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lennythereviewer · 10 months

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My favorite Kingdom Hearts fact is that one of the biggest plot-holes that Nomura has never been able to meaningfully retcon or write his way out, a plot-hole so big that it fundamentally breaks the very rules the series is written on...

Is the existence of Steamboat Willie

Let me explain for the uninitiated:

In Kingdom Hearts 2, there’s a small detour in the story involving Maleficent trying to invade Disney Castle, the home of King Mickey. She can’t step foot in the castle due to an artefact of pure light that wards off darkness locked in the basement.

Pete, who is working for Maleficent, opens a door into the past (Before Disney Castle, this land was known as Timeless River) and decides to remove the artifact from it’s place in time so it won’t be there to stop them from getting in.

Sora, Donald, and Goofy chase Pete into the past thanks to another magic door provided by Merlin, and through some shenanigans involving old cartoons and teaming up with Pete’s past-self, they lock the door the villains are using, and return the artefact to it’s proper place so it can exist in the present.

You with me so far? Pretty straightforward-ish time-travel plot right?

Here’s where it goes off the rails.

Time travel would go on to become a staple of Kingdom Hearts going forward and would come with a very strict set of rules over how it operates:

1. You can only travel to a point in time where a version of yourself exists

2. You basically give up your body to do so, and travel as a disembodied soul unless you have a vessel to inhabit

3. You can’t alter the past in a meaningful way, what’s going to happen will happen

4. You lose your memories of said trip once you return, but your actions could leave a lingering instinct on your other self that could influence their decisions

“Wait” you may be thinking “Why should anyone go through all those hoops? Wasn’t time travel super simple that first time?”

And you’d be totally right, because the existence of Timeless River completely renders all of these rules and restrictions meaningless.

There is no version of Sora that existed in Timeless River before he step foot there, everyone kept their bodies, the trio and Pete were able to mess with the timeline as freely as they pleased, and they all very much remember their trip.

Nomura has never been able to meaningfully explain this super simple, easy way of time travel and the more convoluted method co-existing other than a cheap-throwaway line from one of the villains saying that Merlin “broke the rules”

The hilarious part about this line is that it implies that PETE of all characters is actually more powerful than the actual villain of the series, because Pete opened a door into Timeless River through sheer willpower and nostalgia for “the good old days”

But the all-knowing chess-master of a villain who had an evil plan several decades in the making with countless moving parts and contingencies to account for had to use the roundabout, more complicated method of time travel where a lot could go wrong.

Pete though? Dude just casually broke all the rules of time travel because he felt like it. He's just built different.

TL;DR: Steamboat Willie breaks Kingdom Hearts lore in half, Pete is more powerful than Master Xehanort, and I fucking love this beautiful trainwreck of a series you guys it means so much to me

I love Kingdom hearts so much.

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rowdy-rumble · 5 months

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A little clip of sora!! I'm really pleased with this guy!!!

#kingdom hearts #kingdom hearts cosplay #kh sora #timeless river #kh2 #mascot

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kiuikai · 9 days

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I recently replayed KH1 and KH2, and My #1 favorite world style for Sora is Timeless River. He is absolutely adorable, and something about the simplistic style from Steam Boat Willie is just fantastic. I think it's mostly cause I am not a fan of intricately detailed character designs (I think the extra jewelry or extra lace and seams is just overkill). I'm a sucker for simplistic designs and this one for Sora is *Chefs Kiss*

#sora #Kingdomhearts #Timeless River #KH2

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gummi-ships · 10 months

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Kingdom Hearts 2 - Timeless River

#kingdom hearts 2 #kh2 #timeless river #scenery #my gif #i love sora's appearance in this world it's so charming #this world was so interesting in how it was integrated into the overall story as well as the time traveling implications #however it was quite difficult to collect shots for this world because many of the rooms are quite empty or simplistic in design #i did my best

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hatchpaper · 7 months

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Kingdom Hearts Worlds Compilation

By Corbin Leach | 9/26/2015—10/19/2023

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bluewerrr · 9 months

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timeless river is cool

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ninebaalart · 1 month

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Even More Paintbrushes

time paintbrush, magic paintbrush, timeless paintbrush, space paranoids paintbrush, heartless paintbrush, wayne paintbrush

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linkandorf · 3 months

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Spirit #1504 - Sora (Timeless River)

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Fighter #82 - Sora (Timeless River)

#art #spirits #smash bros #sora #timeless river

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windoftime · 4 months

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man, Steamboat Willie has just entered public domain and look at the weird shit they're already doing with it

#it's hilarious how the only character in this picture that's protected by copyright is the one that looks the most like an OC #this is another horror game btw if you play it in Critical Mode #mickey mouse #steamboat willie #timeless river #sora #kh sora #kingdom hearts #kingdom hearts 2 #kh2 #if you can hear this image we share similar brain damage

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jessfandrawer · 7 days

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Unidentified Flavorful Object - Mili

I came to Clerith by way of Kingdom Hearts, so here's my little tribute to that. Plus I've always wanted to do a piece inspired by the Mili song linked above. The picnic piece turned out to be perfect for that.

Drawing in the old-timey cartoon style was a fun challenge too! I'm wondering if I should do a color version though. 🤔

#clerith #kingdom hearts #picnic #song inspired #timeless river #1930s cartoon style #rubber hose animation style #fluffy #I didn't want to draw Cloud's wolf(?) brooch thing #so I made it a flower #my laziness made it cuter I guess

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blue-haired-heathen · 4 months

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“mickey mouse has entered the public domain” “actually that’s steamboat willie and he totally counts as a different character” WRONG. That is specifically Mickey as Pete remembers him when reminiscing fondly about his days as a simple steamboat captain before getting involved in Maleficent’s schemes, so that’s how he manifests in the world created by that nostalgia, are you taking notes?

#kh2 #timeless river #public domain mickey mouse #king mickey #ish? idk

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van-yangyin · 1 month

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Timeless River Sora Statue (Kingdom Hearts 3)

Do you like retro? Well, you're in luck! Now you can strut with your friends with your retro Sora from Timeless River, with a discount of 0%!

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Category: Buy Mode > Decoration > Sculptures. Price: 9000 【English Name: Timeless River Sora Statue | Spanish Name: Estatua de Sora de Río Eterno】 Contain a description in English and Spanish, personalized by me and Lea (@lea_heartscxiv) [Anyone can send me translations of text in their language so that more people can enjoy it in their own language.]

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