#technically soriku

[mythicalartistx]

I drew Yozora Riku and Sora being silly together

This takes place in the Quadratum and I gave them new clothes.

I made three versions, one with normal background, one faded, and one has more lighting and colors.

[astrophilix]

Hello, hi, I’m playing Kingdom Hearts I fort the first time with my boyfriend, so I had to draw the babies

As usual only flat cause rendering is overrated (I’m just bad at it and lazy)

(I like Riku’s hair in KHII more, I’m sorry) ((and I wanna fist fight Riku.))

[silvykinesis]

I recently got sucked back down the kingdom hearts rabbit hole whoops ^-^;;

So I’m healing 2008 me by learning how to draw my two favourite boys! ❤️

[twilighttowntormentnexus]

saw that one post and shadow heartless look like little ants

[foxgloveinspace]

*slaps a battered old cookie tin you'd think has sewing stuff in it*

And here's all my ships where one or both of them are dead!

[polarisbear]

this is inarguably one of the most self-indulgent things i’ve ever designed (bonus color way and more detailed descriptions under cut.)

[image 1 id: a sketch of sora and riku in fancy princely and knightly outfits respectively. riku is in a mostly white outfit with brown, pink, and gold. sora is in a mostly dark brown outfit with red and silver. they have matching earrings.]

[image 1 id extended: a sketch of sora and riku from kingdom hearts in fancy outfits. sora’s outfit is composed of a marching-band style jacket with a mandarin collar and coattails, gauntlets, baggy pants, and chunky boots. he has one epaulet with rope and a side cape attached to it. most of his outfit is dark brown, but there are panels of red with silver detailing. the middle panel of his jacket and cape have a matching red stripe pattern.

riku’s outfit is composed of a cropped frock coat, corset, high-waisted pants, thigh high boots, and gloves. most of his outfit is cream, but there are panels of brown and pink with gold detailing. his coat has epaulets. attached to the corset is a side train. everything is decorated in ruffles, gold embellishments or swirling filigree. on the corset and side train there is a pink check pattern.

both outfits have five lines of metallic detailing on their clothes to represent a music staff. hearts are a consistent motif as well. they have matching earrings and riku has a heart brooch to mirror sora’s crown necklace]

[image 2 id: a sketch of sora and riku from kingdom hearts in fancy outfits. sora’s outfit is composed of a marching-band style jacket with a mandarin collar and coattails, gauntlets, baggy pants, and chunky boots. he has one epaulet with rope and a side cape attached to it. most of his outfit is white, but there are panels of red with gold detailing. the cape has a gradient going down from lime green to orange. sora has an earring based on his half of the combined keyblade.

riku’s outfit is composed of a cropped frock coat, corset, high-waisted pants, thigh high boots, and gloves. most of his outfit is dark blue, but there are panels of darker blue with silver detailing. his coat has epaulets. attached to the corset is a side train. the train has a gradient going down from magenta to cyan. riku has an earring based on his half of the combined keyblade.

both outfits have five lines of metallic detailing on their clothes to represent a music staff. hearts are a consistent motif as well. riku has a heart brooch to mirror sora’s crown necklace]

[akolnoix]

Chain of Pronouns

A Partial Re-Translation Patch for Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (GBA)

Kingdom Hearts is a tricky series, where the details really matter. As such, it’s a shame that some interesting elements of Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories did not make it into the official English release (and, from what I know, none of the other language versions). So here we are!

So What’s Changed?

The most important changes in this patch are, as you might’ve guessed from the title, pronoun related.

There is a section of the game, from the beginning of Twilight Town to a certain point in Destiny Islands, where Sora (and the NPCs in Destiny Islands) inexplicably change what pronouns are used to refer to Naminé. The official English release does not convey this element at all despite how much emphasis the game puts on this aspect, and thus loses any potentially significant implications of it.

As there’s no perfect English equivalent for あいつ aitsu, (a very informal/rough pronoun that is technically gender-neutral but leans toward masculine connotations, and is a strange way for Sora to refer to Naminé or Kairi), there are two versions of the patch.

“they” version. This is the one I recommend , as I believe it best conveys the intended experience; where there is a noticeably strange shift in language, but in such as way as to be fairly easy to write off as unimportant to the casual player.

“he” version. This one tosses all subtlety and ambiguity out the window and feels less natural, but conveys the masculine possibilities of the original that the other version can’t. Pick it if you’re feeling very daring.

Then, in the final stretch of the game, jp Naminé uses gender neutral terms in a way that seems potentially relevant, due to the pronouns situation stated in the previous section, and she is talking about two distinct people in her final conversation w/Sora, not just one. Both elements were lost in the official release.

Other Changes

Tweaked some word choice/phrasing for dialogue to more clearly convey repeated motifs (if you’re familiar with the jp terms used, 大切な / に taisetsuna/ni is generally denoted with “precious,” and 大切な人 taisetsuna hito with “dear”) as well as references to other parts of the game (primarily between Hollow Bastion and the floor 6+7 interludes)

They don’t call Sora the Keyblade master anymore, as this was sort of an impossible to predict localization misstep with the original release. (How were they supposed to know that jp script would start using the English phrase "Keyblade Master" as a distinct concept like 10 years later?) I did this just for fun.

This project was primarily built upon the contents of the essay “‘That Person’ How a Pronoun Revealed the Heart of a Story”, and would not exist without it. Read it after you finish the game (or before, if you want), it’s fantastic work.

Special thanks to this gba khcom quote generator and this transcript (both of which saved me SO much time and effort) as well as all my friends, whose excitement and input were invaluable.

Don’t want to actually play the game? You can watch one of the cutscene compilations on youtube! [he version] [they version]

[megaxard]

more 2019 art! from thinking about that bit in kh2 where riku takes off his blindfold and sora is just staring at him and grinning

[tharkflark1]

A KH x ML AU thingy!!!

Edit: Their names are Lady Mushi, Nyanarchy, and Pavon (with Vanitas’ peacock form being Kujaku)

[robophantasm]

ChikaRiko kinda reminded me of Soriku…. So I drew them in their outfits smiley face

[verathena14]

riku kingdom hearts is gay and transgender, thank you for coming to my TED talk ❤️

[mythicalartistx]

Soriku Repliku art based on that Stage Play

The stageplay has so many things that I really love. It had them dancing and doing more things than in the game which made me want to draw moments based off it.

Anyways I drew that one part where they were dance fighting and Repliku takes Sora and basically swings him around.

Edit: I forgot to share the second version

[aitsuheart]

The Truth - KH Fanfic where Kairi & Riku talk

Implied Kailette and Soriku

Excerpt:

Riku just sighed as he stared at his fist that was curled up.

“I know. I've known for awhile.” Kairi only smiled to herself, humming.

“What?” Riku staggered, “Who… Who told you? I thought Mickey said he wouldn't tell—”

Kairi laughed and shook her head, “No one, you're quite obvious. I mean everyone can tell you're in love with him.”

Summary:

The Truth was always hidden, from Sora— his best friend— and especially Kairi

He couldn't face them or tell them what actually happened that day or why it happened

A big part of everything was his complicated feelings of that time, and they must remain a secret forever.

However, finally tired of hiding his reasons and truths, Riku tells Kairi a long with an apology

[silvykinesis]

SorikuWeek Day 3: Melodies of Life

[thefreshprinceofjunes]

some of you mighta scrolled through the comments of the soriku comp before and thought, ‘oh wow, pretty cool all the comments on here are positive!’

the thing about that is. i delete the negative comments. bc Its My Video and i dont think its the place for that bullshit! its a video celebrating a ship!

HOWEVER, i still have a record of all the negative comments in my gmail cuz i get emails about each one

so here they are together so we can laugh at them

THANKS FOR 30K+ VIEWS AND HAPPY 21ST ANNIVERSARY KH/HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY SORIKU COMP!!  ✨👑💗🗝️✨

(view this video on youtube)

[lazy-cat13]

fistfights can be very gay

Explanation:

-Warning Spoilers For Nimona, Both The Book And The Movie-

In The Book There’s A Fistfight But At That Part Of The Story In The Movie There Is A Confession. I Ran This Poll At My School And Getting Into A Fist Fight Won. My Friends Are Weird (In A Good Way Though).