#kh mulan

[mythicalartistx]

Riku is a Disney Princess and here's why...

Riku displays Princess features

He's just so Princess. And I've been thinking why is he so princess what is it that makes him like this

So I turned to the official Disney princesses and the comparison is something else.

Kingdom Hearts itself does this all the time with how Riku or Sora acts and gives phenomenal parallels through the categories

Animal Sidekick

Royal Bloodline

Central Character

Prince

Adventure

Disney Princess Parallels

Animal Sidekick

One of the mainly criterias are animal Sidekicks, but wait Riku doesn't have one does he?

Guess again.

He in fact does, and so does Sora.

Let's take a look at Dream Drop Distance— a game where Riku displays affection and is accompanied by these silly little guys known as Dream Eaters and his main one is Komory Bat.

The novels add some great details and scenes where they show affection to Riku. They help him fight as well as rub against him.

How could you not find them so adorable and want one?

Royal Bloodline

The next thing is royalty and just note I'm using only knowledge we definitely know or implied, sorry no bloodline theories. In the criteria most princesses are princesses from having a royal bloodline or displaying some act of heroism.

And throughout the series we see these qualities of heroism.

Starting out in darkness, he redeems himself by displaying heroic qualities as any 15 yo in fiction.

In the second game, Riku helps defeat Xemnas, the ultimate bad of the group they were trying to defeat.

After KH1, he deeply regrets his actions and sacrifices himself multiple times, such as pushing Sora out of the way during the final Xemnas battle. Instead of Sora getting hit, he does himself. In DDD, he then displays skills to accept himself and who he is while also rescuing Sora from darkness.

He even states, "...Are you what's trapping him in that nightmare? Cause if you are... I'm what nightmares fear!"

P.S. the JPN translation of the scene is: If you're a nightmare, I'll eat/devore you

And in KH3 not only does he comfort Sora when he feels down, but he sacrifices his own life for Sora's in the keyblade graveyard

Central Character

Riku is one of the main characters, he is the second important character— the first being Sora. Riku actually is in more games than Sora. In 358/2 Days, Sora is not in the game. He is only shown through flashbacks, but Riku he is there. He interacts with Xion and Roxas. Then in DDD the game centers around him more than it really does Sora.

But even in the other games he is still important. Without him, all of the games would be different. No character could take his place.

If Riku simply didn't exist, there would be no one trying to bring destiny islands to darkness. Terra and Aqua wouldn't have gone to Destiny Islands since they came there following Riku's light.

Kairi also would never have gone there because there is no keyblade wielder there. Sora would probably make friends with the other Islanders and he wouldn't have gone on an adventure and there would be no one bringing the princesses to Maleficent.

Prince

Not every princess has a prince, but he certainly does. And Sora is certainly his.

Riku even called him a prince before

They would have a mutual relationship of both saving and comforting the other.

They both have a care and understanding. Sora always thinking of his princess and Riku does all he cans for his prince. They rescue the other multiple times, they sacrifice for the other, and the two even fight together

Adventure

Not every princess goes on an adventure, but Riku certainly does. He goes from using darkness to feeling at his lowest point where he has to accept himself and his darkness (and even possible romantic feelings for Sora his prince).

He then spends a year trying to defend his prince and sacrifices his form to help him awaken. Then he becomes a version of himself that is almost like a monster and refuses to let anyone see him like that.

But when Sora does he doesn't care Riku is still his friend, his princess. It doesn't change a thing and Riku is still Riku. And Sora loves who he is

This gives so much fairytale prince and princess vibes.

They both work together and save the day and after being stuck in darkness they're okay cause the two are together. Then a light appears and the adventure seems to be over..

But no, they both take an exam for becoming keyblade masters. Riku goes through it trying to understand himself and how he feels about Sora and his darkness. He becomes a dream eater for his prince,

Who says princesses can't do rescuing too?

In Recoded, Riku gets kidnapped by Maleficent and Pete and Sora his prince goes in search to save him.

His next journey arrives when he goes through the realm of darkness to search for a missing keyblade wielder. And when Riku is against her he calls out Sora's name and Sora, his prince comes to the rescue. Together they help free her from the darkness. Then after Riku sacrifices himself for Sora, Sora saves him by putting his heart back to his body.

And Riku is on his way to find his prince once again at the end of KH3... His adventure is still ongoing...

Fairytale Parallels

There are so many fairytale Parallels in Kingdom Hearts. Riku sacrificing himself with every little things reflecting a Disney princess.

In the beginning Riku wishes to explore other worlds and leave his island. Many of the Disney princesses also expressed this desire.

Ariel—who is basically a scholar, wants to know more as well as go to the human world.

Belle wants to go on an adventure that's more than her simple everyday life.

Rapunzel wants to go outside to see the world but also see floating lanterns.

Anna— who has barely any social interaction, is tired of being shut away from the world and wants to also experience it.

Riku also gets tricked/manipulated by darkness. While the other princess don't become an antagonist for the first game like he does, they do get tricked or manipulated.

Ursula tricks Ariel into signing a contract to make her into a human where Ursula hopes to eventually become the ruler of Atlantica when Triton trades places with her.

The evil queen manipulates Snow White into taking a bite of her apple after feeling bad for her.

Maleficent tricks Aurora into touching the spindle of the spinning wheel, causing her to die.

Mother Gothel manipulates and gaslights Rapunzel through her entire upbringing.

Raya gets tricked by Namaari into showing her the chamber with the magical gem

Anna gets tricked by Hans into thinking he's the one so he could rule her kingdom.

Riku makes sacrifices throughout the series like when he does it for Sora in kh3 or even sacrificing his form when fighting Roxas to wake Sora up. In general he sacrifices himself for Sora, as well does Sora sacrifice himself too and there are also many princesses who also make sacrifices

Mulan, wanting to protect her father, she sacrifices herself when she takes his place in the war.

While he's not technically a Disney prince, Hercules sacrifices himself to make the dive and save Meg. Hercules also gave up his strength for her but she pushed him out of the way of a pillar to then save him as well. This relates how Sora and Riku both constantly sacrifice for the other.

Anna sacrifices herself for Elsa by freezing to death.

Belle sacrifices her freedom to save her father.

Rapunzel was willing to sacrifice her freedom to save Flynn's life.

And there we have it, I'm sure there are many more examples then what I said but Riku is a Disney princess and should definitely be added to the line up.

[gulava]

:-)

[luxmoogle]

ヽ｀、ヽ 𝐿𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝒻 𝒟𝓇𝒶𝑔𝑜𝓃𝓈… ༄˖彡ヽ｀、ヽ

[destiny-islanders]

happy new year

[matenr0u]

happy 18th anniversary the game ever

my forever ship. this series has given me so many cherished memories. the summer i finished khii was so emotional i left the fandom until now, and ive been welcomed back so sweetly by everyone. those days watching the sora show & demyx time after school. glomping and emo songfics. ‘you’re the sora to my riku’. sleepovers where we’d all fall asleep idling in traverse town. kingdom hearts is home.

[tennelleflowers]

A dream

is a wish

your heart makes

The Disney couple parallels to Sora and Riku are bonkers. They didn’t have to go that hard for us, but I’m glad they did.

Art done for my video! https://youtu.be/ll17V9DJr7g

[thefreshprinceofjunes]

what did sora mean by this (🏳️‍⚧️?)

[madmanwonder]

Ask Crossover

Kairi has invited Mulan, Ariel and Jasmine to discuss their potential crushes on Sora. How do they each react to her claims?

Mulan: I-I only see him as a trusted comrade!

Belle: It not what you think!

Jasmine: What made you think that i see him like that!?

Ariel: I love him. And I am open to polygamy.

[robotsafari]

deep in the kingdom hearts trenches..

[frie-ice]

This Disney crossover femslash collage is of Belle of Beauty and the Beast and Fa Malan of Mulan. I threw in their Once Upon a Time and Kingdom Hearts counterparts, with them being canon crossover medias that the two have appeared in. It also allows me to feature Belle and Mulan in a pattern here, film, TV series and video game.

[games-desu]

Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix (2014)

[gulava]

The flower that blooms in adversity is the most rare and beautiful of all.

[thehandwixard]

my #truth is that riku realized he was gay from a young age (obvious reasons why) and he had a lloooot of struggle with it on the literal island with no way out he was living on and was in no small part a reason (among the neurodivergency and "childish" behavior for his age) why he was so desperate to leave Because he innately knew of himself as strange and an other, even if no one gave him shit for it

SORA however, realized he could like guys in a way that did not make him feel like an alien through meeting several disney and anime men known for being irl ppl's gay and bi awakenings and was able to feel Pretty Normal about it all things considered however this does mean that as soon as he realized he *could* have feelings for riku everything blew up.

[thevaudevilledemon]

Disney Duels: Final Totals

This has been a fun time, I should do this again.

And if you don't want to scroll through all my posts to find the scores: Aladdin - 78.9% of 38 votes Captain Jack Sparrow - 58.8% of 51 votes Hercules & Maui - 50% each of 24 votes Bill Cipher - 76.3% of 59 votes Mulan - 80.4% of 46 votes Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz - 69.9% of 93 votes Darkwing Duck - 52.8% of 142 votes Homer Simpson - 72.4% of 29 votes Gladstone Gander - 73.1% of 52 votes Sora - 81.7% of 115 votes

[cloudysx]

Happy New Year 2024 ! (yes, yes, I know it's very late, but while it's still January, I can still wish a happy new year)

First illustration for this year 2024. After a month without having touched my graphics tablet, it's time to get back to work ! Lots of projects for this year, I'm continuing my 2023 momentum of doing at least one drawing per month at least. So excited to start new projects !