#but also I love Xion

[dotted-clouds]

Replaced.

#my art #kindgom hearts #kingdom hearts 3 #kingdom hearts 3 remind #kingdom hearts 4 #Sora #Yozora #Riku #The Sleeping Realm Theory #The Necklace Theory #Meteor Shower Promise #you can tell how much I love those moments between Sora and Riku #Soriku #sora x riku #a bit of angst? i suppose #hey remember riku's fear of being replaced :D WELL GUESS WHAT MOTHERFUCKERS #THAT'S RIGHT BABY MORE YOZORA BECAUSE I WANNA SEE HIM MORE #also my theory is that Yozora is a special nobody like Xion (hopefully that makes sense) #but hey it's all for fun (ouch) #KH #KH3 #KH4 #also this ain't anti soriku i just love angst in my silly heart #BACK TO COMMS BYEEEE

[kicktwine]

if you look at the literal implications of alisaie stealing the limit break first chance she gets it’s not because she sees a shiny button and hits it it’s because she is Always, Consistently ready to push past her limits in combat at the drop of a hat

#also alphy has a shiny new shield after endwalker! #I assume because his shield broke and he wanted a better one. my boy #kipspeak #endwalker spoilers #ffxiv #also also I always love when girls have battle barks that aren’t overly feminine waah~ aah!~ hwah~!! I LOVE zero’s RAAGH #HRAAHH #love you xion love you zero love you ali

[zxal]

a mantle a legacy a knife

#kingdom hearts #kh #sora #xion #roxas #impalement cw #blood cw #this is for a request that took SO LONG TO GET TO IM SORRY but i loved the idea of it SOOOO much #like not just that roxas and xion inherit the keyblade from sora - but that sora inherits it from ventus in a way & passes it on to them #this mantle that none of them chose or asked for...but it's theirs & it can be a tool for great good #and also for great destruction. and it tears them apart in so many ways #what is it aqua says. 'i wouldn't wish this on them' #'one keyblade is more than enough for any friendship' #anyway uhhh sorry i cant stop drawing people getting impaled by keyblades. how did it get in there you ask? (runs) #my art #kh art

[tamberrio]

A bunch of magical girl au miscellaneous doodles including the girls’ spirits! Also also Xion plays soccer

#kingdom hearts #kh #aus #kh kairi #kh namine #kh xion #kh magical girl au #I actually have a ton of stuff for this I just gotta track it all down #also gonna reiterate that I love getting questions about my au so feel free

[daylighteclipsed]

Y’all ever think about if Sora falls to darkness that inside his heart will look like the Destiny Islands falling again

#i do a lot #kingdom hearts #one of the biggest reasons i think we’ll see something like this in canon. briefly at least #not only would parallel ddd w ven’s heart/armor no longer there to protect sora #and roxas and xion gone from sora’s heart too. so sora would be alone #and actually there as opposed to in the RoL/awake when riku dives in #but also there is no way nomura’s gonna pass up the chance to bring us full circle like this. he loves making his characters revisit/relive #worlds and memories like this to make a point. and sora’s heart was sunset in ddd… following kh1 the dark and stormy night comes next #The thought of sora and riku reaffirming their love and friendship here when it broke the first time the islands fell #both of them having to in a way relive this horrible night for the final time #but riku doing the total opposite of last time. trying to save sora trying to stop the darkness from consuming everything #being totally honest with sora. reaching his hand out for sora but this time he’s not being consumed by darkness. #he’s become the light in the darkness. and they finally reach each other they finally grasp hands. I’m chewing on glass #i don’t think sora would ‘fall’ to darkness in the traditional sense #thematically i think it makes more sense for him to be faced w another martyr choice #though his own negative feelings would still be tangled up in there. and this would parallel kh3 #and if sora chooses to let darkness into his heart to save others it’d also parallel kh1 w riku choosing to open the door/let the darkness #into destiny islands at the risk of others #god it’d be just like kh1 but we’d be playing as riku and he’d be the one looking frantically for sora #a reversed dynamic. but now they understand each other’s pain and feelings so they can reach each other #figuratively and literally #i love parallels i love symbolism i love themes kick my ass !!!!

[winter-kh-sideblog]

Kingdom hearts really made a character and said “hi this is naminé, she’s a sweet little girl in a bad situation and basically she’s made out of… she’s what would happen if you had kairi’s heart in sora’s body” and then they LATER came back and said “actually she’s not made of kairi anymore, she’s her own person. She has her own heart. But like. In riku’s body. In a body made to look identical to riku” and it is so funny to me that no one noticed she was transgender because they were too busy crying over kingdom hearts lore. Anyway go namine ,,, trans rights

#kh namine #namine #kingdom hearts #no i will not shut up about this #every once in a while i Remember that shes canonically transgender #its definitely not on purpose #but irs also undeniably canon #i love her so dearly #she and xion are such trans icons and theyre both trans on accident #good for them

[mushroom-winners-proof]

i really liked how the commission i got to do for @fiveais turned out so with their permission i now present it to all of ye as well :)

commission info (as of 5/16/22)

#commission #kh #kingdom hearts #kh3 #kingdom hearts iii #xion #roxas #axel #lea #snap sketches #here take this while i shower ill draw the old men later #QUICK CONTEXT for the g's who read the tags #i like to do this thing where i give xion doll joints because im vile like that #and since kh3 roxas is also in a vessel yk.. we're here :) #and ais really liked that i did that so they asked me to draw these three together an all and BOY was i hyped to do it #cause i truly do love my goofy lil doll bs and having the opportunity to draw it is always good for my soul #but yeayea i really liked how this turned out- mostly the bg LMAO BUT ITS STILL CUTE #i never draw these three together..... criminal...... #well hope yall like this :) im gon go step in the freezer thats my shower now #its like 6AM this is a terrible time to see it but ill bump it later or something

[kingleedo]

"What did you say your sin was?"

#leedo #hwanwoong #foroneus #ultkpop #malesgroupnet #kpopccc #idolnexusedit #lucieblr #foraddy #tuserchrissy #useroro #eyestrain #kngld.edits #woong #HONESTLY I AM SO FUCKING MAD BUT I AM ALSO BLESSED BECAUSE DARE I SAY THIS IS MY NEW TOP 3 #XION IS STILL CLOSE THO GFLKJHLKFH #also same hwanwoong same i am also on my knees for geonhak #IS IT A SIN TO LOVE?

[marioyuri]

Axel my most yuriful of girls

#im trying to fix it so i can draw my friends oc as a comm bc i really want it to be good i love my friends #also im finally home so i can draw now #my art #kh #kingdom hearts #axel kh #lea kh #larxene kh #roxas kh #xion kh #sea salt trio

[sillyabtmusic]

(220607) Fragile - Xion & Leedo

#oneus #xion #son dongju #leedo #kim geonhak #foroneus #kflops #malegroupsnet #* my gifs #nkd.gif #oneus.gif #oneus.ld #oneus.xn #i am done giffing this fragile stage yayayy!!! i hate giffing these panning shots but they're all xion had and he's cute anyway so #uhmmmm i might also gif a fragile performance they did for tongtong..... they're so cuteeee and goodddd #i was gonna keep it simple and do one ot5 set and just do 2 gifs per member but there were too many fun moments so depending how #it goes i might just make..... another five sets...... ehehe #at least it'll keep me busy #i love this song so bad <3333

[empyreasheart]

posting my old kh lesbian icon set here :) i might make a pt 2 with different characters or different renders if anyone is interested!

extra aqua/axel/lea icons under the cut!

#kh #kingdom hearts #kh sora #kh riku #kh kairi #kh namine #kh xion #kh aqua #kh larxene #kh axel #icons #pride icons #these are free to use :) i made them about a year ago and these aren't necessarily my hcs but i still love how they turned out! #my favs are probably sora and nami... but i also love how kairi and xion turned out #mine

[kicktwine]

miskellaneous

#tumblr is still my doodle archive #my art #venitas #ffxiv #kh #sprawl au #ooooo veni you are so creature #first of all. Bunny. Bnnuy. I would like to consider the bunny. Sorry for trapping him he’s doing plot in my brain #I drew vani a while ago but I should have made him a catboy. I will next time I draw him #second of all back in pic order #ari is trying to be kind but violence is extremely fun for him. He loves it. He loves to gloat and he loves to cackle #if he’s allowed at a target for his pent up rage and aggression he gets weird #second of all I’ve been thinking about gender as one does. And what it would look like 5000 years in the future #so like in sprawl. there’s an entire timeline of gender studies and anthropology that leads from our time #through where the entire notion COMPLETELY fell apart; through where there was a resurgence of ancient gender roles #back and forth and in circles and where new things sprung up and fell and debates about the validity of self went nuts #Xion knows a lot about it bc she will claim trans as a label vanitas also knows a lot of things because he Doesn’t consider himself #trans. vens confused he was literally never taught about any of this. unity(divine) has its own… kinda messed up way of doing it #he got lost somewhere around the advent of gene augmentation and nonhuman drag (she didn’t have to go into that detail she just thinks it’s #really cool) #(Also that was really early —) #Anyways. vanitas is also getting his sense of touch back up there. xions a miracle worker #transgender is even a slightly archaic term. it completely died for about a thousand years and then came back with a retro wave

[bluest-planet]

Having emotions over the fact that Kingdom Hearts as a series is probably the closest thing in mainstream media (to me, there of course might be more out there but like it different because its a product of major IPs) to like, aromantic and asexual themes and queerness being so intertwined with its 'friendship prevails' and 'forging connections' messaging.

Like. Yeah, theres the disney couples, and whatever the hell might be implied between characters like Kairi and Sora or Namine and Riku, or even Riku and Sora. But that's the thing, its not confirmed.

Like, sure, its enough for normies to maybe connect the "boy and girl therefore couple" despite how little there is to fall in line with that expectation because it takes so little for allos to believe in romantic love, that just a girl and a boy who care about one another yet barely speak is enough to confirm it.

But theres also, so, so much evidence against it too, if you just look to the side for a second.

Like, there's no big confession, there's no kiss or proposal of some kind (i mean theres the paopu but, im pretty sure they both have two separate fruits rather than one,) they have more characters in their lives to care about then just themselves, and maybe its the aro in me but they have like. Barely any chemistry and feel more like far away friends, where they left impact on one another but have an awkwardness/unfamiliarity between them.

And like, yeah, I think reading Riku as gay on his own- or both he and Sora having romantic feelings for one another is totally valid, esp considering how much is centered between their relationship.

But... It also... Warms my heart to just know they love and care about one another... Intertwined... But it could be entirely platonic. Not strictly as Brothers or Lovers but something else, be it best friends or queerplatonic partners or something entirely else that drifts between all of those labels.

They just care. And that's enough, thats valid, and its celebrated.

But what gets me the most, even if its not explored a lot, is Sora and his connection with everyone and his other heartmates (Xion, Roxas, Vanitas, Ventus). He has cute friendships in every world! He's friends with so many different people who are always happy to see him and invite him to comeback, always happy to help him if he needs it while he visits so long as it was within their power (the various disney characters) as if he has a home everywhere he goes, he's not actually bound to any one place.

Which yeah, that might seem sad to people. The idea that Sora might not have a definitive home because hes been changed so much on his journey, so much hardship.

But that's kind of mean to think, isn't it? Sometimes people loose their childhood homes, but that doesn't mean you can't build an even better one elsewhere. That doesn't mean you should be bound to any one place, maybe his home is just his friends, any and all of them- wherever he is, so long as he's with anyone he cares about it'll be home. And if his friends aren't there?

He'll make more, not because he's replacing them, but because he just has so much space and so much love for the world around him. He's willing to keep expanding his horizons and making more connections, more homes so he'll never be homeless again. Does that make sense?

It might be hard in 4, whatever will happen to him in Quadratum, but thats what its about; how he'll recover in his darkest hour while relying on what he's learned and being himself but improved.

The fact that Sora has gone to so many worlds and made so many friends- something Ventus wanted to do so bad, and yet. He carried Ven and took him along for the ride while he was resting. To me its heartwarming, Ven may be asleep, but he's not being abandoned, he's right along with him enjoying it in his dreams. Sora's not alone with his companion even if he doesn't realize it.

I always define my gender as "We as in Me but upside down" or "the sum of conversations and experiences shared with others, including myself" because i usually use "we" to refer to myself (not here for simplicity's sake) I dont need romance or desire to be a person, or to enjoy life. I'm never alone, even if theres no one in the room. I get that from Sora, y'know?

How Xion and Roxas spawn from him, I'd wish we got more between them. But just knowing how much he wanted to save Roxas, Ventus, Aqua, Xion, Vanitas- he helps the people who both are and aren't him, or make up who he is or reflect- he care about them. And its because he cares about them, that he cares about the people they care about.

Sure, if he didn't have some connection to Ven and therefore Aqua- he'd still try and save her because that's just how he is. He cares. But at the same time, it means more because he knows how Ven feels, thats his friend, and therefore, Sora's friend. He doesn't care if he's ever met her he just jumps at the chance to save Aqua and hold onto the small thread tied between them. Same with Xion.

I'm sorry, I'm not making much sense, am I? I'm not good at articulating my thoughts. But the fact that he uses any small connection as an excuse to get closer to someone who means a lot to someone he cares a lot- it makes my heart flutter! I wished all the people i cared about got along and were friends with each other too. I wish I could visit and rely on people from all across the world too, because i would never want to settle in any one place if i realistic could. I'd keep my loved ones safe in my heart if they needed it, if i could, and carry them wherever I go, hoping to share all the same pleasant experiences. Or I'd be fine splitting pieces of myself, just to keep me company to know what I must look like outside of my own perspective, to know how else i could inevitably change into another person entirely to meet up and compare lives later, enjoying the differences.

I wish I could offer a chance at something better to the same face, to say; i see your anger and your path refuse to think its okay to be self-destructive, now come home. And my brighter, happier self, to get the happy ending i deserve by saving myself while also being a friend to myself. Waking up from the bad dream at last, to enjoy an awakened life full of connections.

But I cant, and thats okay, my life is one I enjoy regardless, but Kingdom Hearts... Is in many ways- the ultimate aromantic and asexual fantasy for me. And maybe even a few others.

#kh #kingdom hearts #asexuality #aromantic #kh sora #kh analysis #ig #blue speaks #is this anything? sorry im putting myself out there.... #of course being aroace is super varied and what im saying here doesn't apply to all aroaces #and hey id love to celebrate other aroace readings of kh! #ik mine is very heavily centered on what counts as the “self” and what i call “self company” #for a long time ive imagined not other people or personaities exactly.... #but closer to imaginary friends or facets of myself to talk to since ive been on my own a lot #its transformed as ive grown into a type of gender identity mixed with my aroace part #so the heart hotel is just such a lart of that #on that note. ik roxas and xion and ven and van are all their own people and that people find comfort knowing they're allowed to be #but when you have a gender like my own.... they're they're one people but they're also one... does that make sense? #if you could be friends with yourself. keep you safe. take care of you. have fun toegether.... and experience the same event differently... #idk theres feels about that #didn't get into it but yeah. sora leaves the islands that are his home and friends home in other people #and he wants to explore but it's different from why riku wants to leave #Riku leaves to explore learn and experience more things and discover the unknown #but Sora never 'leaves' the islands for good. He expands his definition of home. building a bigger house with materials he's given #idk if that makes ense again.... my bad LOL #edit: im tired and riddled with a shit tone of grammar and word mistakes about so excuse the incoherency lol

[wrightfamily]

i think an underrated part of the sea salt trio's dynamic in days is that axel chooses inaction when faced with the inevitability of losing either roxas or xion. he takes on a sort of attitude that if things are going to go south, he might as well try to pretend it isn't and try to make the most of what little time they have left. but by saying (and doing) nothing about the situation (unless explicitly ordered to, which was never beneficial to anyone but the top dogs of the organization) he only made things worse; roxas stops trusting him, becomes so angry with him and the organization, that he runs away, has to kill xion, and soon after gets captured by diz and riku. by doing nothing he loses both of them

#i think its also neat to look at how his inaction is so different from roxas and xion's reaction to this situation #or honestly you can look at how each of their reactions to the situation are #axel has been around for quite some time hes an adult hed given up on fighting against orders and such #so he tries not to rock the boat and wait for the storm to hit #thinking it will help him cut his losses #but then xion learns the truth and tries to do something about it #by choosing to sacrifice her existence for roxas and sora and everyone else's sake #even though she knows everyone will forget her #and then you have roxas #hes kept out of the dark entirely until finally axel tells him #and then hes so ANGRY at axel for that even though he was trying to protect roxas from a horrible thing #he still doesnt know the full truth but that doesnt matter. he has to find a way to save himself and xion #arfg. i love you kh days #kingdom hearts #kh

[catboygirljoker]

hey i. i could be wrong but doesnt this mean he is one of Three people who can canonically see her face in Days

im brand new to the fandom so idk if this has already been discussed at length but like. i talked to everyone in the organization every single day and to my knowledge he is the only person besides axel and roxas that has mentioned being able to see her face. im losing my mind about this. btw. its fine

edit: this comes quite a bit before the scene where he sees her face as ventus's face--that doesn't happen until towards the very end of the game, and at that point axel also sees her face as someone else's. so I'm fairly certain he doesn't see her as ventus at this point

#havent played 3 so its possible this is expanded on then but i dooooubt it? idk? shrugs? #kh #kingdom hearts #xigbar #xion #<tagging this just bc i want Answers #to be clear im losing my mind because i love xigbar and him being friendly with xion and thinking shes cute is endearing to me #also this isnt a shipping thing. please dont talk to me about that. i just think its cute and funny.

[stararise]

i love this shot bc like. yeah it's the culmination of the entire dark seeker saga. yeah they are forming a incomplete heart symbol at the crossroads of the keyblade graveyard which also conveniently includes a 3. yeah it kinda just looks cool in general.

but mostly it's because xion, dark riku, and vanitas are so comically short. and ansem and xemnas are way taller than everyone else, made even more noticeable because they're at the back. meanwhile the light side did not coordinate their outfits, especially axelea who, aside from being the tallest by far, looks like he's on the wrong team here. not to mention mickey

#star says #kingdom hearts #i like how most of the org members sorta blend together and then you have The Kids and The Tall Ones. and larxene i guess #real talk though i love how in-sync the real org is when its go time. we see them argue amongst themselves and plot betrayal and all but #in the graveyard scenes when they are silent and standing in formation with their hoods down #(even though we know who they all are except xion so there wouldn't be a point in hiding who they really are) #the uniformity really drives home that they have the same person's heart inside them. that they are only pieces of a whole #also... chess piece metaphor...