#riku blurbs

[markiemelon]

snow devil

genre fluff, crack, no warnings

pairings gn!reader x riku

11:11am—♡‧₊˚ ↴

“riku i swear if you throw tha—” bam. snowball right to your head.

he stood there, entertained… with his stupid smile… and his stupid face that you loved so much.

“stay there.” you said firmly, running your fingers through your dampened hair, shaking off a little powder that hadn’t yet melted.

you gave him a chance to reconsider his actions, but when he showed no signs of remorse, you settled for revenge. your sudden jolt forward made him flinch, and when he least expected it, you ran full speed ahead, tailing behind him as he stumbled through the snow.

“yn! yn! im sorry!” he exclaimed in a series of laughter and pleas. “i said im sorry!” he looked over his shoulder and saw you catching up. “you’re not sorry enough!” your tone was threatening. when he saw you cup your hands into the snow, he accepted his fate.

the sensation of the snow against his cheek made him shiver, so he buried his face into the collar of his coat in an attempt to warm up. “it’s cold!” he whined, waddling up to you and even trying to get inside your coat too.

he dropped his dramatic act when he got an idea. “hey we should make snow angels!” he jumped behind you to hug your back, craning his neck over your shoulder so you could see him. “don’t i look like an angel?” he teased, fluttering his eyes. “…don’t i?”

“riku, you are literally the embodiment of satan himself.”

dismissing your insult, he lowered to the ground and allowed himself to sink into the white, swiping his arms and legs side to side. shortly after, he was dusting his jeans off and taking a stand next to you.

“look.” he grinned, proudly observing his not-so-hard work. you pointed at his creation in horror. “ahh i think it has horns!” his smile quickly faded. “shut up, yn.”

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thanks for reading. requests always open!

[beansterpie]

K I threw together a translation for the new es21 anniversary chapter! There's probably mistakes and some awkward phrasing because I always end up prioritizing accuracy over flow rip. Hopefully the way I've formatted this isn't a total pain to read. I recommend looking at the page first, and then referring to the translation when you can't read something. I skipped any panels that don't have dialogue/text so just reading the translations might be confusing. Anyway it's under the cut!

(Lol sorry I didn't bother translating character blurbs on the right)

Page 1 Panel 1: Announcer: “Noooooww, there’s barely any time left on the clock! This final play will decide the outcome of the match!!” Panel 2: “One of these teams will command the University American Football World!! Panel 3: Which one will it be!? Panel 4: Two star players who once fought together now face off— Panel 5: in this Final Decisive Match”

Page 2-3 Panel 1: Eyeshield 21 aka: Kobayakawa Sena!! VS. The Commander from Hell: Hiruma Yoichi!! Panel 2: Set, Hut!!!

Cover page (4-5): Their First Collision!! Sena [Eyeshield 21] and Hiruma [the one who named him (literally the ‘parent’ who named him)]—

Page 6 Panel 1: [Some months earlier—] Panel 3: DEVILBAT GHOST!!

Page 7 Panel 1: TRIDENT TACKLE!!!

Page 8-9 Panel 1: The ball was fumbled!! Whichever team manages to claim it will win….!! Panel 2: [An American Football rule you can understand in 1 SECOND] Devilbat: YA—HA— It’s stupidly simple! Carry the ball to the enemy line and score (a touchdown)! DB jr.: You can get around 7 points! Panel 4: Monta: CATCH MAX!!! Panel 5: Suzuna: YA—!!! Panel 6: Announcer: The Kanto representatives for the Japanese National American Football University Championships is the team lead by Eyeshield 21 aka. Kobayakawa Sena— the Enma Fires…..!!!!

Page 10 Panel 1: Sakuraba: You really got revenge on us this year. It’s frustrating but it was our total defeat….! Panel 2: Sena: Though, one-on-one, for the most part I couldn’t really get past you (Shin-san) until the very end… Panel 4: Shin: undecipherable Panel 6: Ootawara: OOOOHHHHH MAKE SURE YOU HIT THEM HARD ENOUGH FOR THE BOTH OF US, KURITA—!! Panel 7: Takami: Finally, you’ve earned the right to challenge the undefeated champions Page 11 Panel 1 & 2: Takami: The championship finals against the team lead by Hiruma, the Saikyodai Wizards— at the Koushien Bowl….!!! Panel 3: Sena: Yes….!!

Page 12 Panel 4: Monta: Mukya! What the hell, we can’t get into the club room! Riku: Looks like we have a few visitors— Panel 5: Crowd: The United States President’s son?? Even SP (I believe this is a tv channel) is here… Page 13 Panel 3: Sena: T-this is way too crazy… Kurita: To clear away people like this…..

Page 14 Panel…2?: Hiruma: Kekekekeke, you’re late fucking Fatty and fucking Shrimps Panel 3: Kurita: HIRUMA! Sena: —san!! Monta: And that guy’s from the American Match, the ultimate boss… wait actually, he’s a NFL player now! Page 15 Panel 1: It’s the President’s Junior, Mr. Don….!! Panel 2: Don: An ordinary person goes to a foreign country to run rampant for their own entertainment. A champion (or king lol) goes to a foreign country to express his respect. Panel 3: Don: In this country, it seems excessive meddling from pros in the affairs of amateurs isn’t appreciated, so I’ll get straight to the heart of the matter. Panel 4: Don: Together we will fight and acquire the throne. I’ve come to welcome/receive one hero. Panel 6: Kurita: ?? Monta: What does that mean? Sena: Isn’t this excessive meddling…..

Page 16 Panel 1: Crack! Panel 2: Sena: ….?? Inside my shoulder pad… Panel 3: Sena: What is this, it’s tiny… A white chip? Monta: Ooh, it’s in our shoulder pads too!! Riku: Since when… Panel 4: Hiruma: It’s called an RFID (radio frequency identification (apparently lol)) chip. When you have this on— Panel 5: Glasses: The current location of each player can be determined and measured by inches. Stats like speed and acceleration, it can analyze all data in real time. Enma Babes (presumably): A SCI-FI MACHINE LIKE THAT EXISTS!? Page 17 Panel 1: Don: There’s nothing Sci-Fi about it. Within the NFL world, all players have been using this for a number of years now. Sena & Monta: REALLY!!? Hiruma: They even have them inside the balls. Since you can measure the rotations that way Devibat: It’s true!! DB jr.: The actual pro sports world sure is turning into something amazing! Panel 2: Riku: So, this data analysis chip… Panel 3: Riku: Why are they in our protective equipment…?? Sena: I mean, there’s only one person in this world who would be devilish enough to quietly do something like that… Panel 4: Glasses: With this hoard of collected data, and by using the help of something like Google Brain, we can rely on machine learning to— Sena: Goo… what? Machine…?? Panel 5: Don: How sad~ Oohh, AI, AI! Civilization has simply taken the human privilege of ‘thinking’, and given it up to machines.

Page 18 Panel 1: Don: Most of all, humanity’s been dulled by favoritism, politics and social correctness. Well, compared to a slow/primitive ruler, it’s (AI) infinitely more reliable. Panel 2: [For our team to reach victory, what kind of player is indispensable? The answer provided by the AI was—] Panel 3: A running back with the speed of light! Or— A phantasmagoric (look it up) quarterback! Panel 5: Glasses: International Player Pass Way Program. In short, there is one slot available for a foreign student trainee as the Japanese representative. Don: Which means that we would be receiving you into our team. Page 19 Panel 1: Kobayakawa Sena, Hiruma Yoichi: between the two of you, only one—

Page 20 Panel 3: (I believe this is some sort of form that Sena filled out about what he wants to pursue after graduation— he says after graduation he wants to become a pro American Football athlete) Panel 4: Hiruma: With my physical abilities, I won’t be able to get into the NFL the usual way. Panel 5: Hiruma: Obviously, I’ll struggle for the top even if it kills me. That’s the thing that makes it fun….! Page 21 Panel 1: Don: When I consulted the man at the top, Panther, about which one to pick— he gave me a truly straightforward answer. Panel 2: Panther: Hm? Well they’re going to have a confrontation directly in the Koshien Bowl, aren’t they? Panel 3: Panther: Sena VS. Hiruma!! We’ll just take whoever wins. Because, isn’t that American Football…!!

Page 22 Panel 1: Sena: …… this contest against Hiruma-san, I’m glad that it’s an American football match. Panel 2: Sena: If it wasn’t, there’s no way I could win against Hiruma-san, you’d bring out your blackmail book and in an instant…. Hiruma: Kekeke, seems like you understand the situation reeeeal well Panel 3: Sena: I mean, whether it’s Don-san’s AI verdict or the pro tryouts— if you put your mind to it, you could use your blackmail book to get whatever you wanted. But, Hiruma-san, when it comes to American football, you’ve always…. you’ve always— Panel 5: Toss~ Panel 6: Hiruma: Well, since I’m going to win against you and become a top pro, I don’t need this thing. Page 23 Panel 5: Sena: But, the one who’ll win is me

Page 24 Sena: I’ll go to defeat you with all my strength. So, Hiruma-san, you also— Hiruma: Kekeke, naturally Page 25 Panel 1: HANSHIN KOSHIEN STADIUM Panel 3: Kurita: Truthfully, I want to root for both of their dreams— For Sena-kun, and for Hiruma. But if I really can’t choose both—

Page 26-27 Panel 1: Kurita: FUNNURABAAA!!!!! Panel 2: Kurita: For the sake of my team, and for Sena-kun’s sake, I’ll defeat Hiruma…..!!! Panel 3: Announcer: Koshien Bowl, the final, decisive match! Against the Saikyodai Wizards, made up of all star members throughout the country— Panel 4: Announcer: Somehow!! The Enma Fires are just slightly in the lead!! Panel 5: Gaou: Fuh… Half of American football is decided by the power of the line. This is the unmatched power of Kurita when he has something to protect….!!!

Page 28 Panel 1: Announcer: Noooooww, there’s barely any time left on the clock! This final play will decide the outcome of the match!! Panel 2: Announcer: Two star players who once fought together now face off— Panel 3: Announcer: In this Final Decisive Match!! Panel 4: Announcer: Eyeshield 21 aka. Kobayakawa Sena!! Vs. The Commander from Hell, Hiruma Yoichi!! Page 29 Panel 1: Hiruma: KILL! KILL! Panel 2: Suzuna: K.I.L.L…..to kill? What’s it mean? Doburoku: In American football, it’s a sign that’s given by the pitcher. It means to completely kill the strategy that had been agreed upon. To put it simply, it’s a signal to hurriedly reset the strategy of the play. Panel 3: Mizumachi: After seeing our defense formation, looks like they want to change things up! Panel 4: Sena: Hiruma-san’s— that ever-changing adaptability’s strength—

Page 30 Panel 1: Hiruma: Kill— Panel 4: Unsui: NO!! THERE HASN’T BEEN ANY CHANGE IN HIS PLAN!! Page 31 Panel 1: Hiruma (I think): This was just a snap counter from the get go— A signal to start the play after the 4th KILL…!!! Panel 2: Enma player: Shit, even though we know what kind of guy he is! Enma player 2: He’s gonna throw a pass— Enma player 3: No, don’t let Hiruma trick you! He’s not throwing— he’s still holding it!! Panel 3: This is a run….!! Panel 5: Shit, that’s wrong, it’s a pass after all….!!!

Page 32 TOUCHDOOOOWN!!! Page 33 Panel 1: Hiruma: YA— HA—!!! Panel 2: Announcer: The final decisive battle was completely controlled by the sorcerer of the field-- Hiruma Yoichi! (there's actually a word in this line I don't understand lol, but this should be the general gist) Panel 3: Announcer: In a sudden turnabout victory, the Saikyodai Wizards win the championship—

Page 34 Panel 1: Announcer: —No, the remaining time on the clock is 1 second!! Panel 2: Hiruma: !! Taka: That was my bad. Panel 3: Taka: On the ground was Sena-kun with his light speed, and in the air Monta was closing in. I had no choice but to catch the ball one second earlier than planned. Panel 5: Unsui (presumably): — 1 second left. Whether we laugh or cry about it, this will be the final play— Page 35 Panel 1: Sena: These sort of seriously close calls… I dunno if you’d call it deja vu or— Panel 2: Monta: That’s right! This is the kind of cliff’s edge that we’ve run along a bunch of times! Panel 3: Agon: Aaaahhh? Ain’t this match already certain victory— Panel 4: Agon: —If we weren’t up against the tiny trash brigade, that is. Hiruma: Kekeke yo~~~ You also know what’s up huh, fucking dreads. Panel 6: Yamato: That’s right, all of us should know by now well enough that it hurts. Panel 7: Yamato: That there are demon-like men out there whose power explodes during dire straits like this.

Page 36 Panel 1: That there was once a miraculous team called the Devilbats— Panel 2: Hiruma: The last play will be Eyeshield 21! They’ll 100,000,000,000% comes at us with Sena’s run!! Anything else is a ruse, completely ignore it, don’t even think 1mm that it’ll be anything else!! Panel 3: Unsui: There’s only one way to go: Sena’s run. All of us will open a path!! Page 37 Panel 1 & 2: Sena’s Run, Complete Specialized All Star Team!! VS. Anti-Sena formation, Complete Specialized All Star Team!!

Page 38: — DON! Page 39 Panel 1: Announcer: Remaining time: 0 seconds! Panel 2: Announcer: With this last play, it’s game set! Panel 4: Yamabushi: Rodio Drive!! Are they coming with Riku!? Taka: No— Panel 6: Riku: Sena…!!

Page 40 Panel 3: IKKYUU…!! Panel 4: How can he reach it, to go into a cut from such a distance…..

Page 42 Panel 1: Sena: UUOOOOOOOOHH!! Panel 2: Mamori: Sena…! Panel 3: Ikkyuu: That guy’s too damn fast— I already knew that but…..!! Panel 4: Announcer: Sure enough, in the end they went with the light speed running back, Eyeshield 21!!! Page 43 Panel 1: Mizumachi: Uha! I said make way! Panel 3: Chuubou: A path for Sena-senpai….!!!

Page 44-45 Panel 3: Announcer: He’s passed everyone! At this rate it’s a touchdown—!!! Panel 4: Hiruma: Kekeke, dig out your eyeballs and give them a good wash— take another look. It’s not over. Panel 5: Kid: He’ll stand in the way— in the end, the ultimate opponent—

Page 46 Panel 1: AGON!!! Page 47 Panel 2: Shin: Sena’s Devilbat Ghost has been fully realized. Panel 3: Shin: It’s a perfect technique for a runner to get past his opponent. The Optimal Technique/Solution.

Page 48 Panel 2: vvrrrrr (vibration sounds) Panel 3: Glasses: The Optimal Solution for this situation is none other than the Devilbat Ghost. But even then, Agon who possesses inherent superhuman reaction speed will likely stop him. Panel 4: [That is the judgement the machine learning system has made based on the real time analysis from the RFID chip] Page 49 Panel 3: Shin: The essential thing you need to reach new heights, is to surpass your Optimal Technique/Solution™— with Courage™ Panel 5: Sena: That’s right— my road isn’t limited only to the two directions that I can dodge Panel 6: Shin: It relies on his light speed cuts. A third option, much like a trident. In a manner of speaking—

Page 50 Panel 1: DEVILBAT TRIDENT!!! Page 51 Panel 1: Mizumachi: You mean he might not dodge!? Riku: A headlong collision!! There’s no way… Panel 2: Glasses: It’s absolutely impossible, how reckless. There’s no chance of winning. The AI declares that this is at most a feint. In the end, Sena will definitely move to evade him! Panel 3: Hiruma: Kekeke, you’re wrong. It’s a hundred billion years too early to try getting past using that hand. Panel 4: Hiruma: But that’s why you’ll go for it. Isn’t that right, Sena. Panel 5: Agon: Aaahhh~~ Hiruma, I’ve fought with you so many times it makes me sick, so I already know all of that….!!!

Page 52 Panel 1: Hiruma ??: The Human brain hasn’t been able to compete with semiconductors for a long time. I’m sure it’ll aaaalll become like that in the future. Panel 2: Hiruma: When it comes to searching for Optimal Solutions™, no one can compete against Sir AI anymore. But— Panel 3: Shin: Beyond the Optimal Solution™ Panel 4: Beyond even the very summit— you continue to struggle with only courage at your back. Page 53 Panel 1: THAT IS WHAT AN ATHLETE IS Panel 3: ??: I’LL GO PRO AND KILL EVERYONE!! Panel 4: ??: I’LL SURPASS THE TOP!!! Panel 5: ??: That athlete will be—

Page 54-55 Panel 1: Hiruma: ME Panel 2: Sena: ME Panel 3: [He surpasses theory, with his light speed courage—!!]

[equal-shipping]

Kaishin Reveal and What It Means For You

Okay I need everyone to keep their shit together because I think this is being blown out of proportion. What follows is a quick rant about what the hell is going in the DCMK fandom and what is going on in fandom in general cause I don’t know why I’m seeing so many people lose their shit over something that was most likely going to happen followed by a quick lesson by a ‘fandom elder’ on how to ignore canon and make a ship your own. 

Spoilers ahead and whatnot. 

April 11th the DCMK 27 movie came out and information was revealed about how Kaito Kuroba and Shinichi Kudou are now cousins. Twitter lost its mind, Tumblr lost its mind, Discord servers are being created and now everyone is wondering what the hell should they do. 

I’m going to be honest, if you are a creator for KaiShin, please don’t delete your work. 

Either archive it or orphan it but please don’t delete it.

You put time and effort into this, into something you love, and just because the mangaka is so SO set in his ways of every single ship being friends to lovers does not mean you have to follow the same format. This doesn’t make you an incest shipper or whatever, it doesn’t make you a person who you don’t want to be, it’s just something that you had no idea of knowing was going to happen and I hope that you can look back at it fondly. 

Anyways, for those enjoying Kaishin on the sidelines all I’m going to say is Pick a Lane. 

Ignore Canon 

If you are an old time shipper then this may not be new for you. I mean Gosho literally had another ship that turned out to be cousins like at this point it’s ‘who is my cousin’ being played in the entire Detective Conan manga. You either already guessed it, are an active incest shipper (hi, hello, tis a me) or you are used to your favourites dying. This situation is no fucking different. 

Wolfwood is dead, in my head he is alive and well and treating his Plant husband right. 

Sora is missing, not in my head where he is kissing Roxas and Riku and Kairi and whoever else wants to get at the sunshine of the KH universe. 

Ben is dead, NOT IN MY REYLO FANFICTION. 

If you are a person who actively kept up with the manga or actively kept up with the show it is possible to ignore canon because they do not suddenly go super deep into being cousins and knowing about each other. They both don’t know if they are cousins or else the jig would be up immediately and the manga would be finished. You CAN ignore canon and if Kaishin is a ship that brings you joy and just serotonin production I implore you guys to choose this lane if you still want to enjoy Kaishin. 

It’s by far the healthiest option and teaches you how to curate your own fandom experience. 

Alternate Universes and You 

I was in the Hannibal fandom for a while and I clearly remember the ‘Hannibal is not a Cannibal’ tag on AO3. I thought it was hilarious but I would never dare to make fun of it because that is a prime example of CURATING YOUR FANDOM EXPERIENCE. 

Here are some examples on how you can start tagging: 

Not Cousins AU

Kaito and Shinichi aren’t family 

No Family Relation AU 

Pre Kaishin reveal 

Or just make a quick blurb of how you mean this drawing/fic to be perceived. Again, this is your experience and you get to make the space you want to make. It’s up to you to make/interact with the content that makes you most comfortable. Again, if you want to delve into AU’s then that is up to you and I think it’s a pretty good lane for those who just feel weird about the whole reveal. 

Stepping Away

Your moral values are your own, people, and I am in no position or even want to judge them. If you feel uncomfortable about this now, see your love for Kaishin diminishing because of the reveal or just don’t see yourself shipping Kaishin in the future then you are more than capable of measuring your response and stepping away from the ship entirely for your own health. 

Is it going to be sad? Yes, but they are fictional and I recommend having an idea of what you have in your life outside of fandom that makes you happy that you can focus on as you go through this. College, work, whatever hobbies you may have taken up–hell put all your eggs into another ship that you know also brings you joy! 

Do not let this dictate your day or your month or your year. This is just fandom, you don’t have to make a big statement unless asked about it, you do not have to justify your decision to anybody, curate.your.fandom.experience. 

I’m going to end this with a repeat of what I just said. 

This is all fictional. We are playing in a fictional sandbox where we can all make whatever we want in any capacity and as long as it is tagged correctly then nobody’s lines have to be crossed. If you just started enjoying Kaishin, find out how you still want to enjoy it or step away. If you have shipped Kaishin for a while, do the same fucking thing! The east side of the fandom is having a field day with the movie, why can’t the west have some fun too?! 

I’m going to ship Kaishin (however all my reblogs will be moved to my other blog for incest-y stuff and just other content people may not vibe with in general) and hell I might just join the Kaishin Big Bang for the hell of it because I have been shipping this ship since I was 15 years old and I’m about to be 30 so….I’m staying fucking seated cause you aren’t getting me out of this chair, Aoyama, you aren’t getting me to ship Aoko with anyone other an Akako so suck on that. 

Be safe, be smart and curate y’all.

[a11sunday]

featuring explorations in ... forged family, second chances and forgiveness, survivor's guilt, rescue from loneliness and an unloved existence, liberation from the burden of guilt, oppression, and the things that shackle us, and a captain and crew's unconditional love.

affiliations ... weatherw1tch, danversiism, buraiikan / ryusokcn / shipwrght, lovehungered, foremyth, voidcenturyseashanties.

now watching ... egghead island arc. ( anime watcher only so far ).

memes. open starters. banner credit. rules + roster under the cut.

rules + general information.

operates as sporadic activity and mutuals only.

no explicit sexual material, infidelity-based plots or threads, or holiday-centric/birthday threads will be written here.

suggestive build-up / morning after threads are okay! but, anything explicit or in-depth will require fade to black or timeskip.

force shipping ≠ asking if i ship our muses / wanting to discuss the potential for a ship. feel free to be forthright with your intentions since i prefer to have some discussion and chemistry testing before jumping into romantic shipping. as for all other types of dynamics, i'm always down and encourage it!

trigger warnings will be tagged "trigger //". please tag any sexually explicit imagery, jumpscares and any media or material involving infidelity. however, if you regularly write or put out material featuring infidelity on the dash, i will be softblocking.

plot-driven dynamics preferred and prioritized. (disclaimer: but, i don't expect every thread to be plotted, that takes the fun out of it.) i like to have direction and a general idea of progression for dynamics. it helps me get more invested and really just consists of us talking about our muses like they're our own personal barbie dolls. while i'm a plotter and worldbuilder at heart, i am happy to adjust and don't require anything too heavy! but, please, plotting is a two-way street. expecting me to put in all the work for our plots / responding vaguely is disheartening.

however, i know that a little interaction may be needed before plotting, so i do my best to send memes as ice breakers and will continue them whenever possible. but please don't feel pressured to respond right away!

i tend to keep my following count low because i get easily overwhelmed and anxious over my interactions with others. also because of that, i take a while to follow back and meticulously read your pages. so please give me some time before you decide to unfollow because i may not have read any of your pages yet and thus haven't hit that follow button yet!

duplicate anxiety happens for me at times. it doesn't mean i won't write with duplicates at all, but that i may limit how many of the same muse i follow for my comfort! of course, that doesn't mean my mutuals are prohibited from interacting with duplicates of any muses i have!

* as note in some of my ocs' lore / blurbs, i've written them with connections to canon characters. so, i will be referencing them as people they know in interactions unless you write said characters themselves. if you write any of these characters and you are uncomfortable with pre-established connections, then we can plot around it / discuss it further. i'll certainly approach you about it before i write anything that would assume otherwise.

roster. --- tentative list, subject to change. click on links for portrayal notes and muse info.

original characters ... clover d. iselda, kazumi haru, nina liu, otorobashi akai, quetzal d. luna, zephyr, zhi hua.

canons ... monkey d. luffy, nico robin, perona, portgas d. ace, red leg zeff, riku viola, sanji, silvers rayleigh, tony-tony chopper, usopp.

testing / secret menu muses ... makino, monkey d. garp.

[mirror-to-the-past]

More (Apparently) KH3:Remind and Melody of Memory Stuff

Spiritually pounding on the windows of the Square Enix building- what do you MEAN I find out via YouTube that there's story cutscenes locked behind those egregious Data fights?? (That I'll personally beat... someday...)

(I also just went ahead and watched all the cutscenes for Melody of Memory, because I didn't want to play through a $60 rhythm game, sorryyy)

But first, Re:Mind and its sneaky, sneaky cutscenes...

Everything with Yozora has me Bonkers. I can't believe they've done this. Echoing Sora's first line in the series "I've been having these weird thoughts lately" through his own side of the story, him saying that he doesn't look like how he appears, the 'why do you know that name,' the "save Sora" while immediately drawing a gun on the man in question?? I'm just... *screaming noises* They're bringing everything together with the fiction versus reality stuff they have going on, and guys, I get SO excited when some games go meta. I'm squealing like a little girl; I'm ecstatic. Despite Sora being in (what I now know as Quadratum) and the background of the Yozora fight reflecting that, I can't help but wonder if it was another internal fight due to the arena switching to Sora's Heart Station for a second, akin to Roxas' fight in KH2.

And the music was so pretty... Yozora has a gorgeous theme. The prettier the battle theme, the more insane the KH fight, I say.

Also Riku was dreaming of Sora for a year. Lmao. He just... didn't say anything about it, while everyone was busting their asses. I'll be honest, literally the only way I could take that is that he dismissed his dreams as irrelevant- ah yes, dreaming of Sora? Nothing crazy to see here. Oh, Riku.

Also more importantly than Riku's angst deal- KAIRI WAS LAUNCHED INTO SPACE WHEN SHE WAS A PRESCHOOLER TO ACT AS A KEYBLADE WIELDER HOMING DEVICE, JESUS CHRIST. Kairi 🤝 Megamind 🤝 potentially Superman (I'm not a comics guy):

Getting launched out of their home planets into space in order to escape the destruction of their worlds, given vague and confusing scenarios and instructions to adapt to once they find a new planet, but they really just wanna chill and be loved and keep people safe.

And she's gonna train with Aqua! :D Another professional at getting launched into other worlds (realms). I hope she bonds with Ventus, as I've recently been made aware of their similarities in disposition, and how they are treated by others (hearts of pure light, designated by their groups as "the one who should stay home/be protected", wavering self confidence in their own abilities and self worth). Additionally, the hilarious potential scenarios of Kairi being like "yeah, and my favorite color's actually-" and Ventus interrupts with "Purple. I know," because the man essentially vicariously lived Sora's childhood. I'm super stoked for future Kairi screentime! Loved when she saw Xehanort in her memories and was like 'I don't care if you're a memory, data, manifestation of my heart or any other thing- I hate you, get out of my life forever. Hugs and kisses, die.' Like, 10/10, girl. Fair. Kairi's a volcano wrapped in a sweet package ready to snap at someone.

Riku's like "Y'know Ansem, I'm gonna miss you... 🥺"

And Sora's like "Xemnas, stooop all the violence. How can you take advantage of people with hearts? You should feel your feelings. You're valid, bestie. ☺️"

Kairi's no bleeding heart for baddies, she just wants everyone to get off her damn case, lol!

Also LOL at the fairy godmother of all people being the one to ship Riku off to Quadratum after Sora. My Cinderiku jokes (as well as my previous KH3 post's blurb about Riku determinedly walking into the ocean to find Sora) may not be completely unwarranted, now. Like, Miss 'specialty in dreams?' Miss "If you'd lost all your faith, I couldn't be here. And here I am." Not even to mention "a dream is a wish your heart makes," a very relevant lyric for this set of circumstances, if I do say so myself. I guess that's just gonna be another song I love and sing to myself that now makes me think of KH. 🤷 There's worse things I suppose, for example, like Buddy Holly being stuck in my head for three days straight and making me feel like I'm trapped listening to my uncle's records (thanks, Good Omens).

I ended up re-watching "Cinderella" for the first time in a while because of that part of Re:Mind and MoM. The KH association of the part with Fairy Godmother's appearance is now semi-heartwrenching, given the context of her appearance in "Cinderella," as well:

You have the vocalizing chorus throughout the opening of the scene acting as a callback to Cinderella's "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes" song as well as reflecting her inner thoughts, and she has a dialogue with it while she sobs alone in the garden:

Chorus: Whatever you wish for, you keep...

Cinderella: "Oh, no... no, it isn't true."

Chorus: Have faith in your dreams and someday... your rainbow will come smiling through!

Cinderella: "It's just no use. No use at all."

Chorus: No matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep on believing...

Cinderella: "I can't believe! Not anymore..."

Chorus: The dream that you wish... *lyric trails off, unfinished*

Cinderella: "There's nothing left to believe in... nothing..."

[Fairy Godmother materializes next to her]

FG: "Nothing my dear? Oh, now you don't really mean that."

Cinderella: "Oh, but I do-"

FG: "Nonsense, child! If you lost all your faith, I couldn't be here, and here I am!"

[the violin and cello come in to finish the last part of the lyric] "...will come true."

Beautiful scene, really. The chorus assisting the animation is delightful... I watched Bambi and Lady and the Tramp (Bella Notte <3) a lot growing up because I loved that old-timey choral work. So dreamy...

Additional funny/sweet bit: I like how Mickey was freaking out to the point of being pinned down over Riku being unceremoniously dropped into Quadratum via Fairy Godmother's spontaneity and enabling.

'You sent my son to the big city ALONE?! He could get mugged, he could get lost, he could get hate-crimed, he could-'

*jump cut to Riku, and he's trying to gauge the value of Earth Money by spying on hot dog stands. He sheds his first known tear of the series by trying to figure out public transit routes*

Anyway, in the words of Cid:

"But what happens next?!"

[makethiscanon]

Current request status: closed

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Inbox game status: open

Current game: Send a single '🌸' + any character name (+ fandom if it's not obvious), and I'll give you one headcanon for them. Limited to one headcanon per ask. The same character can be asked for more than once.

I can go in fandom-blind. Pick any character you like.

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Firstly, anyone new here please know I’m the slowest writer on this planet, with a feeble amount of motivation. When requesting, it’s better off to think of it as a suggestion, because unless I get inspired, there’s a high chance I won’t have the brain power to write your piece.

I work under a policy that every character is pansexual/panromantic, unless explicitly stated by the original creator that the character is not attracted to a specific orientation.

What I will write:

Reader-inserts only

Second-person, or third-person if requested

Headcanons, drabbles, blurbs, short stories, voice lines, match ups.

Any gender, but will default to fem! unless requested

Romance or platonic

Aro or Ace

Polyamory

Fluff, Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Horror/Suspense 

Minor injuries/blood

Alternate Universe (please specify)

The list isn't completely exclusive so if in doubt, hit me with what you've got.

I reserve the right to decline or ignore any requests that make me feel uncomfortable, and have no obligation to disclose reasons why.

What I won’t write:

NSFW / Taboo

Political

Hate speech

Cheating

Whump (Yandere is fine but won’t be graphic)

Real celebrities x reader

Young-coded characters romantically. E.g. Eri, Kota, Klee, Nahida, etc.

I can try writing for any character from the fandoms listed, but the characters below are the ones I’m more confident in. Those with an ‘ * ’ are the characters I’m most confident writing.

Arcane:

Jayce || Viktor*

Silco

Demon Slayer:

Akaza* || Douma || Enmu || Gyutaro*

Inosuke || Nezuko

Rengoku || Sanemi

Dr Stone

Senku || Taiju

Tsukasa || Ukyo || Yo

Chrome || Kinro

Final Fantasy

7: Reno || Vincent || Genesis || Zack

13: Hope || Snow || Caius || Noel

Genshin Impact:

Arataki Itto || Cyno || Thoma || Tighnari || Xiao || Zhongli

Childe || Scaramouche

Gotham (TV Series):

Oswald Cobblepot || Jerome Valeska || Victor Zsasz*

Kingdom Hearts:

Organization XIII members || Axel*

Sora || Riku || Hayner

The Maze Runner:

Gally* || Newt || Frypan || Minho || Alby

Vince

My Hero Academia:

Class 1-A [Any] || Bakugou Katsuki* || Ojiro Mashirao*

Amajiki Tamaki || Kaibara Sen || Monoma Neito || Shindou Yo || Shinsou Hitoshi || Togata Mirio || Yorarashi Inasa

Chisaki Kai [Overhaul] || Dabi || Spinner || Toga Himiko || Twice

Fatgum || Pro Hero: Manual

Obey Me:

Mammon || Lucifer || Beelzebub || Asmo

Simeon || Solomon || Raphael

Tales of Arcadia:

Douxie Casperan || Krel Tarron*

Nari || Skrael || Strickler || Tronos

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[WRITING MASTERLIST]

[aitsuheart]

New Chapter 4

So cool, but so jealous — his best friend

Rating: General Audiences

Summary: While Riku and Sora make plans to leave Destiny Islands and see other worlds with Kairi, Riku doesn't want to get left behind and hopes a fruit whose legend supposedly connects the destiny of those who share it will be enough to hope they stay together.

Tags: m/m, Riku/Sora, Kairi & Riku, Kairi & Sora, Kairi & Riku & Sora friendship, Jealous Riku, canon compliant, papou fruit,

Blurb:

Riku suddenly reached out and held Sora's wrist. "Hey Sora." Riku stopped him so that Kairi was ways ahead. He suddenly got close to his face, "You wanted one didn't you?" He placed the papou fruit to him, smirking. "You know what the legend says right?"

Sora blinked, trying to prevent the red flusteredness from creeping up his cheeks "H-huh?!"

"I know you want to try it. Here I'll test it first," He bit into the papou fruit that was placed in Sora's hands. "Are you going to give it to that person, huh? The person your heart is connected to..."

Aitsu_Heart on tumblr

[p-artsypants]

Blurb #20

I'm going to try to share 70 blurbs from my WIPs and unfinished fics to celebrate reaching 70 posted fics! To help with this endeavor, please feel free to send me a word or a fandom you know I write for, and I'll share the blurb. IDK if I'll get 70 prompts, but let's try it! Send as many as you want!

Hey look! A Kingdom Hearts one!

This was the next chapter for My Kingdom for A Heart. The fic never got any traction and I lost steam a long time ago.

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“Alright, I’m picking the world this time.” Riku stated, stubbornly.

“Of course,” responded Sora, making sure Kairi was comfortable in her seat. “Where to?”

“Umm…” Riku paused for a minute, his hand hovering over the map. He was more concerned with getting to pick, he hadn’t expected Sora to agree so willingly. “Somewhere with a nice temperate climate.” He furrowed his brows. What’s that place with the dragons?”

“Uh, the Land of the Dragons?”

He snorted. “Yeah okay, sure.”

“No seriously! That’s what it’s called! The one with the Emperor you were rude to.”

Riku gave him a look. “You’re never going to drop that, are you?”

“Not a chance.” Sora snickered. “Well, I have friends there that we can ask and see if they know anything. None of the seven Princesses live here, though.”

Riku shrugged. “That’s okay, someone might know something anyway. It doesn’t hurt to ask.”

“Yeah!”

So Sora selected the world on the map, and they were off.

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Disembarking from the ship, Riku sighed, content. “This is nice. Not exactly tropical, but mild all the same.”

Sora was looking around. “I don’t think we’re too far from the camp, let’s go.”

“Camp?”

“Yeah! The army training camp!”

“Your friends here are in the army?”

Sora answered as they started walking. “The captain of the guard and uh...well, I’m not sure what Mulan’s rank is, but it was up there. The emperor promoted her to his personal staff.”

“Well, if they are his staff, they probably wouldn’t be at the camp. Would they?”

“Well, it’s a start. I can’t imagine we’d be able to just walk into the palace anyway. Even though I am a hero of China.”

“I walked in.” Riku said easily.

“You probably portaled your way in, you big liar.”

Riku shrugged. “Something like that.”

When they reached the camp, they were suddenly surrounded by three men, one tall and skinny, one short and stocky, and one huge.

“Sora! Long time no see!” Said Ling.

“Hey guys!” He greeted with enthusiasm.

“Who’s the pretty boy?” Asked Yow.

“This is my friend, Riku.” Then he patted Kairi’s knees. “And this is Kairi. She doesn’t talk much.”

“Is she alright?” Asked Po.

“She will be.” Sora supplied. “Is Mulan around?”

Yow scoffed. “Nah, she and Captain Loveboat are up at the palace.”

“Told you.” Riku snickered.

Sora ignored him. “Loveboat?”

“Oh what? You haven’t heard? You live under a rock or somethin’?”

“Something like that.” Riku answered.

“Mulan and Captain Shang are engaged to be married. It’s a big deal.”

“It sure is!” Sora nearly shouted with excitement. “Good for them!”

“You can tell them yourself. We’ll take you to the palace...but you have to help us with a little problem here.”

“Little problem?”

Ling rolled his eyes. “Yeah, there’s this new trainee, thinks he’s all that and a box of pot stickers. Some son of a swordsman. Problem is, he actually is pretty good, so he thinks he doesn’t have to do what everyone else is doing.”

“Why not just kick him out?” Asked Riku.

“Because we’re low in numbers. Mulan and Sora defeated Shan-Yu, but that doesn’t mean the Huns are done. There’s camps all over the countryside that aren’t leaving anytime soon. We need as many abled-bodied men as we can get.”

“Oh,” said Sora, thinking, “then should Riku and I stay for a while?”

“Nah,” said Yao. “We need men, not boys.”

“Whatchu say?!”

Po interrupted, “you did your time let others have the honor to fight.”

Ling then continued, “but can you please put this kid in his place?”

Sora smiled. “Alright, just show me the way.”

On the other side of camp, Sora and company were led to a ring. Po took a seat on the ground, cross legged. “Come Riku, sit with me.”

“‘Kay. I’d love a front row seat to seeing Sora get his ass kicked.”

Sora set Kairi down beside him, making sure she was comfortable. She didn’t sit up well on the ground, so Riku placed his arm behind her, propping her up.

“Ah, Riku, it shall be I who does the kicking ass.” He stuck his tongue out. “Cheer for me, Kai?”

[thefvrious]

full name: chiyo kobayashi nicknames: tbd birthday: october 31 age: 31 gender/pronouns: cis-female, she/hers hometown: kamakura, japan sign: scorpio religion: shintoist orientation: asexual occupation: underground cage fighter family: kenji kobayashi (father), haruka kobayashi (mother), riku kobayashi (brother) +: resilient, strong, determined, passionate -: vicious, obsessive, moody, domineering blurb: chiyo grew up in a beautiful coastal town in japan. her father was a fisherman, but he always wanted to be a fighter. kenji spent his free time training his kids up to be fighters, but chiyo was really the only one who had the gumption for it. her career took off as a teenager and she's been busting heads ever since. an accident about five years ago caused her to lose her speech.

[system-of-a-feather]

It's actually really funny cause we read this post like five minutes ago and were like "Lets turn on music" and Riku-dominant Fei brain was just like "no I dont want to listen to Ren, weve listened to that specific song so much Im kinda sick and over it" then put on bloodborne music and then I was like "bruh I want to actually listen to something good and with a story" and promptly went back to put on the previously mentioned song cause I'm still not over it.

-Chunn-dominant Fei

(tangential but off topic additional blurb below the cut about final fusion and functional multiplicity)

It's kinda funny, for the most part we've been pretty much identifying today (and probably the last few days) as a singular whole with different dominant sides and part of the reason we did this was cause there was a barely conscious and audible

Me: We should put on the song

Riku: No you listen to it too much Im over it

Me: Rude but ok

Riku: oh yeah what were we doing - oh right we were going to make a post about thoughts on ecotherapy and... thats a very you driven line of thought of ours huh

Me: yeah and I want to listen to music that lets me enjoy a story now get rid of your dumb bloodborne music

But that all kind of just happens very quietly in the background and so as a whole unit it instead appeared to us / me as "no I dont want to listen to Ren, weve listened to that specific song so much Im kinda sick and over" until me going "Well I want to talk about this thing that Chunn brain is better at and now that Im in that mind space, I actually want to listen to that again"

Like I can meme about how we basically did the same thing and claim myself as "Chunn" cause it wouldn't be wrong at all, but I didn't really switch I just put on a different hat. That hat just also makes me like some songs better than other

DID is weird because I find myself gathering shit on critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy 14 and then go "why tf am I doing this I hate this so much" and questioning all my life choices that led up to this point where I'm wasting my life away gathering and gathering and gathering materials with no end in sight and then switch to doing dungeons to level up my combat classes, 30 minutes later I'm like "actually I wanna go back to gathering I dont even know why I was running dungeons I'm not a fan of doing dungeons", then 15 minutes later going "god fucking dammit I'm doing it again I fucking hate gathering, back to dungeons" and then-

Like I know to anyone who doesn't know that we're a system this sounds like we just keep doing shit we don't enjoy doing in the game but it's definitely kinda amusing/annoying how we keep accidentally switching with each other when we're playing and are unable to just let whoever is fronting enjoy doing what they do lol.

Oh, and it's also funny how we might switch mid-raid and suddenly have to scramble to remember what all our buttons do while internally screaming trying to also not die to the boss.

In the past it was a LOT more frustrating though as we didn't realize why we'd be enjoying the game then all of a sudden go "I actually really hate doing this and I don't know why I keep doing this". Made it really easy to get mad at myself and then just drop whatever game I was playing, not because I wasn't having fun but because it was so confusing trying to understand why I kept doing things I didn't enjoy. I thought it was like, a weird need to minmax and thus doing stuff I hated just to eek out every little bit of experience/money/whatever, but that didn't explain why I would earnestly try to stop to try to enjoy the game however I wanted to only to keep going back to the same things that I hated doing over and over.

Anyways, it's kinda silly but knowing that I have DID and these other versions of me has really helped my frustration in this regard. And I know I'm talking about video games in this post, but this also reflects other aspects of my life, from friendships to work to even just grocery shopping. I'm now more accepting of these weird inconsistencies about myself and it's made understanding my life and my actions so much less confusing and frustrating.

[honestsister]

Kingdom hearts is leaking out of its containment chamber in my brain and is infecting my TOH thoughts so here are some crossover prompts I'm never gonna write but won't leave me alone.

Sora and luz talking about people's perceptions of them and their self depreciative guilt and how it affects them

Literally any keyblade wielder looking at belos and going "Ayo, wtf is THAT?"

Roxas or xion or literally any of the walking identity crises meeting(and befriending) Hunter

Discussions on the difference between humans and witches and where keyblade wielders stand on that(cause wtf)

If a witch lost their Heart, who gets the bilesac? The nobody or the heartless?

Gay disasters Riku and Amity mutually lamenting their cringe fail antics

Willow and Kairi friendship (not a prompt I just think they'd vibe)

The return or Soras competitive streak ft. Delivering potions for eda

[markiemelon]

“your mom hasn’t paid me to date you this month” texts with nct wish please? 🙏🏻🙏🏻

“your mom hasn’t paid me this month” prank on nct wish

telling nct wish that their mom hasn’t paid you to date them for the month to see their reaction.

༚ genre: fluff, crack

༚ pairings: wish x gn!reader

thank you for the requestttt this was so fun to make. I hope you like it LOL

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and here is my lovely tag list: @wonbins-black-cat @taroddori @nctstarr

(lmk if you wanna be added so you know when i post!)

[krystalscornerofficial]

[10:42 AM] Fantasy Character!Jeno meets Ex-machina!reader in the middle of nowhere. Seeing her just made Jeno scream at her, blaming her and her species for the cause they damaged during the Eternal Great War.

"People like you shouldn't have just existed! Your species should have died! How dare you guys ruin Imanity!"

Out of guilt, you only spoke but you didn't look at him, just so that you couldn't feel more guilty.

"Jeno, Im not like those people. They have not made me exist. Please just forgive the whole race. We all didn't want Disboard and Imanity this way, did we?"

Jeno could only leave you there, feeling angry while you left yourself there, to burn along with the ashes that were scattered on the ground.

"Jeno, Im sorry and I love you."

That was the last thing you said before you closed your eyes.

[naho-monogatari]

Soriku - ATLA short fic idea

(This was supposed to be a short blurb kind of thing but spiralled☔️)

Riku’s an arrogant water bender from the northern water tribe. Like a big fish in a small pond, He thinks he can conquer the world with ice bending alone.

He sneaks out of the frozen fortress in the northern settlement, trying to prove his greatness in the outside world -

- But quickly gets captured the moment he steps foot in the Earth kingdom.

Turns out water benders are pretty rare in the south and hot commodities for bending smugglers.

Riku’s been gagged and stuffed in the back of a wagon for what feels like weeks now. His ego and pride have been shattered, all of his attempts to escape have failed. He has no idea where he is or where he’s being transported to.

Just when he’s about to give up hope entirely, a crash occurs and the wagon is overturned!

He can make out the sounds of a fight - his smugglers versus an unknown party. Riku tries not to feel too hopeful, but maybe someone’s come to save him!

Or not,

He could hear his ‘saviours’ demanding the smugglers hand over their bounty. Riku, still panicked, took slight satisfaction in that it seemed the smugglers were being raided by bandits.

He couldn’t tell which side had won the fight but the noise eventually quietened down, and Riku began to feel dread.

Someone had entered the wagon.

‘Hey! There’s a person in here!’

Riku was pulled into the light, still bound and blindfolded.

Someone reached down and removed his blindfold.

Riku opened his eyes and looked up -

‘Hi, I’m sora!’

A beautiful boy surrounded by the strangest granulated dirt he’s ever seen. It morphed around sora like a shield.

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One’s a skilled sand-bending bandit, a sweet boy despite his questionable company, the other’s a sheltered water bender with a giant (now bruised) ego.

Riku sees sand for the first time, sora sees snow for the first time.

They’re opposites, they’re obsessed with each other.

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Thanks for reading! - Naho ☔️

[anotherblblog]

Utsukushii Kare Retrospective Blurb

Although we're worlds apart I'd cross the stars for you In the heart of a sleepless moon I'll be with you forever

What a friggin series. Like well done.

I had gotten a bit bored and mostly just unimpressed with the BLs I had been watching then along came Utsukushii Kare

I love strong characterization and really leaning into those archetypes 

I love how much both Hira and Kiyoi both had such low self-esteem that it made them both dumbasses wrt their feelings

a haunting sense of yearning and longing for connection

the scoring was top notch

I want so much more of this world and these characters and this music

poor Koyama, he did his best

also this was Yusei’s first role, phenomenal

it’s very hard for me to understand how anyone could not see Kiyoi’s interest and ultimately desire for Hira

Hira and his inner Kira 

what a good starer you are Riku  

3rd favorite series, basically after my first month of so of BL’s, I was pretty locked in with my top series and Utsukushii Kare just rocketed to third place

[bluerosesburnblue]

When it comes to that trailer it's fun to try to figure stuff out. But that scene where Sora is tracing his connections through hearts and is at Riku's station of awakening. I'm kind of hoping it's the last one to finding Kairi. 1) it's fitting Riku's heart is the last sendoff for Sora to the Final World. 2) it would maybe mean of all the hearts Sora was searching through it was Riku's that helped Sora the most in locating Kairi (just me out there being like hey game remember they do have a -

2 close friendship too and I dearly want KH3 to focus at least little on that. Remember when Riku was desperate to save Kairi in KH1. Remember in COM when Namine used Kairi's image to encourage Riku to face his demons and fight on. Remember in KH2 when only Kairi saw through Riku's ATW face and convinced him to not runaway again and face Sora despite his immense guilt. Thereby reuniting the Destiny trio. Remember KH3? This is another opportunity). Also I want to say I think the fandom is being -

3 critical of Riku's SOA not having Sora or Kairi on it. I personally don't think it means anything about how close you are to someone always. From the Remind trailer I'm starting to think SoA reflect the moment when your foundation of who you currently are began. For Sora it began in KH1 when he lost Kairi and Riku and found Donald and Goofy. For Riku it was in COM when he truly struggled w/his darkness and actions and Ansem, Mickey and Namine were the most present during that time. Perhaps. =p

I’ve gotta agree. Riku’s Station being the last link to Kairi (based on what we know from the descriptor blurb of tracing the connection) would be a really good way for the trio to finally feel united again. They clearly care about each other. Riku and Kairi were snarking at each other left and right in 0.2 and Kairi turned to him when she was unsure about training with Lea. And Riku clearly told her what his intentions on the beach were in KH3 because she’s the one who knew that he “wanted to be left alone.” So either she asked him to join them and he said no (she cares) or he sought her out to ask to leave him be because he trusts her (he cares). Their relationship is probably the least touched on of any two members of a given trio (and that’s including the KHx trio of Player-Ephermer-Skuld) and they really need something like this to balance them outAs for Riku’s Station, it’s pretty well-known that it’s reused from other KH events in the past (though edited; the cards have been removed from Riku’s hand and replaced with hearts in the border). Part of me wonders if everyone’s Stations are going to be shown and reused from the events. I want to say we should just keep an open mind about it, because while it IS reused and therefore might not have any bigger significance, it was also edited so if it was important for something to be in there or removed, it would be

But I gotta hand it to you, I love your interpretation. Chain of Memories was really the birth of the “Riku” we know and love now. Sora’s station depicts when he got his Keyblade, Ven’s now reflects his completed heart (the rebirth of the “Ven” we know now), etc. And Stations change (Sora’s and Ven’s) to reflect significant events and things close to your heart. I don’t think Riku’s is done changing just yet