Dancing with the Angel

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[princesselemm]

Master & Apprentice. Kairi training under Master Aqua's guardianship. Another part I would love to see in KH4.

Well, dear friends! How are you feeling after watching the new KH4 trailer? We're so back! 🔥🔥The new 'crumbs' were amazing!

[animentality]

[starrysymphonies]

So I know this probably isn’t gonna be canon but it’s been stuck in my head for a good few months after I read the Sleeping Realms Theory…what if Quadratum is a sleeping world bcs Riku uses a sleeping world portal to get there, plus Chirithy said that sleeping and death are very close to each other

And, yk, Yozora looks a SUSPICIOUS amount like Riku. And Nightmare Dream Eaters are just a color swapped version of their Spirits.

I’m sure somebody’s talked about this before, but I haven’t seen it so that means it doesn’t exist 🙈

[castiellelovesbees]

In KH Union X, MoM disappeared to a world that Darkness couldn’t even conceive of—a world without the concepts of light and darkness as we know them in KH. Assuming this is Quadratum, the latest trailer from June 2026 revealed that with the arrival of Sora and others (we don’t know exactly who yet), light and darkness have taken shape in this world—I imagine this didn’t please MoM at all.

I can only imagine how Sora will feel when he discovers that it is (also) his fault that darkness has taken shape in this world (in his specific case, the arrival of the Darkside); this could be the moment when Xehanort hands him the umbrella. The guilt Sora will feel... He’s already at the bottom of the abyss; now all he has to do is climb back up, but he won’t be able to do it alone.

[doyoulikethissong-poll]

Do you like this song? #831

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[talysalankil]

"Why is Xehanort back in Kingdom Hearts IV?"

Ok i'm seeing people complaining about this:

So I guess I have to throw my proverbial hat in the ring. Considering I still have KHUXDR installed on my ipad and pull the quotes from the scene that very clearly foreshadowed this.

For reference: the scene in question is titled Journey's Reward in the Kingdom Hearts Dark Road theater mode.

I'll circle back to when it's set in a moment, but first, relevant quotes:

Xehanort: "It made me realize that one lifetime is too short" Eraqus: "Okay, then how many lifetimes would you want?" Xehanort: "[Twelve. No,] thirteen." Eraqus: "Th-th-thirteen?!" Eraqus: "Why so many?" Xehanort: "That's what it'll take to rebuild the world." Xehanort: "Scratch that." Xehanort: "One more to explore the new world." Eraqus: "Fourteen?!"

I did cut out some of the fluff and character work from the scene to fit them into a more concise post, feel free to check I didn't cut out anything essential.

Now, this scene is set two years after the main events of Dark Road (as a reminder, the game does a lot of flash forwards to various points in Xehanort's life). Specifically, before this conversation, they talk about their respective journeys across the worlds pre-Mark of Mastery Exam.

This means the scene is set, in particular, after Xehanort has met the Master of Masters who nudged him towards his "realization" about the darkness in people's hearts, a.k.a., the thing that pushed him to lay out his plans that would lead to the main Kingdom Hearts series and in particular Kingdom Hearts III. So this is definitely hinting at that. But wait! There's more!

I mentioned when this scene is set within Dark Road, here is the ending shot of the scene:

The scene opens the Last Episode of the game. Peak climax of the main story, and here we are flash-forwarding to this exchange. The writers in the Dark Road finale update were very economical throughout for obvious reasons (dying budget, they had to make it all count) but they are especially telling you to pay attention to this scene.

And what is that episode title? "The Seven Lights and Thirteen Darknesses"

Now, we know since 2012 and Dream Drop Distance what this phrase refers to: the fragments of the χ-blade needed to summon the true Kingdom Hearts. You might go "oh, in the Dark Road finale, characters attempt to summon Kingdom Hearts, that's why this is the title" and this is…somewhat true. The upperclassmen attempt to do this.

But crucially: they don't do it. They stop before they even start. What does happen in the episode is Baldr attempting to inverse this process and eliminate thirteen lights instead (and very nearly succeeding, asterisk, I don't know if Bragi would have counted). Really, the only event involving the 7 lights and 13 darknesses is, well, the one Xehanort alludes to in this scene: his eventual plan in Kingdom Hearts III.

The game is firing on all cylinders to tell you what Xehanort just said about wanting thirteen lifetimes to enact his plan is tied to what he does end up doing. And what else does he want?

One more to explore the new world.

Now, foreshadowing is a literary device— I'm just kidding I think it's clear enough.

But just in case. Just in case! You need more. Keep in mind that accompanying the finale came interviews and communications from Tetsuya Nomura, and what does that include?

This artwork.

Artwork of Xehanort in modern looking clothes, carrying an umbrella, in front of Miyashita Park in Tokyo (according to people more knowledgeable than me LOL)

Keep in mind, on top of all that, this was summer 2022, just a few months after we had been seeded with the idea of Quadratum serving as an afterlife for these characters. I know my immediate reaction to the scene, even before the accompanying artwork came out, was "oh, Xehanort will be in Quadratum". But apparently it wasn't universal so, here it is, all the foreshadowing laid out.

[nijuukoo]

Happy Xehanort Holding An Umbrella Day.

[redmoondragon-art]

Greetings, Sora.

[tieflingkisser]

[lesbianslimefriend]

here's where to find it on windows 10

[the-tiny-dragons-tea-room]

Ugh, it was in mine. It's off now.

[the-tiny-dragons-tea-room]

IT GETS WORSE

I had to turn this off, but it's something that allows Windows and anyone using your device to generate text/images.

LOBOTOMIZE YOUR MACHINES

[marougus-the-dragon]

AI is a freacking plague, I share this for any windows user.

[waffietato]

Nomura you absolute madman.

[wellgotogether]

sora's smartwatch closeups.

also im pretty sure he has a bluetooth headset in his right ear like player did in khml

[kcdeliverance]

KINGDOM HEARTS IV

[crimson-chains]

Previews of some NSFW pieces I drew of Victuri X3 Full ones available to patrons ^^

[rikusahoge]

Hey everyone! I finally rubbed my two brain cells together and managed to make a video essay. It’s an in-depth queer analysis of the KH4 trailer, complete with speculation about the future of the series and an exploration of the Sleeping Beauty parallel contained within it. It’ll be coming out on June 13th at 7PM ET. I hope you give it a watch! Watch on my new youtube channel when it goes live: https://www.youtube.com/@gabbygirlhorse 

Thumbnail art was done by the amazing CanaryWitch! https://canarywitch.carrd.co/

[wendylianmartin]

🐙🐰

[suzanami]

I'm not normal about them

[princerevenant]

I am both wound and blade, the torturer and the flayed