#Good times.

[matenr0u]

While deep sea diving in the web archive I stumbled upon some neat bits of Kingdom Hearts fandom history, like this— what may be the first ever “Riku is Gay” essay (in English).

The first snapshot of the page is from 26th November 2002, just after the international release of KH. Soriku really been out here since day 1…

The purple prose dates it a lot but I didn’t notice any blatant Kairi bashing, which is impressive. It’s interesting that Riku’s complicated feelings for Sora have been documented even as early as 2002, pointing to the same subtext fans discuss even 20 years later.

Here’s a link to the essay: Dissertation on Riku x Sora by Ruaki

“In the end, Riku fell into the 'as long as he's happy' mentality. A much needed noble gesture on his part, but who can say what the future holds for him?“

[melonisopod]

Wayward Passenger the Abnormality that was Too Sexy For Twitter.

[sugarzpastries]

How mysterious. Who is he staring at? Why is he blushing. The world will never know. (It’s Marin)

[gamer-comix]

i forget if i've talked about this already, but back when i was doing twewy-comix i'd post a lot about the anime and neo twewy as new info came out. and i had a few people tell me stuff along the lines of how my blog was doubling as a news source for them (like they'd learn there was a new trailer because i made a comic about it, etc)

so i thought it'd be cool to do that with magireco but on purpose. except now magireco is dead. rip.

[sansheritageposts]

hey remember the dr pepper post

[cerealmonster15]

jamil goes to his mind palace

[suenitos]

"he had an aura about him" "i cant describe that glow" "this large steel pipe suspended above me is about to drop directly on my head"

[wulfhalls]

frantically saving any and all dune part two reviews to read after I see the movie

[erporo]

i. i had to k.

[therealjustpeachesback]

Remember when we all thought Yorozu was a guy.

[cantankerouscatfish]

we used to all sleep in the livingroom in the winter bc it was the warmest spot in the house. even the floor was warmer than our beds upstairs. there is no comfortable way to sleep on a sofa with someone else btw. none. everyone's annoyed.

[ssaalexblake]

Remember back when i was bored during the start of lockdown and decided to watch classic who and britbox’s interface was so bad that i Thought i had the first serial on, but i’d actually hit play on The Edge of Destruction instead and I just. Thought that was how it was supposed to go. People with amnesia yelling at each other dramatically in a bottle episode with exactly no explanation as to who any of them were or what was going on? 

good times. 

I uh. Realised i had the wrong one about half way through and then went back to the unearthly child. But it was wild for a while there. 

[aphid-the-vessel]

So, the Splatoon 1 servers closed today. It kind of feels like seeing an old friend leave for the last time. I get that we can still play online via homebrew, but it's not the same as being able to just turn on the system and play. I remember having to share the game with my sib, swapping off every few hero mode levels and how difficult turf and ranked was sometimes. Even the little arcade games you could play between matches on the Wii U's gamepad. What I'm trying to say is, thank you to the Splatoon devs and community for the experience. Stay Fresh!

[kamil-a]

i try to become a more bugfriendly person ->other people associate me with bugs->i have to get friendlier with bugs to not be a fake fan->cycle repeats->im happy about it btw

[storm-driver]

kh4 rambling below the cut

im hoping they include multiple character campaigns for KH4. not just because i wanna see characters be playable that we havent seen in a while, or at all. but also because i feel like a whole game centered on sora in quadratum would get really difficult to tell a story in. not because interesting things couldn't happen. but the series has always had everyone venturing to other worlds to help progress the plot.

having sora, as limber and mobile as he was in that kh4 trailer, be secluded to a city, feels like he'd outpace the world itself and you'd end up traversing the same maps for tens of hours of game time. im sure there's gonna be plenty of narrative to push that world around, but i just dont wanna be in that single world the entire game.

it's part of why i wasn't the biggest fan of chain of memories. i didnt hate the story, and i didnt dislike castle oblivion. but KH excels at having the characters just be all over the universe in their journey. COM sorta shirks the responsibility of telling its story in one world by having illusions of the other worlds. but the most important parts are still only in castle oblivion. and after an hour or so of those cutscenes, it really starts to dawn on me how much ive grown used to the white walls of the castle.

perhaps that was the point? it's been a handful of years since those days, so i couldnt say anymore. ive grown up a lot since then, thematic choices will appear different to me from when i was a kid.

i digress, it'd also be a shame to bring back the whole main cast properly in kh3, free of their shackles or imprisonments, and then have them scarcely appear in the next mainline game. the hints that kairi will be training with ventus, terra, and aqua are already there, which gives me hope. donald and goofy are out looking for sora on their own, while mickey is on his way to the old scala ad caelum. it definitely FEELS like everyone is gonna be present.

im simply praying.

[aiiaiiiyo]