#kh thoughts

[symphonysorcery]

Kingdom Hearts Mini-Theory

Usually, most character's DTTH have them in/near the center. Except for the ones with split hearts.

Ventus had his heart split by Xehanort, which created Vanitus. The only other DTTH that is similar to theirs, is Sora and Riku's, which could mean their hearts are split with each other somehow. They even have similar positions. I don't have too much evidence to back it up, but I think it's worth mentioning.

Maybe what Mickey said was literal...

[speciallittlecreampuff]

Just thinking about how much Marluxia must have saw Strelitzia in Naminé.

How not having a heart twisted the love and kindness that he showed his younger sister as an eldest sibling (not really specified but look at that man and then look me in the eyes and tell me he was not the eldest-) to apathy at this shy little girl put in the wrong place at the wrong time. I would say that he hated her if it wasn't the fact that they didn't necessarily have a lot of feelings as Nobodies. (I could probably get away with "disdain" with the knowledge that he still had memories of emotions before being turned into a Nobody.)

And when Marluxia reawakens as Lauriam once again, how much did he regret how he treated her? Maybe not at all- with his mind focused only on finding his sister no matter the cost. Or maybe a lot- with the knowledge that he used her much like the darkness used Ven to destroy his family. The way he almost destroyed Sora's.

(As terrible as it is, there's a twisted sense that Marluxia might have protected Naminé more than we think.)

[rustpath69]

this single piece of dialogue spurred my autism so here are Org. 13 poker league headcanons.

(note this is after the castle oblivion group leaves for C.O., so im interpreting this as meaning half of the ppl in C.O. are half if the poker league)

members of the league:

luxord: runs the league

xigbar: there for shits and giggles, and to rile up some of the more prone to anger members

xaldin: tries really hard to win. has that kind of anger that builds up to the point where it feels like hes suddenly pissed so far off out of nowhere but its just been slowly rising the whole time

vexen: here to prove his intelligence. he sucks at poker. he usually rage-quits and leaves mid-game. the rest of the league prepares for this by making a different bracket ready for his inevitable hissy fit, without his knowledge

lexaeus: wins semi-occasionally, but mostly here for fun. hes incredibly calm as a result of his superior control of his anger, and doesnt get too invested. best pokerface of the league

larxene: wins very rarely, but always has the most biting trash talk and acts like shes the best at poker ever. gets sooo mad but it comes in waves and she never stews on things for long. definitely the loudest though. she also actively cheats almost every game

xion: VERY occasionally in the league. she stumbled upon the leagues secret game room during a game on accident, and xigbar thought it would be funny if she joined. she has zero idea how to play, but even so, once in a blue moon she wins by sheer luck, and despite everyones temperments, no one can help but be so taken aback and estatic at this statistical wonder every time. also i lied, SHE has the best pokerface (sorry lexaeus)

maybe ill add to this but this is all the autism i have for this rn

[beastenraged]

KH thoughts again, and I've been really favoring the idea of low empathy Demyx.

Generally speaking, low empathy is considered a sign of villainy in Kingdom Hearts, seeing how the Nobodies lack the empathy that comes with a Heart and that's apparently what makes them evil.

BUT that's stupid because low empathy people aren't more prone to evilness in reality. It's just dumb stereotyping.

Tbh, I think Saix is probably a big character for people pointing at and saying, "he lacks empathy" because of everything with Xion. BUT we have the revelation that he pounds down on Xion because he's worried that Axel will abandon him (and Subject X), which is pretty heavy signs of empathy-leaning thoughts.

His plan to atone would also mean nothing without having that inherent empathy related desires in the first place.

Saix is just an asshole, that's all.

So why low empathy Demyx, you may ask?

I just find it an interesting idea that a lot of his laziness and leaving his work to other people may count of him really not having big empathetic feelings to how they might feel about him not doing the work. Like why would he care? They would do the same as him, right?

Also, in how Larxene seems to dislike him A LOT, which might be linked to how much emotional manipulation she likes to use on the heroes of KH. An emotional manipulation that's a bit weaker on a guy that doesn't feel for others in the same way. She might find it annoying that her preferred tactics don't work as well on Demyx as they do on other Nobodies and/or people.

In KH3, Vexen's first attempt to motivate Demyx through the concept of forgiveness completely fails. Why would a guy that doesn't feel like he's done anything that matters to other people want forgiveness? It's more bribery of being valued for his input (for once) that motivates Demyx, a much less 'sympathy focused' desire.

Does being low empathy make you a bad person? No, it doesn't. But it can lead to others thinking you're a bad person because you have different motivations strats than "hey you would feel bad if this thing happened to you too."

[holleighgram]

Can I just go off about this for a minute? Like, it cuts me to my core how @projectdestati incorporates character themes into relevant songs. This is my favorite so much because it's so subtle, but fits so perfectly.

This version of Treasured Memories solemnly incorporates Rikus theme in a way that is just so beautiful and perfect that it might outshine Rikus theme as a stand alone peice because if how much more weight it carries in the context of Treasured Memories.

It works because Treasured Memories is meant to play when Sora is reflecting on someone he misses- we see that mostly when he thinks of Riku.

We also know that Riku is a deep comfort and grounding presence in Soras life-- a constant in his most precious memories of childhood. We see this in Dream Drop where memories with him and Riku are featured most prominently in the Dive to Sora's sleeping heart.

Green Requiem has a phenomenal series on YouTube discussing the nuances of the KH Music, but I'd really love to do a mini series in the vein of @violethowler's Constructing Kingdoms series mixed with @tennelleflowers 's speculative video essays and @nikutsuneart 's Sleeping Realm theories.

I wonder how much foreshadowing we can uncover from the musically score alone... My music theory is shit, but I feel like there is a lot of hidden evidence to be uncovered and speculated upon regarding the series.

[angry-glasses]

i don't think people appreciate the comedic potential of keyblades enough

[spaghettisquashkh]

missing link is so beautiful im fucking crying what the fuck. I need this game now. The music it so pretty oh my god. the character customization looks so FUN

[brick-van-dyke]

I have so many thoughts about Namine and Ventus rn but all I'll say is potential parallel between Namine and Strelitzia, and how this could mean Namine is in danger of the same things repeating or just having some sort of future parallel associated with Strelitzia.

Particularly with how Namine is connected to the Book of Prophecies like we see with Jiminy's Journal in Coded (imo maybe because Kairi is a princess of heart and has some sort of connection to the OG X-Blade and maybe Lux and all that??), but especially just the concept that maybe Kairi, Ventus and Namine will all be the ones in more danger form Darkness and how this, specifically, may offer a way for Repliku and Vanitas to return of their own volition, potentially from the Realm of Darkness since it was made more or less clear that dark beings go there when defeated (Maleficent and Repliku post Chain of Memories for example). Though as for how one would do this, seeing as Vexen stated that escaping by yourself is almost impossible, I still can't help but wonder. Especially seeing how much it would work with their development as characters and actually pushing them to consider if they really don't want to exist or if they do but want to escape the pain of their circumstances. It would also work well with exploring how darkness can be a way for hearts to protect itself from breaking/ being harmed: like how anger born from fear is literally just the fight reaction of fight or flight, and just generally the whole "light within darkness; darkness within light" analogy.

This is very unorganised but I have a lot of thoughts here and I'm just very. Thinky rn at around 12:30am-ish lmao