Line #72 Fanfic/RememberTheTides


1	''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9580894/1/Remember-the-Tides Remember the Tides]]'' is a ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' fanfiction written by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/954778/Regiss Regiss]]. It counts around 190,000 words divided into 52 chapters and an epilogue. The sequel is [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10107554/1/The-Tides-Go-Out The Tides Go Out]], which was then followed by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11816987/1/On-the-Way-to-a-Smile On the Way to a Smile]]. A collection of one-off stories titled [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10240228/1/Imaginary-Numbers Imaginary Numbers]] were also published.
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3	The story is a what-if scenario AU that picks up during the last days of ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2 Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days]]''. The climactic fight during the 357th Day ended with [[TheHeroDies Roxas’ defeat by Xion’s hand]]. Absorbing her old friend’s powers the young keyblade wielder knows that she has to return to [[TheHero Sora]] in order to stop [[StandardEvilOrganizationSquad Organization XIII]]. But during the process of being reabsorbed a problem is encountered: Xion has a heart, which hampered her fusion with Sora. [[LaserGuidedAmnesia Awakening on the Destiny Islands with no memories]] the girl now has to evade Organization XIII as well as find out about a past she can’t remember. Meanwhile Sora awakens and set’s out on another journey not knowing that half his power still rests within Xion.
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5	After an extended hiatus, the series was officially cancelled partway into the third story, On the Way to a Smile, with the final posted chapter being [[WhatCouldHaveBeen the plans for the rest of that story and the sequel]]. However some months later the author started FanFic/{{Startide}}, a new story set post-[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII Kingdom Hearts III]] which, while not a sequel, is a SpiritualSuccessor.
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7	The author has a Tumblr where he occasionally posts behind the scenes info [[http://regiss-tides.tumblr.com/ here]].
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10	!!Remember the Tides contains examples of:
11	* AbortedArc: [[{{WesternAnimation/Gargoyles}} Xanatos]] looking for a way to travel worlds and control the Heartless only showed up for one chapter and never went anywhere.
12	%%* AmnesiacHero: Xion up until Chapter 41.
13	%%* AntiHero: [=DiZ=] & Riku are this.
14	%%* AntiVillain: Axel because of his friendship with Xion.
15	%%* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: Riku versus Ansem. [[spoiler:Twice.]]
16	%%* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Lea. And Vanitas to an extent, though he's actually the Remnant optional boss from ''Birth by Sleep''.]]
17	%%* BigBad: Xemnas, at least in part 1. Though he has some competition.
18	* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler:Braig and Vanitas' Remnant in the sequel.]]
19	* BigBadEnsemble: Xehanort's forces on one side, Maleficent's on the other.
20	** In the sequel Maleficent is still going at it while [[spoiler:Braig and Vanitas' Remnant]] have taken Xemnas' place.
21	* BigBadWannabe: Averted. The author has stated his goal of ''not'' making Maleficent into this like she becomes in canon.
22	* BreakingTheFourthWall: [[Franchise/WinnieThePooh Pooh and his friends]] speak with the narrator on occasion, as in the source material.
23	* TheCameo: Traverse Town is full of Disney characters, from both movies and television shows, befitting its status as a refugee world.
24	* CantLiveWithoutYou: As a result of Xion not returning to Sora, the two of them share the same life energy, and get tired very quickly if they fight while separated.
25	* CerebusSyndrome: While the first story had some depressing moments, ''The Tides Go Out'' really ups the ante on gruesome fight scenes and {{Tear Jerker}}s.
26	* TheChessmaster: Xemnas, again. [[spoiler:And Braig as well.]]
27	* CombatBreakdown: [[spoiler:The final battle between Xion and Vanitas. While it never goes as far as a fistfight, Xion gets [[ThePowerOfHate angrier and angrier]] until she just attacks wildly with no concern for her own safety.]]
28	* CompleteImmortality: [[spoiler:Garland]] at the very least is proof against death from physical damage and regular types of magical attacks, and he doesn't seem to starve to death or die of thirst, though he can be incapacitated and imprisoned while healing. His very impressive armor is not primarily for his protection but [[spoiler:to keep him from mutating into a powerful monstrous entity and contain him.]]
29	* ConflictingLoyalty: Axel is torn between his friendship to Xion and his duties to the Organization. [[spoiler:He chooses Xion.]]
30	* TheDragon
31	** CoDragons: Saix and Xigbar are this in Organization XIII, [[spoiler:and Braig and Vanitas are to Xehanort.]]
32	** DragonWithAnAgenda: Xigbar[[spoiler:/Braig]].
33	*** [[spoiler:ManBehindTheMan]]
34	* DreamingOfTimesGoneBy: [[spoiler:Thanks to Ven's heart.]]
35	* EmotionBomb: It's learned a little too late, but [[spoiler:Xion's reaction to Vanitas]] is due to this trope more than due to her being traumatized. This is important in the final battle of the second story, as [[spoiler:once Vanitas managed to isolate Xion he was able to make her freak out so badly she completely forgot that fighting him was the one thing she wasn't supposed to do.]]
36	* EnemyWithin: Ansem to Riku, and played up more than the games use it.
37	* {{Expy}}: In-universe, [[spoiler:Sephiroth]] is one of Vanitas. He was created from [[spoiler:Cloud]] the same way Ven and Vanitas got split up.
38	* FightingYourFriend: Xion has to do this more than once.
39	** The story starts with her confrontation with Roxas.
40	** [[spoiler:Also the two times she has to fight Axel.]]
41	** [[spoiler:In the second-to-last chapter of the first story, Xemnas forces her to fight Sora.]]
42	* FinalBoss: Xemnas in the first story, [[spoiler:Xehanort]] in the second.
43	* GoldfishPoopGang: Without Maleficent to push them around Pete and Abis Mal basically are this.
44	* KilledOffForReal: Roxas.
45	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Xion for a good chunk of the first story. [[spoiler:And Xehanort is still convinced that he's actually Ansem the Wise, unable to remember being Terra or Master Xehanort.]]
46	* ManipulativeBastard: Xigbar[[spoiler:/Braig]] is this towards Xion and Naminé.
47	* MeaningfulEcho: Seems to be a case of AuthorAppeal given how often it pops up.
48	* ThePowerOfHate: While a number of villains rely on negative emotions to various degrees, the most noteworthy example is [[spoiler:Terra's armor, which maintains its will to kill Xehanort for over a decade.]]
49	* PullTheThread: [[spoiler:The third story starts with Lea taking note of a PlotHole in his memories caused by Xion's absence, and trying to figure out which friend Axel had died saving.]]
50	* PunchClockVillain: Demyx as usual.
51	* RankScalesWithAsskicking: [[spoiler:Aqua]] proves the prowess of a Keyblade Master by nearly single-handedly destroying the [[TrueFinalBoss Dark Hide]] with ''Birth By Sleep'' techniques (which neither Xion nor Sora knew about, much less could do) while the rest of the cast basically stands back and watches in awe.
52	* RetGone: Xion doesn't quite give everything back to Sora to awaken him, so this is averted. [[spoiler:Until she frees Ven's heart.]]
53	** Played with in virtual space: this happens to anyone who derezzes [[spoiler:in the Twilight Town simulation]] as far as the natural inhabitants are concerned, but outsiders are not fooled.
54	* SplitPersonalityMerge: Roxas with Xion in the first chapter. [[spoiler:And Naminé with Kairi later on, much to Sora's distress.]]
55	* SplitPersonalityTakeover: Riku is terrified of Ansem devouring his heart and taking over his body. [[spoiler:He succeeds for a while, too.]]
56	* ShoutOut: The ninth chapter of ''The Tides Go Out'' quotes the ''Anime/DigimonTamers'' movie a couple times.
57	* TheStationsOfTheCanon: Mostly in the first story, which was largely a retelling of ''Kingdom Hearts II''. Since then though there have still been alternate takes on the rest of the series, just under different context. For example, while the plot of ''Dream Drop Distance'' never actually happens Joshua still gives [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifi94QZHgI8 his speech]] from that game to Sora and Xion, but when he does so is under a situation only vaguely related to the canon scene.
58	** In this story, Riku's final battle with Ansem from ''3D'' instead happens [[spoiler:as a BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind while Ansem is controlling his body and in the middle of a fight with Vanitas.]]
59	%%* TrueCompanions: Sora, Xion, Donald & Goofy gradually become this.
60	%%* UndyingLoyalty: The Samurai Nobodies display this towards Roxas and Xion.
61	%%* VillainDecay: Averted with Maleficent unlike in canon.
62	* VillainousRescue: Maleficent twice, in the same context as her rescues in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII''. [[spoiler:And Ansem saves Xion and Sora from Xemnas. Though it turns out [[SubvertedTrope that it was actually Riku]].]]
63	* WaxingLyrical: When a Disney character isn't outright singing, chances are they're at least repeating the lyrics from a song.
64	* WhamLine: [[spoiler:"Xigbar? As if. My name's Braig. I never became a Nobody."]]
65	%%* WhoWantsToLiveForever: [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyI Garland]]]]
66	%%* XanatosSpeedChess: [[spoiler:Braig]] admits that he's playing this in the sequel.

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