#riku cant see

[aurorangen]

"These cupcakes aren't quite the same," Suzume bought some treats from a nearby bakery and reminisced about her junior high days with Riku. They weren't close back then, but he joked around with all his classmates, including Suzume. It has been a week since their date and Suzume sees him either at his grandma's house or in town...although, neither have made a move yet. "You rarely laughed at my jokes!" Riku smudged some icing on her nose, continuing his playful antics. The more time she spent with Riku, the more he felt like family 🥰

#ts4 #sims 4 #ts4 gameplay #ts4 legacy #tjol legacy #tjolc #tjolc gen 1 #suzume miyazawa #riku kobayashi #everytime i see riku he reminds me of both enhypen jake+sunghoon #that 2nd pic made me think ohh he looks sm like them its the hair!!!! #i cant help it making sims look like real ppl unintentionally or not 😭 #anyway! no romantic moves yet #but he feels like family already!

[ajdrawshq]

so like. ive played pmd sky dozens of times over a majority of my life right. i have never seen a map like this

thats just a weird hallway. what is this

#like. huh #ironically Riku got the all terrain hiker iq thing so he can just walk over the void areas which makes this dungeon SO much better #i love chasm caves music but the dungeon is hell to traverse #pmd #also i picked up like. 6 or so legendaries at crystal crossing #that place was fuckin packed!! idk why everyone was there but i got like. ho-oh celebi shaymin deoxys.. n a few more im forgetting #the celebi was shiny .. i cant remember if u can recruit non shiny celebi in sky or not tbh #kinda funny seeing them not in the future #edit. just found a dialga in here. got tired of dusknoirs failures lmao

[robotsafari]

i havent even watched legacy yet but that fucking kh world did some.. unexpected things to me

#beep boop you want fries with that #kingdom hearts #re:ddd #sora #quorra #tron #riku #was trying to redesign rinzler’s helmet bc god. its. kinda fucking boring. leaning into the beast more #also teh helmets eyes are supposed to look angry when its down and sad when its up. bwaaa #i heard rinzler acts like a cat. thats soemthing to look forward to when i watch the movie. grins. #the three dots are supposed to be the classic t. btw. #theres four you just cant see the last one. #made sora look more liek his space paranoids look because he needs to retain the 80s swag. #this reads like a change log. #and my good friend quorra. idk if i’ve even posted that redesign b4. #yes im making her quote the ur my pockets eddie post #i think she needs to chew on things. maybe she should maul clu with her fucking teeth. #shes so unorthadox girl to me. do you see my vision. #also dw about riku falling or paralelling tron or anything hes fiiine. #speaking of the falling art. its old. so its inaccurate to how i draw riku now #before my brain was huge basically. #its so funny how i drew this much art for legacy like. i love tron 1982. i havent watched legacy yet but i feel like im gonna hate it. #the kh world was okay but it had a lot of potential and. uh. made me a BIT insane at the last part in sora’s story (EXPLODES) #also this post is tagged re:ddd for. reasons. dw about it. #ANYWAY GN ITS 1 AM. RUNS AT MACH SPEED.

[princekirijo]

Something I didn't really notice until replaying Royal but Ryuji really doesn't let the past hold him down? Like in the rank 2 scene he tells Akira that he doesn't want to focus on his past and he's more focused about the future.

I think that's kinda neat tbh he doesn't wanna let the stuff with Kamoshida or his dad drag him down, he just wants to keep going forward.

#not gonna main tag this lol #it's interesting idk i never noticed this before #look ill be honest with you all im specifically thinking about this in context for my au #i think the contrast between dont let the past hold me back ryuji #vs i will never escape my past and i cant bear the future riku is fascinating #ive been thinking a LOT about their friendship lately i wont lie #i think they could really balance each other out well #riku would just listen to ryuji talk about his struggles with his past if he needed it #and ryuji helps riku let go of a lot of his burdens regarding his and the groups past #riku is running away from the future ryuji is running towards it do you see my parallels #or is this me going “ive connected two dots. you havent connected shit. they're connected” or however that meme goes #idk i just think they would make great friends :'] #it would make sense too considering captain arcana is the chariot equivalent of its deck lol so there's bound to be parallels #captain au #<- might as well tag it lol #idk if any of this makes like sense #because im refreshing a lot of what i remember from p5 with this playthrough #but i think ryuji's drive to keep moving forward is really cool and fits well with his arcana!! #ANYWAY DO Y'ALL GET WHAT IM SAYING ABOUR RYUJI jesus i feel like im tripping over my thoughts #but riku/ryuji (platonic mostly but romantic works maybe) is important to me.... #hope my ramblings make sense to someone<3 live laugh love <3

[system-of-a-feather]

Sharing these screenshots of a chat in relation to this post cause as much as I hate it, they (XIV and Riku) deserve the credit.

-Chunn

#alter: chunn #system dynamics #alter: riku squared #alter: xiv #alter: riku #those two are so fucking specialized and yet synergize #riku can only conceptualize silver linings and room for growth #xiv can only find issues and things that are broken #They both however bounce at the other to actually get a whole image on how to fix things #alone Riku cant change things cause they never can address the root of the issue and build on shit foundation #alone XIV cant make things better because he sees issues in everything he looks at #the fact that they work with S tier communication and the deepest respect is OP

[displacer-beasts]

Character: says false information (because they are lying, were lied to, or are ignorant of the truth)

The actual truth is later revealed

Fandom, who for some reason can't grasp the basic concept that characters don't have 100% of all information all the time:

"look at this ret con 😂😂😂"

"why did they say this when 2 games later it was changed???"

"meme about how dumb character is for not knowing this"

"OH LOOK A PLOT HOLE"

#i am SO GODDAMN TIRED of that stupid Kingdom Hearts meme where Riku says 'there cant be two keyblade masters' #the WHOLE GODDAMN POINT is that he is being manipulated by Maleficent and Ansem #they are trying to drive Riku to darkness by making him fight with Sora!! #and they do that by convincing Riku there's only ONE keyblade and that its HIS destiny and that sora is STEALING WHAT IS RIGHTFULLY HIS #if Riku knew there was more than one possible keyblade then it wouldn't work!!! #and it's not a ret con bc in the end we see mickey with his own keyblade #proving that even in the first game the idea of only one keyblade is a goddamn lie they were feeding to Riku

[nitunio]

FINALLY FIXED THIS THING. ITS PERFECT NOW. RYUU IS PERFECT FIT FOR SEVEN (ESP THE FACT THAT HE CAN SAVE HIS BROTHERS THIS WAY)

#nitunio.txt #I wanted to switch him with Tamaki but then I remembered the Kujo hostage situation #and im like. No. I dont want to see Ryuu in that place #its not like kujo pointing a gun at tamaki is any better its just that i dont want to see ryuu in that place i have fond feelings for him #🎵riku's got the gun~🎵 #sorry mr shimooka #ive got plans for ryo yaotome sr and rintaro. so they cant be 9 #ZERO is ZERO (borrowed cosplay from kujo. voice distorted as per canon of 999) #nitu i7 ramble

[dullahandyke]

that one post abt 'if i ever hatee a female character i know its my fault, im just not doing enouhg to understand her' but for female (esp main) characters that are boring. if i think shes boring then thats my issue for not looking hard enough. she has a personality in there somewhere because women are interesting and cool i just need to work on finding it

#like whenever i see a damsel in distress i want to dig into her and make her her own #but sometimes theres nothing there :( #like obvi at one end of the spectrum im metis cykes lover number 1 #but like. this is abt kairi. bcos she is one of a trio and one thats CENTRAL to kh #and theres soooo much shit 4 the boys. and then shes just there. shes the macguffin #sora n riku race. kairi counts them down. theres the rivalry over her but she herself never gets a say #like im only just leaving traverse town but i know things and.... pls.... i will read into sora's visions as much as i need to #like i know why but the way that shes the only islander you cant fight. all she does is tell u what to fetch quest. :(

[cinnabeat]

god fucking imagine waiting years for kh3 and then it ends with sora apparently disappearing and then like a year later u got remind and then it Ends Like That i wouldnt be able to handle it

#im barely able to handle it now imagine if u were playing for literal years all this fucking buildup #and then thats how it ends and theyre just like #teehee bye ^-^ see u next game 👋👋 #god i cant wait to play melody of memory #give me the rhythm game #if im good enough maybe i can finish it before spring break is over #michi tag #the fact its been A Year since sora disappeared in game and only then did ANYONE think hey isnt riku soras dreameater???? #the fact RIKU Who Is Soras Dreameater didnt think hey maybe this very specifc dream ive been constantly having is important?? #its so fucking sad that riku never considered his dreams important like no wtf #the cinderella parallels................. #i am feeling every emotion known to man rn

[thetrashthatsmilesback]

All the people who were asking why Sora can use oathkeeper and oblivion at the same time again in re:mind if he no longer had two hearts within him were so annoying: like!!! Because it's fucking badass!!! And it creates a fun play style!!!! Stfu and let those of us who like dual wielding have our fun, you don't have to unlock them!!!

#its fucking awesome and fun to play #this discourse popped up on my twt timeline again for kh4 and im just #hnnngggg shut up shut up it doesnt need a reason outside of #like fans begged for sora to be able to dual wield again #and then when we got it they all started bitching that it didnt make sense lore wise #or the people who were mad that he was taking it away from roxas #like im a roxas die hard #i have a blog LITERALLY NAMED AFTER ROXAS #but he only had OK and OB because of sora's connection to kairi and riku #why cant they both be dual wielders #its not that big of a deal #we can have more than one badass design #its like how i wish more than just ven would hold theirs backwards #that ventus does it is a cool quirk #but it also would be cool to see others #im rambling in the tags but i stand by this #sora kingdom hearts

[eusion]

⋆౨ৎ˚⟡˖ ࣪nct wish hyung line as ur college bf ⌒☆

word count ⌒☆ 858

pairing ⌒☆ nct wish hyung line x reader

note ⌒☆ ive done it... save me

sion ⌒☆

walks with u to ur every class even if his own class is across campus

attends every club formal event with u bcus he cant let ppl see u without him!!! esp if ur dressed all pretty

despite wanting to be around u all of the time he will give u more than enough time to urself or w ur own friends

hes jumping into dance circles at parties but will periodically check in on u to see if ur doing ok

"did u eat yet" "ok did u wna go get food"

never gets jealous or competitive when he sees other guys flirting with u. hes v confident n trusts u 1000%!!

hes just better and he knows it

gets shy often so pda doesnt come easily

so when he holds ur hand while walking through campus u feel really giddy

doesnt let u eat in the dining hall bcus he thinks the food sucks so he tries n brings u lunch everyday

always there to lend support or advice whenever u need it

otherwise hes quietly cheering u on w the biggest smile on his face

he takes care of u a lot but u always make sure to return the favor!

he needs a lot of reassurance too so u always take time out of ur day to tell him how much u appreciate him

cup his cheeks n give him a kiss!!!!! he will smile so big...

hes v studious n never puts off his work

his good work ethic rubbed off on u but even during study sessions u both cant help but get even a Little distracted

laughs at all of ur jokes n ur not sure if its bcus ur funny or bcus he wants to make u feel better

riku ⌒☆

will do anything to take the same core classes as u so he can have a partner

if someone tries to take u as a partner first he will whine n cry until the other person gives in

designated study buddy even though u two get distracted 100% of the time

when ur rlly stressed from exams count on riku to be there to give u comfort n lots of hugs

whenever u get up for something as small as presenting or as big as mcing for ur club event, riku will always be there cheering the loudest for u

"THATS MY GIRLFRIEND!!!" then covers his face in embarrassment

randomly calls u over zoom just for fun...

works at ur campus bakery n passes u free bread n pastries even after getting in trouble w his boss

also jumping in the dance circle n will take 5 min breaks in between to chug his water n fan himself

dragging u to every campus event..........

when u two have sleepovers ur sharing his twin bed

he will hog the blanket n steal ur plushies + the entire pillow

drunk riku is either spitting out nonsense or theres a constant string of i love u's

u two are learning tiktok dances in ur free time n saving them for ur drafts just to look back on later

always at ur apt/dorm? unannounced?

but ur roommates n housemates are used to it

plays volleyball for fun w his friends n u come to his lil games to cheer him on

yushi ⌒☆

takes pottery as an elective n every piece he makes he dedicates it to u

begs that u visit him at work with the widest eyes

gives u free drinks all the time even after getting caught n almost fired

lets u take as many silly pics of him bcus he knows ur gonna post it on main....

and gets super Happy when u post him

u two are regulars at his favorite stir fry restaurant! the owners love seeing u two together n will always add on the unofficial college couple discount

lives on campus so u two have lots of sleepovers together..

dormmates recognize ur shoes n always expect u to be there

always tagging along when u need to run errands! whether itd b for groceries or returning a shirt he will b there!!

ur always studying when hes around :((( < yushi

ur laptop on the coffee table n ur back against the couch as u sit on the floor..

sometimes he will come over n just lay his head on ur lap while scrolling thru his phone

matching accessories.. lil things like scarves, gloves, etc

has a cute selfie of u two as his lockscreen and an off guard of u walking along the pier as his homescreen

part of ur schools dance crew along w sion

u love watching his performances! u never get tired of watching him and bragging to everyone about how talented ur bf is

"and u didnt bring me flowers?"

matching merch for ur college... just showed up once day with two varsity jackets for u n him

is actually on the unis soccer team n is one of their best! #allrounder

u go to his games in his jerseys all the time just to see how big his smile gets on the field

#nct #nct wish #nct wish imagines #nct imagines #sion #riku #yushi #sion imagines #riku imagines #yushi imagines #nct fluff #college au

[holleighgram]

Would be pretty wild if Sora's memories of Riku are his light, and be losing them, he is also losing the light in his heart that makes him the loving Sora we all know?

Take Repliku for example- there was no Ansem in Repliku. The main thing about Repliku was that his memories of Sora were messed with.

And it made him a MASSIVE dick that just wanted marinate in Darkness.

Memories of Sora are integral to him being a good person.

What if the reverse is the same?

We all know Sora's Darkness is more prominent the more the story progresses and it's gearing up to be something he is going to grapple with. Sora has been burying trauma and hurt. He has actively been CHOOSING to forget these heartbreaking memories.

In fact, I think this memories loss/light loss is going to be a VERY important theme in the next saga.

This story is about balancing extremes.

Sora WANTS to forget the "Dark" parts of his and Riku’s relationship. But he cant just sift memories of Riku apart to forget the "Dark" and keep only the "Light".

So by willing away those Dark memories, he's unwittingly willing away Light memories as well.

Which is why we see him forget Riku's Sacrifice, and then also Riku's Light leading him back to the Graveyard.

A "Dark" memory is repressed, and so is a "Light" one.

SO

If, for whatever reason, Sora IS losing his memories of Riku-- particularly the memories of Riku being his light- it has a very negative affect on his heart? We could even see Sora temporarily becoming an antagonist.

We've fought Riku as Sora so many times. It would just be a sweet thematic balance to be able to fight Sora as Riku in order to save him.

It's been said over and over that these two art intertwined-- that they balance each other. Their memories of eachother a formative peices of their hearts. They have each shaped eachother into the person they are.

And imnlaying it all out on the table here: this is why I (personally) feel their relationship (romantic or platonic) is the central theme of the story rather than any other characters:

They are eachorher's light AND their darkness.

Their greatest joy and deepest sorrow.

Their best friend and hardest enemy. (Fighting Ansem and Xehenort weren't nearly as emotionally arduous to fight)

This is a story about accepting both, because that means accepting the entirety of the people you love-- the good and the bad. The light and the dark.

This post got away from me. What was I saying?

#riku is the light #kingdom hearts #riku #soriku #riku kh #kh riku #kh #sora kh #kh3 #kh meta #kh theory #kh speculation #6 hearts no sacrifice #memory loss #sora is confused

[ajdrawshq]

gonna be honest. i had a harder time w the kingdom of coronas boss than everything in the late game so far and i dont know how to feel abt that

#like u do Not want to know how many tries that boss took me but i just beat both the larxene/marluxia fight and replitwo/xigbat fight #in less than a dozen each ?????? #i rememer seeing a video where someone said that theres actually a capped amount of damage that u take/can deal #in kh2 #so i wonder if kh3 is the same ? bc everything should be one shotting me at this point #altho it is funny doing lvl 1 crit with that ez code that triples damage for everyone bc then everything DOES just kill u #and ive been playing with that until now bc im not that much of a masochist #fighting xigbar and replitwo at once is so funny tho. literally just spam attack at xigbar and neither can touch u #bc xigbars always in the air and replitwo cant aim that high. its great #side note. if/when i ever get the confidance i rly wanna write smth where Repliku survives somehow or comes back or whatever #and ends up in twilight town.. #both for repliroku reasons bc i gotta keep what little brand i have #but also bc the part in the novel where they go there in com to fight riku.. i think theyd like it there :] #kh

[robotsafari]

omg i was about to make a post about repliku then remembered what year im in

#robo ramble #i was about to talk about how repliku would react to seeing riku again and then remembered that im in a world where that happened. #i just forgot that happened for a sec #it doesnt help that im rewriting stuff too and also #i like to ignore basically everything in kh3. it helps that i didnt play it #and cant.

[princekirijo]

Riku's got a fucked up mind but at least he knows how to eat a burger

... right?

LMAOOOO yes he does know how to eat a burger 💀 I imagine that was something that Kotone (I haven't decided on what she's gonna be called in my AU so I'll stick with Kotone for now) and Minato quietly agreed on that yeah we gotta take this kid out to fast food places and teach him how to eat a burger 💀

He has no clue that Mitsuru didn't (and let's be honest still probably doesn't) know how to eat a burger though. Probably for the best he'd never let her live that down

#asks #latenitewaffles #koopa bro #riku kirijo #oc tag #yeah as funny as it would be to say hey riku doesnt know hwo to eat a burger he does have like all of sees who spoil him so #they make sure he knows 💀 a silent agreement between the twins #he would tease his mother though fr if he knew 😭 he loves her to pieces but he cant resist poking fun every now and then you know #also yukari def takes them to fast food places both him and yuna #i feel like they both do their best to make sure riku and yuna have as normal a childhood as possible you know #given well. their childhoods 💀

[dreamsy990]

so, re:chain of memories, huh?

warning! its been a little while since i played through recom, so the game isnt as fresh in my mind as some others. sorry for any innacuracies!

spoiler alert, this is my second favorite kingdom hearts game. at least of the ones i've played so far. i get that this isn't like. a POPULAR opinion but fuck you i have almost nothing but positives to say about it.

let's start with the easy stuff first. recom introduced a new card-based combat system. i cant compare it to the gba version, since i didn't play that, but i can say that for what its worth i DID enjoy the combat. recom is by far the hardest game so far (at least for me) and almost every boss took multiple days for me to beat, even with my hp maxed out. it took me a while to get the combat system, but id honestly love to replay the game now that i have a better understanding of how it works. the card system requires a lot of quick thinking and i get that it isnt everyones taste but its CERTAINLY mine. every fight is difficult and feels genuinely rewarding when you win. the movement, like kh1, can use a lot of work, but i wouldnt call it terrible. just kinda sluggish. i think my favorite boss fight was larxene. shes a pain in the ass but i love her.

i think riku's side dropping the deck building mechanic isnt terrible, but i wish i could reorder his deck at the very least. and the lack of healing cards is. not fun. basically any damage you take is permanent unless you HAPPEN to get mickey and its simply Not a fun time. im not very good at games okay.

i have a lot less to say about the worlds than the combat. they're definitely the worst aspect of the game, though. the idea of making worlds with cards is fine! it just leads to kind of repetitive world design. the stories are forgettable, so forgettable that i literally forgot them. and i could make a point about how thats the idea its a game all about forgetting things!! but honestly that just making excuses for it. the worlds couldve kept the idea of forgetting things without literally making them forgettable. i say this about every world, except for one. because DESTINY ISLANDS

destiny islands is just. so fucking good in recom. its the climax of both sora and rikus stories and i think theyre both amazing. id have to say i prefer rikus, soley because of the visual storytelling you get from his side of it, and thats not to say soras is bad at all. but something about zexion telling riku that its his fault his home was destroyed, as riku sees a version of himself turning into a literal monster? thats just good okay. its really good.

i ADORE the characters in this game too. everything we get from them is sooo good. it's the introduction to the organization and all of them (except lexaeus who did literally nothing) are a treat. axels my favorite ofc, but larxene is such a fun villain, you love to hate her. shes really the star of the org cast in this game. sure, axels may have said its his show now, but larxene stole the spotlight.

its namines introduction, too, and i love her. on one hand, shes just really kind. she wants a friend, she wants someone to talk to, she wants to meet sora. on the other, shes just a little bit fucked up actually. sure, shes honest with sora, but shes the tiniest little bit guilt trippy and i LOVE THAT. her response to sora saying he wants to get back his own memories and forget her is "oh okay. you want to remember your REAL friends, huh? theyre the ones who REALLY matter to you? yeah anyone would want that. no friends for namine i guess." like shes just a bit salty and we love that for her. i want slightly guilt tripping and salty namine back nomura.

but ofc one of my favorite new characters in this game HAS to be repliku. god i ADORE repliku. his hatred for riku is sooo fun and the way he fights with sora is great too. like in soras side i thought he was a neat villain but rikus side? hes amazing omfg. one of the only villains i liked in rikus story (sorry lexaeus, you werent good until days)

over all, this game certainly isnt everyones cup of tea, but its DEFINITELY mine. it's the game im most excited to replay at some point, mostly because of the amazing boss fights. 9/10. its got issues, but the story and characters are so good that i genuinely could not care less about like. most of them.

#doodles #i just really like the boss fights okay #kingdom hearts #chain of memories #riku #scene i drew is a redraw of rikus side of destiny islands #since its one of my favorite scenes from recom #kh review #<- making a new tag #gonna go back and tag all the other ones