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#happy halloween!#a day late like usual lol#kingdom hearts#kingdom hearts ii#roxas#kingdom hearts 358/2 days#halloween#artists on tumblr#illustration#art#drawing#sketch#artwork#digital art#redraw of old art
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My favorite Kingdom Hearts fact is that one of the biggest plot-holes that Nomura has never been able to meaningfully retcon or write his way out, a plot-hole so big that it fundamentally breaks the very rules the series is written on...
Is the existence of Steamboat Willie
Let me explain for the uninitiated:
In Kingdom Hearts 2, there’s a small detour in the story involving Maleficent trying to invade Disney Castle, the home of King Mickey. She can’t step foot in the castle due to an artefact of pure light that wards off darkness locked in the basement.
Pete, who is working for Maleficent, opens a door into the past (Before Disney Castle, this land was known as Timeless River) and decides to remove the artifact from it’s place in time so it won’t be there to stop them from getting in.
Sora, Donald, and Goofy chase Pete into the past thanks to another magic door provided by Merlin, and through some shenanigans involving old cartoons and teaming up with Pete’s past-self, they lock the door the villains are using, and return the artefact to it’s proper place so it can exist in the present.
You with me so far? Pretty straightforward-ish time-travel plot right?
Here’s where it goes off the rails.
Time travel would go on to become a staple of Kingdom Hearts going forward and would come with a very strict set of rules over how it operates:
1. You can only travel to a point in time where a version of yourself exists
2. You basically give up your body to do so, and travel as a disembodied soul unless you have a vessel to inhabit
3. You can’t alter the past in a meaningful way, what’s going to happen will happen
4. You lose your memories of said trip once you return, but your actions could leave a lingering instinct on your other self that could influence their decisions
“Wait” you may be thinking “Why should anyone go through all those hoops? Wasn’t time travel super simple that first time?”
And you’d be totally right, because the existence of Timeless River completely renders all of these rules and restrictions meaningless.
There is no version of Sora that existed in Timeless River before he step foot there, everyone kept their bodies, the trio and Pete were able to mess with the timeline as freely as they pleased, and they all very much remember their trip.
Nomura has never been able to meaningfully explain this super simple, easy way of time travel and the more convoluted method co-existing other than a cheap-throwaway line from one of the villains saying that Merlin “broke the rules”
The hilarious part about this line is that it implies that PETE of all characters is actually more powerful than the actual villain of the series, because Pete opened a door into Timeless River through sheer willpower and nostalgia for “the good old days”
But the all-knowing chess-master of a villain who had an evil plan several decades in the making with countless moving parts and contingencies to account for had to use the roundabout, more complicated method of time travel where a lot could go wrong.
Pete though? Dude just casually broke all the rules of time travel because he felt like it. He's just built different.
TL;DR: Steamboat Willie breaks Kingdom Hearts lore in half, Pete is more powerful than Master Xehanort, and I fucking love this beautiful trainwreck of a series you guys it means so much to me
I love Kingdom hearts so much.
#Kingdom Hearts#Pete#Xehanort#Merlin#Steamboat Willie#Timeless River#Kingdom Hearts 2#Kingdom Hearts II#Donald Duck#Goofy#Sora#Disney Castle#Maleficent#Time Travel#Kingdom Hearts 3#Kingdom Hearts III#Keyblade#Disney#Mickey Mouse#King Mickey
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I've started headcanoning Xion as a trans girl recently, so I made a cute little comic about her figuring out gender stuff.
#kingdom hearts#kh#xion#organization xiii#roxas#axel#kingdom hearts 358/2 days#kh 358/2 days#kh358/2 days#kingdom hearts ii#kingdom hearts 2#kh2#vexen#xion kingdom hearts#xion kh#transgender#comic#fan art#trans xion#transcendent works
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“two dumbasses and the voice of reason” is a fun relationship dynamic, but also consider: (x)
#destiny trio#sorikai#kingdom hearts#kh#khedit#khgifs#khgraphics#kingdom hearts II#kingdom hearts III#sora#kairi#riku#gif#my edit#1k#wooooo!#gamingedit#silence-traitor#gamingnetwork#dailygaming#gaminggifs#chewieblog#(hope it's ok to tag!)#i had so much fun making this! :D
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Sora ; Kingdom Hearts ☆ Square Enix
#sora#sora figure#kingdom hearts sora#kh sora#kh#kh figure#kh1#kh1 sora#kh2#kh2 sora#kingdom hearts#kingdom hearts ii#kingdom hearts 2#kingdom hearts figure#square enix#anime#anime figure#figure#figure collecting#anime figurine#figurine#anime collecting#scale figure#myfigurecollection#manga#khii
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Thinking about Roxas
#kingdom hearts#kh#kh II#roxas#roxas kingdom hearts#sunfloraas#art#skateboard#kingdom hearts II#kh fanart#kingdom hearts fanart#fanart#drawing
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Hikari
#Kingdom Hearts#KH#Kingdom Hearts II#KHII#Sora#KH Sora#KHII Sora#Hikari#illustration#artists on tumblr#fan art#my art
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Wayfinders + Pride Flags ( Pt. 1)
(Feel free to use these icons on your profile)
✨ Happy Pride Month ✨
💜💙💚💛🧡❤️💗
#kh#kingdom hearts#may your heart be your guiding key#love#sora#riku#kairi#roxas#kingdom hearts ii#kingdom hearts birth by sleep#kh3#destiny trio#pride month#pride 2023#pride month 2023#pride#lgbt pride#queer pride#queer community#asexual#aromantic#intersex#trans#genderqueer#trans rights#transgender#bisexual#non binary#pansexual#love is love
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Starts with an "S". Right, Sora?
#khedit#khgraphics#khgifs#khsource#gamingedit#dailygaming#thechocobros#kingdom hearts#kingdom hearts ii#kingdom hearts iii#kingdom hearts iv#sora#*mine#*kh#*kh2#*kh3#*kh4#cc#smth simple for sora's birthday but listen i couldn't rest without doing smth for my boy#also wow my first time giffing smth from kh4... can't wait for more news abt the game... someday
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"Kairi"
2015, Paint Tool SAI
A very old art piece at this point, I am still very proud of what I managed to make with the limited tools and skill I had at the time.
#paint tool sai#kairi#kingdom hearts#kingdom hearts II#KH#KH2#KHII#fan art#fanart#digital art#not ai#no ai#do not use for ai#fuck ai#keyblade#destiny's embrace
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TIFA LOCKHART in KINGDOM HEARTS II (2005) dev. Square Enix
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Chiro from Kingdom Hearts II
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Riku doodle for practice
Focused on the lighting and clothes
#aster art#kingdom hearts#kh#square enix#kingdom hearts art#kingdom hearts riku#kh riku#riku kingdom hearts#riku#kh2 riku#kingdom hearts 2 riku#kingdom hearts 2#kingdom hearts ii
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Yuffie Kisaragi in Kingdom Hearts II & III + Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII shares a voice actress with Amity Blight from The Owl House.
Voiced by Mae Whitman
#same voice actor#voice acting#final fantasy#final fantasy vii#dirge of cerberus final fantasy vii#kingdom hearts II#kingdom hearts III#the owl house#square enix#disney#disney channel#disney television animation#🇺🇸
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#roxas#kingdom hearts II#kingdom hearts#kh2#kh2 roxas#digital#myart#sora#riku#akuroku#rikuroku#axel#lea kh#lea#keyblade#number 13#organization xiii#organization 13#redraw my art
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Sora & Kairi ; Kingdom Hearts ☆ Bandai Spirits
#sora#sora figure#kh sora#kingdom hearts sora#kh2 sora#kh1 sora#kairi#kairi figure#kh kairi#kh2 kairi#kingdom hearts kairi#kh#kh figure#kh1#kh2#khii#kingdom hearts#kingdom hearts ii#kingdom hearts 2#kingdom hearts figure#bandai spirits#anime#anime figure#figure#figure collecting#anime figurine#figurine#anime collecting#scale figure#prize figure
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