I have seen you and anons say Sora and Data Sora have different personalities. What are their personalities? I don't understand how they're different from each other. I like your long posts anyways.
Thank you! It's fun dissecting KH and its characters in-depth!
And for your question, I think the answer is a relatively complex one. At least for me, when I say "different", I wouldn't say that Sora and Data-Sora are completely differing personalities. After all, Data-Sora is based from Sora himself, so saying "different personalities" with the thought of them having completely different behavior at base level isn't exactly correct.
However, Data-Sora wasn't made the same way as, say, Roxas was. He didn't come from Sora physically, he was reconstructed from the data in Jiminy's Journal. Getting into the technicalities and logistics of that pose an interesting question of whether Data-Sora is just a straight-up perfect copy of Sora (with all his interiority, good and bad) or if he only captures a specific image of Sora (what he shows externally). Because realistically, it's hard to imagine that the journal managed to capture all of Sora's aspects, especially the stuff he might not directly say. And if the answer is the latter, that does make them relatively different in ways the people around them might not anticipate.
That, and how Sora and Data-Sora have enough differing experiences in the KH1/CoM journey that they come to different outcomes (that I covered in my post about how these games set-up an Expectations vs Reality scenario for Sora).
It's within Data-Sora getting such a different experience than OG Sora that creates their differences. They might not be different in the sense that their demeanors are contrasting but Coded presents the idea that Data-Sora isn't just some replica/copy of Sora but his own individual being who could grow to summon his own keyblade. This is a Data-Sora that was able to choose to take on all the "hurt" thrown at him in Castle Oblivion due to the support he got from others throughout his journey. Data-Sora was able to summon his own keyblade through his own experiences as he had grown a heart over time. This is similar to how the Nobodies ended up as well.
So rounding back to the initial question, I think the main differences actually lie in the reasoning/thought processes behind the choices they'd make in certain situations. The goal the others in Coded had in the last part was to see if Sora could "handle the hurt" and it always lives rent-free in my mind that while real Sora is capable of holding onto that hurt, 3 and 3D especially show him falling apart under the weight of that pain and pressure.
It's a little hard to say for sure since Data-Sora was only in Coded/Re:Coded and also "personality" is probably not the correct word for all of this since it isn't wrong that both Soras have similar demeanors and general mindsets. That's the thing with them, the line between same and different is blurry at some parts.
And admittedly, of course, there is quite a bit of messy speculation on my end when I say these things LOL. I don't even know if I'm making sense half of the time or if I'm using the right words to express my exact thoughts.
(And if I wasn't making sense or there's a need for clarification or more explanation for my answers, please let me know!)
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The best why i can put it. Data Sora started out as a copy of Sora but as the game went on Data Sora starts to develop personality traits and slight behavior differences that Sora doesn't. Meaning Data Sora has his own personality but he still has the same core traits as Sora. They aren't copies of each other.
It's kinda like how siblings share personality traits because they're raised together but they have their own unique traits due to getting some unique experiences. Although Data and Sora weren't raised together. They still share the same starting point. Even in wonderland we say Data Sora behave a bit differently than what Sora did. So they have different personalities overall but the core personality traits are the same.
