#soriku parallels

[whyarewecalledtheshipname]

if i had a nickel for every time a silver haired guy kidnapped a sunshine boy and his emo baby boyfriend had to go looking for him, id have two nickels

yes this is once again about yozora/sora/riku and sephiroth/zack/cloud. give it.

[ju-star]

Night walk ♡

[zacksephreunion]

taking advantage of all the manifesting energy to pray for a cloud/zack/sephiroth appearance in any upcoming kh game with og va's bc id TRANSCEND

[ihave-83-protons]

LMFAOOO IT'S SO TRUE

[cloudofash]

"With All My Heart" Comparison between Hercules in KH2 and Riku in KH3

This is a parallel that is often mentioned but I haven't seen anyone do a deep dive into the actual scenes in KH2 and compare them to Riku in KH3. I would like to take time to do this now.

Hercules saves Meg, his God powers awaken and he realizes that his powers have returned due to sacrificing himself for Meg and fighting for her with all his heart. Then laughs and says in response to Sora "People do crazy things when they're in love".

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Riku realizes he has found the strength to protect "his precious person" (per OG Japanese dialogue). Sora yet again says "No crazy stunts" this time to Riku. Riku pulls a crazy stunt, sacrificing his own life, to protect Sora even if he knows it's to no avail. Riku perishes and his body floats in the Realm of the Gods, the same way Hercules awakened as a God when he saved Meg.

It's nearly a 1:1 parallel, the only exception is that Hercules' sacrifice, realization and admittance of his love happens in one cutscene while Riku's sacrifice and realization are stretched across KH3 and we have yet to see his admittance. Despite this, it's extremely on the nose, especially where Sora repeats the phrase "No reckless stunts" to Riku after saying such to Hercules in Kh2. Even more pointed with Riku's body winding up in the Realm of the Gods, floating above The Sun God's, Apollo's, Delphic Tripod. The only thing we're missing from this Hercules / Riku comparison is Riku admitting to pulling this crazy stunt because he's in love. Pending KH4 hopefully.

It's so direct that there isn't even much for me to analyze or add, I'll just let the screenshots do the talking.

[matenr0u]

Very normal about this Belle/Beast parallel in particular:

I came to fight for Belle.

And though I am on my own, I will fight.

I won’t leave without her.

That’s why I’m here.

[ihave-83-protons]

WAIT I NEVER REALIZED THE FLOWER SYMBOLISM UNTIL NOW WHAT

RIGHT. AM I RIGHT.

[thefreshprinceofjunes]

Do you remember before? We stood facing each other on opposite sides of that door. Now we stand side-by-side. Let's go home together this time.

[hitinmiss]

The soriku and the Hercules/Meg parallels ALWAYS hit huh

[whyarewecalledtheshipname]

man i rly wish soriku could get their kiss scene with the sleeping beauty song so bad 😭😭😭😭

Yes im dying over sleeping beauty at 4am like at this pt its just a habit 💀

[ihave-83-protons]

holy shit

HOW AM I NOW JUST LOOKING UP THE LYRICS TO DESTATI!!!!!???? HOLY FUCK, I'M LOSING IT OVER THESE!!!!

SORIKU CHOSEN ONE CODED

[dizzybevvie]

Riku finding Sora in Quadratum and dropping to his knees and saying "I looked everywhere for you". you could be revolutionary

[hadesknockedupintheunderworld]

Every day I have to contend with how Soriku fandom just spoils me with in depth analysis about the series itself as much as it spoils me with analysis of characters and the ship

Reading stuff like necklace theory, "riku is the light", the sleeping realms theory, and just fan analysis and translations of the original jp version of kh changed my life man

[daylighteclipsed]

Oughh

[glitterynebulas]

soriku kh4 reunion angst thoughts

[endlessskymaster]

The foreshadowing of Riku and Sora's fates.

Much later...

We know that Sora eventually finds himself in the nighttime version of the final world. Yozora likely assists him in reaching Quadratum, or perhaps Sora manages to get there by other means via the wild card Luxord gave Sora. Meanwhile, Riku is currently embarking on his own journey to Quadratum.

And from the KH3 secret ending, we do see Yozora staring down at Riku.