Re: Kingdom Hearts: Hearts in Unison (Chapter 32 posted)
Vanitas isn't more "back" than Ventus is though, and about the "how", that will be addressed in due time.
It's certainly sort of funny, hence Roxas chuckling as well. The cuteness factor is certainly intended in a way by me, again in a pure innocent manner, although it also does have a deeper meaning hidden. One obvious factor is surely that Ventus doesn't want to be left alone, as he was lonely for the last ten years, but the searching contact with Roxas is also on an instinctive level (which Roxas has too as we will see later) and that is the more deeper meaning behind it.
I've set a threshold by now. If by the time I am going to post chapter 34 I haven't heard anything from Nov regarding the proofreading of chapter 31, as 30 was the last one I got, I will go and look for an interim proofreader.
Quite the surprise, huh?
Hehehe, your reaction is exactly like Terra's in the chapter, y'know? When Terra gets to know it, the reader will too. ^__^
Yep, Ven trashed him in BBS by destroying/shattering the X-blade. How this goes all together though has to do with one of the main plot points of the whole story. All I can say right now is that Vanitas' situation isn't unlike Ven's, and that much of this will already become clearer in the next two chapters. ;D
Heh, going with DDD references again? I though I told you DDD has no impact or whatever on Hearts in Unison. This story starts after Coded and completely replaces DDD. In this timeline, DDD never happens.
The "connection" between Vanitas and Riku isn't anything like the one between Sora and Ven, in fact Riku doesn't even know about it.
Vanitas is the "foreign darkness" though that plagues Riku and without spoiling the revelations next chapter I can already say that this connection is there already since the Days of BBS, only in a more secret and sinister manner.
Relax, all these questions you have are burning within Terra as well, and Vanitas will answer them.
This twist and what follows leads directly into the reasons for Sora's "harbingers of torment", why Roxas is even awake (he should be sleeping in Sora's heart like Ven) and the introduction of the first main antagonist of the story.
I had so much fun writing him like this. Dorky, clueless Roxas is so adorable and I think it reflects very well that in essence, he's mentally only one year old.
Well, at the core he's mainly just curious about it since it differs so much from all Keyblades he has seen so far, so he wants to examine it.
As for Roxas' feelings towards Ven, in the earlier chapters there was so much going on with Ven's pain attacks and Roxas' own confusion that he hadn't time to properly reflect on what his own feelings mean. He did feel that way before, but couldn't name or explain it. Ven just being nice to him and not expecting anything from Roxas or getting mad when he couldn't do anything big to help is something Roxas isn't used to, not to mention his own guilty feelings for inadvertently hurting Ventus.
In the chapters 9 to 11 it is shown that Roxas has quite some difficulties to deal with Ven and his own feelings, on top of this Ven going to make that promise with him and being just so affectionate towards him which not even Xion or Axel ever did.
Roxas knew that he had made a new friend in Ventus, what he didn't realize fully however was just how happy he had become over all of this, almost as if he forgot that feeling after losing nearly everything.
It may seem a bit confusing at first, but this has all strongly to do with a development and Roxas' state itself. In the earlier chapters, he could sometimes feel Ven's pain himself and other flashes of emotion.
In this chapter, he comes to realize more about this phenomena, and there's a particular point when he asks himself "What's up with me?" and feels something else seemingly triggered when in his inner retelling he goes again through the memories of his first "befriending" Ventus.
This is an important hint that will be elaborated upon in the future when the focus switches fully back to Roxas and Ven.
The black tendrils are the same as the ones seeping out of Riku's arm and which pushed Riku out of his own heart. They're primarily Vanitas' doing, although I will say that while he's not being actively involved, Master Xehanort knows what is going on.
The cries of pain Terra can hear are the same ones Riku heard when he destroyed the Unversed who were trying to get to Sora in an earlier chapter before Kairi's arc. I guess it should be easy to deduce to whom they belong then, considering it also happens when Terra uses that shoulder tackle.
This statement of Vanitas is related to this one from BBS:
Thanks, I'm also really pleased that we finally get down to "the meat" of things. The following chapters will set up quite some interesting developments, also since in chapter 35 we will finally meet Xehanort for the first time.
Vanitas isn't more "back" than Ventus is though, and about the "how", that will be addressed in due time.
It's certainly sort of funny, hence Roxas chuckling as well. The cuteness factor is certainly intended in a way by me, again in a pure innocent manner, although it also does have a deeper meaning hidden. One obvious factor is surely that Ventus doesn't want to be left alone, as he was lonely for the last ten years, but the searching contact with Roxas is also on an instinctive level (which Roxas has too as we will see later) and that is the more deeper meaning behind it.
I've set a threshold by now. If by the time I am going to post chapter 34 I haven't heard anything from Nov regarding the proofreading of chapter 31, as 30 was the last one I got, I will go and look for an interim proofreader.
Quite the surprise, huh?
Hehehe, your reaction is exactly like Terra's in the chapter, y'know? When Terra gets to know it, the reader will too. ^__^
Yep, Ven trashed him in BBS by destroying/shattering the X-blade. How this goes all together though has to do with one of the main plot points of the whole story. All I can say right now is that Vanitas' situation isn't unlike Ven's, and that much of this will already become clearer in the next two chapters. ;D
Heh, going with DDD references again? I though I told you DDD has no impact or whatever on Hearts in Unison. This story starts after Coded and completely replaces DDD. In this timeline, DDD never happens.
The "connection" between Vanitas and Riku isn't anything like the one between Sora and Ven, in fact Riku doesn't even know about it.
Vanitas is the "foreign darkness" though that plagues Riku and without spoiling the revelations next chapter I can already say that this connection is there already since the Days of BBS, only in a more secret and sinister manner.
Relax, all these questions you have are burning within Terra as well, and Vanitas will answer them.
This twist and what follows leads directly into the reasons for Sora's "harbingers of torment", why Roxas is even awake (he should be sleeping in Sora's heart like Ven) and the introduction of the first main antagonist of the story.
I had so much fun writing him like this. Dorky, clueless Roxas is so adorable and I think it reflects very well that in essence, he's mentally only one year old.
Well, at the core he's mainly just curious about it since it differs so much from all Keyblades he has seen so far, so he wants to examine it.
As for Roxas' feelings towards Ven, in the earlier chapters there was so much going on with Ven's pain attacks and Roxas' own confusion that he hadn't time to properly reflect on what his own feelings mean. He did feel that way before, but couldn't name or explain it. Ven just being nice to him and not expecting anything from Roxas or getting mad when he couldn't do anything big to help is something Roxas isn't used to, not to mention his own guilty feelings for inadvertently hurting Ventus.
In the chapters 9 to 11 it is shown that Roxas has quite some difficulties to deal with Ven and his own feelings, on top of this Ven going to make that promise with him and being just so affectionate towards him which not even Xion or Axel ever did.
Roxas knew that he had made a new friend in Ventus, what he didn't realize fully however was just how happy he had become over all of this, almost as if he forgot that feeling after losing nearly everything.
It may seem a bit confusing at first, but this has all strongly to do with a development and Roxas' state itself. In the earlier chapters, he could sometimes feel Ven's pain himself and other flashes of emotion.
In this chapter, he comes to realize more about this phenomena, and there's a particular point when he asks himself "What's up with me?" and feels something else seemingly triggered when in his inner retelling he goes again through the memories of his first "befriending" Ventus.
This is an important hint that will be elaborated upon in the future when the focus switches fully back to Roxas and Ven.
The black tendrils are the same as the ones seeping out of Riku's arm and which pushed Riku out of his own heart. They're primarily Vanitas' doing, although I will say that while he's not being actively involved, Master Xehanort knows what is going on.
The cries of pain Terra can hear are the same ones Riku heard when he destroyed the Unversed who were trying to get to Sora in an earlier chapter before Kairi's arc. I guess it should be easy to deduce to whom they belong then, considering it also happens when Terra uses that shoulder tackle.
This statement of Vanitas is related to this one from BBS:
Vanitas was on the impression that Terra as an independent force would be completely gone after Xehanort completes his plan. Seeing Terra now however shows him that Xehanort apparently didn't succeed completely, which seems to please him. Why? That's something to be revealed later.Vanitas said:
Thanks, I'm also really pleased that we finally get down to "the meat" of things. The following chapters will set up quite some interesting developments, also since in chapter 35 we will finally meet Xehanort for the first time.
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