#twst Kifaji

[fisheem4mmal]

あばよ、くそじじぃ

[sweetbunpura]

Leona, talking about the fountain as he gives a tour: So, he built it when his son was born-

Yuu: So, he built what is essentially a pretty thing to look at, but he couldn't have used that money towards better things? Like putting an effort into rebuilding the slums?

Grim: Henchhuman-

Vil: Could you be any blunter, potato?

Yuu, crosses arms: What? Oh and this whole "being one with nature" thing and allowing some of the natural resources to go untapped-

Kifaji: It's because we don't want to drain the land of what they have given us-

Yuu: No one said you were draining it. Just think of a more eco-friendly way of handling things. Leona said you guys have the greatest concentration of sunlight, right? Turn that into solar energy. Convert some of the heavy smog machines into ones that run on solar.

Lilia, hums: She might have a point...

Kalim: Wow, Yuu! You're so smart!

Yuu: Thanks. On top of that, it'll create jobs for people, especially those who work in high poverty areas. You guys can still be surrounded by nature without having to sacrifice nature for it. *Sighs* I'm done, sorry for ra-

Leona: Marry me.

Yuu: You get Grim in the process if I do.

Leona: Deal.

Kifaji: My Prince!

[gkdmts]

chess is fun until the pieces start running around and flipping you off right Leona finished the cloudcalling event yesterday! the best one for me so far, i haven't laughed so much at any other.

da bonus scribble! the chess pieces in question. not gonna finish this one but look at these sillies

[kenchann]

cheka rkgk 🧶

[harunayuuka2060]

Leona: *unable to mask his expression, feeling jealous as he watches his fiancée speak with her ex-fiancé*

Kifaji: What's wrong, Prince Leona? You don't seem to be amused.

Leona: It's nothing.

Kifaji: Hm... *follows his gaze* Ah. *chuckles* I understand now.

Leona: Why did they break up?

Kifaji: They had to, since he's her soon-to-be brother-in-law.

Leona: ...

Leona: *looks at him, confused*

Kifaji: You should ask her yourself about the story.

F!MC: My sister's father was against the two of them, so I agreed to pretend to be in a relationship with him so they could be together in secret.

Leona: ...

Leona: Why would you do something like that?

F!MC: Sisterhood.

Leona: ...

Leona: What a solid sisterhood you have.

F!MC: Yes. She did the same thing for me.

Leona: What?

F!MC: *didn't answer him and walks away*

Leona: Hey! What did you mean by that?!

F!MC's sister: I've seen Prince Leona, and he's truly quite handsome.

F!MC: ...

F!MC: Your boyfriend will get sad if he hears you say that.

Her sister: *giggles* You’re really good at hiding your feelings. Good thing I’m your sister.

F!MC: ...

Her sister: *smiles* I'll make sure to win him for you, so no other woman will become his wife.

F!MC: ...

F!MC: You should think about your situation first.

Her sister: I've already thought of something! Don't worry! *she then got herself pregnant so the engagement between MC and her boyfriend broke off*

[zvezdacito]

Became abnormally invested in the Kifaji-Leona relationship after thinking more about his Book 7 dream. Inhaling whatever this trope is like crack

[thatlioninthecorner]

Don’t know if anyone’s done this before but-

Why this mf catching birds in flight class

[societyslostone]

lol, I just got the reference.

[bones4thecats]

Being Married and Your Lives Together

Type of Writing: Poll Result Characters: Fellow Honest, Baul Zigvolt, and Kifaji Name: Being Married and Your Lives Together Original Poll Link: Here

A/N: This is my first times writing for all of these characters, so they may end up being a bit out of character, just warning y'all! Anyways, I do hope you guys enjoy this. I'm just gonna write each part of the poll as it goes, since it's pointless waiting daily on the next part. Now, enjoy my bubbles🫧

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🦊 Fellow Honest and you grew up together with Gidel by your side, working together to provide a decent life for the younger beastman, despite the hardships

🦊 Gidel adores you to the point where you were basically another sibling to him, which led to Fellow beginning to see you as a co-raiser of the cat-man

🦊 You and Fellow eventually began to work at Playful Land together, with the assistance of your younger brother

🦊 When your relationship started, you guys just began working at the theme park with one another, only using the relationship as something to put the walls of the visitors down to nothing

🦊 But, Fellow began to notice how when the visitors walked away with you guiding them around to show them the place so they were more at ease, he would glare at one of them if they tried something inappropriate

🦊 While you guys to eventually marry, not making it into any paperwork, obviously, you cannot allow your occupations to be let out, he still is protective over you, since fox-beastman have one partner for their lives

🦊 Your occupation working at Playful Land is very shady and if caught, can put you all in serious danger, which prompts Fellow to guard you and Gidel with his life, no matter the cost

🦊 Despite popular beliefs, Fellow does not want children unless he had a stable life with you and Gidel, he doesn't want his offspring to go through the same amount of pain he, Gidel, and you went through

🦊 If you and him had one unexpectedly, he would put everything into you, his brother, and his children, since you all were the most important things in his life, he could wait, you could not

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🐊 Baul never saw any point for a relationship, but, when he met you at a young age, he saw more potential with you than he did anyone else

🐊 He has a fiery personality, but, unlike many, you adored that part of him. And, due to his more aggressive tendencies, he is a very protective and possessive husband, pushing you behind him during any threat

🐊 During the war, he kept you away from it all, and sending you as many letters as he could in between battles

🐊 Once the war calmed down, he found out you were pregnant and was having a daughter, the only child you would ever have during your long lives together

🐊 He raised your daughter with such high-honors that it was a hint overwhelming for the young fae, but, what did you expect from an ex-military member?

🐊 You are by far the more approachable grandparent of the Zigvolt family, you were the one that Sebek would come for to get advice, and you would always tell him to embrace what his father gave him, his humanity

🐊 While Baul and you have some rough-patches that you cannot seem to fully sand down, he always tried his best to keep his composure, and he had tried his most when your daughter brought her future husband and father to her children home to meet you both

🐊 He was horrified of Baul Zigvolt, who told him to only call him Mr. Zigvolt, while he was far more at ease with you, as you just said he could call you 'Mom'

🐊 It's basically the 'Cool and Intimidating x An Absolute Sweetheart' dynamic, and it's hilarious for your family and friends to watch

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🕊️ You worked with Kifaji as a chamberlain for the Kingscholar family growing up, and he would just watch as you would help Farena take a small break from his homework to mess around

🕊️ Kifaji also would love watching you just try getting Leona to do something other than nap around growing up, it was quite amusing

🕊️ He and you were childhood friends, and eventual lovers who married and began to work alongside one another. Your husband then began to work for the Kingscholar family, with you joining him later on

🕊️ This guy gives me the vibe of a good father for some reason

🕊️ Due to this, he and you had two children, two boys to be specific, and oh boy does he adore his dearest boys to the end of the world

🕊️ He taught them everything they needed to know, and because of your ages, you had the first son around a year or so before Farena was born and then your second son when the oldest Kingscholar was a couple years old

🕊️ Kifaji tries to take some days off of work to be with you and his sons as they grew up, but as they aged and began their own lives, he tried spending as much time as he could with his grandchildren

🕊️ Leona loves to taunt you by being asleep in the most random places, prompting your husband to show, allowing the lion-beastman to get you flustered more

🕊️ Age comes with wisdom? Then he must have been 70 when he was really 28, and you would vouch for that, like I mentioned, this guy taught his children and the Kingscholar's children, what do you expect?

[lostonesart]

how I think Avian Beastmen feathers work(feat: Kifaji/Neji)

so far this is what makes the most sense with the one bird character we have.

[kirans-wonderland]

I said it would happen I didn’t say it would be good

I present, OldBird.

@prince-kallisto 🫵 your fault

[paralleljoys]

Leona Thoughts! Big Big Leona Thoughts!

I’m only going off of snippets of the chapter described by others and the one video on youtube that is still in Japanese so this might be inaccurate but for right now this is my opinion on why Leona’s dream played out like it did.

[TLDR: Leona’s pride, loneliness, and self-doubt is so strong that his dream cannot become canon-divergent without risking waking him up.]

We already know that the dreamer’s can only dream when the “reality” of the dream is sustained. And that “reality” bends depending on how imaginative or delusional the dreamer is. Which gets us things like Doodlebob!Floyd and Buff!Epel. We know that the magic of the dream will work to keep the dreamer asleep.

“Leona is the type of person to know when he’s dreaming” was what Idia said and I think that he was right.

When we get a dreamer like Leona, who is so rooted in reality and how he knows the world to work, his wildest and happiest dreams would absolutely bend the dream to the point of waking him. So his dream is reality.

To become king in reality, Leona’s talents would have to be recognized or he’d have to be the only option. If he was recognized then he’d be king already so the reality where he is chosen over his father, Falena, or Cheka doesn’t exist.

So, they get in an accident, his father succumbs to his illness, no other choice is available but Leona. It’s not how he wanted to get there, but in “reality” that is the only option for Leona.

And he stays realistic throughout his dream. He’d be king by circumstance and no one would want him. He’d enact his plans but no one will support him. He’d fail as a king and his people will reject him. Looking at who Leona is, I personally think this wouldn’t be true. The Savanaclaw students trust him as their leader for a reason, why wouldn’t there be people in his country willing to listen to him?

Regardless, in Leona’s wonderfully pessimistic worldview he will continue to be unwanted, even when he has what he wanted most. Leona understands both himself and others to the point that he subconciously recognizes how his pride would be his downfall but he can’t acknowledge it yet. He’d push everyone away until only the hyenas are left.

This understanding pushes itself into the way that the people close to Leona manifested. The people didn’t support him because why would they? He’s a replacement for Falena, not their chosen King. He can keep the hyenas with him, but the moment the food is gone he knows they wouldn’t stick around. The fact that Ruggie appeared as a protestor in the crowd instead of someone at his side shows how transactional Leona views their relationship to be. Then there’s Kifaji, his caretaker who stayed with Leona his whole life and arguably the closest character to Leona. The man will beg and plead for him to be a proper king, no matter how far from it Leona strays, because Kifaji is diligent or better yet, tenacious. Either way a truth is that Kifaji will not abandon the King. Meaning that even at his worst he believes Kifaji would never leave him, so long as he’s King.

But what did Lilia admonish him for in Chapter 2? Not for attacking Diasomnia, but for having a sensitive ego that directs his anger at his retainers. That is what Lilia says makes Leona unfit to rule.

And in his dream he takes the abuse from his people. He takes the rejection and the insults. He is still King. He is still King until he tries to hurt one of his people, Ruggie. That’s when Kifaji stops him. Because he is no longer King when he turns his anger on his people. And that’s when he runs away. That’s when he sinks deeper into his dream.

[Thank you for reading this far but that’s all I have to say! It’s more my delusions but it’s there nonetheless. I wish I had gotten into the Lion Guard because I know there’s themes from that that could explain more aspects of Leona and his dream.]

[sweetbunpura]

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During Cloudcalling:

Kifaji, looking at Leona: Prince, while we are happy to have you home for Cloudcalling, might I suggest something?

Leona: Go ahead.

Kifaji, points to Yuu: That your spouse, or soon to be at the very least, have their own chair?

Leona, looks at Yuu: They have a chair.

Yuu, sitting in Leona's lap while wearing a garb that matches his:

Kifaji: Not your lap!

Yuu: Why, what's wrong with it?

Farena, watching as Kifaji screeches at Yuu and Leona: It's nice to have Leona home.

Queen Kingscholar: It is.

@lunatheroyal I have more

[oddberryshortcake]

what are your thoughts on the latest 7 update?? I saw you mention you wanted to talk about Leona’s dream (´⊙ω⊙`)

Yeah! So already this dream is slightly different than the other ones, but because there are a lot of Lion King elements in it, which include family death, I could see right away that people would have problems with it so here’s the sort of vibe I’m getting from it.

On a technical level, this is happening because it happens in The Lion King. The overblotters are the closest to the Great Seven they represent and even their worst moments are closest to the original villains. They are still, at their core, different characters, These overblotter dreams are nods to those villains, but I highly doubt Leona actually wants his family dead. 

The fact is, Leona is a realist. He’s smart enough to not be fooled by the simulation he was put in while in STYX and, like Idia said, he’s the type to ‘realize he’s dreaming’ meaning if something doesn’t feel realistic, he’ll snap right out of it. 

Him having delusions don’t really mix. However, because this dream is magically influenced, Leona is stuck in it. He’s confused and knows something's not right, but he can’t break out of it. 

That’s why his dream is realistically dark. 

He knows he has no real shot at being King unless his family died. 

There’s no Falena suddenly going “okay Leona, you’re smarter than me! You can have the throne!” It’s just, the dark grim reality of death. 

Leona gets to enact the development he’s been fighting with his brother and Kifaji for, except he overdoes it and everything realistically falls apart. 

Leona probably knows that his development plans are bad if he overdoes it, but he’s so stubborn that he doesn’t want to accept his brother’s very correct stance of protecting nature as well.

Dream Kifaji is not a dark entity trying to lure him into a deeper sleep. His dream Kifaji is basically identical to the real guy. He respects Kifaji enough to keep him as he is, telling him that what he’s doing is wrong. This could be him trying to break out of the dream, his dedication to reality and rejection of delusions, or because he genuinely IS very close to Kifaji as much as he dunks on him and feels he needs Kifaji to give him a stern talking to even in a dream. 

Everything about this dream is him facing the reality of where his actions will lead him, and he wants out but does not know how because of Malleus’s magical influence. 

The talk he has with his overblotted self directly mirroring his talk with Jamil shows that his harshness towards Jamil in STYX wasn’t because he thought he was better than him-

He saw so much of himself in Jamil and tried to set him straight so Jamil wouldn’t end up like him. He wants Jamil to have a chance to do better and says it as too late for himself. 

Now talking to his overblotted self, he’s telling himself to stop being arrogant, whiny, and reliant on other’s opinions on him. He’s telling him to pull himself together and he can be a king in his own right, with or without his brother’s crown.

Leona’s talk with dream Kifaji was sweet at the end. I imagine this is the kind of talks the real Kifaji gives him, chastising him for being snarky but ultimately complimenting his intelligence and that he is a fine prince in his own right. 

I think Leona is starting to see that he doesn’t have to be the king of his country’s people, but his dorm mates and his club mates look up to him as a king. He DOES have his people, and they need him as much as he needs them. 

Overall, great dream! He’s come such a long way and I think he can make his dreams a reality if he has people like Jack and Ruggie at his side to tell him not to overdo it lol.

[kenchann]

🦁💥.

[harunayuuka2060]

*When Leona first heard about the engagement...*

Leona: Have you gone mad?

Kifaji: She has been deemed the most suitable candidate for you, Prince Leona. While it may not be immediately apparent, she is held in high regard by many.

Leona: ...

Leona: Oh, so this "well-respected" woman ended up with me as her husband-to-be? Did you have some kind of grudge against her or something?

Kifaji: Prince Leona!

F!MC: Yeah, your original fiancée backed out, so they decided I’d make a good replacement.

Leona: ...

Kifaji: Th-That is not a problem! The Royal Family welcomes you, my lady.

F!MC: Sure.

Kifaji: Anyway, I will see to it that the servants deliver your luggage to your room.

F!MC: No, thank you. I only have a few pieces of clothing with me—I can manage it myself.

Kifaji: Pardon?

F!MC: Oh, right. *looks at Leona* Where's your room?

Leona: *raised an eyebrow* Why?

F!MC: *raised an eyebrow as well* 'Cause I'll be sharing a room with you.

Leona: Huh?

Kifaji: ...

Kifaji: That is a great idea, my lady.

Leona: Oi!