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SoKai Dates: or how they choose to spend their limited time together

(Hint: it’s very, very selflessly).

Watching fireworks with Chirithy:

Helping Chirithy return to Ven:

Which, when you think about it, is one of the most selfless things they can do with their time. Sora is fading away and he at least knows they have limited time left together (and I would imagine Kairi suspects/knows as well), but the first thing they do is help Chirithy make happy memories with them, and then make sure Chirithy reunites with Ven. They’re good, selfless people, through and through, and it shows in everything they do. 

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The Secret of the Old Mansion

Want to know what’s up with the old Mansion in Twilight Town? Well I figured it out! So sit back as I pull together a shit ton of red dots that hopefully come together to mean something.

First is the facts we know from kh2 and Days. We know Roxas formed as a Nobody in front of the Mansion. The wiki also says “all new human form nobodies form in Twilight Town- in front of the manor gates.” I know it’s a thing from Days but I don’t have time to find the exact place. We know the mansion is old… and abandoned. Not big shockers I know. We know there’s a legend of a ghost girl and in the data Twilight town that girl was Namine. We know Diz and Riku hid Sora there for a year while Namine tried to put together his memories. We know Diz used the computer in the mansion to put Roxas in a data Twilight Town. We know there are more pods than would be needed to heal Sora, Donald, and Goofy. And finally the biggest piece. We know from a description in KH2 that the pods “Have been used before”.

Now we get to start putting all these facts together! First thing is the “all human nobodies form in twilight town” is a lie. We know 1-8 formed in Radiant Garden now turned in Hallow Bastion. We see Roxas form in front of the Mansion so that’s at least true. But who does that leave to be “all human nobodies”? why Demyx, Luxord, Marluxia, and Larxene of course! All four of them showing up at the same place from the past makes sense. It explains why Xigbar and also Xemnas know for a fact Luxord was from Daybreak even if Xigbar doesn’t remember him.

Now I theorized these four woke up in Twilight town months ago. Back then I assumed they were kept in the “used” pods from the fight with Brain countless years ago until now. But there’s something else in that basement. Something Diz uses to make the first Datascape we ever see in the series. There’s an old ass computer built into the walls of the basement, with enough memory storage to hold an entire Twilight town and virtual versions of the citizens. Diz was in hiding with Riku for a year they wouldn’t have had enough time to build the computer and the pods while also being in hiding. There just wasn’t enough time. Now I don’t doubt Diz made the Data Twilight. But he managed to do that with a preexisting computer that is also hooked up to the pods the four nobodies just happened to come out of.

Now everyone knows the Daybreak town in khux is a data world. That it was used to hold all the Dandelions that needed to survive the first keyblade war. Basically a digital bomb shelter while the keyblade graveyard was literally nuked by kingdom hearts. We know the original Daybreak town is underwater thanks to kh3. So where’s the physical computer that’s storing all of Data Daybreak? 

The computer in the mysterious mansion is the mainframe for data Daybreak town. And Diz used the digital world making software to make the Digital Twilight town. The pods are there to reform the Dandelions out of Data. When Brain and Lauriam fought Lauriam’s group got sent out of the simulation early. A group that included Ventus. Ventus who was “found” by Xehanort as a keyblade wielding kid with amnesia.

Fast forward a few years and Xemnas is trying to make kingdom hearts with his organization. But he needs a keyblade wielder to do that. So where does he go? Back to where Xehanort got Ventus. Unfortunately he gets a keybladeless amnesiac lazy bastard who hates fighting. But hey there’s still three other people in those pods. Surely one of them will wake up with their keyblade. No, no they did not. So now Xemnas is just stuck with four more teenagers that grow up into rebellious young adults. And when he finally finally gets a keyblade wielder it’s an exact copy of Ventus. It’s like when there’s a two rare metal banner in khux and you get the first rare metal on your first draw. You then keep trying for the second rare metal and you spend all your gems. Only for on the last draw to give you a second copy of the rare metal you already have and not the second one you’ve been spending all your gems to try and get.

So yeah the Twilight town mansion is so old Master Ava was able to set up the Daybreak simulation in it’s computer. The pods were made for a mass exodus once the worlds were safe from the keyblade war. The rest of the Dandelions and possibly Brain are still in there. And I have a feeling someone knows the password to release all the other Dandelions. Meaning the next “war” might be a little bigger than 20 people.

Sea Salt Trio’s reunion // Wayfinder Trio’s reunion

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today is 12/25/2018! merry christmas

kh3 announced: june 10, 2013 (2025 days ago)

last main series release: kh2 released in europe, september 29, 2006 (4471 days ago)

last original release: dream drop distance in north america, july 31, 2012 (2339 days ago)

last release overall: the story so far for ps4 (56 days ago)

release date announced: june 10, 2018 (198 days ago)

release date: january 29, 2019 (35 days from now)

How Mickey’s Poor Memory Ties Into KH3: Kingdom Hearts Meta

Right, so I just finished watching the ReCoded HD Cutscene movie and there’s something that stuck out to me.

So we all know that Mickey knew Terra, Aqua, and Ventus over ten years ago according to the KH lore. Yet he never brought them up. This is highlighted in the KH 2.8 Remix trailer when Mickey not so subtly drops that not only did he know them, but he met Aqua once in the Realm of Darkness. 

This naturally got a lot of people in the fandom really mad. After the sad events that transpired in Birth By Sleep, the only survivor of the ordeal finds out information but doesn’t say anything for ten years? Yeah, that would be suspicious… but is it possible his actions can be explained?

Let’s step back from that for a minute and go towards KH2. Mickey met Xemnas. The leader of Organization 13. The guy who was purposefully destroying countless worlds so he could create Kingdom Hearts. Yet, even though Mickey clearly met him and understands the danger the worlds are in, he completely forgets ever seeing Xemnas until he sees him again at Hallow Bastion.

Which makes things worse considering Xemnas was the spitting image of Terra. And even though Mickey never met Terra personally, he does know Xemnas’ true identity because of his reaction to it in Dream Drop Distance.

So why would Mickey just casually forget the pain and suffering of his friends? Or forget who Xemnas is?

It’s a mystery unless you analyze the psychology of ReCoded.

Near the end of the game, Data Sora is taken to Castle Oblivion where he begins to walk through the castle and starts forgetting all of his friends. Data Roxas tells him that it’s better to just forget and not connect with people in the first place, because that hurt will destroy him. 

Essentially, if Data Sora dwells on the pain, then the darkness will overtake him. Instead of Mickey easily giving sage advice… he instead says something interesting. 

The reason why this is interesting is because MICKEY HAS BEEN THERE!

Mickey was the sole survivor of the onslaught that transpired between Aqua, Ventus, and Terra against Master Xehanort. A fight he wasn’t even supposed to be a part of. Yet because of his friendship with those three, he wanted to join in to help in any way he could…

And he couldn’t save them.

Mickey didn’t just forget about Terra, Aqua, and Ven as the years went by… he repressed those memories on purpose because it hurt too much to think about. That guilt built up but he couldn’t face his past because that pain was too much for him. And according to Data Roxas, if you dwell on the pain you fall into darkness. We may not see Mickey get close to darkness per-say, but we do see the effects their losses in his actions. 

Why he travels alone during KH1 and 2? Why he has such a strong reaction to Goofy’s “death”? Why he’s so desperate to not let Riku fall into darkness? Why he “forgot” Xemnas?

It’s because he has been hurt by loss in the past and instead of facing that pain head on and accepting it, he ran away and attempted to prevent that pain from happening again by simultaneously trying to repress the memories and trying to make sure it doesn’t happen again. 

That’s why he’s forgotten, but won’t let go. He doesn’t want his friends to go down the same path, but he doesn’t want to go through that pain again. 

The King is at a crossroads throughout most of the games because of these conflicting emotions! Also, Mickey has taught himself that all darkness is inherently evil and that no form of darkness should ever exist. Which also includes feelings such as sadness, anger, loss, or regret…

So he can really relate to Data Sora here. 

If Mickey let his pain in, would it pull him to the darkness? Would it overtake him?

But the difference between Data Sora and Mickey is that Data Sora is willing to accept that pain is essential to who you are and you must carry it. Data Sora can accept it while Mickey, although he accepts darkness can be used for good, still struggles with accepting his own darkness.

And who conveniently meets up with Data Sora after he learns to accept the fact that you gotta carry your pain with you?

That’s right. Mickey. Yes, he didn’t have the energy to talk to Data Sora during Data Sora’s battle with Roxas, but Mickey had to at least keep track of Data Sora somehow. Otherwise he wouldn’t know where Data Sora would be in the Datescape. It’s possible Mickey could have kept a connection open enough so that he could hear Data Sora. Mickey had to since just after he says he’s glad to catch up with Data Sora, he says:

So Mickey knew what Data Sora was going through. Could it be possible that Mickey took his time because he was realizing that Sora was doing something he couldn’t? That Data Sora could accept pain as natural and carry the weight without it letting the pain overtake him?

 If Mickey heard the whole exchange between Data Sora and Data Roxas, Mickey would have been faced with a decision. A decision that he’s been running away from for over ten years.

If Mickey were to help Data Sora find the hidden pieces of the journal, he must learn to accept his own pain too. And even though we do not see how Mickey gets affected on a surface level, we do see how the experience changed him immediately after Mickey returns to the real world.

After the events of this game, Mickey seems more aware of his missing friends. In the secret ending of the game, Mickey immediately starts talking to YenSid about finding Ven’s heart and saving Terra, Ven, and Aqua.

 It could be possible that he has been investigating their losses in the past, but it was only after he accepted that he wasn’t good enough to save them that he was able to get emotionally strong enough to face his mistakes and take his pain head on.

Data Sora showed him the way. After being with Data Sora and facing the memories that were too painful to bear according to Naminé, Mickey had to face the loss he ran away from for over ten years.

Sora’s not the only one who needed a hand to hold during this painful re-experience.

Naminé then says this to Mickey specifically:

Because, she’s right. Mickey does know how much they’re hurting. And how long he has been running away from that pain.

But now he needs to face it, accept it, and carry the burden to make it right.

Some say that ReCoded was pointless. 

I say it added a lot of depth to Mickey and answered a lot of questions related to his character. 

Now Mickey isn’t afraid of his own pain, guilt, and loss anymore. Now he can accept that darkness as a part of himself.

It may be a long time coming, but because of his adventures with Data Sora, Mickey is finally ready to acknowledge his memories, forgive himself, move forward, and finally take the steps to save his friends in Kingdom Hearts 3.

「 “He really wanted to meet you.” 」

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