#road to kingdom theory

[polcadotte]

Echoes

#kingdom hearts #khdr #khux #xehanort #ephemer #skuld #kh dark road #my art #playernort #gosh i loved that theory #khdr spoilers

[thetrashthatsmilesback]

I have an idea that is in a similar vein to the theory that Sora was the Lich in KH3, but differs slightly - I think Sora can take on the darkness (or feed on the light possibly? I think its one of two) of others' hearts. This theory mostly hinges on how Sora takes on the pain of Ven, Roxas, and Xion. For some reason I can't find the screenshot, but I am in class so my searching skills aren't fully devoted at the moment. I'll run through cutscenes eventually, but basically I'm thinking of the scene where Sora says he is taking on the burden/pain of those in his heart.

Throughout the series, Sora has had a unique ability to hold others in his heart, it's the basis of the "Sora is the Lich" theory from kh3. This leads me to wonder about the actual mechanics of him taking on not only hearts, but specifically hearts in pain on the verge of death.

Sora isn't the only one in the series with hyperempathy, notably both Baldr and Xehanort both experience the ability that Sora has of feeling other's pain across unbelievable stretches. Both of these fell to darkness due to the extreme feelings they were experiencing- to take on another's pain is to eventually overwhelm yourself and fall. It's possible that Sora has yet to have this occur due to the nature of the hearts within him - namely Ventus and Kairi, the hearts of pure light.

When playing kh3, you do not have to use rage form until the forced moment at Kairi's death. Prior to that moment, it is entirely optional, almost as if Sora is able to hold himself back from falling into it. While his rage over Kairi's death would make sense after everything he had just done to save everyone, it's also notable that the only instance of forced rage form is after Ventus is gone from Sora's heart.

Many have commented on how sora's darkness has grown through the games, and I'm the past I've wondered if the growing darkness also aligning with how close we are to Ventus waking up are connected, and I'm beginning to believe firmly that they are. I think that Sora is able to draw on the dominant power of the hearts around him in order to maintain balance of light and dark within his heart. As Ven grew closer to waking up, his heart of pure light was strengthening and healing- and in tandem sora's darkness grew. He took on the hearts of Roxas and Xion, both of which would hold some darkness, which makes me wonder if their hearts were helping contribute darkness to keep sora's in balance while holding Ventus's.

If someone with the hyperempathy only takes on the darkness of others' hearts, then they are more susceptible to being overcome by darkness, but if Sora has been slowly taking on both dark and Ventus's light, then it could explain why he has kept from overloading with darkness thus far despite all his trauma. "My friends are my power," what if they really are - what if Sora can literally draw light or darkness from those around him. Sorry if this was rambling or incoherent, I haven't slept.

#sora #sora is the lich #riku #ventus #roxas #xion #kairi #they were all mentioned but i can delete the tags if ppl want/if its clogging up their tags #sora kh #kingdom hearts #kh1 #kh2 #kh3 #kh baldr #khux #kh dark road #xehanort #theory

[curranth]

there was a bit in KH3D that always struck me as strange, this one:

because i thought terransem wrote his reports under ansem's name to keep the research he decided to keep going on with against ansem's wishes a secret from him; but then this scene came along and it was a little, "okay!? he actually started to believe he was the real ansem!? yikes!?" — after all, there was no need to act about it in front of braig. like, it's braig.

but with dark road context now... if little xehanort's dreams all came from our blue coat keykid thanks to xehanort's empathy ability, then could it be that terransem who spent so much time with ansem as his apprentice, terransem who had no memories of his own, got enough memories from ansem to eventually believe... that they were his own memories trickling back to him? that he really was ansem?

#but that's just a theory #a game theory if you will #kingdom hearts #dark road spoilers #text

[katkeyboardmastah]

The Young Xehanort inconsistencies

Originally posted: September 3rd 2022.

I want to slowly migrate some of my Kingdom Hearts lore musings instead of just sharing links:

Speaking of links, the original Google doc version of this post can be read HERE.

First up! The YMX doc that I had made after playing through the remainder of Dark Road's story.

Disclaimer: I will only reference material such as in-game cutscenes, interviews and Ultimanias, so other supplementary pieces such as the novels and the like will not be considered. Everything written here is my own personal interpretation. Interview translations were done by KHInsider.

Putting everything else under the cut cuz boy this is gonna be a long one-

First of all, let us review the updated timeline provided by KHDR itself:

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So, Kingdom Hearts Dark Road did not shed light on a couple of things, Xehanort’s eyes becoming golden being just one example. While I cannot say anything concrete about the hows and whys behind the fact that his eye colour changes at some point in time, I CAN, however, make an educated guess as to why the time-travelling Young Xehanort seems to flip flop between gold and silver eyes.

(Xehanort throughout time: 9 years ago, KHDR’s story, 7 years later and 54 years later)

Xehanort’s eyes are naturally silver throughout his youth. Chronologically, the first instance we see him with golden eyes, if we rule out time-travel, is when he is already in his late years, as an old man, 54 years AFTER KHDR. The latest point in time shown to us before that era is when Xehanort leaves Scala Ad Caelum, 7 years AFTER KHDR’s main story. Meaning, the point in which Xehanort’s eyes change colour can be ANYWHERE between age 22/23 and 69/70, assuming the Xehanort in the main campaign is 15/16 years old (if we take Nomura’s statement from TGS 2018, that old man Xehanort is around 80 into account).

Here’s the big kicker though: What about the time-travelling Young Xehanort? In both KHDDD and KHIII his eyes are gold. But then you might say: Well, maybe he was pulled from that blank period of time you just mentioned, his early 20s onwards? The problem with that is the fact that the encounter between Xehanort and the Master of Masters takes place only ONE YEAR after the main events of KHDR. Additionally, in the second part of that very same encounter Xehanort implies that he has already time-travelled at least once:

The MoM: Sounds like you already know where you’re headed. YX: It’s funny. Somehow, I can sense where I’m supposed to go, and what I’m supposed to do. Yes, even this coat, there’s something familiar about it, as if I’m meant to wear this.

This corresponds with what he told Sora in KHDDD:

Since in both KHIIIRM’s and KHDR’s version of the scene his eyes are silver, this means that upon time-travelling they become gold but upon returning they go back to silver. My answer for this ‘switch’ can only be the following:

YX: I will return to my time, and grow into the man who becomes all these others. While I know this future now that I have lived it, returning to my own time will erase the memories and experiences I have gained here. Still my appointed path is now etched in my heart, which will first lead me to seek the outside world. (will return to this part later in the post)

The old man Xehanort gave Young Xehanort a piece of his heart.

Which sounds kinda ridiculous (even for KH standards), but I can prove that might be the case. Let’s remember who makes up KHIII’s true Organization XIII:

The recompleted Master Xehanort, the version furthest on the timeline;

The recompleted people turned once more into Nobodies: Xigbar, Saix, Marluxia, Larxene, Luxord, Demyx and Vexen. The last two being reserve members;

The versions of Xehanort pulled from the past but came to be after KHBBS-era Master Xehanort: Terra-Xehanort, Xemnas and Ansem Seeker of Darkness;

The non-Xehanort characters pulled from the past: Vanitas, Xion and Dark Riku (Replitwo);

The first of the Xehanorts, the Xehanort of the most distant past: Young Xehanort.

You can see that none of the other members aside from YX originate from a time before KHBBS. And as it is now established, this iteration did not originally have golden eyes. To add onto that, as stated in group 4, these 3 were the only characters that travelled to the future by having their hearts be placed inside replicas and are not a version of Xehanort. Vanitas is debatable because we don’t  know if he had that eye colour inherently even when his face changed to reflect Sora’s or was it because of old man Xehanort. The statement about Vanitas originally having red eyes while he was still faceless does not apply because its source is solely the KHBBS novel, which is not canon material. Replitwo’s change is more noticeable since you can directly compare him with the original Riku Replica who even appears in the same scene as him at the very end. As for Xion’s change, it’s only visible if you bump up the brightness while her face is not fully covered or mod out the shadow cast by her hood. If there is a need for official confirmation that these 3 characters do come from the past look no further than this chart from the KHIII Ultimania:

Do note that ‘eliminated’ can also refer to simply returning to their own time period but ceasing to exist in KHIII’s time as it’s said in Young Xehanort’s section of the very same chart.

Ok but, why would there be any need for this. Simple, that version of Xehanort was not ready to handle the darkness the same way old man Xehanort does yet. He needed the Black Coat or the armour or any other form of protection. And as seen in KHDR itself, were it not for the MoM saving him in the Dark Corridor, he would have perished. The following lines from the second encounter cement this further:

The MoM: No… you’ll ditch it soon. YX: What do you mean? The MoM: I mean that one day you’re going to outgrow it. YX: How so? The MoM: If you truly possess great power, the darkness can’t control you. You won’t need a silly old coat to stay safe. In fact, you’ll be the one controlling the darkness instead.

It wouldn’t seem far-fetched either knowing that the explanation behind the Young Xehanort boss fight at the end of KHDDD that the Ultimania provides is this:

Question: Did King Mickey’s time magic not work properly on Young Xehanort because Young Xehanort has the power to control time? Nomura’s answer: Not Young Xehanort’s but rather Master Xehanort’s power. King Mickey was surprised at the time, seeing his Keyblade and noticing he harboured the power of Master Xehanort…

Additionally, aside from King Mickey, Master Xehanort and Young Xehanort are the only other characters who directly take note of Sora’s reckless usage of the Power of Waking in KHIII and KHIIIRM, meaning that at the very least, YX was imparted with such knowledge as well the power to transcend time, which he receives from potato sack Ansem SoD.

The secret endings to KHRe:Coded in the KH HD II.5 Remix collection are another piece of evidence, because we see YX already in place before KHDDD begins, ready to gather the remaining vessels. Meanwhile, since both Ansem SoD and Xemnas have been vanquished, Master Xehanort should by now exist at this point in time as himself given how the same thing has happened with the other ex-Nobodies of the Organization.

To add onto that video we finally have a confirmation from Nomura himself that yes, the design used in KHDR that depicts Young Xehanort’s time on the Destiny Islands is the correct version while the one used in KHBBS and KHDDD is outdated according the most recent Q&A:

Now here’s the funny part. When did Young Xehanort time-travel? Or a better question, if KHDR has revealed that his initial encounter with potato sack Ansem SoD was not the point from which he began his journey to the future but rather his what led him to Scala Ad Caelum… did he encounter him again at some point which finally did spur him to time-travel?

Sonny Novus made a video about how fleshing out Xehanort’s backstory by deaging him even further caused more problems in hindsight and I believe it still holds up so I recommend watching it if you haven’t done so by now.

Question: In previous titles, we saw the Xehanort who leaves Destiny Islands as a young man. He seems a lot younger in KHDR. Nomura’s answer: KHDR presents the correct version. For previous games, we used the young man model we already had as a catch-all symbolic representation of "his youth," in order to save cost modelling a young boy version. In KHIII, they were specifically split. I'd like you to interpret it as the symbolic representation becoming a rich one.

So the only time Young Xehanort could time-travel to the future while still having a consistent design with the one we see in KHDDD and KHIII can be anywhere between the point he changes his hairstyle and his second encounter with the MoM that takes place 1 year after KHDR’s main campaign. Thus, confirming that he could not have possibly transcended time after his first encounter with potato sack Ansem SoD. While it does go in line with the implication that at the time, Xehanort did not realise he was talking to a version of himself, it still contradicts another line in KHDDD by suggest that his now forgotten time-travelling escapades were not the reason he sought out the outside world by rather his dreams of the Player’s life (or lives).

YX: Still my appointed path is now etched in my heart, which will first lead me to seek the outside world.

Putting this contradiction aside, there should have been a second encounter between these two during that 1 year year interval. Either YX found his way back to Destiny Islands or has met potato sack Ansem SoD somewhere else, realising that he is a future version of himself, which would finally spur him to travel forward in time.

Now let’s address the other elephant in the room, Young Xehanort’s Keyblade. We still do not have an official name for it but what we do know is that it’s supposed to be No Name (the goat themed Keyblade) with the hourglass keychain you can see on No Name (the Keyblade you receive after defeating Mysterious Figure aka. Young Xehanort in the Land of Departure).

Nomura: That Keyblade was designed as the one Master Xehanort used in KHBBS combined with an hourglass, you see. (KHDDD Ultimania)

It’s weird, because you can easily interpret that scene in KHDDD as him technically borrowing MX’s. Not to mention that he does not use a Keyblade at all in his fight as the Mysterious Figure in KHBBS. But come KHIII and KHDR, where in the former, YX still uses his unique Keyblade, while in the latter he uses the nameless default Keyblade of that era (KHML has its own default Keyblade too judging from the footage) even during his encounters with the MoM. Let’s try to wrap our heads around this without just saying it’s a retcon that we should move on from:

Nomura changing his mind about plot beats and having genuine oversights is nothing new, there are more examples in this series one could ever hope for, like the eye colour switch that started this whole document. If you recall, the first time we have ever seen an even younger version of Xehanort was in KHIII’s E3 2015 trailer (man I feel old), where his eyes were gold. And in the finalised version of the same scene, his eyes have been changed to silver.

Ok, so let’s say that from YX’s own youth, without his time-travelling escapades, he wields the default Keyblade all the way until him and Eraqus become Keyblade Masters 6 years after KHDR’s main campaign, then they inherit No Name and Master’s Defender respectively to use them from that point onwards. Now winding back to the interval of about 1 year between the ending of KHDR and YX’s meeting with the MoM, you can say that he somehow gains another unique Keyblade upon travelling to the KHDDD era and decides to stick with it in KHIII as well. The time of KHBBS in which he travels to become the Mysterious Figure in order to grab Vanitas for the true Organization XIII, you can maybe stretch it and say that he possibly has foregone that unique Keyblade (or any at all) during that particular fight, much like how Xemnas does throughout the whole series despite also having the ability.

From that you can guess that Nomura reconsidered the meaning of the golden eyes. Because from DDD (not counting BBS since that game only implied it) up until KHIII, when someone would have that colour it would mean they were a vessel of Xehanort or, if we are to use the fan-coined term, ‘norted’. I think we all collectively assumed that Anti-Aqua was actually one of the 13 vessels when she was revealed in KHIII’s Frozen trailer in E3 2018, only for that to not have been the case at all. If anyone needs a refresher for her Gummiphone entry:

Anti-Aqua: Aqua, after she fell to darkness. Years and years of wandering through the realm of darkness ended with her being cast into the watery depths beyond its margin.

Sure, for the members of the true Organization you can say that this still applies (again, Vanitas being debatable) but it’s not exclusively golden eyes = Xehanort’s influence anymore. It’s as if they are meant to represent darkness like they have been prior to KHDDD. And this change sort of makes sense, since the story’s focus is shifting heavily to be about the primordial darknesses and shifting back to how one can fall to darkness due to strong negative emotions. One can conclude that maybe Xehanort’s eyes have changed from silver to gold over time due to him actively trying to become a “dark vessel” as seen in KHDR, and that subsequently, since he has gained them, they have become a trait of his other selves. A parallel to this scenario is how the characters on the protagonist's side associate the Black Coat with the Organization even though, in truth, it dates back much further back into the past.

Like I’ve said before, KHDR did not manage to cover and explain every single facet of Xehanort’s life, for better or for worse. However, it did give a lot of context to preexisting scenes and other character moments in the series, and I think it did a good job at that. As for the remaining mysteries such as the now discussed golden eyes, the fate of Scala Ad Caelum and more, depends entirely on whether or not Nomura wants to or has the chance to flesh out, much like how KHDR’s existence itself was once in a lifetime opportunity to dive deeper into the mind of one of the most important antagonists in the series.

I know what you're probably thinking: the Dark Seeker Saga, which depicted the battle against Xehanort, finished with KINGDOM HEARTS III, didn't it? Well, it's a grey area, but I wouldn't call this title part of the Dark Seeker Saga. Why? Because this isn't about battling against Xehanort—it's about the battles of Xehanort.And maybe you're thinking that's a bit of a reach, but… okay, maybe it's a bit of a reach. However, I had the concept in my head for many years. It got shelved because it never really fitted what our team wanted. But around then, I heard from the Union X team that they'd like to do a parallel title with a new protagonist. And, since it seemed there was an unexpected number of Xehanort fans out there, it all came together like it was destined to be. I do tend to believe in destiny. (Tetsuya Nomura on the launch of KHDR in June 2020)

Author’s note: Sorry if this turned out to be more of a ramble than an actual theory post but… I wanted to say that… I feel content with this story, even without the answers I may have wanted. I still thoroughly enjoyed following Xehanort’s journey from start to finish, which made me like him more as a character even. Anyhow… thank you for bearing with me and I hope you have a wonderful day!

#theory doc repost! #kingdom hearts #kingdom hearts dark road #khdr #kingdom hearts dream drop distance #khddd #kingdom hearts 3 #kh3 #kingdom hearts iii #xehanort #young xehanort #katvtalkskh

[tharkflark1]

HELLO i was just wondering where sora’s crown is on xehanort’s armor i dont think ive ever noticed it before ^^

Oh u were probably looking at Goat-nort! I’m talking about his og keyblade armor! The one that Xemnas uses in kh2, the optional fight you can have with it in BBS, and what he’s seen wearing in Dark Road!

This is also the only armor that has this symbol (that we’ve seen. Technically Xion’s final boss form has it too but Xion’s symbol is the crown motif mirrored horizontally, which is the mask of the form, so I don’t rlly think it counts as part of the crown stuff)

Still interesting that Xehanort of all people has this stuff on him

#kh #kingdom hearts #Xehanort #Sora #necklace theory #kh dark road #tharky's updates #tharky thambles #funnily enough as you pointed out #goat-nort doesn’t have any this imagery! #and yet they brought back the og armor for dark road #meaning the armor must mean something

[humunanunga]

So as of 2-3 and UX/DR, we can assume that not every wielder's Nobody is able to summon a Keyblade if they don't remember being able to, and so far only two of them remembered the wielders they were when their hearts and bodies were separated.

But apart from Braig and Xehanort, the games up until now have in hindsight been very cagey about showing anyone else's fighting styles in action. From what I can find or recall, we've seen Lauriam with Divine Rose, but not whether he'd use Marluxia's floral attack patterns with it, and I can't find if we ever saw Elrena's Keyblade at all. We've only seen Dilan and Aeleus at their posts. We haven't seen Even or Ienzo in combat. Lea's spar with Ven was skipped by a cutscene, and Isa was a spectator afaik. Demyx and Luxord, we still don't know who they were, only that Xemnas claimed the Keyblade War involved them.

So do Nobodies who retain their human form develop their other powers when they become Nobodies, or are these powers retained from before they were Nobodies? Out of Organization XIII, Roxas was unique for inheriting Sora's/Ven's powers before he recognized his dreams as their memories, and Xemnas' Ethereal Blades are retained from being Xehanort. Now, due to their prior resemblance to one of his Keyblades, it can't be ruled out yet that Ethereal Blades could've come from formchanging that one Keyblade with the clock hands. Which could perhaps also mean that Graceful Dahlia and Foudre were formchanged Keyblades that couldn't revert until Marluxia and Larxene remember their original forms, but at this time, this answer can't be offered without also suggesting it for the rest of Organization XIII. (Though, if this were true, it could explain what allowed them to maintain their humanity as Nobodies even if they didn't remember being wielders.)

Which brings me to Naminé.

I had to start this whole post over upon realizing I was about to make a baseless claim. Originally, I started posting this because I'd seen a short video speculating whether Naminé is really a Nobody or something new. Which isn’t too unreasonable to ask. The lore explanation would be that while Kairi didn't meet the usual prerequisites for a Nobody, Kairi's heart separating from Sora's body instead of her own made up the difference. But Kingdom Hearts lore has amended itself before whenever characters present/are presented by previously unknown factors, so it can't be ruled out that the given explanation will later be disproven. The meta explanation is that the concept for Naminé probably came before the concept for Nobodies.

But back to the point.

Naminé has memory powers. Kairi has memory loss. Recent games have been building more suspense around the mystery of Kairi's forgotten childhood.

The question I'm raising is, if uncorrupted Nobodies only get powers that'd come from their former selves, could Kairi's amnesia have been self-inflicted?

#kh theory #kingdom hearts melody of memory #kingdom hearts dark road #kingdom hearts union x #kingdom hearts 3 #kingdom hearts #organization xiii #namine #kairi #tldr #musings

[zonai-of-the-lost]

Okay I'm watching a Kingdom Hearts let's play, and I have gotten to the point where Sora is about to do the Ansem/Riku boss fight, and I was looking at the Dark Mode suit and going, "Okay I know they reuse it for Vanitus, but I swear I've seen something else like them before." And then it hit me, Darklings.

In Union Cross we were introduced to the Darklings, which is a breed of heartless born from when keyblade wielders fall to darkness, and in Kingdom Hearts 3 it's heavily implied that Aqua was in the midst of turning into a Darkling.

Now, if we look at Riku's Dark Mode, we can see some similarities between the two, for one the end of Riku's gloves are a red just like the Darkling's claws and the ends of Aqua's fingers in the GIF above. The dark blue of Riku's suit actually goes with the dark blue that we see form on Aqua's skin, which I think is the replacement for the Darkling's black in this case.

Now I think we need to take a look at Darkness himself, Vanitus.

Vanitus color scheme is a lot closer to that of the original Darkling design which makes sense, as it was basically confirmed in Dark Road that he is the one of the 13 original True Darknesses, which Ventus sealed in his heart in order to give Darkness a form that they could actually beat.

Now let me make this clear, Aqua was in the process of transforming into a natural Darkling, so she would not have had the heartless symbol, as the emblem bearing Heartless are the artificially made ones.

Darklings don't have them, as they are naturally formed Heartless.

However, that begs the question, why does Riku's Dark Mode suit have the Heartless symbol but have similarities to both Vanitus and the Darklings?

I think Riku was forming into the very first artificial Darkling.

As at the time Riku was not a true keyblade welder, as he had not forged his own but he did have the potential.

Not only that, there was abundantly more artificial Heartless in the worlds then natural ones at the time, also Maleficent gave him the ability to control the Heartless, now that ability probably is not limited to the artificial ones, but that's probably a good catalyst as one of the reasons that he at the beginning of the transformation into.

One of the other reasons he could have possibly been turning into a Darkling, was the fact that he was exposing himself to so much darkness, but I think the reason why he would not have been a true darkling but an artificial one was because of Xehanort's Heartless, Ansem The Seeker of Darkness had intervened with the process.

As Riku was supposed to be his new vessel in order to gain access to Kingdom Hearts, but as we all know that's not how things turned out.

Now could I be wrong? Yes very much so, but it's a good possibility I could be close. It's really up for discussion at this point, because honestly I'm convinced that's what was happening.

#kingdomhearts #kingdom hearts #kh3 #kingdom hearts union x #khux #khdr #kh dark road #riku #darklings #vanitus #aqua #anti aqua #kh theory #dont know of anyone else has thought of this #but I wanted to share my two cents

[serenedash]

what IS the hringhorn heartless?

[ MAJOR KHDR SPOILERS ]

Anyway, I was thinking about Baldr and the hringhorn heartless. And I was like haha Xehanort parallels because of Ansem sod and the guardian heartless. And the guardian is Terra's heartless. And I thought it was really weird that the final boss we fight in DR is hringhorn and not Baldr-- but what if hringhorn IS Baldr? The darkness we see in Baldr seems to have grown to become it's own entity aside from Baldr himself and by the end of the game it's hard to tell whether this is really Baldr or just the darkness inside of him doing all of this. So what if darkness has completely overtaken Baldr, killed him, and only his heartless remained?

Another added layer to this is that in norse mythology, hringhorni is the name of Baldr's ship and when he dies it's used for his funeral pyre. It would be pretty symbolic and poetic for his heartless to be named the same.

#kh wiki also says the patterns on hringhorn are also seen on hoder's clothes like haha just kill me #anyway yeah today's thoughts #khdr #khdr spoilers #kh #kingdom hearts #baldr #dark road #khdr theory #kh theory #khux essay

[ok4ru]

People keep saying Remus is Kairi Grandpa and I agree with it but I think it would make sense if he was Kairi great- great Grandpa.

This is the only way it makes sense to me:

Remus> Remus son> Remus grandkid kid> Kairi!

"But, wouldn't Kairi's mother be around Eraqus and Xehanort age then? No, I believe Kairi Grandma is Master Ava and that she came around after the events of Dark Road.

(I can make a post but not now...)

So, she may be somewhat around or close to their ages then. Ava could have met Remus kid eventually and dated then had a kid around the time Xehanort and Eraqus probably finally Masters.

Which has to be true because by the point of Eraqus, Xehanort and Kairi Grandma are really old in BBS... (Eraqus has to be the youngest he looks 40 or 50 some who...)

As for being related to Remus he could also be related to his brother or one of his kids we don't know how many he has btw!!

#kh #kingdom hearts #khml #Xehanort #kingdom hearts missing link #khdr #kingdom hearts dark road #master ava #Kairi #Remus #master xehanort #master eraqus #Eraqus #kh theory #kingdom hearts theory #khml theory

[blazernot]

Okay so I was in the dms with Chao and I came to a shocking discovery about Xehanort and the player....

Okay so this boyo seems to be the canon player model right?

Iike I know there's no canon player but these guys are used in marketing

I'm pretty sure this is an official icon.

Anyway, so we know that it was just him and Xehanort on the islands. Xeha had access to players memories, in those memories were Skuld and his mother.

Now, you might be wondering where I'm going with this? You see, I think that, besides players memories, Xehanort has no idea what a woman is. He knows what a mother is, but I don't think he ever understood what a woman was until Scala. I think he looked at Urd and Vor and wondered what the frick was wrong with them.

#kingdom hearts #Xehanort #young xehanort #kingdom hearts theories #dark road #do not take this seriously

[probably-ace-ok]

Regarding the new Vanitas content, my personal theory as of now is that he’s one of the ancient darknesses but he merged with the darkness in Ventus’ heart before being split — maybe that’s why it’s meant to be ‘impossible’ to save the vessel of an ancient darkness, because they merge with the vessels heart — in Ven’s case he was saved by the connection with Sora’s heart

#kingdom hearts #dark road #kingdom hearts spoilers #dark road spoilers #khdr spoilers #khdr #ventus #Vanitas #kingdom hearts theory

[luminant-lepidoptera]

Xehanort in Quadratum: You were in love with my adoptive mother?

Strelitzia: Yes, parasocially.

#I like making Strelitzia queer in Ux I think it's cute #Also like the Quadratum Xehanort theories #Kingdom Hearts #khdr spoilers #Kingdom Hearts Dark Road #Kingdom Hearts Union X #kh Strelitzia #kh Xehanort

[kitkat-the-muffin]

I kinda feel bad for Baldr

The only cutscene we see where he ISN’T corrupted by Darkness is the one week flashback

He says he always had darkness in his heart, and it’s usually easy to tell the difference between his own dialogue and Darkness’s dialogue

But for the most part, we only see Darkness from him. It’s not til he sees Hoder again that he becomes the boy he used to be

And then he turns evil again and freakin dies

I’m exaggerating a bit. We do see more of his usual self than I’m explaining, but the Darkness overtakes him very early on (as soon as his sister’s death in fact, even before his isolated rest he takes out Sigrun, Helgi, and Heimdall) and so for the vast majority of his appearances he’s not himself

He’s likely an example of what being overtaken by Darkness can happen to one who lets Darkness into their heart. Lauriam was a lucky one, who’s light shone brighter than his grief, but the darkness would still overtake him eventually

Xehanort and Baldr have a lot in common… but Xehanort doesn’t let the darkness control him. He controls the darkness. It’s no wonder Ansem SOD took a liking to Riku, he reminds him of himself

Riku can control both the dark and the light. He’s the lone walker down the road to dawn. If only Baldr and Xehanort had that ability, maybe none of this would have happened in the first place

#anyway uh everything bad that happened ever is Maleficent’s fault and I find that so funny #also I think Riku is the True Dandelion #during my liveblog I said ‘what if Baldr is the True Dandelion’ and that theory was thrown out the window #but he has a lot in common with Riku… so maybe… #kh baldr #baldr kh #kingdom hearts #khdr #kingdom hearts dark road #khdr spoilers #kingdom hearts dark road spoilers #dark road spoilers

[pauputoot]

ok I’m making this its own post instead of just yelling in a different post’s tags

Yellow sleeveless shirt with high collar. Black X. Long silver hair. Turquoise eyes.

Is this anything??? Is this ANYthing???

Usually in kh if something LOOKS reminiscent that means it IS reminiscent but I feel like I’m the only one who has noticed this particular visual parallel so I feel. Unhinged. About it.

#kh theory #kingdom hearts dark road #khdr #kingdom hearts #riku #vala #qwopping thru life

[persai-design]

That one sprite of Eraqus with all the flowers

#kingdom hearts #kingdom hearts dark road #khdr #khdr spoilers #eraqus #young eraqus #fanart #I'm Super rusty when it comes to drawing flowers #I haven't done them since I think 2020? #still proud of myself by how they came out #I swear I only color him in green-to-brown gradients #color theory says I'm okay doing that

[tharkflark1]

Would Xehanort’s armor having Sora’s crown necklace imagery be more evidence towards maybe Riku being part of Ephemer’s bloodline? (Of course it all depends on if we’re saying necklace theory is correct)

Also side note that probably means nothing(?): Ephemer, Xehanort, and Riku are the only characters with a combination of white hair and black eyelashes [with white hair and white eyelashes being a thing with Hoder and Baldr]

#kingdom hearts #kh #Sora #riku #kh dark road #Xehanort #Ephemer #kh missing link #necklace theory #tharky thambles #it’s 3am and I’m thonking #sm