actually on the topic of the khx novel, I wanna say that I thought about this passage a lot while writing Overmorrow:

“Ephemer stopped and looked up at the sky. It had been pouring on the day of the battle, but now the sky was clear. You’d think the weather right after an apocalypse would be dark and oppressive, but maybe it wasn’t. Maybe it was just this: gentle breezes and clear skies stretching off into eternity. And the world hadn’t been destroyed.”

It’s a simple paragraph, a brief description of him arriving at the Keyblade Graveyard, but it’s really profound to me

how many times has something absolutely horrible and life-changing happened to you, only for the sun to come up the next day, for the sky to be clear, for everything to be beautiful and bright…all while you’re still in shock, still grieving, unable to appreciate any of it

I like to think Ephemer went to/was at the keyblade graveyard first not because he just so happened to be early, but because he wanted to take some time to pay his respects before meeting the other union leaders.

He must’ve felt so guilty, being unable to save everyone. Being one of the “lucky ones” chosen to escape the war, and having the responsibility of looking after the other survivors. It’s really dark when you think about it, to have to then meet up with the other leaders in the exact place where so many wielders just perished. It’s all still so fresh.

He’s the only one to enter from an indiscernible distance (center stage, if you will), walking amongst the dead keys. We don’t know how long he’s been there. Everyone else might’ve done the same thing, but I found it interesting that emphasis was put on showing him being there, alone, and I don’t think it was just because he was the first to arrive / the head of the group. The chi novel did a good job of pointing this out, albeit briefly, and gives a tiny glimpse into what he might’ve been thinking about at the time.

I also think it makes for a good parallel with Xehanort later paying his respects at the Scala graveyard, another tragedy with more victims than survivors in and of itself.

I hope Brain gets to lie about the age of fairytales while in KHML Scala. He can just make shit up and no one can disprove him because why would he lie when he's such a trusted friend of the Founder and someone who actually lived through it all?

And like specifically I hope he lies about silly shit. "Back in my day the horses FLEW. Yes, flew. They'd fill the skies and blot out the sun like rainclouds. Rode one, once. Nearly fell to my death, but my quick thinking saved me. These modern horses y'all have? Pitiful. Don't even have wings."

Ephemer up in Keyblade wielder heaven is laughing his ass off.

anyone wanna hear Ephywephy saying “cringe” and “angsty” back to back?

yes you do, here’s Mikleo (same voice actor)

When in doubt draw Ephemer I guess?

the besties <3

I'm sure someone else has thought about this before but it just occurred to me. keyblades being able to open locks willy nilly is fine when it's just one single person with that power, like, yeah, keyblades are extremely unique powerful objects, but how the hell was that working in the old days when keyblades were all over the place and everyone had one? did they just have to go on the honor system that people wouldn't break into each other's things? did they have special anti-keyblade mechanisms that were lost to time? did people lock things with stupidly elaborate puzzles that are so complex that the keyblade no longer registered them as locks that can be unlocked

Brain: When I get murdered, can you make sure I become an unsolved case?

Ephemer: wHat?

Brain: I want to be on Buzzfeed Unsolved.

Ephemer: Can we go back to the part when you said “when I get murdered”?

Bloodlines and whatnot

if we ignore all the stuff that's gone wrong ive kind of had nothing but wins

Ephemer

Hair up and ready to go

pov: you just got assigned to the most overzealous kid in all of Daybreak Town (Ephy and Chirithy doodle dump)

inspired by @magechancellor’s ask! I like your idea that he stressed out his Chirithy a lot in his early days 😆

Check out this really cute looking drawing of Ephemer by KH13.com’s tetoucha!

fluffy little cloud kid ☁️