Been Alone for So Long

[Smile]

I just looked up the scene on youtube since I'm stalling on the actual playing of it

We all remember Naminé's infamous and somewhat problematic line, quoted in the title.

"I've been alone for so long".

I remember the times in which I'd have leaped at it, clung to it for dear life, and raised the notion that this was a contradiction with the claimed time of Naminé's birth.
Then came Another Report and Naminé was confirmed by Nomura to have been born at the same time Roxas was.
And then people said that Naminé's line from the original CoM for having been alone for so long was corrected in Re:CoM to having always been alone. Thus, no matter how long she's been around, she was alone, even if for a month.

And then came Re:CoM to America and said that no, she was alone for so long.

Har.

Vote and Discuss.
Poll options bringing up nonsense to talk about.

 

[Byronic Hero]

Any period of time can feel like an eternity when you have no one to spend it with. I think that's what she was saying.

"I've been alone for so long" = "Damn, I was lonely for thoes few months"

 

[Lifes.Lover]

I remember that line. I also remember someone who hates Naminé bringing that line up, saying 'how can she have been alone for so long if she is only about a month old? The wimp'.

I always did wonder about how long CoM was. It could span for a while, thus leading to her saying that. It could also her being locked up for a little bit of time and thus losing any sense of time that she had. Days could seem like forever if you don't know any different.

 

[Smile]

Now I have to wonder who voted for the option saying Namine was actually born not when Roxas was, but only woke up then XD;;;
Lol night of the storm

 

[Ore012]

So Long?

She said that In the Castle Right?
Well, When she was in the castle didn't time Fly by like it was a couple weeks and/or months.
It's somewhere On that line but I really can't remember how to put it though.

I'll try and Concentrate my thoughts on it more.....
Hm...?

 

[sballien]

I think that line refers to the time she was captive in castle oblivion...saying that she'd been alone for a while

 

[Antiquity]

Well, sitting around in a completely white castle can make you crazy and make it feel like days have been going by. Seems like it'd be a mistranslation, but I dunno.

 

[Aqua.]

i don't think it was mistranslation, but probably just like they meant to say it like that to give the player a more pathos sort of view towards her reasons to change sora's memories and to work for the org.

being alone and having nothing to do all day does seem very long. if you think about it in her point of view that is.

 

[#1 Xemnas]

either line means the same, really. she's just really lonely. being stuck in that castle for whatever amount of time with no-one but Marluxia is both scary and lonely.

 

[Eternal_Key]

Damn its been a while...

Last time I checked, there is no visible sign of time passing by in the KH series. So for all we know, the time between Namine's birth and the end of KH1 could be weeks, even months! Seems unlikely but think about it. The only time we know that time goes by is in Destiny Islands, where we actually see morning, noon, and night. Traverse Town is eternally in nighttime, Twilight Town is eternally in daytime, and all other worlds have only one time of day.

 

[Apasstrife]

i think that line means that no one cares about her or even think of her (she was only a part of a plan, an objet to the org)...... and sora start to care about her (even if its a lie) so she didnt feel like she was lonely anymore

 

[Audo]

I don't really see much of an issue with the statement myself. Given how she woke up in CO, and it was a while before the Org even found her, that time could seem like it stretched on forever (especially given how she had no sense of time). So, I don't see an issue, myself.

 

[bittermeat]

It really is irrelevant, she isn't talking about periods of time. The whole quote, according to GBA English version, goes like:

Jiminy: Is that the person who made you tamper with our memories?

Naminé: He said he'd keep me locked away in this castle forever if I didn't
obey. I've been alone for so long...

The same concerning line in Japanese is: 私、ずっとひとりだったから…。

Literally, "Because/since I was so alone..."

The point being, she's trying to explain partly why she was weak and listened to Marluxia. I wouldn't call it a mistranslation, it's just hard to localize Japanese to English and convey the same nuance. I think the English version makes sense though and you're just over analyzing it for a lost detail.

 

[Smile]

I think the English version makes sense though and you're just over analyzing it for a lost detail.

I think I'm just over analyzing it, period
Well, this has outlived my amusement of it :lol: