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jaysosillyart · 1 month

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#my art #riku #kairi #rikai #kh #kh1 #kh3 #melody of memory #kingdom hearts

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ahlooph · 1 year

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Listening to that swing~

I like rhythm games and I love Kingdom Hearts. Combine the two and I’m done for.

#kingdom hearts #melody of memory #kairi #sora #donald duck #goofy #fanart #my art

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mythicalartistx · 3 months

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How Riku has no idea that Riku means so much to Sora

An Analysis through mom

Riku has always been afraid of being forgotten and left behind by Sora. And this is how he is able get manipulated by Maleficent. She tells him his greatest fears, that Sora found new friends and doesn't care about him anymore. She gives him proof letting him watch Sora being silly and argue with Donald and Goofy.

But from day one as soon as Sora is separated, he wants to find Riku. All on his mind is finding Riku (and Kairi too) and when he finds Riku in Traverse Town he is happy and to make sure he isn't dreaming he goes up to him and pulls on his mouth.

Riku is glad he had found Sora and wants to continue to play the role of protector but when it seems Sora can handle himself he doesn't know where he is supposed to fit in. Sora has these new friends and now can handle himself, Riku is afraid of being forgotten.

But throughout kh1 Sora keeps trying to reason with Riku and it's important that his friend sees what's right. And when they close the door Riku tells Sora take care of Kairi.

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He doesn't exactly do that.... The first thing he does is wanting to find Riku. That's on his mind. He ventures through castle oblivion in hopes he can find Riku. And when he faces Repliku he is so happy even though his thoughts of trying to find Riku is almost replaced with Naminé.

This Repliku is bitter about that and upset even saying how Sora never care about that or cared about him (being Repliku). But Riku hates how he feels towards his friend and how he wants his friend still even though he believes Sora has forgotten about him saying, You always have wormed your way into my heart," and Sora is confused by this statement.

And once Naminé tells Repliku to stop and he falls back Sora is completely overwhelmed by what happened to Repliku and what did Naminé do to him. This scene is especially good in the novel where it shows Sora holding Repliku.

Later Repliku realizes how true Sora's feelings towards him are (how he cares for him as an individual not being a Riku) before leaving, still Sora is sad he is leaving and still wants to find him.

During Rebirth/Reverse when Repliku fades away into darkness he doesn't mind if he fades away but what he actually cares is that Sora remembers him. He doesn't want to get forgotten by Sora or get mixed up with the real Riku.

Kh2

Sora wakes up and forgets everything in Castle Oblivion and still has the same desire to find Riku. Throughout kh2 all on his mind is where is Riku, is he okay, I really miss him. And it's the most precious thing. He integrates Mickey about it and it isn't until Mickey accidentally slip up that Sora is so happy and jumps for joy.

Another time during land of the dragons when he finds out Riku been there he is excited because it meant he is okay and nearby. He didn't care that he might be with the organization, he just cares about Riku. During the novel, Sora talks about fighting Riku was so fun.

And finally when he actually sees him he goes on his knees crying because he misses him and is happy to finally be with Riku. In the novel he states how happy he is to be fighting by Riku's side and is just bashful about this.

Riku doesn't care that much about himself and thinks less of himself on why anyone would actually care for him. And is surprised when Sora helps him up and brings him through the dark world. He admits in the novel, he is sad Sora is there and didn't want him to fade into the darkness but is glad he isn't alone. Sora seems to precious and important to Riku that he doesn't believe he deserves his friendship.

He is afraid of being forgotten but he accepts that he might not be worth it and as long as Sora is happy that is all that matters. He doesn't realize how much Sora truly cares about himself. They come to the conclusion they both will be okay because they're together.

RC

Even though it's technically not them in recoded data Riku doesn't believe in his worth after how he messed up everything in the data worlds. Sora is sadden by how little he thinks of himself and thinks he is the only one trying to maintain their friendship.

When Data Sora hears him talking to him in the Olympus Coliseum worlds, he is glad to hear Riku's voice. Even when his keyblade gets destroyed Riku comes in and Sora is just happy that he is there. It means everything to him and he doesn't care that he has no way to fight, Sora was determined to save data Riku

BBS

Even ten years prior when Terra gave Riku the ability to wield a keyblade, Sora immediately wants to know about Riku. He wants to know who that man was and if he knew him. In BBS it has them both care for each other. Riku admit how important Sora is to him and wishes to get stronger to protect him while Sora blatantly tells Aqua he likes Riku, he is his best friend. He seems to want to do everything with him and wouldn't hesitate to help him from darkness.

When Ven goes to Sora's heart, Riku notices something is wrong and knows how to help him. Without questioning it, he takes his advice even if it is strange.

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He goes through the exam because Riku felt like he needed to be tested, Sora didn't think either of them needed to. Sora really wanted to take the exam by his side and is a bit sad that Riku isn't there. However through his heart he feels connected to Riku and when things happen Sora knows Riku will be there.

Joshua asks Sora if he wants to give Riku a message, he tells him there's no need because he knows they will see each other soon. On Riku's side he goes through a personal journey of accepting himself despite everything he has done. He doesn't know if he deserves everyone but knows he is lucky to have Sora.

KH3

Riku still doesn't see the full extent to how much Sora cares about him. Sora just wants to be with him through out the entire game. He is constantly worried about Riku especially going into the dark world. Sora wants to join him. And once they lose connection with Riku, Sora is sad and is like see this is why I should have gone.

And since discovering the Gummiphone being able to talk to Riku, Sora constantly thinks about calling Riku and just telling Riku about how cool this place is, when they went to Fransankyoto.

Riku is surprised when Sora comes in to save him the the dark realm. He's glad he is there but doesn't think much of it. At the pre battle Riku doesn't think he means that much to Sora, he's just like any of his other friends. He talks to Repliku and allows Sora to spent time with Kairi.

However Sora is questioning why Riku is alone there and seems to want to spend time with him. Then Riku and Sora are the only ones left. Sora breaks down. Riku wants Sora's happiness beyond anything else and reassures him with his words something only Riku can do. He feels better but still Riku doesn't think his life is that important and sacrifices himself. The expression Sora makes during this scene tells you everything. Sora is hurt that Riku is too doing this.

Riku is extremely important to Sora that when trying to recover him, he is floating in Olympus like he is the most important person ever to Sora.

Riku doesn't believe he means much to Sora. He doesn't see how he's the one that Sora just wants to spend time with and searching for. He rather put Sora's happiness before his own and believes in Sora. He let him save Kairi because he believes in him and his own happiness.

Mom

Riku thought it was Kairi who meant so much to Sora. He didn't believe it was him who was supposed to find Sora. That's why he was so shocked when the fairy godmother told him his dreams were the key and it was him who was supposed to dive to the Quadratum by following Sora's heart.

He didn't realize how important he was to Sora. He kept being selfishly selfless about this. Until he realizes it was him. He is the key. And Riku means so much to Sora, but he doesn't realize how much.

This could be a deep friendship or possibly something more, but he's very important to Sora and Riku just needs to realize it...

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passive-t-u-m-b-l-r-user · 6 months

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The Astral plane is a world connecting existance and non-existence

This is a city of Light and Darkness.

Unreality is not of light or Darkness.

Meaning, if the keyblade wielders of Scala ad Caelum found a way to connect their world to the world beyond, those secrets may lie in Scala ad Caelum now.

#kingdom hearts #khml #kingdom hearts MoM #melody of memory #Kingdom Hearts Missing Link #khux #khdr #Sora #This is how we save Sora #This may also be how characters from KHML connect to KHIV #Kh4 #KHIV #Riku #Vexen #Evan KH #Astral Plane Kingdom Hearts

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caehum · 7 months

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three keys.

#riku #kairi #kingdom hearts #artists on tumblr #kh fanart #blender3d #3d art #kh4 #nameless star #kh riku #kh kairi #melody of memory

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thefreshprinceofjunes · 1 year

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soriku + disney princess couple parallels, pt. 1 [pt. 2]

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madasthyhatter · 1 year

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How to rise from the floor, When it's not you I'm rising for, Just do the next right thing

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#Kingdom Hearts #Kingdom Hearts III #Kingdom Hearts 3 #KH III #KH3 #Kairi #Paopu Fruit #Melody of Memory #MoM #Remind #Re:Mind #My art #MadAsThyHatter #Artists on Tumblr #Frozen #Frozen 2 #Frozen II

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apricotopera · 3 months

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so so interesting which kh characters believe in fate and which don’t. so interesting that nearly all of khux is person after person saying ‘ok but there’s gotta be a way out of fate right like There’s a way out?’ and there is not even a little bit. so interesting that xehanort believes so much in fate above all else that he’ll travel back in time to be the catalyst for the worst parts of his own life. so so interesting kairi in melmem telling xehanort that he’s the one that ruined her fate. Man.

#pers #kh #melody of memory #dark road #i think of that line in melmem. ALL THE TIME. ALWAYS. it is SUCH an interesting moment of kairi characterization #i need to rewatch parts of khux to remember more clearly their take on fate but god that games thematics rock so hard #theres some connection here in general esp knowing the book is coming back in mainline games #but i can’t make it exactly. i just think when there are kairi xehanort parallels we simply must examine them.

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somnimagus · 1 year

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Ohh if MoM would let me this is still The Ideal Team I would assemble based on who's the funniest to watch run

#kingdom hearts #melody of memory #fan art #my art #terra surrendering to his own pants like an anchor to sea. very distracting to watch #also hello i am new to tumblr reposting my stuff from twitter #didn't realize that would mean looking through my older stuff. this is the oldest one i still like #it's... it's from jan 2021. i do not wish to perceive the passage of time #i forget i draw things but also feel like i drew it all yesterday at the same time #but anyway time to see if i posted this right. promise i won't let the tags enable my rambling too much in the future haha #just having a lot of thoughts looking through old stuff today

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imaginative-joy · 1 year

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I just realized that I never posted these here! These were a few sketch cards I did for my KH 20th anniversary artbook preorders. I like the effect I get when drawing on colored paper!

(Pssst, physical and digital editions of my book are available through my shop 👀)

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heartoftheblackswan · 5 months

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Just saw an actually crazy take, quote: “We don’t need another episode of the Sora and Riku show, we’ve already had like 5”

This was regarding Kairi being left behind after Melody of Memory and how the story seems to be moving forward with KH4, now I totally get the frustrations with how Kairi is handled and wanting her to do more. But acting like Sora and Riku aren’t the literal MAIN CHARACTERS and then being surprised when most of the series focuses on them

To quote god himself Tetsuya Nomura: “The story is about Sora and Riku, their relationship and how they grow up” I can’t find the full quote but it’s been made clear multiple times they are the main characters and they are the main focus of the series

How many games do you need of them working together or their stories been intertwined for it to be obvious that they are the main characters, it’s sad Kairi isn’t focused on and she deserves some love. But being mad that the main characters are you know the main characters is kinda silly

#kingdom hearts #melody of memory #kh4 #kingdom hearts 4 #kairi #kh kairi #kh sora #sora #kh riku #riku kingdom hearts #riku #sora kingdom hearts #kairi kingdom hearts

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jliciousart · 1 year

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I meant to post this 2 years ago when melody of memory had just released because I thought it was irrevocably funny, and now there are probably countless variations of the same joke! and I didn't even finish the damn comic! too late to the party.

regardless, here is kairi being gaslighted by xehanort into playing a memory loss rhythm game, while sora and riku go hold hands on top of the 104 building

#kingdom hearts #sokai #soriku #comics #artists on tumblr #melody of memory #sorikai #xehanort #jliciousart #square enix #comic

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oveliagirlhaditright · 2 months

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...

So, in Dream Drop Distance, Sora screwed up. And because of that, all of Kingdom Hearts III, he was sort of being constantly being reminded of his failure; and his friends told him that he couldn't help Riku and King Mickey rescue Aqua until he regained the Power of Waking (much to Sora's chagrin). But once Riku and Mickey became lost in their attempts to help Aqua, Sora didn't care about these rules anymore and found a way into the RoD to save them, even without the Power of Waking (or so he thought).

Now at the end of Kingdom Hearts III, one could argue that Kairi has somewhat made a mistake: in fighting in the Keyblade War before she was fully ready--which led to her death and now Sora's disappearance, as he abused the Power of Waking to bring her back, which cost him his life. And after all of that, Riku doesn't want Kairi jumping into things; and it kind of reminds me of the situation with Sora in KHIII. Especially since she's being dissuaded from doing what she really wants to do, in order to do more training, like Sora was dissuaded from his wishes to journey to get the Power of Waking. If that continues, Kairi will eventually not care about her training and go to Quadratum to save Sora and Riku, even if she's not fully "ready."

And that might already be set up here some, with how dangerous Quadratum is sounding to be. Sora is already trapped there; and it's sounding like Riku is not going to have an easy journey there, at all and might need help.

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nordsea-cozyside · 1 month

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this game is so CUTE✨

#im gonna take it slow playing it tho!#snufkin melody of moominvalley #snufkin #moomin #melody of memory #gaming #games im playing #cozy game #comfort game #i

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mythicalartistx · 7 months

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Riku IS NOT GOING TO BE SHELVED and here's why...

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tanjiromenon · 1 year

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hopelessly devoted.

(sora x reader)

warnings: panic attacks, sora being the sweetest dork in all the world, NOT proofread!!

“how lucky am i..?” sora murmured, a hand tracing down your cheek with utmost care and gentleness. he revelled in the glow the moonlight gave you as it touched your skin, almost as if it were flowing over you like a silk blanket, as odd as it sounded. the calmness of the moment was interrupted by your light snoring coming to a stop, and the sound of a tired hum escaping you.

stirring ever so slightly, the keyblade wielder felt your breathing quicken ever so slightly, until you opened your eyes - most gracefully, might he add. with a yawn and a small stretch, your eyes landed on sora, who was still peering down at you, with a soft smile on his face. “enjoy your nap, sleepy head?” he mused with a tilt of his head.

feeling the weight of your head leaving his lap, sora watched as you sat upright, yawning again before facing him. “yeah, it was peaceful.”

“well, i’m glad! i’ll be your pillow any day, if you need it!” sora grinned from ear to ear, holding his thumb up as you giggled softly, letting out the most beautiful of sounds.

god, he was totally and utterly smitten with you and everything you do.

“thanks, sora!”

looking over up to the sky, your eyes landed on the all too familiar sunset that graced the town , yet the small smile that decorated your face dropped upon realising that you had been in a state of slumber, and turned back to sora, bewildered. “how-“ groaning and dragging a hand over your face, you sighed. “..how long have i been asleep?”

..

fearing the worst, your mind raced as you thought about what punishment you’d get from xemnas now that you’ve slacked off from the job. what do you do now? how bad will the punishment be? is sora going to get hurt? oh god... why didn’t he wake you up? why did he let you slee-

your partner shrunk ever so slightly under your questioning glare, and a hand rose to his neck as he rubbed it; letting out a laugh to help ease the tension between you both. “i just- didn’t want to wake you; you looked so peaceful!”

no response.

“4 or 5 hours, give or take?” his awkward grin did little to calm your rising panic, however, and he rushed to grab your shoulders, rubbing down to your arms while tilting his head in front of yours, keeping eye contact with a concerned expression. “hey! hey, tell me what’s on your mind, love.”

the growing fear continued to rise as you tried to spit out what you wanted to say, though it only came out as a mixture of panicked sounds.

sora frowned, raising his hand up to your chin; and feeling you flinch under the touch of his thumb and his index finger. turning your head to face his again, his frown continued to grow as he saw the way your eyes were squeezed shut. “open your eyes, y/n, it’s okay. no one’s gonna hurt you.” and with that, you pried your eyes open to look at sora.

his smile brought you back to a sense of calmness. “there we go.” he chuckled as he caressed your face with his hand, wiping a tear that you didn’t know escaped your eyes.

“you’re safe when i’m here, y/n.”

admittedly, the comment from sora brought up a spike of shame from within you. you hated being treated like a damsel in distress. you really did. “thank you, sora.”

you heard another small chuckle escape him. “i’m here for you, you know? any day you need me, i’ll be here.”

“i keep forgetting i’m not a part of the organisation anymore, i just get worried sometimes, that’s all..” sora hummed in understanding, smiling at you softly before placing his forehead against yours; closing his eyes as he stroked your face on either side with his hands, as he hummed to you a tune reserved only for you; one that always brought you comfort.

feeling the movement of your face accommodate the shyest of smiles, sora pulled back to look at you.

oh, he would do anything for you if it meant he got to see you smile.

“you’re the most beautiful person i’ve ever laid my eyes on, y/n..” his eyes searched yours, almost as if he was gazing into your soul.

wiping the snot from your nose and sniffing, you began to laugh. “snot and all?”

sora grinned as he placed a chaste kiss to your lips. a silent promise to himself to stay hopelessly devoted to you for the rest of his life.

“snot and all.”

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