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echo, 25, he/any. kh sideblog!

[apricotopera]

hi!! im echo and this is my kh blog :) im a dark road enjoyer and have a phd in understanding xehanort. also im the #1 believer in transfem terra.

i follow from @planet4546b and my art blog is @rabbit-rays

i do my best to add ids to images as much as possible, if i miss something or you'd like help iding an image let me know :) ive been doing this for years so im happy to offer tips

no proship or adult/minor ships. thanks!

terra image for your time ⬇️

[depressedlochnessmess]

vanitas doodles ft. big brother terra and big sister aqua because i really like this awful little bastard and his new family

[bluffspirit]

drew this for 3/28 (but was a bit fashionably late), happy 22nd anniversary to the best boy!! <3

[wolfgirlboyjester]

have not been able to stop thinking about the idea of luxu keyblade armor since beating 3

[mewlisey]

we're popping the biggest bottles when rikai happens tomorrow

[bitternace]

(06/13)

[ID: a digital bust drawing of roxas from kingdom hearts. the colors are flat and the background is transparent. roxas faces left, mouth slightly open as he lightly furrows his brow. a grey line follows the top half of his organization 13 hood, the front of his neck and from his upper lip to the hair over his forehead. his blue eyes have a slight green tint to them. /End ID.]

[xehanortsreport]

i think the bbs novel is funny in hindsight bc it leans a lot into "MX as an abuser" wrt Vanitas and there's no doubt that man's not treating him right. But with khux/khdr/kh3 context, it now feels like they have a more friendly adjacent, coworker-esque relationship, like they're on more equal terms now.

also this living in my head rent free wrt terranort battle quotes

anyway i enjoy the "this is my bastard father/my bastard primordial darkness who acts like my son" dynamic a lot more than the novelization's take methinks.

[autumn-may]

its summer which means i get to suffer through 97°F weather but they get to have a pleasant little beach day. Rude!

[gummi-ships]

I just realized that Riku's hand visibly shakes when he tenses his fingers and wrist during his idle animation.

[gummi-ships]

Wanted to add onto the fact that Riku's wrist is severely injured in KH2 by pointing out that, when taking damage from his left, he'll tuck his arm inward as if to protect it from further harm.

[projectdestati]

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[wolfgirlboyjester]

parasite

"...the horror of being made so perfectly for fitting within someone else that you lose everything you are and become unrecognizable."

(text used with permission from headspace-hotel's recent post about symbiosis and parasitism)

[aerithkinfaker]

i'm forever going to be mad that kh3 riku is just noctis 2.0 so here's my silly little take on his kh3 design (design notes under the readmore)

[image id: three sketches of riku from kingdom hearts; the one on the left is a full-body drawing that depicts him as a tall fair-skinned man with long and fluffy silver hair with some of it pulled back with a star-shaped clip. he's wearing a dark purple-gray sleeveless jacket with pastel yellow accents, a hood, and lapels with silver buttons and a matching yellow plaid lining. his arms are littered with thin scars, and he wears a black compression glove on his left hand. he's wearing a basic pair of light gray loose-fitting jeans held up by a simple black belt. he's wearing a pair of black work boots.

the top right drawing is a messy profile sketch of him looking to the right, showing the star-shaped clip holding his hair back. an arrow is pointing to it labelled "gift from kairi".

the bottom right drawing is a messy bust sketch of riku with a hunched posture as he looks to the right. he's frowning, with heavy bags under his eyes -- only one of which is colored and rendered properly. it's green with a yellow pupil. his hair is messy and flops over his face. the drawing has another arrow labelling it as the first concept. end id]

design notes!

i want his long hair okay. i miss it. i think it's a really good way of showing he's taking better care of himself by showing it healthier than it used to be

the hairclip is a gift from kairi - a physical example of their bond

the jacket is kept similar to his canon design, only that i cut the sleeves off and made the yellow accents more obvious to tie it back to his previous design philosophy

wrist compression brace <3

the turtleneck is a callback to his kh2 design while also tying it back to his canon design with its color + simplicity.

the jeans are a callback to his ddd design and tying back to his previous design philosophy of baggy pants and tight fitting tops

the boots are kept the same because i like them. ok?

[goatedgreen]

oh shti

[apricotopera]

image id: a discord event for an event called ‘Hitting each other with metal pipes’. the location is ‘basement’ and it is listed as happening now. end id.

[dailyfigures]

Riku ; Kingdom Hearts ☆ Square Enix

[apricotopera]

image id: two photos of a riku figurine. he is in his kh2 outfit, and standing with one hand in his pocket and his keyblade resting on his shoulder. end id.

[otumeel]

I love namine kingdom hearts

[apricotopera]

image id: a headshot drawing of namine from kingdom hearts. she is on a grey background, and looking over her shoulder through her bangs. end id.

[prideworthless]

[apricotopera]

image id: a painting of baldr from kingdom hearts on a black background, walking away from the viewer and looking over his shoulder with his hands folded behind his back. end id.

[marzipanladyart]

I don't think I've ever posted these 2020 Lauriam sketches! And these are one of the first drawings of him and my favourite sketches I've ever done! (I think there is still some art of him/LauriEven I haven't posted here cause I was more active on twitter at this time...)

[apricotopera]

image id: two traditional pen and colored pencil drawings of lauriam from kingdom hearts. in the first he is seen from the shoulders up, looking down with a contemplative expression, with the background behind him a gradient of blues. in the second, he stands confidently with one hand on his hip, looking off to the right. the lineart here is all the same shade of pink as his hair, and the background is blue with a pattern of small flowers. end id.