A bunch of gorgeous pics~!

RIGHT HERE! Axel, Marluxia, Demyx, Namine, Etc!

Trio Minis by Keyshakitty!

KH: CoM - Trio Minis by *KeyshaKitty on deviantART

Excellent, ADORABLE work, as always!

One of these eons...

I'm going to have a "What's in a Heart" banner for each org member, but especially Marluxia. I think I will always be in awe of the RE: COM final battle. These pics/banner are old(had for them a bit over a year), but nothing wrong with resurfacing them. I'm quite proud of them. I'll be sure to have more sometimes this century. Like all graphics/icons/whatever I make, credit is nice(so is LINKAGE to this blog), but not necessary.

Nothing like...

Looking through floral fragrances and thinking of Marluxia. He probably wore such fragrances...

Just a thought for today.

Here's some interesting tidbits

Only those of you who've played Romancing Saga will know what I'm talking about, but when you first fight Saurin, he appears in a whirlwind of flower petals. PINK flower petals. So does Marluxia. Coincidence? Yea, probably so, but when I first took on Saurin, I quickly thought of Marluxia, despite the fact that they are two entirely different characters. Saurin is louder and has a better sense of humor. Marluxia looks better and is a bit more poetic.

Still, thought it was interesting to note.

Marluxia Month

I can't believe that I forgot to mention that it's Marluxia month. I was reminded because I thought of the final battle again(still one of the best ever) and his fight with Axel. Then, I remembered. Duh. November=Marluxia month.

So, today would be Marluxia/Lexaeus day. I don't think anyone in the KH fandom ships them. Gee, I wonder why. However, they are both Earth sort elements, so I think they would get along somewhat, if not completely.

Demyx/Marluxia

Oh, 9/11. It's a pairing that makes sense in terms of elements, in personality? Not so much. Besides, there's Larxene too, and Marluxia/Larxene work well together. Oh Yes.

Another headspace "fanon" thing of mine:

Demyx is spoiled. Yes.

Saix/Marluxia

I don't think I've ever seen anything on Saix/Marluxia, and I think it's for the best. Then again, the harvest moon has always been the best moon, like ever, but that one tends to show up in October.

That's all for today!

Second Set of Marluxia Graphics/Banners

Someone on kh-vids.net mentioned that the first batch were "hard to see". I guess because they were bright(I tend to use gaussian blur a lot and am often drawn to blue/pinks/purples since they tend to come out the prettiest. So, I decided to make these a bit darker and less gaussian blurry. Enjoy! Want to use? You can, but a link back to this blog is appreciated. Not required, but appreciated!

Close to the end of Sora's story, and boy is it looong...

Just as a reminder, the vids linked come from kh-vids.net(linked to the side).

Axel vs. Marluxia

1. "Even if we forget each other, we'll stay in this together." I always wondered what would happen if the Three Disney Musketeers ended up seperate and forgetting each other. I guess they mean that even if they themselves forget, it wouldn't change what happened before they lost their memories of each other. Hurrr.

2. I certainly didn't expect to see a fight between Axel and Marluxia. I know whoever reads this must have thought I did based on the title link, but I was thinking in terms of a verbal confrontation. A very pleasant surprise. Sadly, I'm pretty sure Marluxia would have obliterated Axel. He's Lord of Oblivion for a reason.

3. Oh no. Not the "you cannot defeat me" line. That's been used in ninety percent of all RPGs in existance. As for everything else, I'm simply too gobsmacked to say much of anything other than "nice", except that I miss the part where Axel was the one who claimed that he would kill Namine to get at Marluxia(Or "run through her"). Something like that.

4. Of course it's worth it to save Sora's "hide", he's the only one who could beat Marluxia. I know that Axel does NOT want Sora and Roxas to meet, not at this point, but he doesn't want Sora to die either. Like I said, someone's got to beat Marluxia, and Riku has problems of his own. Axel got everything he wanted, so it's all good-for him.

5. Whoa. Leave it to Marluxia to have one of the most dramatic(and pretty) deaths ever.

6. Eheheh. Jiminy. I can't imagine Kingdom Hearts without him. It's almost like he has a cable plugged into the right answers. At least a lot of the times he does.



OHHH! Pinky swear! Now that's something I haven't seen since High School Band! How adorable!

7. Sora looking at that charm reminded me of the scene where he was given that charm. Like a fat puffalump, I teared up right there. One of the most touching scenes EVER!

Axel Second Battle

Good Lord! Axel is the devil himself in this fight! And the spell towards the end was a thing of beauty! I'm going to assume that was Sora's rather than Axel's though. Fire with fire? Never made much sense though. Still, lovely spell.

Marluxia first battle.

What a tedious disapointment. I could have had a V8.

Second Marluxia fight.

Better, prettier, and probably harder.

Marluxia battle number THREE!!!

Oh! This one is a glorious epic of a battle. The blue background mixes beautifully with everything else! The angel is a known cliche, but it also looks like a combination of an angel and the grim reaper. An interesting take of a being that is used constantly in RPGs. Anyway, this battle is what graphics, sigs, and icons are made of!

Ending doot...doot...doot

Short and to the point. Looks like the people at Youtube aren't too pleased. I think it's best to say that the promise was made for both Sora and Roxas. There. All better now?

The credits are up, but I think it's best to hold off that and the Epilogue until "Reverse Rebirth" has been viewed.

Marluxia

Couldn't resist this megaspoiler. Thanks again to kh-vids. This is a pic of Marluxia in the final battle and it is beautiful. I expected that from Marluxia.

The top of it was a common, but nice touch.

I enhanced it a bit, but not a lot. Enjoy!

For some people, KH2: Final Mix came out today!

Or at least what should now be the 29th in Japan. All I know is that some people got the game early and some of those people are from KH-VIDS.NET . Obviously, they're not the only ones, but Youtube.com did not fail them, so here are my impressions of the COM remake(I've only seen COM on Youtube and it was called "Skies of Memories"):

1. The first video is nothing more than a rehash of "what has gone before". Some of the scenes kind of threw me off(like the lightning scene). I'm going to assume that those are from the first Final Mix. Then again, I could have swown I saw Beast sitting somewhere in Hollow Bastion(unless, my eyes are failing me). Don't know what's going on there, but the rest of it is a reminder of how sweet the Sora/Kairi scenes often are(AND YES THEY ARE GRRRR!), how psychotic Riku tends to look, even when he's doing something good, and how Heartless Ansem looked hot as he vaporized from the wellspring of light. Yes. The music was pretty good too. "Passion", yes? It's a good remix. The original song itself is okay too. I'm not going to share that particular video here because I honestly don't see the point since it's an intro.

2. Here's the second video. And, of course, it's in Japanese. Bah. That shouldn't stop me though, even if I don't speak Japanese. Unless there've been dialogue/story changes I don't know about, then what's being said shouldn't be much different than the GBA version. Not that I'd be surprised if there were. Heh.

Honestly, they should have made this for the PS2 to begin with. There's nothing like watching Donald show horror at his powers failing him, and there's nothing like the nice sound of boots against a white, polished floor. Ah, Marluxia, those petals suit you nicely, but what was up with going through Sora? WTF? The voice is deeper than I thought it would be, but it's not bad. None of the Japanese voices so far are too bad.




HEEE! Sora always did have the prettiest blue eyes. I liked this picture though. So cute to see Jiminy Cricket on Sora's shoulder.




"Just passing through. HUUUR!"

Anyway, that was just Marluxia going though Sora's memories to make some cards for him, because that's how you fight in Castle Oblivion. Yay.

3. This is the third video. This one features Axel. "Yo"? "YO"? Oh. My. God. So, he really says something like this? The script says "BOO!" I liked that better. He's as loud as I suspected he is, and yikes, he's never been one to mess around. The battle in this video was skipped, but don't worry, it's around. I think Axel in this remake has a different "prescence" than in in the GBA version. In the latter version, he seemed much harsher and far more cruel. More serious too. In the remake, I can see where "lighthearted" comes from. Don't get me wrong, I've always seen Axel as someone who is "mischevious", but never "lighthearted". Even now, I don't see him being light and fluffy. Save that for Demyx. It's just in the remake, while he's still a bit, er, well dreaded, so to speak, he's not as scary as I think he is. At least not when calm. I can see where people get the "sinister" vibe from because Axel certainly is that.



"I AM AXEL AND I RULE ALL!!!!"


Oh, and did I mention that he's loud? Even when "quiet and sinister", he could blow up at any time.

He sure did in the battle, that's for sure. And no, I'm not fooled by the supposed ease of the battle. That being said, the fire spells are beautiful.





And, so is Axel. The screen captures could be better, I'm sure, but I'm using the kh-vids.net videos to nab them, and while the videos themselves are of excellent quality, using "print screen" with a Youtube video isn't. It's all good, though. I like the fact that kh-vids is willing to show all this so soon, so kudos to them!

As for the entire battle, it's interesting to see that Axel doesn't say anything. I guess he had nothing to say, for once. Refreshing for some, I'm sure.

That'll do for now. So far, so good, I'd say.