Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

YOU GOT IT BOSS!

The initial fic is right here, "darkness in the basement" (i really need to keep working on the fic oof)

but I'll go into more detail here (including a bit of spoilers under the cut because i really wanna blabber about this)

Okay so! When Ventus destroyed their heart, his half got rescued by Sora, but Vanitas' half was basically cast out into the void with no body to return to. So when Aqua brought Ventus' empty body to the Land of Departure and subsequently Castle Oblivion, he was dragged along with, ending up in the lowest floor while Ventus slept in the highest floor.

He's stuck as a Flood now because he no longer has a body. I like to think the Vanitas Remnant really is that; a pitiful attempt at anything that's left of him trying to restructure himself, but only ending up as an Unversed recreation. That's what the Vanitas in this story is, his mind was too weak to truly bring himself back initially and that's why he's in the form of an Unversed at first, because he's not human anymore. Up until a certain point. It's also why his dark suit is now white instead of red (there's no symbol on his helmet though).

Eventually, with the help of

inhumane science experiments

he gains enough energy to have the ability to transform into other forms of Unversed, though the Flood tends to be his preferred form until he regains his human appearance. But you can't exactly sit on someone's shoulder parrot-style as human, now can you?

Skipping forwards a lot, Vanitas eventually ends up in Radiant Garden around the time of Dream Drop Distance and after being a little shit for a few weeks, is finally reunited with the only person he's ever really tolerated that he watched, you know, die. I say "tolerated" because they weren't really friends in Castle Oblivion, only truly bonding in Radiant Garden and become practically inseparable (you know those neck pillows? yeah that's flood form vanitas wrapped around ienzo's shoulders)

Also because he's still connected to Ventus, he feels when Xehanort tries to possess Sora and ends up having a panic attack because he thinks Xehanort is coming after him again :)))

(the image is bigger then i intended but meh)

design from my vanitas and ienzo friendship au where vanitas is turned into a flood after dying bbs, trapped in the basement of castle oblivion, and eventually gains the ability to transform into any unversed form

one common thing is the red marks along his chest being consistent in every form. this includes his human form, both on his skin and the dark suit, which has turned to similar colors to the remnant colors, just with the remaining red on his chest.

imagining riku's parents get sora his own mattress to set up on the floor(they try to get him a bed frame too but he refuses, he can just hide under riku's bed after all :]) and he turns it into a mountain of blankets and pillows to burrow into ❤️

or alternatively, he creates a blanket and pillow den under riku's bed so now he's safe from prying eyes AND comfy :D

rediscovered your monster sora au and i have been having so many thoughts about it since, especially after reading the fics.

which makes me have to wonder "what is his living situation like later on?", like do sora and riku live together? does sora stay hiding from everyone else? do riku's parents learn about him? do any of the other children learn about him?

sorry for rambling i'm just absolutely in love with the concept. (very tempted to write something of this au >_>)

So, eventually Riku’s parents find out. And once they get over the shock of discovering what is essentially an alien in their son’s room, Sora becomes part of the family. He sleeps in Riku’s room <3

I’m still not sure if the rest of the island would ever find out (it would have to be after Kairi arrives), but Kairi definitely does (as Riku and Sora’s little kid brains are like “she’s also from another world maybe she knows Sora’s?”) and I think a friend of Riku’s mom finds out too? (With her being what would have been Sora’s mom if he wasn’t a monster. And she finds out cuz Sora gets super sick at one point and she’s like, a doctor or something)

And then eventually it just starts up with kh1

(Also I would be VERY honored if u ever did 🥹)

can't believe trying to help someone find this picture and as soon as i find it their post is deleted :(

child zora and river minish :)

okay so i'm combining two posts for this one since they're the same premise, fanmade keyblades.

its name is Wayward Void, and it's made for a fanfic i wanna write, basically a "what if the fusion worked but not really and now it's a two minds controlling one body type of scenario?"

this ones name is Lone Dark, and it's also made for a fanfic of an au i have of baldr being sent to quadratum and becoming friends with strelitzia (and eventually sora), getting to start a new life free from the battles of light and darkness and heal

@enthusiasticscientist 's sona

original

They sleep

imagine you're beefing with this unassuming quiet lady and her dork of a guan just transforms into a god damn trex

they got bored and followed him to moogle walmart

based on a prompt website

i love how the first boss is literally just a normal ass chuchu but you're so small compared to it

anyways more minish link because i love him very much