Oops, @holmesiswherethehartis made My Hand Slip.

AKUSAIMONTH: BERSERK Day 7: SET C - “Explosion”

I saw him coming.
 Never before had I seen anything like what he held in his hands, but I didn’t need to to know it was dangerous, that he was dangerous. 
I shouted out to you, reached for you in order to push you out of his way, but you grabbed me instead and held on to me. I don’t even know if that’s what you were planning to do, but you acted as a shield to me, the last thing I would have ever wished for.

I won’t ever be able to forget the pain I saw in your eyes as you disappeared without another word.

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Di[e]ce Appreciation Week | Day 1: The Die Is Cast.

Today is the first day of daw and this is my contribution :D

I hope you like it ;)

B: You know, Dulor. I l... l...lll...l..l...llll...l... D: ... Lobster salad?

B: Yeah, right. "I lobster salad." That's exactly what I wanted to say! B: Aha ...aha...ahaha...aha

B: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA D: You really shouldn't drink that much, old man ...

--- A friend of mine and me, we have a Kingdom Hearts writing project going on. We had a huge RPG a few years ago (with a third friend actually) and this is basically the sequel, after the worlds have been reunited and everyone got his heart back in the process. This comic belongs in there as well. And it's actually an apology, because I am really slow with writing.

By the way, "Leberkäse" does not actually translate to "lobster salad". But I guess the nonsense level is almost the same, so whatever.

So, I watched KHx Back Cover today and I saw a lot of people complaining that we still don’t know who the traitor is yet, so I thought I’d share my opinion with you:

There is no traitor.

At least not among the five union leaders. The Master of Masters manipulated his pupils to play “their roles” in starting the keyblade war. So if anyone, it’s him.

Of course I don’t have actual decisive evidence of it, but there’s a lot to go by: 

First, the talk about a traitor first came up when Ira found the Nightmare Chirithy. As we know, Chirithy was literally invented by the Master of Masters and he made extra sure to explain in detail what a Nightmare version of it would mean. For him, it would be the easiest thing in the world to plant the Nightmare in the castle, and also, he’s certainly capable of creating the bangles for the players. 

Second, the whole incident about a traitor is not mentioned in the Books of Prophecy, the only written record is in the one page, which the Master gave to Gula. If you think about it, it wouldn’t make much sense for the Master to have taken this page out of the finished books, so I guess this one is either a complete fabrication – which might actually be the case, Gula mentions that the page is entirely cryptic and vague, so I assume the rest of the book is rather exact about it’s predictions – or he had a special reason for it. Like spreading distrust among his pupils by sharing information unevenly.

Which brings us to the next point: The way he assigned the roles for the different pupils. Apparently, they are not aware that the Master of Masters gave special – secret – missions to most of them. You can see that for example by Invi, Gula and Ava’s surprised looks, when Aced used the “May my heart be my guiding key” saying. Also, each of those missions, the roles, every word the Master said to his pupils in their “cases” was carefully chosen to cause conflict among them and destroy their trust in each other, so that eventually, yes, the keyblade war was inevitable.

The exception is, of course, Ava. Her role wasn’t to cause the keyblade war, but to make sure some remnants of the world would survive. The Master of Masters didn’t want to destroy the world. I assume, that much like Xehanort, he wanted to see what was beyond the end. 

Or, knowing Kingdom Hearts, it’s probably all Xehanort’s doing in some way or another, but that’s just speculation.

And the shark it’s got tears and they run down it’s face But the shark lives in the water so the tears are not to be seen

It is lonely in the deep and many a tears are falling And that is how the water in the seas comes to be salty

[Haifisch - Rammstein]

@AkuSaiMonth 2023 Prompt: Memories / Snapshot ID in alt.

I actually finished this mini comic during AkuSaiMonth, I just never got around to scanning and uploading it (oops). Hope you guys like it! <3

AKUSAIMONTH // 2017 Day 3: Swap or Reflection

“Also, I’m pretty sure you liked it, judging by your reaction.”

“So, I guess that’s why you tried to pull the same thing a second time?“

“Now that’s plain unfair! I put a lot more work into it the second time! I mean, floating candles?”

“Well. I’d never seen anything that cheesy before, I’ll give you that.”

“Hehe, special day calls for special measures.”

“Right.”

“But you know? I’m glad you recognized it. I really wanted it to be like that time.”

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"At Last"

It's Koujaku's birthday (August 19)!!! To celebrate I decided to finish this drawing / colour experiment from May! The colours are heavily inspired by one of my favourite Magic the Gathering illustration: "Dueling Rapier" by Anna Podedworna. Although I ended up using them a little different, ehehe...

Akusaimonth: Berserk Mode Day 17: Prison

Strange, I just felt like - Nah, probably just my imagination.

One more thing about the Kingdom Hearts Orchestra World Tour. I can’t believe I didn’t hear about this before and I’m sorry if I’m spoiling anyone, but.

Akusai. There’s a hint in the concert. Kairi says that Lea “has a best friend to save”. Yes, that could be Roxas (it can’t be Xion, he still doesn’t remember her), but it would be such a strange way to say it if that was the case. It fits Isa just so much more. Maybe that’s just what I want to see, but ... ... well, yes, I really really want to see it like that. I want Lea to call Isa one of his best friends. I want him to save him. Please.