I don't want to be hard on Nomura and the team but I guess I'm just so frustrated with how UX and Dark Road are going. Even when there are interesting lore parts here and there, it's soured every time they add something unnecessary with it.
In the past I feel like I'd have a general idea on where the story was going and what Nomura was trying to do. I even sorta guessed that Ven could be from the past/a dandelion because it was "small" enough to kinda make sense I guess.
But now? I feel lost. Wouldn't be more worth their time and effort to make an ACTUAL show or movie or something to present this information? Nothing against the animators cause I know they're working their asses off, but there's no way they're going to be able to market this to the wider Kingdom Hearts audience and make them care about this story when moving into "phase 2".
I feel like they're writing themselves into another "Here was a whole game you probably missed but you need this very important information or some stuff in the future won't make sense!
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Doesn't even matter how much I like or dislike it, I just want to be able to chill in a fandom where everyone is on the same page, the story is able to be followed by at least 75% of the fanbase, and where the bald headed villain guy is finally laid to rest. I'm sorry Nomura but at the end of the day, I just don't like Xehanort like that. Ok? He was a alright villain and I really enjoyed how he tortured my favorite characters and all, but for him, I'm not interested in his anti-villain/anti-hero framing.
Edit: Also, to make it clear, I don't hate Xehanort. I don't know, I just am not sure I like this direction with him at all. Not in the slightest. The best Xehanort moment for me in KH3 was when babynort essentially said "F-U" to Sora as he was fading away in the final battle. Yeah, I'm interested in why he was being such a spiteful excited prick at that moment but everything else? .... EH. It's a conflicting feeling really.