In one of your recent reblogs you said that Dark Riku is a Willful Darkness.
Could you explain what you mean by that, please?
Oh! Specifically the one in San Fran; the one we see at the keyblade graveyard is a different riku as Dark Repliku
They have different personalities and responses when told they’re not the real Riku.
At first glance, you might even think it’s Data Riku (as the Darkubes’ design is almost one-to-one with Bug Blox from ReCoded, not to mention the dark coat). And his discussion with Maleficent would also make sense as Repliku has never met Maleficent.
The problem comes from Pete’s response, seeming to not have recognized him. When, Pete was kinda a big bad guy in ReCoded. And then Maleficent’s words:
“But I could not have told you from when”
That’s emphasized! She knows this ‘Riku’ from a different point in time. And how they speak to one another, it’s as if ‘Dark Riku’ is teasing about her snooping, like he’s seen it before. Like how she was in KHUX.
And we know the final Willful Darkness is
1) still missing (7 in the foretellers, 4 trapped in the datascape, 1 as Vanitas/still in Ventus. There were 13)
2) as one of the Darknesses, can make themselves to appear however they wish to. Even people.
3) it’s probably looking for a way to free it’s data-imprisoned comrades. Why wouldn’t it be looking into how Data works, and using a form that might grant it access to this data
If it’s the remaining willful darkness in disguise? Idk seems the most plausible to me