#not zack

[maestereo]

The puppies ever....

I have no clue what breed they are but Cleo would probably be a pharaoh hound and Maestro would be Jack Russel Terrier, this isn't a drawing of them as those dogs though, just random dogs

[poh-writes]

Hmm.. can I get some Lea and Aerith headcanons? Especially stuff around if they keep diaries, toys, do you think religion is a thing in KH, does Lea have to hide things from Aerith since he knows about things in other worlds she shouldn't know about? Stuff like that.

Sorry, I didn't mean for this to take so long! Yes, I love talking headcanons! In my mind, Lea and Aerith have been friends since childhood, and nobody really knows exactly when it shifted to crushing on each other. Even they don't really know. It just kind of happened. The decision to start dating was pretty casual too. Aerith just came out and asked him if he wanted to go out with her, and that was that.

Now's a good time to add that when I write Learith, I always try to keep it in line with FFVII's characterization of Aerith. So, while she is a kindhearted, caring person, she's also a lot more daring and mischievous. They are partners in crime and agents of chaos to the end.

I also decided that they are excellent dance partners. Everyone else needs to get out of the way when they hit the floor because they will take over the entire room spinning, dipping, etc.

But they can't cook to save their lives. (You already know this one, but I figured I'd throw it in anyway because it's one of my favorite Learith headcanons.) I feel like the fandom has always been split 50/50 on whether or not Axel can cook, and the KH manga has this one-off comic where Aerith is constantly adding too much of one ingredient or another to Leon's dismay.

So I decide that Lea burns everything he touches and Aerith insists on adding weird, nonsensical ingredients to otherwise ordinary recipes. But the thing is...they LOVE each other's food. Aerith has a preference for slightly burnt, and Lea loves how he never knows what to expect with her cooking. They are perfect for each other in that regard.

To answer your questions, Aerith writes letters to people as a way of coping with loss, as I wrote in The Garden. And now that I think about it, Axel did canonically keep a diary in 358/2 Days. But I don't think he maintained the habit post-Days. It reminds him too much of the Organization: something he didn't really want to do, but was forced on him anyway.

Aerith will often tease Lea by stealing his Frisbees and playing keep-away with them. Isa is an active participant in this game. So are all of their other friends (Leon, Cloud, Tifa, Rinoa, and I'm not going to get into the rest of their FF crew because that's a whole other post).

I haven't really thought about how religion plays a part in their universe? I'm not sure why; I consider it an important part of my own life, but it's not something I include in my fanfics unless it's already an established part of that universe.

When Lea got his heart back, Aerith absolutely let him have it for not telling her that he and Isa were technically alive for all of those years that she was in Traverse Town. She knows more about his time as Axel than he would have liked, because she won't tolerate him deliberately hiding stuff from her.

Some day, I might go back and explore that period between BBS and KH2, because it's such an interesting time frame with so much angst potential. Both of them struggled during those years with the loss of their home world, but in vastly differently ways. Axel was trapped in Organization XIII and became a much worse version of himself before slowly working his way back up toward redemption. Aerith had it much better in comparison, but she still lost everything and ended up stranded on a strange world with only three other people from home. She had to deal with an unthinkable amount of grief while battling the Heartless that showed up in her new home.

One last thing: my favorite songs that remind me of Learith are "Hollow" from Final Fantasy VII Remake and "Sucker" by the Jonas Brothers. (Yes, really.)

[ihearthes]

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[azaraspirit]

fuck you bones fuck you

[welcome-to-shinra]

//when your stupid smash joke pic starts getting notes out of nowhere

[the-mom-squad]

His name is Zach

[mistsonfire]

I actually miss him. And if I think about it, I'll get sad. Brother, you are still part of the family. At least to me.