#ventus headcanons

[peachy-ciel]

Keyblade Wielders and Their Keyblades — An Analytic Post (Part 1)

I don't have any kind of intro like in some fancy essays. I'm just obsessed with Keyblades and how heavy/light they would be, long/short, and how their Wielders would use them to fight (specifically, how each of their canonically-given Keyblades suit them and only them).

AFTER-THOUGHT: Uh. I'm tired. So I'm gonna go over the other Keyblades... in another part. Enjoy the first four ones I chose. u_u

KAIRI — DESTINY'S EMBRACE

Slightly on the short-end compared to other Keyblades, and seems relatively harmless (partly due to how "girly" it looks because girly shit is harmless amirite /s). It's curvaceous and adorned with flowers, but the flowers are still made out of metal— they cut very easily into the flesh.

The advantage of having flowers as the teeth is that they can get stuck in your opponent's skin, allowing you to use the momentum to pull them to you or throw them around (similar to alligators and their bites). It's like having tiny circular saw-blades.

Contrary to most Wielders' belief, this Keyblade is one of the heaviest. Riku lifted it once, and although he was strong enough to do it without breaking a sweat, he was still surprised (he expected his own Keyblade to be heavier).

Due to its weight, this Keyblade is perfect for critical hits, and for smashing your opponent into the ground. No need to slash your enemy multiple times: you catch them with the flowery teeth, then use one single hit to reduce them to mush. The hard part is getting close enough to your opponent, but once it's done they have very little chance of escaping.

As reference, I think the way Kairi would actually hit with her Keyblade would be similar to Alice's move with the fully-upgraded Hobby Horse in Alice Madness Returns. Once you're caught in that combo, there's no escaping it.

One of the obvious disadvantages of this Keyblade is its weight: unless you're caught in the momentum of your combo hit, you can't hold it with a single hand. You're also quite vulnerable while using it, because it slows you down. Another drawback: due to how heavy the Keyblade is, you can't really stop once you start swinging it. This means you won't be able to stop your combo right away, and it also leaves your body vulnerable to side attacks.

I know Kairi's Keyblade looks like it's meant for magic because it's girly and all but, maybe it's a hot take, I think she would be lowkey shit at it during an actual fight: her Keyblade is short, so unless she's healing herself or standing right next to her allies, girlie won't be able to Curaga the team's way out of it really far. She's more of a brute force/hammer girl, honestly.

VANITAS — VOID GEAR

One of the longest Keyblades, it is lighter than it looks. For comparison, Kairi's Keyblade is heavier, and so is Riku's Braveheart.

This Keyblade is made for critical hits, but also to keep your opponent far away from you. The teeth are shaped like a cog's. I am God in this post so my headcanon is that they can shift from left to right in a reverse-clockwork fashion, depending on what is needed.

Imma be real I don't think the eyes do anything except being creepy af. I guess they follow you around, maybe they could help the wielder predict where the next hit is coming from. But they probably have a tendency of staring at the wielder.

That's going to happen with any of the BBS characters' Keyblades, so I'll put it for Vanitas's as well: I think his Keyblade can change shape if need be. Not just the cog thing mentioned above, I think he can easily turn his Keyblade into nunchucks or a flail by breaking down the shaft (which has chains on it).

I actually think all Keyblades can change shape (not just as vehicles, as different fighting weapons), it's just that the BBS characters are the only Wielders left with that knowledge. And probably don't think of telling the others because it's such an obvious thing to them.

Void Gear can be held with only one hand, and is a good choice for wielders who mix combat and magic in their fighting style. The length of the Keyblade allows you to cast spells from a distance, as well as hit your enemies without getting too close to them.

The main disadvantage of this Keyblade is also its length: because of it, it is very important that you maintain some distance with your opponent. If they get too close, you won't be able to hit them.

You better be fast if you have this Keyblade; similar to Wayward Wind, Void Gear is a Keyblade meant to hit opponents multiple times in a row. The head of the blade also makes it able to land a few critical hits, but it's still a Keyblade that requires speed to be used at its full capacity. If you were to try a combo hit with it, the first few hits would be quick slashes, and the last one a bigger, stronger hit to smash your opponent.

In case anyone's wondering: putting aside experience on the battlefield and physical abilities, Kairi's Destiny's Embrace would smash Vanitas's Void Gear if he ever got caught in her combo hit. Let's just say she's one of the worst opponents he could be fighting, Keyblade-wise (unless he's able to keep her at bay).

RIKU — BRAVEHEART

(Couldn't find another picture of it, bear with me)

Braveheart is also a long Keyblade, albeit shorter than Void Gear (for comparison). Braveheart looks quite heavy, but it's actually lighter than most people think. I will say, I believe it's still heavier than Kingdom Key and Void Gear, but it's also lighter than Earthshaker and Destiny's Embrace.

So. It's a literal house key. If you've ever had that kind of house key, you know that shit doesn't look sharp but it is (rip my fingers). Braveheart is basically a short spear: it's light enough to maneuver in close combat (as well as throw if needed), but still strong enough to not break under pressure. If used correctly, it's possible to penetrate shields and even bend them a bit, rendering them useless.

The head of Braveheart's blade doesn't have any barb; this means it can't really get stuck in your opponent's shield (or flesh), thus making it easier for them to pull it out. However, the sides of the blade are all made of sharp "holes" that can grip on and tear. It's always a nice touch.

(Technically, if the Keyblade is plunged very far, the start of the blade could act as a barb. Technically.)

I'll probably repeat it throughout the post, but longer Keyblades = better suited for magic users. Mostly because magic users usually fight long-distance, and also use magic for the whole group, not just themselves. If you're alone on the battlefield, having a short Keyblade to cast a Curaga isn't bad, but once you have to throw Firaga at your opponent or heal your partner that's 20 feet away... it's more complicated. Riku doesn't use magic a ton, but he's able to do some minor support thanks to Braveheart's length.

Braveheart is well-balanced: its weight stays more or less the same despite how long it is, compared to Destiny's Embrace (the head of the blade is heavier) or Void Gear (the shaft is the lightest and most fragile part).

Oh yeah, uh. Compared to Destiny's Embrace, Kingdom Key or even Void Gear who have clear shafts (that aren't very sharp, especially in Kingdom Key's case), Braveheart is just. It's the most sword-like Keyblade because it's composed of a hilt and a blade. It was the same for Soul Eater/Way to the Dawn, so I guess Riku just likes when 90% of his weapon is sharp lol.

VENTUS — WAYWARD WIND

(Can you believe there's no HD picture of this Keyblade. It's literally just a bunch of tiny pixels fighting with each other. Anyway, forgive the poor screenshot but THERE'S NOTHING ELSE AVAILABLE)

Okay so I know the wiki says it has a "slight boost in Strength" but. Bullshit. Look at this baby. Actually the reason why I'm talking about Wayward Wind right now rather than Rainfell (who is also interesting) is because Venty Wenty really provided us with the perfect example of a "weak" Keyblade being perfectly fitted to its user's fighting style.

Since Wayward Wind is short, even shorter than Destiny's Embrace, you'd think it's only suited for close combat, and technicallyyyyy you're not wrong. But it's also one of the lightest Keyblades, if not THE lightest.

Wayward Wind is very aerodynamic-friendly. Imma be real I'm no bird or plane expert so. Don't expect fancy terms here. However, me thinks Wayward Wind's blade is shaped a tiiiny bit like a bird's wing, and it also has, like. A giant hole in it. Long story short, it's a perfect Keyblade if you're able to move fast, because it's not gonna get slowed down by the air/wind. It's actually going to catch it perfectly to get faster, so you know. That's nice.

I don't think you can use Wayward Wind if you're reliant on critical hits and reach: it's supposed to make a maximum amount of damage within a short time-frame. Basically, it's like that scene in Jurassic Park where the Compsognathus take tiny pecks at the characters to weaken them and then eat them; except Venty Wenty's alone, and you're still cooked.

Because Wayward Wind is short, you need to get closer to your opponent; like with Destiny's Embrace vs Void Gear (to use examples of short vs long Keyblades), the difficult part is managing to get close. Wielders with long Keyblades will struggle dodging hits from shorter Keyblades once in close-combat.

Coming back to Wayward Wind's "slight boost in Strength", I will be fair. It does has it, and it's all thanks to the blade and the pointy teeth. Still one of the weakest Keyblades overall, do NOT pick if you can't waltz around your opponent.

I think Wayward Wind's other form is actually quite simple: see the lines on the shaft?

I think those lines are basically made to show where the shaft can grow longer. Kinda like with splints, or vacuum cleaners. If Ventus really wants that reach, he can have it by literally extending the shaft of his Keyblade. Also, the blade looks screwed on the hilt/shaft, so I believe he could unscrew it if he wanted to change it/improve it.

I actually wish I had more to say on this Keyblade right now but I really do believe it's not a good Keyblade to have unless you know how to wield it. If anything, it's probably both the weakest Keyblade and also the hardest to wield, because it's so tied to Ventus's fighting style that. It's kinda useless if anyone else tries using it. Venty Wenty has to be special again 😔​ /lh

RANKINGS FOR FUNSIES <3

Heaviest to Lightest (Keyblades mentioned)

Destiny's Embrace

Braveheart

Void Gear

Wayward Wind

Longest to Shortest

Void Gear

Braveheart

Destiny's Embrace

Wayward Wind

Strongest to Weakest

Destiny's Embrace

Braveheart/Void Gear (depends on pov honestly. Void Gear's blade is heavier, but Braveheart is technically heavier overall because most of the Keyblade is. Well. A blade. And that's its heaviest part)

Wayward Wind

Magic-Friendly to... magic unfriendly?

Void Gear

Braveheart

Destiny's Embrace

Wayward Wind

Beginner-friendly vs OH GOD DEAR NO

Braveheart

Destiny's Embrace (you mostly have to get used to its weight, honestly)

Void Gear (I didn't take it into account while making the ranking but imagine you're a beginner and your Keyblade has eyes that just stare at you. I'd be shitting bricks)

Wayward Wind (OH GOD DEAR NO)

okay that's it i'm tired <3 if anyone has thoughts to share. please. i'm begging. also i do intend on making the other main Keyblades!! And maybe the world-specific Keyblades if I'm feeling like it.

[zeroth-writes]

Insomniac -Ventus- -Headcanons-

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Prompt: Can you write a Ventus x Gender neutral! Reader headcanon? Reader is an insomniac. Takes place during KH3, Land of Departure

Pairing: Ventus / reader

Summary:

Word Count:

A/N: For this I went with a reader that wakes up early and can’t fall back asleep. I hope you’re okay with that.

ventus is someone who enjoys sleeping

after a long day of training

he loves slipping into a slightly cool bed

and waiting for sleep to come over him

he also loves doing that with you

after you both had your showers

and finish your nighttime routine

he loves climbing under the covers

and getting as close to you as possible

loves both falling asleep and walking with with you right next to him

so the first morning he wakes up without you

both confused and scared him

confused why you weren’t beside him

scared that you left in the middle of the night

had relief when he saw you making breakfast

but when he asked where you went

you shrugged “couldn’t sleep”

once he found out

ventus tries everything to get you to sleep

making you tea with various herbs

asking terra to train you harder to ware you out

even using a sleep spell right before bed

but you still wake up before anyone else

after finding out nothing help

as much as he dislikes it

he’s okay with you getting up instead of laying in bed for hours

however some night you do attempt getting back to sleep

but just toss and turn instead

but no matter what you decide

ventus is happy you’re doing what you want

[talinexa]

At some point Ven visits Twilight Town and Roxas teaches him how to use a skateboard. Ven already kinda knows how to ride since his Keyblade vehicle is a skater style

But Roxas teaches him how to use a normal skateboard and how to grind rails and do kick flips and stuff

Ventus hasn’t stopped using one since

He’s broken three (3) vases in the Land of Departure castle’s corridors and gotten five (5) lectures from Aqua---one of which included a Gummiphone call to Roxas and involved chewing both of them out. He doesn’t care

[peachy-ciel]

Vanitas has a sister.

Riku learns about her after cleaning Vanitas's room, and finding a picture in his drawer— Vanitas, probably around fifteen, holding a younger girl who must be around twelve.

She has raven-coloured hair like his, the same slightly-flattened button nose, and short eyebrows that are far more expressive than people would expect.

She has a doll-like face.

The only difference is their eyes: Vanitas's are coloured with amber and gold, speckled with hints of green when the light shines on his face; hers are blue, a deep blue that reminds him of the ocean, speckled with no other colour than lighter shades of blue.

"Who is she?" Riku asks Vanitas (and for once he doesn't internally crumble at the accusatory glare, the snarl, the slow growl coming out of the writer's throat).

"Put that back where you found it." There's a threat hidden in there, but Vanitas is still slightly drowsy from the meds and hasn't showered in three —almost four— days. He won't do anything, only because he can't.

"She looks like you," Riku still tries, walking closer but not too close, because he knows better than to force himself inside Vanitas's space (it reeks of cigarette and ash, that's how he marks everything that's his rather than piss around like dogs do).

Vanitas simply glares at Riku for another second or so, before turning his back; Pride and Prejudice is playing on the small TV, and Riku swears that movie's been looping for at least the past two days.

He's a romantic, Ventus had told him over coffee, almost a week ago— that was after Vanitas had fallen asleep on the couch, the faint taste of bile stuck on the roof of his mouth after his old friend had stuck his fingers down his throat. It hadn't been the first time, Riku had noticed; it couldn't have been, because Ventus knew what to do and how to do it, and he did it with calm and tiredness —almost flegm—, like it was a waltz he'd practise ad vitam aeternam.

"It was his sister's birthday," he had carefully explained, probably unsure if he should share this with Riku of all people— but Riku had stayed longer than anyone else so far, so it probably felt futile to held onto a few poorly hidden secrets. "She— they're not on good terms. He tries, he's not a bad person... but he can be— what's the word— intense."

"She couldn't handle it?" It sounded like an accusation out of his mouth, so Riku bit his tongue to shut himself up.

Ventus simply stared, and his big blue eyes paired with his soft blonde hair and fair skin made Riku uncomfortable— whether he realised it or not, Ventus was looking at him like Riku was an alien. Riku picked at his nails and tried to ignore how uncomfortable the darkness of his own skin made him feel at the moment.

"... I've known him for almost twelve years now, and there are more downsides than I'd like to admit," he eventually sighed, finally ripping his gaze away from Riku.

A pained moan echoed in the living room, and Ventus immediately got to his feet to take care of Vanitas. Riku heard a few whispers here and there ("It's okay— you're okay", and "You're just tired, go back to sleep", and the sound of a kiss followed by a few cries).

When Ventus sat back in front of Riku, he looked ten years older. He took a sip from his —probably cold— coffee, made a face, closed his eyes, sighed, inhaled through his nose.

"I have to get back to work," he started. It's past midnight, Riku almost interjected, then realised Ventus just needed to get away for a few hours. "You have my number— no matter what happens, only call me. Understood? No matter what he does, only call me." He waited until Riku hesitantly nodded before adding: "You should cook him something— anything as long as it doesn't spoil fast. He'll try to starve himself, so maybe you'll have to force him to eat.

"If you can, you should take a week off work. Just tell me your hourly wage— I'll triple it and pay you in cash.

"Don't leave him alone for too long, and make sure he takes his meds— stay with him when he does, he'll try to overdose if you don't watch him closely.

"He might try to get closer to you. He'll tell you he loves you and wants you to fuck him— that's a lie. He won't think a word of it, and you're not his type anyway. You're nothing to him."

You're nothing to him.

Riku's still holding the picture, and Vanitas is still ignoring him and watching his movie. You're not his type anyway.

Riku sighs and walks to the armchair next to the couch, flopping down on it with a small grunt. Vanitas side-eyes him for barely a second.

There's nothing but the voices of Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy for a while. After what feels like ages, Vanitas parts his lips:

"Xion."

At first Riku thinks he misheard, but one confused look at Vanitas makes the latter repeat (with a loud, heavy sigh):

"The girl in the photo. Her name is Xion. She's my sister."

"You're both smiling—"

"She still loved me back then."

The conversation ends there.

[peachy-ciel]

Idol AU ― Corda Regni

“Be our Crowns! Hello, we are Corda Regni!”

Corda Regni (コーダー・レグニー) is a 7-member Japanese boy group under YASHAGORŌ ENTERTAINMENT, consisting of Xehanort, Terra, Isa, Lea, Ventus, Vanitas, and Riku. They debuted on December 6, 2023, with their first EP, The World Is My Oyster.

GROUP NAME MEANING: Hearts of the Kingdom OFFICIAL GREETING: "Be our Crowns! Hello, we are Corda Regni!"

CORDA REGNI OFFICIAL FANDOM NAME: Crowns FANDOM NAME MEANING: N/A CORDA REGNI OFFICIAL COLOUR: Silver FANDOM OFFICIAL COLOUR: Gold

OFFICIAL SNS

WEBSITE: cordaregni.yashagoro.com FACEBOOK: cordaregni.official INSTAGRAM: @/cordaregni.official TIKTOK: @/cordaregni.official TWITTER / X: @/cordaregni SHOWROOM: CORDA REGNI's room YOUTUBE: CORDA REGNI (Official YouTube Channel)

CORDA REGNI MEMBER PROFILES

XEHANORT

BIRTH NAME: Xehanort Gonçálves STAGE NAME: Umbra (ウンブター) POSITIONS: Leader, Lead Vocalist, Lead Dancer BIRTHDAY: July 31st, 2003 ZODIAC SIGN: Leo CHINESE ZODIAC SIGN: Goat HEIGHT: 183 cm (6'0") WEIGHT: 70 kg (154 lbs) BLOOD TYPE: O MBTI TYPE: INTJ NATIONALITY: Brasilian REPRESENTATIVE COLOUR: Purple REPRESENTATIVE EMOJI: 🐯​ (White tiger)

Xehanort was born and raised in Brasil.

He has two older brothers.

Like Riku, he naturally has white hair.

He speaks Brasilian Portuguese, English and Japanese fluently.

Xehanort learnt Japanese after becoming a trainee.

He's closest to Terra.

His family calls him "Junior", because he was named after their father.

Xehanort's nickname is Zee: the members used to pronounce his name as "Zee-hanort" instead of "Zay-hanort", thus they started calling him Zee.

He straightens his hair every week.

He is the only black member in the group.

He regularly braids Riku's hair.

He knows how to put eyeliner on like a pro.

He has dual-toned lips and used to feel self-conscious about it when he was younger.

He used to have a noticeable Brasilian accent when speaking English, but after spending time with Terra he started having a Canadian one instead.

TERRA

BIRTH NAME: Terra Yamamoto JAPANESE NAME: Yamamoto Terra (山本テラ) STAGE NAME: Terra (テラ) POSITIONS: Main Vocalist, Sub-Rapper, Visual BIRTHDAY: May 19th, 2004 ZODIAC SIGN: Taurus CHINESE ZODIAC SIGN: Monkey HEIGHT: 188 cm (6'2") WEIGHT: 87 kg (191 lbs) BLOOD TYPE: B MBTI TYPE: ESFJ NATIONALITY: Canadian REPRESENTATIVE COLOUR: Brown REPRESENTATIVE EMOJI: 🐻​​ (Bear)

Terra was born and raised in Canada.

He is adopted and half-Japanese, half-Caucasian.

He used to be the best student of his school.

He is Christian and regularly goes to church. Back in Canada, he used to sing at the church's choir.

Terra understands Japanese, but can't speak it that well.

He is on the autism spectrum.

He is closest to Xehanort, Ventus and Riku.

His hobbies are singing and working out.

He is known for having very chaotic live streams.

He ate weeds as a child, because he saw a cat do it.

He has a habit of hitting things (or people) whenever he laughs.

His favourite Disney princess is Cinderella. He used to have a crush on her as a kid.

He sucks with technology.

Whenever he doesn't know a word in Japanese, he tries to say it in English with a Japanese accent. In vain.

He is the only one who can hug Xehanort as he pleases, as well as touch his hair.

ISA

BIRTH NAME: Mochizuki Isa (望月アイザ) CHINESE NAME: Wàngyuè Ěrsā (望月而萨) STAGE NAME: Luna (ルーナー) POSITIONS: Main Vocalist BIRTHDAY: January 1st, 2005 ZODIAC SIGN: Capricorn CHINESE ZODIAC SIGN: Monkey HEIGHT: 195 cm (6'5") WEIGHT: 91 kg (200 lbs) BLOOD TYPE: AB MBTI TYPE: ISTJ NATIONALITY: Japanese-Singaporean REPRESENTATIVE COLOUR: Blue REPRESENTATIVE EMOJI:​​ 🐺​ (Wolf)

Isa was born in Japan, but moved to Singapore when he was a child.

His childhood best friend is Lea.

Isa didn't want to become an idol, but auditioned with Lea to support him.

He speaks Japanese, Mandarin Chinese and English fluently.

Isa wears glasses on his days off.

He likes making spreadsheets on Excel.

He usually handles the personal finances of the other members.

He has been dyeing his hair blue since he was sixteen.

He regularly sleepwalks, and is able to have full conversations with people when he does. He never remembers it in the morning, so the other members started filming him to prove it.

Whenever he dreams of performing, he wakes up sore because he contracts his muscles in his sleep, as if he were actually on stage. He said it's useful whenever he can't get a song right, because he just has to follow what he did in his dream.

He got asked why he wasn't the leader instead of Xehanort during a live stream, and immediately made a face while saying "They [the other members] are too crazy to handle."

Although he doesn't look like it, he cares a lot about the other members.

LEA

BIRTH NAME: Zhū Lì (朱丽) ENGLISH NAME: Zhū Lea JAPANESE NAME: Jū Rī (朱リー) STAGE NAME: Ignis (イグニズ) POSITIONS: Main Dancer, Main Rapper BIRTHDAY: June 6th, 2005 ZODIAC SIGN: Gemini CHINESE ZODIAC SIGN: Rooster HEIGHT: 197 cm (6'6") WEIGHT: 82 kg (180 lbs) BLOOD TYPE: A MBTI TYPE: ESFP NATIONALITY: Singaporean REPRESENTATIVE COLOUR: Red REPRESENTATIVE EMOJI:​​ 🦊​ (Fox)

Lea was born and raised in Singapore.

He speaks Mandarin Chinese and English fluently.

His childhood best friend is Isa.

Lea started learning Japanese after becoming a trainee.

He has been dyeing his hair red since he was twelve.

He was a professional ballet dancer.

He loves trying out new food.

He is friends with Roxas from museZ.

He is the tallest idol in the company, and has to bend down every time he enters a room.

He dances in his sleep.

He is the loudest in the group, but will also need sudden downtimes.

He bought a $500 punk shirt with his first paycheque, because it was a collection item. Isa then berated him when he whined about not having any money left.

He loves sharing his food with the people he loves.

His parents wanted a girl, and that's why they gave him a feminine name (丽 Lì means "beautiful" and is a feminine name).

Isa and him became friends because they were in love with two fictional characters from the same show; because the characters were best friends, they decided they had to be best friends too.

He has very pretty handwriting.

The first Japanese words he learnt were swear words and "Did you fart?"

VENTUS

BIRTH NAME: Kaneko Ventus (金子ヴェントゥス) STAGE NAME: Ventus (ヴェントゥス) POSITIONS: Lead Vocalist, Lead Dancer, Visual BIRTHDAY: October 7th, 2006 ZODIAC SIGN: Libra CHINESE ZODIAC SIGN: Dog HEIGHT: 173 cm (5'8") WEIGHT: 60 kg (132 lbs) BLOOD TYPE: B MBTI TYPE: ENFP NATIONALITY: Japanese REPRESENTATIVE COLOUR: Green REPRESENTATIVE EMOJI:​​ 🐭 (Mouse)

Ventus was born and raised in Japan.

He is Vanitas's twin brother.

Sora and Roxas from museZ are his cousins.

He became an idol because his parents wanted him to, but grew an actual passion for it.

He dyes his hair and eyebrows, and wears contact lenses. He actually has black hair and yellow eyes, like Vanitas.

He wants a pet rat.

He is a heavy sleeper.

Since he spends a lot of time with Terra, he started understanding and speaking English.

He always has a meme to fit every situation.

He reads fanfictions about the group. He once read "Kidnapped By My Twin Brother, the Mafia Boss" on Wattpad, during a live stream.

He regularly agrees when people tell him he's pretty, because "if you keep telling me I'm pretty, how am I supposed to think the opposite?"

VANITAS

BIRTH NAME: Kaneko Vanitas (金子ヴァニタス) STAGE NAME: Vanitas (ヴァニタス) POSITIONS: Main Dancer, Lead Rapper BIRTHDAY: October 7th, 2006 ZODIAC SIGN: Libra CHINESE ZODIAC SIGN: Dog HEIGHT: 159 cm (5'3") WEIGHT: 60 kg (132 lbs) BLOOD TYPE: O MBTI TYPE: INTP NATIONALITY: Japanese REPRESENTATIVE COLOUR: Black REPRESENTATIVE EMOJI:​​ 🐰 (Rabbit)

Vanitas was born and raised in Japan.

He is Ventus's twin brother.

Sora and Roxas from museZ are his cousins.

He has very small hands and feet (he's a size 5 in shoes).

He reads a lot of books.

He has a bad habit of never answering texts or calls; he'll always forget to call or text back, so he's started answering the phone no matter where he is or what he's doing.

He once answered Isa's call while on the toilet.

He called out Ventus for being a "fake blonde".

His nickname is Bunny, because his name in Japanese is Banitasu, and often gets shortened as Bani (which sounds like "Bunny"). Fans also say he "hops around" whenever he's dancing, and that he looks like a bunny with his high cheekbones and puffy cheeks.

His friendship with Terra often gets compared to a golden retriever befriending a black cat.

Because he is the shortest member, he has to wear platform shoes whenever he performs.

He likes to make fun of people he's close with.

He cries every time the group wins trophies.

According to the other members, he's very good at Mickey Mouse impressions.

His favourite snack is puffed rice cakes, without toppings.

RIKU

BIRTH NAME: Shiratori Riku (白鳥リク) STAGE NAME: Solis (ソーリス) POSITIONS: Lead Vocalist, Lead Dancer, Visual, Face of the Group, Centre BIRTHDAY: November 21st, 2007 ZODIAC SIGN: Scorpio CHINESE ZODIAC SIGN: Pig HEIGHT: 178 cm (5'10") WEIGHT: 65 kg (143 lbs) BLOOD TYPE: O MBTI TYPE: ESTP or ISTP NATIONALITY: Japanese REPRESENTATIVE COLOUR: Yellow REPRESENTATIVE EMOJI:​​ 🐧​ (Penguin)

Riku was born and raised in Japan.

He is the youngest member of the group, and the youngest idol in the company.

He understands English but can't speak it. Whenever he tries to, it comes out with a thick Japanese accent.

He said before he's an ambivert, and adapts depending on who he's with.

Riku has hemophilia and brittle bone disease (type 1). Because of it, he bruises more easily and suffers from anemia. He has to do physical therapy due to chronic pain.

Riku also has a lot of allergies: citrus fruits, pineapple, kiwi, poultry meat, pollen, house dust mites, latex, silver, and paracetamol.

He is also intolerant to gluten, lactose, and red meat.

He is known for having a pretty smile.

Like Xehanort, he naturally has white hair.

One of his catchphrases in English is "I'm Riku, I'm okie-dokie!" (He learnt "okie-dokie" from Terra.)

He said his English name is Rick.

As a trainee, he was known as the company's "secret weapon".

He likes to roughhouse with the other members, and constantly teases them.

When the group visited an equestrian centre, he tried to hide Ventus from the horses "because they'll think your hair is hay and eat it".

His representative animal is a penguin because he used to follow the other members around when they were trainees, like baby chicks do. Because his hair is white and he often wore black clothes, Ventus compared him to a penguin instead.

[peachy-ciel]

VANVEN WEEK 2025 — Day 1: Meet-Cute

[All of this is set in the Bluebeard's Wife universe. This scene takes place eleven years before the main story starts.]

CW. mentions of sex, and uncomfortable language regarding mixed people.

“Is this seat taken?”

You don’t flinch when a hostile amber gaze look up at you. The table he’s sitting at is big enough for six, maybe eight, but he’s alone and no one else at the university’s library seems eager to join him.

You look him over, with that gentle smile your hypocritical mother taught you to always wear (it helps that you’re white, and blonde, and skinny— oh, and you have blue eyes, or at least that’s what everyone is led to believe). Unruly dark hair, angry eyes that —now that you’re actually looking— are piss-yellow with hints of mildew green, a button nose that’s slightly flattened but still has a bridge. Mixed, you immediately think, and you don’t even need to ask to know you’re right. He’s got what white authors would call “exotic features”— truly, it meant nothing except he looked white enough to be fetishised over rather than killed at gunpoint.

Exotic features, then. The start of a Caucasian nose, of American (so, European) descent— but the tip of what could come from East-Asian roots. Full lips, well-defined, with a pretty Cupid’s bow (how many here had seen it and felt the urge to kiss him?); pinkish, plump, objectively ugly because the current trends hated “whale lips”, subjectively so fucking alluring you know the guy staring twenty feet away will dream of that mouth around his unwashed dick tonight.

You almost grimace at the thought— sex, in all its unhygienic glory. Not that you’re against it, at least not for others (you wouldn’t be there if Daddy King hadn’t fucked Mommy Hall on the office desk), but you like to keep it as far away from you as possible. You’re not a prude; you can’t find a word for it, you just don’t like the thought of someone fucking you (or worse: you fucking someone).

Anyway, you almost grimace but you don’t, because you know better than to crack the perfect mask you’ve spent your entire life carefully crafting. Also, he’s still staring at you with those eyes— and oh my, you almost forgot they look exotic too! Big and almond-shaped, upturned like cats’, with a subtle crease almost folding his upper-eyelid but not quite reaching the end.

Yeah, definitely mixed Asian.

“Does it look like it’s fucking taken?”

Like the Cheshire Cat Daddy King gifted you when you were ten (The same age as Pretty Little Alice, he’d added), your smile only widens after hearing him speak. Playing nice and doing regular acts of kindness usually isn’t hard on you: as long as you keep the interaction to a minimum, a nine to five that goes on every week with a specific group of people— well, you’ll be fine. Terra and Aqua got to see your ugly side twice already, and don’t seem to mind (then again, you’re their sweet little Ven; a victim of circumstance for being born and raised by wealthy pricks who own the building you’re currently standing in).

“Just thought I’d ask,” you chuckle as you pull a wooden chair towards you. What is he reading? You already have an idea of who he is and who he’s waiting for— but who is he reading to pass the time? “Usually tables fill up pretty fast, so—”

“It’s a library, shouldn’t you shut up instead of disturbing me?” he snarls, his exotic eyes back to his open book.

Ah. Interesting.

“… I take it that’s why no one wants to sit with you,” you can’t help but tease, devilish sparkles in those fake blue eyes you rejected Selphie Tilmitt over last week. She’ll get over it (not that you particularly care— wishing her the best and all, but she could get rolled over by Seifer Almasy’s bike tomorrow and you’d only act politely saddened by her loss).

“But, hey—” you lean closer to him and he tenses like a wild animal ready to pounce. Still not looking at you, but his hands are gripping the book tight and scratching it with long, broken nails. You truly are a beast. “—See that guy over there? Long hair, ponytail, cowboy look he thinks he can pull off but doesn’t? Totally wants to fuck you.”

The Beast’s reaction to your venom-spiked giggle is a grimace of disgust on the pretty lips Irvine Kinneas is probably fantasising about. Oh? Same species as me?

You can’t help but wonder— it’s so rare, you’d need to mark him so you can find him again later. What if he’s just not gay? asks the stupid voice in your head, and you mentally roll your eyes at it: the Beast is reading Professor X’s essay on Ancient Greece’s culture of pederasty and the meaning of the initiation rituals between the lover —the erastes— (understand, way older men) and the loved —the eromenos— (understand, literal teenagers). He likes dicks, for sure. Maybe not ones his age, though.

“… I’m waiting for someone. Please leave me alone.”

The “please” comes out through clenched teeth; not a plea, not an ounce of genuineness to it. He’s being polite because he thinks it’ll make you go away faster. Too bad he’s wrong.

“I’m Ventus,” you insist, and you swear he’s looking at you like he’s going to bite off part of your neck, “but my friends call me Ven! What’s your name?”

You remember every student’s name, every face you’ve encountered in the corridors, every minuscule detail that helps keep up that ‘perfect angel’ image. And you don’t remember the exotic Beast. You know you would; he draws out masochistic, cannibalistic urges out of you, and you’re definitely not the first to feel it.

The Beast considers you for a bit, micro-glances at every single detail of your perfect face. The Beast has good instincts, and is smart: someone like you wouldn’t sit with someone like him. You’re too different, your aesthetics clash, you may both embody academia, but you do so in opposed ways. Still. We’re the same inside— I know you can feel it.

A subtle pinch of the brow, those ugly lips Kinneas is drooling over pouting with what would look like a scowl if only the Beast was more akin to a tiger than a cat. So you allow it; a tilt of the head, the sunrays coming through the window, the smile that becomes a bit crueler and slits your cheeks vertically (oh, dimples, how rare of a sight they’d become). Speckles in your fake eyes, but you cracked the Mask and are allowing the Beast to peek through it. We’re the same.

“… Vanitas,” the Beast whispers after having stared for too long, but you know he doesn’t care about social niceties— you don’t either, you keep up with them because it’s order and order is everything, the only anchor a guy like you can hope to have— but there’s no one like you.

There is only one Benjamin Ventus King-Hall, class president and valedictorian, not-a-TA-yet-but-almost-there to Professor E, and destined for greatness. It always felt like your life would end up a tragedy, with some old witch warning your parents that you’d fuck your mom and kill your dad, or that you’d destroy the very thing you promised to protect; so far, nothing. Your life isn’t worth a tragedy. What about his?

“Vanitas,” you repeat, and maybe for once you understand what sex and love feel like. His name coats your tongue like the sauce your old nanny used to make, this bœuf Bourguignon as she called it with her thick French accent, the meat melting on your tongue and the warmth engulfing your entire body as you swallowed. You miss her food.

But his name, oh, his name. Vanitas, Va-ni-tas. He is emptiness, he is void, he is nothing (yet idiots would immediately say he is vanity; it could be, but that’s not the first meaning of the word, silly). Vanitas is empty and fills the void with books, with essays talking about older men teaching younger ones then penetrating them at night; Vanitas isn’t a student, and you knew that already, and you know he’s Professor M’s son, and you also know he shouldn’t be here because his father isn’t giving any class today. Also, he’s still in high school.

You graduated early because Daddy King jumped at the opportunity when overpaid elementary school teachers told him his son had “so much potential” and was “smarter than the other students” (it was true, but you also heard them say the same thing about little Tidus, and the only bright thing in him was his smile).

You know you’re Vanitas’s age, maybe a few months older, but you’re his age regardless; that’s why you’re sweet little Ven, that’s why you’re perfect, that’s why everyone likes you: you’re the Uni’s baby, and everyone rushes to guide you and make you their project. But Vanitas doesn’t belong.

And it doesn’t take much to understand why he’s here, almost barking at every student who dares glance his way, his hands still tightly clenched around Professor X’s book (worn, a bit damaged, some notes and highlighter on the pages you can see).

Is Professor M a worse father than Daddy King? Your son wants your colleague to initiate him, you mentally hum. It’s funny, really; kinda pathetic, too.

“Professor X won’t come until…” you look at your watch (three o’clock), and send him a compassionate pout that clashes with the gleeful glint in your eyes, “… at least three hours. He’s teaching a complex class, from what I’ve heard, and he has so many students who need his help. It’d probably go faster if he had a TA,” you dramatically sigh, “but he never felt the need for one.”

“I don’t care,” Vanitas says, “I’ll wait.”

Will he drive you home? Why would he like you? ‘Cause you can read, like what’s expected of any decent human being?

But you shrug it off, sharply inhale, and grin at him again— the angel is back.

“I’ll wait with you, then! I’m finished with my classes for today anyway, so I can do some homework— oh, and if you have any question at all, no matter the subject, just ask away—”

“Why are you fake?”

Ba-bump, ba-bump, ba-bump.

Oh, Vanitas. If I could, I’d pin your eyes on my wall like those freaks do with butterflies.

“I could tell you,” you start, and you feel drawn to this amber gaze, this sirenic look, this bewitching creature, “but I’m so thirstyyy! Let’s get some drinks!”

You stand up and walk to the library’s exit without looking behind once. You know he’ll follow. He’s like you.

Talk about a meet-cute. You let out a giggle once you feel his shoulder brush yours. One look at him: in the backlighting of the hallways, his hair looks blue.

@vanvenweek

[peachy-ciel]

Idk if the Ven truthers will kill me for that, but I think Ventus's biggest flaw (no matter the universe) is that he's a big shit talker

Depending on the universe I also see him being two-faced (coughs modern au coughs), but yeah, even in canon KH I think he'd talk shit about people like it's a regular Tuesday to him

If he doesn't like you he's gonna make separate groupchats on his Gummiphone

[peachy-ciel]

there was this roleplay session i had with a friend a few years ago where she was playing Ventus and i was playing Vanitas, and it was like. post kh3. and Vanitas was back for unknown reasons, but whatever, that's not what's important here.

the important thing was that Shit Ensued(tm) and those two eventually found themselves in a café in Traverse Town, with Ventus ordering hot chocolate for the two of them because "hot chocolate is a comforting drink". except Vanitas never had hot chocolate before, and also wasn't used to kind gestures, even coming from his other half, right?

so there was a whole scene of Vanitas staring at his cup, glancing at Ventus, then accusing him of poisoning his drink; Ventus already took a sip of his own drink, so he just rolls his eyes a bit and switches their cups. Vanitas sniffs at the drink and stares at it for a bit, before warily taking a very small sip.

but hey! turns out it's pretty good! so he ends up drinking the whole thing, in one-go. then stares at Ventus's cup (the one that was originally his). so Ventus just sighs with a small smile and gives it to him.

anyway idk i just thought of that today, and that's a scene that kinda shaped the way i think of ventus and vanitas when those two aren't busy fighting and whatnot.