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It was a Saturday evening. I walked into my favorite bar, the DARKNESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS Dive, to order a drink. Or two. Or three. Or four. Or five. Or, well, you get the point.
Halfway into my second Cuba Libre, who should walk in but my good friend Number Zero? Now, Number Zero at the bar is a friend of mine, he buys me my drinks for free.
He's good with a joke, or to light up your smoke, but there's someplace that he'd rather b- uh, never mind.
In any event, he plops down at the bar, orders his favorite drink, a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster(No worries, he had his towel on him.) Now, at the same moment I was chatting with the bartender about Kingdom Hearts 3DS. He and I had come to an agreement that having Riku fight Sora as the final boss would be "really fucking cool." Number Zero nodded in agreement, bringing up the possibility of perhaps having Riku fight a Vanitas possessed Sora.
I objected. Would it not be more appropriate for Aqua to fight Vanitas-Sora? The bartender was indifferent, and ultimately it was a subjective choice. But Number Zero, with about a quarter of his drink left, brought up an interesting dilemma.
Would it be better for Aqua to be a powerful warrior, or at Sora's level?
Powerful, I said, finishing my mix of rum and coke and asking the bartender for one more. She spent eleven years in the ROD, and even if time didn't quite work like that the place was one hell of a work out.
Number Zero, who had started on his second drink as well, agreed. The ROD was hostile and fierce, to be sure, but if Aqua was tough she'd steal the spotlight from Sora
I agreed with the slightly inebriated man, you can't have that happening. But as my BAC climbed and climbed, a thought rushed to my alcohol poisoned brain.
What if Aqua was powerful, but also an aloof ally? Then her time in the ROD would improve her skills as it should have without Sora losing face.
Number Zero chuckled bitterly. Ronove my friend, he said, don't you realize that that would mean less Aqua.
To my horror, it would.
And so, my fellow dancers in life, I ask you this: What role would you rather Aqua play in Kingdom Hearts 3?
A close ally who is weaker than Sora, or a powerful "lone wolf" type of ally who you rarely see? Perhaps even a "foe" who is still good?
The question is open-ended, and there are no right answers. But the dilemma haunted me well after the bartender ejected me out at five in the morning.
Halfway into my second Cuba Libre, who should walk in but my good friend Number Zero? Now, Number Zero at the bar is a friend of mine, he buys me my drinks for free.
He's good with a joke, or to light up your smoke, but there's someplace that he'd rather b- uh, never mind.
In any event, he plops down at the bar, orders his favorite drink, a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster(No worries, he had his towel on him.) Now, at the same moment I was chatting with the bartender about Kingdom Hearts 3DS. He and I had come to an agreement that having Riku fight Sora as the final boss would be "really fucking cool." Number Zero nodded in agreement, bringing up the possibility of perhaps having Riku fight a Vanitas possessed Sora.
I objected. Would it not be more appropriate for Aqua to fight Vanitas-Sora? The bartender was indifferent, and ultimately it was a subjective choice. But Number Zero, with about a quarter of his drink left, brought up an interesting dilemma.
Would it be better for Aqua to be a powerful warrior, or at Sora's level?
Powerful, I said, finishing my mix of rum and coke and asking the bartender for one more. She spent eleven years in the ROD, and even if time didn't quite work like that the place was one hell of a work out.
Number Zero, who had started on his second drink as well, agreed. The ROD was hostile and fierce, to be sure, but if Aqua was tough she'd steal the spotlight from Sora
I agreed with the slightly inebriated man, you can't have that happening. But as my BAC climbed and climbed, a thought rushed to my alcohol poisoned brain.
What if Aqua was powerful, but also an aloof ally? Then her time in the ROD would improve her skills as it should have without Sora losing face.
Number Zero chuckled bitterly. Ronove my friend, he said, don't you realize that that would mean less Aqua.
To my horror, it would.
And so, my fellow dancers in life, I ask you this: What role would you rather Aqua play in Kingdom Hearts 3?
A close ally who is weaker than Sora, or a powerful "lone wolf" type of ally who you rarely see? Perhaps even a "foe" who is still good?
The question is open-ended, and there are no right answers. But the dilemma haunted me well after the bartender ejected me out at five in the morning.
