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It makes me happy when they listen

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#Lali we were in the back cover trenches together. I think I could rely on you to kill someone with me

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a very quick Naminé!

#aww look at her!! I think she was made for pixie hollow #kh aus

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Gonna ramble about Eph’s family again because it’s the only thing keeping me from ripping a door off of its hinges atm—but wait! I’m doing something different today. I’m gonna go backwards in the family tree (which you can view here if you wish! But it’s not necessary for the purposes of this post)

So a lil while ago on twitter, @/kwoojii asked for Ephemera backstory headcanons (well specifically they also asked about his commitment issues 😄) so I figured why not share what I said and expand on it here?

I need to give additional context, because this goes into general edgy headcanon territory. Below are screenshots from one of my fic documents [Overmorrow Character and Lore Files - File 3 (pgs 2-3)] explaining what I imagine the situation in Daybreak Town is:

Now to get into the main part: My backstory headcanon for Ephemera is that he was raised by two moms. They owned a library, and even had a small textile business on the side. As you can probably guess, Eph grew up surrounded by books, and got his scarf from them. They loved him dearly, and tried their best to give him a good life.

But they fell on hard times. In the midsts of their struggles, they were eventually approached by the MoM. They talked a lot and came around to trust the clever, charismatic, even sympathetic guy. And he made them a promise that their son would be well cared for under his watch 👁️ So, convinced by the MoM’s words…these mothers choose to give up their only child in hopes that he’ll have a better quality of life elsewhere.

Eph has very vague memories of them. He remembers being loved, but he also remembers being abandoned and left alone for a long time (however long it takes for the MoM to get things set up in Daybreak Town; I assume the kids are kept in some liminal space in the meantime).….hence the commitment issues. He learns to figure things out on his own, and that carries over into his early days as a keyblade wielder. He likes being with people, but he relies on himself first and foremost. He tends to keep a bit of emotional distance between himself and others without meaning to because he subconsciously thinks that one day, they might leave him too. It’s easier to be the one who leaves than it is to be the one who gets left behind.

But this makes his bond with the other union leaders and Player all the more meaningful, because they all choose to stand together again and again, despite the odds, and their own personal doubts and fears.

It’s a bit of a downer, I know…but I assume it’d be like that not just for Eph and his parents, but for most of the other Daybreak kids and their parents too.

…Can I perhaps offer you some of my old doodles from last year as consolation? 😄

Phoebe Ophiuchus (left) and Paraphernalia “Nalia” Lumen (right), the lesbians that started it all 🤍

#khux #ephemer #my headcanons #my art #the ophiuchus family tree #s/o to eph and his moms for giving me a very specific type of brainrot long before ml existed! #with how much I’ve been yapping about his family lately I’m genuinely surprised at myself that I’ve never talked about phoebe and nalia! #I created them in like….2018 I think. well now you know I guess!! #my posts #timeless child #my ocs #phoebe oc #paraphernalia oc

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No see results option, I'm forcing you to perceive yourself. rb for more results plus

#irl because i dont fucking talk #<- prev tags #yup #online is 24/7 nerd dork hours

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Most attractive aspect of a woman?

Physically larger than me

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Imagine being Yozora and one day you just wake up and you’re some guy’s DeviantArt lovechild OC. That would be wild-

(Said “guy” being Tetsuya Nomura)

Credit + Individual drawings below

(Disclaimer: The character, Soku, is not mine, and the reference I used to draw her was by xxpunkgrlxx on DeviantArt. I just thought I should give credit, as it felt wrong not to, but I’m also very sorry if this was something you wanted to bury forever. I do love the paopu hair clip a lot, though, and the outfit as a whole is a very cute and well thought out combination!)

Soku:

Yozora:

We should bring back the “Xx_username_xX” thing with names, it was cool af-

#you’re not wrong. you’re not wrong.

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By the way, the dancing minigame in Tangled world never fails to make me cry. Something about the whimsical, gentle (but still lively) music paired with Sora having the time of his life dancing with total strangers just gets to me.

Might be my favorite minigame in the series for that reason alone, can't think of any others that make me emotional like that (not counting story-related gameplay sequences that have a gimmick to them, I don't consider those minigames.) But also the minigame is just plain fun, even if a little simple.

#he looked so happy! he was in his element; just connecting with people and having fun with them

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#me

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yknow i'd always had a headcanon that sora was a lot more proficient with magic than riku, but playing Re:CoM really solidified that for me with the difference between their playstyles.

when you play as sora, you have this massive variety of different sleights and spells and summons you can use, which from an in-world perspective, could read as him just... modifying the spells for his own use. I think it would be super funny if he talks to like. Aqua for example and she's like "wait how did you do that. thats not supposed to happen, that's not how magic works-?" but anyway! the point is that Sora's gameplay has a lot of variety and magic woven into it

whereas with riku, not only can he not edit his deck, but almost all of his sleights are locked behind Darkness-Murder Mode™️. So a lot of Riku's gameplay is just "hit things until they die" (also i feel like there's something to be said about the difference between Holy Spiral and Inverse Spiral, which are basically the same attack except HS is when Riku's not in Dark Mode and IS is when he is, something about HS lasting much less time than IS because riku's light magic isn't as powerful perhaps?)

ANYWAYS. i just think it's neat :)

#kh analysis

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some observations from going down a rabbit hole of japanese language xigbar yesterday

(apologies for the youtube watermarks. i got this clip from this video.)

[Video ID: a fifteen-second clip from a cutscene from kingdom hearts 3D: dream drop distance, with japanese audio and english-language visuals. it's the scene where xigbar tells sora that he's not going to wake up. end ID.]

keep in mind that this clip is just the japanese audio being played over the visuals from the english language release. the subtitles aren't a direct or literal translation of the words being spoken; they correspond to the localized dialogue that the english voice actors wouldve been given

hōchū ōtsuka (xigbar's japanese va) and james patrick stewart (his english va) give, to my ears, pretty similar vocal performances. this is the case for pretty much all of the characters ive seen so far in my xigbar-centric explorations (roxas's vas sound nearly IDENTICAL). the notable exception being xemnas, whose japanese va straight up sounds like he's trying to talk without moving his mouth

in the english dub cutscenes, the character animations often feel...floaty? disconnected? like, because they're not synced up to what the characters are saying and how, their gestures frequently seem random and unmotivated. in retrospect it's obvious that this issue wouldnt be present in the original language because that's the dialogue they would've been animated around in the first place!

now that im actually watching the character animation with the dialogue it was actually done for, i appreciate it a lot more. its so expressive. smiles.

at the end of xigbar's speech here you may notice him saying the phrase "tte hanashi." this is his japanese catchphrase! it means something along the lines of "so they say", "or so I've heard", et cetera. i love "as if" im a big fan of "as if" but i also love the idea of xigbar consistently undermining the information he gives and emphasizing how often he eavesdrops and spies on people.

he says "tte hanashi" very very often. multiple times in most of his scenes that ive seen so far. way more often than the english dub says "as if"

he doesn't say it normal like im pretty sure that's not how you say it in normal speech. like sometimes he does say it normal, but he always draws it out at least a little and often really draws it out, emphasizing it with some kind of gesture, like he does in the clip

seriously if there's a moment in the games where xigbar says something while doing a cunty little gesture he is probably saying "tte hanashi" in the japanese version

this is my new vocal stim. i can't stop saying it

#tte hanashi…ooh yeah that does sound nice #his hand gestures really do suit the original inflections in his voice better

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The boy who swallowed a star

#howls moving castle

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fast flying talents! 🌪️

#yay more fairies!!! #kh aus

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How often do the prop keyblades break because the actors just have to much fun swinging them around?

And how often do they just recite their favorite sword fight scenes from their favorite movies while swinging the "blades" around for fun?

Riku consistently has the most breakable keyblades I've ever seen

#riku going THRU it #also I see the sprinkle of terra prosthetic AU there 👀 #love it as always #kh aus

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->huge crush on Erza ->Erza is dubbed by Colleen Clinkenbeard ->Charis’ voice claim is Colleen Clinkenbeard ->I SOLVED IT! (don’t know what exactly but I solved it!!! 😆😆)

ANON! You solved how my brain works! We shall wed at sunset! (/j 😄💚)

yeah when I get an idea for a voice claim (is it a voice claim if it’s my oc, or is it just straight up their voice? 🤔), it’s usually from a character I already love a lot and I just get stuck on it! Colleen’s got the perfect range for Charis. Deep and rich. Soft but strong. Teetering into gender ambiguous territory etc etc

I spent like an hour badly editing this so now you can hear what I hear

#asks #charis oc #my ocs #((totally didn’t pick these lines on purpose oohh noo…)) #funny enough I grew up on the sub but ft’s dub is so incredible that I actually rewatched a lot of the series a few years back #all of team natsu got casted perfectly imo #oh and the red hair was a coincidence I promise 😭

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What if brain and player have a break up arc like xehaqus what then

#we make a break up playlist #the break up plainlist if you will

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every fucking version of simple and clean/hikari goes so fucking hard and has gone hard for 20 fucking years.