#KH AU

[ceiiru]

"What's wrong? Aqua." Venitas version of the Sukuna eyes/markings as suggested in the comments of the Vani ver! Vanitas ver here

#kingdom hearts #ventus (kh) #vanitas kh #kh au

[holleighgram]

“You require motivation.”

#kingdom hearts #soriku #riku #riku kh #kh riku #kh #sora kh #kh3 #xehanort #keyblade #kh fanart #kh au

[cloudcastor]

Alright everyone AU down below!!!

I’ve been tentatively calling it “Destiny Islands AU”

On the surface, it’s a slice of life AU.In the general context of kingdom hearts, they never left the islands, Sora is just a regular school boy and all he’s worried about is what’s he gonna do once he graduates and how he’ll keep his childhood friends post-high school.

But underneath that, this is a post KH3 AU. Sora is stuck in a (wow! so original!) simulation a lá KH2. We get the “bad” and “true” end post Yozora fight, however, this AU follows the belief that the bad ending still happens. This is while Sora is asleep and in his crystal state. Using his powers, Yozora creates this as a way to keep Sora busy and ensure he doesn’t wake up any time soon to spoil any plans.

Sora’s connection to the Real World is through Riku, who has the power to reach out to him via Dreams, however, this starts to cause discrepancies. There is a “Dream” Riku and a “Real” Riku that unintentionally swap places. As Sora’s real memories start to come through, there’s hiccups in the simulation as well. Sometimes he’ll remember an experience that he knows he didn’t go through, he’ll see a ship in the sky where he once saw a boat, and sometimes people don’t remember…..Riku.

As these memories continue to surface, Sora constantly finds himself wondering what’s a dream and what’s reality.

As an aside, there’s a bit of added lore to the islands that goes as follows. The motto is Destiny Islands: of Fate, Fortune & Future.

This is thematically relevant:

FATE (memories): Play island; Where things are predestined to happen

FORTUNE(simulation): Main Island; prosperity from land, community, and tradition

FUTURE (reality): Big Island; Where those go who want change

How does this relate to Sora?

The Play Island is where the discrepancies start, and it’s where Riku first shows up. It’s a place that isn’t tied down to whatever rules the rest of the simulation is running on. A bit of a limbo if you will. This is where Sora starts to regain his true sense of self.

The Main Island is the simulation at large. It has the town, his family's shop, the school and the grocer. It’s as close to normalcy as you would imagine. If Riku hadn’t shown up Sora would probably still be stuck in the routine of it all…

The “Big Island” exists as more of a vague threat. Sora doesn’t realize that “Riku graduating and leaving the main island” means “Riku is somewhere where I'm not” to him. At least not yet. It’s also his feelings manifesting of Riku having left the islands already, except this time he has no way to follow.

Okay but where is the soriku?

It’s the Vibes™

My initial thoughts are that this is a place that’s familiar to Sora, but since it’s a world without “conflict”, it leaves him bored and reflective. Life has only ever been this hometown. Even before Riku shows up, Sora is slowly unlocking thoughts and emotions he hasn’t had the time to sit and think about for quite some time. We know he has feelings of sadness, anger, and hopelessness. Without the constant threat of the worlds falling to darkness, or friends being in danger, how would he deal with these emotions without the context. I’m sure it has him feeling confused and at a bit of a loss. The desperation starts to kick in as he imagines this dull life without Riku, he’ll do anything so he won’t get left behind(….again). It starts to break the simulation even more.

On Riku’s end… he has no idea what’s going on! Seeing Sora constantly “Dream” about the islands makes him feel guilty that he isn’t searching hard enough or that he’s not bringing him home fast enough. He truly believes Sora wants to “return home” and since he never sees himself in this simulation (because he takes his own spot) he believes it to be a home where he doesn't belong. A home he’s not welcome to return to.

However, that doesn’t stop him from at least trying to get Sora back. It’s the least he could do after all. He tells himself it’s strictly his responsibility and nothing more.

Buuuuut….. As they catch themselves meeting up from time to time, lines begin to blur. Sora thinks Real Riku is actually Dream Riku. Riku thinks Sora is simply stuck in a dream world cycle and unaware of what he’s doing. They let themselves be more honest, not knowing they are talking with each other and idk maybe they get to kiss as a treat…

The rest is a bit more of a secret since I might do something with this in the future (looks at my hands….i wanna make a comic. so bad…) but for now that’s the gist of it!

Thanks for lookin :-)

#kh au #destiny islands au #soriku #annnnd that’s it i’m not putting it in the main tag lol

[animaxvi]

runs around in circles ✨ Here he issss, tis ballet student Wiku 🩰 to go with contemporary dance student Sora 🎉

#kh #kh au #soriku #riku #sora #kingdom hearts #kh art #artists on tumblr #my art #sketch page #illustration #it was so nice to continue this au after a while #it might take me a bit longer but i do have more plans for this au so please look forward to that when i do :) #i really appreciated riku and his story so much while working on this piece #riku is already one of my fav characters but i just love him even more now 😭

[paint-n-thinner]

*hits you with the kingdom hearts-ification beam*

making a kh au, i need to draw the other characters, but for now enjoy the bendy boy 

#bendy #bendy the dancing demon #batim #batdr #kh au #my art #to be clear this is a au that focuses on the toons and uses kh lore and canon from the games. not a retelling of the kh story #main characters are bendy and cuphead (yes this is a bendystraw au shut up LOOL)

[hezuart]

Laws of Time: Daylight (fanfic) ~~~

Roxas shot up in bed, heart beating a mile a minute. His chest heaved as he panted and he felt sweat drip off his brow. Roxas turned back to the glass of the window and he could see his reflection. It was him, of course. Same face, same eyes, same hair. But in his heart, he knew it was wrong. This wasn’t him.

This was Ventus. Roxas wakes up in Ventus's body... 10 years into the past. He meets a masked boy with a familiar face... and everything unravels. ~~~ Cover for a Kingdom Hearts fanfic I've been working on for over two years! I'm VERY excited to finally start posting chapters! 

#fanfic #ao3 #fanfiction #vanitas #roxas #kingdom hearts #kh #kh3 #kingdom hearts 3 #kh au #vanitas kh #kh vanitas

[twewycrim3s]

Two soon become One

#kingdom hearts #art #sora #kh sora #anti sora #darkened skies au #kh au #kingdom hearts fanart

[jailofmonkeys]

The Monsters Gang, working on this Kingdom Hearts AU I hope to make into a comic someday, you can tell its got FFXIV influence from the weapons the other guys have

#kingdom hearts #kh #kh au #monsters inc #monsters university #monsters at work #sulley #mike wazowski #johnny worthington #tylor tuskmon #kingdom hearts au #kingdom hearts art #my art #keyblade #fanart

[ok4ru]

Some college students suck man…

Old Verison

#kh #kingdom hearts #sora #larxene #elrena #Lauriam #Marluxia #Kh elrena #Sora kh #kh lauriam #kh marluxia #UGHHH I STILL DON’T LIKE LAURIAM OUTFIT!! #Elrena is cute tho so idk if I'll change that next if I ever draw this again… #This took tooo long omg… #I didn’t really change Sora outfit that much even it his ddd outfit kinda #BUT I LOVE HOW THIS CAME OUT (kinda the background was a pain in the butt lol) #Modern au #kh Au #kh com #kingdom hearts chain of memories #ok4ru draws #ok4ru art #my art

[scalacaelumxx]

Khdr AU where almost everything is the same, except everyone has wings. It’s a little something I’ve been working on (and writing a lot about) and I finally finished the Lowerclassmen!

Wing notes + a tiny au lore dump under the cut:

In Scalan society, eagle and crane wings are preferred and more desirable to every other type. Eagles for their strength and size, cranes for their symbolism and heritage. Anyone who has a pair of them are typically seen as more capable/important. If wings are permanently damaged, it’s seen as shameful/frowned upon, so keyblade wielders have to take great care in protecting them while they battle.

Usually flight training starts at about 16 years of age, because their wings aren’t grown enough to carry them until then. They keep growing until about 20-21.

Letting someone touch your wings or groom them is an excellent sign of trust.

Xehanort: White Bellied Sea Eagle

- A not insignificant amount of people are skeptical of his wings, because an outsider shouldn’t have wings in the first place. And on the off chance they did, how did they end up with eagle wings? There’s a lot of distrust towards him among the upper circles.

- He also got a good grasp on flying relatively easily, which sparked some debate. He’s not interested in hearing the rumors.

- Only Eraqus is allowed to touch them, with Vor being an occasional exception.

Eraqus: Red Crowned Crane

- His wings are a rare sight and a very important status symbol. His family, Odin, and most of Scala ad Caelum’s leadership constantly pressure him to take care of them, but he’s constantly forgetting.

- Is a slow learner with flying. He can glide just fine, and uses them to glide to lower levels of the city instead of taking the stairs.

- He also forgets how big they are already and continuously bumps them into things or knocks things over.

Vor: Red Backed Shrike

- Her wings are small, but they have the most growing to do. Unfortunately she falls behind in flight lessons, and she worries about her classmates leaving her behind.

- To make up for this, she tries her best to take care of them, and grooms their wings. She knows she doesn’t have to, and they constantly offer her support, but she wants to do something.

- They flap when she’s excited or happy. When they’re finished growing, she’ll be a force to be reckoned with.

Baldr: Dove (damaged)

- His wings were damaged from birth, and he is very self conscious about it. Hoder is also very protective over him because of it.

- Because his right wing is particularly damaged, he won’t be able to fly unassisted. His classmates are continuously coming up with creative ways to bypass that.

- Hoder is the only one allowed near his wings, and she does most of his grooming.

Urd: Snowy Owl

- Her wings are especially fluffy and soft. Everyone loves them. She also loses the most feathers, so everyone knows who to blame when lots of little white feathers show up.

- Her wings are resistant to the cold, which works well with her tendency to use ice magic.

- They’re also naturally warm and very comfortable to be around

Hermod: Shoebill

- He takes very, very good care of his wings. He also takes very, very good care of his classmate’s wings in case they don’t.

- He inadvertently puts a lot of strain on his own though. He’s at the higher end of learning how to fly, but they’re always tense.

- When he’s irritated, they twitch in annoyance. The other’s lightheartedly poke fun at him for it.

Bragi: Bearded Vulture

- Those aren’t Bragi’s wings, they’re Luxu’s. When he took a new vessel, the vessel’s wings changed to his own. Luckily, Bragi’s natural wings were similar enough where with a little dye, no one noticed the change. He blamed the slight differences on his wing growth.

- Has to dye his constantly them ginger so the white doesn’t show and make other’s suspicious.

- He likes to use them to mess with people, and swats people or objects with them to mess around.

- He, being Luxu, is an expert at flying. Pretending he doesn’t know how to and having to willingly crash land during training is something he doesn’t particularly enjoy.

#khdr #kingdom hearts #kh au #wing au #Xehanort #Eraqus #Vor #Baldr #Urd #Hermod #Bragi #I don’t know why I love this au so much #I just think it’s neat #I’ve already got Vidar finished so the Upperclassmen are next!

[melomelod111]

Don’t let his good looks fool you he WILL trip you down the stairs like a cartoon villain and he WILL laugh like one as well 🫶

#kingdom hearts #kh vanitas #vanitas #my art #digital art #kh fanart #Kh au #(technically) #Post kh3 design #He’s LITERALLY the middle ground between chaotic neutral and evil #Throwing him across the room #I love him guys

[ceiiru]

A self indulgent crossover just coz I wanted to see vanitas with sukunas markings

#vanitas kh #kh au #kh #vanitas

[holleighgram]

Bonus:

Yeah just some more dumb Soriku spontaneous friendship from the “they both lost their memories in quadratum, and become friends they both have keyblades” au that I am not calling the “Life Long Strangers au” for simplicities sake. These two idiots stick together and try to piece together what’s going on and if returning to their world would mean they’ll forget each other again .

“I want to line up the pieces- yours, and mine.”

(Also, Riku is an absolute goof but only around Sora. Let them be stupid teenage boys.)

#kingdom hearts #riku kh #riku #sora kh #soriku #kh riku #kh #kh4 #kh4 speculation #quadratum #strelitzia #life long strangers au #kh comic #fanart #kh au #bad art #I’m trying #they’re besties #keyblade #keeeeeeyblade #sora x riku #Sora #memory loss

[localcryptideli]

More Nacho AU!

in which Sora is turned into a cat and Riku, who is still looking for him, adopts him and sees a drastic improvement in his mental health but can't for the life of him connect the dots

#My hands still hurt and gods my shoulder definitely hurt afterwards and it took way longer than it should have but I have a day off #tomorrow and wanted to take the chance to do a small sketch since I have more time to recover #eartgray #nacho au #kh au #kh fanart #kh riku #kh sora

[kurokmask]

this has been rotting on my laptop for 2 years oopssss!!!

yes i have a very in depth very detailed very depressing bbs ballet au. heres the headcanon doc if u wanna peruse it (IM NOT A BALLET EXPERT FYI)

#kh bbs #terraqua #kh terra #kh aqua #kh au #kh fanart #birth by sleep #bbs fanart #they live in my brain FOREVER. #random hc i didnt put in the doc: both of them smoke (bc ik its a thing a ton of ballet dancers do) aqua hides it tho #she chastises terra for smoking bc he'll just go outside and do it by the door in front of ppl while shell go to great lengths to hide it #/make sure no one sees her #so naturally when she eventually gets caught. its a whole thing #i like to think ven catches her and he immediately tells terra LMFAO. but its not very funny to either of them

[paint-n-thinner]

For the requests is it ok to request what Cuphead would look like in your KH au? or maybe Sora going into his heartless form?

i had already created a little concept based on the art that Yoshitaka Amano made for the japanese physical edition cover for cuphead !

this is old and subject to change but its a start XDD

#cuphead #kh au #my art