#KH3

[luxmoogle]

The closer you get to the light, the greater your shadow becomes.

#kingdom hearts #kh #sora #kh sora #kh3 #destiny islands #my art #long post #kh comic #comic #dreary

[lightandfellowship]

I want to point out some absolutely ingenious symbolism from KH3's ending.

The chess piece in the center of the frame is one of Eraqus' "white" pieces, specifically the one that represents Sora. This piece has silver detailing on it, and in fact the crown perched at the top of it is silver as well.

However, the crown isn't completely flat, it has a raised edge that travels right through the center of it, meaning that when the light hits it just right, one side ends up darker than the other. As you would expect, the dark side is facing Xehanort's side of the board, and the light side is facing Eraqus' side of the board.

However, when Xehanort flicks the chess piece and talks about how Eraqus is the one who will be chosen to defend the world, not Xehanort, the chess piece shifts slightly, just enough to make the light hit it differently as it faces Eraqus more. Now the crown is mostly lit up.

So what does this mean? Here's my interpretation: though this chess piece is normally supposed to represent Sora, in this particular instance it more broadly represents something like "the person who's worthy of Kingdom Hearts/the X-blade", "the person who's worthy of protecting the world", or perhaps even "the person who's the true Child of Destiny". (That's why Xehanort talks about somebody else being more deserving of the title/being chosen over him as the defender of the world.) (Also recall that Xehanort's Keyblade Armor in KHDR is adorned with the very same crown that's on Sora's chess piece, so Xehanort is associated with the symbol, too!)

The chess piece's initial position paints it as being equal parts dark and light, which matches Xehanort's philosophy of balance. When the chess piece shifts positions, it becomes more light than dark (though crucially, the left side is still ever-so-slightly darker than the right) and this represents Sora, the hero of light.

Alternatively, the dark/light split of the crown and the chess piece directly facing the camera with no biases toward either side of the board represents how it's initially unclear who the Child of Destiny is (a "hero" of darkness such as Xehanort, or a hero of light such as Sora?), and Xehanort being the one to push the chess piece towards Eraqus and the light while talking about not being a "chosen" one means that he realizes he isn't the Child of Destiny after all, and that Sora is.

Therefore this is all symbolic of Xehanort handing over the X-blade to Sora in the scene that directly follows this flashback, and subtly explains to us Xehanort's motivations for giving Sora the X-blade.

#kingdom hearts 3 #kh3 #xehanort #sora #rambling about kh #Fellow plays 3 #kh3 spoilers #khdr spoilers

[haido]

Destiny Islands 🌴⭐

(project time: 7 weeks)

#kingdom hearts #khgraphics #destiny islands #kh #kh3 #sora #riku #kairi #paopu fruit #blitzball #ffx #cgi #3d art #3d animation #square enix #haido3d #I spent sooooo long on this trying to perfect it ughh

[xyrishi00]

anti-aqua

#aqua #kingdom hearts #anti-aqua #anti aqua #kh #kh3 #khbbs #kh bbs #birth by sleep #kingdom hearts 3 #fanart #squareenix #square enix #khiii #kingdom hearts iii #aqua kh #kh aqua #digital art #illustration

[thehavster]

Sora and a friend!

#dream eaters #meow wow #kh sora #sora kingdom hearts #kingdom hearts #kingdom hearts 3 #dream drop distance #digital art #kh #kh3 #kh ddd #kh 3d #kingdom hearts fanart #kh fanart

[melasy]

#soriku #sora #riku #kh3 #kingdom hearts #kh #kh4 #remember me #you know who i am #if Sora loses his memories in Quadratum and Riku has to remind him

[hollypollly]

KH3 Riku

#kingdomhearts #kh #kh3 #kingdom hearts #riku #kh3 riku

[himmelmidgard]

Maybe someday Sora will figure out why he wants Riku to call him this bad… 👀

#I was making it so long you don’t even wanna know… #or do you?? #according to procreate it took 17 HOURS!?? #(including testing the font I made for this so prob it was less of actual drawing time) #still more than I thought… #but it was a good practice! #I tried to really pay attention to the comfort of reading the panels and not making them look too similar to each other #kingdom hearts #kingdom hearts 3 #kh #kh3 #kh sora #kingdom hearts comic #kh comic #my art #kh soriku #soriku #kingdom hearts soriku

[heysailorboy]

I want to shake them around, look at them!!!

#soriku #sora #riku #kingdom hearts #kh sora #kh riku #kh3 #look at them #kingdom hearts fanart #sora kingdom hearts #riku kingdom hearts

[dayringblossom]

#khgifs #sora #kingdom hearts #kh3 #sora the goodest boy ever #now imagine this as kairi and riku

[dawning-skye]

some older KH zine pieces

#i love my tragic kingdom hearts blorbos #kingdom hearts #kh #riku #sora #elrena #lauriam #strelizia #khux #kh2 #kh3d #kh com #kh3 #kh bbs #my art

[luxmoogle]

｡༅:*ﾟ:*: When you're not here... ......the pieces don't line up *ﾟ:༅｡.｡

#kingdom hearts #kh #kairi #kh kairi #sokai #sora x kairi #destiny islands #kh3 #my art

[kwoojii]

who rocks it better?

#kingdom hearts #kh #xion #roxas #rokushi #kh3 #kh xion #kh roxas #my art #GAHHHH I UNEARTHED SOME OF MY FILES AND FOUND THIS GEM #IM GOING NUTS #CRAZY #WHAT DID I EAT

[cjillustrate]

got it memorised?

#kh axel #kh lea #kingdom hearts #kh #kh2 #kh3

[yutaan]

A papercraft commission of Riku from Kingdom Hearts (3)! Riku was my favorite in the first game back when I was a kid (did I draw angsty fanart of him in my school notebooks? Of course), and by heck, after watching him change and grow over the years he's still my favorite as an adult. I was so excited to get to make more art of him!

#kingdom hearts #riku #kh3 #papercraft #papercutting #paper art #my art #traditional art

[meribels]

NYAmine!! :3

#my art #namine #kh kairi #kh namine #kingdom hearts 3 #kh3 #kh fanart #kingdom hearts fanart #namine kingdom hearts #kingdom hearts #meribel #kingdom hearts meme