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@m4xxd
heyo!1!1
this will be occurring when i feel like changing my intro post okay
i’m maxis ^_^
u can also call me sora if u want..heh..
i go by he / they
im a person who doez art n other stuff whenever i feel like it
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uh i think that’s all cya1!!11 ^_^
sora keychain but. i don’t have enough materials.imgoingtoexplode
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something I've been thinking about for a while now is how the paopu fruit was introduced to us in KH1 as a symbol of romantic love, but as the series went on, it slowly became clear that it can actually also be a symbol of love in general.
in KH1 and CoM, the legend surrounding the paopu fruit is explicitly romantic. Selphie tells us this directly, and Riku implies it when he gives the fruit to Sora. it's a symbol of a deep connection that holds no matter how far apart the hearts that share it are.
as for how this symbolism is applied to the relationships in the game... Sora is implied to have (supposedly) romantic feelings for Kairi when he draws himself giving her a paopu fruit in the secret place. and as I've already mentioned, Riku gave Sora a fruit and followed it up with a confirmation of what the legend implies about those who share it. the way he phrases it even makes it sound like he's trying to see if Sora would share one with him. and of course, Kairi gives Sora her good luck charm, which is clearly meant to look like a paopu fruit and represents the same thing as the fruit itself. so there's a bunch of romantic implications all around in KH1.
then in CoM, Kairi's good luck charm is transformed into Naminé's version of it, which looks even more like a paopu fruit than the original charm. the whole game heavily implies that whoever Naminé replaced is someone Sora had romantic feelings for. we are initially supposed to assume this person is Kairi, but with the context of the Japanese version, it becomes clear that it's not her. it's "aitsu". not super relevant, but it is an interesting continuation of the love triangle implications in the first game.
then there's Birth by Sleep. this is where the series takes all the romantic implications and turns it on its head.
the wayfinder charms are a representation of an unbreakable connection shared between Aqua, Terra, and Ven. except here, it's clear that the implications are platonic rather than romantic. and the thing is, the wayfinders look exactly like Kairi's good luck charm. Aqua even outright says that the wayfinders are a Destiny Islands thing, they're supposed to be made with thalassa shells instead of glass, and they are explicitly shaped like paopu fruits. y'know, the same fruits that represent deep connection.
here's where it gets interesting to me. Kairi's charm is obviously a wayfinder, a proper one made with thalassa shells and in the image of the paopu fruit. and we are told that the wayfinders are platonic, and giving them to a friend is a way to connect your hearts no matter what comes your way. I think this makes the intention behind Kairi's wayfinder platonic rather than romantic. not to say that she didn't potentially have romantic feelings for Sora, just that she was telling the truth back on the Islands when she said the wayfinder charm was meant to keep all three of them together (rather than just Sora and Kairi). sure, she only made one, and she gave it to Sora, but that doesn't change the fact that the paopu fruit shape in this case represents platonic connection between Kairi and her best friends.
so what do I think all of this means? well, let's look at where the paopu fruit appears after CoM. the first notable appearance is as Kairi's keychain for Destiny's Embrace. then it shows up again as the keychain for the combined Keyblade. I'd like to point out that it's only the keychain for the combined version; when separated, each half of the combined Keyblade has a heart shaped keychain instead.
here's my theory. when it comes to representations of paopu fruits like the wayfinders, I think they generally only represent platonic bonds. when it comes to the actual paopu fruit, the number becomes more important. a single paopu fruit shared between two people seems to have romantic implications, while exchanging paopu fruits with one another is platonic. the only instance we have of two people actually sharing the fruit is in KH3, when Sora and Kairi exchange paopu fruits. that instance is also confirmed to be platonic in ReMind. but there's mentions of it before then that I already mentioned, and they all seem to point to the same conclusions.
TL;DR: one paopu fruit is romantic, multiple is platonic. I think it's still possible that things like Sora drawing the fruit and Kairi giving him her wayfinder are intended to be read as romantic, given that Riku only gave Sora one when he was teasing him about sharing it with someone (& also what Selphie said about the fruit). but things change, and the series has proven that Sora and Kairi's feelings for one another are platonic now. meanwhile, Sora and Riku have a combined Keyblade with the paopu fruit for a keychain, sooooo... yeah.
HI LMAO I WAS WAITIBG FOR U TO GO INSANE ABOUT THIS
congrats dude you’ve been fed 🥹
YOU HAVE NO IDEAAAAAAAAA IM LIKE FREAKING. HYPERACTIVE ABOUT TS i am SHAKIN G like a s tarved man
OH MY GODDD
MY WIFE IS BACK
i made more for my sanity
he’s standing now
have some extras ^_^
born to be an idol, forced to be an experiment
(oh my god it’s my oc look it’s my oc his name is kagami and he escaped the asylum with 4 other buddy’s yeah. he really likes purple trust me)
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Sora fans are always like "I can't wait to see Sora suffer and be miserable and depressed and get hurt in KH4 🥰"
everytime i follow someone just imagine me putting u in a box full of toys
greetings, fellow KH fan! I bring the gift of free links to several of the novels, since you said you don't have access to them yet in your reblog of my post.
KH1 - https://www.scribd.com/document/730953149/Kingdom-Hearts-the-Novel-Tomoco-Kanemaki-Shiro-Amano-Tetsuya-Nomura-Z-Library-1
CoM- https://www.scribd.com/document/631390641/Kingdom-Hearts-Chain-of-Memories-The-Novel-light-novel-pdf
KH2- https://www.scribd.com/document/631390619/Kingdom-Hearts-The-Novel-light-novel?hl=en-US, https://www.scribd.com/document/875686186/Kingdom-Hearts-II-the-Novel-Vol-2
3D- https://server.elscione.com/Officially%20Translated%20Light%20Novels/Kingdom%20Hearts%203D%20-%20Dream%20Drop%20Distance/
I don't have links to the other novels at the moment, but they are out there if you decide to look for them! enjoy :]
oh my god i’m literally going to shake you and throw you around /vvvpos
BUT STILL YAYYAYAYAYYAYY!! THANK YOU SM!!! ^_^ gonna stay up now to read all of emhhahahahh..
I think about the KH novels and manga a lot.
like wdym Sora kept the paopu fruit Riku gave him in the KH1 manga. and wdym Riku had someone give a paopu fruit to Sora in the KH2 manga and Sora immediately knew it was from him. what.
oh and let's not forget about the end of Riku's side of the CoM novel, where the author chose to insert some lines from that one poem about walking back to back and remaking a forgotten promise. not to mention how the novel implies that Naminé used copies of some of Riku's memories to construct Sora's version of the meteor shower promise. necklace theory is real, holy shit.
what about that one scene in the KH2 novel where Axel asked Riku what Sora was to him and Riku couldn't respond??? hello???? that's a romance trope! that is literally something they do for romantic pairings in other media!!!
speaking of KH2, wdym Sora literally could not stop hugging or touching Riku once they were reunited in the novel. wdym Riku was reciprocating it whenever he could. wdym Riku put his hand over Sora's heart when they were talking about Roxas and Sora immediately put his hand over Riku's in response. wdym Sora tackled Riku so hard when Riku got his body back they almost fell over. wdym that happens more than once. why are they so fucking gay in the novel what the hell lmao
oh, and wdym Riku straight up called Sora his light in his monologue at the end of the DDD novel. I'm fucking sorry?? that's gay as hell. that's EXTREMELY queer. they are so in love it's embarrassing.
also, on a sadder note: wdym the reason why Kairi cuts her hair in the KH3 novel was because Riku did it first between KH2 and DDD. wdym she was wondering if Riku changed it because Sora might like shorter hair. I beg your finest pardon. (that's actually what I was referencing in the bathroom scene before the dream of awakening in my Kairi fic. she just wants Sora to love her the way she loves him. fuuuuuuck, I just wanna hug her)
so yeah. the novels and manga are great. absolutely fantastic addition to the already incredibly queer vibes of the games. now you know why I reference them constantly in my fics.
sora and riku doodleshehaheh h
the guy
need to make more sora stuff for my own sanity…
augrbf hi
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Thank you for the tag Zara!!! @lavender-luminarie
Tag your moots and make them explain their username
Ray is my current preferred name after a long line of past-preferred names. I love this one especially more compared to others bc it's more gender neutral, and it can stand for both Rayden and Rayelle for either gender and just Ray when I'm in between and outside of the two, as a genderfluid guy
Haywire is the nickname of a crazy guy in a movie that I've heard and liked very much a few years ago, now it's my screen last name. So my username is literally a full name ekxnekcjel
Tags!! @red-plutoo @alcedovoir @stuckydrewx @variant1316 @habyie @yexbarnes @sourcarmellia @tbiggestman
Awh ty rayray hehehehe <33
I started using this name like back 2020 i think?? i also use sage too, mostly as "sageasaurus rex"
The word alcedovoir has no meaning, but it sounds cool 🗿👍 i literally looked up random nickname generator on google and got this name from a website i don't even remember, also 2020 was the start of my genshin obsession and i adored albedo, kinda reminded me of him too lmao
As for the name Ace, i just. Felt close to it ig?? If not ace, i would've chosen Seth :3
Open taglist~ not tagging some of yall cuz they're quite self explanatory 🥹🥀
@alchemies-chime @shei-aishly @citric-anon @4everinlimbo
When I was writing my story ‘My clematis’ (scrapped project) the main character was characterized by a orange fairy wren and made a special ‘chiming’ sound when they sang, and the story originally had world-building with alchemist and apothecary like aspects and my username just kinda became a mix of the two, becoming Alchemies-Chime.
The next character I’m creating also is tied to alchemy and alchemist aspects.
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Anyway, thanks for listening to my strange little rant :3
Open taglist too <3
@halluukitti @foxtatopuff
Kyubi is from the ancient days when I was heavily into Naruto. It means 9 tails in Japanese. I really loved Kurama (the name Kyubi was his given name in the fandom before the official name reveal) and I had stuck with it since.
Foxtatopuff was chosen because foxes loaf and are called foxtatos. It's a pun on potato puff. I really love foxes :3 always have.
Open tag!
Okay, so it started as Synn, as in Synthetic, couse I thought that sounded cool when I was 12 in 7th grade.
Then, I made it Nyx, as in the goddess of night and magic.
Then I made it Nyx-Synn, as in a fake goddess of magic, a synthetic nyx.
Then I just thought Roserade was a cool last name.
I forgot it was a Pokémon until after I had settled on it. So now my friend calls me Nixon Roserade and made this.
Open tags
Evie is my birth name yep yep yep
When I thought of this username I was in a horrifically dark place mentally where I thought nobody loved me, etc
So one day I decided what if people actually did love me??? Thus theylov3evie was born!
Open tags ^^!!!!
oh god. okay uh.
sam used to be my user since it’s my irl nickname that everyone calls me, sometimes sami too (and it was the longest time i’ve ever kept it)
but once i got into kh i thought “hmm. what if i rearrange ‘sami’ and put an x in there cuz. yeah!” and thats how maxis is born, and then everyone collectively called me max which i dont mind that at all hell yeha that’s awesome
isuck i could’ve thought anything better but no 😔💔
(open tags ^_^imterrifiedoftaggjngpeople)
gonna let myself down with this one
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since u need art reqs….
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maybe sora and vanitas bonding..maybe. do what u want with this ^_^
"VANI!!! I MADE THIS FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"what the FUCK is that"
