I'm saying you are reading to much into it.Of course it is.
But that specific one? From a game only 2 years off. That's the most critically acclaimed SE game in a while.
I'm just saying, it's pretty obvious.
I'm saying you are reading to much into it.Of course it is.
But that specific one? From a game only 2 years off. That's the most critically acclaimed SE game in a while.
I'm just saying, it's pretty obvious.
Just because you're a dick doesn't mean something is bad. It just makes you a zealot, which is always shitty. Maybe if they do a game of Darkness-wielders against zealots it'd be cool. But why wouldn't the other light-wielders step in to help?Except that's not true. Riku's whole story arc destroyed that notion. Hell, Eraqus destroys that notion considering the dude was a complete dick despite being entirely devoted to light.
I don't think that balance is a necessity so much as a reality. You cannot have a universe of pure light where darkness is totally defeated forever as long as there are hearts in the world. Hearts = emotions and free will. It's what makes things "alive" in the purest sense, hence even toys and digital stuff and ideas etc. If something can think for itself, and act out of its own feelings, it can have a heart. And once you have that, you have the capacity for darkness. It is about accepting that, and knowing that the fight between light and darkness is eternal, and not one that can be won. It's not about artificially maintaining some "balance", which is why Xehanort is wrong. You can't control it, it just is.Hell, even SORA busts out dark powers (rage form) during the final battle.
As wrong as his plan was, Xehanort wasn't wrong that balance is a necessity.
There was a frontal shot of her keyblade though. When Xemnas was holding Kairi's hand as he kidnapped her, the keyblade is front and center xd.He definitely was. But at least we got to see his keyblade a few times up close in KH3. What keyblade was Kairi even using? I don't think there was a single clear frontal shot of it in the entire game. By the time all the characters got the chance to pose with their keyblades for the big scenes at the very end, she was already gone!
You get forced into rage form though. That whole segment is about getting your light back.Hell, even SORA busts out dark powers (rage form) during the final battle.
As wrong as his plan was, Xehanort wasn't wrong that balance is a necessity.
I dunno, this is a universe of doubles, after all: Heartless and Nobodies, Originals and Replicas, etc. Lingering Will vs Guardian feels like another duality to me ("will" vs heart). I don't think it has to make perfect sense for it to fit in the universe of KH (hell, the universe keeps breaking its own rules minute by minute by design).
Plus, I think the emotional payoff of "Terra is Guardian" is still pretty powerful as the Guardian is an ever-present part of the mythos since the original KH; I think it adds a new weight to every appearance of the Guardian.
Just because you're a dick doesn't mean something is bad. It just makes you a zealot, which is always shitty. Maybe if they do a game of Darkness-wielders against zealots it'd be cool. But why wouldn't the other light-wielders step in to help?
And Riku's arc doesn't show us why the light could be bad. Balance didn't make him any stronger. It just made him... I dunno. Weaker than Sora?
Crackpot theory: The game over screen is actually the power of waking and anytime we choose continue and load game is us time traveling; Sora has had the power since KH1.So, one thing that got me all confused... was it ever explaiend why we time travelled every time we got our shit pushed in?
He had his own life, which he decided to use to sacrifice himself to give life to Namine. That's one of the better aspects of the whole ending. Before release, the whole Riku on a beach with Replica Riku seemed like it can't lead to anything even halfway decent, but that was actually a relatively sweet moment with some actual build-up.Yeah, but apparently, he's not Roxas or Xion enough to deserve his own life.
That was the actual worst.I can't believe Xehanort had a weird pseudo-redemption
like as soon as the BBS trio saw him at the end, they should have all beat the fuck out of him
Anyone else felt nothing when Kairi was struck down by Xehanort? If Nomura was trying to pull an Aerith, it had zero impact on me.
If anything, it made me mad that Kairi was a damsel in distress again
That's fair and I misinterpreted you. My bad!And people who use darkness aren't inherently evil like you try and suggest hence Riku.
And I never said Riku's arc displayed light being bad. I said it displayed that darkness isn't necessarily bad, which it did.
Riku asked Repliku to inhibit that body.
He was the one who didn't want it. Honestly, I think that it was a pretty good ending for him.
Meeting Sora and Riku in his journey in CoM helped him find some semblance of being accepted for being his own person, and although he seemed to have died, he survived but he also never quite found his station for being, with the sole exception of his attachment to Namine.
A formative experience for him, I'm sureI'm sure Terra will never forget the time he became a fucking space ship
Yeah, the bandage thing was definitely a nice touch.agreed. "lingering will" is more of Tera's 'essence' or fighting spirit that remained in his armor. Guardian is where his heart was trapped, which is pretty cool - especially when the guardian rips off the binds that cover its' mouth, kinda - in my opinion - revealing why the guardian is all bound and stuff. Tera's heart was being forced to be that thing and when he ripped off the banadages, that was pretty cool.
also, i've given up on trying to reason kingdom hearts plot out. yeah, it makes me angry that nomura seems to never respect his own universe by having any sort of continuity, but i gave up on it midway through kingdom hearts 3.
that's a big problem for all the game, the companions drawn to much aggro and aren't brain dead and made of paper as before.kairi getting killed was type predictable imo, i expected it. what annoys me is that she spends the whole game training and gets promptly owned like she's only Level 5 or something.
speaking of levels, i feel like they put 10 levels over Sora's current level for Roxas because jesus Christ, his keyblades were taking out a bar of life every other hit.
Riku asked Repliku to inhibit that body.
He was the one who didn't want it. Honestly, I think that it was a pretty good ending for him.
Meeting Sora and Riku in his journey in CoM helped him find some semblance of being accepted for being his own person, and although he seemed to have died, he survived but he also never quite found his station for being, with the sole exception of his attachment to Namine.
At that point, he was already a death seeker, but he was simply looking for a meaningful death. To give his life for the person most precious to him.
that's a big problem for all the game, the companions drawn to much aggro and aren't brain dead and made of paper as before.
tbf, Sora couldn't see OG repliku in that scene afaik.Roxas, Xion and even Vanitas have Sora defending their existence. Not Repliku though.
tbh, saix and xion can put out insane AoE damage in that part of the fight, it's probably one of the harder fights in the Keyblade Graveyard.Considering how many times Saix absolutely destroyed me while Kairi and Axel were on the team, I was happy Roxas was actually useful by comparison.
On the other hand, seeing Roxas kick so much ass in that moment after all the build up to bring him back was pretty great.that's a big problem for all the game, the companions drawn to much aggro and aren't brain dead and made of paper as before.
It's also hilarious how the trailers set up this big reveal with Aqua and you're like "Oh no, she got norted/fell to despair"
And then ultimately it's just "Whoops, got my ass kicked keybladeless."
I still don't understand why the writers didn't let him regain the memories of CoM.
They "accepted" but it doesn't mean they were totally cool with it. It's pointed out that especially Roxas is hurting within Sora's heart.You'd have a point if it weren't for the fact that both Roxas and Xion also accepted their fate as just a part of Sora.
Roxas, Xion and even Vanitas have Sora defendingtheir existence. Not Repliku though. It's okay to sacrifice him because he's just 15-year old Riku.
Not really.It's also hilarious how the trailers set up this big reveal with Aqua and you're like "Oh no, she got norted/fell to despair"
And then ultimately it's just "Whoops, got my ass kicked keybladeless."
They "accepted" but it doesn't mean they were totally cool with it. It's pointed out that especially Roxas is hurting within Sora's heart.
And it was Repliku's own choice to do what he did. Of course Riku & Sora would've done something if they could've but Repliku made his own choice. Nothing Riku nor Sora can do about that (at that moment).
Which is funny considering Vanitas gives a whole speech about being cool with who he was and that he chose to be that, only for Sora to pull a tantrum about it.
Wonder if Sora would do the same if he knew about Repliku giving away his life.
As sad as it is, it also led to some humorous bits with Marluxia and Larxene.Oh fuck, i forgot that Sora's memories of CoM are still basically a jumbled mess. :sad:
The interesting thing about Vanitas is that he's like, the only one of the thirteen Darknesses that doesn't seek redemption or find any sort of peace with the light. He doesn't try to make nice with Ventus. He goes down fully accepting that he's Darkness and basically tells Ventus and Sora to shove it.Which is funny considering Vanitas gives a whole speech about being cool with who he was and that he chose to be that, only for Sora to pull a tantrum about it.
I mean, she did fall to despair. The darkness just augmented those feelings and made them stronger. I thought that was fine, it made no logical sense for Aqua of all people to wind up an X vessel.
Which is funny considering Vanitas gives a whole speech about being cool with who he was and that he chose to be that, only for Sora to pull a tantrum about it.
Ehhh
I call that falling to despaur the same way somebody who loses their heart to a heartless attack "falls to despair" it was in no way willing.
The interesting thing about Vanitas is that he's like, the only one of the thirteen Darknesses that doesn't seek redemption or find any sort of peace with the light. He doesn't try to make nice with Ventus. He goes down fully accepting that he's Darkness and basically tells Ventus and Sora to shove it.
Of course it wasn't willing. Aqua wasn't looking to become Anti-Aqua. But the darkness that seeped into her sent her negative emotions into a state that overpowered everything else. She's a strong person, but the despair she quietly carried had been growing inside her the whole time she was trapped.Ehhh
I call that falling to despaur the same way somebody who loses their heart to a heartless attack "falls to despair" it was in no way willing.
True! Though in YX's case, he probably thought, "I'll kick your ass when I'm an old man."Technically, so does YX but I guess it's impossible for YX to get any sort of redemption arc since it'd cause a temporal paradox.
tbh I was sure that would have been the end game.Technically, so does YX but I guess it's impossible for YX to get any sort of redemption arc since it'd cause a temporal paradox.
This is another thing for me. Didn't we just stop it this time? What is there to stop it from happening differently when it happens again, when YX is a wrinkly old man again?Technically, so does YX but I guess it's impossible for YX to get any sort of redemption arc since it'd cause a temporal paradox.
You don't willingly fall to despair. A decade of loneliness and abandonment combined with drowning in the same dark sea that almost consumed Riku would fuck anyone up.
I don't even follow your argument anymore. You take issue with how Sora & Riku treat Repliku when one of them doesn't even know he exists and the other DOES try to talk him into staying. It's 100% Repliku's own choice to do what he does. It's not forced on them through an ultimatum like Roxas & Xion's fates. What's even to object here (other than the craziness of everything)?Which is funny considering Vanitas gives a whole speech about being cool with who he was and that he chose to be that, only for Sora to pull a tantrum about it.
Wonder if Sora would do the same if he knew about Repliku giving away his life.
The attack didn't turn her into a heartless.Maybe it's just me. But I'd say there's a distinct difference between getting attacked and that overwhelming you to the point of becoming heartless as a side effect
And what happens to Clayton, Gothel, Hans and Apprentice Xehanort.
There's a difference between getting thrown into the pool and jumping in yourself.
When you beat YX, he basically goes back to the time he was pulled from and forgets that he was ever in the future. Time will continue to play out, he'll eventually become Master Xehanort, find Ventus, and everything will play out as it has. His young self never has the opportunity to remember his older self's mistakes once he's sent back.This is another thing for me. Didn't we just stop it this time? What is there to stop it from happening differently when it happens again, when YX is a wrinkly old man again?
God I hate time travel plots.