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Part 2 of my rokunami mermaid au created by @thehartwinseries â¨
the scene always gets me.
the fact that they specifically chose to emphasize sora and kairi reaching for each otherâs hand to symbolize the fact that they can never really be together, that no matter what they do, they always end up being separated, is really powerful to me.
and right after that, right after seeing kairi being taken away, sora actually breaks down. true he was heartbroken because all his other friends disappeared too. but the last person he sees and the first he mentions when talking to riku is kairi.
i just want them to be together and happy one day đ
Some love for the girls too ( ËáľË )âĄ.°â â¤ď¸
Find the hearts joined to yoursâŚ
KHux spoilers and theory time about the recent update.
I think Vanitas is amnesiac Darkness that created a new identity based on his connection to Ven and Sora. His situation would be similar to Apprentice Xehanort, a person who was also amnesiac with two hearts (Xehanort and Terra) that developed new memories until he realized who he was in the end. Marluxia could be another example, other than Apprentice Xehanort.
In the character files, Vanitas said âWhat do you think I am, to you? Just what the hell do you think I am? I am darkness. And that means you all can be the light. Isnât that right? And then at the same time, Iâm both you and not youâ
In his mind, he said that to Sora and Ven.
But also, in the KH3 novel, Vanitas said âI wonder what kind of person the real me. Even that is beyond my comprehension.â â> âHowever, I do have some memories left within me. Memories from long, long ago. Really, truly, ancient memories. Why do I have these memories?â ââ> âWhose memories did that knowledge come from? Was it me? Or Ventus? Perhaps it was a fragment of somebody else's memories.â â> âI donât know. All I know now is that I must bring my other half back to me. Just who am I? I am half of Ventus. I am...â
Vanitas discovered that he possessed vague ancient memories from X era and he canât tell if itâs his own, Ventus, or someone else. He was also confused with existence.
Then Re:mind came out. Ventus told Vanitas that they were the same person. A sudden turn happened. Vanitas mocked Ventus for believing that they were the same and said âThis may shock you, but we're not the same like you think. I was just hidden deep inside of you, for a real long time. All Xehanort did... was tear me right out of you!â
Even in the Japanese version, Vanitas said that he and Ventus were originally separated existences that was hidden until Xehanort extracted him out.
Me: I wanted to doubt at first until I realized that Ventus had a little amount of darkness inside of him yet was able to produce a new âhumanâ being (Vanitas) that can act like a human but also harbor a power to create species from their negative emotions (the unversed) is sorta weird and fishy. Compared to Sora, who also have little amount of darkness but he only managed to produce a shadow lol
There was no reason for this extra addition detail to added if it wasnât important and it coincidentally lines up to what MoM said about darkness changing their forms and hiding inside of people. But also, the camera purposely focusing on the eyeball on Vanitasâ Keyblade as he says this.
Me: Now why would Vanitas change or shift his stance about him and Ventus being the same person so sudden? Vanitas used to taunt and call Ventus âhis better halfâ or referred himself as Venâs âother halfâ So what happened now? And if I had to guess why his stance change: Because his memories as Darkness resurfaced.
Me: If Vanitas realized who he truly was towards the end like Apprentice Xehanort or Marluxia did, then Vanitas choosing to stay as his âreal selfâ aka darkness but also acknowledging that Ventus and Sora shaped out or defined his existence despite the circumstances, perfectly lines up.
Thatâs my theory.
If Vanitas comes back, I do not think itâs going to be the same âVanitasâ as we may think. Either way, I am excited if Vanitas comes back!
1) Wild. Obviously from the time Guardians straight up murdered him, but those arenât all. He has taken a electric arrow to the face s o m a n y t i m e s, not to mention fucking thunderblight, or lighting storms. He has a lot of lighting scars on the other side of his body, though most of them are faded. He also has had bad road rash on his back from his Shield breaking while surfing or a sudden downpour while climbing ending in him just tumbling down mountains. Not even to mention the broken ribs from charging Lynels or hinoxs wielding trees like baseball bats. Surprisingly doesnât get injured often, but when he does its bad.
2) Hyrule. This kid is being hunted for his BLOOD. He has a FUCK TON OF SCARS. None of them are very big, only due to the fact that Hyrule is constantly healing himself after fights. He looks like a zebra with the sheer amount of lines all over his body. Not a single part of him is spared from this fate. His whole body is crisscrossed with faded scars. Has a couple worse ones from being nicked by a Daria, and getting stabbed by his shadow but hes honestly too fast to get hurt really badly. He just has a lot of them. Has one over his mouth from⌠A dragonâŚ. He doesnât really talk about it⌠Its a really stupid story
3) Legend. Heâs not nearly as bad as the other two, but he still has a lot of them. Its really just because hes been a hero the longest. Most of his scars are from small weak enemies he underestimates. Though his biggest scar is a huge sunburn scar he has on his on the back of his shoulders and neck. Turns out being passed out in the sea on a broken piece of plank wood under the beaming sun for hours straight isnât good for skin. This is technically his âworst scarâ but he refuses to count it because he didnât get it from a enemy, and he hates to mention anything even tangentially related to Koholint. Normally just says its the reason he stopped sailing, and lets people assume he got it from being a sailor. Their not completely wrong
4) Twilight. Twilight has fallen off of a bridge, blown up a bomb shop, and killed a dragon by jumping on it and stabbing it from while riding it. Twilight may be a stable farm boy now, but during his adventure? Almost as bad as Wild. Has a sizable amount of scars from learning how to fight as a wolf, and from bridge related nonsense. He has a respectable amount of scars, but heâs still worlds away from the top 3. Enough to get a nod of acknowledgement from Legend or Hyrule, not enough to get a double take from your average adventurer in Wildâs world.
5) Wind. A very middle of the road amount of scars. Heâs small and fast, so is generally able to dodge most everything; but heâs also stupidly reckless and takes any opportunity to do something 'coolâ so he has good stories to tell people. Some times this works, he does something awesome and he has a great story to tell. Other times this ends up with him eating dirt and taking a blade to the chest. He is slowly giving the whole group gray hair with his nonsense
6) Four. Surprisingly not a lot of scars? Green, Red, Blue and Vio always looked after each other so the larger enemies that would have advantage couldnât get the drop on them. They are small, fast and work like a well oiled machine. They still have more scars than your average Hylian, and get stares in polite society, they wouldnât look out of place next to a village guardâs scars. Most of them are faded due to being combined with 3 other bodyâs.
7) Sky. The only Link that was a graduating Knight before their adventure. (Warriors was a trainee, and Wild doesnât remember his training.) Sky had a bit of a head start in fighting skill and it shows from the general lack of marks on his skin. He was already well prepared for his adventure in the sword fighting department. He only has about four real scars. His most prominent scars are the lighting feathers from the final fight with Demise, and a slice taken out of his back by Ghirahim. Skyâs skill with the sword protected him from getting caught off guard from any normal enemy
8) Warriors. Listen, hear me out about this. Warriors has always had a thing about his appearance. I genuinely think this man carries a truly excessive amount potions just to make sure nothing ruins his looks. Any thing that left a scar on him means that it fucked him up so bad he couldnât do anything to fix it immediately after. Itâs not a narcissism thing, its more like the weirdest unhealthy coping mechanism. His looks are one of the few things he feels like he can really control, so when anything happens to his appearance he tries to fix it as quickly as possible. This combined with the fact that his world puts a frankly excessive amount of stock in looks, leaves him constantly worrying about making sure nothing leaves a disfiguring scar. If he didnât have this compulsion to stop any scars from forming heâd have almost as much as Legend. Simply because of the sheer amount of enemies he fought at any point in time. Aside from the burn in his forearm, which he thinks is a âheroic looking scarâ so it doesnât bother him that much, his shoulder under his single shoulder armor is majorly fucked up. It still works fine thanks to healing magic, but it looks terrible and its always aching. He hates it so much
9) Time. Just time travel. All of his scars from his first adventure? Gone. All his scars from termina? Got reset after each three day cycle. He only has like two big ones any more. By the time he was on the last 3 day cycle in Termina he distressingly good at defeating everything there, the only thing that managed to leave a mark on him was Majora. His other more prominent scar is from the war of eras, probably from Mask trying to steal the scepter of time from Cia. I could see Mask being incredibly pissed off about her flagrant use of time magic. The disrespect to the goddess of time? Unreal. If time travel didnât wipe away his scars heâd be tied with Wild for worse scars. Just bite marks, burns, hand marks, rope burn, stab marks, mask marks, slash marks, and did I mention the bite marks? Theyâre used to be a lot just all over him from re-deads and dead hand, but he had a very prominent one across his face. Frankly hes very happy that time travel took all his scars with it, even if he wasnât happy to be back. He really doesnât want to explain claw marks on the sides from transformation masks, or how he barely escaped being eaten alive thank you
Yes, yes, I know heâs affiliated with Xehanort, though we donât know to what extent, but, and hereâs the BUT,
HE DOESNâT NEED IT??
As said on the KH wiki âThe Black Coatâs main purpose is to resist the corruption inflicted upon oneâs heart when they pass through a Corridor of Darkness.â For what the fandom knows, Vanitas is made of pure darkness, and because of that, we see him in Ventusâ story effortlessly going through it in the Lanes Between like Nobodyâs business (ha).Â
What, Iâm getting at, is maybe Vanitas isnât totally 100% darkness anymore, because that would mean there would be something to actually corrupt. You canât corrupt darkness with darkness? You can make it grow and corrupt the light in oneâs heart, but Vanitas has NOTHING to corrupt.Â
Thoughts, anyone?
 Hey Nomura I fixed it for you youâre welcome
I just wanted Aqua to lean a bit closer with her head but the guys at the Terraqua Discord server had some better ideas, like not abandoning NaminĂŠ xD
Lemme just get the edge out of my system real quick Fragments was a ride addfafdf the finale canât come soon enough đ¤