#starlightwayfinder

[thetwilightroadtonightfall]

For the hypothetical fighting game:

Which characters would you like to see included?

EVERYBODY!!! And I mean literally everybody we can get, as long as it makes sense for them to be fighting. From Mickey to Xehanort to everyone in between. This includes even the DR upperclassmen, even Odin perhaps. Heck, maybe even Yen Sid using his magic (disney permitting)

#asks #starlightwayfinder

[scala-ask-caelum]

Hoder—do you have any cute or embarrassing stories about your brother?

#answered #Meg Arts #starlightwayfinder #Hoder #Baldr #Side Story

[moonknightproductions]

2E for Skuld? (Those star earrings 👀)

Why not, I’ll post this here. Lovely choice for her!

#Meg Arts #ooo an ask #Starlightwayfinder #kingdom hearts #skuld #skuld kingdom hearts

[recusant-s-sigil]

compliment someone else in your fandom

your favorite type of fandom event (gift exchange, ship week, secret santa, prompt meme, etc)

the thing in canon that everyone loves and that you also love

(12, 13, 17!)

I’ll be going with KH again

12: I can’t decide so I’ll just compliment a bunch of people

To everyone: your contributions to the fandom are always wonderful, whether it be visual, writing, analysis, or any other format! Time to tag a bunch of people to compliment them all at once!

@corishadowfang, @cq-studios, @ok4ru, @vivi-mire, @taliaxlatia, @xehabraigs, @goldensunset, @scalacaelumx, @trashcantasch, @autumn-may, @fin-al-mix, @thetwilightroadtonightfall, @firestorm09890, @lightandfellowship, @luxudidnothingwrong, many many others I’m not close enough with to tag directly, and of course, @starlightwayfinder; the way you all have shaped my experience with Kingdom Hearts through your art has made a huge impact on not only my interactions with fandom, but on my life in general. I’m so glad to have met and talked with (if only briefly in some cases) so many amazing people such as yourselves.

13: I love doing communal prompt lists such as Inktober! Seeing everyone’s responses to the list was so cool last year! I do want to set up some sort of exchange/secret Santa/gift event at some point, though. I think that’d be really fun.

17: Nobody can deny that Yoko Shimomura, Takeharu Ishimoto, and Hikaru Utada (along with several other arrangers and composers whom I cannot remember the name of right now) have made the music of KH an auditory banquet, and neither can I! The music in this series has been a comfort for me many a time, and I know this is supposed to be about stuff in canon, but @projectdestati’s covers are absolutely stunning, go listen to them if you love orchestral music.

#Moon Answers #starlightwayfinder #Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to give some love to my favorite community artists and my friends

[rosie-kairi]

For the KHUX asks! If you could create a new cutscene for the story, who/what would it be about?

I'm gonna be super biased here and say a solo Lauriam & Ventus cutscene because I love them.

Getting a bit meta here. I wouldn't place this new cutscene in the main story mission itself, but as a small side story event that's completely optional. It would go in that same events tab that the keyblade war story went in (if you ever played khux you know what area I'm talking about).

It would be similar to those cute little story events that would occasionally pop up where you would go do A Thing™️ with the player's in-game party/the "Sewer Squad". The plot of the small story would just be that Lauriam and Ventus go around Daybreak Town together doing check-ins with the Dandelions, making sure everything is operating how it should, you know, union leader stuff. The general conceit would be that Ventus would be going out of his way to try to impress Lauriam because he wants to prove that he's capable and that he was a good pick for the job. It would end with Lauriam telling Ventus that Ven doesn't need to do all this stuff to impress Lauriam, because Lauriam already believes in him. Sweet bonding moment, y'know? Maybe throw in a quick mention from Lauriam about how "Strelitzia used to do the same" for maximum feels

#ask rosie a question! #starlightwayfinder #i've discovered I'm really good at coming up with story ideas. but really bad at actually writing them out lol #kingdom hearts #kingdom hearts union x #khux #kh ventus #kh lauriam #ventus #lauriam

[goldensunset]

Trick or Treat!

you get…

sigrun png!

#asks #starlightwayfinder

[scalacaelumx]

"I'm Ventus. Call me Ven."

A doodle based on the lovely @starlightwayfinder ‘s Waypoint AU: Ven in his beautiful Scala ad Caelum outfit.

I love this design (and the AU) so much!

#it’s such a cool concept I’m so invested #and this outfit has such a cool asymmetrical design with the black and the white! and the opposite colored ties! #I haven’t been drawing as much lately but this gave me some motivation #please check out the AU if you haven’t! it’s a very interesting story! #kh #kingdom hearts #Ven #Ventus #Waypoint AU #scala art

[luxudidnothingwrong]

Aquanort doodle from repose that @starlightwayfinder keeps BEGGING me to post

#KH #aqua #KH Aqua #KH fanart

[lightandfellowship]

A Single Step

(A short Xehanort fic inspired by this ask @starlightwayfinder sent to me.)

*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Sometimes, Xehanort just...sits.

That strange (and frankly, highly suspicious) man he had met while preparing for his Mark of Mastery exam had been right, in the end: after some time, Xehanort didn't need to wear the black coat inside the dark corridors anymore.

Repeated exposure to the dense darkness within these corridors had strengthened Xehanort's heart and toughened it, much like how repeated exposure to the elements toughen the bottom of your feet after walking barefoot for miles and miles. Eventually, the skin hardens, and the sharp edge of spite, the biting chill of indifference, and the scorching heat of animosity become—for the most part—bearable. Nothing can stop you from making any trek, no matter how perilous the terrain may be.

He no longer required the protection of the coat, and sometimes, he just sits within the depths of the dark corridor. Waiting.

It doesn't usually take too long for "it" to appear.

The afterimage of his mentor.

He doesn't really know what the afterimage is, exactly. Oh, he has theories, sure, based on his own observations and what he was taught in school. But no true way to test those theories. And in any case, he doesn't particularly care about the specifics—not now, anyway.

The resemblance is striking, he thinks. No, not their appearance, for every time Xehanort has run into them in this place, their face has, without fail, been obscured by the hood of their favorite blue cloak. But their heart—their heart!—he can feel it: their emotions.

The emotions are different each time (he recalls them with ease, as if they were engraved upon his own heart: guilt, doubt, pity, grief), but he recognizes them as belonging to his mentor all the same. It's them, somehow. Were it not for the figure's ghostly translucence betraying their true nature, Xehanort could almost swear that his mentor was standing right next to him again, alive. Rhythmic waves of emotion imitating the heartbeat that he used to know so well, that used to lull him to sleep every night as a baby.

Used to.

Use—yes. He utilizes these dark corridors so frequently now. A journey of hundreds of thousands of miles, reduced to nothing more than a brief stroll. A method of travel that is quick, convenient, and covert. It would be foolish not to take advantage of all the benefits such travel provided, so of course that's why he's gotten into the habit of using the dark corridors whenever he can. For efficiency, and for proving the strength of his heart. No other reason, really.

But sometimes he doesn't pass through the corridors with the swift, purposeful pace that he ought to. Sometimes, he loiters, peering into the turbulent darkness as if looking for someone. He waits, in those halls that should not be traversed by the living.

And he just sits.

Finally, a figure coalesces several feet ahead of him. He's so used to it by now, and yet he can't help but draw in a sharp breath at the sight of it.

His mentor. Or something close to them.

Close enough.

Xehanort gets on his feet, and slowly inches his way towards the apparition. He's encountered it several times already, but has always kept a safe distance away. Today, however, will be different; today, he will indulge his curiosity.

The spirit remains perfectly still as Xehanort approaches. It doesn't react, doesn't turn to look at him, doesn't seem to notice him at all. He may as well not exist.

He's only a couple of feet away from the spirit when suddenly, something inside of him shatters. His knees buckle on their own from the shock, and he crumples to the floor without meaning to.

All at once, the pain he was so masterfully ignoring up until this point hits him in full force: the rapid, uncontrolled beating of his heart; the bone-deep ache in his legs; the soreness of his feet; the lightheadedness and stinging intakes of air that follow running out of breath.

The rough skin of his heart had finally fractured under the strain of the corridor, and the darkness that flows into the cracks feels like water rushing into his lungs.

He doesn't know what caused his heart to falter like this. Was this the spirit's doing, somehow? But the pain is so relentless, so overwhelming, that he can't focus long enough to consider the possibilities.

Endure it. Keep going.

His arm shaking, he desperately tries to grip the hand of the only parent he's ever known (known, but not the only parent he's ever loved) to steady himself, but his own hand passes right through.

He knows this will happen. He knew this would happen. But a pained sob escapes his throat regardless when he fails to make contact, soft and broken and child-like and utterly drowned out by the sea of unintelligible whispers surging all around him.

Trying to stand up in this state would be a futile effort, he realizes. Instead, he crawls the final few inches to his intended destination and collapses, curling up next to the memory of someone long gone.

And, for once on this seemingly never-ending journey of his,

he just

sits.

#making kh art #ch tag: xeh

[skrimshaw]

Someone try and guess what the axis labels @starlightwayfinder and I put down are

#it is not what you think it is (both in a more boring and hilarious way imo) #kingdom hearts #kh #kingdom hearts meme #kh meme #khux #khdr

[corishadowfang]

3 or 12?

(For this)

3. A character the fandom helped you appreciate.

Basically all of the Radiant Garden crew, haha. They were less interesting to me compared to everyone else (Braig and Xehanort aside), but the fandom's done a lot of cool stuff with them that's won me over, haha.

12. Compliment someone in your fandom.

I...will not be sticking to just one haha.

@starlightwayfinder You create such beautiful art and amazing fics, and are just a really sweet person overall.

@kicktwine Your art is absolutely amazing and I LOVE your worldbuilding. (My knowledge on FF14 is limited but I still get excited every time I see a spec bio post from you.)

@goldensunset I love seeing your thoughts on the games (they have a tendency to either make me emotional or go feral over how interesting they are, haha). Also, stairposting.

@rosie-kairi SO MANY of your shitposts/memes/etc. make me laugh, haha. Also, your art is fantastic.

@serenedash Good takes and fics and art!! I always get excited when I see something new from you.

@thetwilightroadtonightfall OVERMORROW IS MAKING ME CRY (positive). But also seeing you talk about Ephemer is so much fun because you're clearly having such a great time with it.

@psianabel Your FICS. Man, I love them so much; I have reread many of them several times, they're so good!

@hallowed-nebulae Also an amazing fic writer!! Seriously, I love your prose and how you handle the characters, and your worldbuilding is just so COOL.

@fungeiful Your art is fantastic; I've loved seeing all of the Brain and Player doodles. Also, bagelposting.

@cq-studios You're so enthusiastic about the mobile games and it makes me SO HAPPY. Your art style is also adorable.

@recusant-s-sigil I LOVE seeing/hearing your thoughts about the series; they're so well thought-out and interesting. Also, Scala Ask Caelum is very cool.

@scalacaelumx Amazing art and a very sweet person! I may not see you on my dash as much as some others, but I always get excited when I do.

@chibifightfu You have such amazing art and are just a super cool person in general! I always love talking with you, whether about KH stuff or random things.

@lightwithinthedarknessu You are one of the kindest people I've ever met. Also, I adore all of your writing.

@bookwormally ALSO A REALLY FANTASTIC WRITER and I will be continually impressed by your management abilities. (Also, thank you so much for organizing the World Guidebook Zine.)

@blazernot When I saw someone else was doing Skuld and Brain stuff, I got SO EXCITED, haha. Also, you're just a very cool person, and I love your OCs.

And...and there are definitely people I'm missing, so just know that all of you are awesome and I'm happy you're here!

#kingdom hearts #thanks for the ask!!

[scala-ask-caelum]

Everyone—who’s the class clown of the Upper classmen?

"Would you believe Sigrun and Vali?" Vala sighs, looking up from her book to watch the two. "They don't usually get a chance to pull any pranks, though; their plans are too obvious with Vali's signing and Sigrun can't keep a secret for the life of her."

#answered #Meg Arts #starlightwayfinder #Vala #Vali #Sigrun #Side Story

[moonknightproductions]

Heimdall from khdr!

Mostly aesthetics-related circles lmao

#ooo an ask #starlightwayfinder #kingdom hearts #he doesn't really have a lot going for him but he's sure a character!

[recusant-s-sigil]

Halloween request: Chirithy,,, but with a Halloween/vampire cape and their little pouch is a pumpkin!

What an adorable idea! I had a lot of fun trying out a new coloring style with this

#Moon Answers #Meg Arts #starlightwayfinder #Chirithy #I like to imagine this Chirithy was dressed up by its wielder #I do love the concept of identical Chirithies (Chirithys?) being a plot point but let! them! have! variation!!

[rosie-kairi]

Do you have a favorite Keyblade?

hmmm, that's a difficult question. In khux, my favorite to use was Bad Guy Breaker bc of how it didn't put restrictions on whether or not it boosted Upright or Reversed medals.

Aesthetically, I have to say that my favorite is Divine Rose. I just like me my flowers <33

Non-khux though, I'd say my fave is Shooting Star from KH3. There's just something about it idk how to describe it but. Pwetty <3

#ask rosie a question! #starlightwayfinder #kingdom hearts #i tend to lean towards liking the really maximalist keyblades. i like the ones with alot going on #some of the ones in like. early games are just bad looking srry. no sauce no personality

[cq-studios]

Fallen Stars Fanart

Fic by Corishadowfang

Skuld design by Starlightwayfinder

#hey I finished it! Look at me go #love these guys and love this fic #khml #brain kh #kh skuld #kh fanart