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melodiiousnocturne · 4 years

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( dylan wang , cismale , he / him , kingdom hearts ) * &. i know it must be scary for you , demyx , after surviving the takeover . to turn into someone like myde lu , a twenty-one year-old part time clerk at the hq and part time instructor at the record scratch , right here in castle town . just remember that you are as easygoing as you are indolent , and to be wary , be safe , be true to who you are : neutral through and through .

hi as i said in gc , this is one big tl;dr i’m a demyx stan !

BEFORE CASTLE TOWN.

where do i begin

demyx — number ix in organization xiii ( demyx vc : are we still gonna call ourselves organization xiii now that there’s 14 of us ? ) he is ... lazy . arguably the most cowardly of the bunch , doesn’t like fighting , and would rather nap or play music .

that being said ... despite his very emotional exterior in comparison , we have seen that he can get just as serious / dark like the rest of them if he really needs to ...

idk i have a lot of feelings .

he’s very ?? idk how to explain it bt like . “ what’s in it for me ? ” ( as we really see in kh3 ) & like . i wld say he is a mix of ravenclaw / slytherin just . minus the whole cutthroat ambition of slytherin etc bc tbh that isn’t him . he’s kinda just along for the ride . i am rejecting those MoM theories and i’m not sorry ab it idc if they say it’s true , i REFUSE .

i feel like since demyx allegedly never remembered his somebody life , he probably didn’t care as much ab the whole kingdom hearts thing because he didn’t drink the kool-aid because like why would he want a life that he doesn’t even remember you know ?? plus it’s — he already knew xemnas & saïx were fucken lying when they said the nobodies didn’t have hearts JKDWJHSNS why did he need to be a somebody to regain a heart when he believed he already had one !!!

whatever .... lmao

anyway demyx in the manga was honestly a mood and a half i adore him

when he was brought back to the organization for kh3 , he was made into a seeker of darkness — meaning baby water boy got NORTED . his ears didn’t appear to be pointed in some way ( like the others ) so it’s safe to say he didn’t get as much of xehanort’s heart placed inside of him . bt it was enough to turn his pretty blue eyes into that ominous gold .

regardless , he was benched despite going through that whole process which like i HIGHLY doubt is an easy one to even do ( so good on demyx for being strong enough to withstand it ,,, ) bt it’s ! to be noted ! because he felt bitter ab being demoted after , and ofc with a mystery incentive from vexen , demyx finally took the offer of backstabbing the organization ( read : it goes back to what i said ab him being like well what’s in it for me ..... since before he got apparently satisfied enough , he’s like uhhhh sorry bt have u seen what happens to idiots who betray these guys lol like idk ab all that )

so basically self-preservation of a slytherin . there i said it ! plot twist he isn’t a coward , he’s just smart enough to not throw himself head first into danger . go figure , right ? like look alright he may be comedic relief bt ... he is also more than that !

in the organization he was known to kinda be a bully / play pranks / manipulate others into doing his work for him bt at the end of the day he ?? isn’t like . REALLY a bad guy or whatever . saying it was the pressure of the organization is dulling everything down , because he still actively chose to do what he did and didn’t do and i will hold him responsible for it , bt . u know . shit happens !

like we have canon evidence he wld join in xigbar when it comes to the more like . idk i guess harsher teasing ? and all ? and like again demyx made the conscious choice to go along w it so he isn’t innocent bt , i firmly stand by saying demyx unintentionally looked up to xigbar despite even ‘ fighting ’ with him , bc .. well . i stan them being a That duo . because to me , he’s just a prankster who wants a laugh .. even at the expense of another .. which yea idk still yikes ... bt it isn’t like , malicious .. when he is on his own .. imo . i mean take the days manga , he puts a whoopee cushion on axel’s chair ? bitch pls ..

( also quick going back to him being strong enough to accept getting norted — please just remember .... nobodies aren’t even supposed to exist ! they only technically form when the person who lost their heart is strong-willed & tbh ? i think it speaks volumes for demyx bc despite the show he puts on ,..... he is there . )

alright so look i know i sound like i am in denial of the MoM stuff and that mayhaps be so . however there’s definitely smthin off . like we KNOW he can be uhhhh a pos like the remark he has in days ab how the castle that never was is quieter without everyone who was eliminated at castle oblivion , bt — it was always a really weird line to me because he’s always been branded as the most emotional of the organization / the one who adamantly believed they had hearts the whole time ? which . inch resting ! i wld like to formally say ONE OF THESE is a fucken coping mechanism of sorts or smthin bc it’s really ... a lot and nothing makes sense and like that’s the entirety of kh lore in a nutshell bt ya . like i think it ties into the whole self-preservation thing bc it’s like , wow they really went and got themselves fucken murked ... how dumb ... bt at the same time bc like again the biggest pusher for #nobodieshavehearts , it’s like “ oh that’s depressing ” & like . a mess .

idk what else to say for this besides he was really great at recon & apparently was a keyblade wielder in the past ! which subsequently makes me emo on main bc he’s really out here like lmao nah that’s ... it’s cool bt like hm idk sounds like kinda fake u know

again fuck canon if it does u know what

AFTER CASTLE TOWN.

where do i begin , chapter 2

now myde is actually my hc somebody name for demyx so like going off that it technically is his real first name .... he just doesn’t know that bc although he survived this , he didn’t uh really remember his old somebody life so like lmao fuck all honestly this life could be his real life for all he knows

except he does know it isn’t

so like he’s ?? more of a somebody in castle town opposed to a nobody meaning he ! has a whole fucken heart now ! although because his eyes are still indeed gold , he’s kinda like well shit is old man xehanort still in there too

anyway myde lu .. my son ... the memories of castle town life are . something else . he grew up with a single mother who worked odd jobs here and there struggling to make money to provide . so while demyx is like ah fuck working i don’t wanna fucken do this , he got two part time jobs the moment he could to help her out . because even if she isn’t his real mother , it’s ??? really nice to have someone caring ab him :/

he rooms with neko / noriko now because an ad on craigslist bt he still sends some of his paychecks & like whatever money cut he gets from the troubvdours ( also , ironically from a fucken craigslist ad ! ) etc to castle town mom bc honestly life in castle town has kinda uh . made him like . wow wait fuck haha oh man i actually ???? i can’t just nap and play music and do whatever i want ?????? like i mean he still does bt castle town memories / the life he was forced into here made him arguably more responsible even though he is still a little shit and completely at the same time not that responsible in the slightest

it’s like . fake getting ur life together

idk he doesn’t like all the work like he’s exhausted bt it’s paired simultaneously with he ? kinda also doesn’t mind it solely bc there’s like ,, a benefit from it ? like with the two part time jobs ( which one is being a music instructor like i feel as if he doesn’t consider that one much of a job bc he gets to play music !! ) it’s being able to help the poor soul who got stuck as his ‘ caretaker ’ KKDKWJSJSJ and with the band it’s . bc he is passionate ab music and again although exhausting he loves to do it

boy’s chaotic neutral as always bt i suppose castle town is bringing out those hidden good tendencies

hmm he is forever bitter ab the fact he didn’t get his sitar tho .... what the fuck is he gonna do w his stupid organization cloak huh ? my god

so he picked up rhythm guitar bc it’s like . the closest thing without getting an ACTUAL sitar , because ! arpeggios is actually a rhythm technique & that’s what his sitar is named so .... food for thought i suppose . plus this world’s sitar isn’t the same anyway :/

despite being natural blond in game etc i’m making the executive decision to say he was given naturally dark hair in CT & now has to keep bleaching / dying his hair blond bc .... he does not think he suits black hair . nor does he want to . it reminds him too much of like idk xigbar or vanitas or whatever with the dark hair + gold eye combo u feel JDWJJSJSNS

he dated isolde in CT & honestly i suggested it to bloom as a crackship bc haha different bt then it got really soft and really emo so here we are . they close tho now still & she’s the only person he’s opened up to ab his real life / the organization so far !!

he is bi :/ and sad :/ bt honestly mood , i say as i’m pan not bi bt whatever :/

anyway part 500000 , he sleeps at the library sometimes bc big gay still for ienzo and likes to really just hang around them bc he wants them to remember being zexion .... & well . more selfishly he wants them to remember him bt like y a h

+ for the fact i have not really mentioned it : he still loves water iskaksns catch him like . chillin in his bathtub for hours like bitch stop wasting water and the water is FREEZING by the time he does decide he is finished . he misses his water abilities ok . he can probably like move stuff a little bit here and there bt it’s Nothing like before :/ yeah .

idk what else this is a mess !! please plot with me tho uwu xoxo

#castletown.intro #uhhhhh i dont ?? think ?? i need any tws lmao #bt it's also very late rn so i dont know what im doing sorry

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yo-namine · 5 years

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More KH3 playthrough! This post has spoilers from the start of Toy Box through the scenes just before the Caribbean. Also has some talk about the final battle trailer, if that counts as a spoiler.

Toy Box was a lot of fun! The intro had me laughing just at the absolute Final Fantasy of it all. I love that they point out how much the Verum Rex hero looks like Riku. I liked Buzz’s concern about fighting possessed toys (and Sora being able to hijack the Gigas toys was an interesting thing to pair with that subplot), and that he didn’t just immediately trust Sora & co. about everything. You had to work to gain his trust, and that was a nice change compared to other worlds where you meet the heroes and they just go with whatever you say right off the bat. Also, Woody showing Sora how a record player worked was super cute. And I LOVED the cactuar cameo, even though it took me 94367 tries to finally run across its arm correctly, lol.

Kid Xehanort talks about planting darkness in a person’s heart by separating them from their loved ones, and… Man, those scenes from the final battle trailer are always playing in the back of my mind during parts like this. However, Sora says distance doesn’t matter, and that their hearts are connected regardless, etc. etc. It’s a great scene, honestly, but I just hope Sora remembers all this stuff in, oh, 20 hours or so when Master Xehanort kills all his friends (”””””kills”””””).

Corona is a gorgeous world, and Sora and Rapunzel’s interactions are SO cute. I loved the bit where you can chase her around in the pond and have a splash fight, and the part where Sora scatters the dandelions for her with an aero spell. And him carefully guiding the birds to her and even holding one out to her… They’re so precious. That said, the storyline in this world felt a little disjointed. If you haven’t seen Tangled, the game doesn’t do that great a job telling you the story. Like you see that Mother Gothel has Eugene’s satchel at first, and then Rapunzel suddenly has it a few scenes later with no explanation as to how that happened. I can see why the story’s broken up like that, though. Rather than doing the KH2 thing where you go to a world, reenact the movie, and leave, here, you’re only reenacting a couple of scenes, and then the rest of the time, your party is split from the main story to do other stuff. It’s a good system, actually, because it allows the movie characters to do their thing without Sora sticking his nose into every single scene, and it also gives you something new to experience instead of just watching the movie again. Still, though, I think this world’s story could’ve used a little more editing just to tie some loose ends together.

I feel like Marluxia was a little underutilized in Corona. He has some good lines (“You always were such a sound sleeper.”), but I thought they could’ve done more to show why he was such a perfect Org member to pair with Rapunzel’s storyline. I mean, Rapunzel’s a young woman being imprisoned and used for her power, which is literally what Marluxia did to Naminé, and that fact isn’t referenced once. I know Sora doesn’t remember Castle Oblivion, but still, you’d think Marluxia wouldn’t be able to resist making a dig at Sora about that.

Even apparently WANTED to be Norted. For science. That is some dedication.

Monstropolis was fun, tooI LOVED Sully just grabbing Vanitas and tossing him into a door (and then that door in another door, and that door into another door). Man, the movie characters don’t give a fuck in this game. Between this and Woody telling Xehanort that he clearly had never been loved before… Phew. Why are we even bothering with the seven guardians? Just sic the Pixar characters on the Norts and call it a day.

Sully and Mike still visiting Boo after the events of the movie is so sweet. I hope they keep a better eye on her in the future, though, because there were so many moments when the party would run ahead and she’d toddle as fast as she could to keep up. I wish I had the option to pick her up, or that she could just ride on Sully’s back when we’re not in a battle.

Aqua’s reintro in the Realm of Darkness was AWESOME. Ansem SoD asks her where her keyblade is, and she just wipes her mouth with her fist and says “Don’t need it!” Like I know she lost the fight immediately after that, but still! What a badass.

I’m…. not sure who Ansem SoD was referring to by the girl who “lost her memory.” He talks about his time in Radiant Garden, so my immediate assumption was Kairi, but I thought she didn’t lose her memories until she got to Destiny Islands? Am I forgetting something from one of the reports? This series only has 5 original female characters (9 if you remember the KHX crew), and Kairi’s the only one who almost makes sense in this context, but I’m not sure. Anyway, either real Ansem is like me and genuinely doesn’t know who the hell SoD’s talking about, or he’s lying to protect this girl. Hm.

Arendelle was a lot of fun to explore, what with Larxene’s ice labyrinth. scaling the mountain walls, sledding down slopes, and using the little wind gusts to jump around. And I know everyone is sick of “Let It Go,” but I loved that sequence. I’m glad they didn’t turn it into a mini-game or anything like that, they just let the scene play out.

Just like Marluxia in Corona, though, I feel like Larxene was a little underutilized in Arendelle. She loves stoking people’s insecurities and fears, and that was kind of her M.O. with Naminé in CoM, but for all that, she doesn’t speak to Elsa once. And tbh, it strikes me as a little odd that—once again—we encounter one of Naminé’s main tormentors in a world where the story centers around a young woman whose powers keep her isolated, and said tormenter doesn’t use this fact to taunt Sora. I did like that Sora compared Elsa to Riku, though, and was able to empathize with Anna’s worry over her sister (and even understand Elsa’s fear more) through that experience.

Demyxnort is just like regular Demyx, and it’s hilarious. I like that Larxene aimed all that cruelty that she was apparently saving up all through Arendelle’s storyline and aimed it right at him, and he’s barely even bothered. Just keeps strumming his sitar. Anyway, apparently he and Luxord are connected to an “ancient keyblade legacy,” which I was spoiled for, lmao. But still! Does this mean we might see their somebodies show up in KHX? Did they fight in the keyblade war, too? sjdlfsdkjf How many time travelers are there in this series, exactly?

#kh spoilers #kh3 spoilers #my posts #kh3 bloggin

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avale-reves · 5 years

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i truly think kh3 did explain things better than any other installment and did cater to everyone by resolving all the things everyone was hoping for. all our fave characters met and were hanging out at the beach in the end what more could we ask for? i just feel like there were so many things to do and so many things to resolve that they came by way too fast and there was no time for the characters themselves apart from SDG. interactions between the guardians of light felt stone cold to me tbh

Honestly, I kind of think that’s always going to be a bit of a problem with numbered titles. They’re the big plot, SDG focused titles and that’s always going to be part of the shortcoming of them (though it in turn has a lot of their own unique good qualities too). That’s why the non-numbered titles can be so valuable, because they get to have a smaller scope and more of a focus on character interactions and the like. KH2 was much the same. Honestly, I think it was even far far worse in that regard, especially vanilla KH2.

I have always maintained, for y e a r s, that KH3 was not the title to look forward to when it comes to character interactions between the saved people. I always knew that: 1.) the game would be juggling so much plot that there wouldn’t be much space for it, and 2.) that the savings would be saved for the final act, yknow because that’s generally how stories are structured. So I always knew that it was the new saga, the post-KH3, to look forward to for that stuff, so I was totally fine with what was in KH3.

I also think that like… a lot of this stuff has been built up and in fan’s heads for years and years that actually seeing it depicted will always feel weird or “cold” at first. I certainly felt kind of odd myself the first time I watched the scene in Yen Sid’s tower where the guardians assembled. Something felt off or weird, but I think it was just because the concept of it (SRK etc interacting with characters like Aqua and Ven in the present) just by their nature feel unbelievable at first. Watching the scene now, it feels a lot more natural to me.

I don’t know. All of our reactions are subjective of course. I just would really encourage people to do more playthroughs past their first blind experience and instead focus not on what KH3 isn’t, but what it is and see how they feel then.

Also hopefully Re:Mind will be able to deliver more of those kinds of scenes that players want now that they aren’t burdened with Sora’s POV or the pacing of the endgame. We’ll just have to see~

#Anonymous #kingdom hearts #kh3 spoilers

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