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AKUSAIMONTH: BERSERK Day 5: SET C - “Lyrics (Hearts A Mess)”
[ Pick apart the pieces of your heart Let me peer inside Let me in where only your thoughts have been Let me occupy your mind as you do mine ] [ Hearts A Mess - Gotye ]
“We shouldn't. Something about the castle isn't right, I can feel it.” “All the more reason to uncover what's going on! We need to know what it is, so we can protect town!” “Protect town? And how on earth are we going to do that?!” “We'll know once we know what's the problem in the first place!” “... Seriously, you're such an idiot.” “Aww, come on, Isa, I need you on this! I can't do it on my own!” “Then how about not doing it at all?” “Uh, no. Bad idea.” “... I really can't talk you out of it, can I.” “So you are helping me!” “You knew exactly that I would.” “Hehe. I just know I can count on you!”
I kept quiet about the way I felt, all this time. I was happy with being near you, with being your friend. I couldn't risk losing you. Yet as time moved on I realised that your presence filled up more and more of me. Whatever I did, whatever I thought, you were always a part of it. At the same time I felt so distant from you. I know that I kept things from you, things you could never know, but were you hiding things from me as well?
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AKUSAIMONTH: BERSERK Day 4: SET C - “Affection”
“So, you're into astrology, right!” “It's astronomy. Astrology is -” “Yeah, yeah, whatever. I’ve got something to show you!” “…Wait, this leads to the roof, doesn’t it?” “Yup.” “Stop that, are you insane?” “No, you’re just boring. Come on, I’ve been up there like ten million times before. It’s safe, trust me.” "Yeah, because that sounds like a good idea." "Oi, I can hear you, you know." "Wouldn't make much sense saying it otherwise." "Heh, true enough."
I remember the moon's reflection in his eyes, that night. I remember the way he smiled, proud of his surprise for me. And I remember the warmth creeping up inside of me for the first time in my life.
It was the beginning of my personal demise.
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AKUSAIMONTH: BERSERK Day 3: SET C - “Friends”
“Why are you doing this?“ “Because we’re friends, why else?“ “… We are?“ “What?! Sure we are! Pft, so mean! Now you have to pay for the ice cream next time!“ “What?“ “Naaah, just joking, really, don’t take everything so serious. Come on, let’s get-” “I will.“ “Huh?“ “I will buy ice cream next time. Then I’ll show you my favourite.“ “You have a favourite ice cream?“ “Just what do you take me for? An alien?“ “Naaaa~ahaha. So, which one?“ “…Sea Salt.“ “Eww, sounds gross. Maybe you are an alien after all.“ “Oh, shut up.“ “…“ “Why are you grinning all of a sudden?“ “Nothing~ Come on, Isa, let’s get moving!“
It felt great. Having a friend.
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AKUSAIMONTH: BERSERK Day 2: SET C - “Only You or Except You”
Everyone knew to keep their distance to me. Just ignore the strange kid. It's impossible to talk to him anyway. Just what is wrong with him? He's creepy, isn't he? Everyone knew.
Except you.
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AKUSAIMONTH: BERSERK Day 1: SET C - “An Eternal Memory” (Prologue)
I swore I'd never forget. I wonder, did I keep this promise? I held the memory close, that much I can say, but still … In my rage, the hatred I didn't even acknowledge … Didn't I change it's meaning?
It is hard to understand why I acted the way I did in this quiet moment. No, not to understand. It is hard to believe. What a fool I have been. Had I acted differently … would I have been able to change fate? Had I been stronger, could I have been able to change the fact that it is you lying in front of me, motionless, once again?
“Wake up,” I whisper, knowing that you are probably not able to hear me. They keep telling me, that you don't. Yet, how would they know? When I was lost in darkness out of all things it was your voice I heard. So, wouldn't it make sense for you to hear mine as well?
When they tell me not to push myself too far I can feel a sense of empathy coming from them that I neither deserve nor wish for. I fake a smile nonetheless and promise. Another promise I am probably breaking in this twisted way of mine, without even knowing. This is all I can do for you, so I won't stop. For as long as it takes I will be staying by your side. I will keep the memory of you.
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AkuSaiMonth 2015
So, I am taking part in @misomilk 's AkuSaiMonth and seeing as I like to make things more complicated than they need to be, I decided to take all the prompts of card C to create a coherent story (More like story-doodle things) with it. This extra post helps me to keep things organized.
I will update this post regularly and link back to it!
Chapters
Day 01: An Eternal Memory (Prologue)
Day 02: Except You
Day 03: Friends
Day 04: Affection
Day 05: Lyrics (Hearts A Mess)
Day 06: Shapes (Silhouettes)
Day 07: Explosion
Day 08: Ultimate Demise
Day 09: Lyrics (Together)
Day 10: Free Space
Day 11: Patterns
Day 12: Gradient
Day 13: Blissful Ignorance
Day 14: To Be Left
Day 15: Acts of Love & Hate
Day 16: Disappearance
Day 17: Void
Day 18: Lyrics (Only If For A Night)
Day 19: Crush My Heart
Day 20: Blank Stare
(tbc!)
Prompt List
„What?! Again?! You’re cheating, just admit it!!“ „As if anyone had to cheat to win against you.“ „Oi! Now that calls for a rematch! Just you wait, you’re done for this time!“ „Well, 21-0 says differently.“ „Y-you --- STOP COUNTING ALREADY.“
(Headcannon: Isa has always been better at anything that has to do with computers or the like, including video games. He still is.)
Five more days till AkusaiMonth! I can’t wait! (Should I keep this one for it as well? Probably. But I’m not, huhu. Oh my … I’ve got a plan, wish me good luck everyone @_@”)
Some days would have been better if they just didn’t happen at all.
(referring to this post)
So, I decided to do it like this from now on. Writing all the background info on my pictures in an extra post, rather than stuffing it into the caption. I just don’t feel very well when people reblog pictures with my sometimes very personal thoughts in the captions. It’s strange to see that on other people’s blogs. Also, this way I can write to my heart’s content. All of the unnecessary stuff noone wants to know anyway! <3 Yay.
(I’ll tag this as “dias art blabber”, by the way.)
So, let’s do this. Background infos, thoughts and close ups below the cut.
Starting Point // Summary? There were three reasons for this picture: a) another onset of winter in the midst of May gave me the right inspiration to finally get that spring flower thing out of my head; b) the nice tags by some people added drastically to that + someone wrote that they “miss miss miss” my art and apparently they only ever see my akusais, so here you go ;) ; and c) it’s my 78th post. It called for some AkuSai. -like stuff.
Finding the motif // flowers The basic idea behind this picture was Roxas with this flower. We call them Sky’s/Heaven’s Keys. (sky and heaven are the same word in German ... I guess it means heaven, but I always understood it as sky. When I was a child I’d always imagine flying and unlocking the sky with one of those flowers …) They are my absolute favourite spring flowers and I found them fitting for Roxas. Not just because of the name, but also on an emotional base.
I figured quiet fast that I should get Xion and Axel onto the pic as well. Xion would of course get Forget-Me-Nots. Which is not very creative, I guess. xD Yet so undeniably fitting. For Axel it was Cuckoo’s Flowers. One of the few pink things I liked as a child. Probably because it wasn’t some “girlish baby colour”, but a really hot pink that really sticked out. Aaaalso, cuckoos are brood parasites, not so sure how you think about that, but in my opinion that connotation suits Axel.
// the rest Still I didn’t know how to get that onto a picture. Until it snowed some day in the middle of May. This was exactly the input I needed. I just thought, that if the Sea Salt Trio was spring flowers, then Saix would be the snow. The last picture followed to bring the picture to an end. It seemed so unfinished, almost like a lie, with the three of them happy.
Upload // Or: Tumblr hates me I did really have a hard time uploading this thing. I literally tried everything. Even with the supposingly working size of 540 x 810 px the pictures were still blurry ... I even tried to reduce the height by cutting the pictures into parts. Still blurry. At some point I just decided that I didn’t care anymore. They are clear on my blog or when they are clicked. That’s enough.
Close Ups // I promised them and here they are! That’s about the size I worked on when I was colouring, the original sketches are waaay smaller, they are drawn on DIN A4 paper (see comparison in the end).
I like to set these two into some sort of ... contrasting parallels? Like, creating opposites, yet showing the similarities at the same time. Wow, does this even make any sense? xD I used more colour on the bottom of the last picture, because I really wanted the red to be strong there. That image is supposed to have a sad at first and then almost hateful atmosphere. I wanted it to have an unsettling effect when scrolling down (and letting it sink in, of course).
Axel looks like a flower himself. x’D Especially in those colours …
When my youngest sister saw the picture with the three of them she asked me, if they were marrying. x’D
Size comparison with the actual drawing; the flowers in their hands are like super mini tiny.
So, in case you did read this, thanks a lot! Would you mind letting me know what you think about it, please? Like, does it make sense to do this? What are the interesting parts? What is not? Anything else that you would like to know/see? Did you like the close ups?
Anyway, thank you very very much for showing interest! :D That’s basically the reason for me to finish pictures and put them up on here. You, that is.
Winter has to pass away for spring to arise Yet for spring flowers wilt so fast nothing remains in the end
Background infos and close ups here. (if it looks blurry on the dashboard, please view it on my blog)
Riku Appreciation Week | Day 2: Quote
I gave in to darkness once and ever since it’s chased me in one form or another.
The Seeker of Darkness who stole my body. A puppet replica of the shadows in my heart.
And now … I’m facing me.
Riku Appreciation Week | Day 1: Favourite Appearance So, this felt like the perfect opportunity to finally, well, draw some Riku. I absolutely love hin im 3D. I could run around as him all the time! (ReCoded is very close though, DataRiku is my little darling, haha.)
So, when I’m studying and Schlüsselwortheuristik (keyword heuristic) suddenly becomes Schlüsselschwertheuristik (keyblade heuristic), then I guess it’s time to go to sleep.
Finally finished playing all the Professor Layton games (except for the ones only available in JP), and: I’M IN LOVE. (All this logic, all this consistency T u T It makes me so happy~) Miracle Mask is my favourite!! And Azran Legacy. And The Unwound Future. And Randall. RANDALL. And Alfendi. ALFENDI. And EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING!!
Thank you all very, very much! :’) I know 100 (or 113, which is the actual count at the moment!) is not much compared to other people’s blogs, but it feels so much for me! I’m so glad there are so many people interested in my stuff, even when I have those huge breaks, where I’m just gone for weeks.
Really, thank you all for your support!! (This was planned as a counterpart to this and actually for when my follower count would reach 87, but that happened way too fast then. ^^” Like, 5 days later.)
Everything's going to be alright, in one way or another. I promise.
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]
And goodbye year of Xion. :) I wish everyone of you all the best for the new year, may it be healthy and successful and full of joy!
To: Dia (herzblutrose) From: Worldie (theworldwatchesyou) Message: Merry Christmas! c: I really hope you like this little video I made you! <33 Enjoy your holidays!
Okay, I decided I should pull myself together and draw something for at least the last day! Because today morning the time has finally come and 2.5 ReMix will be also available here in Europe! Yay!!
You know what I’m looking forward to the most? The new “secret” movie in Re:Coded!! I’m not sure if I should hope for the expectations I got from the bits and pieces I gathered here on Tumblr to be right or not. Because, if they’re wrong, I might be disappointed.
But if they are right, then I will be terrified.
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.
"Sure hope you don't have friends like him." 11 Days.
The look on Lea's face in this scene hurts my physically. It gives me the urge to apology and the despair of knowing I wouldn't be able to do it. I love and hate this scene so much, haha.
"But I promise to be there one day to wake you up." 12 Days.
Okay, imagine how different everything would have been if Aqua hadn't sacrificed herself for Terranort. It's sad that it was an act of deep friendship that paved the way for so many bad things ...
13 Days left. I love the first three hours of KH2, when you're still playing as Roxas. It really smashes my heart, time after time. All those sad things, and all those nice things as well ... The more good things happen, the harder it is to see them taken away from him.
When I played KH2 for the first time, I refused using the skateboard later on as Sora. I missed Roxas so much, I didn't want to let Sora replace him for good. It was just a small act, and it was actually pretty stupid, because I like the skateboard very much and you're so much faster with it, but still.
"Hey, how about one date?" 14 Days.
Zack Fair is my favourite character ever and I am so happy they included him in BBS!! One of my big wishes for KH3 is for him to appear again, it doesn't even have to be anything important, I just want to know that he is fine. (I take the fact that he leaves link portals in DDD as a sign of that, but you know, it would still be nice to have it really confirmed...) Anyway, in the meantime I'll be looking forward to see him again in 2.5 Remix!! = u = (two more weeks!)
"Thanks, guys!" 15 Days.
Re:Coded is one of my absolute favourite games ever. For me it's probably the funniest game in terms of gameplay and still it's so incredibly sad and heartbreaking. I mean, fighting while there's Riku's or Roxas' Theme playing?! I'm really sad that it's "just" a movie in 2.5 Remix ... u _ u But I am sure I will love it anyway :) And hey, SECRET MOVIE.
Re:Coded is actually the game that made me like Sora. I disliked him very much when I started in on the KH series five years ago – I started with KH2, followed by 358/2 Days, followed by BBS. I had immediately a strong connection to Roxas, but Sora ... For me he was just a bad replacement (somehow ironic), and I could never forgive him for running around killing people so easily. I mean, yes, they are Nobodies, but still ... Only Re:Coded made me realize then that Sora is (still) a really really really cool character, DDD did then do the rest.
And I just love DataRiku.
"He was weak." 17 Days.
I'm so looking forward to see the Final Mix cut scenes ingame!! = u = / So much more Saix. So much more emotional Saix, höhö.
(Also, I love the fact that Axel and Saix are sitting across from each other in the Round Room. I can't stop imagining Axel to grin and wave into Saix' direction, especially in the beginning when they first joint the Organization - and if just to cheer him up.)
"Behold. These lifeless keys used to be full of power." 16 Days.
I love Birth by Sleep just so incredibly much <3 And this was probably the most awesome finale I have ever seen in any game. I played the end so often that I soon knew all the lines by heart – and I had a great time annoying everyone who had just a remote idea of what Kingdom Hearts is with my immitation of Master Xehanort. Ah yes, good old times. xDDD
18 Days left.
This is one of the things I'm looking forward the most? OH YES. Roll, VenVen, roll.