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Ultra massive transparent images from the pages on the Book of Prophecies. Well, tumblr will probably reduce them down to a sane size. I really wanna know what they sayyy. Throws self on ground.
Please Consider Him (my attempt at a Quadratum Vidar).
Design notes under the read more:
There were multiple elements of Vidar's original design that I wanted to maintain for his Quadratum look: his blue/yellow/black/beige color scheme, his black turtleneck, his asymmetrical top, and his partially uncovered arms. I felt these elements were essential to properly capturing Vidar's vibe, and changing or removing them would make him feel...well, less like Vidar.
For his top, I knew I wanted to simulate the asymmetrical jacket, where one side was longer than the other, and also give him something with a collar since his jacket kinda has a collar, so I thought a half-untucked button-down would do the job nicely. I didn't really want to give Vidar a typical coat or anything long-sleeved, even though that would be a natural route to take given his original jacket, because again, like I said, I wanted some part of his arms to be uncovered. So I made his button-down have rolled up sleeves that are secured in place by a button. I copied the beige lining design from his original jacket, of course, along with the square design on his shoulders, only facing out instead of in so that his collar doesn't overlap it.
I originally considered turning Vidar's sash chain into a pocket chain, since that seems like the most obvious way to translate it into a more modern accessory, but I decided not to for two reasons. One, Baldr's design already features a pocket chain, and I didn't want to pull from other characters' designs. And two, I thought it might conflict with the untucked shirt, making that area of the design too busy. So I decided to turn it into a necklace instead. I also gave Vidar matching earrings, but I mostly just did that for style, not for any specific design reason.
I was really torn about what to do with Vidar's yellow sash. Some options I considered were a yellow buckled belt or a yellow jacket tied around his waist, but I felt like these fashion choices would be too loud for Vidar's personality (idk, that amount of yellow looks fine for Vidar's more traditional clothing, but modern fashion in bright yellow just doesn't feel right for him). I eventually settled on turning the sash into a cloth bracelet. It maintains the knotted cloth look while also being more understated, just a small pop of color on his wrist. I paired it with a beaded bracelet that matches his necklace, and a plain black bracelet on the opposite wrist to resemble his original right glove design. I also noticed that Vidar has some white cloth wrappings underneath his left glove, and even though they're probably not meant to be bandages, I took inspiration from that regardless and gave him a little bandaid on his elbow.
I decided to translate the black obi underneath his yellow sash into a black buckled belt. His original left glove also has studding on the top edge, so I gave this belt some studs as well. I think it helps it to stand out from the black pants better, since they're so similar in hue/value. (Tangent--apologies for not adding belt loops to his pants, I couldn't get it to look right. So his belt is just kinda suspended there without anything securing it in place. Oh well.) I also let him keep the fingerless gloves from his original design but just made them shorter so that they'd be more practical to everyday living. And also so that there's more room for his bracelets.
His pants are basically the same, I just made them a little less poofy, for that jeans-tucked-into-boots look (even though these pants probably aren't jeans). And I wasn't really sure what to do with his boots (shoe design is an enigma to me), so I just took the belts from his gloves and put them on his boots to make them look a bit more interesting.
So yeah! That was my thought process for this design.
((me and my friend have just been talking about this, but its very funny that they are sending the girl with realm of darkness ptsd back to the realm of darkness 😭))
i have so much love for elrena/larxene but it aaaaaall hinges upon the theory that she still has her old memories (or at least more of them than lauriam/marluxia does). because if she does then that makes her, like, luxu levels of fascinating. instant s-tier character. crew don’t disappoint please
“Few Keyblade wielders remain now; I have heard of but a handful of others outside my circle. But the World is vast, and more of our kind may be out there.”
thinking about the month that passed between the final KHUX story quest (31st of May) and the shutdown of the game (30th of June)
it was such a strange time
I treat KHUX as having played out in real time - we know it took place over at least 4 years and that lines up with when I started playing it vs. when it ended‑ so in a narrative sense, I adore the idea of that gap having existed for Data Daybreak Town as well.
The world you love and know is being destroyed by unfathomable glitches, breaking down the fabric of reality. Everything is apocalyptic, steadily becoming more and more devastated.. and then the final battle takes place at the top of the clocktower, and the lifeboats are sent out, and then-
There’s just this empty time period before it’s all actually over.
What do you even do, in that situation? An ordinary keykid left behind from the escape, still fighting to survive every day in a ruined town, but then it’s just suddenly as if someone has paused the oncoming destruction completely. No fanfare, no knowledge of when things will actually truly end, the Colosseum opens one more time for Shift Pride and the moogles are selling off every Medal left in their stocks; everyone who’s still there is hanging on whilst knowing the end is coming.
It must have been such a strange month, just like it was for us players.
Elrena's not a union leader. She's not "chosen" for surviving the destruction of data Daybreak Town. She happens to be the person Lauriam asked for help when his sister went missing. She happened to go to see him with another bit of information the day everything went to hell.
She parallels Sora in that way - the kid who gets his destiny wrapped up in all the anime soap opera nonsense because he happens to be available to offer is heart to Ven as a refuge. Who can claim the keyblade when Riku is letting the darkness into his heart.
I hope they do something with that. Ideally something neat.
