Parents

My problem with the Namine theory is this. First, it doesn't explain why they aren't brought up in the bulk of KH1. Second, once Namine restored the memories she messed up they remember him again, and it isn't like they they are unaware of time passing at that point. It is most noticable when Sora goes to Hollow Bastion the first time. Yuffie had a feeling something was up and that they would see Sora soon when all of them remembered Sora at the same time, and Cid jokes that the only way Sora could of just been asleep the whole time he was missing was if he was in cryostasis (aka frozen, for those of you who don't know the term). So wouldn't Sora's parrents end up with a panic attack at that point when they just spontaniously remember that they both have a son that vanished over a year ago?

 

Okay, let's take a new approach: Sora and Riku just don't care about their parents. This was established early on, where they showed no regard for their parents what-so-ever. Riku gave them an offhand mention, before diving into the darkness, to go to other worlds.

In other words, they don't have a strong relationship with their children, as strange as that sounds, so they don't matter to the plot, apart from the necessary providing for their kids.

 

I doubt this is the case. It's more like, the parents don't really fit anywhere in the story, but Square still wanted to appeal to a younger audience. They were pretty much focusing on friendship and not family with Kingdom Hearts.

The parents are there, and perhaps they worried, but didn't have enough time to look for the kids due to the memory wipe. The adventures weren't really that long.

KH1 must have taken a month, give or take, considering COM took around 24 days for Sora according to the Ultimania. So, to the parents he must have been gone for around a month and a few days>>Forgotten for the year>>Then possibly remembered for KH2.

Still, they're practically non-existent and I bet Square could re-do the whole parents thing.

 

Riku specifically stated "We may never see our parents again" and jumped into the darkness. Sora didn't tell his mother he was going out in the middle of a storm. Neither of them pays any mind to the fate of their parents after arriving in Traverse Town, although both care very much about Kairi.

I'm looking for in-game justification, the Watson explanation. You're giving a meta, Doyle explanation.

 

It seems to me that the parents obviously trust their kids a lot. I mean they let them go off, on their own, all day. Even from the time Sora and Riku were like..4 and 5. I suppose Destiny Islands can't be a very large place though.

Kairi's 'father' is the mayor, so he probably is much too busy to pay much attention to her now that she's old enough to basically care for herself.

It can only be assumed that Sora's parents either care and Squeenix is aiming the game towards kids so leave out the grown ups, or they don't care about the kid. But hey. at the very least, she makes him dinner.

Riku...no one knows. Obviously he doesnt care much about his parents. Perhaps they feel the same.

 

I begin to think Riku hasn't got any parents , i don't think sora thought twice about his parents before going , but when destiny island was taken by darkness what happened to said parents?

 

But there's the line "We may never see our parents again" from Riku. That strongly implies that he still has parents. I guess he just doesn't care as much.

 

Wait...i realized one thing , the woman that said "Sora ,Dinners ready" i In kh1 , its not proved she is his mother right? and , i repeat , destiny island was engulfed by darkness , what would have happened to the Parents?

 

I assume they were also taken by the darkness, and turned into heartless. They would have been restored later, at the end of KH1, when Sora restored all the worlds.

 

The parents aren't in the game guys, big whoop. The only reason they mention their parents at all is just to confirm that yes they have them to avoid having to try to explain why a bunch of kids are on a world by themselves when this isn't Neverland. I mean just confirming they have parents is alot easier then having to come up with a story like "oh this is a world where kids run away to so they can just have fun their whole lives" and then backing that up. Having the parents mentioned just once is enough to make sense of their existence. this game is following the basic plot of any rpg, kids come of "video game maturity" which is usually 13-16 and go off on an adventure, at which point they have little to no contact with their parents.

also as far as the monomyth goes not every story follows it 100% and not every story needs to you can omit parts entirely and still create a compelling story.

 

But , they are kids and riku saying "we may never see our parents again " comfirms it , but it would be weird because wouldn't your parents be worried about you if you were out too long? when everyone remembered Sora , this must include his parents , they would have been like "omg , our son has been gone for ages" This brings us to wonder what they would do.

 

Thats assuming that Sora's mum and dad do remember him for all we know when the memories came back they still didn't remember him. Or maybe false memories were put in place to give Sora's peice of mind like maybe they think he is in boarding school or something.

 

Well , i'm sure namine put everything back the way it was , leon and the others all rememberd sora at the same time , i'm sure everyone who had met sora had this sudden rememberance , but i'm thinking that the parents would probably greive , they probably remember sora not coming down for dinner and realized he had run away , i wonder what they would do once they had this sudden rememberance

 

You guys... Not to ruin your fun and all, but does it honestly matter if there are parents in the story?

I mean, we kinda know they're there, but they're just really kinda...not that big a deal, you know? If they were, I'm sure that Squeenix would make a bigger emphasis on them.

 

It puts Sora and Riku in a rather bad light. Both of them left their parents for over a year. We're trying to figure out if they really are so inconsiderate, or whether their parents were unaffected.

 

Since the islands were destroyed, and both Riku and Sora went somewhere else, doesn't that mean their parents would have too? I'm sure there was this whole back scene after KHII was over that the two reconciled with their moms and dads, but we just didn't see it.

 

I doubt they did , i'm guessing they got turned into heartless when destiny island was engulfed by darkness , they got restored when the world was saved by sora , i don't think people in kh are considerate about their children or parents >>

 

"What happened to my Island? Riku? Kairi?!?"
This statement proves sora wasn't thinking about his parents when destiny Islands was "gone"

and when the gang is planning on going away on a raft, none of them had the nerve to ask "what are our parents going to think" or something like that... They just wanted to go...
Kairi didn't really have to worry about parents but I assume someone had to take her in so wouldn't they worry too?

and we don't actually know if the parents cared or not either...
a) We don't get to hear or see anything about them exept for when sora's mom calls him for dinner. b) They would turn into heartless when the world got devoured by darkness (unless they escaped somehow but that isn't likely) c)what was sora's mom thinking before KH2 but after KH1? (during CoM times... Destiny Islands was back at that time so his mom could have been worrying, same with riku's parents) d) what sora's mom/parents were thinking during Kh 2 (she would have forgot him until he was re-awakened... and yet again Riku's parents)

 

Well it's not exactly like Sora's parents can jump in a gummi ship and track them down.

 

lol, ya.... but they didn't assume he was somewhere on the island and look there