#roxas-is-best-boy

[blue-eli]

Ink October day twenty-five: Contexture

The act of weaving or assembling parts into a whole.

An arrangement of interconnected parts; a structure.

The arrangement and union of the constituent parts of a thing; a weaving together of parts; structural character of a thing; system; constitution; texture.

[littleautumnboy]

when joshua was wearing his hooded cloak, he literally reminded me of roxas

[dark-nekofear]

pray that I'm doing financially better by this time next year cuz my dumb ass just preordered the long-awaited Yuma figure

[marcirose]

Based on a convo we had in the barn, Roxas, Namine, and Xion are trying to teach Ven how to play Struggle and no, he can't hold the bat the way he holds his keyblade lol

[storm-driver]

I read the first chapter and oh my god. YOU DIDN'T WARN ME IT WAS GONNA BE THUS EMOTIONAL! (and long, shit was very long)

Where do I even BEGIN?! I loved everything! Every little detail, from Roxas' fear of falling because of his past experiences, to Aqua's slow but certain change of view on Roxas, to Ventus and Aqua being adorable dorks, to Terra talking to Roxas about how Aqua (his future wife (I so ship them)) rocked his shit when they were kids, and finally to Roxas just being unable to take in that Aqua asked him to stay for a good ten minutes...

I LOVED ALL OF IT!! Immaculate work fr...

JKASFK THANK YOUU

that first chapter, im ngl, was like the biggest risk i thought i was gonna take by posting, and i feel so insane bc of it. the first half of it, id actually posted as a tumblr bit, hence why it probably feels a lil rushed, bc i had to get the word count down to make it fit? but yknow, that stops being an issue on ao3, thank god

THE SECOND HALF of that chapter, i dont remember if i said it anywhere, i have no recollection of writing it. deadass, i stayed up all night one night in the drowsiest, fuzziest state writing it, fell asleep immediately after posting the whole thing on ao3, and then fell asleep until in the 4 afternoon the next day. i dont remember writing it at all, i just woke up and found an entire second half of that first chapter written.

AS FAR AS MY IDIOICY GOES THOUGH, thank you for the kind words AGHHDFS. MY APOLOGIES FOR THE EMOTIONS, BUT IT'S ONLY GONNA BE MORE EMOTIONAL FROM THERE. my favourite fuckin part of that chapter was the ending where roxas is going back and forth with his choice on whether or not to stay, but the moment he looks at ven, he feels certain. idk, that kinda shit just warms my heart and im glad that feeling got across really well.

the chapters (sadly(?)) get longer from here. the last chapter i wrote was 30k words long. i dont think the next chapters are gonna be much shorter either. there's a lot of detail work i do, i write what im feeling i need to, it's messy and it's not the easiest to follow. but i just want to make it feel immersive as best i can. even if the shit that's happening is nonsensical to an extreme LMAO

tHANK YOU AGAIN, IF YOU DECIDE TO READ MORE, I HOPE YOU ENJOY IT!!

[darkshuubi]

Papa Nomura: releases new pic for KH x super groupies collab me: *happy Roxas fangirl noises*

[meezer]

today I thought about getting a kingdom hearts tattoo. particularly a roxas/twilight town themed one because that was the most emblematic and influential to me 🥺

[ngc-5194]

goes insane but in a cute fun way

[syrasenturi]

replaying kingdom hearts and reminded why i love roxas sm 

aND HOW MAD I AM THAT DAYS DIDNT GET A TRUE REMAKE

[dreamsy990]

you know i used to think it was weird how sora and roxas have such different personalities for supposedly being 'the same person' but after playing a few games i sort of realized that they do have similar personalities, because roxas acts how sora does when he's under extreme stress.

compare roxas to sora in, say, kh1. that's where a lot of peoples idea of sora's personality comes from. sora is generally very upbeat and optimistic in that game. not very similar to roxas, right?

but let's switch the game and talk about a game where sora is ABSOLUTELY GOING THROUGH IT. chain of memories.

sora's resting state is melancholy in com. he only ever cheers up in short bursts, usually when he's joking around with friends. just like roxas.

he's quick to anger, and tends to lash out at the organization members. best example of this is when larxene makes him 'remember' namine, and he swings at her repeatedly, even after she's gone. he only stops when jiminy is able to snap him out of it.

you know what scene that resembles?

sora, while a bit more on the angry side and less sad, continues to act like this in kh2 when he's in stressful situations. (he also has a tendancy to insult people which, while it's not very related to the point, is very funny and sora saying 'gonna cry?' to xigbar is great.) i cant comment any further than that about kh2 off the top of my head.

so, roxas acts like sora does when he's stressed, right? but why is roxas always acting like that? to which i say, he isnt!

he only ever acts like that when he's also in fucked up and stressful situations, which happens to be a CONSTANT in his life. but when he's hanging out with axel and xion, a decidedly NOT stressful situation, he's a lot more like sora. he's teasing his friends and insulting his coworkers and joking around and acting like a normal kid. not really important, but unless i misremembered some sora lines which is VERY possible, both roxas and sora respond to friendly insults with "oh thanks!" a lot. just a funny little detail that felt relevant.

the biggest differences between roxas and sora boil down to environment and... i dont know how to put it besides volume? roxas is very quiet and tends to keep most of his thoughts to himself, while sora is very loud and expressive in comparison.

there is one other huge difference i noticed, which is less character based and more story. sora wanted to get off destiny islands and explore with his friends, but roxas just wanted routine. sora wants adventure, and roxas wants things to stay the same, for days where he gets off work and eats ice cream with his friends to last forever, to keep having conversations about nothing and watching the sunset. roxas wants normalcy, sora wants excitement. it's just interesting seeing their contrast.

not sure if this is very well said or anything i just wanted to talk about my boys

[goldensunset]

Hey. Pspsps.

I don't 100% know who your favorite characters are.

If I asked you to pick one and go ham telling me about them, would you?

*grabs you* ok today i’m gonna change it up and talk about a pair of characters i don’t usually talk about

loooong story short (i'll dm you the story if you want or something) roxas and xion were the reason i got into the kh franchise. their story and their unique indescribable connection to our wonderful protagonist singlehandedly took me from the mindset of 'haha kh is a dumb wacky disney fanfiction' to 'this is genuinely a stunning and heartwrenching piece of media full of so much honest and serious emotion and love and i'm insane now'

here's a boy who was never meant to exist, a mistake, someone who doesn't even possess the full capability to experience emotions, someone who's just the inferior resentful shadow of another who needs to die so that the precious original can come back. but he wasn't gonna take that lying down he fought tooth and nail until the bitter end against his fate and defiantly proclaimed that he was human and he was himself and yet it was all in vain. but it still mattered. it mattered to us and it mattered to those who knew him. the love was there even if it couldn't save him it still mattered.

meanwhile, here's a girl who's just a patchwork mess of pieces of other people. a clone of both sora and roxas, meant as a backup vessel for xehanort, wielding what used to be riku's key, having accidentally absorbed select memories of kairi from the magic naminé wove. it's a miracle she exists at all. does she exist at all? she was an 'it', an empty thing designed to mimic the fighting capabilities of another, who gradually started absorbing that other's memories of some girl until it subconsciously tricked itself into thinking it was that girl. suddenly 'it' became 'she.' but she had her own life experiences and therefore was not that girl but someone new entirely. what exactly did her mind look like? what did it feel like to be her? her mind was just a fragment of sora's mind and she didn't even know who he was. the insane headaches and crises that came free with her very existence drove her to seek answers and eventually made her realize she shouldn't even be alive.

but she was so brave. she was so so brave and resolute and made the firm decision to sacrifice herself for the greater good even though she should've never had to. it was the only agency she had and she took hold of it. she knew there was never any hope for her but she at least wanted something good to come out of her demise. roxas didn't really have that same agency even though he seems more proactive as a character at first glance. roxas fought and fought but was constantly being dragged here and there by the narrative up until the end. he fought his fate and xion accepted hers and they both met the same tragic end.

in kh2fm we saw what was left of roxas, angrily fighting back inside of sora. he was full of hate and anger and who can blame him? he should've won. he was stronger. almost. but victory eluded him once more. it was all for nothing and roxas faded again and sora was so confused and full of sadness he didn't even understand.

then in ddd we again saw roxas within sora's mindscape, but that time he was so so different. that time he was calm and smiling and gentle. roxas had surrendered. but sora told him what we'd all been wanting to tell him- he was his own person and deserved to be treated as such. to which roxas said like the best line in the series: 'sora, see? that's why it has to be you.'

roxas wanted things his way, he wanted his own life, he was bitter and sick of people telling him he had to make sacrifices for others. roxas would've gotten rid of others for his own sake. meanwhile sora had always been intensely loving and selfless. sora was always reaching out to people, seeing the light and humanity in them, caring about them. i'm not saying roxas was bad for wanting to live or that sora's insane constant self-sacrificial behavior isn't deeply worrying but the point here is: sora was the hero roxas wasn't.

roxas recognized this. that's why it had to be sora. if it was the other way around, roxas wouldn't have had the strength to be the person sora was. he would've never surrendered on his own. he had to be forced to surrender and then spend time within sora's heart to begin to understand him and to begin to love him.

roxas resented sora because roxas had to be sacrificed in his name. he didn't want to die to save someone he didn't even know who was apparently his real self and the only person who mattered. roxas was sick of hearing about him. but then once roxas met him he couldn't help but love him too. both because sora is just that easy to love, and because something in roxas resonated with- well, his other. that was him and that wasn't him and that was who he used to be and that was who he would be and they each held a piece of each other within them and even though they were their own people they would obviously be forever linked.

the bond that was created between sora and roxas transcends anything i really even have the language to say. or anyone who speaks this language to say. or possibly anyone in existence. that's self love and love of another in one. they're part of each other. i'm really normal about it

[strayheartless]

I need some roxas headconons today, and I feel like it might get a little deep so bare with me:

Roxas is the kind of person that needs to have control of his own sound scape. If there are people near him talking or there’s noises outside is immediate space he doesn’t like is, so he wanders round with headphones round his neck so he can put music on that makes him feel calmer.

My boy is quiet. Like quiet quiet. Out of the four boys (Ven, Sora, vanitas and Roxas) and Xion, Roxas speaks the least. He’s happy to talk when he’s got something to say, but he’s pretty happy to just listen most of the time.

Roxas sees Lea as not just his best friend but also like his parent. He’s not a father -Roxas doesn’t think that’s the right word- but when either he or Xion need a hug, or advice, or just to sit quietly and be accepted, Axel is who they go to.

Roxas does not hate Riku. He doesn’t love the guy, but he has long since accepted that Riku had his own shit going on. They’ve talked it out and come to the conclusion that they are friends through their connection with sora and little else, and that’s okay. Roxas would land Riku a pen if he needed one but their not going to die for each other any time soon.

Sora decided Roxas is now his twin brother, and Roxas will never breath a word of how happy that makes him. The fact that sora accepts his existence was enough, but to be treated like he’s always been his own person? Warm and fuzzy.

Roxas gets frustrated quickly, and in a turn of events that suprised maybe everyone, possibly no one, Ventus is usually the one who knows just what to say to bring him back down to earth. Ven just sits with him and mourners encouragements, or helps him solve the issue and keeps Roxas level.

Being a person is complicated and messy and Roxas has ✨trauma✨, so some days are a lay in bed and cry day; others are a throw something until Lea and Isa make you stop for everyone’s safety day; and some days are a blanket burrito on the couch and disassociate day. Either way a evening call with Sora while Xion brushes his hair is usually the solution.

Don’t ask Roxas about skateboards or random twilight town trivia if you have a pressing appointment. You WILL be late. Particularly with skateboarding. The boy knows everything.

Roxas can play the bass. Or at least he’s learning to and he seems to be quite good at it. He likes it at least, and Isa seems to think it’s good therapy for him so… win-win really.

I dunno, that’s all I’ve got atm. I’m sad and feeling Roxas-y. Send help

[bluest-planet]

Having emotions over the fact that Kingdom Hearts as a series is probably the closest thing in mainstream media (to me, there of course might be more out there but like it different because its a product of major IPs) to like, aromantic and asexual themes and queerness being so intertwined with its 'friendship prevails' and 'forging connections' messaging.

Like. Yeah, theres the disney couples, and whatever the hell might be implied between characters like Kairi and Sora or Namine and Riku, or even Riku and Sora. But that's the thing, its not confirmed.

Like, sure, its enough for normies to maybe connect the "boy and girl therefore couple" despite how little there is to fall in line with that expectation because it takes so little for allos to believe in romantic love, that just a girl and a boy who care about one another yet barely speak is enough to confirm it.

But theres also, so, so much evidence against it too, if you just look to the side for a second.

Like, there's no big confession, there's no kiss or proposal of some kind (i mean theres the paopu but, im pretty sure they both have two separate fruits rather than one,) they have more characters in their lives to care about then just themselves, and maybe its the aro in me but they have like. Barely any chemistry and feel more like far away friends, where they left impact on one another but have an awkwardness/unfamiliarity between them.

And like, yeah, I think reading Riku as gay on his own- or both he and Sora having romantic feelings for one another is totally valid, esp considering how much is centered between their relationship.

But... It also... Warms my heart to just know they love and care about one another... Intertwined... But it could be entirely platonic. Not strictly as Brothers or Lovers but something else, be it best friends or queerplatonic partners or something entirely else that drifts between all of those labels.

They just care. And that's enough, thats valid, and its celebrated.

But what gets me the most, even if its not explored a lot, is Sora and his connection with everyone and his other heartmates (Xion, Roxas, Vanitas, Ventus). He has cute friendships in every world! He's friends with so many different people who are always happy to see him and invite him to comeback, always happy to help him if he needs it while he visits so long as it was within their power (the various disney characters) as if he has a home everywhere he goes, he's not actually bound to any one place.

Which yeah, that might seem sad to people. The idea that Sora might not have a definitive home because hes been changed so much on his journey, so much hardship.

But that's kind of mean to think, isn't it? Sometimes people loose their childhood homes, but that doesn't mean you can't build an even better one elsewhere. That doesn't mean you should be bound to any one place, maybe his home is just his friends, any and all of them- wherever he is, so long as he's with anyone he cares about it'll be home. And if his friends aren't there?

He'll make more, not because he's replacing them, but because he just has so much space and so much love for the world around him. He's willing to keep expanding his horizons and making more connections, more homes so he'll never be homeless again. Does that make sense?

It might be hard in 4, whatever will happen to him in Quadratum, but thats what its about; how he'll recover in his darkest hour while relying on what he's learned and being himself but improved.

The fact that Sora has gone to so many worlds and made so many friends- something Ventus wanted to do so bad, and yet. He carried Ven and took him along for the ride while he was resting. To me its heartwarming, Ven may be asleep, but he's not being abandoned, he's right along with him enjoying it in his dreams. Sora's not alone with his companion even if he doesn't realize it.

I always define my gender as "We as in Me but upside down" or "the sum of conversations and experiences shared with others, including myself" because i usually use "we" to refer to myself (not here for simplicity's sake) I dont need romance or desire to be a person, or to enjoy life. I'm never alone, even if theres no one in the room. I get that from Sora, y'know?

How Xion and Roxas spawn from him, I'd wish we got more between them. But just knowing how much he wanted to save Roxas, Ventus, Aqua, Xion, Vanitas- he helps the people who both are and aren't him, or make up who he is or reflect- he care about them. And its because he cares about them, that he cares about the people they care about.

Sure, if he didn't have some connection to Ven and therefore Aqua- he'd still try and save her because that's just how he is. He cares. But at the same time, it means more because he knows how Ven feels, thats his friend, and therefore, Sora's friend. He doesn't care if he's ever met her he just jumps at the chance to save Aqua and hold onto the small thread tied between them. Same with Xion.

I'm sorry, I'm not making much sense, am I? I'm not good at articulating my thoughts. But the fact that he uses any small connection as an excuse to get closer to someone who means a lot to someone he cares a lot- it makes my heart flutter! I wished all the people i cared about got along and were friends with each other too. I wish I could visit and rely on people from all across the world too, because i would never want to settle in any one place if i realistic could. I'd keep my loved ones safe in my heart if they needed it, if i could, and carry them wherever I go, hoping to share all the same pleasant experiences. Or I'd be fine splitting pieces of myself, just to keep me company to know what I must look like outside of my own perspective, to know how else i could inevitably change into another person entirely to meet up and compare lives later, enjoying the differences.

I wish I could offer a chance at something better to the same face, to say; i see your anger and your path refuse to think its okay to be self-destructive, now come home. And my brighter, happier self, to get the happy ending i deserve by saving myself while also being a friend to myself. Waking up from the bad dream at last, to enjoy an awakened life full of connections.

But I cant, and thats okay, my life is one I enjoy regardless, but Kingdom Hearts... Is in many ways- the ultimate aromantic and asexual fantasy for me. And maybe even a few others.

[rosie-kairi]

You know watching that clip of Roxas wanting to know the truth of his origins I can't help but laugh nervously like oh Roxas sweetheart honeybun trust me you do not want to know because the truth is so much worse than he thinks in canon.

Cause you think it's pretty simple right? Sora gives up his heart thus Roxas is born. Oh but he looks like Ven? Well makes sense Ven was released alongside Sora's heart and made its way to Roxas. But then we have to get to the how and why they ended up like that in the first place. Cause if you think about it too long like I did you realize jesus christ the road to Roxas creation was paved with blood and mass murder O_O

In order for Roxas to be born Ventus has to be in the future (present? whatever time travel is wonky) and he has to end up alone in the keyblade graveyard and be abused for a year by xehanort and then get dumped on the destiny islands to die. But before that we have to go back to the age of fairy tales when Ven is a union leader traps an original Darkness within himself nearly dying in the process and everyone figures out that MoM essentially is using them as live bait to trap the other darkness' and leave the dandelions to die. But before we get to that we have to go back a year to when MoM purposefully sowed the seeds of discord amongst his apprentices so their friendship would fracture and the fissures would go to the unions causing everyone to turn on each other. Tensions start rising and before we know it a full blown war breaks out and thousands of children are sacrificed as they cut each other down and MoM is just off to the side watching all this like, "yeah this is an acceptable turn of events I am absolutely okay instigating the slaughter of thousands of innocent children and destruction of the world to defeat darkness this is indeed a worthwhile and good plan :)"

But before even that we have to go to like 10 minutes before (well 2 years and 10 minutes before I guess) because Strelitzia was meant to be a union leader but she was obsessed with player and wanted to save them from the keyblade war, and Darkness chose her to be a necessary sacrifice by taking advantage of a little boy's pain and loneliness and swapping their places. Had they not done that Ven likely would've died in the keyblade war meaning none of the following events post war would've played out the way it needed to for Roxas to exist.

So going back to Sora his heart joins with a traumatized and dying Ven as a newborn saving him. Then 4 years go by and Ven seeks sanctuary with Sora after almost dying again. This puts Sora within Xehanort's path and Sora's world eventually falls. His love and conviction for his friends keeps him going but he ends up having to fight his best friend seemingly to the death and has to essentially kill himself to wake up the love of his life not even sure if he'll survive what he's about to do. So before he dies he gives one last big grin and prepares to meet his fate like Ven has before him. And it is the release of Kairi and Ven's wounded heart that leads to Roxas being born.

All it took was a megalomaniac keyblade master deciding yeah the painful death of thousands of children and countless worlds plus the death of a few hundred is absolutely worth trapping darkness but his plan goes a bit sideways and the union leaders escape and manage to build back some of the world that inevitably leads Xehanort to his own crazy scheme and the egging on of the hidden 6th apprentice also manipulating things behind the scenes and destroying the innocence and lives of two innocent boys who only ever wanted to be with their friends and live their lives with them. And we still haven't fully touched on Vanitas which is a different can of worms. If even one bad thing deviated or didn't happen no Roxas. So everything had to go perfectly wrong for everyone for him to be here.

So yeah Roxas are you sure you wanna know where you came from or why? Are you sure you want to burden the full knowledge when even the one's who paid the price currently don't? Is it really worth it Roxas? Is it?

The sheer amount of events in the Kingdom Hearts timeline that exists solely due to an insane domino effect the likes of which humanity has never before seen is frankly ridiculous.

What if Baldr never succumbed to darkness and killed every single one of his friends except Xehanort and Eraqus (and BragiLuxu)? Xeha and Eraqus would've never had their views of Darkness vs Light twisted so much that they became extreme extremists. Without Xehanort doing his. thing. the entire plot of "current day" Kingdom Hearts would not have happened. Same thing goes for the what-if of Xehanort never leaving Destiny Islands.

Similarly, what would've happened if the Destiny trio never left Destiny Islands/DI never fell to darkness in KH1?

What if Strelitzia never died and got replaced by Ven? Or, what if one of the other Union Leaders was killed by darkness? What if the Foretellers never fought each other?

Of course, this all leads back to "what if the Master of Masters wasn't who he is as a person."

Roxas is the culmination of hundreds, if not thousands of years of bloodshed and interfered destiny all represented by a singular teenage nobody who eats a lot of ice cream and cares a lot about a lot of different things (most of all, his friends)

[minijenn]

Story Summary: Eight years ago, the Destiny Islands fell to darkness. The royal family was viciously slain when Lord Xehanort and the sinister Organization XIII used dark magic to take the throne. Except...

There are rumors on the islands. Rumors that young Prince Sora may have survived.

When the prince's betrothed, Princess Kairi of Radiant Garden, offers a reward for his safe return, Riku decides to seize the opportunity to leave the doomed islands once and for all. At the same time, an orphan named Skye sets out to discover his forgotten past in the hopes of finding his family-and his future.

Kingdom Hearts Anastasia AU. Updates every Saturday!

Ships: Sora/Riku/Kairi, Aqua/Terra, Roxas/Namine, Axel/Saix

Rating: G

Warnings: Angst, Trauma, Memory Loss, Violence, Harm to Children, Psycological Trauma

Chapter Summary: Skye's journey to the past may not be as straightforward or as simple as he'd hoped... It was a gloomy morning, one that the entire orphanage had been dreading. The other kids piled up against the upstairs windows, more than a few of them in tears as they shouted their last goodbyes. In the yard below, Skye waved back, trying his best to be strong for the younger kids. And trying not to show Ansem just how frightened he really was.  “Shame you have to leave so soon, boy,” the patron smirked smugly as he stood at the door to see Skye out. “Usually we don’t force anyone out until they reach eighteen. But-” “But since I’m such a troublemaker , you’re kicking me out at sixteen instead,” Skye finished with his usual roguish grin. “Yeah, I get it. You’ve told me about a thousand times by now.”

Click the link to read more; all comments are appreciated!

[dualdeixis]

[Image description: Various drawings of Riku. First image shows Riku with their KH2 appearance, putting their hands in their pockets and looking to the side as if slightly embarrassed. A doodle on the left shows them possessed by Ansem and grinning menacingly. The text beneath reads, “opening the door to all worlds & i accept the darkness & it swirls around me & i’m screaming & clawing at my head & destroying my friendships & getting possessed then pausing & catching my breath & chuckling evilly & i’m the exact same but now my pronouns are they/them.” A doodle on the right shows Riku, Sora, and Kairi with their KH2 appearances walking happily together with their arms looped. Riku thinks, “i can’t wait to go clothes shopping with my best friends who just so happen to both be trans! i, a cis boy, will definitely not have any earthshaking revelations about my own identity due to this!” Sora and Kairi’s thought bubbles both show a photo of an egg.

Second image shows the Destiny Islands within Sora’s heart, where Roxas leans against the paopu tree while talking; Vanitas sits on the tree next to him; Xion sits on the ground by the base of the tree; and Ventus lays on the ground on his stomach with his feet in the air. Riku, as a Dream Eater, stands in the background with wide eyes and three question marks over their head. A small comic on the right shows the lower half of Riku’s face in profile as they say, “wtf people actually tell their crushes they like them??” Sora, crouching on the ground with tears in his eyes, asks, “what the hell do YOU do?” Riku thrusts their Keyblade into the Demon Tide and says, “i die? lmao what kinda question...” End image description.]

having a riku moment