#save:kh

[ohnoesitsnidia]

I needed to delete photos off my phone and found this old thing

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Was Kairi's flower ever confirmed to be a nightshade?? It would be Interesting if it was a cypress flower instead...

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This post is more interesting to me when it's extended to other characters.

Vanitas: Literal Darkness and guy who is desperate to be with his other half to feel complete. Calls his other half "home". His softer moments have been in heart stations, such his sad face when the X blade gets destroyed and protecting his and Ventus's ancient past when Sora attempts to traverse through Ventus's heart. His sympathetic backstory, which explains his motive, hasn't been brought to light (haha).

Ventus being in the Realm of Darkness feels like an opportunity to FINALLY incorporate Vanitas's past into the games whilst also addressing the subtext from kh3 (i.e. the mysteries surrounding Ventus, Marluxia, and Larxene).

The Foretellers+Sigurd: Characters from a story so forgotten [by the fanbase] they might as well never existed.

Aqua: Her struggle with loneliness in the RoD. Just putting a pin on this

Kairi: The events of khmom taking place in the realm of memory and NOT in the Realm of Light. It FINALLY brings up text that was in the kh1 Ansem Reports. Her admittance of her insecurities/weakness does not happen when she wakes up. In fact, the most we get in the Realm of Light is her saying that she'd like to continue training under Aqua

Namine: CoM is in the Realm of Inbetween. Re:coded is in the Data Realm. She first appears in kh3 in the Final world and then in Sora's heart station. She's only "in the text" during Days and kh2. The guilt for what she has done and her low self worth dont surface in the Realm of Light

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That post about Herc and Ventus is amusing bc from my personal experience, i've only ever seen young Herc be referenced in RIKU'S potential godhood. This adds to my list of Rikuven Agenda (i.e. Ventus shares as many or more similarities with Riku than with Kairi)

Maybe it's my shipper brain but Herc's loss of godhood being comparable to Ventus's loss of his darkness Vanitas...It reminds me of Plato's symposium, a story that shares characters with the film Hercules and is about how two people came from one.*

(*Additional support for this claim are the weird gender/intersex symbols in Ventus's room. Two people...as one)

[ohnoesitsnidia]

When i say i miss kh i am specifically referring to the short time period in which fans Regularly post about and draw other characters, and there is more than one (1) artist occasionally drawing one of the less popular ships.

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Got reminded of khmom last night. Overall i still like the decision to have kairi go to aqua. However, it's the execution that gives it a bad taste. More time shouldve been spent on a better way to keep kairi in Reality. Saying she needs training after training in kh3 just comes off as...dumb lol. Even if you compare her rejection to sora's in kh3 and ventus's in bbs, it's still kinda bad.

Yeah, she doesnt have the same amount of experience fighting different enemies in different worlds as riku, nor does she have the PoW to avoid depending on him. However, that could've been explained in game to reason with the audience. Nomura has to know how much fans want their Destiny Trio so it comes off as as...rather insensitive?? to just say that kairi cant go bc she needs more training without explaining Why

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kh/FNC thoughts:

Tl;dr I think kh's second saga is an extension of the Fabula Nova Crystallis but without explicitly using the mythos

-Recently been watching videos on ff, specifically the ffxiii trilogy and now type 0. The type 0 video mentioned how even though ffxv isnt part of the FNC, Noctis and Lunafreya can be seen as L'cie. This got me thinking: if what connects ffxiii and type 0 are the concepts of L'cie and fal'Cie, and kh has taken from type 0 and Lightning Returns, then could kh's second saga be seen as an extension of the FNC without the specific terms???

The foretellers were given roles (a Focus) to fulfill; they were the L'cie and the MoM the fal'cie. Yozora seems to have a Focus: to save Sora. He could possibly also be a L'cie consider he has a special power involving freezing, smth closely tied to L'cie from both ffxiii and type 0. As for the fal'Cie, maybe the MoM.

Since L'cie have roles to carry out, these roles could also include story roles/more passive roles. I think Ventus and Sora can be seen as L'cie with their roles being tied to falls to darkness. Khux!ventus also was the first to give a Darkness form. Perhaps his split could be seen as his Crystallisation since that is akin to death. As for Sora, he Literally dies as a result of completing his Focus.

-In ffxiii, the fal'cie were aiming to bring back "their maker" and in type0, Arecia (i.e. a fal'cie) wanted to open Etro's Gate (i.e. the door to the dead). Both ideas have been present in kh's x saga (Gula, MoM). Im thinking whatever MoM's main motivation is, the answer lies in the FNC games.

-In both ffxiii and type 0, awakening Bhunivelze would destroy the old world to create a new world, with an appointed Saviour to collect as many souls for it. In ffxiii, it was Lightning and in Type 0 it wouldve been the Agito. As for kh, Ava has performed this role.

-In LR, Bhun, iirc, mentions that he was creating a world in which ppl wouldnt be brought down by the darkest aspects of their souls (i.e Darkness). Bhun is the God of Light. The Maker. God. I think we could look to LR's Bhunivelze to predict things about the MoM.

-One of my crack theories is that Vanitas/Ventus=LR Hope (i.e the vessel used by Bhun to understand the soul/heart), thus why his keyblade has two (2) Gazing Eyes

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Recently saw two posts on two platforms about Vanitas's theme being part of the Heroes and Heroines' medley. Knowing that Nomura sometimes thinks about things waaay far in advanced (i.e. Quadratum), i wonder if this is one of those instances. In terms of the story, i Really dont think Vanitas is done lol.

Musically speaking, the medley would SUUUUCCKKK if it ended with Ventus's slow theme. Also, it'd kinda suck if it ended with Sora's theme again. I can see the medley having been planned in advanced to be played again in future orchestral events.

However, knowing that it was played BEFORE kh3 came out, perhaps the medley should've been put on hold until AFTER. I see it was common for fans to believe Vanitas's inclusion in the medley meant that he was coming back and siding with the good guys, and be let down (and still be bitter about it today). On one hand, I can understand why some people would think this: they read the BBS novel and felt Vanitas needs to be redeemed. However, on the other hand, he actually does come back and sides with the good guys.....IF ONLY IF you believe in the theory that Vanitas is the one taking over when Sora is in Rage form ("But i do stand by your side; I'm the shadow that you cast. How much closer could I be?"). Rage form was part of the final battle with Xehanort, making it arguably canon and not just some punishing game mechanic.