I’ve Been Thinking A Lot About This

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Dimileth commission for lunartotems @ twitter! Scene from the fic dream in blue

The six keyblades of the six apprentices…

Crimson Ties - Chapter Illustrations!

Hello everyone! I am very excited to finally reveal what I’ve been working on for much of 2020′s summer months. I present: Chapter illustrations for @turtleduckscribbles​ ’s amazing Linked Universe fic, Crimson Ties! It goes deep into Hyrule and his past adventures (and this very adventure too of course haha). Please give it a read here! It’s so wonderfully written and planned out, an absolutely exciting roller-coaster ride! Be warned, these illustrations do include spoilers for the story!!! Here they are without any further ado:

They were an immense pleasure to work on! I never worked on a project like this before, so it was very much a learning experience too! Thank you Turtle for writing this awesome fic, and many thanks to Jojo for introducing the wonderful LU world to us all! 😊❤

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Lineart version of earlier post

Broken Promise

For the KH3 Countdown Challenge.

Day 12 - Promise

Everyone always told Donald he had a short temper. And sure, it was true, sort of. He couldn’t help that he was more spirited than other folks! Besides, Goofy (and to a lesser extent Sora) were always around to keep him in check.

But today something had happened that had made Donald have to hold Goofy back for once.

The two of them stood there in the aftermath of it all, panting and dirty and banged up from the fight. Xehanort’s cronies were gone now, but the damage had been done. Sora faced away from them, and his shoulders were shaking and his head was hanging low. He wasn’t even trying to hide his quiet sobs from them, either.

Because clutched in his hand were the broken pieces of Kairi’s good luck charm. Xehanort was waging an all out war against his heart, and this was the latest in a long string of casualties.

Donald wouldn’t forget the look in Sora’s eyes or the way he’d cried out when it had happened. As their enemies had disappeared into swirls of black smoke with cruel smirks on their faces afterwards, it had taken all of Donald’s strength to hold Goofy back from jumping in after them.

Sora sniffed, and it snapped Goofy out of his funk. He walked over to Sora and put a hand on his shoulder.

“There now, Sora, I’m sure Kairi can fix it for you—”

“I broke my promise.”

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In Preparation for Kingdom Hearts 3 - World Choices

Yesterday, I made a post in regards to World Choices in KH3D possibly being very deliberate. Today, I’ll explain the ORIGIN of that post. 

Two nights ago, I came to a rather startling realization that the Worlds of KH3, at least the majority of them, all had something to do with the themes KH3 intends to explore, and the parallels it likes to draw between its characters’ stories and the Worlds themselves. Like I did yesterday, I shall list the worlds out, and then explain what exactly they mean. Note that none of them shall be in order of appearance.

Olympus Coliseum This is by far the most frequent recurring World in Kingdom Hearts so far, mainly because of what it represents in Kingdom Hearts as a whole. Olympus Coliseum and the story of Hercules is basically the step by step process of the Hero’s Journey, and each time it appears in KH, it represents one stage in that Journey. As of right now, KH3 is the climatic end to Sora’s Journey, finishing off the Xehanort conflict. However, the secondary thing the World represents is this - the scale of the disaster Sora shall face in his fight against Xehanort. KH3 will cover the escape of the Titans in the Hercules movie, which means pretty much world ending stuff is happening. Which… pretty much sums up what will probably happen in the KH3 endgame.

Toy Box (Toy Story) This is probably one of the ones where we can’t predict the plot, this and BH6. Nomura has worked with the Pixar producers to create a completely original Toy Story… well, story, and because of this we can’t exactly know where it will actually go. However, we can make predictions. Specifically, it has to do with the matters of Heart. It’s one World where we actually examine sentience in what is normally the inanimate. We’ve done this before, in fact, but Toy Story hits home a bit more, because the toys all have physical bodies. What measure is alive? What does it mean to have a Heart?

San Fransokyo (BH6) This is the other movie that has a completely original plot for its run in KH. Once more, we can’t exactly know where the story will take us, but we can try and make a few guesses. What we know so far is that it will touch upon Baymax’s existence, and judging from the Bug Blox, it may even be possible that we are dealing with Data Riku. If so, the question here is this: Do memories define who we are?

Corona (Rapunzel) All I have to say is this: Parallels to Namine. Rapunzel’s story will not be undergoing any changes. Heck BOTH of the Princess movies will have no changes to their original plot. That’s because it plays closer to what Sora does not remember… Castle Oblivion. Marluxia is the Organisation member stationed there, and lets just say that his and Mother Gothel are manipulative and absolutely willing to keep the one giving them all the power under their thumb, no matter the lies. There is also the fact that we still have no clue what happened to Strelitzia. The flower theme is strong in this World as well. But most importantly is the theme of this World that stands out to me based off the movie alone: Sometimes, no matter the good someone’s actions seem to be, no matter how often they say the words ‘It’s for your own good.’… it may be hiding something else. A truth, a lie, a selfish desire.

Arendelle (Frozen) Like I said, more call backs to Castle Oblivion’s crew. Larxene is actually here, and, well… there are two themes in Frozen really. Blind belief in the good in all people may not be the right choice, and sometimes overbearing control and fear of what is a part of you, may do more bad than good. The parallels however, is related to Marluxia and Strelitzia’s sibling relationship, as well as Larxene’s friendship with his past self. We still have no clue about what exactly happened, but I find it interesting that Nomura places someone who helped set of siblings, one of whom died, in a world where siblings were nearly driven apart, one of whom will almost die. 

Monster’s Inc.  … Honestly this one seems to question what measure is Human again. But with Vanitas there? There may be the added question here: Which are the true monsters that we should really fear? The physical ones? Or the ones that dwell in our own Hearts?

Pirates of the Caribbean 3 Honestly there isn’t exactly a theme for this one. It may in fact be a breather World for Sora, though considering we are STILL LOOKING FOR THE BOX. Then again, this may allude to something else… Specifically this:  How much will Sora sacrifice, in order to save the ones he loves? Is he willing to give up his Heart once more? Is he willing to be forever separated from Kairi by a sea of stars?

It is 19 days away from this game. I’ve made my preorder for the PS4 edition. I’m luckily OFF ON THAT DAY THANK YOU AUSSIE FOR THE WELL TIMED HOLIDAY. And honestly? If I keep churning out theory posts like these in the up coming weeks, I’m gonna go crazy by the time I play the game.

I think that we forgot a lot of the time that being a hero is a very lucrative occupation. Like... most, if not all, of these boys are rich as hell.

The one I see mentioned the most is Wild. And yeah, he's loaded. He was able to buy a house just for himself on a whim, just to keep it form being torn down? He carries around hunks of precious jewels??? Like, dude.

And even if you don't know their backstories, or what they've done, you can tell just by looking at them.

Four has little gemstones hanging from his belt. (Kinstones, but people form other Hyrules wouldn't know that.) He has a tunic that is richly dyed. For gods sake, he has a quarter of it dyed purple, which would be hella expensive in the medival-ish setting they're in.

Time is wearing a full set of armor, and that stuff isn't cheap.

Normal people probably aren't able to afford that kind of thing. And the fact that he can also afford to have it embellished with decorations? With what I’m assuming is bronze, or something similar, becuase gold would be a bit overboard

Ravio is able to pinpoint Warrriors as a knight right off the bat, and if Ravio can do it, then other people can as well. (And Legned claims they’re broke, but I think that’s just to throw Ravio off the scent of Rupees.)

Knights aren't just anyone in the military. They are the very best, and probably have the best paycheck too. And that's not not even considering that out of the whole chain, Warriors is the one I think is most likely to be of noble birth. (also, again, amour. even if there is less of it than Time.)

Don't even get me started on Legend and his rings and magic jewelry.

And Sky is covered in embroidery.

That kind of stuff is expensive, It takes a long time to make. I mean, a lot of the others have embroidery on their clothes too, but not to the extent of Sky. He has the design on his sailcloth, but also on his sash, his white tunic, and even his under tunic. To be able to afford embroidery on a piece of clothing that's rarely seen must mean something.

The only ones that really look normal are Hyrule, Twilight, and Wind. But they're probably are just as loaded as the others. They just know not to be too flashy with it, in Hyrule's case, or just don't care enough to dress fancy, in Wind and Twilight's cases.

(And even Hyrule's sword has what looks like rubies all over the hilt)

I'd be surprised if they weren't jumped in every other town by people who assume that they're traveling nobles, and want to rob them.

But then again, people don't usually go to the trouble of arming themselves as well as the Chain has if they don't know how to use said weapons, so maybe people leave them alone.

And the funny part is, is that a lot of them probably have no idea how rich they are. Some of them may have poor concepts of money from the get go, like Time, Wild, and Hyrule, while the others may have had their perception skewed by having that kind of money for so long.

Times of the Day

It is inspired by Mucha’s series of the same name :D Glad I finally got to give my queens a fancy art treatment 8) I love art nouveau so much, and Alphonse Mucha is one of my biggest inspirations. I hope you like it!