#that and like cloud’s character gave me whiplash i thought he was just an emo with a bromance with leon

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i don’t think the surrealism of learning about characters through kingdom hearts is talked about nearly as much as it should be.

kh was my introduction to everything else under squenix but actually figuring out who’s who is an experience and oddly spoilery. i only knew certain stuff about auron going into ff10 because i once knew him as “that guy who fought hades in the underworld” so seeing him as more of a badass father figure than strictly badass is somewhat bizarre.

“when’s the part where he goes to hell?” my younger self asks. idfk but he’s still cool.

also i’m sure if i knew what actually went on in ff7 and twewy before i first got into kingdom hearts some emotions would hit harder. crossovers are a curse.