#recoded

[mythicalartistx]

How Riku has no idea that Riku means so much to Sora

An Analysis through mom

Riku has always been afraid of being forgotten and left behind by Sora. And this is how he is able get manipulated by Maleficent. She tells him his greatest fears, that Sora found new friends and doesn't care about him anymore. She gives him proof letting him watch Sora being silly and argue with Donald and Goofy.

But from day one as soon as Sora is separated, he wants to find Riku. All on his mind is finding Riku (and Kairi too) and when he finds Riku in Traverse Town he is happy and to make sure he isn't dreaming he goes up to him and pulls on his mouth.

Riku is glad he had found Sora and wants to continue to play the role of protector but when it seems Sora can handle himself he doesn't know where he is supposed to fit in. Sora has these new friends and now can handle himself, Riku is afraid of being forgotten.

But throughout kh1 Sora keeps trying to reason with Riku and it's important that his friend sees what's right. And when they close the door Riku tells Sora take care of Kairi.

COM

He doesn't exactly do that.... The first thing he does is wanting to find Riku. That's on his mind. He ventures through castle oblivion in hopes he can find Riku. And when he faces Repliku he is so happy even though his thoughts of trying to find Riku is almost replaced with Naminé.

This Repliku is bitter about that and upset even saying how Sora never care about that or cared about him (being Repliku). But Riku hates how he feels towards his friend and how he wants his friend still even though he believes Sora has forgotten about him saying, You always have wormed your way into my heart," and Sora is confused by this statement.

And once Naminé tells Repliku to stop and he falls back Sora is completely overwhelmed by what happened to Repliku and what did Naminé do to him. This scene is especially good in the novel where it shows Sora holding Repliku.

Later Repliku realizes how true Sora's feelings towards him are (how he cares for him as an individual not being a Riku) before leaving, still Sora is sad he is leaving and still wants to find him.

During Rebirth/Reverse when Repliku fades away into darkness he doesn't mind if he fades away but what he actually cares is that Sora remembers him. He doesn't want to get forgotten by Sora or get mixed up with the real Riku.

Kh2

Sora wakes up and forgets everything in Castle Oblivion and still has the same desire to find Riku. Throughout kh2 all on his mind is where is Riku, is he okay, I really miss him. And it's the most precious thing. He integrates Mickey about it and it isn't until Mickey accidentally slip up that Sora is so happy and jumps for joy.

Another time during land of the dragons when he finds out Riku been there he is excited because it meant he is okay and nearby. He didn't care that he might be with the organization, he just cares about Riku. During the novel, Sora talks about fighting Riku was so fun.

And finally when he actually sees him he goes on his knees crying because he misses him and is happy to finally be with Riku. In the novel he states how happy he is to be fighting by Riku's side and is just bashful about this.

Riku doesn't care that much about himself and thinks less of himself on why anyone would actually care for him. And is surprised when Sora helps him up and brings him through the dark world. He admits in the novel, he is sad Sora is there and didn't want him to fade into the darkness but is glad he isn't alone. Sora seems to precious and important to Riku that he doesn't believe he deserves his friendship.

He is afraid of being forgotten but he accepts that he might not be worth it and as long as Sora is happy that is all that matters. He doesn't realize how much Sora truly cares about himself. They come to the conclusion they both will be okay because they're together.

RC

Even though it's technically not them in recoded data Riku doesn't believe in his worth after how he messed up everything in the data worlds. Sora is sadden by how little he thinks of himself and thinks he is the only one trying to maintain their friendship.

When Data Sora hears him talking to him in the Olympus Coliseum worlds, he is glad to hear Riku's voice. Even when his keyblade gets destroyed Riku comes in and Sora is just happy that he is there. It means everything to him and he doesn't care that he has no way to fight, Sora was determined to save data Riku

BBS

Even ten years prior when Terra gave Riku the ability to wield a keyblade, Sora immediately wants to know about Riku. He wants to know who that man was and if he knew him. In BBS it has them both care for each other. Riku admit how important Sora is to him and wishes to get stronger to protect him while Sora blatantly tells Aqua he likes Riku, he is his best friend. He seems to want to do everything with him and wouldn't hesitate to help him from darkness.

When Ven goes to Sora's heart, Riku notices something is wrong and knows how to help him. Without questioning it, he takes his advice even if it is strange.

DDD

He goes through the exam because Riku felt like he needed to be tested, Sora didn't think either of them needed to. Sora really wanted to take the exam by his side and is a bit sad that Riku isn't there. However through his heart he feels connected to Riku and when things happen Sora knows Riku will be there.

Joshua asks Sora if he wants to give Riku a message, he tells him there's no need because he knows they will see each other soon. On Riku's side he goes through a personal journey of accepting himself despite everything he has done. He doesn't know if he deserves everyone but knows he is lucky to have Sora.

KH3

Riku still doesn't see the full extent to how much Sora cares about him. Sora just wants to be with him through out the entire game. He is constantly worried about Riku especially going into the dark world. Sora wants to join him. And once they lose connection with Riku, Sora is sad and is like see this is why I should have gone.

And since discovering the Gummiphone being able to talk to Riku, Sora constantly thinks about calling Riku and just telling Riku about how cool this place is, when they went to Fransankyoto.

Riku is surprised when Sora comes in to save him the the dark realm. He's glad he is there but doesn't think much of it. At the pre battle Riku doesn't think he means that much to Sora, he's just like any of his other friends. He talks to Repliku and allows Sora to spent time with Kairi.

However Sora is questioning why Riku is alone there and seems to want to spend time with him. Then Riku and Sora are the only ones left. Sora breaks down. Riku wants Sora's happiness beyond anything else and reassures him with his words something only Riku can do. He feels better but still Riku doesn't think his life is that important and sacrifices himself. The expression Sora makes during this scene tells you everything. Sora is hurt that Riku is too doing this.

Riku is extremely important to Sora that when trying to recover him, he is floating in Olympus like he is the most important person ever to Sora.

Riku doesn't believe he means much to Sora. He doesn't see how he's the one that Sora just wants to spend time with and searching for. He rather put Sora's happiness before his own and believes in Sora. He let him save Kairi because he believes in him and his own happiness.

Mom

Riku thought it was Kairi who meant so much to Sora. He didn't believe it was him who was supposed to find Sora. That's why he was so shocked when the fairy godmother told him his dreams were the key and it was him who was supposed to dive to the Quadratum by following Sora's heart.

He didn't realize how important he was to Sora. He kept being selfishly selfless about this. Until he realizes it was him. He is the key. And Riku means so much to Sora, but he doesn't realize how much.

This could be a deep friendship or possibly something more, but he's very important to Sora and Riku just needs to realize it...

#Please note I'm not trying to remove Kairi I'm just focusing on how much Riku means to Sora this doesn't have to do with her #soriku #riku #sora #kh riku #kh sora #also why can't Riku be Sora's most important person #even if it's platonic #melody of memory #kh2 #kh3 #com #ddd #recoded #Kingdom Hearts #kh birth by sleep #bbs #kh chain of memories #okay but he's been having dreams of Sora for a year and doesn't think it means something?? #has he been having dreams of Sora for a long time and just thought it was normal #kh analysis #analysis #discussion post #haven't done one of these in a while #I have like 40 drafts 😭 #I have so many unfinished drafts

[whyarewecalledtheshipname]

remembering how precious (and telling) it is that data namine chose riku to protect sora's data in recoded, probably literally because she knew from experience that riku would give anything—even his own self—to protect sora 😭

#like ow #soriku #recoded #data soriku #data namine #namine #that game was too much #im not even exaggerating #riku irl and data riku just make peace with surrendering their existing as they know it for sora's sake #man. #namine knows

[zacksephreunion]

GAH they even have their own! 😭

"I'll hold you to that!" Like cmonnn 😭 man my ships are really all just copy/paste no fuckin wayyyy

My brain is melting like

#spam #its 4am #soriku #recoded #screencaps #zackseph #sephzack #man. #other fandoms

[jemtokall]

I wanted to try drawing expressions from those emoji/expression formats for my ships Draine (Data-Riku/Blaine) and Reph (Repliku/Ephemera)

#i know the blaine/eph shippers are out there and i support you #blaine #blaine kh #brain kh #eph #ephemera #ephemer #repliku #riku replica #dataku #data riku #khux #recoded #khcom #kingdom hearts #myart #the outfits are noncanon #repliku works at the castle and has a white labcoat #ephemera has a white cloak #blaines outfit is only slightly different #and dataku is the only one with his canon outfit

[tharkflark1]

DATA SORA YOU DIDNT HAVE TO ROAST HIM LIKE THAT??????

#kingdom hearts #recoded #kh #tharky's updates #data Sora #data riku #data soriku #Soriku

[ok4ru]

I drew Data Riku!!!

Lineless Version

#I already did the art so the line-less art looks a bit weird but came out good #I know their outfit looks a bit weird but I was lazy and tired #kh #kingdom hearts #Data Riku #recoded #kh recoded #kingdom hearts re:coded #Riku

[undisciplinedgummiblock]

The buddies in Re:Coded are so silly.

#kingdom hearts #recoded #kh sora #kh riku #data sora #my favirte to draw was acutlly the avatar themselves

[a-crack-in-the-universe]

The thing I really hate about Star Wars (specifically Disney Star Wars) is how depressing it is. There are no truly happy endings. Romantic couples are ripped apart and never get a true happily ever after. The Skywalkers don’t get a truly happy ending and die out after a couple generations.

It’s why I prefer Kingdom Hearts — although the heroes experience a lot of grief and pain, they ultimately get their happy ending, and the narrative tells us that they deserve a happy ending.

(also those who think Xion and Roxas and Namine shouldn’t have come back in KH3 really don’t seem to understand Kingdom Hearts? I’ve played through all the games and it was fucking obvious since ReCoded that all of the heroes with tragic fates were being set up to be saved. And Dream Drop Distance further hammered this in with Ansem the Wise’s speech to Riku at the very end of the game.)

#kingdom hearts #kh #star wars #Disney star wars #dream drop distance #recoded #kh3 #kingdom hearts 3

[punziekin]

🌊 naminé icons - kingdom hearts ♡

#namine #naminé #namine icons #naminé icons #kingdom hearts icons #kingdom hearts #kh #kh icons #chain of memories #recoded #icons #my edits #✩

[postcard-from-the-past]

Tidal statistics recoded in Ploumanac'h, Brittany region of France

French vintage postcard

#france #briefkaart #postal #brittany #carte postale #ploumanach #tidal #tarjeta #recoded #region #ansichtskarte #photo #statistics #historic #postkaart #sepia #photography #postcard #ephemera #french #vintage #old #postkarte

[sludgethorn]

little wind i’m with u in the roadside flowers

#teaflower #turkeytail #<- turkeypaw in this pic #recoded #warriors rp #warrior cats #some notes. teaflower has a marsupial pouch. they also have floppy ears but thats a mistake on my end #and ive been looking at this for so long i dont want to fix it now #i love getting incredibly attached to npcs that died before the story even started

[whyarewecalledtheshipname]

and on the topic of namine covering for riku—

I LOVE how namine covers for riku when others ask or are curious about his and sora's relationship, but keeps dropping hella hints at sora about rikus feelings for him lmao

Wheres that one meme

#namine #''i like dropping hints that riku likes sora'' #but only @ sora #in regards to my last post #namine knows #soriku #com #days #recoded #like cmon

[zacksephreunion]

GUH going through my gifs and THIS ONE—

—completely reminded me of zack and sephiroth in the reactor scene when sephiroth begins to break down like

For context this is from kh:recoded hd when riku gets brainwashed into fighting sora and guh im off two watch that scene now bc its so good so good

Duh I've been dying over these two pairings bc they have v obvious similarities but i wont shut up about themmm 😭

Gasp! I need a gif of the zack/sephiroth version

#sorry i don't remember where i got the gif its been in my gallery fiveever #gif #spam #its 3am #soriku #recoded #zackseph #ig #love these two #these two pairings i mean #other fandoms

[greetings-inferiors]

Guys don’t beat me up or anything… but re:coder’s combat goes really hard???

Like I’m only on the first level but this combat might be just as good as kh2’s. For completely different reasons, but Jesus Christ it’s just as fun to hit things.

#text post #randyposting #coded #re:coded #kh #kh recoded #recoded #kingdom hearts recoded #kh marathon

[jemtokall]

I ship the virus with the anti-virus in case anyone was wondering

#myart #blaine #brain #data-riku #dataku #this is old art #khux #recoded #kingdom hearts #khux brain #khux blaine #the skellykitty is their cat that Dataku named Blaine.jr #based off an rp #i've been obsessed with this ship for a while

[tharkflark1]

I finally got my hands on ReCoded. And the gameplay is fantastic so far.

But also like: I wanna say ReCoded feels almost like an indirect character analysis of Sora. Cuz, it’s focused on Data Sora. It’s focused on him and his story. But you’re also able to compare and contrast his personality with Sora-prime.

Data Sora feels like a way more honest Sora. He’s not afraid to speak about what he’s feeling, and I’m not saying Sora-prime isn’t like that. It’s more like, Data Sora doesn’t rlly have any need to prove himself? He doesn’t have a need to present himself as the hero. To him, he’s just helping out

And There’s no ill will between Data Riku and Data Sora.

Data-Sora is a Sora who didn’t have to go through the pain of having his best friend purposefully corrupt himself to be “better”. It’s a what if Riku didn’t join the dark side willingly. If Riku didn’t have that vulnerability that Maleficent preyed on. If Sora and Riku worked together in KH1.

Basically: I have a lot of thoughts about ReCoded

#kh #kingdom hearts #data Sora #Sora #data riku #riku #recoded #kh recoded #tharky's updates