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One thing I still don’t get, although I fully recognize it could be a design choice, is that in the Keyblade Graveyard—

After Riku sacrifices himself and is overcome by the swarm of Heartless, the light source completely disappears.

Yet, when the swarm gets closer to Sora’s face?

Suddenly, there’s a light source that’s shining on his face. They could’ve easily gone with shadows to emphasize the literal mass of shadows about to consume him, but they chose to illuminate his face with purple?

It’s similar, though not as intense, to the light that casts over Riku’s face as a result of him splitting the Heartless swarm. But it’s not present when he first thrusts his Keyblade—

There’s not even a light reflecting off the blade at all.

I’m… not really sure what this means, or if it was intentional or not. What I do know is that Riku was holding his Keyblade up until the very end.

Just moments before, we see that Kairi wasn’t immediately swallowed by the swarm on impact, it actually carried her into the tornado of Heartless. (Which is terrifying…) Does that mean… that there’s a possibility that the Heartless pushed Riku back as they took him? And the light source was from him still using Braveheart to block the Heartless even when engulfed?

I would like to discuss this, if you have any thoughts. And like I said before, design choice and coincidences have been acknowledged, but do you believe it has more significance? (There’s a piece of me that wants to believe, but I’d like opinions).

Hi! Once again the Riku brain rot has consumed my entire being, so here's some headcanons I've created (not in any particular order).

BASIC HCS 💕

He's Handy! He can fix almost anything. He loves tinkering with his Gummi Ship!

His favorite food is grilled fish! White fish specifically, like flounder, sea bass, tilapia, etc. And he has a taste for savory treats, which combats Sora's sweet tooth.

He comes from a loving home. He loves his parents, a lot and they love him. However, his biological mother passed away when he was 7ish (after BBS, but before Kairi arrived). His father became emotionally unavailable for a while, until he met Riku's stepmom. She filled her motherly role over Riku and he thanks her for it. He loves his step mom!!!

His dad taught him a variety of things like: self defense, how to fix common things, fishing, basic survival skills, and the basics of building

He moved out after KH2, and got his own place. The reason why is because after everything he's been through he needs his own space to brood about how small everything is. Albeit sad, his father approved and has the land lady check up on him every so often 🥺 Riku helps outs his elderly land lady and pays rent on TIME! He's a responsible boy 😊

Riku isn't all into fashion but he can DRESS. He loves a good "urban/street wear" look, and fucks heavy with grunge. He appreciates the chains and skull designs that come with "punk" fashion but doesn't think he can pull it off

Riku doesn't spend a needless amount of time on his looks. He has gel for his hair, a skin care routine, and a nighttime ritual to keep his hygiene up. He's very much a pretty boy in our eyes, but that's just his genes. He does the bare minimum to keep himself looking presentable

Speaking of his looks, he surprisingly gets his good genes from his dad. The muscles, the hair, the jaw line, all from his old man. His father was most definitely a looker back in the day! That being said, Riku has his mother's smile and her eyes. He also carries her temperament with him.

Along with tinkering being a hobby of his, he likes video games too! But he's not a complete shut in video game nerd. Riku LOVES the outdoors. The wilderness calls him like he's a feral animal !!! He likes camping, and fishing! He's the main guy on the islands you'd go to for some handy survival tips. He knows a good amount of edible plants, fungi, berries, leaves, and etcetera to eat if he ever got stranded. He has one or two books on that kind of stuff but he doesn't read it anymore.

After the events of KH2, Riku didn't go back to highschool. Instead he got a GED (or KH equivalent) online and started taking community college courses. He's doing it to make his dearly departed mother proud.

To add on to that, Riku is a fast learner. He's quite intellectual when it comes to mathematics, some history, and biology but please don't ask him why the author made the curtains blue 😭 the boy is emotionally stunted. He is NOT using critical thinking when it comes down to poetry or thick prose. He has some emotional intelligence but compared to Sora, he might as well have the emotional capacity of a brick wall 😭

Alright! That's all I have for now (it's 5am, I should be sleeping) if I have any more I'll post em lol

XOXO Mx. Jade 💕

Riku ; Kingdom Hearts ☆ Square Enix

*paces around the room in a crazed state with bbs cutscenes on loop in my mind*. they could sense Riku's light from fucking outer space