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lennythereviewer · 11 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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xyrishi00 · 30 days

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anti-aqua

#aqua #kingdom hearts #anti-aqua #anti aqua #kh #kh3 #khbbs #kh bbs #birth by sleep #kingdom hearts 3 #fanart #squareenix #square enix #khiii #kingdom hearts iii #aqua kh #kh aqua #digital art #illustration

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taikova · 4 months

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slowly working through KH3D. so.... handholding but its actually KHIII

#kingdom hearts #sora #riku #kingdom hearts III #kh III re mind #kh jumpscare after so long! hope you like it :)c #taiart #digital art #their outfit designs really just have a heart smack dab in the middle of their chests its great #like draw a heart without drawing a heart

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underthebluerain · 6 months

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“two dumbasses and the voice of reason” is a fun relationship dynamic, but also consider: (x)

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sorikaied · 2 months

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Starts with an "S". Right, Sora?

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saltycatfish · 1 month

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#sora #kingdom hearts #kingdom hearts 3 #kingdom hearts iii #digital art #artwork #art #artists on tumblr #illustration #drawing #sketch #redraw of old art

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dailyfigures · 3 months

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Aqua ; Kingdom Hearts ☆ Good Smile Company

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strawbyarts · 1 year

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sora and kairi. arrested for breaking a nature taboo.

based on the barbie movie barbie and ken mugshots!

#sora #kairi #sokai #romantic or platonic #chirithy #kingdom hearts #kh #kh3 #khiii #kingdom hearts 3 #kingdom hearts iii #kh art #ship art #digital art #fanart #strawbs art #barbie and ken meme

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silence-traitor · 1 year

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#khgifs #khgraphics #kingdom hearts #kingdom hearts iii #sora #sora kh #kingdom hearts 3 #soraedit #kh3edit #gamingedit #dailygaming #made by morgan #baby boy!!!

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bluemoonkh3 · 9 months

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Somebody tell me how I got so small!!

#artwork #fanart #kingdom hearts #square enix #disney #ventus kingdom hearts #wayfinder trio #kh bbs #birth by sleep #ventus #Ven #bbs #kingdom hearts iii #kh fanart #kh3 #artists on tumblr #small artist #digital artist

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currantlees-creative-corner · 7 months

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Sternentreue | Oath / Promise

Yes, I have finally done it, I have named one of my creative ourbursts after the German name of Oathkeeper (which I LOVE because it's such a great, poetic name IMO - it roughly translates to loyalty to the stars, which can be read as staying true to a chosen destiny), SoKai shipping lifegoal accomplished, let's move on.

Also, it's still Inktober, but I might do a colored version of this once it's over. As always, I'm using a prompt from my own prompt list (feel free to use it for your Inktober project as well, and please tag me if you do, I'd love to see it!!).

As always, please reblog on Tumblr instead of reposting. I'm fine with having my work reposted on other social media sites that I'm not on, as long as I'm credited (ideally by linking my blog or my main). Do not claim my creative work as your own! Thank you 💗

#Inktober #Inktober 2023 #Fanwork #Fanart #Kingdom Hearts #KH Fanart #Sora #KH Sora #Kairi #KH Kairi #SoKai #Oathkeeper #Lucky Charm #KH3 #Kingdom Hearts III #Kingdom Hearts 3 #Currantlee here #Currantlee drawing

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underthebluerain · 1 year

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kh + tropes: sora&kairi (I)

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teganberry · 9 months

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Destiny Trio | After School

So excited to share my piece for @destinytriofanzine!!

Who else wants to see Sora, Riku & Kairi wear their uniforms in a future game maybe? 😁 The leftover store is now open, head over to the zine's profile and follow the store link!

#kingdom hearts #sora #riku #kairi #destiny trio #kingdom hearts 4 #kingdom hearts 3 #kingdom hearts IV #kingdom hearts iii #my art #teganberry

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madasthyhatter · 1 year

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R A T Inprnt | Twitter | DeviantArt

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goldenchocobo · 8 months

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Kingdom Hens

I've been in an art block for a while. So- I thought I'd draw some Kingdom Hearts chickens. It really did help, and I found myself excited to draw chickens. Most of them don't have a set 'breed'- other than Zexion and Ephimer being Silkies, Lexaus being a Dong Tau and Xaldin being a onagadori (kind of). Also- there is one non-chicken. I won't say who, but they're a pheasant (in the same family as chickens).

You might need to zoom in to see each chicken, since the canvas size is big. My personal favourite drawing are of Ventus, Roxas &Xion and Vanitas.

If you can't recognise a character, I've put them in order from left-to-right top-to-bottom under the Keep reading:

Aqua, Ventus, Terra, Kairi, Sora, Riku, Namine, Repliku Eraqus, Xehanort, Vanitas, Axel, Roxas, Xion, Isa Xemnas, Xigbar, Zexion, Demyx, Luxord Vexen, Xaldin, Lexaus, Larxene, Marluxia Brain, Lauriam, (babbu) Ven (and darkness Vanitas), Skuld, Ephemer and Strelitzia

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dailyfigures · 3 months

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Axel ; Kingdom Hearts ☆ Good Smile Company

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