#sleeping realm theory

[nikutsuneart]

ok this might be pointless but. Have you seen the kh3 soundtrack? HAVE YOU SEEN IT. because. Because both versions of destati are labeled "third". (Third revival for example, that's the second one which plays during the like. Lich stuff.) Sleeping realm theory??? This seems like sleeping realm proof

BOY DID I!!!

I remember when the tracklist finally got revealed (christ, nearing 4 years ago????) and rolling in it lmao

here you can have the tweets for fun

Isn't that just so funny??? :)

Anyway just another fun little addition! on top of everything!! People either entirely miss this or forget it was even a thing so keen eye there and thanks for reminding me haha

#ask #sleeping realm theory

[holleighgram]

So, this is Sleeping Realm Theory related, but you know about the speculation regarding the Logo for KHIII and the lack of gradient on the on the third "I" ?

What if doesn't represent Kairi, but Sora's memories of Riku beginning to fade?

#kingdom hearts analysis #riku kingdom hearts #soriku #riku kh #kh riku #sora kh #kh #kh3 #riku #kingdom hearts #kh meta #i mean his presence is strangely lacking in the opening and end closing cinematics for being the secondary protagonist #but thats just me wanting more Riku content in kh3 #sleeping realm theory #the sleeping realm theory

[tharkflark1]

Sleeping Realm theory is NOT:

1. A coma theory (if you understand dreams and sleeping realms from DDD to at least some degree, then you’ll know what I’m talking about. Dreaming is another layer of reality; not actually something that was simply imagined up)

2. anti Kairi (in fact, it goes into extreme detail her role in all of kh3 which is important)

3. Soriku “propaganda” (this is coming from someone who is a massive Soriku shipper: it’s not a ship theory. It’s just trying to explain what’s going on in kh3)

Plz for the love of God just actually read the damn thing. This one guy in the tag clearly didn’t read it and is just parroting stuff other people who didn’t read it are saying

#kingdom hearts #kh #sleeping realm theory #SRT #tharky thambles

[nikutsune]

following up a bit, does melody of memory debunk TSR or no? because i'm having a tough time trying to convince a friend that this theory works at all.

specifically following my last ask about TSR and Melody of Memory; my friend says a gummiphone entry states that there's only one timeline and it's just time travel.

i personally think that confirms the theory a bit, like yeah?? it is pretty much one timeline and is time travel??? but i dunno man. i want so bad for this theory to be right.

____

Funnily enough, Melody of Memory only leans into points we made. I even have an additional section about it I added afterwards so it's all accounted for!

About the timeline thing, I think that's just coming from a general misunderstanding of the point we were trying to make. Because Yeah it's true! There is time travel! And nomura even said so with his own mouth in an interview that time travel was at play via sora's abuse of the power of waking. In fact it's even in the document and is a central part of our explanation (ie the tear in time).

The Primary Point of the Sleeping Realm Theory is that kh3 is on its second run of events like KHUX is on its second run. Just in kh3's case, we didn't see the first one. The game is otherwise littered with context clues to cue us in on this and that's what most of those 400 something pages filled with screenshots are about

So I suppose, tell your friend don't knock it till you try it! If anything there are a LOT of cool points n things we make I still don't ever see discussed and are fun to think about!

And if a Doc is too intimidating, we have videos where I read thru it with @aurorapeachy in 4 parts starting here!

#sleeping realm theory #honestly happy to discuss or clarify anything #srt #ask

[hollowwhisperings]

The Mythology of Keyblades: Riku the Beach Boy of Avalon

This theory is partially Crack and partially a genuine investigation into the usage of Arthurian mythology within the KH series.

(this line from Monty Python & the Holy Grail inspired this whole theory: all i had to do was replace the referenced [Lady of the Lake] with Riku)

If you've loitered about the Kingdom Hearts fandom enough and read enough interviews with Tetsuya Nomura, you'll soon conclude that Riku is Tetsuya Nomura's Favourite Child in this series. Riku is the driving force for most of KH's story beats & Riku has played deuteragonist to Sora, story-wise if not in gameplay, in every game that isn't a prequel. Riku seems to gain a new & unique special ability with every game (often at a harsh price). Yet, for all the time the audience spends with Riku... the series is very careful about revealing anything about the boy beyond his utter devotion to Sora. The game even encourages players to Forget and Overlook the integral roles Riku plays in the series, typically via throwing a Kairi between him & Sora.

Jokes aside, while Riku's Secret Anime Prince coding is STRONG, it is not the point being explored here: there are 2 seemingly nonsensical Disney Crossovers established prior to most everything else: 'Alice in Wonderland' (something somewhat explored in my 'Princesses of Light as Stars' series of tinhattery) and 'The Sword In The Stone'. This post shall examine the latter, an animated adaption of the King Arthur myth, and how it is represented in KH not solely through the character of 'Merlin' but as the underlying principle behind the x-blade, Keyblade Wielding & how Riku acts as Kingdom Hearts itself.

Boy at Beach Distrubiting Swords

Let's start with Riku's Keyblades: he has had more than one, not due to gears or keychains but due to... apparently being able to churn fresh swords from his Heart as the Plot Requires.

The different keyblades used by Riku throughout the series thus far are the following:

Kingdom Key (Sora's default keyblade)

Souleater/Way to the Dawn (Riku's default from KH1 until KH2.9)

the Keyblade of Heart (while possessed by Apprentice Xehanort's Heartless, AKA Ansem Seeker of Darkness);

the [Combined Keyblade/"Gayblade"] (alongside Sora)

Braveheart (Riku's current keyblade)

(given that King Mickey found Kingdom Key-D in the Dark equivalent of the Destiny Islands & the whole "x-blade was made of light & darkness" thing... THAT keyblade, currently wielded by King Mickey, may ALSO come from Riku)

That's 5 different keyblades (6 if we include Kingdom Key-D), and ALL have been seen onscreen with at least 1 other, typically Kingdom Key, marking each of these keyblades as being 'distinct' and 'separate' from each other. Before figuring out what Heart Maths may be at play here... a brief interlude.

Young Adult Gifts Toddler Giant Sword: More Wholesome than it Sounds

Supposedly, the ability to [manifest] & "wield" a keyblade is only possible through a successful Bequeathing Ceremony: Terra performed such a ceremony for Riku in BBS. This, however, is a method passed on by the Master of Masters & subsequent schools of keyblade masters: given... literally EVERYTHING seen on "traditional" schools of keyblade mastery, this Premise is Factually Dubious. The series shows multiple characters manifesting or otherwise wielding keyblades without any such ceremonies: even assuming that these rites "carry over" through acts of Posession and Cloning, the Need for a ceremony becomes questionable. This would not be the first (nor last) time in the KH series that the "knowledge" of Foretellers, Mentors & Scholars prove to be Assumptions rather than Absolute Fact.

Exhibit A: Axel & Accidents

Axel is the best example as, unless we are later informed that Subject X performed the ceremony on Lea (or that Roxas or Xion did so without knowing), Axel has never been part of nor possessed by an existing keyblade wielder: his keyblade is entirely his own, a surprise to all.

Sora & Kairi were never formally bequeathed a keyblade though the latter "accidentally" inherited the ability from Aqua in BBS. Sora never had such a ceremony, the KH Wiki (dubious resource that it is) explains Sora's keyblade wielding as being a result of Ventus sleeping within Sora's Heart: I think it is more likely that, unlike the Formal Ceremonies of past keyblade schools may have taught, Hearts do not actually require outside recognition of "worth" in order to manifest a keyblade.

Once Upon A Meteor Shower

Riku's Heart entrusting Kingdom Key to Sora in KH1, a last-ditch effort from its Light to keep to its Oath of Protection, strikes me as being more "faithful" to what we have observed of keyblades in-game. For all that the formally schooled Keyblade Wielders past recited "May Your Heart Be Your Guiding Key", no one embodies the intent of this principle more than the entirely self-taught Sora: Riku and King Mickey likely next closest in trusting their Hearts over what they have been taught.

A Heart entrusting its physical manifestation to Another due to the Connection between them seems a "Truer" bequeathment than the (admittedly heartwarming) recitations of a stranger. Keyblades may NOW be deemed "weapons" to conquer Darkness... but the original x-blade was made of Light AND Darkness, a union of forces working in balance rather than opposition. The first x-blade was a tool for Protection, not Hurt: a creation of Heart and, thus, of Love.

Exhibit B: Body & Hearts

A creation of "Heart". As in, 1 heart = 1 keyblade. Multiple hearts in 1 body? Multiple keyblades.

Roxas is the Go-To example: the Nobody Twin of Naminé, created when Sora "unlocked" Kairi from his Heart whilst Ventus slept within it.

Roxas, in his every appearance, is capable of Dual Wielding: a keyblade from Sora, a keyblade from Ventus. Upon gaining an independent, replika body... Roxas can still, apparently, dual-wield.

...despite no longer sharing the Hearts of Sora nor Ventus (nor Xion).

(as this is a Riku speculation post, not a "what the heck is up with Roxas" one, i'll just... put a Pin in this mystery for now but the "maths" of 1 heart = 1 keyblade are, indeed, still facts of canon: Nomura confirmed as much when revealing the Above Album Art he made for Utada Hikaru's KH3 songs)

Exhibit C: Proof of Concept

Then we have Aqua: she lost her keyblade between saving Ven & falling into Darkness. The keyblade of Master Eraqus came to her aid: this is consistent with the established concept of Bequeathing Ceremonies. It's uncertain whether the same person can bequeath keyblade-wielding to multiple persons but it seems likely given the scale of the Unions in KHX.

(At that same point in time, the Heart of Eraqus was hidden within a Nort'd Terra: 3 Hearts existed within Apprentice Xehanort, all of them in conflict with each other, to varying degrees.)

The keyblade Aqua receives, the keyblade of Master Eraqus, is named 'Master's Defender'. This was originally the keyblade of the Dandelion Brain but was passed onto Ephemer and from pupil to student until eventually being inherited by Eraqus. This seemingly aligns with the concept of Masters 'bequeathing' keyblades to students, specifically THEIR keyblades.

Interestingly, Riku has never wielded Terra's keyblade (or its likeness, via keychain) 'Earthshaker/Ends of the Earth' after its being bequeathed to him, likely due to its remaining with Terra's 'Soul', the 'Lingering Will' within his armour. If this is the case... NONE of the keyblades Riku has conjured or wielded are a result of his Bequeathment Ceremony. Terra's Keyblade becomes a 6th (or 7th) keyblade connected to Riku, albeit an unused one.

Speaking of Terra...

Xemnas (the Nobody of Apprentice Xehanort AKA 'TerraNort') is NEVER seen wielding a keyblade, let alone two.

...but he DOES wield two [lightsabers]/'Ethereal Blades'.

If Xemnas had ever believed in his own personhood, it's plausible that he could have dual wielded keyblades like Roxas... though the conflict between the Hearts of Xehanort & Terra are unlikely to have cooperated long enough for dualwielding to be sustainable in combat.

Back to the Beginning

Kingdom Key was formed by the Light within Riku's Heart. That Light entrusted itself to Sora while Riku himself was lost in Darkness. Riku is later seen wielding a different keyblade, 'Soul Eater'. Given that KH1 sets up a premise of there being 'two' Kingdom Keys, one of Light & one of Darkness... perhaps 'Soul Eater' was made from the Darkness within Riku's Heart. Maleficent or Ansem SOD would know better than most anyone how to create such a thing.

(it's still Weird that Riku's Heart is the ONLY Heart we see capable of manifesting TWO, simultaneously existing & separately wielded keyblades: Riku using Souleater never prevented Sora from using Kingdom Key; Souleater becoming 'Way to the Dawn' did not affect Kingdom Key; and Riku & Sora use each other's keyblades interchangeably in KH2, even dualwielding at times)

While Riku is possessed by Ansem SoD (the heartless of Apprentice Xehanort), he wields a keyblade forged by the hearts of 6 of the 7 Princesses of Heart: this keyblade is named 'Keyblade of Heart' or 'Keyblade of People's Hearts'. This is an artificially made keyblade, wielded by an entity made up of at least 4 people's Hearts (Riku, Xehanort, Terra, Eraqus) and it does not seem to survive past Ansem SoD's defeat.

During the events of KH2.9 (at the 'Drop Point' between the first timeline of KH3 & Sora's First Retcon), Riku and King Mickey find themselves struggling in the depths of the Realm of Darkness. They had hoped to find the missing Master Aqua yet their journey has only proven the point of Master Yen Sid's preventing such a rescue 10 years prior: alone, surviving the journey to the abyss would be all but impossible. Similarly, Sora immediately post-DDD would not have survived the pace set by Mickey & Riku: Sora needed the lessons and confidence boost he found through Herc & Meg before he was truly ready for Aqua's Attempted Rescue.

Before Sora has his Hero Moment (complete with Riku's slow-mo heart-eye reaction to it), Riku's keyblade 'Way to the Dawn'... breaks. Riku also spontaneously gets a Hair Cut. Not due to any attack landing on him from the Demon Tide nor due to any bout of Gay Agony: just... "randomly" (Sleeping Realm Theory covers this).

So then Riku casually manifests a BRAND NEW KEYBLADE, while not at all possessed nor acting as a Heart Hotel, and that keyblade is Braveheart.

(which is basically Kingdom Key but Make It Modern)

It's also in the Realm of Darkness that Sora & Riku first wield their Combined Keyblade whilst in the same plane of reality: in DDD, they wielded their blade across parallel dreamscapes. The [combined keyblade] in KH3 looks exactly as it did in Dream Drop Distance: half Mirage Split, half Nightmare's End.

How Many Hearts Does 1 Riku Have?

The highest number of "hearts" occupying 1 Riku is 10, in KH1: his own, Xehanort's & Terra's, the ghost of Master Eraqus (still biding his time for Maximum Drama), with the 6 Disney Princesses of Heart smooshed within the 'Keyblade of Heart' the Riku Vessel is wielding.

By that time in KH1, both Sora and Riku have wielded Kingdom Key. Riku had also acquired & begun wielding the 'Souleater' keyblade.

Kingdom Key is the keyblade born of the Light in Riku's Heart: a sword entrusted to a Crowned Prince from someone hidden within water, a gift that marks its wielder as a saviour and a fate-chosen king. Sora bears Riku's Crown, a pendant he is never seen without, and Riku (& his Heart) was sinking within both literal (storm and tide) and metaphoric (falling into darkness/sinking within deep waters) waters when Sora receives Kingdom Key. When Sora arrives in Traverse Town, the Final Fantasy & Disney characters there hold Kingdom Key in reverence: the Key follows Sora so THEY follow him too.

There is an Irony about every keyblade-related argument Sora & Riku have in KH1: Kingdom Key WAS Riku's before it was Sora's, the authority of the sword & reverence given to its wielder WAS on "loan" from Riku... but, ultimately, the wielder chosen by the Physical Representation of Riku's Heart & the Light within it?

Yeah, no, sorry Riku: your Heart Likes Sora More.

After KH1, Riku never attempts to "reclaim" Kingdom Key: it's probably during the events between KH1 & KH2 that Riku realises that Kingdom Key is not only a literal manifestation of his own Heart but that he believes Sora to be the best person to wield that "Heart", that "Destiny".

Even if Riku had not somehow managed to manifest the Souleater/Way to the Dawn keyblade, needing to "borrow" Kingdom Key during his year-long vigil at Sora's bedside... I doubt he would have KEPT the sword or that it would let itself be "kept".

Riku's unique connections to both Light AND Darkness make it somewhat reasonable to conclude that 'Souleater' is the Dark counterpart to Kingdom Key: a keyblade formed by the Darkness of Riku's Heart, a keyblade that evolves to 'Way to the Dawn' and Riku's efforts to master his Darkness and return to the Light.

(this still begs the question: how the heck does Kingdom Key-D fit into all this?? no, i'm genuinely asking: what is up with that keyblade)

ALTERNATIVELY! Kingdom Key-D was very logically forged by Riku's Darkness, manifesting in the Realm of Darkness alongside the Fallen Destiny Islands. This makes it Interesting that Mickey could carry it around prior to personally meeting Riku but, regardless of any realizations on its nature & likely relationship with Riku (or Sora), Mickey wields this keyblade-D from KH1 onward.

(This potentially leaves Mickey's Original Keyblade, seen in BBS, as yet ANOTHER keyblade available for Riku's use: the count has risen to 9, 8 if excluding Key-D.)

So... if Riku's Darkness forged Kingdom Key-D, what was Souleater & what IS Braveheart?

Alt #1: Riku, like any Strange Pond Person, can summon as many Magic Swords as Destiny Requires because... he is Literally Kingdom Hearts & that leaves ALL hearts "free" for his use.

Alt #2: The keyblades Riku wields (Souleater, Way to the Dawn & Braveheart) are all manifestations of SORA'S Heart. Sora may be oblivious as to why he is so fixated on Riku but, if Chain of Memories is anything to go by, Sora's HEART knows what it wants, damnit! Even without any allegedly required Bequeathment Ceremony, Riku is a "Child of Destiny" and had already crowned Sora as one too: just as Riku's Heart reached out to Sora, Sora's Heart may have reached BACK for Riku. Thus both boys end up with Keyblades: each holding onto a piece of the other (somewhat literally).

This gives additional explanation to their easy trading & wielding of each other's Keyblades in KH2: the keyblades "belonged" to BOTH boys and always had.

This interpretation easily applies itself to Sleeping Realm Theory, too: 'Way to the Dawn' still "broke" because of Riku's Sacrifice but instead of figuratively representing Riku's Heart "breaking" via his actually Dying, it would represent physically the effect that Sacrifice had on Sora: his Heart broke, "dying" with Riku.

Alt #3: Riku's extra keyblades were from Maleficent, "Ansem", Ansem &/or King Mickey. The timeline allows for Maleficent's providing Riku with the 'Souleater' keyblade: it does not QUITE align for the broken connection between Riku & his Would-Be Fairy Godmother that we can assume happened upon her death in KH1, nor account for any effects caused by her subsequent "resurrection". The timelines required for the other candidates to be involved are not consistent with that of the games nor supplementary canon.

Before wrapping up, let's acknowledge the Giant Crowned Rainbow Sword in the room:

The [combined keyblade], wielded by Riku & Sora in DDD & KH3, is a manifestation of "their Hearts [beating] In Tune". It is That Simple: any efforts to straightwash its existence WILL cause plot holes so just Accept The Gayblade is Gay.

That the Gayblade just so coincidentally resembles both the Ultima keyblade(s) and various x-blades, definitely fit most description of what the x-blade is & how it can be made?

These are also Just Gay. Kingdom Hearts has been building up to (gay) Love being the Ultimate Power of the series from its very beginning: it has ALWAYS used heart imagery and symbolism, used Disney Couples to mirror the changing relationship of Sora & Riku, used "the connections between hearts" as a child's understanding of love (in all forms).

The logical evolution for a Coming of Age journey about a Boy & his Best Friend, in a series that repeatedly uses & is named for 'hearts', who have become stronger as their hearts became more attuned... is for said Boy to realise, acknowledge and recognise that the connection of their hearts has Changed into something less platonic: romantic love, like that between couples in Disney films, like Riku (& Selphie) brought up to Sora through star-shaped fruit before ever exploring those stars personally.

The [combined keyblade] was naturally forged through mutual devotion: its existence implies that the fabled x-blade of legend was ALSO forged by mutual love, that Kingdom Hearts chose its guardian because of Love, that the x-blade's legendary strengh came from its need to protect its dearly Beloved: there is no Straight Explanation for Sora & Riku being able to make the combined keyblade.

#kh theories #mythology of keyblades #kingdom hearts meta #riku is the child of destiny #sora is the child of destiny #strange women lying in ponds distributing swords as a basis for world order #but riku is the lake lady #and the swords are keys #kingdom hearts is about love #this got very long and should really have been posted as a series but tumblr editing is not self-care #kh spoilers #sleeping realm theory #dualwielding keyblades #i am very sleepy now #all this because i wanted to make a monty python joke #i hope i actually brought the joke up within all those paragraphs #idek how having images in this will affect the post #hopefully the images don't disrupt the text format bc of my not checking their sizes against each other

[thetrashthatsmilesback]

sleeping realm theory haters 9 times out of 10 have never actually read the fucking theory and think that its entirely about riku and sora when in reality they are a very small portion of it. its mostly about sora (because hes the main character of the games????) and explaining how kh3 has already happened once but failed, and that the whole group is moving world lines in the theory, kairi is literally necessary to move world lines. there are a good 30 pages dedicated to explaining why kairi is necessary to move world lines going as far as to say that kairi is sora's chirithy. there is genuinely no way to think that the sleeping realms theory writes out kairi and discredits her unless you just completely did not read the theory. part of that document also outlines some stuff from the "Sora is the Master of Masters" theory and the "Sora is the Lich" theory as well, meaning that, again, it is not 100 pages of "writing Kairi out of the story for a ship."

The document breaks down game graphics, lore from khux/dark roads, summarizes interviews, discusses translation issues from the Japanese to English, and more. its 100 pages because Kingdom Hearts is a lore heavy game series. It is not writing Kairi out of the series - again it explicitly outlines how Kairi is necessary to jump world lines. Instead of saying anyone who adheres to the theory is just a shipper, actually read the theory because it gives Kairi more function in the narrative than she served explicitly in KH3. It literally does the opposite of what people who haven't read it claim. I'm so tired of seeing people who haven't read the theory say people who like it just hate Kairi when its the theory that made me think that Nomura hadn't completely abandoned Kairi in the lore at this point. One of my bigger complaints about KH3 was that Kairi was basically sent off to do nothing for most of the game, effectively writing her out of the narrative yet again - the theory counters this by positing that she is imperative for moving the group to the new world line. the theory DOES NOT WORK without Kairi. Not that any of its detractors will read this anyway, I do happen to be a soriku shipper so clearly i only like the theory for my ship :P

#sleeping realm theory #srt #world lines #kingdom hearts #kh theory #sora #sora kh #riku #riku kh #kairi #kairi kh

[slate-of-fate]

Now I want to write a fanfic detailing the events of the original timeline.

#sleeping realm theory

[somedweeb]

Thinking about the Sleeping Realm Theory. It’s incredible how a theory that:

- Makes up symbolism wholecloth

- Overapplies certain trains of logic where they don’t actually apply

- Misunderstands how the Japanese language works

- Is centered around and titled after something that, as far as we know, technically doesn’t even exist in the universe of the games

- Can’t tell the difference between two different hairstyles

- Can’t tell the difference between three different sound cues

- Forgets (or possibly straight up lies about) things that happen not only in other Kingdom Hearts games, but also KH3 itself

- Includes several pointless digressions, justifying it with ”Boy howdy, that’s strange, huh?”

- Misunderstands basic storytelling

- Misunderstands basic editing

- Misunderstands basic visual design

- Has evidence that contradicts the conclusions they draw

ever managed to gain so much traction in the KH fandom and still has some of its claims float around here and there.

#kingdom hearts #srt #sleeping realm theory

[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

[thequibblingking13]

Im connecting dots here. Ik is probably very obvious but Chirithy, a dream eater, ushering you into the next life in KHUX and then arriving to the station of awakening in the Drop pose is so fucking clever.

#kingdom hearts #KHML SPOILERS #kingdom hearts spoilers #kingdom hearts missing link #KHML #missing link #KH Spoilers #bee speaks #ok not to dip my hands too far into theory territory. BUT. #chirithy said that the realms of sleep and death overlap and cant help the occasional crossing. so im thinking #in giving the player the choice of reincarnation and ushering them forward they are tapping into that connection somehow #and passing them from their death into sleep. into new life again #as for how the player is a full grown kid again? sheer force of the heart is my guess. there's work to be done still

[oortcloudstrife]

i love how we're all reading/watching the soriku theories together 🏳️‍🌈💖

#soriku #like i never saw these before now #but they've been out for years apparently #we (the lgbt fans) always get on the same wavelength lol #like i left the fandom a while ago #but these theories have been out for longer #and i never saw them #i watched the riku is gay video #only bc i decided to listen to chikai #and yt recommended the supplemental video they made on that #which took me to the original video #and now i’m looking through the sleeping realm theory #it’s jover for the s*****

[nikutsuneart]

The Sleeping Realm Theory’s 4th Anniversary!!

Hey everyone, I don’t think i’ve ever made a formal post here (on I guess my art account??) about the good ol Sleepy Boy Theory. I figured I might as well with the anniversary but as of today, it’s 4 years old! Where DOES the time go?

A lot has happened since this bad boy (several releases for one and a global pandemic for two), and as the official keeper of the crypt I’d like to thank everyone who has shared their Love and even their Great Distaste for it over the years. It’s wild to think it still lives on as such a footnote in this series’ history that I still saw people seething about it just last week.

It’s been discussed around the world as well as translated into more than one language! It’s a global reach I’ll never fully grasp, a talking point for people I’ll never meet, and it’s something that I’m immensely proud of!

To this day we’ve made points and discussed findings I still don’t see anybody ever talk about, like the kbg world logo or the location of Kairi’s heart. And if that sounds new to you, may I recommend checking it out once more and peeping those cool updates

~THE OFFICIAL SLEEPY BOY DOCUMENT~

And for those who don’t wanna sit and read, there’s a mostly up to date video format where me and AuroraPeachy read thru it together!

Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4

Anyway all that’s to say happy birthday to what amounts to a kingdom hearts college thesis! Here’s to another year of not being debunked somehow 🥂

#sleeping realm theory #kingdom hearts #kh3 #wow it's a toddler that can walk n talk n all that now and it's fucking me up #i anticipate people being upset about this but forreal i am not here to stir the pot #I just wanna talk about this cool thing we made! wow!!

[holleighgram]

Hello. It's me with more Soriku BrainRot ™️

When Riku dives into Sora's heart at the end of DDD, here are all of the platforms he passes while diving.

MOST of them include Riku, and at first I attributed this to "following the connection," however... there are a few memories that don't include Riku at all: Sora facing Darkside, Sora meeting Donald and Goofy, Sora with Hanger, Pants, and Omlette, Sora hold Kairis Lucky Charm, Sora fighting and merging with Roxas, etc.

Kairi isn't shown at all unless Riku is also there.

Oh... and I do have to mention the cardiac arrest inducing poetry that is the first platform being the two of them on the beach staring at the sky as kids, and the last one being them doing the same on the Dark Margin.

#kingdom hearts #kh meta #the sleeping realm theory #soriku #sora kh #riku kh #kh ddd #dream drop distance #riku is the light #riku is gay #dive to the heart #theory

[acaesic]

guys they have the snipers are trained on me for saying this but the next song is going to be spkothdvl—💥💥💥🔫🔫

#idkhow #ough💥💥💥💥 this is the end guys……. #im sorry. its 1am and i was ready to be asleep at 9:30 #i think the sleep demons are taking me now #IM NOT CRAZY! theorize with me for a second here. #WHAT LOVE had an alternative release. i think. i cant find the picture. AND SO DID SPKOTHDVL. I REMEMBER THIS CLEAR AS DAY. #so it can only be assumed that spkothdvl comes out next right?? unless im just jumping to ridiculous conclusions in which case #i got nothing #i have doubts that itll be infatuation for some reason. idk the fact that its dallons favourite kind of pushes it away #from the realm of possibility to me. dallon is a very patient person so i doubt theyd be quick to shove their favourite song out like that. #ALL SPECULATION. IF IM WRONG IM WRONG! WE WILL FIND OUT NEXT WEEK. AND THEN THE ALBUM #AAH OKAY WHILE IM TALKING. IM SO FUCCKJNINH EXCITED TO HEAR DOWNSIDE ON VINYL. IDK WHY #AND WHAT LOVE. I THINK THEYLL JUST BOTH SOUND PERFECT ON VINYL. sorry im done now im going to bed #just needed to get my ridiculous theories out there #IM TELLING YOU GUYS. ITS GONNA BE SPKOTHDVL #UNLESS IT WONT BE. #IM SLEEPING NOW GOODNIGHT #chase said something alright

[thefreshprinceofjunes]

speaking of convos in the final world

genuinely surprised i havent seen either of these referenced in any soriku endgame metas

#kingdom hearts #soriku #kh3 #kh3 spoilers #kh meta #ali's kh meta #unless its in the sleeping realm theory #which it might be #i never finished reading it lol #but to me its painfully obvious the first convo is an echo of rikus feelings #and the second is soras #¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[hollowwhisperings]

What's In The Box? (KH Spec)

in KH3 & KHUX, the Master of Masters (MoM) tasks Luxu with lugging around a big, fancy black box.

MoM never tells Luxu (or ANYONE) what's actually IN this box... but Maleficent decided it (& its Assumed Connection to MoM's Book Of Prophecies?) was worth the effort of... stalking Sora & his enemies for multiple games, spectating on the latest Keyblade War, and, presumably, tricking some Keyblade Wielder (Kairi, maybe?) into Opening The Box for her.

KH3 namedrops Pandora's Box & the Chest of Davy Jones outright: Pandora's Box has two variant contents, Davy Jones' Chest holds his heart (& his heartbreak).

KH3 also, indirectly, reminds players of IRL 'Black Boxes' by using datacubes in the BH6 World, referencing memory chips, backups & data throughout the level. Datacubes & the corruption thereof first appeared in KH re:Coded, a game featuring a Data Riku (bearing KH1 Riku's likeness) being preyed upon by Maleficent (she & her connections to Riku are Important to this theory).

There is an IRL kind of Black Box which, like the Baymax memory chip, acts as the protective case of a Backup Copy of a plane's movements & data entries so that, in the event of disaster, the Black Box will survive & serve as a record of everything that happened.

THAT kind of 'Black Box' is invoked in KHUX with its 'Data Daybreak Town'. It's also likely that the Lost Masters Luxu summoned at KH3's end were retrieved from a similar data backup.

The MoM's Black Box, however, predates KHUX entirely: so what's in HIS box?

I suspect that the Box contains something that is all these boxes COMBINED (remember that Pandora's Box has 2 variants):

a black box built to Survive Disaster, Containing Records & Data Thereof.

the Chest of Davy Jones, a box holding the Human Heart of an Immortal... and his heartbreak with it.

a Pandora's Box that kept all of Humanity's Innate Goodness, the opening of which doomed humanity to corruption & sin. One 'Good' remained in the Box & with Humanity: 'Hope'.

a Pandora's Box that kept all Evils from the world, the opening of which doomed humanity to mortality, war, famine, etc. The only 'Evil' left in the box? Hope.

Yes, depending on the version of the Pandora Myth you're reading, 'Hope' is seen as a remaining virtue OR as a cruel 'gift'.

The MoM named each of his six pupils for one of the Seven Deadly Sins ('Evils', if you will). These pupils became known as the 'Lost Masters'. None of these pupils are named for 'Pride', generally understood to be the 'worst/heaviest' Sin: the absence implies that MoM himself is 'Pride'.

Incidentally, there is one readable word engraved on MoM's Box: 'super'. Following the naming conventions of the Lost Masters ('Luxu' = 'Lust', in latin) this translates to that missing sin, 'Pride'.

Considering that the Black Box is the MoM's, I speculate that it contains HIS heart: this makes Additional Sense for KH because Disney's Snow White features this 'heart in a box' concept... and, in BBS, the role of Huntsman was assigned to TERRA (which he, obvs, did not do). Terra DID, however, end up 'stealing' a heart later on... the heart of Aurora, as in Disney's Sleeping Beauty, and as tricked by MALEFICENT (oh look, here she is again, how INTERESTING).

What's Inside The MoM's Heart?

Well, following the premise of Davy Jones, MoM's mortality... and his capacity for love. Given that the MoM lead his pupils toward CIVIL WAR, standing by as this war repeated itself not only in KHUX but in Dark Road and in BBS AND IN KH3-

yeah, it makes sense that this guy has survived his immortality via being incapable of genuine compassion.

(there is also the possibility that he's outlived all these generations of keyblade wielders due to getting trapped/hopping over to UnReality, blissfully helpless to Those Wars He Instigated... buuut this theory assumes his Conveniebnt Absence & his Prophecies of [Ragnarok] were Deliberate)

I am Assuming A Lot about MoM's abilities: that he is immortal, that he can conceal his presence, that he is a He, that he is a form of Nobody, that he not only COULD but DID witness every iteration of the Keyblade War in the KH series. That seeing that war & its tragedies repeat is WHY that war keeps happening.

My theory is that MoM's Heart, safe in its Box (until Maleficent manages to open it/use it as blackmail), is MoM's "backup": his memories and love and despair from an Even Earlier Keyblade War, one where Darkness and the person who became MoM were the ONLY survivors.

No Dandelions. No MoM "and his best friend". No "lost, separated but not forever". No "True Love's Sacrifice" and DEFINITELY no "time-travel fix-it where No One Dies (except Xehanort & Sora, kind of)".

Just MoM. And Darkness.

...and THAT'S why MoM keeps setting generation after generation up for Ragnarok. THAT'S why MoM showed himself to Xehanort (who helped avert HIS generation's War, if not its Tragedy), why MoM was so DELIGHTED to discover Sora (& Riku): SORA ESCAPED HIS TRAGIC FATE.

MoM's Plan(s)

Sora (& Riku & Kairi) have proven that it is POSSIBLE to Change Destiny, to have Everyone Live.

So, naturally, MoM needs to test Sora (& Riku) AGAIN, in a controlled experiment, to figure out "How" KH3's ending was possible... and if it can be REPLICATED.

The x-blade is an additional factor in MoM's efforts to recreate the Keyblade War as he lived it, changing players & adding variables to figure out how (& 'where') Things Go Wrong.

If MoM hails from the FIRST Keyblade War, where Kingdom Hearts itself summoned the x-blade to protect itself yet ultimately cut its losses to prevent Darkness triumphing entirely... then Sora's 'Ultima' keyblades, his Nobody's ability to dual-wield, his 'Combined Keyblade' with Riku? These are all VERY INTERESTING to MoM!

Look at the previous attempts to summon or artificially forge the x-blade:

collecting 'Lux' (Unions, failure)

posession by Darkness (Baldr, failure)

Xehanort (experiment ongoing)

cutting a heart into 'Light' and 'Darkness' then having them Fight (Ventus, partial success)

the keyblade war in BBS (failure)

Whatever That Original Nobody Experiment with Ansem Was (..?)

multiple layers of possession of a Chosen Host, collecting the Hearts of Worlds & the Seven Lights, etc (MoM's Note to Future Self: "That Fairy Might Be Onto Something")

Roxas dual-wielding (???)

Xion dual-wielding (!!!)

Whatever The Heck Xemnas Was Up To in KH2 (fai-)

Sora & Riku's Boss Fight with Xemnas (-PARTIAL SUCCESS!)

Data Hearts..? (MoM's Underlined Note to Self: "KEEP EYE ON MALEFICENT")

Sora & Riku's Hijacked Mark of Mastery Exam (PROOF OF CONCEPT! req. further testing)

KH3 (...failure WAIT WHAT'S HAP-)

KH 2.9 (???)

Sora's Hijacking of the Aqua Rescue Mission (success??)

KH3's 2nd/3rd Keyblade War (SUCCESS: ISOLATING VARIABLES FOR FOCUSED TESTING)

quadratum (experiment ongoing)

MoM's Goal?

replicate results of Sora (& Riku?) testing of 99% survival rate & successful x-blade utilization in 1st KBW. save everyone. win.

Or, in Other Words...

learn method of summoning x-blade & replicate method for personal use via proxie (Yozora)

return to the origin story of KH's universe, the First Keyblade War (memories preserved in MoM's heart, a touchstone between Then & Now)

change what was destined to be a tragedy: unchain fate (overwrite ancient history)

everyone survives to build a new, brighter world (return heart to body)

...and the future, that Sora & his friends are from? Erased from Ever Existing in the first place. (pandora's box: saving the past at the cost of the future)

#kh spec #MoM #the master of masters #the black box #kh spoilers #kh theories #riku is the light #riku is the child of destiny #sora is the child of destiny #the gayblade #yozora spec #i don't think soriku can defeat MoM unless he has his heart #so i don't actually know how soriku could prevent MoM from overwriting reality to save his past #maybe darkness would help soriku? darkness is the only other surviving witness #the first keyblade war #worldline theory #sleeping realm theory