an emotional moment

[Ams Tram Gram]

The Goofy death seemed to me as a spontaneous scene of emotion in order to get some mild development in the characters due to the plot getting too linear. I'll just stick with the old Sora and Kairi scene at the end of KH1, thank you very much.

"Remember what I said before? I'll come back for you, I promise!"

"I know you will!"

When you walk away...

Despite it being horrendously cheesy, it made me emotional (I was 13 though...I only hope I wouldn't cry watching it now).

 

[Apollo]

When Roxas said" I guess my summer is over after all" I love that line!

I also enjoy the scene before Sora gets on the train to go to Yin Sid's. The music was prefect, the mood was set. I almost cried when him and Hanyer talked.

 

[Lifes.Lover]

Demyx's fading.

It just... God, his scream is so heart-wrenching, for all that that bastard made me work at kicking his ass.

 

[Angel]

oh. the end of KH1 makes me cry, to this day.

 

[Lifes.Lover]

I cry that Sora had to leave Riku behind. Kairi.. eh.

 

[Angel]

I cry that Sora had to leave Riku behind. Kairi.. eh.

well, it is pretty sad, too.

"take care of her"

:'(

 

[Lifes.Lover]

It's sad that they're being parted again, and he only talks about Kairi.

 

[Smile]

Think about it though - they had no true guarantee that the Islands really will be restored, that Kairi'll be fine afterwards, that she'll be back on the Islands (being a PoH), and all things considered, Riku's pride accounted for, that was his way of saying "I'm sorry" without saying so.
He thought he didn't have a place left with them, so that was him all but telling Sora, in reverse - don't worry about me.
Also, he accepted Sora as being capable of taking care of Kairi, something he's done anything but during the game, and in his own small way and because they needed to shove SoKai in there only to break it two seconds later gave Sora his blessing in happiness.
Kairi aside, I really love the SoRiku implications that tiny sentence had.

 

[Weeaboo]

Think about it though - they had no true guarantee that the Islands really will be restored, that Kairi'll be fine afterwards, that she'll be back on the Islands (being a PoH), and all things considered, Riku's pride accounted for, that was his way of saying "I'm sorry" without saying so.
He thought he didn't have a place left with them, so that was him all but telling Sora, in reverse - don't worry about me.
Also, he accepted Sora as being capable of taking care of Kairi, something he's done anything but during the game, and in his own small way and because they needed to shove SoKai in there only to break it two seconds later gave Sora his blessing in happiness.
Kairi aside, I really love the SoRiku implications that tiny sentence had.

This post made me lol.

I swear, I cried when I saw Sora crying about Riku. One, I saw Riku and cried because he was so damn hot ;~;

An two because he had been searching for him. Now I understand Sora hugging Kairi he must have been emotional but off camera right.....?

 

[Smile]

This post made me lol.

I do hope you're talking about the strike-through text.

Now I understand Sora hugging Kairi he must have been emotional but off camera right.....?

What hug? Sora and Kairi hugged on two occasions, two of which were displayed. One was when she jumped on him when he was a Heartless to serve as a human shield, and accidentally purified him.
The second was in KH2 when she leaped at the unsuspecting prey they finally met again.

 

[Weeaboo]

I do hope you're talking about the strike-through text.



What hug? Sora and Kairi hugged on two occasions, two of which were displayed. One was when she jumped on him when he was a Heartless to serve as a human shield, and accidentally purified him.
The second was in KH2 when she leaped at the unsuspecting prey they finally met again.

I really meant KH2. I mean, he could have cried or something when the camera was looking at Donald and Goofy right?

Either that or we have one weird way of showing fan service to the yaoi fan group.

 

[Smile]

I really meant KH2. I mean, he could have cried or something when the camera was looking at Donald and Goofy right?

I think that if he was to cry over Kairi, they'd have shown it.

Either that or we have one weird way of showing fan service to the yaoi fan group.

Ooooooooooooor, he's been through a lot more for Riku than he did for Kairi. The scene being one that people can take romantically =\= a romantic scene. Fact: Sora and Riku's friendship is portrayed as much stronger and meaningful to Sora than his friendship with Kairi (How sad his would be friendship with Namine also seems to outshine what he's supposed to have with Kairi). The difference in reunion scenes was inevitable, fanservice regardless.

 

[Weeaboo]

Mmmm...You're right, I think he was more worried for Riku since he had gone through hell compared to what Kairi went through. Also, it didn't help that Sora had to worry about where Riku was while he knew Kairi was on Destiny Islands most of the game. Which also leads to why he was more emotional about Riku. And the fact he's known Riku since he was way younger as opposed to only knowing Kairi for what, 7-8 years?

 

[Smile]

Mmmm...You're right, I think he was more worried for Riku since he had gone through hell compared to what Kairi went through. Also, it didn't help that Sora had to worry about where Riku was while he knew Kairi was on Destiny Islands most of the game.

Or if Riku was even alive and well. It certainly also helped that he not only knew where Kairi was post kidnapping, but also that for whatever extent, she was, in fact - safe. The Org was holding her hostage, and while she was in danger, they wouldn't harm her needlessly.
Lord knew what was going on with Riku though.

Which also leads to why he was more emotional about Riku.

Let us also not forget the guilt that no doubt was involved here. Sora was, after all, the one that ended up locking Riku behind the DtD. Anything and everything that was to happen to Riku afterwards would be Sora's fault, albeit indirectly for the most part.

And the fact he's known Riku since he was way younger as opposed to only knowing Kairi for what, 7-8 years?

He's known Kairi almost as long as he's known Riku. She reached the Islands when both her and Sora were 4 and Riku was 5. That would leave him at best about 3 years of knowing Riku, and while it is friendship from birth like that, in the long run it wouldn't amount to much.
The quality of the friendships is obviously different though, if only because Riku's a boy and Kairi's a girl that said to ditch Riku on the Islands.

 

[Weeaboo]

Whoa that young? Hmm...They didn't look that young from scenes...Eh, could be me.

Bu you're right, there is no way to tell who Sora knew longer so we can't add that to the way he feels for the others. And yes, Sora did seem to feel a lot of guilt after what he had to do. I'm just surprised Sora would have cared for Riku that much after what happened. Then again, Sora understood that Riku didn't do those things because he wanted to, it's because Riku wasn't really Riku anymore when Ansem took over.

 

[Smile]

Bu you're right, there is no way to tell who Sora knew longer so we can't add that to the way he feels for the others. And yes, Sora did seem to feel a lot of guilt after what he had to do. I'm just surprised Sora would have cared for Riku that much after what happened. Then again, Sora understood that Riku didn't do those things because he wanted to, it's because Riku wasn't really Riku anymore when Ansem took over.

The thing is, that Riku had the entire "I want to save Kairi, you dolt!" thing going for him so Sora couldn't blame him 100% along the way, and then he had both Maleficent and Ansem to blame for Riku's behavior, so it was all gone out the window. Like he told Leon - he has a friend to save, and I'd like to think that along the way, Sora did understand what he did wrong to push Riku away.
Both parties were at fault, that's the thing, and why I can relate to a painful level to what Riku did in KH1, despite him being in the wrong mostly.

 

[Weeaboo]

And for the most part, it seemed Sora was really pushing Riku away at the beginning of KH1. So Riku had a hint of jealousy about him when it came to saving Kairi.

He was jealous that Sora would stop caring for him and he was also jealous that Sora had such a powerful weapon that he could save her.

 

[Smile]

And for the most part, it seemed Sora was really pushing Riku away at the beginning of KH1. So Riku had a hint of jealousy about him when it came to saving Kairi.

I know. The thing is, Riku came with all the insecurities Maleficent brought up, and Sora half waved him off, if only because he took it for granted that Riku was still his bestest buddy ever like it was on the Islands.
Har on him.

He was jealous that Sora would stop caring for him and he was also jealous that Sora had such a powerful weapon that he could save her.

I don't think it's as much Sora being able to save Kairi as much as it's
1) Riku being the original Master and Sora took his Keyblade
2) Sora didn't need him anymore. KH1 DI and the ending of KH2 indicate beyond the shadow of a doubt that Riku's lived his entire life besting Sora and being idolized and all but worshiped by him in return. Suddenly Sora had the awesomest weapon in existence, was showing off to Riku (how often did he get to do that?) and to top it all, had new friends to supposedly replace Riku.
There's enough to go on between Sora and Riku without bringing Kairi in, which is part of why I ridicule her even being their friend from the beginning. It's all but redundant since SoRiku alone is enough to explain just about anything and everything that happened in KH1.

 

[Weeaboo]

Still, I gotta feel sorry for the way Riku handled everything only to lose it all.

 

[Smile]

Yeah, that's tragic.