Well, what now?Erk. Down at the
KHInsider Forums, most of the topic were getting used over and over again, like Zexion's weapon, the Three Knights, secret ending...it's getting boring over there, nothing new. I guess the forums would liven up once E3 comes round.
I got myself back into writing
Fanfiction again, mostly due to the KH fandom. ^^ most of my KH stories don't really wander that far rom canon, though -- sometimes i think that i prefer to stick with the storyline and just expound on the events, rather than inserting the characters in all new environments. ^^ Anyway, newly found pairing obsessions are:
AkuRaku (or Larxel) and
RokuNami (or Roxas/Namine). They're just so cute -- i especially like AkuRaku, since they have so much tension between the two of them. *huggles Larxene* She should go to Axel and not Marly, since Marluxia is OBVIOUSLY...well, i don't know, seeing him with someone just doesn't fit.
I also found myself starting to like rather uncanon pairings -- like Leon/Aerith (lol, squaeriths). I still have a disliking for total crack pairings -- one of which is Sora/Ariel, since it just...doesn't fit. As for Leon/Aeriths, i like them because if this happens, this means Cloud/Tifa can happen. Although, if Cloud/Aerith happens, it can be Leon/Tifa (lol, both angsty whatnots). I do not see the need of Rinoa anywhere (don't like her, so i won't put her in). ^^ I do sort of hope she doesn't appear in KH3 or something -- if they have to insert another FFVIII character (i feel bad for Squall, he doesn't have anyone else from his 'verse aside from Selph), make it Quistis. Or Zell. Or Laguna. Dude, that'd be cool.
As usual, i'm a
SoraKairi fangirl at heart. :D they are SO canon it hurts. ^^ i'm very happy, of course.
Earlier today i was able to catch an episode of Saiyuki, and i blinked at the tv screen a couple of times. My interest in Saiyuki has probably drifted off to the seas, for as i was watching it, i wasn't...interested. Oh well. Fandoms come and go, but pairings are forever (wth?!). ^^
And even though i promised to get loads of drawings done for people (like Nikkeh's kiriban and fanart for YumeYume), i ended up doing nothing the whole day. Maybe tonight i'll be able to spruce up a few pages and make decent art.
Oh, i wish
The Number Thirteen (accessible through 'fanfiction' above) would gain more pageviews and reviews...^^
Current Music:
Owaranai Bouken -- Wolfram (Mitsuki Saiga)
They'd better make another one. Or else. ((warning, possible major spoilers ahead))
Last Friday, April 7 2006, I finished
Kingdom Hearts II, which i played for 57+ hours. I was at level 83 now, Valor at level 5, Wisdom at level 6, Master at level 5 and Final at level 2. I already had my Ultima Weapon, Donald's Save the Queen and Goofy's Save the King, with my Moogle at level 7. The only worlds in Jiminy's Journal that failed to have the King's Seal were Twilight Town (due to the bumble buster, that stupid skateboard, posterduty, cargo climb and junk sweep), Hollow Bastion/Radiant Garden (Sephiroth just kills me with his sin harvest), Agrabah (stupid carpet ride) and Olympus Coliseum (stupid orbs). After the final battle with Xemnas and after the ending, I got my battle report, saying that:
Jiminy's Journal Completion:
97%Damn it! 3% away from getting the stupid secret ending!
Anyway, let's get to my rant about the
ending. Ah yes. Before you enter the floating door that leads to either your or Xemnas's doom, it asks you what to do. Of course, to end the game you'd choose 'Let's end this!'
Okay, I'll stop with the literal descriptions of how the ending battle really goes. The reaction commands are just really cool, especially the ones where Sora and Riku slice up buildings and dart over the Xemnas. The whole starship battle thing was just tedious though, i couldn't see where i was targeting, and it was just confusing. Anyway, over to the ending itself...(dammit, this portion always gets me depressed).
I've watched it a few times already, but i've only beaten Xemnas once. (thanks to youtube :D) I just don't want to go and beat it again, it gets me depressed. Why? I don't know. Is it because the ending's really heartbreaking and touching? Maybe. Did I cry because you worked hard on it and all you got was that clip? ...maybe. I just know that when i was watching it I was bawling all the way -- from the not-yet cg-ed start, when Sora was helping Riku to walk towards wherever the road will lead them, to my battle report (which appeared after the credits and after another short cg clip).
About the ending. Well, as Tetsuya Nomura said, it WAS heartbreaking. But, not heartbreaking in a sad, sad sense. It's heartbreaking in a sad, happy sense, you know? (
major spoilers ahead, be warned). From the moment Riku got the letter in a bottle...it just tugged at my heart so much. And when Sora and Kairi were reading it together, from ends of the world, from light and darkness...it's just....damn it, they made me cry so hard. When Sora and Riku fell from the sky and heard Kairi's voice -- it was just...splendind. Sora running through the waters, this huge smile on his face, eyes dancing with joy -- he just looked so
eager, so
happy -- i felt really really happy for him. Finally being reunited with the girl he loves...finally
home. Sora deserves it.
Meanwhile, in the deepest recesses of my mind, though, I was sad. Because KH was already over. Because Sor wouldn't be going to any world any more. He's just going to stay there, probably. No more adventures. I didn't know how to feel, how to react. My mind was screaming at me, 'THAT'S IT?! It's ...OVER?!' Oh well. No more...no more KH3.
...or so it seemed.
Also, when the light flashed, and Sora became Roxas, and Kairi became Namine...oh my god, that really, really got me. Of course, Sora and Kairi saying to each other (god Sora was so cute here) "Ta...Tadaima." (plus really really cute toothy smile and smiling eyes, bam! heart goes melting...) and Kairi smiling at him with this pretty pretty smile of hers, looking like she was so happy, so so happy that he was back... "Okaeri." holding hands together over the Oathkeeper....damn you S-Enix, you just have to make everything so touching, don't you?! NOMURA, GIVE US ANOTHER ONE!!
I've heard another player say that if S-E wasn't softcore about SoKai, they'd be all over each other. Hahaha, well, I sort of agree. They really, really like each other. They really do. They're made for each other, perfect together. Yes, maybe it's just my inner SoKai fangirl ranting here, but think about it! Sora (even though it wasn't shown, it was implied) missing her so much, imagining dancing with her as the snow fell, being teased about her by Donald and Goofy...thinking like he never really did give her a proper gift.... He just
loves her.
I was disappointed with the way he reacted when he saw Kairi, though. Back at...where was it, The Hall of Empty Melodies at the World that Never Was, he just...walked over to her. Probably held hands (can't remember, i was screaming myself hoarse). But it HAD to be Kairi to initiate the hug. I don't know, maybe he was still a bit awkward around her, but still...if he missed her that much, shouldn't he have sort of lunged at her in happiness? And god, that reaction he made when he saw Ansem!Riku, dropping down to the floor and crying, saying 'i looked everywhere for you'... it almost made me throw things at my tv and say 'you're supposed to say that to KAIRI!'
Well, enough about that. Let's get to Roxas/Namine before we head over to the SoKai pairing again.
Roxas/namine -- well, what can i say? Aside from them being both blonde...well, they're made for each other too. I don't know, but it's like their love's so tragic, you know? Not knowing who they really were, confused and lost, beings of nothingness and non-existence, being
Nobodies and all...yet they managed to find love and find it in each other. Managing to overcome the trials of being confused and lost and being
whole again. Thanks to Sora and Kairi, of course. That's why Sora and Kairi should always be together, so that Roxas and Namine would be together too.
For some reason i don't feel bad that Riku doesn't have anyone. I laughed out loud during the ending when Mickey came running to him while Donald and Goofy lapped over Sora (Goofy, Donald and Mickey look so soft, you know).
I've run out of ranting ideas, but as soon as i get some i'm going to post it all here.
Also, please read my newest
Sora/Kairi+Roxas/Namine drabble,
To Naught's Skyway. Supposedly it's in Naught's Approach, but anyway...
I need more SoKairis.
Current Music:
Letters -- Utada Hikaru
I don't want him to go away. ((spoilers, probably, in there)) **beware, long rant coming up**
Last Saturday, April 01 2006, i got my copy of
Kingdom Hearts II, the game that i had waited for for three years+. I played it right away, into the morning; and soon it became a habit. i slept mornings and played all afternoon and night. Now I'm at the third part, i think -- I've sealed off and completed Agrabah, the Land of the Dragons, Beast's Castle, Olympus Coliseum (apart from the new tournaments), 100 Acre Wood. But there was something that struck me hard when Pooh was talking to Sora after the Hunny Pot thing, something that made me feel so bogged down and, surprisingly, depressed.
Pooh wanted Sora to stay. He was wondering if there was any way to make Sora stay with him (or them, maybe Pooh's just gay). Even if Sora tried to persuade him and told him that he'd visit him now and then, Pooh answered,
"Can it be 'now and now'? That would make me a bit better."
Then Sora answered that he'd be forever with Pooh, in Pooh's heart. This scene -- it tugged at me so much that i nearly cried. I wanted Sora to stay too. To think that he had helped so many people and touched so many lives...and then, if everything's restored, he'd just go away again...it seems so sad. People would miss him so much, you know. Sure, I'm just talking about fictional characters here, but it just bothers me. The way things are ending at each world...it's like there would be no more
KH3. And if there WOULD be a KH3, wouldn't it be just too much (okay with me, but i guess i'd need a PS3 and 3 more years for that one)?
Also, i feel so bad for Sora. I really, really do. Sure, he's got nice new color-shifting duds, cool new powers (where's Glide, though? I want Glide back), summons and a talking duck and dog for friends... but with all his power comes great responsibility. I mean, right now (where I'm at) he's trapped in a damned-if-you-do-damned-if-you-don't situation -- if he kills Heartless, he ends up releasing hearts, which in turn help the Organization to form more Nobodies and conquer Kingdom Hearts. (I do think the Thirteenth Order is a better and cooler name). He can't choose and all...and you know, Maleficent helping him and all -- got me confused, but oh well.
Oh, and another thing -- they're really rubbing it in. And I mean rubbing it in. I feel so so bad for Sora when i completed a few worlds, namely Beast's Castle, the Land of the Dragons and Olympus Coliseum. Love was so much in the air. Take a look at these peeps, for example: Belle and the Beast, Mulan and Shang, Herc and Meg, Ariel and Eric, Jack and Sally, not to mention the trio
Tifa, Cloud and Aerith (ooh do i have a rant for that one). It's like they're saying, "poor Sora, no Kairi...". (ah yes, they're so canon. deal with it.) I want him to see her now, you know! That whole thing at Twilight Town made me scream with frustration, really!
Here are a few things i sort of noticed -- Pride Lands (Sora is just soo fricking cute there, too cute for words) seem to be the replacement for Tarzan's world, Port Royal for Neverland, and the Land of the Dragons for Alice in Wonderland. Atlantica seems to be the replacement for Monstro (although i do like Atlantica this time round). Honestly, i prefer the Keyblade designs of the first game (everything seems a bit chunky this time). I do like the whole Reaction commands. The drives, meanwhile, are just hard to level up. How do they get EXP anyway? number of enemies they defeat?
And Roxas. Boy, when speculations about the stupid kid in the Deep Dive movie came up, I hated Roxas. New guy with the power to wield TWO Keyblades? Nuh-uh, no way, no no no no -- how dare you upstage Sora. He's supposed to be the main guy here! I completely hated Roxas. But when i played the game, i sort of grew attached to him (especially the Reversal trick). When he said those words ("You're lucky, Sora. I guess my summer vacation's over." **then bam! sparkly KHII logo**), i felt sorry for him. And i was sort of weirded out by the shortness of Sora's clothes. But boy when he got new duds, looked better than ever.
About the new Sora -- i like him very much. Haley Joel Osment did a great job of voicing him (his voice suits him well, though i sort of forgot how the fourteen-year-old Sora sounded like) -- i like his voice very much. His clothes help out a great deal too, and so does his face -- first time i saw him again his face was now very refined and...shapely? I don't know how to describe it, but it's just really nice. He looks really good. I just really really really like him. *lovelovelove*
I know i still have plenty of things to do, like complete all missions, synthesize all items, get the Ultima Weapon, complete all tournaments and stuff. We reached 100+ hours playing KHI three years ago... i wish KHII wouldn't end this fast. I still want things to happen and stuff. But it's inevitable, isn't it? I'm going to go there some way or another.
I just hope i'm not going to be depressed once i finish it.
Current Music:
Passion ~opening version -- Utada Hikaru
