History Fanfic / Startide

* WhatWouldXDo: Xion's [[LeeroyJenkins reckless decision]] to charge off into the Underworld is motivated by her asking "What would Sora do?", and Roxas reluctantly agrees with the logic even though he thinks it's a bad idea.

The fic can be found [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13220339/1/Startide here]] or [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/17986439/chapters/42486980 here]].

* HappilyAdopted: Naminé has been taken in by Kairi's parents, who decide that she's just as much their daughter as Kairi is.

* NightmareSequence: Xion has recurring nightmares about her time as an empty puppet in the second Organization XIII, as her utter lack of self at the time completely terrifies her in the present. She also relives other nightmares that Xehanort made her experience about hurting her friends while she was a vessel, apparently just to further torment her.

* SociallyAwkwardHero: The recompleted Nobodies are mentally in their teens, but have only been alive for about a year, and as such some things go over their heads. At one point, Tidus gives Naminé his phone number on a piece of paper, only for her, Xion, and Roxas to have no clue what it means. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Lea has to stop himself from laughing]].

The fic can be found [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13220339/1/Startide here]].

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: At one point, Roxas's Gummiphone is stolen, and he's incredibly insistent that they have to get it back. Xion eventually asks why he's so bothered by it, especially since hers is fine, and after thinking on it, Roxas realizes that it reminds him of how everything in his life was borrowed and taken away before he re-merged with Sora, and something that's unequivocally ''his'' being stolen brings up old resentments.
* BigBad: A figure in an Organization XIII coat is working to ensure the Flood of Light is partially successful, though he states he's not working for the Organization's goals. It's implied by the figure's manner of speech and abilities that it's [[spoiler:Lauriam, the recompleted Marluxia]], which is later confirmed, and afterward is revealed to be working with [[spoiler:Elrena, the recompleted Larxene]].

** To a lesser extent, things are awkward between Terra and the former members of Organization XIII, due to Xehnort having stolen his body for a decade and his obvious resemlance to Xemnas.

* FightingYourFriend: Roxas has to fight a mind-controlled Xion in the Olympus Colosseum, with Hades threatening to make her [[PsychicAssistedSuicide kill herself]] to stop Hercules from interfering.
* ForgivenButNotForgotten: Roxas is still holding onto a grudge against Riku and Ansem the Wise for everything they did to make him re-merge with Sora. While he's let go of most of his resentment, understanding that they did it to save a friend and regret things recpectively, he's not in any hurry to be on close terms with either of them.

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Roxas and Xion inherited Sora's love of pirates, and eagerly agree to work with a pirate crew to find one of the Keyholes. Unfortunately, the pirate leader just so happens to be Captain Hook, and it takes an encounter with Peter Pan for the Keybearers to realize that these pirates are bad news.

* LongLostSibling: Roxas and Naminé apparently had a chat after the battle with Xehanort to pin down their relationship, and they decided that, since they were created from the same incident, they're twin siblings. [[SiblingSenioritySquabble Roxas claims he's older]].
* TheLostLenore: The scheme of the BigBad is all but stated to be [[spoiler:Lauriam trying to resurrect Strelitzia by somehow accessing the Final World through the Sleeping Realm]].

* NightmareSequence: Xion has recurring nightmares about her time as an empty puppet in the second Organization XIII, as her utter lack of self at the time completely terrifies her in the present. She also notes that Xehanort made her experience other nightmares about hurting her friends while she was a vessel, apparently just to further torment her.

** Also, Riku gave Naminé a hair ribbon as a housewarming present. Roxas and Lea are gleeful about something new to tease Riku about.
* SociallyAwkwardHero: The recompleted Nobodies have only been alive for about a year, despite being mentally in their teens, and as such some things go over their heads. At one point, Tidus gives Namine his phone number on a piece of paper, only for her, Xion, and Roxas to have no clue what it is. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Lea has to stop himself from laughing]].

* VillainTeamUp: The mysterious BigBad agrees to steal Pandora's Box from Olympus for Hades, and in exchange Hades will provide information on how to access the Final World. [[spoiler:[[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder Predictably]], Hades reneges on his side of the deal after the Box is retrieved, admitting that [[ILied he has no idea how to get to the Final World in the first place]]]].

* CanonWelding: Enchanted Dominion, the world of ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'', has the fairy moors from ''Film/Maleficent'', and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV Rydia]] grew up there.

** In this fic, the Destiny Islands are the world of WesternAnimation/Moana several centuries in the future. Knowledge of the events of the film has long since faded to legend, but apparently served as an inspiration to a young Sora.

** In this fic, the Destiny Islands are the world of ''WesternAnimation/Moana'' several centuries in the future. Knowledge of the events of the film has long since faded to legend, but apparently served as an inspiration to a young Sora.

''Startide'' is a ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' fanfiction written by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/954778/Regiss Regiss]]. It is a Spiritual Successor to the author's previous FanFic/RememberTheTides series. Several week after the events of VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII, the Keybearers are adjusting to a time of relative peace, with Roxas and Xion in particular happy to fully exist once more. Unfortunately, the peaceful times are not to last, and soon a new threat to the worlds arises that only the two of them can stop. All the while, another enemy lurks in the shadows, waiting to take advantage of the situation for their own mysterious purposes...

* LongLostSibling: Roxas and Naminé apparently had a chat after the battle with Xehanort to pin down their relationship, and they decided that, since they were created from the same incident, they're twin siblings. [[SiblingSeniorityDispute Roxas claims he's older]].

The fic can be found [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13220339/1/Startide]].

* HappilyAdopted: Namine has been taken in by Kairi's parents, who decide that she's just as much their daughter as Kairi is.
* HeroicBSOD: Xion getting mind-controlled by Hades sends her and Roxas into one, for having to relive her trauma all over again and for not stopping her reckless plan, respectively. Lea tags along on their next visit to help get them out of the funk.

* LeroyJenkins: Xion decides to sneak into the Underworld to destroy Hades' soul-binding statues of her and Roxas. She's unaware of the Underworld Curse that saps her strength, which Hercules would've told her about if she had consulted him first, and gets captured and mind-controlled by Hades as a result.
* TheLostLenore: The scheme of the BigBad is heavily implied to be [[spoiler:Lauriam trying to resurrect Strelitzia by somehow accessing the Final World through the Sleeping Realm]].

* PlotTaileredToTheParty: The Flood of Light threatens to overwhelm a world with pure light and plunge it into the Sleeping Realm, and to safeguard a world, its Keyhole has to be closed with a Keyblade. However, the sheer power of light coming out of the Keyhole stops normal people from getting too close, but Nobodies, who exist apart from the light and dark, are immune to this effect. Thus, only Roxas and Xion, as Nobodies wielding Keyblades, can properly lock Keyholes threatened by the Flood.

** Namine is shown to have learned to summon light chains from Terra.
* WhatWouldXDo: Xion's [[LeroyJenkins reckless decision]] to charge off into the Underworld is motivated by her asking "What would Sora do?", and Roxas reluctantly agrees with the logic even though he thinks it's a bad idea.