#ni no kuni batu

[shyuuni]

Watching my brother replay Ni no Kuni II and I forgot how much I love Batu

[incorrect-ninokuni]

Batu: Let's focus on what's important here.

Batu: Leander stole something.

Batu, raising his drink: To Leander!

All the sky pirates, raising their drinks: To Leander!

Leander:

[m0th-gh0st]

i really said i was gonna go to bed like 3 hours ago and drew this instead

[quinnleyaeroraen]

For this one as well in comments or reblogs why they are the best

[prince-jelli-fish]

such devious critters

[star-felled]

more citizens posting

a muriel i drew a while back and a species swap speio ! shes an aspiring priestess who works as a lady-in-waiting for the ding dong dell royal family

[docotokautism]

btw Batu was cursing Lofty about wanting Evan and Tani to kiss because Tani is a lesbian and he knows this HIT POST

[superbeans89]

No one:

Porn writers:

[ninokuni-dumbassery]

Leander: How are we supposed to put a tracker the size of a penny on Batu without him noticing? Bracken: Hey, Batu, I bet you 5 bucks that you can't swallow this penny. Batu: *takes and swallows tracker* Pay up, loser. Leander: ...

[sweetpea-sprite]

Do we have any knowledge of Oliver/the main cast's last names?? Other than Myrtle ig. If not do u have any headcanons

we know exactly two last names in ni no kuni 1: the cartwrights and the gappolinos. ...so no we don't have any knowledge of the main cast's last names (nnk2 has last names for all its main cast except batu and tani, though! (...and lofty but tbh i don't think fairies have them))

as for headcanons. heh. pushes up glasses. yeah i have headcanon last names for all the main guys here they are:

caph - oliver's last name, a star adjacent to shadar, in the cassiopeia constellation. one of the "three guides", three stars that make up an imaginary line

sirrah - esther's last name, arabic name for the star alpheratz. also one of the three guides

algenib - swaine's last name, a star with a lot of naming confusion. the last of the three guides

as for drippy. again i just don't think fairies have last names tbh. why would they have them they're all one big family anyway

[astralynx]

If i were to make a hypothetical PowerPoint about religion in ni no kuni I'd probably spend most of it talking about the ancient ones and other stuff and once that's all wrapped up I'd bring up that screenshot of Batu saying christening and start spiraling the implications of nnk Jesus

[daily-hinomori-sisters]

day 13 - au! shiho is included, alongside the rest of leo/need, tsukasa and a few others

small fandom (this is all self-indulgent anyway) BUT. i've been thinking about a ni no kuni ii au:

Tsukasa as Roland, Saki as Evan. One of the main reasons for this is how each person from Roland's world is connected to one in Evan's. Though I don't think it's ever said, Roland's son is at least implied to be tied to Evan. Roland's son is also implied to have a chronic illness. Throughout the story, he protects and encourages Evan, watching him grow. Evan goes from a timid, frightened former King to the confident ruler of Evermore, a kingdom he founded with Roland, and the boy who united all 5 kingdoms.

Airi as Aranella. I didn't know who to put here, but because Saki looks up to Airi, I thought this would be sweet. Even if Nella does die at the start. It's fine.

Ichika as Tani. I almost picked Shiho because she's also a bit of a stick-in-the-mud with a secret love of cute things (which also matches anessa from dqb2 but anyway.), BUT I decided on Ichika instead. It's implied that she eventually marries Evan, for one thing, but I thought that overall, she just fits better with her extroverted, optimistic nature (fits Saki better, but she's already Evan).

Shiho as Batu. Rather than a parental figure to Ichika, she would be more of a mentor and experienced fighter, both to her and Saki. I have less to say here. In this AU, the way she found Ichika wouldn't be that different. However, rather than stealing from Ichika's dying mother, she'd probably just take her to protect her, though she'd probably be a child or teenager rather than a baby. Plus, she's lonely (and in need of an heir, but that's not important). I do think it would be sweet if she used to be cold, but softened with Ichika.

Honami as Martha. She gets to look after all those little Higgeldies. I just think that would be cute. As a bonus, Kanade and Mafuyu could either live with her, OR be Higgeldies. Either are really sweet.

Miku as Lofty. It's funny.

Rui as Leander, Shizuku as Nerea. Shizuku would be a Queen, Rui would be her chief adviser. They're also in love, which was the main reason. Besides that, Leander is (one of) the most knowledgeable in the party, though it's Bracken whose knowledge is based around machines, as she is from Broadleaf (and her best friend is its ruler).

Bracken as An. I know Nene (with Zip as Rui) or Haruka might've made more sense, but I cannot let this go now. However, it could also be Toya as Leander, Haruka as Nerea, Nene as Bracken and Rui as Zip. Anyway, Bracken as An. That's it.

Akito as himself because I just really wanted him in here, especially where Toya is Leander rather than Rui.

NOW the part I was struggling with: Alisandra and Doloran.

A King isn't supposed to fall in love with his Kingmaker. Doloran did what he never should have. Alisandra reciprocated his feelings and for a while, they were happy. Alisandra, though, was immortal. Doloran wasn't. As a sort of last resort, she attempted to split herself into two and succeeded. One half mortal, the other being the powerful half, which became a great evil, the Horned One. Though she worked with Doloran to defeat it, this was only temporary. She gave up her future with her lover to seal the Horned One away and guard it, though Doloran didn't know this. She was also the one to bring Roland into their world.

Doloran wanted his kingdom, Allegoria, back, as it had been destroyed (sort of). He brought the Horned One back and took souls from across the world so he could begin to rebuild. Basically, he wanted his kingdom and he wanted Alisandra. So, who to pick?

For this one, I went with Mizuki as Alisandra and Ena as Doloran. Mizuki breaking unspoken rules for the woman she loves, then giving everything up to protect her. Ena never knowing this, desperate to return all that she lost, only to lose it again because not only did she not know everything she needed to, but because she was too hurt to care about what she did. It might not necessarily fit their characters, but I think it fits them best (though KanaMafu, AkiToya or MinoHaru could've worked well too imo).

As I said with Akito, Kanade and Mafuyu, the other characters would probably just be themselves. Assuming they're residents of different kingdoms that they can pick up along the way (the side quest characters, that is), here are their kingdoms, including the characters who could be replaced by others:

Ding Dong Dell: Minori, Emu

Goldpaw: Kohane, Toya

Hydropolis: Haruka, An, Shizuku

Broadleaf: Nene, Rui

[incorrect-ninokuni]

Roland: Anyone know how we can resolve this conflict?

Tani and Batu: [raise their hands]

Roland: Without resorting to violence.

Tani and Batu: [lower their hands]

[m0th-gh0st]

I'm gonna be real with y'all I can't remember the last time Ive drawn traditional art with a pencil.

[quinnleyaeroraen]

Doing sort of the same thing with ni no kuni polls, except this isn't about the characters' stats and/or if they're the easiest/best character to play as, and it's for both games.

[prince-jelli-fish]

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