#novallion

[cherryfury]

Glass (OC) for @novallion​

[biananas]

A moment of peace for the Wayfinder Trio. This is my submission for the “Ties That Bind” zine by @novallion and @destiny-islanders, celebrating the theme of friendship and also the release of KH3 ! ★ Go see this big and beautiful zine, you can download it for FREE here !  ★

[lokiarsene]

novallion replied to your post “today’s rando big brain moment is the realization that another reason...”

It's also a nice little addition that Ren can be read as 'lotus' (such as gurenge, the crimson (guren) lotus(Ren)) and I've always loved characters named after flowers

guren always makes me think of the song by the gazette, which i was thinking about today randomly. and yes, same here! characters named after flowers is a lil fave preference of mine as well.

basically the headcanon is fun no matter how i slice it.

[miracide]

novallion replied to your photo “an oc thingie. the big guy belongs to @nijicx and the slut whore...”

Mira, I love this, and I hate to point it out, but is there supposed to be an extra arm on Big Boy on the right of the image...?

yep! he grafts extra body parts on himself

[sypherianlp]

Drawing people’s oc’s ‘cause i’m trying to get back into drawing.

[destiny-islanders]

Youre so used to me roasting you you forgot I can be on your side lmao beep beep

I’m used to being roasted by everyone tbh since it seems to happen all the time bwahahahaha

[janazzaa]

Preview for the bdaycards4sora zine hosted by @destiny-islanders and @novallion!

Not sure what compelled me to draw the ugliest designs to come out of KH but here we are.

[odangobuns]

Nova insisted on more traitor Ven

[death-tink]

Final preview of my submission to @destiny-islanders and @novallion‘s The Ties That Bind Us zine!!! I got it done!!! >=D

[tinyshoopuf]

novallion

  I have an engineering degree and a master's degree...

Y-you did what

I ate soup with an egg. It was half a hard boiled egg that I ate the yolk out of but left the egg white part. So I had a little eggy spoon! And then I noticed the ACTUAL spoon in the bag and felt very dumb

[epicmykix]

So I am saddling up and joining destiny-islanders and novallion‘s Birthday cards for Sora fanzine because I need it. I’m getting to work as early as I can because I have a hecka busy schedule this semester but I want to make the cute things.

I got a majority of characters in because yes. Mickey, Goofy, and Donald are there in the form of covered up cupcakes but shoosh. I am so excited omg.

[nerd-blog-idk]

I-it’s not like I like you or anything!

@betamusic @violetstar-writes @destiny-islanders @novallion @chachacharlieco @euphemia96 @fluffyk97 @balmby @akimojo

[ecoplasma]

Eco, please, I'm begging you, teach me how you do expressions. And color. And literally everything. You're one of my favorite artists and I have ;; so many feelings about your ocs ;;;;;!

omg?????????? thank you??????? gfgdgssg you’re being so nice i literally had to calm down for 5 minutes after reading this………. i appreciate this so much and me being one of your favorite artists wh??? thank u so much god bless i lovand please tell me about all your feelings for my ocs!!! i want to hear them A L L

[shivasdarknight]

Always calling me a coward but I ALWAYS DO IT YOU FOOL

THE REFERENCE TO COWARDICE IS A TOOL OF MOTIVATION

SPITE IS YOUR FRIEND

WEAPONIZE IT

[kitsartblog]

“You’re telling me…” Vanitas held his hands out as if to brace himself from the wave of stupidity approaching. “You gave your name away to a faery?”

“W-” Roxas smiled, and Vanitas raised an eyebrow. Roxas only smiled when he was nervous, or caught in a lie. Vanitas didn’t think he’d be lying about this sort of thing. “Well, not exactly mine.”

This is based on the opening scene to @novallion ‘s wonderful fanfic “The Good Kind of Chaos”, which you can read here I messed up a little and accidentally posed them to where Roxas is standing to the right of the workbench instead of the left, oops... stupid disfunctional brain... Sorry Nova, I was going to draw a whole bunch of flowers but my hand started to give out on me so I kinda skimped out on the plants and the lineart and just put flat colors on the sketch, I hope you like it anyway! Consider this a pick-me-up gift since you’ve had a rough day with all that reposting nonsense, rereading “The Good Kind Of Chaos” is always a pick-me-up for me after all.

PLEASE DO NOT REPOST, COPY, OR USE THIS ART

[their-destinys-writer]

Connecting the Light - A Kingdom Hearts Fanzine Work

Did I tell anyone I participated in a Kingdom Hearts zine?

Last month, @destiny-islanders and @novallion organized what was probably one of the biggest Kingdom Hearts events in all Tumblr: a special zine called The Ties That Bind Us, celebrating the much anticipated release of Kingdom Hearts III. I’m happy to say that I submitted a piece, and I am finally sharing it with my followers.

For the zine, you can get the download link here.

Connecting the Light

The power to connect. Hearts that rest and take refuge in mine. That’s what they said I can do: that I have the power of connection to other people’s hearts. But will it protect my friends when they need it the most?

Sora was ready to leave Destiny Islands once again, but this time, instead of looking for his friends, he would be saving people connected to the one residing in his heart. And the owner of it, too.

Call them ‘future friends,’ as Sora liked to think of them.

After all, if they were Ven’s friends, then by extension, they were his friends too. He just hadn’t met them yet. Or, at least, that he knew of.

He stared off into the setting sun on the beach, the one that left trails of orange on the surface of the ocean. The boy listened to the waves intently, wondering when would be the next time he would hear them again. Hoping it would be these same waves he would hear again, and not the ones in the Realm of Darkness.

“Sora?” a soft voice spoke behind him.

He turned to find Kairi standing there, giving one of her bright smiles. Very appropriate for a Princess of Heart.

“I thought you guys had left already,” she said as she walked to stand beside him.

“Riku needed some extra time before we left,” Sora shrugged. “I think he’s not very sure about our next adventure.”

“Oh,” Kairi uttered, her brows furrowing. She turned to look at the sunset. “He still thinks he’s not worthy, doesn’t he?”

“I guess,” Sora sighed. But he quickly grinned. “But don’t worry. I think this test is just the thing he needs to prove how strong his heart really is.”

Kairi giggled. “Yeah. At least he will have you there to remind him…” She paused. “Sora?”

“Hm?”

“Don’t ever let him forget it: that he is also part of the light, no matter the darkness he has fought inside him.”

Sora blinked at her. Slowly, a smile curled his lips, as he looked back at the sunset, placing his hands at the back of his head.

“Don’t worry. I won’t let him forget.”

“I thought you’d be on the gummi ship by now.”

Both Sora and Kairi turned to the new voice, only for both of them to let out sounds of surprise.

“You cut your hair,” Sora commented.

“It was getting a little long for my taste.” Riku shrugged, walking closer to his friends.

“It suits you,” Kairi giggled. “I’ve been thinking about doing the same thing.”

“It bodes well, when you’re trying to start anew,” the young man said, now standing next to the other two, lightly stroking his hair.

“Great! You’re going to pass that exam with style now.” Sora playfully punched Riku’s bicep.

The young man chuckled, right before turning his gaze to the sunset. “You really think I’ll pass, with all the darkness I let in my heart?”

Sora and Kairi exchanged looks, instantly nodding in understanding.

“What are you talking about? Of course you’ll pass!”

“You’re gonna do great!”

They spoke at the same time, both with a sense of purpose, including Sora making a fist of confidence. The reaction was so strong that Riku was startled by their enthusiastic support.

“You have us,” Kairi added.

“And King Mickey, Donald and Goofy,” Sora continued. “You’ve got plenty of friends rooting for you.”

“Right,” Riku chuckled. “My friends are my power. That’s what you said before, right?”

Sora nodded. “Right.”

The trio turned back to the light, seeing the last bit of the sun sink down the horizon. Knowing it would be a while before they got to see it together like this again. So, they cherished the moment, savoring every second of it.

“We should get going,” Riku said quietly.

“Yeah,” Sora whispered.

As the two boys turned to walk away, Kairi spoke up.

“Make sure you two come back here,” she teased, placing her hands on her hips and leaning forward.

Sora grinned. “We will.”

He then practically jumped as he placed his arms around Riku and Kairi’s shoulders. Riku got dragged down by Sora’s short stature.

“I promise that no matter what, we’ll always come back here, to this island, and hang out. Like old times. No darkness involved.”

Kairi giggled, while Riku let out a short laugh and shook his head at his always optimistic friend.

Someday.

Someday, it’ll be me, Terra and Aqua. We promised we would find our way back to each other, that our wayfinders would guide us, and keep us together in our hearts.

And someday, I’ll see Xion again. And we’ll go back to that clocktower to eat that sea-salt we loved so much. And maybe this time, Axel won’t have to keep any secrets from us.

Someday, we will reconnect.

Personal A/N: I cannot even begin to describe how much this series means to me. I have been playing Kingdom Hearts since I was about 12 years old (I am about to turn 27 next month). I remember watching Disney Channel and seeing an ad for the first game, and I immediately fell in love with the idea of Disney characters mixed with anime characters.

When my sister and I got the game, we still didn’t have memory cards for our PS2. So you can imagine my frustration when I had to turn off the PS after I heard Tarzan say “Not Clayton. Hee, hoo, hoo ha ha” about 10 times.

But after getting memory cards, this was the first time I ever took the time to complete a game at it’s fullest. And for once, uncover secrets my sister never did (she was usually better at videogames than me).

It was the first time I had ever felt I had some unique achievement that no one else I knew had. That I was good at something I normally wasn’t. I remember gaping the moment I beat Sephiroth and saying “never again”, without knowing I would beat his ass again in Kingdom Hearts 2 later on. It was the one series I played over and over again, trying to get better and better with each playthrough. Even as I turned into adulthood.

Sadly, that PS2 stopped working properly over time, and I was too broke to buy any consoles, like a PSP or a NintendoDSi. So, for the longest time, I missed out on the games. From then on, everything I knew about the games came from Wikipedia.

That was, until my boyfriend (now husband) gifted me a Nintendo3DS for our 9 month anniversary, with Pokémon Y. Finally an adult with a part-time job, one of the very first games I bought for that 3DS was, of course, Kingdom Hearts 3D. I took my time playing it, but unfortunately, I was unable to finish it because one of the buttons stopped working properly. The one button one smashes the most to beat Xehanort in the end.

So when I finally saved enough money to buy a console, you bet your butt that I bought a PS4. While there were other games my husband and I were interested in (like Monster Hunter World, the remakes of Crash Bandicoot and Spyro, among other games), there was one main reason I bought it for: Kingdom Hearts.

Because I grew up with this series. Because they gave me a sense of supporting friendships. Because it was beautiful. Because it made me feel whole. Because they made me feel capable.

And when I saw PSN was selling the All-in-One Package, I didn’t need to think twice to buy it. And the second those games downloaded, I opened the very first Kingdom Hearts game, I started crying like an idiot. Because finally. I finally had them with me again. And I could finally experience some of the stories that I had only read about.

These 14 years have been an emotional roller coaster. But this last month really takes the cake. I cried so hard with the new game, from beginning to end, and I am so happy I got to see and experience it. I, personally, feel Kingdom Hearts III was so much of what I wanted it to be. I experienced so much old and new, at the same time. The added pieces of Disney were fantastic, and once again, it proved that Kingdom Hearts is so much more than just a crossover. It’s more than its gameplay and companies. It is a piece of us, that helped forge who many of us are now.

Kingdom Hearts is, and forever will be, the greatest game in my heart.