KHI Interviews: Dat nigga XIII Heartless!

[lilVon]

Did them boxes like a boss! Enjoy guys!

1stly id like to thank you for taking time out your busy schedule to do this. How about you start by telling us a little about yourself?

No problem, you kinda took me by surprise by asking me. There's plenty of people on here I'd think are more interesting than me lol. Well I'm 19-years young, studying.....something at Rice University while running track and working on my music. I'm a songwriter and I've recently taken interest in making tracks like those Yoko Shimomura makes. I love to read too, especially fantasy novels. I'm a sucker for anything with a strong narrative, which is why I love hip hop artist who have meaningful lyrics, and why I love KH and FF type games. =)

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I chose you because I wanted someone who was a long time user here but maybe wasn't quite as well known as well known as others, also I wanted someone who didn't have a thing to do with #Junes. Also your son is adorable, juicy i think is the appropriate term.


Well recently you were the talk of the town(forum?) when you shared with the community that you would soon be a father. Its nice to see a black father so enthusiastic about their children how has becoming a father changed your outlook on life?

I've gotta ask....what's #Junes? Lol

And it's just made me a bit more optimistic. You kinda have to be when you've got someone else's life depending on how well yours goes, ya know? But it's an experience beyond anything I expected. Makes it all worth it, moments like that where he just grins at me and laughs at me lol.

Ulti & the others threatened to kill me if i told, maybe some brave sole can comment, but trust me you probably wouldn't be interested, moving on!


I use to post in the hip hop thread & i owe it to you, Amae, & the others in their for showing me what real hip hop is. Though i recently started listening exclusively to dub step & Video Game soundtracks, hence my absence.


So who is your favorite artists & why?

My favorite 3 artists are Eminem, J. Cole, and Chris Brown. Eminem is the dopest lyricist of all-time. Period. Cole is coming up, just dropped his debut and landed #1 on the charts. And Chris is my favorite entertainer. I'll watch any award show if he's performing on it. I also love Yoko Shimomura (of course lol).

I've been listening to more and more game music, as well as old school blues records. At first I was just searching for tracks to sample for hip hop beats, but I've started playing with my own original sounds. I'll tell myself I'm making a sad track on the piano for a tragic FF scene, or working on the music for the final boss battle in KHIII so it'll have to be something with an enormous type sound. Music is one of my favorite outlets and I've kinda been considering actually composing music for films or video games in the future. I've been looking back for original compositions from films to learn from. Two of my favorites right now are the Main Title theme from the first Spider-Man film and First Class from X-Men: First Class. Straight masterpieces.

Interesting, very interesting I suggest you get you hands on the Catherine Sound track the classical remixes are rather enchanting, that's almost all Ive been riding to (that, dubstep & some of Uematsu's stuff) Id love to hear some of your work!

So about Track, what are your events? Are you any good? How'd you get started?

Ahh track and field. We have a love/hate relationship lol. I was a football addict growing up. Swore I was going to the University of Alabama and was gonna make it to the league. I had/have the speed and skill. Still do. But I just....didn't fill out like I wanted to. And I'm actually pretty well-built (I think I've got a few shirtless photos in the "Post Your Picture" thread lmao), but nowadays these guys in the NCAA and NFL are straight freaks of nature. My cousin Julio and I (he's in his rookie season with the Atlanta Falcons) are prime examples; growing up, we were similarly built and had pretty much the same skill-set. But he got to high school and blew up in size while I petered out at 6'1", 165 pounds. So I settled for track. I run the 400 meter dash primarily, with my PR being 48.62. I'm also gonna run the 800 for the first time in a few years this season. And my favorite event is the 4x400/mile relay. There's few things as exciting as being on a badass mile relay and running your leg of the race in. Given the choice, I'd still be playing ball, but them's the breaks. Gotta work with what you're given, ya know?

Yeah I understand, Organized sports never appealed to me but i love me some backyard pick up football lol


So you've been here at KHI for a while now, alot of people have grown away from the series, how do you feel about it?

I STILL love KH, even more than I did in the past. I just think that despite what others may think about it being convoluted and hard to follow, it's a pretty straight-forward story. The narrative has only gotten more exciting with these more recent titles too.

As do I friend As do I!


So how did you come across KHI, What has kept you comig back & what about the site do you think needs improvement?

I used to scour the web looking for all types of KH-related things. One day after a trailer for KHII had aired at TGS, I stumbled upon this site. It was a while before I actually joined the forums (it was still called kingdomhearts2.net back then), but once I did....well, I never left lol. Tried once, and succeeded for about a month. Now I'm on more than ever lol it's just a genuinely nice community to be a part of. I STILL love KH, even more than I did in the past. I just think that despite what others may think about it being convoluted and hard to follow, it's a pretty straight-forward story. The narrative has only gotten more exciting with these more recent titles too. As for the site needing improvement, the only thing they could do now to make it even better would be to make me a mod. *silence* Kidding lol.

I know you've recently become interested in comics, which universe, Marvel or DC? Which character is your favorite & why?

As for comics, YES. There a nigga's newfound passion lol. This past summer I took a chance on this $89 Ultimate Spider-Man graphic novel collection of the first 40 or so issues. Right now I'm still collecting/reading the entire Ultimate Spider-Man collection. I'm a bit more than halfway through with Peter's story right now. I'm more of a Marvel fan, but the following months have seen me digging deep into the DC lore too. Batman is even more of a G than I thought (been playing Arkham Asylum and reading a few standout comics of his) and whereas I used to hate Superman because he's so overpowered, I actually find him kinda cool now (God, Stooge is gonna love that). My favorite DC character is a toss up between Static, Nightwing, and Kid Flash from the new Young Justice TV show, which is my favorite show right now btw. But Spidey's forever my favorite, followed closely by Wolverine.

Ok well I think that about it. You got any shout-outs?

Shout out to everybody in the official hip-hop thread, my new friends in the official comic book/graphic novel thread (a newly discovered passion of mine), and those in the Young Justice thread. Thanks for taking an interest in a brotha lol *pause*

 

[Chuman]

Nice interview, I'm suprised XIII wasn't already interviewed.

 

[Monkey]

really interesting interview, we've been having such varied interviews lately.

btw xiii heartless, are you going to be at the UH vs Rice game? UH hasn't lost a game yet this season. ;D I will be there.

 

[The Lionheart]

Dude, were you at the Rice vs. Texas game? Man, I wish I would have thought of that, but I would imagine you wouldn't want to make the trip to see your team lose (but seriously we pay you to lose to us so that's okay).

The interviewer's use of english could have been better, but overall it was an interesting interview. Keep it up!

 

[Monkey]

Dude, were you at the Rice vs. Texas game? Man, I wish I would have thought of that, but I would imagine you wouldn't want to make the trip to see your team lose (but seriously we pay you to lose to us so that's okay).

The interviewer's use of english could have been better, but overall it was an interesting interview. Keep it up!

It's okay Rice loses just about every game at every sport anyway.

 

[XIII Heartless]

really interesting interview, we've been having such varied interviews lately.

btw xiii heartless, are you going to be at the UH vs Rice game? UH hasn't lost a game yet this season. ;D I will be there.

Yeah, I'm goin!!! You're in Houston bruh?! :O

Never went to the UT game, meant to but everyone I could've rode with wanted to stay the weekend in Austin. I wasn't tryna do all that lol. Actually still thinking about walking on the team, but eh....I'm sure I won't. Too small.

Glad y'all find me interesting though =)

 

[Oracle Spockanort]

I'll be the girl here: aahh! Your baby boy is so cute! He's got such a big smile on him~ How many months is he now?

Definitely liked this interview. Woot woot! track~

 

[Solar]

i find this thread title offensive

 

[lilVon]

i find this thread title offensive

I find your face offensive!!!!!!

 

[XIII Heartless]

I'll be the girl here: aahh! Your baby boy is so cute! He's got such a big smile on him~ How many months is he now?

Definitely liked this interview. Woot woot! track~

Lol he'll be 7 months on the 31st

 

[Monkey]

Yeah, I'm goin!!! You're in Houston bruh?! :O

Never went to the UT game, meant to but everyone I could've rode with wanted to stay the weekend in Austin. I wasn't tryna do all that lol. Actually still thinking about walking on the team, but eh....I'm sure I won't. Too small.

Glad y'all find me interesting though =)

yup, I'm a UH student, some of my best friends are Rice students lol

 

[XIII Heartless]

yup, I'm a UH student, some of my best friends are Rice students lol

That's crazy. Gimme names, I might know some lol. I've gotta hit you up before that game so I can see you.

 

[Hero]

Glad to read an interview of someone I actually know. XIII Heartless, you also posted in the Pokemon thread too right? That's where I met you. You came as a really chill person.

 

[XIII Heartless]

Yep, I had the most posts there at one point lmao. Haven't been in awhile, even though I've gotten a fuckton of Pokemon EV trained thanks to you guys teaching me >

 

[Enchanted Rose]

This was interesting and a bit different.

 

[Ophan]

Glad to see a bit more of these interviews being done for more members around here. I honestly thought we'd be reading on about the same people over and over again.

 

[scubasteve]

very interesting scriptures here

 

[XIII Heartless]

This was interesting and a bit different.

Word? How so? I'm curious lol

 

[Enchanted Rose]

I guess I mean that you're quite different from most of the users here. In the sense that you're doing unique things with your life (all of which are cool), and you have a diverse range of interests. So that made an interesting read for me.

 

[XIII Heartless]

Well thank you. I always wonder to myself if everyone's interests are as varied as mine. Sometimes I think so, but other times I'm not so sure lol