Birth by Sleep Vanitas = Xehanort

So lately I've been mentioning in other threads a theory that I think Vanitas is a young xehanort (Heartless Ansem/Xemnas) and I wanted to get you guys' opinion on it.

My reasoning:

Appearance:
First, lets look at the clothing. Vanitas' suit looks similar, if not, the exact same to Riku's dark form, all the way down to the red/blue/black coloring and the weird platform shoes. The only thing thats different is the mask/helmet, because Riku has never worn one as far as we know. Where did Riku get this dark form from? Ahem, Xehanort's heartless. I'm willing to bet that since Xehanort's heartless had the power to give Riku the suit, the real Xehanort probably did too.

Also, look at his keyblade. Now some people might think its a stretch to say this, but it has pretty similar characteristics to Riku's souleater. The same blue/red/black coloring, even the weird eye on the hilt. Again, Riku got souleater from Heartless Ansem (even heartless ansem weilds something that looks like two souleaters in kh1's final battle).

The Names:

First off, Vanitas means death or "emptiness," which is pretty fitting considering Xehanort is also an anagram for "no heart." So you might be thinking "if his name is Vanitas, why the **** would be xehanort?" Lets remember something about Xehanort: if there isnt one thing he likes more than stealing hearts, its stealing names. Remember how in kh1 he was originally thought to be named Ansem? When we found out he was really named something else, we also learned he stole his Master's name...

so...if he did it at that point in time, whose to say he didnt steal MASTER Xehanort's name?

So those are pretty much my thoughts.

 

Riku didn't get his Dark Form from XH. He got it from Maleficent.

 

A good theory, it'd explain why none of the scans have featured him (at least the one's I saw), but as this picture shows, Vanitas' eyebrows and presumably hair are black, not white.

 

They never did explain why Sora's hair was brown and Roxas' was blond...so there might be a slight chance...but I didnt catch that one I guess.

 

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or why kairi's hair is red and namine's is blonde. btw great theory. I thought the same.

 

This was actually my first theory about him. It would make sense for the subordinate wanting to take after the master. But after I saw Vanitas' eye and eyebrow, I dropped the theory.

 

Have to agree there.


Van has really pretty eyes xD Love that shade of gold.

Spoiler

If you ask me, I think Vanitas has hair like Sora, and at the end of the game Van and Ventus probably, like, combine or something as opposite sides of the same heart and thus become Sora. May be a bit wild, but we've seen weirder in KH, right? I'm still standing by my theory that Apprentice Xehanort = Terra.

 

i actually beleive this now. in the new interview nomura says that mx and xehanort have a relationship and how they affect each other. this is the last piece of evidence that i need. vanitas has a very hight possibility of being xehanort.



edit: i did ignore the fact that he cant wield the keyblade but he could have fallen to deep into darkness to wield it. also if what i think is true then van would also be terra lmao which i don't think is true as they are seen together. i fully belive the xehanort is terra so i guess this trumps that theory for me. i think van is some recreation that is meant to duplicate ven and needs vens heart to be complete (as in the scene where mx and ven in olympus castle). he also wants it at its strongest wen he says he will make ven stronger.

 

Become Sora? You realise young Sora is in the game right?