#ansem imagine

[atomic-taco-muffin]

May I please have marluxia larxene xaldin xemnas ansem Lexuas and vexen (separate if possible) with a fem S/O who helps them with every day things (for example xaldin and his s/o baking in the kitchen together) thank you and here's some cookies and cake ^^

You got it!

Some of the Organization with a Fem!Helper S/O

Warnings: Pure cloud made fluff

Rating: SFW

Xemnas:

This man overworks himself a LOT 

If you thought Saïx was the one who overworked himself the most, think again. This one does

Being a king of an Organization does come easily to him

But thankfully, he has his queen to keep him company and to tell him to take a break 

He loves it when you come in with a cup of tea and kiss his temples, telling to take a break

And he always listens to you 

Ansem:

This man loves it when you help out with the triplets (if you’ve been following me for a while, you would know about my headcanon between him and the Twilight Town trio)

And his kids love you too. They see you as the mom they never had

Pence even convinced Ansem to buy an engagement ring

Now, they just have to plan the perfect moment for him to propose to you

Xaldin:

Xaldin loves having you in the kitchen with him

Even if you don’t know how to cook, he can always teach you how

You will learn a lot from him. 

From making something as simple as cookies to a four course meal

And he always makes sure that you eat something healthy.

Lexaeus:

Lexaeus is kind of the quiet one (mostly because Nomura didn’t give a lot of lines!)

Which is fine cause he enjoys the quiet moments with you

Whether is napping in the garden or just reading in the library. 

Does not matter with him

As long as he’s with you, he’s happy

Vexen:

(I’m sorry but this was the funniest scene ever!)

Vexen likes it when you help him out in his lab

Whether it’s helping him with an experiment or just clearing off his table to make work easier

Doesn’t really matter to him

Just as long as you are being safe. 

Things can get a little crazy in there

Marluxia:

Omg, helping him out in his garden is the BEST 

Even if you don’t know anything about horticulture (great. Now I miss taking horticulture)

He will teach all the correct ways to collect fruits and vegetables along with how to care for them

Same thing goes with his flowers. 

He’ll even sneak one into your hair

Larxene:

Okay, y’all know that one meme where these girls are doing their makeup

Y’know. This one:

Yeah that’s you two

She LOVES it when you do her makeup

She’ll even help you with yours

The two of you are always rocking these stunning looks and making everyone jealous of how cool you look

(why can’t she be real?!)

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[xehanortsreport]

oouuuggh dadsem au

#it wouldnt make sense but what if kairi was like. a replica...what if ansem made her to be a dotter.... #kairi grandma chosen to help raise her....imagine

[riddlerosehearts]

twst book 7 part 5 felt like such an attack on me personally. i slightly edit silver's official art to make him look more like riku from kingdom hearts, mostly as a joke based on how similar they already look, and then suddenly a few months later i'm getting silver vibes from lizz robinett's lyrics to riku's theme

#at least sebek was there to help silver speedrun this character arc #imagine how much different kh would be if sora and riku found each other again like right after kh1 ended #also silver hallucinating himself looking like the knight of dawn has riku taking on ansem's appearance during kh2 vibes #and the knight of dawn has long hair like kh2 riku #my theory on why mickey seems to know silver is he subconciously recognizes him as being partially twisted from his kh bestie riku. /hj #sorry i am just sooooo not normal about all this #anyway i have now read this whole update twice in a row. oops #twisted wonderland spoilers #twst spoilers #twisted wonderland liveblog

[nyctoheart]

I suggested my friend (new KH player) streams Days before KH2 but I also warned him I'm in the far minority and there might be a little backlash

#IN MY DEFENSE! #These are all the things he said he's been spoiled on: ''Roxas exists because Sora became a heartless'' (he didn't use the term Nobody) #he knows about ''Organization XIII and how they all have X's in their names'' (once again didn't say Nobody) #and that ''Ansem is a bald guy but also not.'' and while he hasn't reached KH1 Hollow Bastion yet-- #he HAS been reading the Ansem Reports he's collected so far. #so 1. he already knows that Ansem's identity is sus af; so I think he WON'T be that confused when he realizes Xemnas is Ansem with an X etc #2. Roxas's twist is the main reason I've seen people say ''play KH2 before Days'' but he ALREADY knows that pretty much #I die on the hill that knowing Roxas Xion AND Axel's emotional story arcs will make KH2 hit SOOO HARDDD #like could you imagine watching Axel die KNOWING what happens in Days!!! UGH!!!!! #Like I really just don't understand why people say play KH2 before Days. #they always yell ''just play release order! it's not that hard!'' but that's such a shallow reason to me #WHAT ABOUT THE EMOTIONAL CONTEXT !!!!!!! #*shakes you by your shoulders* WHAT ABOUT THE WEIGHT OF KNOWING EVERYONE FORGOT XION AND THEY DONT EVEN CARE!!!!

[recusant-s-sigil]

Rät animatic w Ienzo do you see my vision

#Moon Speaks #Ienzo #once he finally breaks down over all the shit he’s been through since he was a child #I can imagine him singing this about Ansem and Even #The stuff they did was fucked up and there’s no way to ignore that #Maybe him and Xion sing it together?

[mushroom-winners-proof]

Why do you draw Ansem with normal ears? Aren't his ears pointy like the other norts?

whenever i draw ansem i always use his kh1 model and nomura's drawin as reference wherein his ears are rounded :V

#snap chats #this ask is funny and i cant articulate why #im glad we're cool with me drawing terra with darker skin and brown eyes but rounded-ears ansem is gettin a lil liberal #but fr i unno i never really thought bout it ?? #if i really wanna justify it he stole riku's body and his ears are rounded so. #if i wanna be Mr Fantastic and make the gnarliest stretch imaginable then theres my reason

[thefreshprinceofjunes]

soriku endgame: an imagining

OKAY WELL HERE IT IS

TEN WHOLE PAGES OF HOW SORIKU ENDGAME MIGHT ACTUALLY PLAY OUT

i was rewatching vin play RE2 and fsr this invaded my thoughts and wouldnt leave

this is barely proofread and i reused a lot of the same words/phrases BUT its just meant to be an outline/abridged version so keep that in mind

(if i got any lore wrong tho pls let me know)

btw if you dont want to read this on tumblr for whatever reason, heres a link to the google doc

note: this is going off the assumption MoM saw everything (or at least everything soriku) through the gazing eye

scene is quadratum probably. master of masters (or whoever the bad guy in kh4 is) has sora and riku caught in a bad situation (for temporary visuals im picturing something similar to the dark guardian restraining aqua and ven in kh3)

sora and riku are struggling to break free, while the MoM just laughs. some kh dramatic banter occurs, before MoM changes the subject and starts monologuing (with sora and riku probably interjecting here and there)

MoM: [to sora] you still havent figured it out yet, have you?

MoM: dont you ever wonder why rikus heart holds as vast of a darkness as it does?

MoM: its not because of jealousy, or ansem, or even his desire for strength since you were children.

MoM: no, its much simpler than that.

MoM: remember that dream you had, sora? before the islands were destroyed?

MoM: there was a voice speaking to you, from deep within your heart:

MoM: 'the closer you get to the light, the greater your shadow becomes.'

MoM: well, the road goes both ways, kid. the deepest of darknesses can only come from the brightest of lights.

sora: wh-what are you saying?

MoM: its been in front of all along, but you were too blind to see it.

cut to voiceless flashbacks of all the times sora encountered the brightest light: when receiving the keyblade, when almost pulled out of sleep by the memory of aqua on DI, during the dive to heart at the beginning of kh3 (assuming it really happened and wasnt just for gameplay purposes), and after using the power of waking at the KBG (the tunnel scene)

sora looks at riku, then back at MoM. riku is grimacing.

sora: that… that was… that was rikus light?

MoM: bingo!

MoM: but theres even more to it than that.

MoM: theres another force of power in this universe that keeps light and dark in harmony

sora: another…?

MoM: you feel an unfathomable depth of it in your heart for, well, pretty much everyone youve ever met.

MoM: what lies in rikus heart, however, comes from the same place, but is also very, very different. its something you claim to not understand, even though youve encountered it many times during your adventures.

rikus eyes widen and he tries to interject, but the MoM physically stops him; sora calls out for him

MoM: its more than just friendship. its hearts that are really, truly connected between two people.

MoM: think about it. think about all the times when everything seemed hopeless, but something, something, kept the bad guys from winning. it wasnt light.

cut to voiceless flashbacks between many of the disney couples sora has met: the beast arriving at hollow bastion out of sheer force of will in his search for belle, flynn sacrificing himself for rapunzel and her tears bringing him back to life (some shit with will/elizabeth and sam/quorra too maybe idk), and finally, herc gaining his strength back as he rescues megara from styx, followed by herc saying, 'people always do crazy things when theyre in love.'

sora stares ahead at nothing in particular, before wincing in pain; suddenly, a forgotten memory surfaces in his mind (if the convo with NS confirms he hasnt completely forgotten, then its the key details that have been missing):

rikus sacrifice in the KBG

riku calls out for him and struggles, but MoM just laughs so more.

MoM: there, now its coming back to you. and that wasnt the only time riku sacrificed everything for you, yknow, although it was probably the most heroic instance. remember him taking on ansems form to beat roxas? and his dive into your heart to wake you from slumber, despite the tremendous danger? you only met her briefly, but one of the princesses of heart experienced something very similar.

MoM: aurora. maleficent placed a curse on her when she was a baby, causing the princess and the rest of the kingdom to fall into a deep sleep on her 16th birthday. but the heir to a nearby kingdom, prince phillip, valiantly fought his way to the castle, and woke up the sleeping beauty– through a kiss. a kiss, of true… 

MoM trails off and looks at riku, then back at sora, expectantly. riku is still struggling to free himself before the truth is revealed, but its no use.

sora stares off again, before looking MoM in the eyes.

sora: … love…?

MoM does jazz hands and poses.

MoM: ding ding ding ding! we have a winner! it only took you, what, 12, 13 years to figure it out? honestly, i just couldnt stand watching it go on for any longer.

MoM: but, hey, i still have my honor. if im wrong, im more than happy to apologize.

MoM turns to riku then.

MoM: well? am i wrong, riku?

riku doesnt respond, and MoM sighs dramatically.

MoM: still no answer? okay, guess well have to do this the hard way.

MoM starts hurting sora, causing him to cry out in pain while riku watches helplessly 

MoM: come on, riku! do it! use your true strength! unleash the power hidden within your heart!

sora gasps and winces, barely getting out rikus name 

suddenly, theres a bright flash of pink energy (maybe rikus eyes also turn dream eater pink too?)

(if the power of love is too cheesy even for kh, then maybe its a black and white darkness/light combo attack)

riku breaks free of whatever MoM did to him, and then channels the energy through his arm, blasting it through soras restraints.

unfortunately, sora was being held in the air, and starts to fall– but in the blink of eye, riku is there to catch him in his arms.

MoM laughs in triumph and draws back slightly.

MoM: there we go!

MoM then shrugs.

MoM: well, this was fun, but ive got places to be. and im sure you two have a lot to talk about. toodles!

MoM disappears, leaving sora and riku in stunned silence.

after a moment, riku sets sora down and turns away from him, avoiding soras gaze.

sora meanwhile takes a second to catch his breath, before staring at riku with wide eyes.

sora: r… riku… is… is that...? is that really… how you feel?

riku clenches his fists at his sides and stays turned away. after a pause, he responds.

riku: … even if it is, it doesnt matter.

sora: what do you mean?

riku: i know… im not the one for you.

riku takes a deep breath.

riku: … when you were put to sleep for a year to fix your memories, some of them found their way into xion. they happened to be your most important memories– the ones you couldnt wake up without.

riku: those… were your memories of kairi. and xion took on her appearance because of them.

sora is stunned, only having been vaguely made aware of what happened in that year.

sora: k… kairi?

riku nods solemnly.

riku: yeah. and the only reason your memories got messed with in the first place is because the organization forced namine to make herself the person most important to you, instead of kairi.

sora pauses.

sora: you mean… castle oblivion.

riku nods again.

sora watches, before feeling a pain in his heart and grabbing at his chest instinctively.

underneath his hand, he can feel the cold metal of his crown necklace.

and thats when it finally clicks.

everything blurs, and theres a sudden rush of memories.

(maybe a memory sequence that you actually play through?)

sora, holding kairis wayfinder in castle oblivion. suddenly, the memory gets static-y, like during soras memory restoration.

cut to namine confessing to sora shes not the girl he cares about– but every time the word is feminine, its distorted by video static. (this is how we fix the aitsu thing)

"no. the g̸͓̦͙̫̮̦̠͗͐͗̊͑̕͝i̷͖̝̝̱̐ͅͅŗ̸̄̆̓̆̊̄̿l̶̮͉̦͓͔̹̀̂͗͝ͅ you care about...the one who was always with you... its not me. its ḧ̴̳͔̻̾̇e̵͚͂̀r̸̺̣̠̓̂̀̚."

cut to namine speaking to sora before he goes to sleep.

“but theres another promise you made—a promise to someone you could never replace. s̵̹̀͗͜h̷͇͇͌̆̐e̷̡̛̱'̷̦̆s̵̫͖̦̄̈̄ your light. the light within the darkness. if you can remember h̷̼̼̜͚͒e̸̢̡̤̹̬͖͐̒͒̾r̸͓̣̜̼̜̠͚͂̋̃...all the memories lost in the shadows of your heart will come into the light."

cut to a flashback of repliku talking about their shared promise. again, the feminine words are indecipherable.

"there was a meteor shower one night when s̶̳̄͑̆̅̆͗h̴͍̞͖͙͑̔̋̈́̎̈̾ę̷̧̰̰̖̝͆̆̕̚ and i were little... n̸̨̙̼͑̽ả̴̗͕̮́͊͝m̴̻̳͚̒i̸̳̟͑n̶̡̥̋̑̌é̸͍̦͑͐͋́ got scared and said, what if a shooting star hits the islands? so i told ḧ̷̡̬̽̅͆̊ė̸̙̩̠̥̿̃̚͠r̶̛̥̻̖̉̾̽͝, if a shooting star comes this way, ill protect you! and then—"

cut back to the memory pod.

"look at the g̴̬͛̄̚͘ŏ̴̞̙̰̍͂̀ö̴̘̥̗̱̐͋͆ͅď̷̨͙̙̩̓́͝ ̸̢̋̈́̂̚ļ̷̯̥̲̪̐̋͌̾̚ṵ̵̼̥̥͖̎c̸̱̟̹̚ķ̸̭̱̖̓̇ͅ ̷͇̳̃̑́͑͐͜ͅc̸̢̤̈̈́̊̚̕h̵̙̗̓͊̾ͅą̷̣̮̞̾̈́r̶̜̜͓̥̀́͋͝m̸̺̖͈̖͓̊̀̕. i changed its shape when i changed your memory. but when you thought of ẖ̴͚̙̆ȅ̴̡̛̞̲̥̼̋͐r̸̹̱̐, it went back to the way it was."

finally, a few more lines from namine.

"remembering one thing leads to remembering another, and then another... your memories are connected, like links in a chain. those same chains are what anchor us all together. i dont destroy memories. i just take apart the links and rearrange them. you still have all your memories."

cut back to sora in the real world. everything is still blurry, but now rikus voice can be heard in the background calling for him, distorted.

and then, a flash of light.

nighttime. its still. everything is quiet and peaceful.

young sora and riku are walking back from the beach.

suddenly, theres a bright streak across the sky. 

sora and riku both gasp.

then, another. and another. and another.

the night of the meteor shower.

riku watches the sky in amazement– until he feels a tug on his arm.

he glances at his side and sees sora, utterly terrified and clinging on to him for dear life.

sora: wahhhh!! r-r-riku, the sky is falling!!

riku laughs.

riku: no, those are shooting stars. theyre way up high in the sky.

sora however is not convinced, and keeps shaking as tears start to well up in his eyes.

sora: b-but…! theres so many of them. and theyre so fast!! what if a shooting star hits the islands?!

the reality of soras mood finally sets in, and riku is left staring as he tries to think of what to do.

hanging from his pocket is his wooden sword.

the words of the man with the real sword echo in his mind:

“no more borders around, or below, or above, so long as you champion the ones you love."

riku grabs his sword then and holds it up to the sky as he looks at sora, courage glinting in his eyes.

riku: if a shooting star comes this way, ill protect you! ill hit it right back into outer space!

sora sniffles as he watches riku swing the sword around.

sora: r-really?

riku nods his head confidently.

riku: i will. i promise!

after a moment of thought, riku reaches into his pocket and pulls out a silver chain with a crown dangling from the end.

riku: here. take this. i found it the other day.

with the magic of cutscene, riku somehow turns the chain into a necklace, and then reaches over to hang it around soras neck.

riku: whenever you get scared, all you have to do is look at this, and remember that ill always be there to protect you. no matter what.

tears run down soras face as he looks at the necklace.

the voice of the strange girl theyd met before rings through his mind:

"so then if something happens, and riku is about to get lost—or say, he starts wandering down a dark path alone—you make sure to stay with him and keep him safe. thats your job, sora, and im counting on you to do it, okay?"

sora gulps and then reaches out to grab rikus free hand in both of his own. riku is surprised by this.

sora: ill… ill protect you too! i-i know im not as strong as you, but ill… ill try! i promise!

riku is taken aback for a moment, before he smiles gently at sora.

riku: … thanks, sora.

afterward, a multitude of quick flashbacks to all the times sora and riku protected each other, culminating in seeing the KBG sacrifice one more time.

fade to back.

in a hotel room (or smth similar), sora suddenly sits up straight in a bed, heart beating rapidly.

sora: riku!

(paralleling when riku called out for him after waking up from the dive into his heart in ddd)

riku has been seated at the edge of the bed, waiting and worrying. when he realizes soras awake, he scoots down the bed towards him.

riku: sora! youre okay!

after catching his breath, sora looks around the room, confused.

sora: … what… happened?

riku: you passed out, so i brought you here. how are you feeling?

sora puts a hand to his head, grimacing slightly at his pulsing headache. but that doesnt matter right now.

sora: im… im fine. listen, riku… i saw… i saw some of the things that happened at CO.

rikus eyes widen.

riku: you did?

sora: yeah. i saw you… well, a version of you. and namine. namine…

sora looks into rikus eyes.

sora: she… she was wrong. or… maybe i was wrong, and she just played along for my sake…

riku: huh? what are you talking about?

sora swallows as his voice starts shaking, just a little.

sora: kairi… kairi wasnt the one most special to me. you were. i remember… i remember the night of the meteor shower.

sora clutches at the crown necklace.

sora: all this time, id thought id remembered everything important… but i forgot about it. [sighs] im sorry, riku

riku stays quiet for a moment, before putting on a forced smile.

riku: its fine, sora. we were little kids.

sora frowns.

sora: but… you never forgot, did you?

riku shrugs, and theres a moment of silence between them, before riku speaks again.

riku: maybe i was the one most important to you back then, but its not the same now. thats alright. im just happy to be your friend. i know how you feel about kai-

sora suddenly moves forward, closer to riku, now yelling as he cuts him off.

sora: i get to decide how i feel, riku! its my heart!

riku is taken aback at the shouting, and stares in shock. sora realizes hes gotten loud, and takes a moment to calm down.

dearly beloved starts to play in the bg

sora: i… i know now. maybe it took me a long time, but… i figured it out. the person most important to me… all along, its been you.

riku freezes up in pure shock. he cant believe what hes hearing. hed talked himself out of hoping for this day long ago.

sora finally smiles again.

sora: youre the one i love.

(paralleling prince eric with ariel)

BOOM FIREWORKS MAGIC SORIKU ENDGAME

riku is absolute speechless, staring at sora with his mouth agape.

sora gives riku a sheepish grin, now growing nervous at the lack of a response.

sora: and… im the one you love… right?

after a second, riku returns soras smile– and, for the very first time in the series, starts crying.

he nods, shakily.

riku: … yeah. yeah, i do. i always have.

riku wipes at his eyes to stop crying, but its futile. the tears flow even harder.

sora feels himself start crying, too, but hes laughing at the same time.

he pulls riku into a hug, grabbing his upper back tightly.

without any hesitation whatsover, riku returns the embrace, holding onto sora in the same way.

(like so [sora in orange, riku in teal])

fade to black.

then they kill the MoM, get married, and live happily ever after. the end. :)

love balancing light and dark is largely taken from these tags by @osrinlore on this video of mine btw:

#kingdom hearts #soriku #kh4 #kh meta #ali's kh meta #ali's fanfic #not really but tagging for organization (altho i might post it on my ao3 if i decide to clean it up) #long post #text heavy post #soriku endgame actually #riku is the light #the necklace theory #pls appreciate my mspaint mouse drawing #also if the COM quotes seem off its bc i took them from the khwiki (theyre from the og game n i am too lazy to type up the recom versions)

[mythicalartistx]

Riku isn't initially to blame for Xion and Roxas' deaths

I've seen people blame him for the deaths of these two to point they even hate him but they don't take some things into account.

And I see the opposite where people say Oh it's okay because Sora is important and must come back, but that's not it either.

They don't take into account the state of mind that Riku is in.

Imagine this, you are not doing well mentally. All the events of KH1 happened, Riku hates himself and feels miserable. His best friend is sleeping to get his memories back and he's at his lowest point. He faced off with his darkness and has accepted that part of himself.

Riku has the knowledge that something has prevented Naminé from restoring Sora's memories completely. His own nobody and a replica to copy and absorb the nobody's abilities.

Riku studies them and watches what they do. He finds out the only way to bring Sora back is for Xion to go back into Sora. This is a tragic fate. He fights with Xion, he isn't doing well because of his best friend sleeping. He says things, I am the biggest nobody of them all; meaning he doesn't believe in himself, he doesn't like himself, and is just at a very low point.

Then DiZ or Ansem comes into the picture. He's a bad person. He doesn't care about nobodies. He thinks they all are bad people who can't feel. They shouldn't exist as he puts it. And it's just awful. He stated to Roxas that a nobody doesn't have a right to know. He believes they have no rights, no feelings, nor even human. He has a grudge against them.

And DiZ influences Riku. Riku isn't doing well and he tells him the ONLY way is for Roxas and Xion to go back to Sora and initially die. Riku and him made an alliance to help each other until Sora wakes up. So he keeps going to Xion but he doesn't kill her.

He doesn't tell her it's better if she's gone. He tells her what would happen. Riku gives her the option, come with me and I'll show you Sora and you can go back into him. He tells her she can stay with her friends and see where she really belongs and if it's right.

Riku sympathizes with her wanting to be with her friends as they need her.

Xion even asks him if he's mad she took his friend away. Riku tells her he's not mad at her but sad. And this shows he doesn't blame Xion or Roxas. He just misses his friend and relates to how Xion views her friends.

They keep running into each other and they talk. After Xion goes back she realizes her being there isn't right because it endangers Roxas. She realizes the Organization goal is not what she wants and that they using her and Roxas to kill the other.

And then when she and Roxas fight, she goes back into Sora when she dies.

Then Ansem/DiZ tells Riku he must kill Roxas too and fight him so believing it's the ONLY thing that can be done. Riku believes him. It's been almost a year since Sora was last awake, and he fights him.

However Riku didn't know Roxas wanted to meet Sora. He didn't know he was willing to go and could probably help him awaken without having to die.

The first fight he fails and hurts his wrist, the second fight he gives into the darkness because it's the only way he believes can awaken Sora.

In the intro of Kh2 DiZ speaks harshly of nobodies like Naminé and Axel. And asks Riku to destroy them as well. But Sora soons awakens and he decides not to. Riku feels compassion and remorse for the nobodies.

Riku being Riku someone who has found he can use darkness for good questions the words of DiZ. He sees that they deserve humanity and sympathizes with them. He doesn't think they should just get hurt for no reason.

In the novels, he expressed how he feels bad and wonders if there would have been a way to save Sora without Roxas (and Xion but he doesn't remember her 😢💔) dying.

Naminé Axel and Riku ends up working together to do things. And they express themselves questioning if they truly do have feelings and hearts or not.

And if anyone blame DiZ

But the point here is made, Riku feels bad for them and expresses guilt after he does that. His mind wasn't in the right place and was given advice by DiZ a scientist dude who done experiments on CHILDREN to study the heart. They did things to Experiment χ. Riku only believed it was the ONLY way and that's why he did it.

Riku did it, but within reason he felt remorse for them and is shown to feel more compassion and guilt towards nobodies.

Even Sora was being a bit.... Judgmental towards them but that's due to Yen Sid 's influence as well— which is then changed through the end where he realizes they do care, have hearts, and seem to feel things. And in KH3, the organization deaths in that game he takes more seriously. He feels more for them.

The novels and manga show great details for these moments and Riku even calls Axel and Naminé his friends. Riku Axel and Naminé is a trio that I absolutely love.

But he still questions DiZ words if there could have been other alternative ways to awaken Sora and doesn't see that it's wrong they exist.

And because of all of this, no Riku isn't really to blame. He did do it, but there's meaning behind it. Riku let them have a choice and even afterwards he questions was it right and could there have been an alternate way. In general It's just bad circumstances and in all honesty DiZ is the one who kept saying how they shouldn't exist or feel anything.

#kingdom hearts #riku #xion #kh xion #kh riku #DiZ kh #ansem #ansem the wise #kingdom Hearts 2 #358/2 days #kingdom hearts 358/2 days #kh 358/2 days #kh novel #kh2 novel #roxas #kh roxas #It's not Riku's fault #He wasn't in a good place at the time #It's not really anyone's fault #It's kind of like blaming Terra for BBS #Yes he did it for Sora but afterwards he questions if it was right

[bradycore]

HELLO they couldve brought the special children back sooo easy-peasy. if they could come up with god’s sister and her backstory they could come up with some silly cosmic reason for the og psychic gang to come back to life. im going insane imagine this with me. as we all obviously know sam’s powers never actually went away he’s just been suppressing them for years. and then out of nowhere he gets a vision of jake talley clawing his way out of his own shallow grave in cold oak wyoming. two days later a phone number is projected into his mind by andy gallagher, who’s with ansem bc their families buried them next to each other. ava wilson shows up at the bunker in the middle of the night after her visions lead her to kansas. and from there the ones who’ve found each other start working their way to the rest.

[zdbztumble]

Yet Another Kingdom Hearts Revisit, Part FINAL

I'm shocked every time I play the game by the ending. I still cannot believe that Kingdom Hearts was allowed to end the way it does. Video games might not be as expensive or as influential as a major motion picture, and Disney might not be terribly hands-on with the development of each game, but I can't imagine the company today allowing such an untested, improbable, and high-profile crossover to go through without a happy ending for some insurance. I can scarcely imagine the Disney of the early 2000s allowing it, but what do we have? An ending where Mickey Mouse is trapped in the realm of darkness with an edgy teen who was tempted by a figurative devil, Donald and Goofy are adrift in the universe with no clear way home, and the young/first love story between the original characters ends with them literally pulled apart. It took two more games for any of these characters to find a happy ending which was later torn up, but never mind.

But if those other games had never come - if Kingdom Hearts was a critically acclaimed but financially unsuccessful game, or if Square folded after 2002, or if they and Disney had a parting of ways that kept any more games from being made - the ending of KH I is still an almost perfect finale. And a large part of that comes down to the fact that it is an ending.

Leave out the rest of the series and take KH I on its own terms. The main conflict is that world after world is being consumed and destroyed by the Heartless, ostensibly due to the League of Disney Villains but really due to Ansem, Seeker of Darkness. King Mickey recognizes the danger and organizes a resistance with Final Fantasy characters that tries to learn what became of Ansem, and Sora ends up tasked with saving vulnerable worlds and undoing the damage already done.

By the end of KH I, the goals of the heroes are all accomplished. The story doesn't turn out to be a cog in the ever more convoluted scheming of a guy in a black coat; it's self-contained and resolved. All the Ansem Reports are found, Mickey's efforts with the FF crew provide vital aid to Sora, and Sora saves the universe.

On a character level, everything set up in the beginning of the game has a resolution. The innocent, childlike, plucky underdog proves himself a responsible, selfless, true hero over everyone's expectations (except for Kairi's). The posturing, swaggering big man on campus technically chosen to play hero proves himself a pawn to darkness, but finds redemption in the end. The girl caught between them, a girl with a mysterious past and budding insecurity about the future, turns out to have a big destiny and gains renewed faith through her love and trust in Sora. Donald and Goofy honor their vows to their king, and the king is confident that all is well. They all may end up separated, their victory tinged with loss and sacrifice - but they've all grown and changed through their adventures, in ways that satisfy the conflicts and doubts they have at the start. Their conflicts end.

It's not necessary that they all make it home for a happy ending (as beautiful as that moment is when it finally comes in KH II). It isn't necessary that they die either. And it isn't necessary to have a secret movie teasing a possible future entry, as fun as that is. The finale, as bittersweet as it is, ties up the game, in a way I can only fault for how technically illogical (but thematically brilliant) Kingdom Hearts the place is, and for not making as good a use of Chernabog as they could have.

#kingdom hearts #z's crits #commentary #sora #riku #kairi

[atomic-taco-muffin]

You got it 😉 could I possibly have poly! Xemnas ansem xeha and vanitas sfw and nsfw headcanons please? also keep up the good work ☺️☺️☺️

Thank you for the praise! Hope you enjoy

NSFW under the cut

SFW: 

These boys don’t really know how to cope with their emotions and feelings (thanks crusty) so please teach them. Especially Vanitas. Poor boi’s been through so much

Ansem will read to you guys every night before bed. And no you cannot convince me otherwise. 

Xemnas will read to you too. But he’s so busy in his goddamn office that he can’t always do that. 

Xeha and Vanitas are the gremlins of the group. And if you’re a gremlin like them, then you’ll have a shit ton of fun getting into trouble.

Xemnas and Ansem are just done with your bullshit 

NSFW

Xemnas and Ansem are obviously the doms in the relationship here. That part’s obvious. 

Xeha and Vanitas are switches, but Vanitas is more of a bratty sub while Xeha leans towards domming more. 

Now, to me it’s hard to decide who has the most kinks but I do know for sure that Xemnas has a sir/master kink while Ansem has a daddy kink.

Vanitas will never admit it, cause he’s a brat, but he LOVES being tied up and not being in control. But like I said, he’s a switch. Which means he wants to be in control sometimes. 

Aftercare is AMAZING with these boys! Xemnas goes to make some tea while the others take you to the bath and massage any sore muscles and gives you their clothes (they fight over it. Can’t convince me otherwise) 

#Xemnas #kingdom hearts xemnas #xemnas kh #xemnas kingdom hearts #xemnas smut #xemnas imagines #xemnas imagine #xemnas x reader #Ansem SOD #kingdom hearts ansem #Ansem Seeker of Darkness #Ansem #ansem sod x reader #ansem x reader #ansem imagines #ansem imagine #ansem smut #young xehanort #young xehanort x reader #young xehanort imagine #young xehanort imagines #young xehanort smut #vanitas #kingdom hearts vanitas #vanitas kh #vanitas kingdom hearts #kh vanitas #vanitas imagines #vanitas imagine #vanitas smut

[xehanortsreport]

i love love love ansem but a lot of it is kinda in spite of how he's written and not because of it.

now, most of this is as a consequence of the franchise simply growing far outside of kh1 and ansem being shifted to a secondary antagonist as a result, but the change in his writing is still stark.

he's always been a darkness obsessed weirdo, but pretty much every game after 1 treats him as only this, or otherwise kind of relegating him to a physical manifestation of riku's trauma. and like, that's fine, he plays the role well.

but in kh1 there's this...mystique, and regal bearing, and a distinct intellectualism around him that kind of gets lost in later depictions. billy zane's performance is equally as dramatic as richard epcar's, but a lot more toned down. (though to be fair to epcar, he seems to adjust closer to this performance from DDD onward.)

he fairly whispers at times, a lot of the power in his voice comes from the restraint and controlled use of volume rather than just kinda. yelling all the time, which he does more of later.

you can tell he was and still is a researcher. he's observant and patient and even cordial, though condescending. it comes across less as uncomplicated malice and more as him just being upset that no one else grasps his magnum opus, no one else can understand him, everyone else is just /beneath/ him.

in later games, his taunts are just centered around "succumbing to darkness" and pretty much every line circles that same drain. but in kh1, it's more like he's gloating about his own superior understanding of the universe, of which darkness is but a piece.

like, just compare his lines from KH1 with his later lines. Here's KH1:

Yes he's throwing out his Darkness Lines, but I can't imagine DDD Ansem saying "perhaps this will enlighten you" lmao. Here is DDD and KH3:

i think a lot of it is because kh1 ansem was supposed to legitimately be a fallen sage king who went mad from The Horrors and like. i will die on the hill of that being a way better character than splitting him between xehanort and ansem the wise imposter. in my ideal world that plot point was never erased. anyway - they still could've kept that cool, cruel intelligence in him a little more.

to their credit, KH3 does kinda backpedal and restore some of his KH1 personality - as previously stated, Epcar cranks back his performance, and they even allow ansem to dabble in science again with his discussion on subject x (wow!) it's not perfect, he still gets pigeonholed into Guy Yelling About Darkness for half his scenes, but it was at least nice to see him with his original personality peeking through before he got banished into the void.

idk how to end this. ansem slaps if you're kh1pilled as much as i am. he should've been the one and only ansem. mad king truther over here.

#and i really really miss billy zane #that man gave such a haunting performance. miss billy zanesem every day.

[anonymouspuzzler]

Puzz, while doing work and art practices i've been listening to frankie and bugs entire kh vods ( im up to 358/2) and i've been obsessed with org 13, what do you think Nobody's version's of your oc's would look like ?

congratulations on becoming a VIDEO WARRIOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! as for Nobodies I imagine they'd look much the same - I don't remember how much they get into it during/before 358 but if I'm remembering my Lore correctly the implication is that Most* Nobodies look fairly similar if not identical to how they did in life, ie. Ansem and Xemnas looking pretty darn similar to each other

*as usual Sora's whole Deal is an outlier adn should not have been counted

#anonymous puzzler answers #wetzoofan #i feel like minnie playing kingdom hearts would do a full 180 from 'this is SO DUMB + LAME' to 'no you just don't understand the DEEP LORE' #davey would love the audacity of it. buck gets a migraine trying to understand anything going on #anonymous puzzler originals #villain coded comic

[warrior-kitty]

wait wait okay so I came across this post again and I can’t stop thinking about the absolute hilarity of Terra just trying to go about his life with Xemnas living in his heart and constantly airing his grievances about how he does things

like imagine it eventually get’s to the point where Terra just goes to Radiant Garden to straight up ask Ansem, Even, and Ienzo if it’s possible for them to make a replica body for Xemnas and they’re just like “?????? Why??????????”

Ienzo: “Why would you want to bring back Xemnas????”

Terra, who has been subjected to Xemnas criticizing his food preferences for the past week and a half because he ordered a water instead of a milkshake like the others did the last time the Guardians went to the bistro: “I can’t keep living like this man.”

#i just love thinking about dumb shit like this it’s so funny XD #kingdom hearts #kh terra #kh xemnas #stuff wk says #kh shower thoughts

[phylumhearts]

I love imagining what goes on at radiant garden when there are no protagonists around. you know scrooge mcduck as a prominent businessman and inventor would have reason to interact with the sage-king and his scholars from time to time but they’re 7ft tall anime men and he’s a cartoon duck who only manages to be crotch-height on any of them because he wears a top hat. imagine ansem the wise bent fully double to shake hands on a city planning deal

#and don't get me started on merlin #kingdom hearts #kh

[lightandfellowship]

A Possible Explanation For Why They Drop Their Keyblade

So there's one moment in particular in KHDR's finale that's a little vague and open to interpretation, simply because the game doesn't really address it directly. It's when Hoder drops her Keyblade after drawing it on Baldr.

What makes this moment stand out as strange is the way Hoder drops her Keyblade. A brief recap: Hoder and Baldr draw their Keyblades on each other and it seems like they're about to engage in battle. Xehanort sees this and yells at them to wait, not wanting them to fight.

Rather than Hoder lowering her weapon intentionally, as if listening to Xehanort's request, instead she does...this:

She freezes in place, with a vacant/shocked expression on her face. Her Keyblade falls limply from her hand, as if she had no control over it. And once her Keyblade vanishes, the only movement she can muster is simply lifting her arms up, as if trying to reach out to Baldr.

It really seems like some kind of external force was acting on Hoder in this moment, causing her to freeze in place and drop her weapon without her wanting to. I posit that it was Xehanort who stopped her. Perhaps he didn't do it consciously or on purpose, but Hoder's heart was being housed in his, after all. His heart may have had some influence over hers, allowing him some minimal control over her movements. In a moment of desperation and fear, he yells out to them to stop, and the strength of that feeling in his heart holds Hoder back from attacking.

This reminds me of a similar scene in KH1, where Riku's heart freezes Ansem SOD in place, though obviously the roles are somewhat reversed there, with a heart preventing the body from moving rather than the other way around. But in both of these cases the control exerted upon the other is short-lived, so I imagine the balance of power can shift quite a bit depending on whose heart is stronger/more desperate in the moment. It's also possible that the host body/heart has slightly more control than the one hitching the ride—shortly afterwards Riku's heart gets kicked out and sent to the Realm of Darkness, after all, as if Ansem SOD needed to dispose of Riku's heart completely to prevent future meddling like this.

#khdr #kingdom hearts dark road #kh hoder #rambling about dim path #ch tag: xeh #ch tag: hod #khdr spoilers