're speaking to someone ancient. Exactly how that manifests depends on his vessel.

Aaaand I'll cut it off there for now, haha. I love Luxu (despite not talking about him a lot), so it's fun to get to explore him a little.

[jemtokall]

“I’m hoping it is, kiddo” Another Treasure Planet reference because I couldn’t stop thinking about it

pt.1 | pt.2 | pt.3

[disneydreamlights]

So, while most of the Norts in the MMO AU follow the rule of "personality traits through the filter of Xehanort", Terra-Xehanort would be different, due to Terra/Eraqus and Xehanort constantly struggling for control. That, combined with his amnesia, would result in Terranort developing a split personality. One is how Terra views Xehanort, which would later become Ansem, and the other how Xehanort views Terra, which would later become Xemnas. Extracting Terra's heart wouldn't fix this.

...Which would explain why neither Ansem SoD or Xemnas aren’t a lot like Xehanort at all. I’d imagine it must’ve driven Xigbar crazy though. (Good.)

So, what keeps the Dandelions from being total gamebreakers once they're freed is that they are, for the most part, pacifists. This means that they'd just serve the in-universe explanation for where the other players in Multiplayer come from, unless there is an in-universe explanation for them to be more involved in the plot. Additionally, I imagine most of them would hang up their Keyblades to live normal lives after being freed. And to be frank, I wouldn't blame them.

I wouldn’t either given all that the MMO AU puts them through.

As for the Keykids running the Ice Cream shop, they'd both be Dandelions due to being from different Unions and not wanting to have to fight each other. They would not wear their ice cream uniforms at the Dandelion meetings, since they're not on the job, and the ice cream is more of a hobby. They would both wield Sweetstack though, even when off the job. All the Sweetstack Materials would be Ice Cream ingredients. Strelitzia and Mog were their favorite customers.

As for how the fact that they're siblings would be revealed? After you ask them about Ven's whereabouts (which wouldn't be easy seeing as they change what World their located in every day), Black Hair would remark on how surprising it is that they get along despite being in different Unions, while White Hair would bring up that they're twins. Cue the flood of angsty oneshots about them fighting and killing eachother in the Keyblade War until they're revealed to be Dandelions.

As for why they're running an ice cream stand? It was the family business, and they both want to keep their family's legacy arrive. They open up the shop whenever they both fill their Daily Quotas. And I just now realized that I accidentally created two OCs with a cute yet angsty backstory while trying to come up with an excuse for Sweetstack to be in the MMO AU. Although I kinda wish I knew how to draw because I just realized my imagined uniforms for them aren't in the canon game.

Ice cream twins you’ve got me sold I am now invested in these characters.

As for where the Ice Cream Vendors would run their shops on what day? Dwarf Woodlands outside the mines on Monday, Wonderland by the White Rabbit's house on Tuesday, Agrabah's Bizarre on Wednesday, Olympus Coliseum by the stands on Thursday (In the Underworld near the entrance in October), Beast's Castle in the Courtyard on Friday, and Daybreak Town in the park on the Weekend. They'd sell ice cream to the spectators during your matches in Olympus Coliseum, just to give the tournament more flavor

Can we buy ice cream while we watch matches or is it just the NPCs and they’re just there to add more character to the Olympus Coliseum stands and as a cute Easter Egg.

You know, after COM put forth the idea that death was the best possible ending for Repliku and that beings like himself could never be happy because they're not real people, I'm REALLY glad that the future games that remember he existed treated his demise as something tragic and not some kind of "mercy kill". His death always made me so mad because it was ultimately POINTLESS to the plot and a great example of a WASTED character. There's a reason I NEVER go down the same route canon did with him

That’s because it wasn’t really a mercy kill. Repliku shouldn’t have existed, it’s true, but once he did he also didn’t really deserve to die. He deserved a better life than the one he got, and its why the fact that he had to face Riku and die all the more tragic.

You know what, can we just have an AU where Namine stops Riku and his Replica from fighting to the death so that Repliku has the chance to be his own person and go on a journey of self discovery? Although I feel like he'd be relieved if Riku got a Keyblade and he didn't just because that would be one difference between them both. He'd probably also style his hair differently from Riku as part of that "forging my own identity" thing. It would be difficult and painful, but at least he'd be alive.

So I don’t quite have that at my disposal, but:

How do you feel about a 500+ chapter AU in which we get to see Repliku saved on the brink of death and shoved into a completely new universe where he is the only Riku? Because I can supply that for you it’s basically the starting point of one of my favorite fics.

Okay so, in KH3, while Roxas would have grown alongside Sora, Ven would not have aged a day while he was in the Chamber of Waking. This means that Roxas would look older than Ven. Vanitas would also look younger than Sora, due to not aging while his Remnant survived through sheer force of hate. Poor Ven, he's ancient but looks younger than the 3 year old.

This is one of the most hilarious things I have ever heard rip Ven.

I imagine Back Cover would be where all the vitriol that was once directed at Brain would then be redirected at Lauriam. Because once you see a 14-15 year old flashback to how he lost his sight and friends just days after the fact, and witnessed someone murder their closest friend, it's kinda hard to not rethink things like that.

I mean all my hatred towards Blaine if I had any would be immediately redirected towards Lauriam once Strelitzia is dead so I don’t even think I’d need Back Cover to hate him, assuming she’s revealed before Back Cover releases at least.

Laurie would lie about Aced killing Strelitzia before 2.8 released. In Back Cover, the famous Case of Luxury scene would be shown when Ava asks Luxu if he's the traitor, and cut back with the implication that he told Ava what the Master told him. The fun-sized Chirithy Ava squeed over was totally Nightmare Chirithy. Invi and Ira would be fighting during Ava's confrontation we Luxu.

Hey Lauriam don’t blame my son for my daughter’s demise.

Anyways, I’d like that transition more. Tbh I kinda wish we did get to see the Keyblade War unfold. It’s one of the only things I don’t like about BC is that it doesn’t follow X to its conclusion.

Okay so, in the MORNING AU, I imagine that the Mango could continue past KH2 depending on why the Manga ends there. As such there would be a Manga Adaptation AND Novelization of KHX. The novelization would have the default male protagonist, while the Manga would have the default female protagonist, and have her be part of Anguis. They'd also be characterized differently, the novel protagonist being more timid and the Manga protagonist being more snarky.

So yeah, the protagonist of the Manga would have Lauriam and the Keyblade Wielders from the Neoshadow Arc as party members until the Neoshadow Trio become Darklings. She'd leave the party after Lauriam blames her for what happened to their three party members. The Novel protagonist MIGHT be an Ursus Wielder, not sure yet. Aced would terrify both of them, since neither could defeat Ava when she was holding back, and Aced would actually be trying to kill them.

SNARKY FEMALE MANGA PROTAGONIST I AM ALL FOR THIS SHIT.

If they’re part of Ursus, I doubt they’d be afraid of Ursus. If you ask me, I think novel protag should be a member of Leopardus though. Creates good contrast versus Ava, and could create a lot of interesting arcs.

Both would have Medals in the "Toon Medal" deal. The Manga protagonist would have a Power-type Medal while the Novel protagonist would have a Speed-type Medal. The first time we hear either say their names would be when Ephemer is introduced. Neither protagonist would talk much, though the Manga protagonist's thoughts would serve as narration. The first time the Manga protagonist speaks would be to tell off Lauriam at the end of the Neoshadow arc before leaving his Party.

So, the Novel and Manga protagonists would both have Medals in the "Toon Medals" deal. The Manga protagonist would have a Power Medal while the Novel Protagonist would have a Speed Medal (if in Ursus) or a Magic Medal (if in Leopardos), in accordance with the idea that all the Keykids are the type that their Foretellers are strong against. They'd be the closest thing we'd have to Medals based off the Player, though both would be treated as distinct characters.

I think there should be a KHUx Toon Medal deal later on actually, where you can get Player and the five Foretellers, since in Ux they’re dead and could be used as medals.

So, MMO AU 0.2 would be virtually unchanged, save for the more intense version of "The End of a World" cutscene that I'm already forming a new idea for in my head, but that's a story for another day. But there would be one other change. You'd actually be able to see what abilities Aqua has on the difficulty you're playing on. Aqua'd have Treasure Magnet on both Beginner and she and Mickey'd both have it on Critical. There still wouldn't be prize drops in Critical, it's only there to taunt you.

...Wow, that’s cruel. Good thing I don’t play Critical because I’d cry I think.

So, in the MMO AU, starting up Back Cover in 2.8 would play a "spinning heart scene" like in the game. Unlike the games, the little screens would depict moments from past Kingdom Hearts games instead of moments from Back Cover. The music that plays over the spinning heart would be "Ventus". The credits themes would be "Case of Foretellers" and "Cavern of Remembrance". I'd probably keep the cutesy recap opening, just without the annoyingly formatted text layover. That was just BAD.

Actually maybe "The Dream" would be more appropriate than "Ventus". Anyway as for how I'd change "The End of a World" from my original idea would be to have the Keyblade Graveyard get absorbed by Kingdom Hearts. THEN Kingdom Hearts explodes, vaporizing the entire universe save for Luxu who survives by hiding out in the Realm of Darkness before Kingdom Hearts can absorb him. I mean, escaping from that to fulfill his role would be kinda difficult.

Honestly please change the entire intro. Maybe keep some of it but that intro could’ve been done so much better than they actually did.

Wow, honestly poor Luxu. Hiding in the RoD to survive doesn’t sound like it’d be fun.

So, I've lost track of what all I've sent you over the past couple of weeks, but I did have one idea that could be cool: imagine if there had been a movie based off the fall of Radiant Garden. I imagine that Xehanort would start out as the main antagonist until he splits between Ansem and Xemnas, at which point one of them would take over the role. I don't actually have as many ideas here as I do for the MMO part of the MMO AU.

I don’t need as many ideas make it a full length movie collaboration between Disney and Squeenix and I’m sold.

So, Sora would be conspicuously absent during Strelitzia's solo game as well as during the Epilogue DLC is that for the final phase of the final battle against Xehanort, Sora would trap himself and Xehanort within Kingdom Hearts. While the final clash would only be about as long as the battle against Xemnas' final form, outside of Kingdom Hearts, an entire year would pass during that duel. Fortunately, Sora would escape as soon as Xehanort is defeated, unscathed save for losing his powers again.

Damn...Poor RIku and Kairi. THey’d probably be searching for ways to rescue Sora the entire time instead of doing anything involving the other characters.

I kinda can't help but notice something mildly amusing about the MMO version of Back Cover. Mickey Mouse (or rather, a holographic double of him) is basically a herald of the apocalypse. I mean, his appearance is what tells the Foretellers that the people in the Book of Prophecy's Holo Worlds can leak out into the real world, explaining where the Heartless came from. Lauriam and Ventus just confuse them, because they KNOW they're not holograms.

GUYS THE WORLD IS ENDING CAN’T YOU TELL IT’S BECAUSE OF MICKEY FREAKING MOUSE. XD

So yeah, Invi basically accuses each of the other 4 Foretellers of being the traitor throughout MMO!BC. First she accuses Aced when he tries to kill her for talking Gula out of their alliance. Then she assumes it's Gula upon learning that Ira thinks that's the case. Then she accuses Ava upon learning about the Dandelions. Then, upon learning of Aced's true role, decides that IRA must be the traitor. The fact that Ira intends to wipe out everyone who fights in the Keyblade War doesn't help.

Okay so, Invi is kinda like Aqua in her devotion to the MoM, save for the fact that she LITERALLY worships him. That's kind of why her last words implied she was okay with the World ending, she had pieced together that the MoM WANTED the apocalypse to happen, and who is she to defy his will? The MoM is, amused by her worship of him, and he probably could have told her his true goals without her lifting a finger to stop him. It's Ava he's worried about.

So yeah, the reason he's so uncharacteristically serious around Ava is because he needs her to get Ven and Lauriam into the Unchained State. He needs Xehanort's plans to end a specific way in order for his eye that he placed in his Keyblade to end up in Kingdom Hearts, while Xehanort needs to drop Ventus off at the Land of Departure to notice the darkness in Terra's heart. Ava and factors he knows he can't control (the Gazing Eye doesn't see everything), could make everything fall apart

You know given how Invi was meant to invoke appearances related to Aqua with color scheme the fact that she parallels Aqua is really fitting.

Him being super serious around Ava makes sense if she’s the biggest threat though. Taking her more seriously means she’s less likely to mess things up for him.

[star-shapedfruit]

Alright buckle up kiddos its theory time and we gon’ talk about our Brainy boy and the Master of Masters

Please note this was made up mostly of me and @thesasstral screaming at each other at around 2 a.m so its a little crazy but whatever it could be true idk anyway HERE WE GO

Ok so for this to start to make sense I’d advise you go to @ice-cream-beat‘s name change theory because that was basically what started this one off and shit does it make sense. 

Ok read that? Cool. So what we’re saying here is that Brain/Blaine/Whateverthefuckyouwannacallhim could actually be the Master. We know the MoM is a clever dude and if that is his heart in the box poor Luxu is carrying around with him, he must have a second form- a nobody. Yeah he must have already split himself in two if that's the case when he’s talking with Luxu so could that be his nobody? Who knows. For this case lets just say it is.

The MoM must be at least 30/40 years old if not more but he’s definitely not a teenager as is the case with Brain. But hey time travel is a thing now thanks to DDD so perhaps this could be his younger self that somehow travelled to the future. Don’t ask how that happens and stuff because its complicated enough :’D But you can see a lot of similarities between the two that suggest they’re the same person.

Now this kinda got a little long so I’ll put it under a read more for the rest to avoid clogging up people’s dashes

Hiding their face

We never see MoM’s face at all under that hood. Almost like we can’t really see much of Brain’s face because its mostly covered by that stupid fedora thing he insists on wearing and his hair. Yeah we have seen his face in the recent artwork which all blew our minds so lets go back to that.

Appearance?

Brain appears to have grey/maybe blue eyes. They look more grey to me so this is probably nothing but if the colouring is a little off and they are in fact blue, this sort of links to No Name’s all seeing eye. Which is blue. A very bright blue which Brain probably doesn't have but hey if he can make himself look like a teen again what’s to stop him hiding those blue eyes? That is the master’s eye after all. AYE AYE.

Speaking of No Name- we haven't seen Brain’s keyblade yet. Just a thought.

Notice that earing as well. Looks like a cross right? Or could it be an X? A recusant’s sigil perhaps made to look slightly off centre to look more cross like? Almost like how he marked the Xsupe on the box.

Also hmm that's a lotta black you’re wearing there buddy, you trying to keep the all black theme going when you wear the coat as an older man?

Behaviour

In the newly translated scenes we see him go straight over to the book of prophecies (Just lying around there?? Kinda dangerous don’t you think? Maybe that was the one the dandelion circled in red on the list was meant to have) and starts flicking through it like a magazine. He seems very intrigued by it as well as all the other stuff the master used ie the glass vials. 

So he suggests to the group they create new spirits for the keykids to have to help devour their nightmares of the past and the keyblade war. Finding a recipe on how to make them then tearing the page out. Sounds like what the Master did with Gula. 

“I’m the one who’ll create them”. Even with a set of instructions he’d still need more time to think whether he can actually do this and exactly what it will entail. Instead he decides he’ll do it and goes about getting all the equipment ready as if he’s done this before.

Oh hey! That's the Master’s chair!

Like from when he made the chirithies, another kind of spirit

He even speaks and acts authoritative just like the MoM. 

So there you have it! Could Brain be a younger version of the Master? Sending himself to spy on the new union leaders? Hey maybe he’s the traitor. Maybe he even killed Strelitzia to make room for himself as a leader. Or maybe this is a load of crap. Who knows but it does make you think what this guy is really up to...