#so aside from the queue i'm not gonna be posting for a while. unless i cave and come back ig we'll see but i'm just fucking tired of it all

[marshmellowtea]

learned recently from my dad that our current apartment complex doesn't have a thermostat so even though i'm fucking overheating in this place i literally can't do anything about it aside from like opening a fucking window

[sweet-beezus]

Edit: Somehow, my queue glitched and posted this earlier this week, so hopefully~ this works out-

Golly, another @khoc-week has come and gone, time sure flies when you're having fun-

Thank you for another AWESOME week full of such fun OCs!!! I love seeing everyone's creativity shine through their characters, it's like a small look into everyone's brains where we can admire the little worms living in there... in a good way!

Whether they're freshly hatched or well aged, these silly guys always bring me so much joy! :)

Genuinely, I wish I had the energy to interact with every single one of them, so instead I will blow them all a kiss from afar!!! ♥ ♥ ♥ They are what makes this week of the year truly special!

Beware, I will be lurking in tags ready to pounce on every OC I see after this is over I'm OBSESSED- (jk jk... unless?)

Onwards, then, to the final prompt of the year!!

Day 7 - Happily Ever After

Now, alas I've been following the canon timeline and filling in gaps with my own fun worldbuilding, characters and lore, so by all rights their stories are not gonna reach a happy ending for a WHILE (writing? who is she?), however the hypotheticals are always a good way to cope with that!

What their endings have reached so far while we're in lore hiatus (waiting endlessly for Missing Link and KH4... jk jk I hope they take their time tbh-) is that ideally after KH3, while everyone is looking for Sora, they're world jumping and clearing out remaining hoards of darkness together as a crew, alongside Reixen for more bonding time, in a variety of new places! They solve some mysteries surrounding their own personal character arcs and learn things about themselves they never considered, it's a real eye opener. Day 2 kinda hints at that with my picks of places I want them to go to fulfill that! At this rate, they may just be a series of oneshots...

Of course, it all eventually HAS to end, so here's some loose ends and how they may tie them up!

Iris:

Considering Iris ended up in the future, of course she has to cope with the reality that the worlds she knew are gone, or at least have yet to be restored (aside from Daybreak Town there's no repairing that-). Plus the existential crisis of having technically been dead AND given a new, puppet-esque body to inhabit. Lucky, she is, to even be here to begin with.

At the same time, she's helping Alto regain his memories from the same era they both managed to escape in some way. Being repeatedly reincarnated kinda screws some things up along the way, so it's a long haul process for the both of them to come to terms with.

Depending on what happens with the Scala ad Caelum plotline, they may both travel there, or to what's left of it, for closure, as well as to learn about the culture there to see what became of it after they were both long gone. Pay their respects to Alto's pal Ephemer and all that.

Her ending ideally is moving on and learning to live in a time she didn't anticipate seeing, which should be simple in theory since she's so young. She stays with Irene and Alto in Radiant Garden, and together with Alto they both take up lessons with Merlin and Yen Sid to learn more modern Keyblade skills, eventually (despite being Keyblade Master precursors) they are granted the titles of Master and help protect the universe.

♡♡♡

Irene:

She returns to her job, forever changed by her experiences, and helps her fellow castle staff move on and forgive themselves for the horrors they had to go through. It's a long haul process, but it will be worth it!

She finds herself a comfy living place in Radiant Garden to offer as a safe space for those she grew close to when they need it, where she essentially adopts Alto and Iris, since they don't really have a place to go that isn't rooming with a wizard or an on-the-road teenager. From time to time she also travels to Twilight Town to visit Reixen and her found family (maybe attending her polycule wedding at some point), but otherwise seems perfectly content staying put. Maybe the occasional visit from Iliana, as a treat. That doesn't require much aside from constant pestering, really.

While readapting to life a decade later than she's used to is a hassle in of itself, she seems to do it with grace, which is impressive considering she was presumed dead for said decade-

She also has that wonderful romance with Russell, as they deserve, and they both get to retire at some point knowing they have their chance to heal from all the suffering they experienced... and with more adopted kids than they know what to do with-

♡♡♡

Iliana:

What I envision for her is kind of complicated and long, so I'll try to keep it short-

Ideally, she gets to save her world once and for all while also getting rid of Igni, which almost costs her her life (nothing is allowed to be easy with Igni, as we've learned from Day 4-). So afterwards she's in recovery surrounded by the loved ones she gained along the way. For how long? Who's to say, miss ma'am will either be MIA or in a comatose sleep (jk jk... unless?) so it depends entirely on her and the awful side effects of Igni's possession tbh-

Chronically ill? With Igni goo disease? More likely than you think!

On the bright side, she finally gets to reunite with her brother in this timeline, though later than intended, and the two eventually take off on a journey of self discovery! Or they probably camp out with their uncle for a while before they do that, either way. They make up for lost time and get to grow together as people while also tying up a whole heap of loose ends their pasts left behind. A whole heap is nothing to sneeze at in this case-

In between, she makes time to check in on various allies as well as hang out with (her nerdy now bf) Ienzo. They have a funky long distance relationship because of her travels, so she surprises him with her presence when she can.

Maybe she gets an engineering degree, who knows? Certainly not me, at least not yet.

I like to think she eventually takes on apprentices or something and is probably the most annoying mentor known to the universe, especially if one of her apprentices is conveniently a secret younger sibling (I joke but... maybe-).

Nothing will be easy, of course some stupid new plot will pop up and she'll have even more nonsense to deal with, but that's a later issue to think about.

♡♡♡

And finally, they all get therapy ♥

They're doomed by the narrative to be absolutely demolished but can never truly die, so it's only fair they can live out somewhat happy and fulfilling lives despite every up and down I throw at them!

That's all I've got for this prompt, thank y'all for another wonderful KHOC Week and I will see y'all next year!!

Or in the tags, I'm always in the tags. :3c

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R - A - V - I

Alphabet meme Status: Accepting! @nilefreemans Note: Unless specified, these will be about 9-1-1

R - Which friendship/platonic relationship is your favorite in fandom?

Buck and Chris. My relationship with my best friend's daughter (hereby known as Sweet Lil' Bean, or SLB) is very similar to theirs. I met SLB when she was 2.5 years old, and began teaching her at my preschool shortly before she turned three. My co-teacher/her mom ended up becoming one of my best friends (to this day!) When I was out of work for a while, I took care of SLB just like Buck took care of Chris (with zero natural disasters, thank goodness!). When I see love Buck has for Chris, I'm reminded of my love for SLB. And like Chris, SLB has her own disabilities, but her family and I all fight hard to make the best life for her. I know I made this all about me, but it's the reason I love them so much!

A - Ships that you currently like a lot. (They don’t have to be OTPs because not everyone has OTPs.) Friendships, pairings, threesomes, etc. are allowed.

I'm gonna be honest- I like romantic relationships, but I'm really here for the friendships/familial relationships on the show. -The whole Lee family, of course including Chim! I've talked about them in length in tags to posts that are still in my queue, but suffice to say that they mean so much to me!!!! -Maddie and Buck. Our parenting situations are vastly different, but my little sister is nearly 9 years younger than I am, and we have no other siblings, so I understand the feeling of watching your baby sibling going through life and wanting to protect them but also let them grow. And the guilt for leaving, even if for me it was to attend grad school in another city. -Hen and Athena! They're such a great team, ride or die for each other! They build each other up and focus on each others' strengths, while also not being afraid to call the other out or poke fun of each other. -Hen and Chim, a classic! For all of the same reasons as I love Hen and Athena, though Hen and Chim are more prone to hijinks (I say more prone, but I will never forget Athena having to call Hen to grab the key to the handcuffs from her purse! I have never laughed so hard as I did in that scene!!! IDK if any scene will ever top it for me!)

V - Which character do you relate to most?

This one's tricky. I'm not sure if there IS one character I relate to most. I see my relationships with kids (especially SLB) through Buck's relationships with children. I see myself as a big sister through Maddie. I also see the way my body is similar in some ways to Maddie's, especially her post-pregnancy, and if she's beautiful, then I can love myself, too. I see my queerness in Hen and Karen, even if I'm not sure how I identify yet. And even though we're from different ethnic/cultural backgrounds, I still see my own culture/traditions and family in The Lees. I see the person I want to become in Athena, Bobby, and Hen. And I see myself in Ravi, the cute one who isn't always involved in the shenanigans, and sometimes is embarrassed by them, but love my found family all the same. So in the end, I don't think I can say I relate "most" to any one of them. I see myself in all of them, and to me that's even more special <3

I - Has Tumblr caused you to stop liking any fandoms, if so, which and why?

......... B.B.C. Sherlock.

Before I was on tumblr, I was contributing fics and art to this fandom. I made really good friends on fanfic dot net. I made really good friends on d.eviantArt. I've even co-written fic with two friends, and I wrote a fic and a friend drew a scene from it!

Then I joined tumblr in 2012. And aside from the infamous trio that this show was a part of, the fandom itself was no fun at all. I made a couple friends in a niche part of the fandom, but as a whole the tumblr fandom disengaged me from the show (I mean, season 4 could have done that all on its own, but tumblr started it years earlier instead).

Thankfully I never got hate, but so many people were nasty in that fandom that I pretty much never made fanart or fic for a fandom again.

Looking back, I've forgotten how much time and love I poured into the things I used to created, and how I had a wider sphere of being known. Like I wrote a bunch of fics mostly about D.I. Dimmock and a couple about Lestrade, and I was known for that! Like Dimmock was my guy! My blorbo from my show! and everyone knew him!

Granted, my hands don't work like they used to, and I don't have the time or brainpower like I previously did. But still, I miss the bonds that I made, before either of those other sites went down the gutter.

I realize that I totally went off tangent, sorry about that. But clearly, you can see the feelings I have for that fandom.