#kh headcanons

[rustpath69]

this single piece of dialogue spurred my autism so here are Org. 13 poker league headcanons.

(note this is after the castle oblivion group leaves for C.O., so im interpreting this as meaning half of the ppl in C.O. are half if the poker league)

members of the league:

luxord: runs the league

xigbar: there for shits and giggles, and to rile up some of the more prone to anger members

xaldin: tries really hard to win. has that kind of anger that builds up to the point where it feels like hes suddenly pissed so far off out of nowhere but its just been slowly rising the whole time

vexen: here to prove his intelligence. he sucks at poker. he usually rage-quits and leaves mid-game. the rest of the league prepares for this by making a different bracket ready for his inevitable hissy fit, without his knowledge

lexaeus: wins semi-occasionally, but mostly here for fun. hes incredibly calm as a result of his superior control of his anger, and doesnt get too invested. best pokerface of the league

larxene: wins very rarely, but always has the most biting trash talk and acts like shes the best at poker ever. gets sooo mad but it comes in waves and she never stews on things for long. definitely the loudest though. she also actively cheats almost every game

xion: VERY occasionally in the league. she stumbled upon the leagues secret game room during a game on accident, and xigbar thought it would be funny if she joined. she has zero idea how to play, but even so, once in a blue moon she wins by sheer luck, and despite everyones temperments, no one can help but be so taken aback and estatic at this statistical wonder every time. also i lied, SHE has the best pokerface (sorry lexaeus)

maybe ill add to this but this is all the autism i have for this rn

[firestorm09890]

rambling about the org xiii orchestra art

as someone in an orchestra for real

(from here)

I can’t tell what instrument Larxene has. I thought it was castanets and someone else suggested egg shakers but both are not traditional orchestra instruments so it’s really just weird

neat that both Xaldin and Lexaeus are playing the BIG percussion instruments, and both Axel and Saix are playing woodwinds (harp is a stringed instrument too so i make no comment on the strings)

There’s no [x]ylophone pun unfortunately because those huge tubes indicate that’s actually a marimba both Xion and Roxas are playing. There is however a pun in the fact that it’s a KEYboard instrument. also they’re just adorable

actually I just remembered that instrument names aren’t common knowledge, here they are:

Xemnas is the conductor/orchestra director; Xigbar on saxophone, Luxord on trumpet, and Marluxia on trombone (that’s our brass); Axel on flute and Saix on.... it’s hard to see but I think that’s an oboe (woodwinds); Xaldin on timpani, Lexaeus on bass drum, Larxene on... something??, and Roxas & Xion on marimba (percussion); and then Vexen on harp, Zexion on violin, and Demyx on double bass (strings)

Marluxia why are you holding a flower I know you have an aesthetic but you need both hands to play a trombone

There are 3 main instrument sections (kinda) that are the “obnoxious know-it-all” instruments, stereotyped as generally having a superiority complex over the other sections because they’re soooo important look at meeee carrying the melody: the trumpet for band, the 1st violin for orchestra, and the soprano for voice (and the secret 4th, the flute for woodwinds). With that said, of course Zexion would play violin

And following both that and his Mystery Gear in 358/2 Days, it would have made more sense thematically for Xigbar to be playing the trumpet. however the saxophone is the funny meme instrument so it still works

There is NO WAY Demyx is a double bass player. It’s the only instrument besides percussion that you have to stand up for (though some orchestras do have the bassists sit on stools), and it’s much more work to actually PLAY than the other string instruments, by virtue of being much bigger. they tend to play less than most other stringed instruments, sure, but if you want to be sitting around not doing much you’re best off picking a different instrument entirely, especially since string sections tend to require more unanimity in playing than the brass/woodwinds/percussion since there’s more people playing each part

harps are rare to include in compositions. they’re very nice and melodious though. idk what this says about Vexen

generally there’s not enough percussion players to cover every single instrument which means that Larxene is definitely running around to cover all the small parts (whatever she’s holding, it’s definitely percussion)... actually with Xaldin Lexaeus Roxas and Xion in percussion as well she might not have to but she is the speedy one so

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I hope what Saix is holding is an oboe and not a clarinet because if it’s an oboe we get some more symbolism, as well as some very nice... dynamic between his instrument and Zexion’s :)

you see, the oboe is the instrument that tunes the entire rest of the orchestra. whatever the oboe’s A sounds like will be the A the ensemble matches. one could say it’s the most important instrument

HOWEVER, the first chair of 1st violin is nominally the most important instrument- that’s the “concertmaster”, and they get to walk on-stage after everyone else (but before the conductor, obviously). they’re also important for real- based on the repertoire they’re basically guaranteed to have at least one solo. they sit at the very front, right next to the conductor. in my orchestra the concertmaster has a little biography in the program along with the conductor’s

there’s actually multiple rounds of tuning- the first couple it’s the oboe doing their thing and the other non-string instruments matching, and then the last round the concermaster matches the oboe, and then the string instruments match the concertmaster.

and that’s all so very interesting, isn’t it

and finally

Xemnas is 100% a garbage conductor. To the audience he looks very cool, doing all his sweeping motions, but it’s impossible to follow as an orchestra member, so you’re really on your own because the conductor is not conducting properly and not giving helpful cues

[skysmadness]

when sora first woke up in quadratum he's dizzy and confused, can hardly walk, and then strelitzia finds him as soon as he starts to lose consciousness and takes him home.

she takes care of him, lays him down on her soft couch and tries to get him as comfortable as possible. as she does this sora starts to somewhat wake up, but when he realizes his necklace is missing he starts panicking: his eyes grow wide, they were already wet with how exhausted he was and he can't exactly speak but he desperately tries to find it.

the ex-dandelion panics as well but quickly realizes why the boy was this distressed when he finally spots the crown pendant on a small table near the couch and pathetically reaches for it. strelitzia gives it back to him with no hesitation and sighs when he finally calms down, fainting again.

she doesn't bring it up later on, when sora's "better". after all, getting used to the city while also having his mind fogged up is really taking a toll on him.

when she does talk about it though, they're on sora's balcony. it's night and the stars aren't exactly visible but it's nice nonetheless.

"do you remember when you woke up here?"

sora blinks at her, surprised yet not annoyed by having their peaceful quiet interrupted.

"vaguely. i just remember the migraine i got – thanks again for looking after me, by the way."

the redhead shakes her head, then she continues, "no, it's okay, i wasn't bringing it up for that i just..."

she could sense sora was special, that he was there for a reason. another keyblade wielder suddenly spawning in her neighbourhood? that had to mean something, so she was going to try her best to help him remember.

"when i took you in," she continues, "i put you on the couch and i took off your jacket and shoes and also... your necklace."

she points at it, her gaze softening when the moonlight reflects its light on the silver crown. sora automatically follows her finger and looks at it too. he suddenly feels warm. safe. protected.

"you were so shaken when you realized it wasn't with you even for a moment. can you remember why is that?"

she's met with silence and wide eyes.

"what does this necklace mean to you, sora?"

and only for a moment, a comet can be seen away from them, travelling fast in the deep night sky then disappearing. they both quickly turn their heads to look at it.

strelitzia is so mesmerised by it that she almost forgets her question, but is reminded of it when she sees sora crying from the corner of her eyes.

"i don't know," he croaks, "i don't remember and it's making me go mad. i just – i just know that without it i–"

he reaches for it once again, with trembling hands, gulping as the cold metal meets his warm skin.

"i just don't feel safe without it," he simply states.

silence falls between them again, until strelitzia takes sora's free hand in hers.

"sounds like a very powerful lucky charm," she tries. luckily, sora laughs weakly.

"you could say that."

[holleighgram]

Feeling discouraged so have some wip I haven't had the motivation to finish.

Little brain worm of what happens if you put the necklace on riku and it accidentally opens kingdom hearts and threatens to start the world over like Xehenort intended 🤷🏻‍♂️

[maibeloved]

A lil head canon where Sora leans close to Riku just to hear his heart beat as a way for comfort

[paigedillustrates]

Just something quick I did! 🫣 had to break my own heart drawing Lea and Isa… 🔐

So basically, the story is… Lea gives Isa a key necklace to remind him to open up 🥲 because it’s hard for him to talk about himself. And then… after they are forced into the Organization… Isa goes out of his way to give Lea a lock necklace in return. To ensure they are always connected, even if it has to stay secret 😔

And of course, Lea needs a reminder to “shut up” 🙂

I am certainly not the best writer but I hope you enjoy this little headcanon I have 🙃 I just love their relationship so much… 😭

[thatwitchrevan]

Telling Ven and Roxas apart headcanons:

- Aqua, Terra, Lea, and Sora almost never mix them up. When they do, it's usually when they're distracted and barely paying attention to which one they're talking to. It's just that easy for them to tell from their personalties, manners, how they speak, and the minor differences in their appearances. However, as everyone gets used to having both Roxas and Ventus around, they start accidentally mixing their names up the way parents do with their kids - they're not really thinking that Ventus IS Roxas, they know this is Ventus, but Roxas is the name that came out of their mouth anyway. This eventually happens a lot and Roxas jokes that they should wear name tags. Ventus says that it wouldn't help.

- Isa and Naminé can mostly tell them apart but sometimes they like. Squint at the boys, unsure. Naminé will just be like 'are you Roxas or Ventus' (Ven: It's Ven :)! Roxas: wow Naminé I'd never mix YOU up with Kairi or Xion god). Isa doesn't like to ask but eventually he will if he can't figure it out.

- Riku can't tell them apart at a glance, but after engaging them in conversation he can figure it out pretty quick. Mainly because Ven is really friendly with him and Roxas not as much.

- Kairi is confused at first but then gets really good at telling.

- Vanitas never mixes them up, but he will tease Roxas about 'stealing' his brother's face and is also rude to him a lot.

- Xion can also always tell them apart. It's kind of uncanny: even if one of them comes up to her and she only gets a glimpse of them, without hearing them speak or them do anything distinctive, she knows exactly who it is. Does she just know them both that well, or is it a weird side effect of her mimickery? No one knows.

- Yen Sid and Mickey insist it's 'obvious' which is which. Though Mickey has definitely called Roxas 'Ven' by accident.

- Donald and Goofy are honestly a little lost.

- Most of the Radiant Garden lot are as well, but Aerith can tell them apart. Leon and Cloud usually avoid names just in case.

- Hayner/Pence/Olette find it very trippy that Ventus looks like Roxas, but they take a couple minutes to learn the differences between them and then never mix them up.

[valravn72]

Disabled Xion Flags!!

For funsies :3

Alright to use without credit, just please reblog if saving/using!!! Thank youuuu 🫶

Reasons for my disabled Xion headcanon below the cut (the summary bc otherwise I will go all day):

Xion is obsessed with “usefulness” and only considers illness in light of how it will affect her productivity or burden others

Xion is also very preoccupied with whether or not she is worthy of existence

Xion experiences chronic episodes of dizziness, migraines, fatigue and fainting. This comes from how her body reacts to her paradoxical existence and how the state of that existence relates to the simultaneous nature of Sora, Roxas and Naminé

The way her body attacks itself because it knows something is wrong is so so real as a disability allegory immune systems be like that

She collects shells!!! And stims with them by rubbing them!!! And gives people them as her love language!!! Autism!!!! And she carries them around in her big dramatic coat pockets! Me frrrrr

Also having Nobodies as a dissociation/low empathy allegory effects her character a lot, including how she and Roxas don’t really understand most phrases and social norms… autisma…!…

She spends a lot of time in bed recovering from fainting episodes and dizzy spells

Roxas’s comas usually have clear causes that correlate with events such as Sora being put to sleep, but for Xion it’s usually just because she’s in burnout. My girl’s a spoonie

Another autism moment is how ???? her gender is. She’s widely considered to be a trans allegory and autistic people are statistically more likely to experience gender in abnormal ways/be nonbinary so wahahaha my headcanons support each other that’s how right I am

The separation from her body that comes with finding out she is a replica is a good parallel with disability mourning (as well as dpdr and gender dysphoria)

She’s also very fixated on whether or not she is “real” and how she could become real and is referred to as an object or a doll/puppet by a lot of other characters, which is a big trope in disabled media

Overall her internalized dehumanization and ableism is a big part of her character

She also parrots back ableist things people have said to her in order to justify not asking for help, especially when Roxas and Axel try to convince her that she comes first

There’s some dialogue from other characters where several of them mention how they think she’s overworking herself and is too invested in seeking approval

Saïx calling her a “waste” is a big part of her character arc. As is losing to Riku, which is stupid because he’s older than her and has more experience

When Roxas gets sick she immediately recognizes him hiding his symptoms, working too hard and refusing help and begs him to be gentle with himself because she understands exactly what he’s going through

Her body and abilities are consistently depicted as being unstable in nature overall. Her magic and abilities are unreliable and can stop working for seemingly no reason

She also has a high sense of justice, starts out nonverbal, displays limited emotions when not having a breakdown and is very rule focused + takes what authority figures say at face value. My little yippee

She’s very quiet overall and also stays in her hood a lot, which is common for Nobodies to disguise her identities but she’s also very inexpressive when hooded and is only verbal with effort. She retreats into her hood when overwhelmed pretty consistently, especially when she doesn’t want to engage emotionally. In the manga she is shown to typically be expressionless when in this state.

She’s doomed by the narrative and she knows it

She was basically made as a backup in case Roxas and Sora couldn’t be useful to the organization, so her body is reacting to how there’s several pieces of herself missing and how they all exist simultaneously and effect each other constantly even though they’re all completely separate people. It’s implied that only absorbing Roxas and Sora would allow her to have a stable body. She opts to have Sora absorb her instead.

Anyway yeah this isn’t really a perfect explanation but this is the most I can do without writing another Jumbled Autism Dump essay. I hope it was legible and thank you for reading it lmao. I’m just excited to spread the gospel of spoonie Xion

[strayheartless]

I headcanon that Riku smokes. Not because he thinks it’s cool or whatever but because it started out as a way to compensate for the pressure darkness was putting on his nervous system.

It starts when he’s placed with Captain Hook. Ends up taking a couple of puffs off of smee’s pipe when the pirate sees that Riku is shaking after summoning a bunch of heartless for practice. He’s not exactly caring for Riku, but he does pity him a bit.

Riku hopes that he’s kicked the habit while in the realm of darkness. Mostly because of the weird nicotine withdrawal dreams he keeps having. But when he gets back, and after he devotes himself to watching over Sora, one of the first things he does is go out and buy a pack of cigarettes.

He ends up becoming a chronic chain smoker for a while. Easily burning through 4 - 5 cigarettes in one go. He usually he’s either up on the roof of the mansion with Axel or he’s taking a few quick drags before he does something he really doesn’t want to do. If anyone (*cough* Sora) had been paying attention they could have tracked Riku through the amount of Cigarette buts he left like bread crumbs.

After the events of KH2 Sora catches Riku up on the tree house one night taking a drag. He’s been having nightmares since the realm of darkness and smoking after the stress feels like the only solution. Sora doesn’t get upset or judge Riku. Doesn’t even make him promise to quit, he just sits with him and lets Riku finish the Cigarette.

They keep it up for a while. Riku smoking through a pack while he shakes through the memories of everything he’d had to do, and all the things he is more than ashamed of doing. Until they get called to YenSids tower.

Before the Exam Riku steps out for a smoke. Mickey (though disapproving of the habit.) already knows he smokes, and lets him leave the pre exam meeting with little fuss. Sora comes out after a while and takes the cigarette out of Riku’s mouth and says:

“Promise me this is the last one? If we pass this exam, promise me you’ll quit?” And all riku can do is nod, and stub out the cigarette.

He does really well. After the mark of mastery and everything that goes down in KH3 he doesn’t touch a single one. Goes completely cold, and while it’s tough he distracts himself with training and missions.

… and then Sora disappears and Riku works really hard not to fall back on old habits, but he walks out of Merlin’s one night to find Cid, Lea and Isa smoking on the steps to the Bailey. Without speaking, he takes the packet out of Lea’s top pocket and lights one up with a small fire spell.

All he says is “I’ll buy you another pack,” and Lea can only shrug with a sad look in his eyes.

“Don’t worry about it kid,” he murmurs. “You know your braking your promise though, right?”

“He broke his first,” Riku rolls his eyes back and blows out a lung full of smoke. “I can stop again when I find him, but right now my usual crutch disappeared into the sunset so I’m using this.”

“Okay bud, okay,” Lea soothes.

And then when Riku finally finds Sora, and they hug for the first time, Sora mumbles “you smell like smoke,” into his jacket.

Riku gives a hysterical laugh and says “I’ll quit again I promise,”

[roxasjacobi19]

kh headcanon

i think donald and goofy give parent vibes to sora, so whenever he gets lost or doesn’t know what to do he just calls a concerned donald and goofy and is just like “can you come pick me up?”

[paintsplash1712]

My KH related headcanon for today: if Riku ever came with Sora to Christmas Town, he'd look like a Nutcracker

[firestorm09890]

organization xiii (pre-roxas) headcanons but in the form of shitty tier lists and alignment chart

[atlas-library]

Riku and Leon (or Squall, you choose) are the first ones to notice it: Vanitas likes to collect stuff. Anything, actually. Give him a bag and he'll fill it with rocks and flowers, big chestnuts that shine between his fingers, seashells he found on the beach and is very careful not to break.

He's like a cat, or maybe more like a bird: every time they visit a new place, or every time the season changes, he looks for new knick-knacks. It doesn't need to be shiny or pretty— Riku doesn't find every seashell or rock pretty.

It seems to hold more than that— Emotional value, somehow. Not that Vanitas would ever admit it, but they've seen the way he caresses every item he finds, before putting it inside his pocket. They've seen the way he looks down at something as they walk, hesitates, then backtracks and shoves it inside his bag; and he'll pretend nothing happened, and no one really cares that much, it's just funny and cute to knock at his room's door and find out he has even more decoration than before, even more boxes filled to the brim with those memories he's gathered.

Riku and Leon are the first ones to notice it. When everyone's enjoying the beach by resting, swimming or playing some ballgame, Vanitas enjoys the trip by staring at the sand for new treasures to find. And when he does find something, his face lights up a bit— A small smile, meant to be only for him, slightly squinting his eyes and showing his dimples.

[holleighgram]

I'm depressed af so here, have a head canon:

When Roxas, Xion, Axel, and Isa tale up residency in the Twilight Town Mansion, Roxas finds Riku's diary full of poetic letters to Sora from the year he was asleep and he would stay in the mansion with Namine and DiZ.

Now, Roxas will pull it out sometimes, and dramatically read from it to make fun of him. Axel finds it funny, but is somewhat impressed by his writing.. Xion thinks it's sweet, and Isa is suspiciously quiet about it.

[nobodies-png]

hi! can i request some yandere xigbar hcs? especially if he managed to start dating his darling without giving away his real feelings?

sure thingy! i thought i'd had a couple of yandere xigbar posts out there but turns out they're all in drafts lmfao...

as usual, warning for yandere themes!

Considering Xigbar as a whole, he's absolutely one of the most dangerous types of yandere - acting and playing out various roles has become second nature to him due to his overall goals, to the point where he can easily slip into any convenient persona when needed. He knows how to talk his way into and out of anything, and he knows you like the back of his hand.

If you happen to notice something slightly off about him, it's only because he allowed you to, allowing a small glimpse into what lurks underneath. Enough to make you feel bad or guilty, all to "correct" your behaviour and actions - because you're a good person. You would never want to make your loved ones miserable or angry, would you?

But! That doesn't happen often, if at all! Because Xigbar knows that it's better to keep you happy and content. The more attached you get to his silly antics and teasing, his aura of mystery and so on, the better it will be for him on the long run. He loves playing all these mind games, fueling the illusion of equality in this relationship.

In your eyes, all this initial flirting and courtship is a fun game of push and pull, you're both figuring each other's quirks and all - but it's all carefully planned and played out. I'd say he's similar to Axel in this way, always making you come back - either because of that sense of mystery or security that only he can offer. He doesn't isolate you from the others, he just makes sure to be the one you always want to come back to at the end of the day.

If he wanted to, he could spend this current lifetime (and the next one, and the next one, and the one after that - it's silly to think he'd let you go that easily) pretending to be in a completely normal, wholesome and fun relationship with you! And you wouldn't know any better! Whereas some other characters like Saix and Vexen tend to have very scary and drastic changes in personality whenever they feel like they're losing control over your love, thoughts and actions, Xigbar knows how to subtly steer you into the right direction. He'd call it fate, the way you two end up together amidst all this chaos and drama - you two were just meant to be! - but there was no other way it could've ended.

Still, as fun as it might be to keep you in the dark forever, blissfully ignorant, Xigbar is curious and loves to fuck around and find out - when the routine becomes too boring for him, you can expect him to start ignoring you, giving you the cold shoulder. He grows distant and muted, out of the blue, leaving you wondering if you've done something to upset him, or if he's bottling something up. Seeing you so concerned, trailing after him like a lost puppy and finding ways to make up and talk things through, cheer him up, or give him his space - he eats that shit up. Getting reactions out of people is always a treat, so getting to see all these new sides of you is even better.

There is a very, very small chance that he comes clean about everything - and it's not during some heated fight or done on purpose to scare you into staying. Generally, Xigbar is pretty confident and careful - you leaving him is not a possibility, because he's worked very hard in the shadows to ensure that you love him, not as much as he loves you, of course, but close enough. Generally, he likes to make you feel special, like you were the one to crack the mystery of the millennium and figure out his secrets. But one thing Xigbar always neglects is that small, terrible thought that you don't know him at all - because he doesn't know himself.

This stems from centuries of changing identities and bodies, leftover issues that he outlived lifetimes ago, now rearing their ugly little heads whenever he shares a quiet moment with you. When both of you sit, comfortably nestled into each other. Or when he rests his head on your lap, your hand on his hair while you pay attention to something else. Xigbar wonders if you would've loved him at his most vulnerable, back when he was just Luxu. And because Xigbar can't help but stir the pot, there's a small chance that he confesses to everything he's done to make you love him, curious about your reaction.

He's not scared of the possibility of you hating him, he's just curious, staring at you with slightly wide, golden eyes. Like he just confessed to eating the last sea salt ice-cream in the fridge that you bought specifically for yourself. He won't be mad if you start fearing and pushing him away. And he won't start celebrating or acting smug if you, somehow, accept all the horrible things he's confessing to, that you still love him regardless of it all. It's unnerving, a perfect display of what centuries of loss have done to him. The closest one can get to see what remains of Luxu under all these layers. You have to understand that Xigbar has cheated death, the one universal truth in this world and all others, he manipulates space because the concept of permanence is a joke to him - so he can just make you love him again, in this life or the next one.

[verathena14]

Alright it’s pride month so I’m kinda obligated to dump my KH pride headcanons here

Sora: gay but only for riku, genderqueer transmasc (he/they), demiromantic

Riku: gay but only for sora, transmasc demiboy (he/they), demisexual/demiromantic

Kairi: bi disaster (but i could see her as lesbian also), ace, crushing HARD on olette

Roxas: ace bi, polyam (dating hayner, nami, and xion)

Xion: nonbinary (they/she) pan, also polyam (dating nami and rox)

Namine: demigirl (she/they), bisexual disaster, polyam (dating xion, rox, and repliku)

Repliku: bi. why is he bi. riku has no straight bones in his body. (It’s namine’s fault) (dating nami, crushing on vani)

Axel: genderfluid (any pronouns), gay but only for Isa, acespec

Isa: transmasc, gay but only for Axel

Aqua: bisexual QUEEN, in an Undefined Relationship w/ Terra

Terra: bisexual himbo, isnt sure if he and Aqua are together. he's a bit oblivious

Ventus: aroace

Vanitas: questioning, ace (crushing on repliku but doesnt quite realize it)

Eraqus: pan disaster

Xehanort: transmasc, gay but only for Eraqus

Luxu: genderfluid. I don’t know what they are, but they’re not straight. The one gay uncle (gender-neutral)

Marluxia: genderfluid but in a transmasc way, gay

Larxene: transfem, lesbian

Strelitzia: bi. That’s just canon

Hayner: gay boy, dating rox

Pence: aroace

Olette: lesbian, acespec, major crush on Kairi

ok I think that’s all for now 💀