Goodies

Misc little resources, archives, and recs related to queer/romantic readings of Sora and Riku's relationship!

Meta & Theories

• "Riku is Gay (And Why it Matters)" 🗝 THE 6-hour video essay of legend, all about Riku's queer-coding
• "The Necklace Theory Masterpost" 🗝 Not explicitly romantic in nature, but this is a very convincing theory that many Sora/Riku shippers are fond of, regarding the origin of Sora's necklace

Archives

• Horizon 🗝 a previous iteration of the approved Sora and Riku fanlisting, which was run around 2013
• SKYLAND 🗝 a previous iteration of the approved Sora and Riku fanlisting, which was run from around 2019 to 2022
• "Dissertation on Riku x Sora" 🗝 what may be the first-ever English "Riku is gay" essay; the first snapshot is from 26th November 2002, just after the international release of KH1

Recs

• "traveled half the world to say (i belong to you)" 🗝 my personal favorite Sora/Riku fic, which delves into how Riku's feelings for Sora and the resulting internalized homophobia affected the way he acted across his life