#Vanitas no Care

[lilium-dragomir]

⚜ Happy birthday @kimdokjas ⚜

Hi dear, I saw on your anilist that you like Noé. So, I colored you a delighted Noé from the latest chapters. May you have a birthday cake, and may it taste just as delicious as Noé's tarte Tatin! Have a lovely birthday~

[halloweddoll]

HAI!!! erm i dunno if u do that but...... cna i request a jeanne banner thingy to match those icons which i requested ??? :3 like.... the red nd black thingy ^_^

I won't make this a separate post but I hope this is to your liking!

[izartn]

Dreamed Vanitas no care had an unambiguous happy ending and vannoé also ended up happily together and now I'm like. Wow, could that be the canon ending please?

[escuerel]

(*^▽^*) HI HELLO... i wanted to get this done before the end of may but ummmm well things happen. so!!! i wanted to take a shot at mer!vani (i like to think of it as world form but honestly im also just a sucker for mermaids) hes supposed to be a viperfish!

[magnus-cinis]

Astolfo wip

*looks down at cards* hello... Uh.. Vanitas no carte fandom. This is.. my formal application to join.. you.. I present you.. *puts cards closer to read the words better* ...a fanart of Astolfo Granatum

[neversetyoufree]

So while I've seen a thousand jokes about this scene and Noé slapping a snapchat filter over the rat bastard in his memories, I do think it's worth analyzing what goes on here, because it's just a really well-executed example of how memories change with time and fondness.

Most of the posts I've seen have contrasted this shot of Vanitas to this one from chapter 1:

and that makes sense! They're both similar shots of him standing at the top of the steps in front of the windows, and they're also the faces that make for the biggest contrast between the two versions of the scene.

However! If you look at the actual dialogue, this super-romanticized shot of Vani isn't entirely from Noé's memory of Vanitas's speech on the podium. It's more complicated than that. Just like what often happens with real memories, when Noé recollects Vanitas's request to use his strength, he blends it with other memories of the same scene.

In the original version of this conversation, the "lend me your strength" line comes while Vanitas and Noé are still standing on the same level. This is the moment that the dialogue from the romanticized memory comes from,

and you can see immediately before and after this moment that Noé and Vanitas are still together on the lower church floor.

Vanitas only heads up the stairs to the windows/podium once he's well into his final "I will save you whether you like it or not" speech, which is what he's saying in that especially manic/bloody panel that I posted above.

When this moment flashes through Noé's mind at the start of chapter 52, he blurs the whole thing together rather than pulling any accurate memory. He puts Vanitas on top of the stairs by the window, the most dramatic and memorable staging from that scene, and has him say his "be my shield" line, the part where he's reaching out to Noé personally. Beyond the romanticized snapchat filter aesthetic of the memory, the very basics of the words and staging of the scene betray how Noé misremembers that moment.

In chapter 1, Noé reacts to "lend me your strength" with flat disinterest and "I will save you without fail" with borderline horror. In 52, however, memory Noé reacts to the blended mix of those two moments with tender admiration, showing how he's now come to view Vanitas.

Every single thing about those two pages of flashback works to show how Noé's view of Vanitas has changed. (And also to provide a contrast to the violence that immediately follows it, lol).

It's just a really well-executed example of how romanticized memories actually work in people's heads. Everything blurs together until only the best and grandest parts of the moment are left, and only then does it get the fluffy beautiful filter. And this treatment tells us so much about Noé's feelings on Vanitas at the time.

[rahontheeevee]

fan art i drew of vanitas dying in a glue trap

[cobralilyy]

but i don’t really mind it though,

i always liked the way you danced ♪

[claitea]

kingdom hearts au where n is split into a nobody and heartless who search for reshiram and zekrom respectively. is this anything

[fisherrprince]

my venvani post is getting reblogged again and i stand by what i said if u dont come at them with bare minimum homestuck quadrant level "what is going on here" OR MORE i fundamentally believe it to be reductive to their relationship

[cangrellesteponme]

that moment when the love of your life, who is also the prettiest woman you have ever seen, blesses you with a hug

[heartxhotel]

「 empty creature from ventus riven. 」

vanitas aesthetic, made by our vanitas headmate. kin/me/id free to interact.

[callilemon]

maybe I've changed my mind about smooching Vanitas ,bro likes oysters - cmere Noe-

Y’all know about the TikTok oyster girl? 🤭🦪

Sorry to tell ya, I think Noé is a bit preoccupied at the moment 🤭 (his breath will smell like oysters later if you catch my drift)

[rabarbarzcukrem]

"Noé" being the name of the biblical savior of all life.

"Vanitas" meaning vanity, futility, something that is ultimately meaningless and doesn't last. I am unwell.

[vanixing-thts]

New vani sketch!

Bedtime routines, gotta look pretty for the evildoing, ┏( ` 👅 ´ )┛

[voidedgear]

@maregiis

Coming here had been a mistake, wherever here truly was. Vanitas only had a vague idea himself, he’d never seen anything like this before. It wasn’t as if he could link back up to the others to glean information from them anymore. Not that he would, even if he could. He’s long since had enough of being part of something else.

Vanitas is his own being. He is darkness defined by Ventus and Sora’s light. He is both part of them and yet so much more.

He is also currently bleeding out as thorny vines wrap around his body, dragging him off the road toward an inky, black void in the bushes in front of someone’s house. Vanitas gritted his teeth inside of his helmet, swinging his blade back to try and cut himself free. The second the vines around his legs snap, but more wrap around his arms, biting through the protective bodysuit and drawing more blood.

The more he struggles, the more they tighten and cut into him. His heart is pounding in his chest. He tries to call dark fire to his Void Gear, to set this thing alight, but it doesn’t come. A dark void of panic rips open Vanitas’ gut and he snarls like an animal as he’s yanked to the ground. The dirt from the road stings his open wounds, getting into them where he’s been cut. It hurts even more when it begins to drag him over the dirt and gravel.

He kicks as hard as he can, but the vines are so tight that he can’t feel his legs any more. The pain—he wants to escape. He tries to call darkness one more time, to open a portal, to get away, but nothing works!

He’s bleeding Unversed now, his creatures are trying to free him, only to get knocked away or dragged howling through the dark portal that awaits him. A horrible realization washes over him as he feels the end of one of his Unversed, as it’s agony washes back into him.

He’s not going to make it, is he?