Now calm yourself, let me explain.
It's obvious that Xehanort's Heartless, Ansem seeker of darkness, is a continuation of who he was as a human. The heartless are born from the heart, that heart's darkness forms the heartless, and it's that lack of self and loosing of the mind that makes the heartless mindless.
However Ansem persisted. His mind wasn't lost to the overwhelming darkness that formed him. The evidence is everywhere, especially the reports.
The first 10 or so are written of when he's human with the others written after the experiment took place (cause one report mentions the transformation) and it's obvious from those reports his state of mind did not alter. It merely continued.
Who Ansem was before being heartless is the same as who he was after becoming heartless but therein lies the question "who was Ansem before"? Whose mind is persisting?
Who was this mind ruling the being as a human that continued to reside after he lost his humanity? The logical answer is Apprentice Xehanort but is that the truth?
"Apprentice" Xehanort is a theorized possible 4th personality born in the absence of memory within Terranort. (Terranort-Memories=Apprentice)
This memory loss has been called into question in recent years but I say whether he truly lost his memory or not is in fact an irrelevant matter.
Fans of this particular version, that has only had 2 to 3 scenes of time at most, are likely demanding my logic well let's consider what we know of this elusive matter.
Throughout the reports of KH1 and 2, it is shown in his own writing and most notably in the writings/comments of Ansem the Wise (DiZ) that "Apprentice Xehanort" had a vast curiosity, readily absorbed everything he was taught and most importantly his total lack of regard for other life by experimenting on other people.
Now I know Terra & Eraqus aren't idiots but their not scholars either, nor have they ever showed a large amount of curiosity and by no means are they okay with experimenting on people.
All the things detailed show traits Xehanort would have.
This tells me that even if the memory loss was real that Xehanort was the one controlling the body. So it's not truly a case of a new personality/heart but just Xehanort having a temporary case of forgetfulness which obviously wasn't long lasting.
In the end the whole scenario would've been a more simpler case of Xehanort finally remembering who he was.
And if real world cases of amnesia are anything to go by, it shows that those who remember who they are either merge with the persona they had due to memory loss or the persona from before encompasses the newer one.
Apply that to AX and MX and it only shows that whether memory loss was real or not is irrelevant because MX obviously returned regardless by the time of the experiment when he pulled out his/MX's keyblade and went on his little stab spree.
And to finally tie it all together I point you to this statement here:
The host heart is imprisoned by MX. Simpler put they are no longer a factor for him. The thing that caused this supposed amnesia was Terranort turning MX's keyblade on himself in an attempt to stop Terra's interference.
Of course the attempt went array. Rather than being forced out everything became locked.
Now take the above theory into account with this fact. The locking combined with MX tendency to imprison his host....it would make sense that Eraqus who already seemed more or less dormant in Terra and Terra who was resisting were put into sleep/dormancy by Xehanort's locking also either locking his own memories along with them or his feinting the amnesia.
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In the end I'm saying "Apprentice Xehanort" was MX all along with either his memories locked away with Terra & Eraqus or him truly faking it from the start.
Regardless of either scenario the one running the show was MX showing his true colors and then who subsequently divided himself along with his victims forming Ansem.
The mind ruling Ansem' human form, Master Xehanort, continued to persist after the transformation which I think is shown by Ansem's choice of clothing, his speech and even the hand gestures.
And most importantly of all, Ansem in his robed figure form, going back in time to Young Xehanort. He'd have to actually remember being Master Xehanort to remember being YX and by extension remember/know where and when to travel too in order to recruit him.
Ansem is MX and MX is Ansem. Leaving what was left (terra's body+soul, some memories, and depending on your theory standpoint even Terra/Eraqus himself) to form Xemnas who is described by Nomura to function under separate minds but still "essentially the same man" as Ansem.
(Xemnas becomes the "other Xehanort" going with the nobodies theme of "another self")
It's obvious that Xehanort's Heartless, Ansem seeker of darkness, is a continuation of who he was as a human. The heartless are born from the heart, that heart's darkness forms the heartless, and it's that lack of self and loosing of the mind that makes the heartless mindless.
However Ansem persisted. His mind wasn't lost to the overwhelming darkness that formed him. The evidence is everywhere, especially the reports.
The first 10 or so are written of when he's human with the others written after the experiment took place (cause one report mentions the transformation) and it's obvious from those reports his state of mind did not alter. It merely continued.
Who Ansem was before being heartless is the same as who he was after becoming heartless but therein lies the question "who was Ansem before"? Whose mind is persisting?
Who was this mind ruling the being as a human that continued to reside after he lost his humanity? The logical answer is Apprentice Xehanort but is that the truth?
"Apprentice" Xehanort is a theorized possible 4th personality born in the absence of memory within Terranort. (Terranort-Memories=Apprentice)
This memory loss has been called into question in recent years but I say whether he truly lost his memory or not is in fact an irrelevant matter.
Fans of this particular version, that has only had 2 to 3 scenes of time at most, are likely demanding my logic well let's consider what we know of this elusive matter.
Throughout the reports of KH1 and 2, it is shown in his own writing and most notably in the writings/comments of Ansem the Wise (DiZ) that "Apprentice Xehanort" had a vast curiosity, readily absorbed everything he was taught and most importantly his total lack of regard for other life by experimenting on other people.
Now I know Terra & Eraqus aren't idiots but their not scholars either, nor have they ever showed a large amount of curiosity and by no means are they okay with experimenting on people.
All the things detailed show traits Xehanort would have.
This tells me that even if the memory loss was real that Xehanort was the one controlling the body. So it's not truly a case of a new personality/heart but just Xehanort having a temporary case of forgetfulness which obviously wasn't long lasting.
In the end the whole scenario would've been a more simpler case of Xehanort finally remembering who he was.
And if real world cases of amnesia are anything to go by, it shows that those who remember who they are either merge with the persona they had due to memory loss or the persona from before encompasses the newer one.
Apply that to AX and MX and it only shows that whether memory loss was real or not is irrelevant because MX obviously returned regardless by the time of the experiment when he pulled out his/MX's keyblade and went on his little stab spree.
And to finally tie it all together I point you to this statement here:
— What happens to the hearts of those who have had Master Xehanort’s heart planted within them?
Nomura: They’ll gradually be swallowed by it. As for Master Xehanort, he plans to control them completely. The planted parts of the heart are captured rather than disappear.
The host heart is imprisoned by MX. Simpler put they are no longer a factor for him. The thing that caused this supposed amnesia was Terranort turning MX's keyblade on himself in an attempt to stop Terra's interference.
Of course the attempt went array. Rather than being forced out everything became locked.
Now take the above theory into account with this fact. The locking combined with MX tendency to imprison his host....it would make sense that Eraqus who already seemed more or less dormant in Terra and Terra who was resisting were put into sleep/dormancy by Xehanort's locking also either locking his own memories along with them or his feinting the amnesia.
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In the end I'm saying "Apprentice Xehanort" was MX all along with either his memories locked away with Terra & Eraqus or him truly faking it from the start.
Regardless of either scenario the one running the show was MX showing his true colors and then who subsequently divided himself along with his victims forming Ansem.
The mind ruling Ansem' human form, Master Xehanort, continued to persist after the transformation which I think is shown by Ansem's choice of clothing, his speech and even the hand gestures.
And most importantly of all, Ansem in his robed figure form, going back in time to Young Xehanort. He'd have to actually remember being Master Xehanort to remember being YX and by extension remember/know where and when to travel too in order to recruit him.
Ansem is MX and MX is Ansem. Leaving what was left (terra's body+soul, some memories, and depending on your theory standpoint even Terra/Eraqus himself) to form Xemnas who is described by Nomura to function under separate minds but still "essentially the same man" as Ansem.
(Xemnas becomes the "other Xehanort" going with the nobodies theme of "another self")
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