My Favorite Pairings! HUGE WIP

Shipping brings joy

 WARNING, this page will discuss content in the games I've played so far, !! MAJOR spoilers ahead !! Also this is just my opinion with ships. If you don't like any pairings that I like, that's okay! Please just be respectful. I AM ON DDD / 3D AS OF WRITING! Also I'm a fujoshi and while I like all kinds of pairings (m/m, f/m, f/f), this is a series that lends itself a lot more to m/m lol. When it comes to shipping if I like it, I "eat" it. So my mind may change at any given time, and I'm not sensitive around OTPs or NOTPs.

Sora x Riku, SoRiku

 This is my main pairing for Sora because I'm basic. I see Riku as pining for Sora and getting torn up with jealousy from competiting for attention with Kairi. I like to think that before and during the events of KH1, Riku struggled with his attention to Sora. With some internalized homophobia as well, he saw himself as better than Sora but also obviously jealous of Sora. But then you can add the struggle and disgust with being gay and attracted to "stupid" Sora, like someone he consciously saw as lesser than him. This idea is really appealing to me and lines up with the character arc we saw in Chain of Memories.

 I really do think Sora and Riku love each other, even if Sora x Kairi is the main romantic pairing in canon. Riku sacrifices everything Sora and Sora constantly has his "best friend" on his mind. I'm huffing copium that SoKai never becomes canon.

Sora x Roxas, SoRoku, Any of Sora's internal selfcest harem WIP

 This is the other best GOATed "pairing" behind VanVen and SoRiku. I usually don't like OT3+ pairings, but I love the entire Sora squad in general beyond shipping. In terms of how much I love them as characters... hmm... I think I like Roxas less than the other three, but he's still adorable and lovable to me! I also like all of the personality contrast.

Roxas x Axel, AkuRoku (as well as Sora x Axel / SoAku + Axel x Saix / AkuSai)

 This is the ultimate Roxas ship and the setup is so on-the-nose in KH2 and 358/Days. Especially with the whole wanting to see Roxas thing and him explaining romance to him... Axel is obviously older and more experienced than Roxas, but I see them as best friends who become more and more equal through the orangization. I also think AkuSai CAN be good, but AkuRoku seems like the obvious choice to me.

 The appeal of SoAku goes hand and hand in compliment to AkuRoku. The angst component to Axel trying to seperate Sora from Roxas and not having Sora remember anything (as well as Roxas too). Or even the pain and confusion Axel gets when seeing Sora at the Castle of Oblivion in CoM. And then the fucking death of Axel reaching Roxas inside of Sora... Yeah, this is good.

Ventus x Vanitas, VanVen HUGE WIP HERE

 This is my favorite pairing in the series so far (besides SoRiku). I played BBS on Ventus's route first, and I IMMEDIATELY ran to make fanart of them, lol. God, this pairing is so good. There's so many ways you can explore their relationship too. Literal dark and light. I really, really, really ship them.

 Many people will write fanfiction where either A) Vanitas knows about romance / sex and uses it to hurt Ventus OR B) Ventus will know about romance / sex / human feelings because Vanitas was created from darkness. In my mind, they should both either know about it or not. Imo, they should be "inexperienced" and a form of somewhat twisted codependent love together for the first time. Actually, know that I think about it, I think it makes more way more sense for Vanitas to not know what love is while Ventus knows... or maybe Vanitas represents Ventus's repressed desires?! Yeah actually there's so many different ways you can take this; it's all so interesting! I love them soooooo much!!!

Ventus x Terra, TerraVen or ANY pairing between the main BBS trio (TerrAqua, VenAqua)

 I see the vision... but I perfer there not to be any pairings between the main trio because it makes the trio "unequal" in my mind. But all of these can cook. The one scenario I do like sometimes when Ventus has a ONE-SIDED crush on Terra... and then Vanitas uses that knowledge to psychologically torment him lmfao. But that's just my mind on VanVen crack. Actually scratch that, angst between Terra saving Ven and then having Vanitas possess him is pretty kino ngl... The possession hits hard.

Thoughts on Characters HUGE WIP

What do I think?

Sora

 Love love love him. I'm a sucker for idiot genkis. I also love his relationship with Winnie-the-Pooh; it's so dumb and wholesome.

Riku

 Also good rival character. (I'll write more about him later outside of SoRiku stuff)

Kairi

 She's just barely there. I was really disappointed by her canon depicition. I like Kairi fix-it fics and Strong!Kairi though.

Donald and Goofy

 I love these mofos and how they stick with Sora through and through. They are his best friends and should get more credit for that in fandom. Are they useless? Yes in KH1! In KH2, they were useful! But I don't care. I didn't even like having other Disney characters join my party because it broke up the trinity... So I would keep it always as Donald and Goofy except in parts where you couldn't advance without a certain party member (ie Aladdin). I also like when you can fight a boss with Donald and Goofy; it makes me feel less alone. I'm probably turbo weird for all of this but I don't care. I love these "useless" mofos. Except when Donald fucking DIES and refuses to heal me, maybe. Lol. I platonically ship them with Sora forever!!

Namine

 I like how she has a very subtly more... idk? Deceptive? Possessive? She's not a bad guy, but I like how Namine has a bit more of a "bad" side even if she was manipulated by the organization. BTW I was laughing my ass off in CoM over like, Riku and Sora and Namine looked like they were 4 feet tall while all of the oraganization baddies were like several feet taller in comparison.

Riku Replica

 NGL, I love Riku Replica and was VERY sad when he disappeared into fairy dust. WHY did he have to die?! I wanted two Rikus to run around from then on in the series. Plus, selfcest and competition over Sora and identity issues into one character! How fabulous!

Aqua

 Genuinely love her and her story. She goes through so much and has to keep herself strong to save her friends AND to furfil her duties at the same time. She never has a moment to breathe or rest. Aqua deserves the world. She lost everything and still picks herself up and keeps going. I'm glad that the endings of BBS focused on her and her story. It's also fun to play as her with all of the spells. The only minor gripe I have is the weird laceup corest design thing, but I can overlook it because Aqua looks pretty overall.

Terra

 Terra is hot. I love how he is very very guillible. That's a very endearing trait I would love to see more in characters. I was wondering how intentional his gullibility was until Peter Pan commented on it. You're very easily fooled, lmfao. I love Terra. He is kind of big and slow to play as though. Just the Terra Experience (tm) through Birth by Sleep I guess.

Ventus

 UGHHH don't get me started on him and VANITAS... PLAY BIRTH BY SLEEP

Organization XIII

1 Xemnas

 *Squidward voice* Oh no, he's hot! (I also think Ansem SoD is hot and started laughing when I first saw him in KH1...) Okay, but for real though, why is he sooo hot?? Well I know why... U_U F to my boy in Birth by Sleep... ;^;

2 Xigbar

 His boss fight is very fun. I like his yellow eye. There were a couple of close calls when I turned Anti-Sora lol

3 Xaldin

 GRR his boss fight mechanics were hard to get at first, but he's not too bad.

4 Vexen

 I enjoyed kicking his ass! Lol. Chaotic fight in KH2, also enjoyable to beat up in CoM

5 Lexaeus

 Uhhh, he exists I guess? His fights were easy.

6 Zexion

 I really don't like his hair in front of his face. I want to cut it off with a pair of scissors every time I see it. His fight was "anti-fun" in KH2. Not hard at all, but the book shit was really annoying.

7 Saix

 Axel's little friend! Hehe. He's pretty and his fight was easy. I like him. I like the color of his blue hair and eyes. Very moon-like indeed!

8 Axel

 Everyone's fan favorite!! Axel yay! Axel... *sob*. I normally don't like super spiky hair, but he's really adorable to me. I like his "makeup" under his eyes. He was the hardest data battle for me.

9 Demyx

 Lmao I love how dumb he is. I'm so glad I looked up how to kill his water clones for data replica fight because I got to hear DaNcE, WaTeR, DaNcE. Yes, he says the same line in Japanese, just less dumb sounding. Why the fuck are you even killing water clones with fucking firaga? Kingdom Hearts logic I guess. The same logic that made Sora, Riku, and Kairi build a raft when there were boats on Destiny Islands...lmao.

10 Luxord

 My least favorite Organization member. I didn't have time to play his stupid games either. I just kicked the shit out of him.

11 Marluxia

 Hot! Pretty! Strong! Great design! Like him a lot! I liked his forms at the end of CoM. He was supposed to be a woman originally, but they changed him to be male. I would have preferred f!Marluxia... especially as a lady final boss.

12 Larxene

 Why is she the only female organization member?! I like Larxene a lot. I like how she's actually mean lmfao.

13 Roxas

 Cutie! Quiet! Like him! I like how even those he's Sora's nobody, Roxas has the white outfit. Sora, the happy protagonist, is black. I like Roxas! I like his checkered motif... A LOT! I'll add some design notes from the KH2 Ultimania here because they were interesting to moi.

14 Xion

 She's kind of there. I like how she fights, and I like her little angsty story with Roxas. Her robotic voice was soothing to listen to.