Nadja Wen D Newby

Lyrics and essays mostly

[mono-croma]

Finally got around to watching Snapcube kh fandub :D

i really hope they continue to make the rest of the series lol

[eldritch-liminal-entity]

She just performed heart surgery!

[mtf-the-gathering]

at the start of 358/2 days, one of axel's first questions during roxas's orientation is the name of the organization's leader

then during the prologue of 2, while roxas is slowly regaining the memories that were wiped when he was put in the simulated twilight town, axel attempts to confirm that roxas truly does remember him by asking the question again:

axel is honestly in a pretty terrible situation here, being tasked with hunting down his fugitive best friend or face destruction himself, a friend that has no recollection of the year they spent together growing close to one another, and so when he finally sees a spark of recognition in roxas's mind he seizes onto it by asking the very same question he did when they first met; it's the "i know you're in there somewhere" trope used by someone who from roxas's (and the player's) perspective is an antagonist at this point. it's a heartbreaking detail that's very easy to miss, even after playing both games

[hollypolllyy]

Sora and Neku

[adamtotscomix]

[orphetoon]

to escape limbo you have to beat winnie the pooh's home run derby

[esprei]

Mega soup

(original version)

[nadjawrites]

I just didn’t know how to tell you I was unhappy until it was too late

Cause I forgot that my happiness ought to matter to me

And to you too

Lost myself to self abandonment

To try and make you happy any way I could

Maybe things would’ve been different if I just

Had been entirely honest all the way through

About what I wanted

And about the things you were doing that hurt me

About trust

So much unsaid, and then I was gone

Cause I was dying in your inbox

I never meant to become your biggest hater

You meant everything to me

[regco-art]

It’s a pokémon professor palooza! 🧑‍🔬🥼🧬

I wanted to try my hand at drawing all of the core game series professors in my style- it was a lot of fun! I love these zany researchers (well..not so much Sada/Turo but I still had to include them haha)

Btw I know Sonia isn’t technically professor until post-game but I felt she had a stronger presence throughout the game than her grandmom Magnolia, and she has a cute design so I just wanted to draw her more 🫡

Also I did my best to make everyone relatively hot 🫶

If I’m feeling up for it, I might draw more professors, since there are loads more..especially with all these mobile games now 😩 but I still need to catch up on peachtober, amongst other things, sooo idk! stay tuned!!

[ankle-beez]

[nadjawrites]

Revive

If I could revive in a specific time

The day we met would be in my top three choices to do over again

I would sing with you and do things with you

I don’t regret that

I would sleep under your weighted blanket

We would go out for tea

Talk about music sex and video games

You were keeping me

And when you reveal yourself to have racist family members and Ill informed thoughts on power

I’d reject you then, cleanly and make a break for the hills

But I’d mostly just hope for a universe where that day never happened

Because I did everything I could

To stay with you

[kingdomsaurushearts]

Some light Goofy character study

[nadjawrites]

Conspire

I’ll conspire on you

Conspire on them

Conspire on myself if it gets what I need when need it

I’ll conspire on you

Conspire on them

Conspire on myself if it gets what I need when need it

The capitol capitol capitol capitol

Collateral

Trying so hard not to end my life

But self care yields less profit

Wishing so hard I could end this strife

But the bills I pay won’t go away

The bills I pay won’t go away

The bills I pay won’t go away

I’ll conspire on you

Conspire on them

Conspire on myself if it gets what I need when need it

I’ll conspire on you

Conspire on them

Conspire on myself if it gets what I need when need it

[nadjawrites]

A Darker Night

I thought that the dawn was on the horizon

But all that arrived was a darker night

I thought that the dawn was on the horizon

But all that arrived was a darker night

I want to be optimistic

I want to look at the glass half full

But there is nothing in it

No there is nothing left at all

There’s nowhere to run and nowhere to hide

When all the sufferings outside

Disease in the courts say you can’t abort

You’ll carry the cancer to term

I thought that the dawn was on the horizon

But all that arrived was a darker night

I thought that the dawn was on the horizon

But all that arrived was a darker night

I thought I’d felt it all within myself

I was hoping for something bright

But where can optimism live

When smothered by a darker night

[nadjawrites]

In The Wrong Place

‘Hey Nadja, where’d you put your mental health’?

When you’re working two spaces that you’re outgrowing it feels like juggling knives

I’m not where I’m supposed to be

At least I know where I want to be going

How can I know it’s time to leave when preparations are not ready

But I’m sick of this place

I’m sick of displacement

I’m sick of the people here and their arrangements

I’ve been undervalued yet everyone claims To have ownership on my name

Too warm too dusty too political

Too worn too rusty too governmental

Too green too blue not enough for what I do

Too warm too dusty too political

[nadjawrites]

Persian Music

You all were speaking Farsi to eachother

On my last trip to the city

You sang with such emphasis

It was exciting and new

Like a fresh haircut or new tattoo

So I was unconcerned

On whether this would hopefully

be my last ride

It’s been a long three and a half years

International travel takes its toll but you should try taking a stroll at the capitol

During Rush Hour,

Your will is no longer your own

During rush hour, you have no power

You have no home

If you have to ask if you’re missing out on it all

You are

If you don’t know where your friends are tonight

You might’ve gone too far

Is this the distance we go for money

Turning fascination into fuel

It was only easier in lockdown because there was nothing else to do

During Rush Hour,

Your will is no longer your own

During rush hour, you have no power

You have no home

When the novelty has finally passed

You’re taking other people there

To have fun, unmasked, unbothered at last

Relinquishing all types of care

Meanwhile if you lack for even a second

Flashing lights and glass a crash of blood

This isn’t the way that it should feel to visit the Lincoln Memorial in love

This isn’t the way that it should feel to visit the Lincoln Memorial in love

Everyone else enjoys the night for you

This isn’t the way that it should feel to visit the Lincoln Memorial in love

Disgust sells but it doesn’t look right on you

Everyone else enjoys the night for you

Disgust sells but it doesn’t look right on you

Everyone else enjoys the night for you

Disgust sells but it doesn’t look right on you

[nadjawrites]

Gratitude

How can I

Illustrate the depths of my gratitude

What I owe to you

Can never be repaid

It is for you that I am still alive today

It is for you that I am still alive today

It is for you that I am still alive today

It is for you that I am still alive today

My friends and families

Those who have held me down

Those who I have lost along the way

And those who stick around

Every gain, every loss

Every complaint every struggle every success

When I’m at my worst

You show me how to be at my best

It is for you that I am still alive today

It is for you that I am still alive today

It is for you that I am still alive today

It is for you that I am still alive today

How can I

Illustrate the depths of my gratitude

What I owe to you

Can never be repaid