#oc: saga ; pawn

[elluvians]

Saga - Main Pawn

[dd-wyd]

The gay boys - day 18

"Grow one with me. I'm curious to see what you look like with a beard."

"I think the stubble suits you, Wyd. You handsome rogue."

The pride month challenge 🌈

[shadowedknight68]

DBZ OC: Zeno The Heraclan Survivor

In the expansive cosmic tapestry of universe 6, where the clash of powers reshapes destinies, a shadowy figure emerges from the remnants of a once-thriving world. Zeno, a lone heir of the Hera Clan, carries the heavy burden of his past—one steeped in loss and survival.

With striking firey orange hair, unkept and long, his sharp, piercing yellow eyes that portray little emotion, Zeno embodies an air of detachment. His skin bears the scars of his harsh upbringing, marked by battles fought not for honor, but survival. A single golden earring, a tribal emblem of strength and unity pierced into his right ear, a constant reminder of the home he lost in the flames of destruction.

As a child, Zeno watched his world fall apart, flames consuming the vibrant skies of his planet. At only six years old, he was hastily evacuated in an escape pod, his fate sealed by a choice he did not make. Hovering among the stars, he became a mere pawn to a merciless galaxy. Rescued by a brutal mercenary organization, he was molded into a soldier through relentless training, stripped of his childhood innocence and taught that vulnerability was a weakness in a galaxy that preyed on the weak.

Years spent in a ruthless boot camp built his physical and mental resilience, but they also forged a heart hardened by betrayal and loss. The camaraderie he sought among his fellow soldiers turned into bitter rivalry, each day fueled by the oppressive need to prove himself and the unquenchable thirst for freedom. As his strength grew, so did his resentment towards those who manipulated him, fueling a fire that would one day blaze bright enough to scorch the shackles from his spirit.

Zeno's escape was a smooth but perilous ballet over the bodies of his former captors, his skills honed to deadly precision. Now a bounty hunter, he wanders the galaxy like a storm on the horizon—an unpredictable force with his own code of honor. He accepts jobs from mercenaries and criminals alike, piecing together a living without attachments, all while quietly plotting his revenge against the organization that sought to control him.

Yet, within this cold, jagged exterior lies a soul still searching for purpose—half-forgotten memories of laughter and love haunting him in the stillness of the night. With the universe stretching before him, Zeno grapples with his identity: a soldier forged in battle or a wanderer seeking redemption. In the chaotic dance of fate, he is both hunter and hunted, a warrior seeking to redefine the meaning of strength in a world that has forgotten the warmth of compassion.

As Zeno surges through the cosmos, his saga is one of loss, resilience, and the unyielding hope that even in darkness, a flicker of light can spark a fire strong enough to ignite change. Whether he remains a solitary warrior or rises to reclaim the honor of his clan, only time will tell.

In his full power form, Zeno's cold personality is washed away by a sadistic, malicious, aggressive one, enjoying battles far more and becoming a wreckless titan of destruction.

When even his full power form is tested in battle, Zenos power will become out of control and his mind will become completely consumed by his power, leaving a insane monster which craves battle and bloodshed.

[this-acuteneurosis]

Random. But do you have any star wars fic recs ? Fics recs of any kind are welcome actually ^_^

Oh, uh, sure.

Let's see, I've mentioned @chancecraz a bunch of times, I love all their stuff, if I had to pick a favorite I'd say Of Queens, Knights, and Pawns but how does one really choose?

I've also mentioned @fialleril and Double Agent Vader, which really got me into the SWs fandom in the first place. I love everything I have ever learned, it hits me so hard in the feels each time. (I also really loved Sigyn's Saga if we're also talking not-SW stuff.)

I enjoyed The Desert Sun series by @blue-sunshine-mauve-morning. (I will be honest, I have only read the first series I have not started Rise and Fall.) It's engaging and fun and thoughtful.

doing it by my lonesome and staring down the barrel of the hot sun by magneticwave are two fun Luke/Din stories featuring appropriately cute Grogu. I also liked pages filled with scribbled ink, which is an epistolary Padmé/Obi-Wan fic that had me cackling. (their non-SW stuff is good too, I especially enjoyed just me against the sky)

Other...serious(?) recs include: The Wingless Dragon by husborth if you like being sad and horrified about Vader's bad choices. Food Scandal by Malicean for some situational hilarity and for lots of OC perspective on Imperial bureaucracy (my other weakness aside from politics). PRojects IN Controlled Environments by Beth Winters for Imperial R&D bureaucracy, more situational hilarity, and very relatable coworker nonsense.

More silly/fun premises include: Compromising by samvelg, which inspired me to write a (very different) Piett POV of Luke and Vader nonsense. Memo: Jedi Maintenance (The Care and Feeding of Your Jetii) by RainofLittleFishes is exactly what it says and what you would hope for from such a title. Luke Skywalker is Altogether Too Likeable by Mokulule is another Piett POV of Skywalker nonsense.

As far as Non-Star Wars recs

It would be a crime and sin if I didn't mention Embers by Vathara , an Avatar the Last Airbender fic which honestly changed my life and how my brain was shaped.

World Ain't Ready by @idiopathicsmile is a Les Mis fic I've gone back to a few times. The dialogue is just really good. I spend a lot of the fic laughing, and also screaming at the characters.

I fell absurdly in love with Second person familiar, I think because it tickles some part of me that just dies over linguistics, and I'm a fan of pretty much everything @jackironsides has done for The Witcher.

Salvage by @muffinlance is a very fun Avatar the Last Airbender fic about Zuko getting reluctantly adopted by Hakoda (it's so good).

Finding the Line by Miss_Lazy_Tuesday is a Batfam fic that sort of ruined me at one point, it's fine. (I enjoy their other stuff too.)

The Angel of Hell's Kitchen by MarbleGlove is a Daredevil fic. I don't really go here, but this was about social structures, bureaucracy, and doing the work, and we all know I can't help myself.

Reconstruction by rageprufrock is the story of Stephanie Rogers, but like, it's Pru writing it. So. Characters are great. World building is great. Tension and longing and grief are great. I cannot stress enough how good the academic and news article asides are. Like, it's good. Incomplete, but so good.

Ordinary Numbers by BootsnBlossoms and Kryptaria, a James Bond fic that I keep coming back to because I too would be a sucker for someone who sent me needlessly expensive gifts.

And This, Your Living Kiss by opal_bullets is a Supernatural fic about poetry. I am not in this fandom, but again, my weakness for language gets me every time.

ever fallen in love (on national TV)? by ganymede_elegy is a GoT Jonsa modern Bachelor AU and...guys I cannot express how much I Do Not Go here, and how much I still recommend this fic. Like, it's just...I don't know. It worked. In spite of me knowing nothing about GoT or The Bachelor. wtf

survival of the fittest by cywscross is a short Naruto fic about a very unpleasant adventure for Sakura and Shikarmaru that just...worked. As a story. Dunno, I just really like it.

I could be wrong, I could be ready by harryromper is a Harry/Draco fic where they are disasters and traumatized, and it is about healing and building houses as a metaphor for overcoming trauma, and it's fine, I'm fine.

eternity will be born from hope by theseviolentdelights99 is a Yuri!!! on Ice fic that is about a time traveling Yuuri who (you'll never guess) goes back in time and does bureaucracy in his hometown and his sport to help the people that he loves. The unreliable narrator is excellent, the social media asides are wonderful, and it's not complete but it is exactly my poison.

(Wow, this is so long and all over the place...)

[psychiclounge]

dragons dogma 2 is gonna rule i downloaded the character creator and made my kinda empty headed looking tree of an arisen from ddda, saga, and i was going to make my oblivion dark brotherhood oc yvain as his pawn again when i saw the grizzled old catboy preset for the beastren and i was like. Oh shit . so now saga has a new pawn,

[nerice]

idk if this was a particular meme but songs for kizuna pls

it was a [tag three songs for your oc] rb that i turned into an ask game bc i have too many oc haha. kizuna songs are very rare tbh bc a/s is chronically underfunded as a story corner but i can pull together 3 i think!!

15 min flame by poets of the fall

the old queen murder anthem!!!!! a soft prelude,

golden days in the golden court that head towards the inevitable with sol's resolution to upset the balance of the entire world with her death & using kizuna to do it for her :^) wormed lined of all all timed

kizuna the pawn, the tool, the fool, the queenslayer, the mad reaper who cannot remember what set her on this path but she is seeing it through to the end <////3

faceless by red

madness arc !! playing off of the end of oqm territory >>

all kizuna was all she could have been folded and turned inside out she keeps retracing her steps trying to find sol, save sol, kill the imposter queens and consume them but all it does is fracture her personality further, a million faces and none of them her own until she finds herself wearing sol's face & she has utterly lost track of reality........

save me by a life divided

not 100% a kzn song but very specifically the soundtrack for the [end of academy] conclusion to the oqm saga. also a song i was thinking of a lot when i read machineries of empire which also had large a/s aesthetics so the two got wrapped together in my brain w

& the most specific kizuna lines in this being

a little bit of agency regained... This Is Not The End Of Your Story but it will be the end of Theirs :)!!!

[noperopesaredope]

Fics That I Really Like A Lot

So, I just wanted to make a post uplifting some really great fics I’ve read/am subscribed to or still keeping up with. I like to let people know about other creators, and I just wanted to mention some works I think people should check out.

(Note, this post was made on Sep 2, 2021, so when I say something is recent, I mean compared to when I made this post)

Tangled the Series Fics (Mostly Varian Fics):

Walls of Stone (Finished)

Varian and Whumptober 2020 (Series) (Finished) (Sidenote; I really like this author in general, but there is just so much great whump and extreme angst in this series! Says they are but a humble freshman, but I say they are a very skilled freshman!)

How Pneumonia Stopped a Stubborn Alchemist from Descending into Villainy (Finished)

Screw Treasure, I got Trauma (Finished)

Tangled One-shots (Series) (Finished? I Think?)

Voluntary Manslaughter (Finished)

I’ll Always Lend an Ear (Finished)

Drown Your Past, Burn your Future (Series) (Unfinished, but still going strong)

Scars of a Child (Series) (Unfinished)

Unrelenting Silence (Finished)

Where was the happily ever after? (Finished? Unsure)

All our Dreams (Down the Drain) (Unfinished)

Not All Falling Stars Grant Wishes (Finished)

Alchemy Lullaby (Series) (Finished)

Insignificant (Finished)

Second Chances (Almost finished)

The Pawn Decides Its Fate (Finished)

Unsaid Emily (Finished)

Today, Today (Finished)

The Pride in Your Eyes (Unfinished, but still somewhat new)

Monster (Finished)

You Are Enough (Finished)

An Alchemist’s World (Unfinished, but the first four chapters could definitely work as a standalone fic, so, in my eyes it’s finished)

Too Smart for Your Own Good (Unfinished, going strong)

To find the Sundrop (Unfinished)

There’s More in You (Unfinished)

The Science of Love (Unfinished, going very strong)

Season 2 But Gayer (Unfinished, going strong-ish)

On My Honor (Series) (Unfinished, going extremely strong with consistant updates)

A Prince and His Bodyguard (Series) (Unfinished, going strong)

Rocks, Wolves, and the Moon (Series) (Unfinished, going strong)

Return to Me (Unfinished, going strong)

Perilous Night (Unfinished, possibly discontinued, but worth a bit of the read)

Nomad (Unfinished, author is working on multiple projects, so IDK)

No Reward for Second Place (Unfinished, but fairly new and somewhat well updated)

Oath of the Lawbreaker (Unfinished, possibly discontinued)

New Quest for Varian (Unfinished, fairly new)

My Dear Son (Unfinished)

Insignificant (Finished)

Indentured (Unfinished, same author as Nomad)

Enter the mind, remove the sins (Unfinished, going pretty strong)

Darkness exists to make the light truely count (Unfinished, going strong. Updated about every month or two, with consistency)

Creeping Crystals (Unfinished, but going somewhat strong)

Blood of My Brother (Unfinished, going as one of the strongest in its fast updates)

Cyclorama (Finished) (Companion to Blood of My Brother)

Chemistry in Motion (Unfinished)

Away from Home (Unfinished)

Alone? (Unfinished-ish)

It’s just a mild inconvenience (Unfinished, possibly discontinued)

Gauze in the Wound (Unfinished, pretty consistent last I checked)

Blood Makes the Knife Holy (Series) (Unfinished, but each part could work as their own fics, and it’s still going)

A Progression of Events (Unfinished)

He Needs Me (Unfinished, going strong)

Or So They Though (Unfinished, going pretty strong)

The Long Road Back to Home (Unfinished, hasn’t been updated in a bit, but is pretty long and each chapter could take about a couple months to finish, and even longer if the creator is stuck/has other fics. Still worth the read)

The Road Home (Different) (Unfinished)

Reunion at Sea (Unfinished, going strong)

Elements of Angst (Unfinished, probably updated soon)

Arson (Unfinished, every time it think that maybe it’s been discontinued, it comes back)

Unconventional Family (Unfinished, possibly discontinued)

To find the Sundrop (Unfinished)

Wayward AU (Comic) (Unfinished, pretty consistent)

RWBY (Mainly Oscar Fics):

It’s Venomous (Finished)

Will you stand and be brave or be broken? (Finished)

Oscar Gets Himself a Coat (Finished)

Who You Belong To (Finished)

Imperfect Light (Finished)

Shell (Finished)

Blood on Both Hands (Finished)

Tell Me that I am a Fool (Finished)

If i believed in destiny i'd have to hunt it down and punch it in the face (Series) (Unfinished, can have the occasionally long hiatus, but the creator comes back)

Is Oscar okay? no but the answer is b (Finished)

Running From Memories (Finished)

Rescue Me (Unfinished)

Souls of Love and Bravery (Unfinished, relatively consistent updates)

Revert To Last Save File (but it's the wrong file) (Unfinished, but still going)

Broken Body and Souls (Finished)

Camp Camp:

David’s Family (Unfinished, possibly discontinued)

Horror Camp (A little too much child whump for me, but it’s very whumpy) (Unfinished)

Inconvenience (Unfinished)

Still Here (One of my favs) (Finished)

Hetalia (Mainly America and Canada Centric):

Recovering the Broken Pieces (Unfinished, possibly discontinued)

Hetalia 2020 - WWIII and more (Unfinished)

(More fics in the crossover section)

She-ra (Quite a few Kyle ones):

The Chronicles of Kyle (Unfinished)

Sunflowers (Finished)

She-Ra: In the Wake (Unfinished)

Princesses and co. work through their issues (Unfinished)

What is Heard (Cannot be Unheard) (Finished)

Long Way Home (Unfinished)

The Hollowed of Etheria (Discontinued. For now at least. Author might revamp it)

Hordak and the Orphans of the Horde (Unfinished)

Big Sis (Finished)

Ex-Horde (Finished? Pretty good on its own though)

Prisoner of Conscience (Unfinished, still going strong)

Tales of Arcadia (Mostly Douxie Fics):

The Immortal Bonds (Unfinished, going strong)

I Can Make RotT So Much Worse (Unfinished, going strong)

Not After 900 Years (Finished)

A Different Path (Finished)

Half-Remembered (Finished)

Shattered Timelines (Unfinished, going strong)

In the Fullness of Time (Unfinished, updated recently)

One Last Time (Unfinished, updated recently)

Tales of Arcadia Watch Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans (Unfinished)

Crossover Fics:

Sold (TTS/HtTYD) (Finished) (Author is really good at angsty oneshots that should be made into full fics)

Varian’s Mysterious Transport (TTS/Infinity Train) (Unfinished, unexpected updates)

Of Rocks and Robots (TTS/Big Hero Six) (Series) (Unfinished, very consistent)

(Like the moon) I'll sway the tide and lead you astray (TTS/HtTYD) (Unfinished, haven’t read in a while)

Heathers and other fandoms react to stuff (Multifandom Crossover Fanfiction) (Unfinished, confusing update schedule, not every fandom gets much spotlight, still incredibly fun)

Chemistry in Motion (TTS/Big Hero Six) (Unfinished)

The Weight of Both Worlds (Hetalia/RWBY) (Series) (Finished) (My favorite fic ever)

Infinity (Hetalia/BNHA) (Unfinished, possibly discontinued)

G8 china in UA, 1-S class! (Hetalia/BNHA) (Unifinished, possibly dicontinued)

That Which Makes Up This Land (Hetalia/ATLA) (Unfinished, author is editing and reposting all their series, which could take about a year, but it will be back)

A Waterbending Quirk (ATLA/BNHA) (Unfinished, going strong)

Other Fics:

Earth is Odd Enough (Sanders Sides) (Unfinished)

UA Faculty Tiktok OCs (BNHA) (Webtoon) (Check out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63lWYueDsek&t=208s, she’s amazing) (Unfinished. The Tiktoks, on the otherhand, are very much still going)

Harry Potter and the Lack of Lambsauce (Harry Potter) (Finished)

Grinch x Tony the Tiger (You know) (Unfinished)

Flowey is Not a Good Life Coach (Undertale) (Finished)

It Wears a Mask (MCU Spiderman) (Finished)

A Different Fate (Harry Potter) (Finished)

A crack in the glass (eye) (ATLA) (Finished)

Identity Saga (MCU Spiderman) (Series) (Unfinished, author is very dedicated to fic and is incredibly determined to finish it, so highly unlikely to be discontinued)

Bakery Enemies AU (Miraculous Ladybug) (Comic) (Unfinished, going strong)

Authors I Like:

AquaQuadrant aka @aquaquadrant (probably know them if you’re in the Varian fandom. Ridiculously talented)

bethhigdon (in the TTS fandom and the Big Hero Six fandom, but also other stuff)

Cate_9xBlue aka @cate-9xblue (known best for their TTS fics)

Royalsciencenerd (Writes amazing TTS Varian fics)

HoneyxMonkey aka @honeyxmonkey (Writes TTS fics and talks a lot about Tales of Arcadia on their blog. Has some great ideas)

Sand_wolf579 (Has a large and varied catalogue)

ExploretheEcccentricities aka @exploretheeccentricities (Lots of TTS fics)

ShadowSnowdapple aka @shadowsnowdapple (RWBY Oscar fics that are amazing)

Widowfics (Great TTS writer)

AMax76 (Wrote the amazing Blood of My Brother)

violetsaren_tblue (has some great TTS fics I like)

Time Traverser (Excellent Hetalia America and Canada Fics)

Aloneintherain aka @captainkirkk (Just started reading their stuff, SO many excellent Spider-Man fics)

So yeah, just giving some appreciation for all the fic creators out there and their creations!

[rotttnapple]

far cry 3 but Improved

ability to choose the Jason Brody backstory or Build Your Own Character ala Far Cry 5 because I’m a slut for OCs

how your OC or Jase got to the island, escaping either Vaas, Hoyt, or Citra based on decisions made in a prologue chapter 

depending on your decisions, Grant has the potential to be Alive

starting out as a completely neutral party just trying to survive 

three different storylines with different endings depending on which faction you choose Citra: overthrow Vaas and Hoyt, fight the disrupted armies and reclaim the island. Will you join her and rule, backstab the Queen and reign, or leave Rook and try to resume a normal life? Vaas: go down the rabbit hole of insanity, overthrow the Sister Queen and take back the southern island from Hoyt. Gain a cocaine addiction and accept you’ll never leave - will you become more insane that Vaas and become the new Hoyt Volker, or will you rule the islands in tandem? Hoyt: drugs, money, and fame, join the most powerful drug lord in the Pacific. Win the war against Citra and her warriors and gain Vaas’ trust - before stabbing him in the back and taking his place.  The People: reject the power hungry and fight for the oppressed natives of Rook, cast Citra off her throne, wipe out Hoyt and his forces and bring Vaas to his knees. Congratulations, you are now the new elected President of Rook. 

animal sidekick. ANIMAL SIDEKICK. Tame a tiger, leopard, bear, or dogs and call for them in your times of need. 

craft weapons and poison, clean and repair your guns 

convince your friends to join you and fight not knowing if they’ll live or die, abandon, or betray them 

horde your treasures in your own shack

discover Rook’s history and magic, learn about Hoyt’s arrival, Citra’s rise to power, Vaas’ leaving of his people (and how he got that scar)

build disguises to infiltrate, backstab and betray as you join and overthrow the island powerhouses 

use Willis Huntley and Buck Hughes as pawns, befriend and kill them

explore massive underground caverns, temples, and lava tubes, accidentally set off a small volcanic eruption, claim the magic for yourself

kill creepy ass Dennis

sample the many drugs of Rook, keep your will power strong or fall to addiction and decay

discover the saga of Hurk and his monkeys 

aid or betray newcomers to the island - bring them into your forces with the people, leave them to the wolves as you intwine further with Citra, or reap the profits as you become Hoyt or Vaas’ favorite new person tl;dr: I don’t want Far Cry In Space, I want Far Cry 3 on steroids

[eisforeidolon]

This might sound biased because this is coming from a Sam fan, but Dean getting to hug Kaia is the biggest load of bs when Sam was right there. As if he wasn't the one who threatened her with a gun. SPN is so far up Dean's ass they've forgot what has happened in canon 2 seasons ago. Also according to Dabb they brought back Kaia bc Jensen didnt like that she hated Dean and wanted closure. Why does every character on the show needs to be a Dean fan? Same thing happened with Jack.

I mean, I don’t think that’s biased to think that hug was complete crap?  I thought Dean holding a gun on a scared teenager was complete BS in the first place, but it’s just as absolutely fucking absurd for her to run and hug him when it did happen.  Like WTF.

The part where we seem to differ is that I don’t think the writers constantly using Dean as the one to prop up their bad OCs is anything enviable.  They’ve done this again and again and I don’t want it for him and I wouldn’t want it for Sam either, tbh.  The whole bullshit Patience episode, who is the one stuck there propping up that nonsense - and being condescendingly contradicted by Jody?  Even though Sam was the one who desperately wanted affirmation and connection with Jack while Dean doesn’t trust him, who gets stuck coddling baby NougatSue when he’s dying his last day on Earth *sob sob so sad* gag me?  Now this crap with Kaia?  UGH.  He’s also the one perpetually stuck making increasingly ludicrous brotherhood speeches to Trenchcoat McBackstab.  See, see Dean likes them, they’re in good with Dean, NOW YOU HAVE TO LIKE THEM, TOO!  Nah, fuck the hell off, writers.

If I was gonna put on my bitter Dean girl hat, I’d find it annoying the only half-decent characters I can think of that we’ve had in the recent seasons who have bonded with one of the brothers more than the other?  Where there was some actual relationship development instead of the character just being pawned off on Dean somebody?  Those were Rowena and Eileen, who were both closer to Sam.  (Although to be fair they completely ruined Eileen by bringing her back as a ChuckPuppet Designated Love Interest, so that’s still pretty paltry.)  They also gave Sam his very own playset of nonentity OCs who were there to prop him up instead of the other way around in the AU “hunters”.  (Not exactly enviable considering what absolute nonentities they were and that they’re gone now so we don’t have to put up with them anymore, but that was a thing.)

When did Dabb say that?  I saw Berens’ tweet that mention closure with the “Dark Kaia spear saga’ but not Dabb’s comment. 

[themattress]

My Opinions on the KH OCs

SORA: I adored Sora from KH through KH2. But then I became disillusioned with him because they kept making clones of him, pushed his positive Messianic qualities to the extreme, and then went too far the other way in 3D by making him into this over-the-top childish idiot who screwed everything up and was denied Keyblade Master status, all amidst proclamations that he was a "dull, ordinary boy" who "the Keyblade didn't choose" (which is an outright LIE.) For the most part, KH3 brought my old love for Sora back by usually characterizing him the same way KH2 did...and then it basically killed him off in the end, punishing him for doing good, all while Xehanort gets rewarded by being able to go to Heaven even after a lifetime of doing evil without a shred of remorse. What. The. FUCK? When Sora faded away at the last minute, so too did any remaining interest in this series.

KAIRI: Loved her in KH, she was so damn interesting and relatable, and her role in the story was a perfect twist on the classic Disney Princess role. Her role and characterization in KH2 weren’t as strong, but her new design, actions, connections with other characters and endgame development made up for it, as did the fact that she was still voiced by the lovely Hayden Panettiere. Add to this how strongly she factored into COM, and Kairi was clearly the original trilogy’s emotional heart. Then that heart got removed and never put back, as Kairi was excluded from the games to the highest degree possible, all leading up to a horrifying bait-and-switch in KH3 where she was finally returning to prominence and looked to become a stronger character than ever before, only for the exact opposite to happen, not at all helped by the voicework of Alyson Stoner. What Nomura’s done is a travesty. #KairiDeservedBetter.

RIKU: Loved him in KH, where he was like a Final Fantasy character turned Disney villain and he played that role incredibly well. I thought he was fumbled when he starred in his own story mode in COM, but I never really blamed him for that and more the writing around him that pushed him into an unnatural position that even he didn’t seem to want to be in. Despite not truly appearing as himself until the endgame of KH2 and having flatter characterization, Riku still redeemed himself excellently through being a party member helping against the final boss, along with a beautiful reconciliation with Sora. Like his other friends in the Destiny Trio, things went downhill afterwards. Riku became so overexposed, shoved down our throats, and positioned as the series Deuteragonist who phased Kairi out of existence while being given more badass feats than Sora, that I lost my liking for him entirely and consider him to be a blatant Mary Sue. This sadly didn’t change with KH3, and it only looks to be getting worse.

ROXAS: Despite falling way short of the hype, I enjoyed Roxas in KH2. He was likable and sympathetic, and he did a good job servicing one of the game’s deepest themes. But then, because he was (confusingly, IMHO) uber-popular, he got his own game featuring his time in the Organization, and he never left that bland portrayal behind, with every subsequent game he appears in having it be Days!Roxas instead of KH2!Roxas, to the point where KH2!Roxas was demeaningly retconned into having “ceased to exist” when he fully re-merged with Sora despite what was said and shown to the contrary in KH2, all for the sake of giving him a shamelessly fan-pandering perfect happy ending. Roxas thus became one of the characters whom I most associate with the downfall of the KH series, and thus one of my least favorites. 

NAMINE: Namine was a character that I loved in COM and KH2, despite being pretty confusing even back then, since she had a real humanity behind her. I was very disappointed that afterwards, she became more and more of a convenient plot device and mouthpiece for Nomura’s convoluted lore rather than a legitimate character, with her characterization regressing to and being regurgitated from her debut appearance. The scale and scope of her powers got ridiculous, the retcon of Sora having promised to thank her when that was never the case is beyond stupid, and she fell prey to the same retcon Roxas did of “ceasing to exist” when she merged with Kairi and thus needing to be “saved” in order to cure her “hurt”. Naturally, she’s right up there with Kairi as one of the most frustratingly-handled characters.

XION: I was immediately turned off by this character due to how blatantly fanfic Mary Sue-esque she was, then warmed up to her considerably as I actually played the game and saw how she was utilized, only to be turned off of her again when Nomura completely went back on her firmly established tragic fate for the sake of a schmaltzy happy ending that neuters what was effective about the character, in essence turning her right back into just a fanfic Mary Sue. I don’t actually blame Xion for this, but she’s still my least favorite main KH girl.

VENTUS: Kind of the same deal as Xion - didn’t like him at first because he was a lazy retread of Roxas and whose connection to Sora cheapened things, warmed up to him after playing the game and seeing him in action (I especially love his voice by Jesse McCartney, which is very distinct from Roxas), only to go right back to not really liking him when we ended up never hearing the end of him and how he is the reason behind so many events and character motivations, especially once he was retconned into hailing from the X time period.

TERRA / LINGERING WILL: While I’m not too attached to him, I still low-key love this guy. Yes, he’s an idiot, but an understandable, well-meaning and likable one, who also has a very charismatic-looking design and is badass in combat. Everyone loves the Lingering Will, but I don’t think it would be as effective if it didn’t come from such a flawed screw-up like Terra. It’s uplifting that even if you do nothing but fail, your will to succeed can achieve some form of success in of itself. He may have got the shaft in KH3, but he made the most of what he had.

AQUA / ANTI-AQUA: In BBS, I felt Aqua was more enjoyable than Ven but not as much as Terra, making her a pretty fittingly balanced character in my view - I loved that she was the first fully playable female character in the series and did a lot of neat stuff in the story, but I hated how devoid of character development she was compared to her male friends and how her English voice actress constantly missed the mark in her delivery. In 0.2 BBS, she was put in a lousy story, but she became a much more interesting and developed character as a trade-off. Sadly, it all fell apart in KH3, where aside from her brief stint as the terrifying Anti-Aqua, Aqua became an incompetent joke of a “Keyblade Master”, jobbing in every major fight she had and jobbing badly, with that development from 0.2 BBS amounting to nothing. In the end, Aqua wound up right back where she began - between Terra and Ventus in my favor.

MASTER ERAQUS: Love his design, love his voice-acting, love his premise as a character - do NOT love him. In a story where all the heroes act like idiots, Eraqus takes the cake, and becomes outright unlikable when he attempts to murder Ven and Terra under very flimsy reasoning. And KH3 only makes him worse, with a severe disconnect existing between his younger self and his older self, and helping to contribute to the game’s bullshit ending.

DIZ / ANSEM THE WISE: I loved him as the tragic, Monte Cristo-esque figure as shown in COM, Days and KH2, especially when voiced by the incomparable Christopher Lee. He had the perfect send-off in KH2, which made it such a slap in the face when BBS’ secret ending retconned him into having surviving, only for him to do jack shit but be a plot device, and not a very good one at that. Bringing Ansem the Wise back was one of the series’ biggest sins, and stands as a textbook example of Nomura not knowing when to just let a character go.

HAYNER, PENCE & OLETTE: I like these kids, they’re a lot of fun in all their appearances.

MASTER XEHANORT: I really enjoyed Master Xehanort in BBS, when he was just a simple Darth Sidious expy voiced by the great Leonard Nimoy, a character whose chief purpose was backstory for the villain we already knew who went by the same name. But then Nomura decided that he was the main antagonist of the whole series and retconned that everything that ever happened was part of his convoluted master plan...a plan with very muddled objectives and motivations, not to mention contradictions at many turns. This turning of Xehanort into a Villain Sue had severe consequences in KH3, where not only was he weakly voiced by Rutger Hauer, but he was written terribly: only showing up at the end, fridging Kairi for no reason, being beaten in a surprisingly easy boss fight, having his entire motivation changed, and receiving one of the most audience-insulting endings that a villain could possibly receive, especially one as remorselessly evil as him.  The final slap in the face was revealing that he was a pawn to someone else, derailing the entire point behind the stupid-ass “Xehanort Saga” decision! So in the end, Master Xehanort was pretty damn pointless.

TERRA-XEHANORT: The original Xehanort introduced in KH2. While his origin is something of a headache (he’s an amnesiac Master Xehanort possessing the body and heart of Terra), it still works, IMO, and creates a character who is much more interesting than either of the two characters it took to form him, despite (or perhaps because of) his relative lack of screentime.

ANSEM: Terra-Xehanort’s Heartless is both the original incarnation of Xehanort in the series and both me and Nomura’s personal favorite. Sadly, Nomura screwed him up when he brought him back for the “True Organization XIII”, first going too over-the-top evil when part of his appeal was that he genuinely (and pompously) believed that he was the one in the right, and then suddenly being far less evil than he should be considering that he’s a freaking Heartless! The Ansem that I adore will always be the one from the original KH and Riku’s mode in COM, the hammy philosopher who is totally drunk on darkness and is seeking it for his own sake, not for the sake of some absurdly convoluted grand plan of Master Xehanort’s.

XEMNAS: Terra-Xehanort’s Nobody is the best villain in the KH series and the most consistently good of the Xehanort incarnations. While certainly at his best as the Superior of Organization XIII in KH, COM, Days and KH2, he actually managed to still be a captivating presence as part of the “True Organization XIII” in 3D and KH3 even if his character lost a lot of its depth thanks to the bullshit retcon that he was following Master Xehanort’s grand plan all along. He’s terrifying, loathsome, humorous and pitiable all at once...he’s just fantastic!

XIGBAR / BRAIG / LUXU: Oh, what a roller coaster this guy has been - I didn’t particularly care for him as Xigbar at first in KH2, then grew to really like him thanks to extra exposure in KH2:FM and Days, then came to love him as Braig in BBS, then went right back to disliking him when he became Xigbar again in 3D, and now am hardly able to stand him in KH3 when it’s revealed that he’s Luxu. Like Namine, he’s become a total vehicle for Nomura’s bullshit.

XALDIN / DILAN: I love Xaldin. He’s badass, intimidating, and despicable, and he really stands out by being linked so heavily with the Beast’s Castle and the Beast himself. His boss fight on the castle bridge is the stuff of legends. Dilan is a bore, though, especially in KH3.

VEXEN / EVEN: Somehow, this is one of the few characters who manages to remain consistently entertaining and well-written in all his appearances, helped out a lot by Derek Stephen Prince’s performance. As both the mad scientist Vexen and the well-intentioned scientist Even, he’s someone I just can’t take my eyes off of whenever he’s on screen.

LEXAEUS / ELAEUS: Boring but admirably power as Lexaeus, with the potential to be more interesting thanks to his intellect and rapport with Zexion. Just plain boring as Eleaeus. 

ZEXION / IENZO: Everything about Zexion had potential, but it just never came together properly and left him as an underwhelming villain. He has much more success as Ienzo, being very likable and interesting; honestly one of the best KH-original characters in KH3. 

SAIX / ISA: This character is one of the more frustrating ones to me. I liked him just fine in KH2, but not as much as I would’ve liked to. I liked him more when he got more scenes in KH2:FM, and I straight-up loved him in Days for being such an effective Hate Sink as well as a really interesting and tragic character. But I did not care for his cameo appearances in BBS and 3D, even though he still carries some of what I enjoyed about him with him in KH3, he also receives new baggage that makes his character less appealing...namely, the fact that his motivation all along was based around some random girl we never heard of until now. Still, if there’s one thing that remains consistent, it is that Kirk Thornton does a phenomenal job in the role. I honestly think most of Saix’s effectiveness comes from that badass voice.

AXEL / LEA: Sigh...you oughta know this one by now. I love Axel the Nobody, I think he was one of the series’ finest villains, and think he had an effective character arc despite some bumps along the road. I can’t stand his human self, who is a watered-down, obnoxious, whitewashed Mary Sue version of his Nobody self who is only here for fanservice, only given a major heroic role and his own Keyblade because Axel was a favorite of both fans and the development team. He’s sadly one of those characters who becomes the victim of his own popularity, with what made him popular to begin with lost as a result of increased exposure.

DEMYX / ???: He’s funny, I like him. Don’t have any stronger feelings than that.

LUXORD / ???: With his slick design, gambling gimmick, classy gentleman demeanor, and English voice by Robin Atkin-Downes, I’ve always liked Luxord, but I don’t think he’s ever truly lived up to his full potential...until KH3, where he’s a standout in both the Caribbean and the Keyblade Graveyard. I especially love his respectable rival dynamic with Jack Sparrow.

MARLUXIA / LAURIAM: A lack of clear motivations aside, Marluxia is an excellent villain. I love how he’s got flower powers, a pink sycthe, pink hair and a pretty-boy face and yet has this very masculine and imposing demeanor, not to mention a diabolically clever and manipulative personality. His battles and battle themes are also always impressive in every game he appears in. And while I don’t care for him being a Keyblade wielder, I actually like him as Lauriam too. He’s surprisingly sympathetic and is a neat contrast to his Nobody.

LARXENE / ELRENA: I love Larxene, she makes being the only female member of the Organization count by being one of the most aggressive, despicable, frightening, humorous and oddly endearing members all at the same time, getting a tragic death scene in COM and some softer moments in Days and KH3 that add depth to her while never causing her to lose her edge.  And like with Lauriam, I like Elrena despite not caring for the Keyblade angle.

VANITAS: Vanitas is awesome. He’s an evil version of Sora who does evil things because he enjoys being evil and has zero fucks to give about it. Haley Joel Osment really brings his gleeful brand of evil to life, making it always a pleasure to see Vanitas in both BBS and KH3. And thus I’m really glad he didn’t get redeemed in the end - pure villainy is his whole appeal!

RIKU REPLICA: Despite being an over-the-top retread of Riku’s role in KH for most of COM and having one boss battle too many, Riku Replica was still a good character and with one of the most tragic arcs in the series, which really made his death scene stand out. Of all the characters to ruin due to Nomura not letting go of them, I thought he was safe, but nope! He was pointlessly brought back in KH3, played a worse and more convoluted role, and had a much weaker “happier” send-off that clashed with how other aspects of the story were being treated and only reinforced Riku’s Special Snowflake status. Of course, even before that happened, the replica concept that he introduced to the series had spiraled into a much more needlessly confusing state, so I guess his legacy was doomed either way. Poor Repliku!

DARK RIKU: A confusing composite of all Riku’s alter-egos: Riku when he was possessed by Ansem, Riku Replica, and Data Riku, enlisted in “True Organization XIII”. I’m not sure what the point of this guy was. Or if he’s basically another version of Repliku, why not just make him the only Repliku in the story and spare us that convoluted nonsense with the other one?

YOUNG XEHANORT: Haaaaaaaaaate....haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate....

KAIRI’S GRANDMOTHER: In the first KH, but only a real character in BBS. But getting Kathryn Beaumont (original voice of Alice and Wendy Darling, and thus a Disney Legend) to voice her was absolutely brilliant and made her single scene stand out as the game’s best.

And that’s about it. The rest are all the datascape clones I don’t give a shit about (Data Sora, Data Riku, Data Roxas, Data Namine, and Data Sora’s Heartless) and the cast of X that I also don’t give a shit about (The Master of Masters, the Foretellers, Ephemer, Skuld, Brain...the only ones I like are Chirithy and Strelitzia, but only on the shallow basis that they’re cute.) 

And I am NOT sticking around this series to properly meet Yozora...

[elluvians]

[dd-wyd]

The gay boys - day 20

"As good as you look with a beard, Wyd, I think I like the clean shave just a bit more. It suits your noble mien better.

Will you allow me...?"

"Yes. This is you, Wyd."

"I enjoy this unobstructed view of your handsome face the most."

The pride month challenge 🌈

[writingxonthewall-archive]

@jiirens​ sent:  3, 5, 13

Asks For People With A Multi Or Multiple Blogs - Still Accepting

3. Which muse(s) do you currently have most muse for?

For this blog? My Current Featured Muse List is basically my list of where all my muse is at for the time being. (There are couple of new ones to be added to that list as I add/sneak a few new muses in)

For the span of all my blogs? Selina Kyle, Sebastian Kyle (OC), Arthur Fleck, Harry Osborn and Adrian Veidt or where I have a lot of muse for at the moment. I have a LOT for Sebastian if I am being honest. 

5. Name a muse you wish to write in the future. What’s your favourite thing about this muse?

(Spooooiler Aleeerrrt - The following muse is about to be added)

RK800 Connor (The Android Sent By Cyberlife) from Detroit: Become Human

I just recently went back and watched a playthrough of the whole game and I just love Connor’s story so much. I love seeing that robot exterior break until he starts to feel empathy and just that’s what I love about him. He genuinely (if you play it that way lol) is a good person/android. And if you think about the fact that he was literally used as a pawn against deviants ugh my boy. 

13. In how many fandoms are you currently active?

lmao Okay um, just going to pull from all of my blogs including this one. If they’re on here or on a blog then I consider them active.... 

DC/Batman (Burtonverse), DC/Batman (Nolanverse), DC/Batman (Telltale Verse), DC/Batman (60′s TV Series), DC/Watchmen (Comic and 2009 Movie Canon), DC/Watchmen (HBO), Fable, 10 Things I Hate About You, Dark Shadows (2012), Terminator, Blues Brothers, Back to the Future (Movies and Telltale Game), Ghostbusters, Austin Powers, Pretty in Pink (80′s Movies), Monsters Inc/University, Wayne’s World, The Crow, The Twilight Saga, 21/22 Jump Street (Movies), The Goonies, Ed Wood (Tim Burton), The Room, X-Men First Class and Days of Future Past, Clerks, Star Wars, The Addams Family (90′s Films and Original Show), Titanic, Ace Ventura, Spider-Man (The Sam Raimi Trilogy), Tombstone, Phantom of the Opera, Romeo & Juliet (Play and Baz Luhrmann’s Film), House M.D., The Office, The Munsters, Resident Evil (7 and 8), Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure and Playhouse, Mystery Science Theater 3000, The Walking Dead, Left 4 Dead 2, Five Nights at Freddy’s, Roseanne, The IT Crowd, The Mighty Boosh, Detroit: Become Human, Sleepy Hollow (Tim Burton Film), Edward Scissorhands annnnnd DragonBall Z 

Sooo lol 50?

[ao3feed-vikings]

Daughters of chaos

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2pIimKt

by Lauredessine

Forgotten and rejected, Siggy Bjornsdottir tries desperately to find her place in a world that doesn't want her. From wild child to an accomplished shieldmaiden under Sigurd's commands, she made herself quite the reputation and can always counts of Angrboda Flokadottir, a healer and sorceress who desires to discover new ways to heal and set sail to the unknown, to channel her strength and calm her wild temper. But nothing is ever easy for a child used as a pawn and soon, Siggy will have to reconnect with her ancestry. Whether she wants it or not.

Words: 5398, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Series: Part 3 of The daughters saga

Fandoms: Vikings (TV)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/F, F/M

Characters: Siggy Bjornsdottir (Vikings), Angrboda (Vikings), Sigurd (Vikings), Torvi (Vikings), Bjorn (Vikings), Thorunn (Vikings), Lagertha (Vikings), Solveig (OC), Sprota (OC), Geirlaug | Adèle of Normandy (912 - 962), Ivar (Vikings), Blaeja (Vikings), Helga (Vikings), Floki (Vikings), Guthrum (Vikings), William Towhead | Duke of Aquitaine, William Longsword | Duke of Normandy

Relationships: Bjorn/Thorunn (Vikings), Siggy Bjornsdottir/Guthrum (Vikings), Siggy Bjornsdottir/Angrboda (Vikings), Daughters/Life (Vikings), Blaeja/Sigurd (Vikings)

Additional Tags: Shieldmaidens, Sorceresses, Norse sagas - Freeform, Vikings, Siggy is alive, Angrboda is alive, Berserker Thorunn, vengeance

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2pIimKt

[elluvians]

I love her so much 🥺❤️

[elluvians]

I was kinda hoping for more tbh. I thought she would say something more dramatic after wiping an entire city.