#KINGDOM HEARTS I MISSED U.........

[ajdrawshq]

watching the missing link stuff.. i want to play this game sso fuckign bad

[keytrio]

i miss the trio ever

[nosfelixculpa]

[brother noises]

[yellowyani]

through your eyes i see a smile you bring to me. to your joy, i tether. not a lot, just forever.

[catboygirljoker]

some observations from going down a rabbit hole of japanese language xigbar yesterday

(apologies for the youtube watermarks. i got this clip from this video.)

[Video ID: a fifteen-second clip from a cutscene from kingdom hearts 3D: dream drop distance, with japanese audio and english-language visuals. it's the scene where xigbar tells sora that he's not going to wake up. end ID.]

keep in mind that this clip is just the japanese audio being played over the visuals from the english language release. the subtitles aren't a direct or literal translation of the words being spoken; they correspond to the localized dialogue that the english voice actors wouldve been given

hōchū ōtsuka (xigbar's japanese va) and james patrick stewart (his english va) give, to my ears, pretty similar vocal performances. this is the case for pretty much all of the characters ive seen so far in my xigbar-centric explorations (roxas's vas sound nearly IDENTICAL). the notable exception being xemnas, whose japanese va straight up sounds like he's trying to talk without moving his mouth

in the english dub cutscenes, the character animations often feel...floaty? disconnected? like, because they're not synced up to what the characters are saying and how, their gestures frequently seem random and unmotivated. in retrospect it's obvious that this issue wouldnt be present in the original language because that's the dialogue they would've been animated around in the first place!

now that im actually watching the character animation with the dialogue it was actually done for, i appreciate it a lot more. its so expressive. smiles.

at the end of xigbar's speech here you may notice him saying the phrase "tte hanashi." this is his japanese catchphrase! it means something along the lines of "so they say", "or so I've heard", et cetera. i love "as if" im a big fan of "as if" but i also love the idea of xigbar consistently undermining the information he gives and emphasizing how often he eavesdrops and spies on people.

he says "tte hanashi" very very often. multiple times in most of his scenes that ive seen so far. way more often than the english dub says "as if"

he doesn't say it normal like im pretty sure that's not how you say it in normal speech. like sometimes he does say it normal, but he always draws it out at least a little and often really draws it out, emphasizing it with some kind of gesture, like he does in the clip

seriously if there's a moment in the games where xigbar says something while doing a cunty little gesture he is probably saying "tte hanashi" in the japanese version

this is my new vocal stim. i can't stop saying it

[ar-mage-ddon]

extremely messy doodle dump that devolved into me anguishing over trying to figure out how to draw that damn default hat at other angles

[dizzybevvie]

obligatory kh1 Paopu tree scene redraw

og under cut <3

[luminousstardust]

link is stronger than me bc if i knew zelda was inside the temple of time and the door just wasn’t opening bc my brand new arm didn’t have some security clearance bullshit i would have broken down pounding on the door screaming sobbing for her to come out and get me fr

[maibeloved]

Kh4 kisses bc Im desperate for the new game 🥹

[unar-mage-ddon]

happy 255 days since the khml prototype test ended!

[24blogs]

[hovkinnie]

been thinking about roxas lately

[maverickflare]

demyx talksprite redrawz 🌊

[shuchelle]

sora kh doodle page <3

[romy350-romyakari]

Guess who will not be able to go to sleep with so.much energy running around

HELLO??????

[ar-mage-ddon]

to put it lightly i was possessed