#like...major spoilers

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Ok so just a heads up, I just finished Kingdom Hearts 3. It was about 4 ish hours of yelling, screaming, tears (happy and sad, and really really mixed) annnnnd confusion. Like woah, what a ride. I will be posting/reblogging spoilers too...it’ll be under “KH3 spoilers”, for those who want to block it. Because heck there are some THINGS I wanna draw. Those of you who are still playing through, good luck! It’s a treat!! As for me, some general thoughts, questions and semi theories under the cut 

(almost all contain spoilers below this point so, beware):

- Ok FIRST of all....wow. Gotta say the music is PHENOMINAL. Yoko Shimomura just reaaaally outdid herself here!! As one who’s listened to the soundtrack of kingdom hearts over and over, I recognized so many theme songs and key songs interwoven into the story to complete it to such a wonderful level. Not to mention, I got chills over just some reorchestrations, like wowwwwww...

- Donald is over powered as FREAK, gosh O.o;;;; Also, might I mention he’s ALOT better at healing in this game X’’’’D

- GRAPHICS. REALLY GOOD GRAPHICS. I wish I had a screenshot feature on the tv...I’ll have to look up scenes later, because wow this game is so pretty.

- Every part with Sora using the power of waking is so cool. I’m still super duper confused on the....mechanics of it (especially regarding Sora’s fate) but regardless, getting to save your friends through all the worlds was REALLY fun. I wish they could like. Join you as you rescue them. Stampede the enemy. With friendship. 

- Sora’s scream of emotional anguish on it’s own made me wanna cry. Same for Xion. Goodness the voice acting, y’all are killing me...

_ Riiiiiikuuuuu...I love him so much. He’s a good friend, and having to fight his younger self/replica, it’s so clear how far he’s come!! I pointed out that’s what he was like in the first game to my sister, and she’s like “?????? really????” I love this disaster child. I’m sure it’s embarrassing seeing your past self, but also harsh having your past mistakes thrown in your face...anyway, love Riku. Always. He’s a good egg.

- Kairi..........deserved better DX I was REALLY hoping I could play her at least for a little...! But nooooo...at least Aqua was briefly playable?? That was really cool. I just wish...more was done with Kairi. That she had more of a presence through the whole game, like RIku did. Not just the damsel in distress at the end...she did help Sora alot in her own ways I’m just...MAN I feel this could’ve been done better...

- I LOVED getting some closure on a majority of the “villains” of the game. I liked them all. I do wish I knew what actually happened to Vanitas...? Where’d he go?? WHat the...also Repliku’s sacrifice ;;A;; that was really cool. But can’t they just make another replica for him?? Also was Larxene referencing Marly???????? Xemnas’s ending was probably one of my favorites. 

- TERRA COMING BACK WAS FREAKING COOL AAAAAAA--- the wayfinder trio was so terribly tragic, I’m so glad they can be happy again...

- ALSO SCREAMING ALOT FOR SEASALT TRIO, GOODNESS FINALLY FINALLYYYYYYYYYYY *sobs* 

- Axel actually having a reason for his weird face tattoos was really cool. Because this poor man is DEFINATELY CRYING NOW aaaaaaaa, I’m so glad for Isa, I cryyyyy...also who the heck was the girl they were talking about?????? I thought it was Xion but I was obviously wrong......I’m so confused, Square. Nomura. Answer me. Who is she. Anyway happy platonic AkuSaiRokuShi does me so much joy, my skin is clear, 10 years added to my life, blesssss

- ALSO “The final World” was really freaking cool and trippy but pretty. Also I know barely anything about KHX...who is the cat with a purse again and why is he in KH purgatory??? X’’’D him reuniting with Ven was really cute...ANYWAY. I collected way more Sora’s than I should, it kicked me out when I gathered 333. X’’’D but hey I got more maximum health! Which saved my butt constantly in the final battles O.o  finding Namine there was really sweet...but who were the other stars?? Who was the other voice? Was that Marly’s sister or...???? Probably has something to do with KHX again and I got lost, but I was so interested...who WERE these hearts???? 

- I wish I got to explore that last kingdomy place I forgot the name of more...it was SO pretty before Xehanort blew the whole dang thing up. Also I’m STILL very confused on his motives?? Why do you want to like...darkness everything up to make a new light world??? What???? Master Eraqus popping up again made me cry...especially his apologies to his kids apprentices. Also helping his friend pass on. Gosh dang. R I P, both of you. 

- The epilogue was wonderful! Just domestic stuff showing everyone is back and well!! I ADORE Xion’s new outfit, I need to gather references...Isa too. ANd Axel.....

-Well...almost everyone made it back. Sora just...didn’t make it then?? What??? Poor Kairi...I had a FEELING he’d “die” in some way. It’s open ended so he COULD come back but I’m just confused where did he gooo????;;A;; bring my Sonshine back....

- NAMINE IS BACK YESSSSS she’s so pretty!! ALSO RIKU/NAMI GETTING SOME SORT OF CONTENT AAAA YES *THROWS SELF INTO THE SUN* platonic or romantic i don’t care that was a cute scene!!!!!! 

- Overall it all tied together really well, but also it’s...very obvious there will be more. Like...Xigbar as Luxu? ...Who is Luxu???? More KHX stuff??? ALSO WHAT’S IN THE BLACK BOX Y’ALL ARE KILLING ME SQUARE I’M SO LOST

- Also, does Yazora actually have a role to play then?? Why was he in the secret movie? Where is Sora? I thought he was in the world that never was but it also MIGHT be TWEWY’s Shibuya???? Whaaaat? And Riku’s...somewhere...too?? That tidbit gave me way more questions than answers what the heck Nomura?? X’D I mean I wouldn’t mind, he is very pretty?? But I thought it was just a toy story joke?? What in the hap is heckening...

- OH ALSO EPHEMERA POPPING UP AND HELPING WITH ALL THE PAST KEYBLADE WIELDERS WAS RAD I KNOW THOSE TINY BITS ABOUT KHX SO THAT WAS REALLY DANG COOL

- In the end I really really loved this game. My favorite worlds are probably Corona, Toy Box, and SanFranSokyo, man, those were so good. I’ll probably research KHX a bit, because alot of the ending made little sense to me...but for the characters really important to me, they have concluded so that’s good. Well I mean except for Sora. But I’m pretty sure he’ll come back...somehow...

A++++ game Square, exceeded my expectations in many ways, some minor complaints (pacing, Frozen world in general...) and major confusion, but overall I am happy. I loved this adventure, and I’m satisfied with the conclusion ;v;

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***TLJ SPOILERS***

here’s what they shoulda done with Luke in TLJ. I absolutely hated the backstory we were given about Kylo and Luke. Like, a chill ran through me when they showed Kylo’s version of the story. And even though they tempered it by saying that in reality Luke only considered attacking his nephew...it was still bad. 

I think Luke should have flaws as a character, of course. People are telling me “you just want him to be a perfect hero with no problems”. No, I really don’t. I just don’t think that the flaws they gave him in TLJ were in line with his character. See, I think that Luke’s moment of weakness would have been him refusing to do anything about Kylo and refusing to believe there was no good left in him. It’s hard to speculate what Kylo and Luke’s relationship was since we don’t really see much of it nor do we get an explanation of who Snoke is and how he got ahold of Kylo. But I cannot for one second believe that Luke Skywalker would consider murdering the child of Han and Leia because he thought the kid was too far gone to the dark side (and i especially can’t believe it since we don’t see how far gone he is in the first place). I mean, we’re talking about the guy who threw done his weapon and refused to fight Darth fucking Vader because he believed there was still good in him.

It would have been more compelling if Luke’s fear and guilt came out of a scenario in which he was willingly ignorant to the fact Kylo was being pulled to the dark side. Luke’s pacifism is a strength in ROTJ; it could be a weakness in TLJ. Luke now feels that if he confronted Kylo and did something to stop him, then tons of lives would have been saved in retrospect (from Kylo’s involvement in the First Order). Having lost all of his students and knowing he failed Han and Leia’s son, Luke retreats in shame and with a new fear of the dark side. 

I was fine with Rian Johnson writing Luke as a sad, curmudgeon old hermit. But I would have liked to see some growth in his character during the progression of the film. I was wishing Rey would give him hope again, but they were just constantly bickering at each other. Ugh. I thought perhaps Luke was going to finally come around to training her, and try to teach her a new way of viewing the Force and using it (it seemed for a hot second that that was what was happening). And I think it would have been VERY in character for Luke to want to go after Snoke. Luke considering killing his nephew? Nope nope nope. Luke considering killing the person manipulating his nephew? YES.

I’m not gonna get into my thoughts about Luke’s death because I think my argument isn’t really an argument; it’s just me being upset that he died after a character arc i didn’t feel fit with the character. Plus Luke is one of my favorite movie heroes of all time so...I’m very biased. I think I would have preferred it if they waited until episode 10 to let him go peacefully (I did like that he let go in the end and died a peaceful death; that was better than getting hacked up by kyle ron). But yeah...I was pretty let down with basically everything they did with Luke in this film. 

(EDIT: I did like him rejecting the Jedi, just want to make that clear. This is more a rant about how they explained Luke’s actions in TLJ rather than hating on every single thing they did in the film. I’m of the opinion that the themes in the film were good and interesting, it was just the execution that didn’t work for me)