Kingdom Hearts: Blank Slate

Kingdom Hearts: Blank Slate is a Kingdom Hearts Fan Fiction written (poorly) by Deadbeatloser22. It started out as an attempt to subvert as many of the tropes commonly associated with the KH Self-Insert Fic as possible (an aim that falls flat on its face around the seventh chapter), and so features an OC who isn't Trapped in TV Land and who doesn't get a Keyblade at the start,, and then grew into what is there today.

Complete at Seventeen chapters (plus Epilogue) and 39000 words in length.

Has a sequel, Kingdom Hearts Tabula Rasa.

The Fic contains appearances from the following games and films:

 * Final Fantasy VII
 * Final Fantasy VIII
 * Classic Disney Shorts
 * The Sword in the Stone
 * Robin Hood
 * Pirates of the Caribbean
 * Hercules (Location only)

This Fanfic provides examples of:
"Maybe I can get the next bit done before Birth By Sleep comes out in Japan and whatever backstory I had planned is contradicted..."
 * Aerith and Bob:
 * Agony Beam:
 * Alternate Universe: Rendered as such by Birth By Sleep, which came out during the final part of the story. From the Chapter Eleven Author's notes:

"Sora: "How long have you been carrying those for?""
 * Back-to-Back Badasses: Riku and Sora in the Outlaw's Forest,
 * Being Tortured Makes You Evil:
 * BFS:
 * Big Damn Heroes:
 * Blood From the Mouth: Non-fatal variant,
 * Bloodless Carnage: Subverted, Heartless claws will occasionally draw blood.
 * Bolivian Army Cliffhanger:
 * Chekhov's Gun:
 * Cerebus Syndrome:
 * Circling Birdies: Jon can almost see the stars dancing round Sora's head after
 * Cliff Stack
 * Cold-Blooded Torture:
 * Colossus Climb:
 * Comm Links: The communicator Gummi Blocks. Can even be used to track the holder across multiple worlds.
 * Continuation: Picks up about a month after KH2's Cliff Hanger/SequelHook.
 * Conveniently-Timed Attack From Behind:
 * Cooldown Hug:
 * Crazy Prepared: Jon just happens to have a pair of Binoculars when they need to spy on the Pelegostos Village. Lampshaded:

"Jon:Antagonising the guy who could probably cut you to pieces in one sweep. Nice job."
 * Damn You, Muscle Memory!:
 * Death Glare:
 * Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?: Jon to . Lampshaded as a bad idea:

"Tia Dalma: "Be wary though. For the time will come again when you must face your darkness once more.""
 * Damsel in Distress:
 * Dude in Distress:
 * Disturbed Doves: Will being caught in the Pelegostos trap causes birds to take flight when he shouts.
 * Dressing as the Enemy:
 * Dual-Wielding: Riku does this with his Keyblade and a cutlass in Calypso's Maelstrom.
 * Dynamic Entry:
 * Everything Fades:
 * Evil Sounds Deep:
 * Eyes of Gold:
 * Fake Memories:
 * Falling Into the Cockpit: Jon, when
 * Fast Roping: How the party gains access to Castle Infinity.
 * Fingerless Gloves: Jon takes to wearing these after
 * Five-Man Band:
 * The Hero: Sora
 * The Lancer:
 * The Big Guy: Riku
 * The Chick: Kairi
 * Sixth Ranger:
 * Foreshadowing: With all the subtlety of a brick to the head, such as this little exchange:

"Jon: "Those claws don't half sting.""
 * Fragile Speedster:
 * Glowing Eyes of Doom:.
 * Grievous Harm with a Body: Jon catches a Shadow on his Beam sword and throws it into a crowd of them.
 * Gunship Rescue:
 * Half-Human Hybrid:.
 * Harmless Electrocution:
 * Harmless Freezing: Averted,
 * Headphones Equal Isolation: Jon.
 * Healing Hands: Kairi.
 * Heterosexual Life Partners:
 * How Many Fingers?: Jon to Sora, after
 * Humongous Mecha:
 * Hyperspace Arsenal: Both used and averted; Keyblades are pulled from Hammerspace, but Jon's Beam Sword is explicitly on his belt when he's not using it.
 * Kneel Before Zod:
 * Laser Blade: Jon's weapon, a Beam Sword, is basically an Energy Sword made of Thunder Magic.
 * Little No:
 * Locked Out of the Fight:
 * Major Injury Underreaction: Jon's reaction to having one arm slashed open:
 * Major Injury Underreaction: Jon's reaction to having one arm slashed open:

"Sora: "My power has grown, but it doesn't just come from the Keyblade. My friends are my power, and as they believe in me, I believe in them.""
 * Medium Awareness: Hearing the soundtrack variation;
 * Mexican Standoff: Namechecked.
 * Mind Rape:
 * Missing Mom:

"Sora: "I'll have two cheeseburgers and a large order of fries..."
 * My Death Is Just the Beginning:
 * Nausea Fuel: In-universe, Gibbs' description of the Kraken nearly makes Jon throw up over the side of the Longboat.
 * Non-Lethal KO: Attacking a human with a Beam Sword produces similar effects to a taser, given it's an electric-based weapon.
 * Non Sequitur Thud: Sora,

Jon: "What?""

"Sora: "Well..." Jon: "If you say 'I told you so', so help me I'll whack you.""
 * Normally I Would Be Dead Now: Jon muses on this after waking up in Davy Jones' Locker.
 * Not-So-Innocent Whistle: Sora, after.
 * Odd Name Out: Jon.
 * Old School Dogfighting:
 * One-Winged Angel:
 * Ordinary High School Student: Jon. Sort of.
 * Orphan's Plot Trinket:
 * Outrun the Fireball: Star Wars style.
 * Painting the Medium: Anyone wearing an Organisation coat with the hood up speaks in italics.
 * Paint It Black:
 * Retired Badass:
 * Self-Insert Fic: Noted in the Fan Fic Header.
 * Shell Game:
 * Shout-Out: Also noted in the header, with the "bits sporked from other continuities" bumf. For example, Jon spends a lot of time using a music player to try to block out the world.
 * There's also a rip of the last bit of "Crew Expendable" from Call of Duty 4, with Sora essentially standing in for Captain Price and Jon for Soap.
 * And another of the end to "The Hornet's Nest" from Modern Warfare 2, with Sora, Riku and Jon standing in for Soap, Ghost and Roach, and  standing in for Nikolai.
 * And a Halo 3: ODST rip, with a Darkside instead of a Brute Chieftain.
 * Sora's Non Sequitur Thud is lifted from Digimon Adventure 02
 * death is almost identical to the way Regeneration is shown in the new series.
 * Exactly as planned...
 * Skunk Stripe:.
 * Strapped to An Operating Table:.
 * Super Mode:
 * Take My Hand: Subverted, trying to do this pulls Sora and Jon off the Gummi Ship and into the maw of the Kraken.
 * Teens Are Short: To be expected; Jon's established as being shorter than Kairi.
 * The Power of Friendship: Sora repeats his "my friends are my power" line after
 * The Reveal:
 * Throwing Your Keyblade Always Works: Sora throws his Keyblade at
 * Time Skip:
 * Took a Level In Badass:  Kairi's also moved up to competent fighter, going through the Sheriff's men, Heartless   with moderate ease.
 * Trapped in TV Land: Subverted, Jon comes from a world that's basically a Modern Earth analogue, but isn't from the "real" world.
 * Trap Is the Only Option: Most of the characters recognise  as one. Lampshaded later:

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 * True Companions:
 * Unstoppable Rage:.
 * Unusually Uninteresting Sight: Subverted, people in Tortuga do notice Goofy, but assume he's something they're imagining whilst drunk, then go back to drinking again.
 * Ditto for The Heartless in Shipwreck.
 * Watching The Sunrise:
 * Weapon of Choice: Altered slightly, in that
 * Where Are They Now? Epilogue:
 * Wound That Will Not Heal:
 * You Can Barely Stand: