Okay, that makes better sense the way you put it. But once again, the point at hand is that Cloud & Sephiroth have a very similar relationship... (except Sephiroth is actually a part of Cloud from the beginning, or atleast as far as one can read into Sephiroth's words...) And that Cloud adopting Sephiroth (as in, accepting him, while still respecting his light at the same time to realize that he is who he is... past or present, good or bad.) and therefore gaining new-found power... Whether it be Sephiroth's, or Cloud's own brand of strength... is an interesting prospect, OR Cloud's other possible fates... such as becoming a Heartless, maybe even giving birth to a Nobody, whether it be a Dusk, Creeper, or its own Cloud-esque humanoid Nobody.
But he would indeed exist inbetween light and darkness though, that's what I'm getting at... Well, wait, how can you say that that's not Xehanort's Heartless? He changed into Xehanort's Heartless so he could use the power of the darkness in his heart... that HAS to mean SOMETHING...
Move this if viewed necessary, as although it may concern a Square-Enix title, it also concerns other anime, and possibly video game titles if they come to mind. Ok, about... Three things that came to mind concerning the planet's lifecycle and general health. If placed in question form, they are slightly rheutorical, as I only mean to speculate in the hopes that there are fans of the same fictional mediums from which my ideas branch from here to join. 1. Sesshomaru's Tenseiga from the anime and manga InuYasha. If one dies and is slowly digested by the planet over a period of time, which strengthens and enlarges the lifestream, can the Tenseiga be used to recover the consciousness and life-energy of perished individual lifeforms from the lifestream and return it to life? or cut off the transfer of life-energy to the lifestream in the first place. Also, for those familiar with Tenseiga's reforging and access to the attack "Meidou Zangetsuha", does that mean if Tenseiga existed in the world of FFVII, that it could instantly send its victims to the lifestream? 2. Goku's Spirit Bomb / Genki-Dama from the anime and manga Dragon Ball Z. Is it safe to say that if Goku initiated his collection of energy for the Spirit Bomb, it would gather energy directly from the planet's lifestream, and animals, and plants, and any human beings generous enough to lend their energy? 3. Considering the conventional energy problems of the world, and Shinra's effective, but long-term disastrous approach... I've come up with a way of what would return the planet to good health, AND replace Mako as a power source. Step 1: Collect as much materia as possible from around the world, find any living remnant of Sephiroth, or Kadaj, Yazoo, OR Loz... who were able to organically bond with and utilize materia in that manner... equip their bodies with the vast amount of materia, and end their lives, sending a large quantity of life-energy back to the lifestream, the LIFE of the entities AND the condensed mako/life-energy stored in the materia... If possible, it would not be an idea to erase all clear evidence of Shinra, Mako use, Geostigma, etc... And, as strange as this sounds... If there any last remaining scientific minds on the planet (I would suppose so) if they could be tapped into correctly, the seven Chaos Emeralds of Sonic the Hedgehog fame could be properly utilized to provide the planet with continuously renewable power... Not to mention the Master Emerald would be a decent means of reversing any misuse of the seven emeralds by the wrong people...
Yes... Ok, ok, but by conquering his darkness, he joined it together with the light in his heart, but when he needed to use the powers of darkness unlawlessly, because the remnant darkness in his heart was actually a severely weakened and supposedly "sleeping" Heartless, and as a Heartless, you haven't a heart to LOSE and BECOME a Heartless... So Riku tapped into Xehanort's Heartless form so as to allow himself to freely use the power of darkness but without the danger of losing his heart... As for Cloud, so... if he defeats Sephiroth, or accepts him without turning away from the light, he could end up as Riku did... an in-between existence... Of light AND darkness held equally in one heart...(I myself would like to see a Cloud in a ORG.XIII coat with multiple black angel wings who from time to time whips out Masamune.. LOL)
It's STILL twilight... There's light... there's darkness, and while neither light NOR darkness, there's twilight... Two sides of that = Dusk.... and Dawn.
Ok, before, I used this same concept as subject for speculation... but as it was short lived... and the idea is still an appealing one... I'm going to go with it. Ok, mostly everyone knows how Sephiroth has introduced himself as in Kingdom Hearts 2... Sephiroth has time and again pointed it out that he is Cloud's dark side... meaning.. he is somewhat of an incarnation of the darkness in Cloud's heart... LIKE a Heartless, but not there yet, as Cloud and his heart stay struggling.. As a figure of darkness, an avatar of darkness itself (that of Cloud anyway) he must have some desires for dominance over Cloud's heart, the intention to throw Cloud's heart over the edge and lose to the darkness within... and become a Heartless. So, Sephiroth is very similar to Xehanort's Heartless then. Sephiroth already has the tendency to appear from nowhere, (but none can be sure if this mode of travel can be read back to the dark corridors) and attack with Graviga-like orbs of darkness... But can he call Heartless to his aid, or disguise himself to deceive others (most likely Cloud)?? My main point is that according to Sephiroth's conversations with Cloud... That because Cloud plagues himselfs with unpleasant memories of his past... he is choosing to sooth himself with what MOST represents the darkness about him, instead of moving along with his life and looking to the future with his head held high, a personal decision attributed to the light... So... Does that not mean Cloud has no more or less than 4 choices? 1. Lose to Sephiroth in battle, and become a Heartless, and with a likelihood of spawning a Nobody, or instead small likelihood of spawning a humanoid Nobody. 2. Surrender to Sephiroth, and become a sentient Heartless. 3. Defeat Sephiroth, and choose to move on with his life and leave all contempt for unpleasant memories of the past behind, and become a stronger person. or 4. Find a compromise between them and maybe or maybe not adopt the XIII coat, and characteristics of Sephiroth (wings, Masamune, Graviga techs, Sin-Harvest...etc) and walk the same path as Riku... the road of twilight.
Cuz, that's Xigbar's gimmick... I didn't really notice a personality quirk that worked for Xigbar, so I did that.
I do believe he like, peers out of Sora's hood... (only reason I can think of for not wearing it) No, I mean, he did in CoM...
Ok, ya know how throughout all of KH2 (mostly in Ansem's Reports) they made clear that Namine' was a Nobody born when Kairi's heart was released from Sora's and all that? Well then, how come Namine' joined with Kairi at the end and not Sora?
Well... VILLAIN is such a harsh word. I prefer antagonist. For instance, in KH.. the only villains were the actual Disney villains who teamed up with Maleficent... Clayton, and the Heartless were merely enemies. In KH2.. Shan-Yu and Barbossa were sort of villains, Ursula and Scar were definitely villains, etc. Really, can you blame the Nobodies for wanting to be complete, no longer be what they are? Emotionless shells? Not really, although the Org's methods may not have been the nicest, they weren't doing anything wrong, were they, as far as their goal is concerned? But also... there are times in fiction where noble, justice-driven characters (usually, yes, some sort of knight or warrior) give themselves their own morals or codes, and live by them, and eventually have themselves a mission that makes them look like the bad guys.. So, the Key-Knights may not be bad... but they probably will get in Sora & company's way in the next installment..
LOL How could you use your PS controller as a keychain? Would it fit? lol But I bet it'd be a big black thing with a PS logo on it.. lol probably with green triangle, pink circle, red square, and blue X somewhere on it... lol
Yeah... I doubt the Keyblade works on computerized locks.. afterall, Sora & co. all seemed to be computer illiterate... Oh, and if I noticed correctly from Wonderland and Space Paranoids... I could turn my computer, TV, etc. on too... (Wonderland Sora turned on the lamps with his Keyblade, and in Space Paranoids, he moved the block where it needed to be to complete the circuit)
Hm... ONE character... so hard... I like Sora and all... but he's like my least favorite character... especially with the KH2 persona... He's the typical hard-head... Key to death first, ask questions later.... I swear.. his attitude towards the Organization and their nobodies wasn't right... Ok then, my like, top 5 or something: Goofy, Genie, Mickey, Zexion, Luxord. Goofy, because he's the voice of reason, the understanding big brother, he uses a shield as a weapon--impressive, and he fights for what he believes in... Plus, he's a captain... of knights... ROYAL knights.. That's gotta count for something.. (I myself think being a wizard is cool and all, but Donald's too ignorant and conniving) Genie, because I've liked him since the old "be young and watch Disney movies" days, plus I liked Robin Williams as well. Not to mention that he IS a genie... and is a summon in the KH-series, PLUS he can wield a Keyblade... Mickey... Come on, he's the king, he looked badass in the XIII coat and I'm not afraid to say it... he can also wield a Keyblade, cast white magic (Full-Life and Pearl) do awesome acrobatic attack skills... and apparently is one of the wisest characters... Zexion, ok, he's a Nobody, cool. He's a high-ranking member of the Organization. Sweet. He's the schemer, the thinker not the fighter... he's got like... Cardio-senses or something (his strange sense of smell) and can magically disguise himself and make illusions... he's cool enough to use a BOOK as his weapon.. Luxord.. Nobody, XIII member, Gambler... appeared in Port Royal and played around with the medallions (I thought it was neat) and uses a cool magical deck of themed playing-cards... and dice to fight! His battle was just a GAME to him! Plus he could do like little YuGiOh-esque penalty games by turning his opponents into cards or dice when they lose little random encounters, and can hide people into his cards...
LOL I liked the idea of selling it on Ebay... Ya wouldn't even need to call it back, ya'd just need to wait till the recipient tried to hold it... lol I'd probably break into stores at night, unlock the video games behind the glass.. take what I really wanted.. If I got caught, and went to court, I'd plead guilty, so I'd go to jail, and unlock myself out... Put me in crazy ward w/ straight-jacket, I'd send the Keyblade away... then after I'm in the jacket, I'd call the Keyblade back to me under the jacket, and break out of it... Then get the heck out of there...
Cool. Someone who takes the time to analyze this stuff... (yeah, I do notice how Sora's forte' lies with aerial combat...) I liked how in KH on DI, Riku was smart enough to bend his legs back after falling, and then thrust kick Sora when getting back up... Mickey I think was best with being nimble, and making graceful aerial swings..
Right. I mean, come on, anything having to do with the number 7 is either really good, or really bad... Plus, Riku/Xehanort's Heartless only lost to Sora that one time... and few factors could have brought him to his knees. 1. It was incomplete. 2. Sora wielded both his keyblade, his heart, and Kairi's heart in battle, may not be a for-sure, but if the Dark Keyblade is composed of the hearts of the Princesses of Heart, Kairi's heart being the remainer may have some strength against it. 3. It wasn't really Riku... Xehanort's Heartless was in the driver's seat, only able to wield that Keyblade thanks to Riku's heart and body as a vessel. 4. Riku had lost a battle with Sora's heart and Keyblade not long prior...
lol Fortunately for you... You wouldn't have to lose it.. you could just put it into Hammerspace, or wherever Keyblades go when they're not being used...
Keychain wise... I meant a REAL keychain you own... How would you blow up the world with a Keyblade? (then again, not as far-fetched as I thought...since afterall, legends say the wielder of the Keyblade brought peace.... and in different accounts ravaged the world)
Ok, I don't know about you... but after now realizing that things are having more and more to do with Keyblades... And that the side that looks most trustworthy (the knights) is at a major disadvantage against an old man wielding STRONG magic and a keyblade, and his keyblader associate.... Only one thing comes to mind (now, they probably will have something else in mind, such as recruiting the other Keyblade Masters.. or something, but) the Dark Keyblade... I don't know if it's any more powerful than the Keyblades wielded there... but I'm sure it must be one of a kind... and with its origin, and number involved... It has to be special.. and with the ability to unlock the full potential of one's heart (whether that being good or bad) could be useful... So.. I have a small belief that the plot of the third installment of KH will either revolve around the surviving knights attempting to recruit other wielders of the Keyblade (such as Sora, Riku, Mickey, Kairi, and heck, Sora can summon Genie and HE can wield a Keyblade) OR more likely in my opinion, re-gathering the Princesses of Heart (including Kairi this time) to use their hearts to reforge the Dark Keyblade, better than ever. (think Ultima Weapon, Save the Queen+, and Save the King+, cuz remember, the Dark Keyblade was incomplete when Xehanort's Heartless wielded it as Riku... it was missing Kairi's heart)
If you had a Kingdom Key Keyblade... What would you do with it? There are no Heartless, no Nobodies.. or atleast as far as when you get it.. (for all I know, having a Keyblade in this reality would make the hearts of mankind and other living things able to harbor light and darkness, and thus spawn Heartless when the darkness conquers the heart) What would you do with it? How would you use it? If replacing the Mickey Mouse keychain with one of your own keychains would make it transform, what keychain would you pick?
