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TheChillyAcademic said:So just beat the game, with the secret ending and as per usual at the end of KH games, I have a shit ton of questions.
1. It has been mentioned before that Xehanort retained no real memories from Terra or Master Xehanort. Why is it then that Xemnas remembers Aqua when he visits the Room of Sleep?
2. Interesting that the reason Xemnas puts an X into each of the nobodies names because of Master Xehanort's fascination with the X-Blade.
3. So before dying, Ventus puts his heart, so to speak, into Sora. Is this why Sora is the wielder of the Keyblade? And the power that Terra gave to Riku, was that darkness?
4. I didn't quite understand why, during the scene in Radiant Garden where Ansem the Wise is leading Zexion past Apprentice Xehanort and Braig, he turns around. I mean I guess in effect he is able to sense the darkness in Xehanort but its isn't as if this was ever a deterrent. He happily assisted the other Apprentices in betraying Ansem the Wise.
5. Do we know EXACTLY how Radiant Garden was destroyed? The destruction didn't kill The Apprentices, they choose control of the heartless and became nobodies by their own accord but I have to wonder at what point it went from Radiant Garden to Hollow Bastion in KH I to Hollow Bastion in KH II.
6. So Ventus is sleeping in The Room of Repose. Is he STILL there? Xemnas never found the room in Castle Oblivion though its hinted that he knew it was there....somewhere.
7. I'm assuming that when we see Ventus and Terra at The Land of Departure this is...what, heaven? Or is it, more likely, what Ven is dreaming of?
8. Interesting to note that Ansem The Wise isn't dead nor Aqua. When the keyblades saved her in the Realm of Darkness I wonder what brought them about.
9. Do they ever explain specifically what it is Axel and Saix plan to do when they go to Ansem's Castle?
10. I'm also assuming that when it says Reconnect: Kingdom Hearts at the end, its a reference to Coded?
Hmmm.
Good Times.
1. Hmm, I think this can only be answered in an open ended way at this point; the shole thing is pretty inconsistant.The way I figure it, there are two hearts in there, and either can have amnesia independant of the other. It also seems like some inner portion can remember while the outer portion shown to the world still forgets. When you first encounter Terranort in Radiant Garden it seems like Terra has amnesia, but he called Aqua there in the first place. When Xehanort's personality emerges again to fight you it seems like he hasn't lost his memory. The Secret Movie suggests that Xehanort did not succeed in excising Terra's heart so they are both still in there. Then, Xemnas is a whole different ball game. Heart trauma caused the memory loss in the first place, presumably, so the process of losing your heart and becoming and Nobody could have triggered it? But if memories are in the heart how does a Nobody have memories in the first place? The whole thing is kind of inconsistant. I just choose to accept it lol.
2. Presumptious. Just as likely it's because he has an X in his original name.
3. No, Terra gave Riku the power of the keyblade. Presumably that was the traditional ceremony. In Kingdom Hearts 1 it's revealed that Riku was supposed to be the keyblade wielder but because he chose to go into the darkness at Destiny Islands it hopped to Sora instead. This is also supported by the dialog in the Terra fight in Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix+ when he wonder's why Sora has the keyblade instead of the other one (Riku). Ventus being in Sora also plays a role, no doubt.
4. Perhaps just a child's intutition. Has for it not fitting his behavior 10 years later, he's not a child anymore. People grow up, and with Xehanort and Braig's influene around who knows how that affected thim. Even also doesn't seem like a particularly good person.
5. My take is, the apprentices delved too deeply into darkness and lost their hearts. They all formed Nobodies. Xehanort formed a heartless and I assume that heartless visitied Radiant Garden, forming it into kind of a base which became Hollow Bastion. That was likely when Lea and Isa lost their hearts, and when Leon and Co. escaped to Traverse Town. In the year between KH 1 and KH2 Leon and Co were rebuildling and escaped citizens were returning.
6. I assume he's still there, yes. That was what they've been searching for in Castle Oblivion. The "other friend". Why he hasn't starved to death, I don't know .
7. I took that to be just be symbolic.
8. General "power of light" excuse. Her friends hearts are still out there. The Wayfinders might have played a role as well.
9. I don't think it's stated outright anywhere, but I think the assumption is that Axel and Saix plan to take over the Organization. That's kind of (intentionallly or unintentionally) mirrored in the symbology of them getting thrown out of Radiant Garden's castle.
10. I just kinda took that as wonky translation, rather than a direct reference to something. If it is, Coded or 3D seem like the most likely canditates.
As for the new Unknown, we can rule out the simple explinations because no Org members are created yet, and none use blue lightsabers. The most common theory is a time traveler due to his time based abilities and the fact that the Keyblade you win from him shows a clock motif. Maybe the KH equivilent of a Terminator? lol
Another theory I have is, if Sora formed a nobody by willingly removing him and Kairi's hearts from himself, perhaps Xehanort doing the same thing at the graveyeard may have formed a nobody.
I have my own question. Is the x-bladed formed or not? Aqua and Ventus stories kind of contradict each other on that point.
Honestly, I expected them to almost finish it and then it would get broken into the Kingdom Key and Dark Kingdom Key. That didn't happen tho.
2. Presumptious. Just as likely it's because he has an X in his original name.
3. No, Terra gave Riku the power of the keyblade. Presumably that was the traditional ceremony. In Kingdom Hearts 1 it's revealed that Riku was supposed to be the keyblade wielder but because he chose to go into the darkness at Destiny Islands it hopped to Sora instead. This is also supported by the dialog in the Terra fight in Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix+ when he wonder's why Sora has the keyblade instead of the other one (Riku). Ventus being in Sora also plays a role, no doubt.
4. Perhaps just a child's intutition. Has for it not fitting his behavior 10 years later, he's not a child anymore. People grow up, and with Xehanort and Braig's influene around who knows how that affected thim. Even also doesn't seem like a particularly good person.
5. My take is, the apprentices delved too deeply into darkness and lost their hearts. They all formed Nobodies. Xehanort formed a heartless and I assume that heartless visitied Radiant Garden, forming it into kind of a base which became Hollow Bastion. That was likely when Lea and Isa lost their hearts, and when Leon and Co. escaped to Traverse Town. In the year between KH 1 and KH2 Leon and Co were rebuildling and escaped citizens were returning.
6. I assume he's still there, yes. That was what they've been searching for in Castle Oblivion. The "other friend". Why he hasn't starved to death, I don't know .
7. I took that to be just be symbolic.
8. General "power of light" excuse. Her friends hearts are still out there. The Wayfinders might have played a role as well.
9. I don't think it's stated outright anywhere, but I think the assumption is that Axel and Saix plan to take over the Organization. That's kind of (intentionallly or unintentionally) mirrored in the symbology of them getting thrown out of Radiant Garden's castle.
10. I just kinda took that as wonky translation, rather than a direct reference to something. If it is, Coded or 3D seem like the most likely canditates.
As for the new Unknown, we can rule out the simple explinations because no Org members are created yet, and none use blue lightsabers. The most common theory is a time traveler due to his time based abilities and the fact that the Keyblade you win from him shows a clock motif. Maybe the KH equivilent of a Terminator? lol
Another theory I have is, if Sora formed a nobody by willingly removing him and Kairi's hearts from himself, perhaps Xehanort doing the same thing at the graveyeard may have formed a nobody.
I have my own question. Is the x-bladed formed or not? Aqua and Ventus stories kind of contradict each other on that point.
Honestly, I expected them to almost finish it and then it would get broken into the Kingdom Key and Dark Kingdom Key. That didn't happen tho.