#dawn of riku

[hello-naptiime]

Hello niche mcyter side of tumblr

Heres my contractually obligated art of the gang for the year

Yes they all have stars on their outfits. I thought itd be cute

I also really just wanted to play with shapes and poses so here I am

[nikutsuneart]

Day 6: Twilight | Daybreak

Like dawn sweeps away the night

[haunted-xander]

Something something kh2 Sora's outfit being primarily dark colors despite being associated with light and Riku's outfit being primarily light colors despite being associated with darkness

[avalon-knightly]

Way to the dawn.

This piece is from last year. What once began as a messy sketch soon became something much more.

[nuitthegoddess]

If Silver’s dad hair was silver you would get Riku from KH 2 👁️

[strayheartless]

Vanitas and the Chaotic Good learning curve:

Leaving complete darkness behind isn’t hard exactly. After having Mr. Giddy goofy light bringer (Sora) witter in his ear for a good nine hours about the “benefits of not being evil” Vanitas isn’t willing to say he caved…. But he caved.

Besides if little miss “How can I face everyone” Martyrdom (Riku) can find the balance, how hard could it be right?

Turns out it’s not hard, it’s just… interesting. He’s observed a lot from those light bringers who still have to find a balance with the darkness in their hearts. Here’s what he’s learning:

Dawn (Riku) is not above small acts of violence against Sora. Whacking him with a paperback, flicking his forehead, tripping him when he gets up to do to the bathroom. It’s all fair play apparently.

It is not acceptable to firaga people for annoying you, but that doesn’t mean Kairi hasn’t.

The real-boy (Roxas) can hit HARD and no he won’t apologise for braking something if he thinks you deserve it.

Raggedy-Anne (Xion) has a higher kill rate then Vanitas does… which is only mildly disturbing.

Biting people is bad, but Terra and Aqua always seem to be covered in Bite marks anyway. He has been informed it’s a different kind of biting. He doesn’t wish to explore that further.

His own natural eye colour after possession is red, and ain’t that a kick in the teeth.

Dawns a bitch when he’s grumpy and apparently the way to deal with him is to be a bitch back. Kairi is very good at being a bitch back. Sora just wishes everyone would get along.

The-real-boy and Dawn have serious history and it makes families dinners tense sometimes. Vanitas would not like a repeat performance of helping Ven drag Roxas into another room whilst Terra heals Riku’s fractured cheek. Roxas apologied but Riku still didn’t get out of bed for three days after.

Spikes and fire (Lea/Axel) apparently has the power to kill a man with the snap of his fingers. ApPaReNtLy he has killed someone with the snap of his fingers.

Moon boy (Isa/Sïax) has a limit beaker that could level city blocks. Wild.

Cry baby dislikes Cloud Strife for reasons only Ventus, Aqua and Hercules (apparently) know. Vanitas is pretty sure not even Cloud knows what he did. Van recons it has something to do with the big sword and the… Squats???

“I will not summon Floods until Xion and Sora cry. It is bad and I will apologise for it” … In Vans defence Naminé thought it was hilarious.

Dawn blindfolds himself when he’s upset about… something?

He gets along surprisingly well with Roxas… apparently shared trauma and distaste for stupid people goes a long way. Neat!

Raggedy Anne knows there is a spot on the back of Axels neck that if you dig in hard enough he passes out…. Isa showed her this.

Sora it not above throwing things at Riku and Kairi when he’s overtired and upset. He gets more upset that he threw the thing at them though.

Apparently master water slide (aqua) can still open dark corridors, she just doesn’t.

Dawn knows how to access dark gear. He’s done it exactly once in Vans presence and they didn’t see him for DAYS afterwards… that’s how Vanitas learned about the blindfold.

Naminé can get in your head. She hasn’t but she can. It makes for tense moments between her and Sora when she says something she shouldn’t know.

It is acceptable to throw water at Axel when he gets “fired up” during training. This was a delightful discovery.

Upon being introduced to the restoration committee it is not acceptable to point out that Leon looks like if Simba was a person�� but it does make Sora and Aerith laugh so hard they end up crying on the floor.

Cloud strife is apparently more trauma then man and now Terra feels bad for hating him.

It is not acceptable to to tell Winnie the Pooh that forest fires are caused by thinking too hard. Sora and Ventus will slap you in the head and it will hurt

And possibly the most disturbing discovery of them all in Vanitas’ opinion… Sora has a Rage form AND an Anti-form. And they come out to play regularly in training.

Ultimately what Vanitas is learning is that nobody is amine to the darkness. He’s learning that it’s not about being evil or good by nature it’s about deciding who YOU want to be. For all he makes fun of them and calls them soppy lights, it’s…. Good to know that there is hope for him, even if it means he can’t get rid of the darkness. He can still exists in the light.

[samayo-tamashi]

@keywcilder continued from [x]

Riku nodded in agreement while blushing a bit. "Sorry Sora....I don't know where that mistletoe came from. I didn't put it there." He looked around awkwardly.

[nerdyperday]

Day 2644 Riku

[endlessskymaster]

This scene is one of my favorite Riku scenes; yes, he has come a long way.

All he wants is to be by Sora's side.

[starfiresky]

Idk why, but Riku’s Braveheart keyblade design has been REALLY bothering me lately.

I drew some stuff on paper, and I liked the new design I came up with, but I was really not vibing with the cross guard, pommel, and hilt. So I brought the design over to the iPad and came out with this:

Nightmare form (left) and Daydream form (right)

I was so excited that I kind of rushed them, but whatever.

I went for a balanced light and dark design, since Riku has harnessed both as of KH3. Speaking of which, I renamed it Evictus, which is Latin for overcome.

Before you bring it up! I chose not to draw the keychain because I didn’t want it to distract from the main design. It would be attached to the tip of the angel wing near the pommel; and I’d want it to be either Mickey or the dream eater symbol.

Yeah, so what do you think? I wanted to kind of go back to Riku’s dream eater/ Way to Dawn roots with this one!

[blowingoffsteam2]

Honestly the part that convinced me the most that Way to Dawn didn’t break from that wimpy demon tide and that we are supposed to NOTICE how weird it is that it seemingly broke from that, is the fact that Riku doesn’t even raise it to defend himself with. Way to Dawn never even got hit, it had absolutely no reason to break. And the fact that we aren’t even shown it breaking is even more suspicious.

[tharkflark1]

Soriku week 2022 12/4 - DESTINY'S FORCE

I wanted to use my evolved rage form design for at least one drawing; also Sora becoming a Darkside and Riku having to face that would be cool as hell

[jello-404]

HEYYY lol!!!! I drew this riku artwork awhile back and I been playing one of my favorite game franchise so I wanted to draw the best boy Riku 🥹💕💕💕 I wanted to do a mixture of blind fold and before he became this way! I hope you like it!!

I also added my process!!!

Translation:

¡HOLA JAJAJA! Dibujé este Riku hace un tiempo y he estado jugando a una de mis franquicias de juegos favoritas recientemente, ¡así que quería dibujar a mi mejor chico riku!🥹💕💕💕 ¡¡También agregué mi proceso!!

[riddlerosehearts]

twst book 7 part 5 felt like such an attack on me personally. i slightly edit silver's official art to make him look more like riku from kingdom hearts, mostly as a joke based on how similar they already look, and then suddenly a few months later i'm getting silver vibes from lizz robinett's lyrics to riku's theme

[avalon-knightly]

Way to the dawn

[incomplete-ruler]

So I haven't really got into the new (actually not new but I didn't see it around for some reason) event story, but I was just looking at the characters and WHO THE FUCK WAS GONNA TELL ME THAT RIKU'S CHARACTER IS CALLED RICTOR 😭

Guess it's time for me to bring this out of the trash can: