Frozen’s part in SoRiku ...
When I think about the role that Elsa could have played in Kingdom Hearts 3 it always draws up a lot of emotions. It makes me almost HATE Disney for not allowing Nomura to do anything creative with her. And the narrative that Nomura was trying to drive WAS an IMPORTANT ONE. Sora and Riku could BREAK BOUNDARIES if the damn RESTRICTIONS would just be removed. Sora talking to Anna and noticing the similarities between ELSA AND RIKU was adorable and we all knew what it was getting at. you could FEEL the CONCERN and LOVE in Sora’s face. I’m really surprised the word LOVE wasn’t edited from this conversation all together to be completely honest.
Anna: “When we were little my sister and I were really close... I have to bring her home. (This makes Sora think of someone who he loved and lost that was his close childhood friend. Someone he had to “Bring home” for those of you who cant guess its Riku) You also CANT say this is Kairi when you compare this person he is thinking of to who Anna is talking about and the qualities that she has....Nomura was going to set up a situation in which Sora would again have to face those emotions he felt when Riku left the island.
Sora: Im sure she knows how much you love her (This is his response in which he can confidently tell Anna that it will be ok because he has been through this and he knows the person that is turning away from her still knows how much she loves her.) He must have have had a talk with Riku about this (off camera maybe) Does Riku know that Sora loves him? Ok sure you can say “they are friends and he is talking about that love” but what is Sora trying to say here? He speaks as if he confidently knows that Riku knew the whole time that Sora loved and cared for him when in fact that is not the case at all. There were several times that Riku doubted that anyone loved him. Or that he (Riku) was alone in the whole thing. So why is he telling Anna this? I think this is because he still has REGRET. Regret that he didnt have an active role in stopping Riku from leaving in the first place. And along with this regret maybe there is DENIAL. He is in denial that he let it happen and lastly but most importantly HE IS NOW IN LOVE WITH RIKU and that makes the regret and denial worse. He says this almost as if to reassure HIMSELF too.
so yeah there is a lot to take from this tiny piece of dialogue.
