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My design for a Dragon type Eeveelution, Drakeon

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My fakemon evo for Dunsparce, since I'm doing a Greek Region, I was going to call him Cadunseus based off of the Cadeuceus Hermes wields - Dunsparce is my favourite pokemon.

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I know we know Luxord ends up in Quadratum, but this character reminds me a lot of him considering he has the same hair colour and blue (albeit darker) eyes 🤔

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Breakdown of the Kingdom Hearts Timeline

***Spoilers***

So if you didn't know, recently, Nomura confirmed that there are about 4 generations between Kingdom Hearts Union X and Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link, which is about 100 years. So, let's break this down.

In Re:Mind, Xehanort meets MoM 75 years before Kingdom Hearts III, which takes place 1 year after Kingdom Hearts. Thus, 74BKH.

Kingdom Hearts X Dark Road shows that 4 years passed before Eraqus and Xehanort take their Mark of Mastery Exam, which Xehanort told Mom would be soon, meaning that it takes place around 78 BKH.

Nomura has also said that Young Xehanort was about 18, placing his birth 95 years BKH.

Next, consider that Brain is Eraqus' grandfather, and that a generation is around 25 years, placing Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link aprox. 75 years before Kingdom Hearts Dark Road, or 170

BKH.

Then, with the four generations between that and Kingdom Hearts Union X [Cross] - about 100 years - that puts it at 270 BKH. Finally, the breakdown of time in these last few games is as follows: Kingdom Hearts X [chi] covers 2 years (as confirmed by Strelitzia's flashbacks in KHUX), and Kingdom Hearts Unchained X covers those same 2 years, totalling 4 between them, with Kingdom Hearts Union X [Cross] encompassing one final year, so 5 in total for the X-Saga: making the oldest moment presently in the Kingdom Hearts franchise approximately 275 BKH.

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I love that she's basically just Baldr in a dress

SIBLINGS

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In case anyone didn't know, the Foretellers (save for Ava) have had their faces datamined from KHIII and Luxu's from KHXBC

In terms of details concerning Luxu's hair and eye colour, though, I still firmly believe he and Brain are identical and that the one in the Black Coat at the end of KHUX in the Keyblade Graveyard was meant to throw people off

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#vangogh #iris #rashidjohnson #capsule #claudemonet #waterloobridge #lepontdebois #nationalgalleryofcanada #ottawa #ontario #canadian #eh #art (at National Gallery Of Canada) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYrdsy2pKdd/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Happy Haloweiner - I'm zombie Bob Ross

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#ottawa #museumofnature #owls #hiboux #hoothoot #judgement #sleepyboys #juno #khaleesi #rucker #oberon #max #luna #snowyowl #barnowl #greathornedowl #baldeagle #eagleowl (at Canadian Museum of Nature - Musée canadien de la nature) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUNg-1RA-BJ/?utm_medium=tumblr

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This took me out 😆

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it doesn't seem nomura has a twitter - reverse searching that comic of skuld and riku leads to the twitter account @312_2s, who seems to be the original artist

Yeah, I realized that - probably jumped the gun a bit there 😅

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Just A Quick Post

I wasn't going to say anything because I was sure someone else was going to bring it up, but 2 Darknesses escaped Data-Daybreak Town - Ventus harbors one in his Heart which we assume to be Vanitas but for sure appeared in KHIII Re:Mind as Dark Inferno χ

Well then clearly, the one who fought Luxu either entered Luxu's body, or it escaped, which might explain why we fight the OG Dark Inferno in the Keyblade Graveyard in standard KHIII as a secret boss. 🤔

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Let's talk about the KHUX finale as a whole rather than just as the piece we only just got.

So we started off with with Lauriam and Ventus alone in Ventus' room, and Lauriam is conflicted about Ventus because they have no way of knowing whether or not Ventus destroyed Darkness or whether it retreated back within Ventus (I mean we know that this Darkness is Vanitas but they don't), in which case Lauriam seems to contemplate taking out Ventus, only Strelitzia reminds Lauriam that giving into his negative emotions is exactly what Darkness wants - which obviously spooks the hell out of Lauriam and he turns around to find that she's not there. Having had time to think about this, I'd say that what I believe happened to Strelitzia after she was struck down by Darkness was that her Heart took refuge within Lauriam's, much in the same way Kairi's and Ventus's Hearts did with Sora's Heart in KH and KHBBS respectively. You might recall that Sora even saw Kairi at one point while he Heart was still within her Heart.

What does this mean though, well I believe that Strelitzia will return thanks to the Data Luxu pulled of her in Data-Daybreak Town, which is what he sent to the future via the Ark. Think of it as similar to how Roxas and Namine were brought back in KHIII, once Lauriam releases Strelitzia's Heart, it can join with the Data-Strelitzia, which is likely vacant, as the Data versions of the Dandelions were all occupied by their own Hearts presumably when they became Unchained and crossed into Data-Daybreak Town.

Moving on, Elrena is brought into the story to reveal that her Chirithy had seen Luxu and Strelitzia, which leaves hope for the others about Strelitzia, but doesn't do much more than confuse them otherwise and get her to join the party as they make for the Ark. Seriously, Elrena was completely underused in KHUX. I still think it's odd how Lauriam and Elrena act entirely different from Marluxia and Larxene, and I think it is even more odd how Nomura specified tht Lauriam and Marluxia are different characters rather than telling the interviewer who had asked the question what we are meant to believe: that Lauriam is Marluxia's Somebody.

To be clear, I don't think that he's not, simply that 4 years go by between when he, Elrena, Ventus, and Skuld woke up in the future and KHBBS and then nearly another 10 years (presumably) before Marluxia is found by Xigbar and Xaldin and Larxene is found by Xaldin and Lexaeus. We have no idea what happens then, and both had completely lost their memories, making it even more hard to say. However, Lauriam was shown waking in Dwarf Woodlands, while Elrena woke in what I assume to be Enchanted Dominion, both of which were some of the first Worlds to be swallowed by the Darkness when Maleficent began her pursuit of Kingdom Hearts at the end of KHBBS, so maybe that's how they fell to Darkness?

After Luxu sends the True Dandelion forward via the Ark, I noticed that, while Darkness explains its intention, it mentions that it plans to 'accompany the chosen one into the future to lay claim to Worlds not yet created'. This is odd, because later it explains that there are five Darknesses still in Data-Daybreak Town, and since only four of them confront Ephemer, Skuld, and Player, then that all but confirms Lauriam's suspicions. What's more, is that it engages Luxu in battle and then is missing when Brain, Lauriam, Elrena, and Ventus arrive in Daybreak Town to utilize the real Ark.

Where did Darkness go? Not within Ventus, as it would have had no opportunity to do so, and there's already an iteration of Darkness in there. Luxu is the only other candidate. It was revealed in the second part of the finale that the Master raised his apprentices in order to give the seven strongest iterations of Darkness a tangible form so that it could inevitably be struck down. This was the entire reason for the Keyblade War, and why the Foretellers had to be sacrificed. The conversation with Luxu all but confirms that those seven of the original Thirteen Darknesses were already destroyed, as they discuss how, after the Keyblade War, only the six Darkness we've now seen remained and found themselves within Data-Daybreak Town. The Master reveals this to be another part of his scheme, as Daybreak Town and its Data counterpart were constructed to act as a cage for Darkness that would be sprung as soon as the first pod of the Ark it utilized.

This trap is something Darkness knew after watching the Master compose the Book of Prophecies, the Master intentionally excluded Enchanted Dominion from the Worlds realized in the real world, instead trapping Maleficent within the Datascape much in the same way that he had done to Darkness. Darkness then helped Maleficent reach Daybreak Town via the virtual Ark in order to then have her use the real one, thereby triggering the ends of both iterations of Daybreak Town, which would motivate the Dandelions to use the Ark themselves, unknowingly providing Ventus to Darkness after another iteration utilized him to take the place of Strelitzia. While it would travel into the future to lay siege to Worlds not yet in existence, the other Darknesses in the Datascape would spread across the Data-Worlds. However, Darkness didn't concern itself with the parts of the Book of Prophecies which it considered unimportant to itself, which ultimately proved to be its undoing, because it missed out on the true plans of the Master, as Luxu later confirmed.

On the topic of Luxu, let's discuss his meeting with Brain, as well as his appearance in the Keyblade Graveyard. The most important part about these two parts is to know that, even though it appears as though Luxu possessed Brain, he didn't. Brain has just always resembled Luxu for whatever reason. I wonder if this could have something to do with iterations of the same person from two separate Worldlines? Why do I say this, because they made a point of noting the similarities between Skuld and Ava as well, on two separate occasions, and I would guess that with what we've seen in the finale, that it was intentional for this exact reason. Does this mean that all the Foretellers look like the Union leaders? I'd say no, I mean Ventus and Gula appear to bear physical similarities from what we can see (height give-or-take, jaw structure), but for sure Ephemer and Lauriam do not resemble Ira and Aced.

The two seen in the finale are clearly different because Luxu was stated in his Secret Reports of KHIII to have passed on No Name to on of the Union Leaders amid the chaos of the destruction of Data-Daybreak Town. The only one he came into contact with was Brain, so clearly Brain got No Name, thus its a done-deal, both are Brain, right? Wrong - as Brain then awakens generations later in Scala ad Caelum, not by using the Ark but by using Ephemer's memories passed down through the generations all the way to Sigurd, as his Waypoint, while his hat acted as the Medium. I believe that when Luxu claimed that Brain's life had to end, he merely passed on No Name to Brain and taught him how to unlock his Heart - or become Unchained, thereby allowing him to partake in said time travel and see through the destruction of Daybreak Town. I think what we see of "Brain" in the Keyblade Graveyard is like the scene from KHX:BC where Luxu arrives in the Keyblade Graveyard with No Name and the Box, just with his hood down, otherwise it wouldn't make sense for Luxu to have No Name, as he said he didn't have it anymore in the Secret Report.

I wonder if, given Master's Defender belonged to Brain originally and eventually makes its way to Eraqus - Brain's suspected grandson - if that means that Brain recclaims Master's Defender when he gets to Scala ad Caelum? I really felt for Ephemer toward the end because it became evident that when Ephemer and Skuld attempted to escape, Ephemer was caught in the destruction of Daybreak Town and left alone in the past. Although he created Scala ad Caelum from the ruins of Daybreak Town and began a new lineage of Keyblade wielders, it's sad that he died without the friends he had come to know throughout KHUX. I wonder also what Ephemer did with that last copy of the Book of Prophecies that Brain gave him - could it still be hidden somewhere in Scala ad Caelum?

In the end, Player had to fight Ephemer and Skuld in order to convince the 4 iterations of Darkness left in Data-Daybreak Town that he was on their side, as they did not seem to realize that their comrade had left with Ventus. This led to Ephemer sending Player and the Darknesses to Game Central Station, wherein Player trapped them and Data-Daybreak Town came crumbling down, just as the Master intended. This resulted in all the Dandelions falling into a deep Sleep, with their Chirithy's becoming the Dream Eaters we know today in order to protect them - only Player chooses not to Sleep and his Heart becomes a part of Xehanort's when he is born.

What's interesting to me about this is that we see Xehanort's mother, who looks sort of like Skuld, but I theorize is actually Brain's mother, which would thus make Xehanort the brother of Eraqus, but what I want to know is who that cloaked figure could be? Maybe it's Brain, who somehow knew about Player's Heart and took Xehanort away from Scala ad Caelum because Player's attack on Ephemer and Skuld (which I assume Ephemer would leave some note about for Brain, considering that Sigurd makes it sound as though they knew Ephemer was coming). I'm really not sure, but considering that Eraqus' grandfather isn't around anymore, that means he'd have had to have disappeared when Eraqus was young, and if it was because he was off with Xehanort, that could certainly explain it, but who knows.

Anyway I think that's everything I have to say about the finale (I hope it is at least lol) Let me know your thoughts below :) KHUXDR still has to finish later this year, so maybe these questions I have won't go unanswered for long.

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Black Box/KHUX Theory

So I have a theory that I want to talk about. I watched a video by Pajama Let's Play on Youtube, and she actually brought up something I hadn't thought about before - and even though she went a different route with it that I am, I want you all to stay with me for a second.

Given that 7 and 13 are such commonly recurring numbers in Kingdom Hearts - it's odd that only 6 Darknesses were mentioned in Kingdom Hearts Union χ. That's when it hit me. There were only 6 mentoned because the 7th is in the Black Box.

I think that the Master of Masters locked away the 7th Darkness long ago, perhaps in order to prevent some sort of calamity, and that is why he gave it to Luxu to protect and hide. And I wonder if that is not the reason why Darkness has followed after the Master time and time again, as Luxu even said that the longer Darkness is apart from the whole, the more its will fades, perhaps they are desperate to retrieve the last piece.

Now, Pajama Let's Play also listed the individuals she believed housed Darkness. But again, my list differs somewhat. First, I've been stating forever how Vanitas is the Darkness hiding within Ventus, and I believe that Lauriam hit the nail n the head when he said that it had potentially just retreated within Ventus. That's 1.

Next, I have reviewed in the past the fact that Lauriam and Elrena are drastically different people from Marluxia and Larxene, and I believe that this has something to do with the as of now missing Darknesses. That's 2 and 3, and since Demyx and Luxord were also lumped in with these two by Xemnas in Kingdom Hearts III regarding the ancient legacy of the Keyblade War, I'm willing to bet that 4 and 5 are within those two.

I've also been saying for a while that Luxord will probably pop up in Kingdom Hearts Dark Road due to his name being an anagram of Ludor + the Recusant's Sigil, and Ludor was thought to have been another name for the Norse God Loki used when he aided Odin and Hoenir in creating Ask and Embla (the first humans) - and the trickster schtick totally fits Luxord's character. This would also add weight to Luxord and Xigbar/Luxu's conversation from Kingdom Hearts III Re:Mind, where Luxu is clearly suspicious of Luxord and ultimately unaware of who he really is. How the Darkness for Luxord will arrive in the future though is beyond me at the moment, but stay tuned.

As for Demyx, I've heard it tossed around that Demyx could be the Player character - but that's pretty impossible at this point it would seem because there is only one Lifeboat left in Data-Daybreak Town and it definitely seems to still be going to Skuld (Subject X only remembered 4 friends and a Key, and while it would be cool to believe it could be Strelitzia, Strelitzia never had 4 friends, as harsh as that sounds. It also couldn't be Ava because as of KHIII Luxu has no idea what happened to Ava apart from the fact that she carried out her role).

However, back onto Player for a second, if he did house Darkness, it would be Nightmare Chirithy. But we saw Nightmare Chirithy fade away, right? Yes, but he said he'd see Player in another dream, so he's not gone and out for the count. And Brain also sure did make a point of saying that the Dandelions would enter a deep sleep once Data-Daybreak Town crashes. What if Nightmare Chirithy made it to Sora via the Realm of Sleep? Pajama Let's Play suggested that Anti Black Coat, the Nightmare that trapped Sora, could be another one of the Darknesses - so what if they were one and the same? The only problem with this is that Riku defeated Anti Black Coat and then defeated the Nightmare again when it attempted to possess Sora, only for him to be protected by Ventus' Keyblade Armor. I wonder though if it could still be lingering somewhere within Sora's Heart though, in spite of being defeated. What if that was the reason Yozora had to save Sora? What if it was the Master of Masters that told Yozora to do that? Moreover, what if the Master warned Yozora that he had to save Sora because of this Darkness?

Well, if not Sora, then there is also Ansem Seeker of Darkness to consider. When Ansem possessed Riku - possession of that sort btw has only really been seen by the likes of the Darkness controlling Ventus when he killed Strelitzia btw (when Master Xehanort forced Terra to steal Aurora's Heart it was different), Riku donned garb similar to that of Vanitas, which can't be a coincedence. As well, Ansem was the one who sought out his younger self to set him on his path through time, as well as sending him into the Realm of Darkness and eventually Scala ad Caelum, and casting Sora into sleep during his stay of around 70 years in Destiny Islands.

The reason I say this and not someone like, say, Skuld, is because I firmly believe that Skuld was taken and hidden away by Luxu in order to act as a failsafe for Luxu for when Ava was not summoned back from the past in Kingdom Hearts III. I say this largely because of the similarities drawn between the two, both by Gula and Brain, as well as Luxu's nonchalant reaction to her absence when he'd summoned the other Foretellers. As for Strelitzia, I believe her to be the True Dandelion, and I think she'll likely be found in Quadratum, I believe Marluxia's Spectre and Angelic Nobodies were likely the result of Marluxia's haunted soul, or at best Strelitxzia's Heart sheltered within Lauriam's own Heart.

Food for thought, let me know what you think :)

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Concerning the first part of the final Kingdom Hearts Union χ [Cross] update:

First off, Luxu stated that there were six Darknesses that made their way into Data Daybreak Town. One of those Darknesses went back to the real world with Maleficent, another was hiding within Ventus, who many (including myself) have predicted to be Vanitas for a long time, leaving four other Darknesses.

Now, at the end of the update, we see Lauriam, Elrena, Brain, and Ventus venture back to the real world via the Lifeboats. At this time I would like to address the fact that the people we know Lauriam and Elrena to be are very different in terms of personality from Marluxia and Larxene. What if this is because they receive two of those four Darknesses? Additionally, what if the other two take over Demyx and Luxord's Somebodies? That would account for all the Darknesses and explain why they were sought out to be a part of Organization XIII and eventually the Seekers of Darkness - referring to the "ancient Keyblade legacy" Xemnas said they all possessed.

In Kingdom Hearts Union χ Dark Road, it is rather heavily suggested that Brain is Eraqus' grandfather, who fought Darkness. If this is true, it means that Brain will remain in the present while the others proceed into the future. Suspiciously though, Brain gave Ephemer Master's Defender and the Book of Prophecies, so there is potential that the whole situation concerning Brain was a red herring, but I doubt it. There is still one Lifeboat left in Data Daybreak Town so I wouldn't be surprised if Skuld uses it and delivers Master's Defender back to Brain after Data Daybreak Town is destroyed and all the Dandelions fall into sleep. I believe that, rather than Ephemer being dead, he reached out to Sora via his Dreams, and Data Daybreak Town lies within the Realm of Sleep.

So, Elrena saw Strelitzia and someone in Data Daybreak Town, and since Strelitzia's Data was stated to still exist within Data Daybreak Town, it seems likely that her return is the result of that. Another possibility is that Strelitzia as she is now is a Nobody, as her Heart was cleaved from her much in the same manner as Xehanort, Braig, Dilan, Even, Aeleus, and Ienzo. Luxu is also seen placing someone - the true Dandelion - in one of the Lifeboats. If these events are happening concurrently, then the only person that could be is Strelitzia (or whatever her Nobody is called). I would assume that Luxu brought Strelitzia back to the real Daybreak Town by crossing Worldlines, as that is something that has been established as only possible by the likes of a Keyblade Master (or probably more specifically, the ones taught under the Master of Masters).

Let's review the Lifeboats situation, shall we? In the real world - Maleficent's Lifeboat is the only one missing. If you count Ventus, Lauriam, Elrena, Skuld, and Strelitzia, that still only brings the total to six. I would assume that the seventh remains unused and becomes the Lifeboat that Xehanort places Kairi when he is looking for the Keyblade wielder years later, as Brain would have to remain if he is truly Eraqus' grandfather. If I had to guess, I would say that whoever Subject X is (I still think its Skuld and Strelitzia has another purpose) is meant to replace Ava, as Luxu did not seem surprised that Ava wasn't summoned back at the end of Kingdom Hearts III. Given all the comparisons between Skuld and Ava, I'm still led to believe that Skuld is Subect X and Strelitzia has some other purpose, potentially relating to Quadratum.

To me, it seems likely that the situation concerning the "Seven Crowns" is referring to what is to come in the present, as Luxu, Ira, Invi, Aced, Gula, Skuld, and the Master of Masters would represent the Seven Crowns. I think this is what was alluded to at the end of Kingdom Hearts III when Eraqus sets up a new game with Xehanort, with Seven Crowns and one white piece.

I think that's all I have to say about the recent update? I still believe that Luxord's Somebody will turn out to be one of the Upperclassmen, likely named Lodur based on all the Norse names going around. (Lodur aided Hoenir and Odin in creating the first humans, Ask and Embla, and his name is sometimes thought to have been an alternate name for Loki, which definitely fits Luxord's personality). Despite this, I have no idea about Demyx or how those potential Darknesses I talked about would find them. I also theorize that there's a connection between Skuld and Urd from Dark Road, as they're both Norns - but Union χ hasn't laid anything more for me to go off of. Let me know what you think :)

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Hey, so I'm on Tiktok and you should probably follow me

Sometimes I post cool shit, js 😏

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I'm open to attempting to dssign a characfer in my art style for someone if they were interested,just describe them to me and I can see what I can do :o