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Description Be you hero or child, to live without regrets is to live without ever learning.

[Bury your ghosts.]

To me, Sora didn't seem to change very much over the course of the games. He did grow more confident, stronger, and learned to follow his heart, but when fighting you're forced to act or be hurt. But after everything is done... there will be a lot of time for him to think.

Edit: (cutting and pasting from what I said a few comments down...)
To me there are many types of a hero's journey: doing great deeds, over coming great obstacles, defeating great odds, etc. But my favorite is when the hero has to face something about himself, a defeat of his own ego... which Riku goes through. I suppose that's why Riku's my fave in that regards. xD But Sora is a wonderful protagonist! His brand of optimism is hard to find in characters these days (considering Squeenix). After the battle, though, he'd probably wonder if everything he did was the right thing - although there is no "right" or "wrong," just things that had to be done.

Etc. *ends babble* D:


Sora with fireflies. (Count em.)
I did this a few days ago, but didn't want to post it until I did my Triptych: Riku picture so the Destiny Island Trio would be nice and lined up with each other in my gallery. XO!
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Comments: 126

roxymccartney [2010-11-19 05:43:50 +0000 UTC]

coool

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RaiderG8-90475 [2010-08-11 15:29:44 +0000 UTC]

hes like "ooohh fireflies"

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RaiderG8-90475 [2010-08-09 23:26:12 +0000 UTC]

nice!

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Evergreen-Okami [2010-07-25 00:47:05 +0000 UTC]

Really great picture, i love the colors... :]

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Shichoyou [2010-02-25 21:44:11 +0000 UTC]

Very nice. And I agree, Sora's brand of happy-go-lucky heroism is hard to come by in the video game world these days.

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soul-rose [2009-09-01 03:03:05 +0000 UTC]

this is very cool

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Lion-paws [2009-07-31 19:35:24 +0000 UTC]

This is beautiful! It's very raw and emotional! I love KH!

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XxXRoisinxDubhXxX [2009-05-28 03:22:23 +0000 UTC]

I am such a dork...
I almost cried at this.

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Elvenwarrior90 [2009-04-27 21:58:45 +0000 UTC]

I love this pic, it's beautiful, and it inspired me to write a fanfic off of it.
[link]

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Hea-and-Skailer [2009-03-13 04:44:21 +0000 UTC]

I counted 12 fireflies...I have a creeping suspicion as to what that implies...

Nice work~

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ku-kiwi [2009-03-06 00:29:08 +0000 UTC]

teh art is great.

i agree with your comments. sora really didn't overcome himself he just grew, while riku went through hell.

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Elvenwarrior90 [2009-02-06 16:22:41 +0000 UTC]

A nice tribute to those who were just looking to be whole. I love what you did here, Sora thinking stuff like that over. He really didn't change much you're right, who knows what to come but I like the pic, very deep.

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DinoRoarREX [2008-07-20 16:25:46 +0000 UTC]

I'm guessing the twelve fireflies.. Stand for the twelve dead Organization Members. As of, "Ghosts". XD

I love how the coloring and such is smoothe, and the lines scratchy. <3
Nice angle, and I love the palms in the back. :]]

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koda-chan In reply to DinoRoarREX [2008-07-28 00:14:12 +0000 UTC]

That's what I was guessing. =O

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yugure-sayuri [2008-06-02 23:29:02 +0000 UTC]

awesome. I love the composition of it - people in water are fun to draw :3

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ChibiPhoenix [2008-01-04 07:11:38 +0000 UTC]

This is amazing. I love what you did with the colors. And I get the fireflies ^_^ thanks for pointing that out. The whole thing is indeed very deep and introspective. Beautiful.

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asylums-angel [2007-11-03 03:28:13 +0000 UTC]

i love this one. *faves* I like the sketchiness of it all. :3

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Ekeen [2007-09-26 17:57:03 +0000 UTC]

i loike~~

i draw a doujin of kh and sora ends up dead XD

hihihi!

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LinaThanatos [2007-08-27 00:14:07 +0000 UTC]

Wow...! o_o

It's amazing, the shades, the incredible use of such a small range of colours, and the emotion in the picture... kinda sad ;_;

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Sinnamonxx [2007-08-19 15:49:42 +0000 UTC]

ARGHILOVEIT.
And the symbolism and the explanation and all of the awesome. Beautiful!

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numberman123 [2007-07-06 03:05:52 +0000 UTC]

Very beautiful. This has so much feeling. The shadows give it a very nice effect.

I really think you are right. In the second game, I thought that what the Organization was doing was pretty wrong, but all they wanted was their hearts. Something they have been deprived of. Is that so wrong? They were doing the wrong thing but I don't see what makes them the bad guys in that situation, under those circumstances.

This picture seems to me as Sora saying he regrets his actions. Though he does not regret fighting for what he believes is right, he could have done it a better way, in which those who needn't suffer didn't (Such as Axel and Demyx, in my opinion).

Anyway,do the twelve fireflies stand for something? Maybe the Organization. Sora could be the thirteenth because he is Roxas, in a way.

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namisukichan [2007-07-05 01:11:51 +0000 UTC]

this is very pretty.... i love it. by coincidence: i JUST finished a lineart of Riku, trying to hold a firefly! im going to color it, and random thought, but i decided to see if there were any more kh firefly arts out there. there are! wow! but yours is very pretty.

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angelcurse0538 [2007-07-01 02:10:49 +0000 UTC]

i love the colors! great job oh this pic <3

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Riku-Rocks [2007-06-19 00:49:43 +0000 UTC]

I really like your choice of colours and the style of this one.
The mood of this piece is fantastic. Great theme.

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oOoNyAnOoO [2007-05-12 14:58:20 +0000 UTC]

Your work was in my Fav as far as the websites go but I guess I was just neglecting my deviant account. >👍: 0 ⏩: 0

supashmo [2007-05-03 21:59:36 +0000 UTC]

I, too, wanted development in his character, one way or another. I love the colors on this piece.

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IzzyRem [2007-04-26 17:49:32 +0000 UTC]

Oh my this is so gewd T^T

I love Sora.

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Tsutaru [2007-04-15 18:33:05 +0000 UTC]

thats a cool quote, the one with no regrets or whatever, can i use it as my siggy?

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beautifulcaricature [2007-04-15 17:20:16 +0000 UTC]

gorgeous! love the ripples especially.

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ForgottenLullaby [2007-04-09 01:08:16 +0000 UTC]

wow...gorgeous and deep, I love it

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Kuko-chan [2007-04-04 16:51:48 +0000 UTC]

12 fireflies... My guess is they're the Organization members?

Anyway, this is really deep! I agree that Sora would definately be thinking about everything that happened once he got back to the island. I even wrote a story about his ponderings on the word "normal" after everything he's been through. However, that story ended up tumbling into a Riku/Sora story. I couldn't resist.

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Lex-XIV [2007-03-11 06:29:27 +0000 UTC]

12..Does it hold a significance? I must be missing something.

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sora1010 [2007-03-04 23:39:21 +0000 UTC]

wow this is AWSOME i love it

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hisako [2007-02-10 22:04:44 +0000 UTC]

I dunno if he'll ever get a break... (wtf KH2 secret ending) I liked the end of the game though. When Sora was like "we'll be the darkness" I was like YES, finally something serious. But then they left. D: They gotta make KH3 with something more realistic.. and develop Sora some more :/

You explain it all perfectly, and I wholly agree with you 100%.

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KatSumeragi [2007-01-20 15:38:09 +0000 UTC]

Cool, man. I'd like to say they're pyreflies jus oit'd seem like he's mourning some one...in some weird crossover way...

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mickXfan [2006-12-27 14:25:04 +0000 UTC]

wow.. that's deep.
nice hue of colors. it depicts the mood well. ^^
i always thought sora was one of those happy-go-lucky types. never gave a thought about his more angsty side.

hey! i've got inspiration to write a fanfic now!! weeeee~

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kairi-angel [2006-12-01 04:10:43 +0000 UTC]

This would look so cool with angel wings or some dramatic shit ya know. x.x Seriously. He looks like wings are about to burst from his back.

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SaintAsh [2006-11-07 21:28:08 +0000 UTC]

i love the clorors in this the pose is great too

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shadow-in-the-light [2006-11-06 22:32:12 +0000 UTC]

such...pain...

"to true to live alone, yet to close to set an arguement." -kiro ravencroft

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kaseidei [2006-10-27 13:51:37 +0000 UTC]

sora so pretty...

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waaashy [2006-10-19 16:43:41 +0000 UTC]

twelve fireflies : D i luv this piece <3 so dark and shadowy with glows `w` ~

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death-guardKL [2006-10-19 11:47:44 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful and sort of deep. ^^. Love it.

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goddessember [2006-10-18 20:36:55 +0000 UTC]

Ooh, pretty...

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Clouded-3D [2006-10-13 20:22:20 +0000 UTC]

Wow. I love the way that your art seems to trick the mind into hooking appropriate things onto the experience-- like hearing crickets and waves when you look at this peice. It looks so much like Sora, that I can almost imagine the scene in action. INSTANT FAV.

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mickXfan In reply to Clouded-3D [2006-12-27 14:31:57 +0000 UTC]

hey, yeh! i was in total KH gameplay mode when i looked at this picture! like the scene might come to life anytime

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DarkMousysMinion [2006-10-09 01:08:35 +0000 UTC]

The atmosphere of this pic is extremely well done ^^ I really love your style and I've been looking through the rest of your gallery too. You have so much talent XD! So I shall be faving this and a bunch of other drawings...keep up the good work!

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Houston-Mafia [2006-09-26 16:15:51 +0000 UTC]

This is very creepy and thougth provoking. Thats what makes it so speical.^^

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Keylly [2006-09-17 15:41:46 +0000 UTC]


amazing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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rubyd In reply to Keylly [2006-09-18 05:42:20 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for all the kind comments *.*

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ButterflyGoddess16 [2006-08-28 05:06:09 +0000 UTC]

Nightscene...destiny island...kinda wicked atmosphere= greatness!!! ^_^

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