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theophagie · 5 months

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Don't think twice/Chikai is a beautiful song but I really disagree with lots of people on its meaning, mainly because its two versions themselves really don't come together in harmony to me... Don't think twice's story sounds anything but happy or hopeful to me

#it gives desperation and fear. vs chikai's actual hopeful tone #''hey if you stop loving me don't tell me pls okay'' like girl you really live like this #which is why i do think it fits kairi. how she would like things with sora to be (chikai) vs her insecurities (don't think twice)#like it's still not a 100% fit. but i think that this is true all ways around no matter if you interpret the song and its two versions #to be about her or about sora and riku #mytext #video games #kingdom hearts

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mrfroag · 7 months

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*snapcube eggman voice* I miss my guys tails

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daylighteclipsed · 6 months

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sometimes i go back and forth on whether soriku has been intentional since the start or near the start, but then I remember “I got it… You’re thinking about THAT GUY again. Aren’t you?” “Yeah, Sora’s a total zombie when that guy’s on his mind.” and I feel so rabid and insane. Like it’s right there in the second game

#fr congrats to sora and riku for being disney’s first gay characters in 2004 #possibly earlier #cause I’m almost certain the reason we don’t see riku open the door in kh1 is bc Gay #bc we’d see his reaction to the paopu fruit drawing right next to the door #and him probably abandoning kairi to find sora #so you’d Know it’s not about her #his feelings aren’t for her but… sora #i feel like i make this same post every six months #but it’s bc it does make me so crazy !!! it’s just right fhere!!!!!

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the-east-art · 5 months

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What am I to you?

#kh #kingdom hearts #Kairi #I was just #thinking #about dream drop distance #and how sora made Riku his dream eater #without thinking about it #and how Kairi in a similar scenario might appear #whether this is truly how sora views her #or how she views herself?#that’s up to your interpretation

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aitsuheart · 3 months

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people who believe "Soriku fans hate Kairi" is just so stupid

I personally like Kairi but she's not utilized much in canon material which is why I really enjoy some fanon or headcanon versions of her

And anyone who doesn't like her though I don't welcome

Hating characters who get in a way of ships is stupid

Also the belief that "soriku take her out" of the source material is also such a dumb take.

If you think that you have sadly misunderstood what some people were saying.

It's usually not relevant to her and I never understood the belief that Sora thinking about Riku or vice versa somehow relates to Kairi

#aitsu heart #Kingdom Hearts #late night thoughts #aitsu heart thoughts #I like Kairi and some sk or neutral fans make dumb interpretations about soriku #Also the idea that Kairi knows about Riku's crush on Sora and helping them get together is so cute to me #Or Riku not knowing Kairi knows about it and it is revealed she knows and Riku just apologizing thinking they like the same person #past sk relationship is interesting if develops into soriku as in they used to be dating but are just friends now #read tags #soriku #if you hate kairi for stupid reasons you can leave #you're not welcome here #not a fan of op Kairi though because it seems inaccurate but her able to handle herself if someone hurt her is fine #i think she should be strong as axel but not stronger than the ones who have keyblades or fightingfor awhile

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saixoxo · 2 years

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kairi’s heart

#kingdom hearts #sokai #kairi #sora #kh #kh3 remind #kingdom hearts melody of memory #kingdom hearts 3 #kh kairi #kh sora #art #my art #sketch #sapphidoods #took a break from work but it escalated and I started doodling and oh damn am I screwed #but anyway I have thoughts about them #especially remind vs mom #thinking about how all of kh is spurred by kairi being taken away because she’s just that important #how xehanort was kairis villain and yet it’s because of him she got to meet sora and riku #he kept messing with her fate but without him she would never have met them #and how sora was a bystander who got dragged into this mess #with little choice of his own #and the first thing he does when he makes a decision by himself with full agency is to go find kairi at all costs and save her #even if he disappears and even if the world needs him #a very interesting parallel to aqua too #ok bye see u later <3

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marcirose · 1 year

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Kingdom Hearts is always gonna be funny as hell but nothing will be funnier than Nomura taking Kairi out of the Recoded art and leaving a giant gaping hole where she used to be

#kingdom hearts #kh recoded #every time i see it i have to laugh #people say that recoded is just a rehash of kh1 but i'm sitting here like where's kairi #there's not even a data version of her running around #there's a data version of NAMINE of all people #kairi could've easily been the journal but instead it's riku #and all she gets is a mention and a half second glimpse of her in a scene mainly about riku #if there was any game that was the solidifier that the series is about sora and riku it's recoded gfgfhdsjfsd

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mythicalartistx · 2 months

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Kairi probably has Trauma and her reasoning why she is with Sora and Riku

Ansem the Wise is not a good person

He experimented on children and even fed them to the heartless.

Saïx/Isa often heard screams from the Ansen's study and when he and Axel/ Lea snuck in, it's no wonder they tried to find X after she went missing. No wonder why Saïx was so obsessed with finding her because Ansem the Wise does this stuff.

In ff7 nobody likes Hojo and he's seen as a bad person. Ansem kind of does the same thing except people are supposed to feel bad for Ansem and are like he's good now because he regret it??

The thing is we don't see why he regrets it or anything. And we just see he feels bad about Roxas and Naminé. We also see that he only stopped because he took it too far?

But this is the stuff Ansem did and his apprentices continued, or at least Terra-Ansem.

And Terra Ansem was interested in Kairi because she was a princess of heart. He kidnapped her and then he probably did experiments on her.

She probably has trauma. Then he sent her with that pod to Destiny islands because that's where a key blade wielder is at and whenever a pod is used a meteor shower happens.

And then we get to the start of KH1 and there's some things I've noticed. When Sora asks Kairi what her old home was like, she says she cannot remember. Sora asks “nothing at all?” and she makes this interesting expression. Before answering she frowns before quickly changing to a smile when she says, nothing.

What if she does remember and could be lying here because the experience was so traumatic and does not want to share what happened. However, she barely remembers it and could repress what happens, so she could remember it being bad but says nothing because she truly can't remember because of trauma.

No wonder she seems content on the island. Everyone is nice and she has fun with Sora and Riku. Nobody is trying to experiment on her.

She then goes along with it because they want to. People say she doesn't want change and yes that is true because of the trauma she faced. She's scared to go out into the world because of what happened.

When she talks with Sora later she reveals that she was hesitant at first, but now she's not. She probably was hesitant because of the fear that people like Terra Ansem are out there and might experiment on her. Then knowing that Sora and Riku really want to and they all can go together, she wants to. She is with them and isn't alone. She relies on them when doing things and bases everything on them.

However, that doesn't happen and her heart goes inside of Sora's. Riku's darkness gets the best of him and he believes Sora doesn't care about him anymore and is getting left behind, something he always feared.

And during the games going forward she always focuses on Sora and Riku. She mentions how they left her behind in kh2. She has changed and tried growing as a person but she still relies on them.

When Sora and Riku get the letter from Mickey, Kairi seems sad because they will leave again.

Then in kh3, she is keyblade training. She cuts her hair like Riku did. In the novel she wonders if Sora likes short hair and does it because of Riku. She then grows close to Lea / Axel someone who once tried to kidnap her for his own gain. Then she realized he was hurt and was trying to see his friend again and that isn't something that bad. But above all, he is sorry about everything.

She is often left behind. Unless she is in immediate danger, she isn't really thought of. Sora's mind always goes to Riku and what Riku is doing.

In kh2, he keeps trying to find Rikuand only focus is on finding him. It isn't until someone mentions Kairi that he thinks of her. In kh3 he talks about wanting to call Riku and that he wants to show how cool the MH6 world is to Riku. When he sees Kairi in kh3 that's when he realizes oh, you're here too.

She constantly wants to be with them fuelled by both trauma and friendship, However they're constantly leaving her behind.

Tetsuya Nomura once said that Kingdom Hearts is about the friendships that change alluring to how destiny Trio dynamic changes where Sora and Riku aren't as close to her.

In re:mind / mom Kairi falls asleep, hoping to be useful and wake Sora up so things can be like they have always been between the three of them.

Then when she wakes, she and Riku go to try to find Sora and realizes she must stay behind as it is Riku's part not hers. Kairi must grow on her own and not with other people that constantly held her back and left her behind.

I don't think she should be friendless but I think she should grow without them because they hold her back and she is left behind a lot. She is constantly relying on Sora and Riku.

Also it would just be interesting to see her with other characters as it could be an interesting dynamic. I would have loved to see her with the sea salt trio + Twilight gang. Her interacting with Vanitas would also have been great (though not sure if it's possible since he went away).

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robotsafari · 1 month

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i havent even watched legacy yet but that fucking kh world did some.. unexpected things to me

#beep boop you want fries with that #kingdom hearts #re:ddd #sora #quorra #tron #riku #was trying to redesign rinzler’s helmet bc god. its. kinda fucking boring. leaning into the beast more #also teh helmets eyes are supposed to look angry when its down and sad when its up. bwaaa #i heard rinzler acts like a cat. thats soemthing to look forward to when i watch the movie. grins.#the three dots are supposed to be the classic t. btw.#theres four you just cant see the last one.#made sora look more liek his space paranoids look because he needs to retain the 80s swag.#this reads like a change log.#and my good friend quorra. idk if i’ve even posted that redesign b4.#yes im making her quote the ur my pockets eddie post #i think she needs to chew on things. maybe she should maul clu with her fucking teeth.#shes so unorthadox girl to me. do you see my vision.#also dw about riku falling or paralelling tron or anything hes fiiine.#speaking of the falling art. its old. so its inaccurate to how i draw riku now #before my brain was huge basically.#its so funny how i drew this much art for legacy like. i love tron 1982. i havent watched legacy yet but i feel like im gonna hate it.#the kh world was okay but it had a lot of potential and. uh. made me a BIT insane at the last part in sora’s story (EXPLODES)#also this post is tagged re:ddd for. reasons. dw about it.#ANYWAY GN ITS 1 AM. RUNS AT MACH SPEED.

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quarriart · 1 year

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important Wiku instructions!! Credit for the original meme here

#riku #sora #kairi #aqua #kingdom hearts #kh #and thank you Mel for suggesting the idea!!!#if there's on thing you can count on its that i will dissapear for ages and return with a shitpost #the next thing i draw will not be a meme i SWEAR #<- she says lying to herself and everyone around her #this meme made me draw hands and i am still mad about it #quarriart

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whimsical-bee · 8 months

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In which Sora's motivation was someone different.

Following this art by @holleighgram

Ever since I saw it, this scene played in my head rent free ; u ;

#sora kh #kh3 #sora kh3 #kairi kh #kingdom hearts #kingdom hearts 3 #bee art #u dont understand i spammed the gc im in with discussions about that art piece #not saying kairi isn't special to sora but more so that Riku and Sora spent so much more time trying to find each other again..... it adds #so muchc more bittersweet feelings for him to be once again split away from sora #I also could see #kairi trying to insist she joins sora here - to not be left behind again #that she's stronger now and she can fight so she won't be in his way #and sora knowing fully well the consequences of what hes going to do #tells her he needs her light so he can find his way back home to her again.#; u ;#i have so many feelings

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goldensunset · 2 years

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ya ever think about how kairi is THE current most recent link in the chain of the scala keyblade legacy? aka generations of masters taught students who then grew up to become masters of their own and teach students of their own etc etc. as far as characters we know for certain we’ve got a line going from odin to eraqus to aqua to kairi

and obviously we know that everyone else at that (probably prestigious) scala school died young without ever achieving their dreams. like given that odin apparently just straight up retired after dark road it seems those two classes were the only ones and there weren’t any other keyblade trainees in scala. (unless there was another school in a different part of town but even if there was, those guys are probably all long gone by now. would be a killer side plot though.)

meaning it was all up to xehanort and eraqus to keep up the legacy. and xehanort obviously said ‘screw that i’m gonna do my own thing and cause problems instead’ meaning it was literally all up to eraqus. who for whatever reason didn’t even stay in town and went to hang out in the middle of nowhere (i need this story so badly. why was scala abandoned. where did he even find terra and aqua.) and he only named one of his students a keyblade master before he died.

so now it’s all up to aqua to carry the legacy. although i am curious to see what’s gonna happen with terra and ven bc they need someone to officially recognize them as masters, or at least they’d probably appreciate it. but then it might be kind of embarrassing to begin studying under their former peer, if not downright painful as a reminder of all that they lost in bbs. maybe aqua would be nice and just outright hand them the title instantly. or she might be a stickler and force them to do arbitrary extra work bc that’s how these guys are.

in any case, we at least know kairi intends to train under aqua. which is huge for her because that means these guys are single-handedly keeping the ancient scala tradition alive. quadratum kairi this quadratum kairi that. where is the fanart of her in traditional scala ad caelum swag. we all KNOW they had absolutely fire fashion sense can we please get an outfit like that for kairi. get her one of those charms. c’mon would that not be insanely cool. and also maybe herald some super fun narrative implications

#basically i love the idea of kairi falling in with the wayfinder squad for a game or two #that anniversary art… riku w/ the days crew (not the best relationship lol) and kairi w/ the bbs crew (will be interesting no matter what)#but imagine both the in-universe and fandom reaction if kairi gets named a master before sora (mc who deserves it so badly)#or ven (teenager who is 300+ years old and an absolutely terrifying beast of a keyblade wielder)#or terra (guy who gave a keyblade to the guy who gave a keyblade to her)#kingdom hearts #kairi #khdr spoilers #<- just a bit #mine: kh #also kinda wild because the wayfinders are insane super focused hardcore jocks #meanwhile kairi is like. well other people have said it. she doesn’t seem to like roughhousing more than necessary.#she’s only doing this cuz she feels like she has to both for her sake and the sakes of others #basically kairi training with the wayfinders is about to be me running the mile in gym class #aka AUUUGH CAN WE PLEASE TAKE A BREAK I’M WEAK #well this depends on whether they decide to suddenly girlbossify her or not. hope not. let her struggle

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isan0rt · 10 months

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Hey crazy thought but maybe Kairi wouldn’t seem like such a ‘wasted character’ if this fandom would quit taking everything of narrative and thematic significance about her and assigning it to Riku constantly all the time.

(The evaluation of the ways in which Kairi and Riku are important and vital foils for each other got kind of long so it’s under a read more; to be clear, I love Riku so much, and it makes me super mad to see his narrative also being undermined by this trend, this is not a hate post.)

Kairi and Riku serve opposing but complementary purposes in the narrative. Kairi represents light, but she also represents the stagnation of the light. Many characters who are associated with just light are also associated with stagnation and a resistance to change. Hoder and Eraqus are particularly extreme examples, but Aqua exemplifies this as well. They want a predictable world where things stay as they ‘should’ be and they are threatened by changes to the status quo. Eraqus in particular refuses to change anything about himself for 60 years, only taking on students at the last minute because he’s running out of time. Kairi, like Eraqus and Hoder and Aqua, stands as the bold, sharp light that casts others into shadow.

However, the other side of “resistance to change” means that Kairi represents restoration. She is able to restore Sora in KH1, pull them home in KH2, and hold Sora back from death itself in KH3, because her power is one of restoration. She holds so tightly to their old way of being that she can stop death itself in the interest of not changing too drastically. But she is unable to move forward on her own, because she fears change too much. She wants to chase after the boys when they keep leaving her behind…but she isn’t able to keep up, because what she actually wants is for them not to run at all.

She wants to go home, and restore their previous status quo. This desire is consistent in her for the entire series; this is also why she is unable to let go of her childhood crush for Sora, even though he’s obviously not the person she wants him to be anymore. For Sora, Kairi is the rock, she is the home that will always be there, he feels that she is the secure dock he can always return to after the storm. He relies on her not changing, which reinforces her fear of change. Lea is similar, and they can bond in KH3 over both their mutual desires to restore a prior, idealized status quo where their friends were reliably there and not at risk of disappearing on them or running away from them or changing.

Riku on the other hand embodies transformation. He represents change to the status quo, growth and development and a new way to be. Too much change is as much of a problem as too little; Kairi in KH1 sees Riku wants change, and it scares her, and he does in fact go too far. At the same time, she’s the catalyst for Riku’s desire to change their circumstances. Kairi’s arrival at the islands in the meteor shower incites Riku to dream of going to the outside world. This too is a tension that creates an anxiety in Kairi - in a way, she can see herself as to blame for Riku’s desire to change. But Riku was always going to change, because that’s who he is. He is radical change, the change that cuts away restrictive dogma so that the world can advance. Riku drives Sora to also want to grow and change, to excel and challenge himself. Sora wants to be like Riku, whose strength and internal drive he admires.

Ultimately Kairi and Riku are in BALANCE with each other. Ironically, while Kairi is themed as ‘the sea,’ her narrative purpose is to be steady as the earth. Riku’s name is ‘the earth,’ but he is changing and dangerous as the sea. They are one another’s reflections in the narrative. Kairi’s arc is about learning to let go and move forward, even though it scares her. Riku’s entire arc is about finding balance, not throwing away the comfort of the past, that inoculates him from falling too far the way Baldr and Xehanort do. Riku can drive Kairi to join them by giving her a Keyblade too. Kairi can pull Riku back from fleeing from them by seeing him even under Ansem’s face. He is able to be in contrast with Kairi in a healthy way, in a way that honors her fears while also refusing stagnation. They have to work TOGETHER to find Sora, because they are one another’s narrative and thematic opposites. Kairi is too stagnant on her own, and Riku too volatile. Sora is the healthy middle between them, the center-point that can bind the light and the dark TOGETHER for one purpose.

Kairi is narratively and thematically important to Kingdom Hearts. She represents something, and trying to take the things that reinforce her narrative importance to the story (her representation of the light, her narrative purpose of ‘disruption’ in her arrival via the meteor shower, her position as the one who grounds Sora in opposition to Riku’s position as the one who drives Sora to push himself and achieve more) not only undermines her story, it undermines Riku’s.

#Time to swing the bat at the hornet's nest I guess #God forbid women do anything smh #This thing of writing Kairi off as 'wasted potential' while assigning her importance to Riku is honestly just the same shit as like #the 2002 habit of making her evil in fanfic so she's not a threat with a progressive little hat on it but it's literally just the same shit #Kairi is important to the themes!! She and Riku share an equal and opposite narrative importance!!#It's undermining RIKU ALSO to give Kairi's shit to him!! Riku worked hard on his arc can you fucking let him just be who he is #He doesn't want to be the perfect guy better than everybody else that was the whole point of his story!!#He had to take a level in humility!#PLEASE for the love of god look at a story holistically and not just 'everything here must be about my ship'#Which I also like that ship!! Kairi is too stagnant for Sora #There is already plenty in the narrative for Riku to be a good match for Sora #You don't need to take Kairi's shit too!! Goddamn.

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daylighteclipsed · 8 months

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Really funny of Sora in the novel to add the paopu fruit to his drawing with Kairi because he wants to beat Riku at something. This after Riku starts showing Kairi more attention because he wants Sora’s attention. They’re both just spiting each other because they can’t admit they’re jealous and want each other’s attention. Gayasses

#sora jealously thinking abt how cool riku is wandering into the secret place #tenderly touching the childhood drawing of him and kairi and not thinking about her at all #just thinking about beating riku #gay ass bitch !!#soriku #kingdom hearts #they both need to apologize to women

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dominicsorel · 1 year

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