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As is always the case with my terms of hermithood, I bring in a theory that possibly was raised before.
I do not care for that. Suffer.
And please - no Coded/Re:Coded spoilers and 3D info without it being properly marked. :v let's keep this on topic.
So. Up to today we've all known that Riku was the chosen one of the Keyblade and that Sora, going by Nomura's earlier scenarios, reached into Riku's very Heart and pulled the KK from there.
This had some light shed on it as early on as the FM+ and Another Report where Nomura basically said without actually saying it that Terra chose Riku to be a Keyblade Wielder (The Lingering Sentiment acting as Terra proxy telling Sora he did not choose Sora for the Keyblade + Nomura saying the FM+ had a scene talking about Riku being a chosen Wielder + the KK originating from Riku = logical conclusion...).
Of course, if Riku was chosen by Terra, he'd have had a Keyblade inside his Heart only waiting for him to become worthy of it. Only then, Sora intervened, snatching the KK and eventually being chosen by it.
As the KK was originally Riku's, we'd get the Tug-O-War that we did in KH1 until the Keyblade decided Terra's decision wasn't such a good one and went with Sora instead.
BBS shed some more light on this matter. For instance, how could Sora who was not chosen by anyone, Wield to begin with? Well, having Ven's Heart inside his Body could've helped - utilizing Ven's Wielding abilities, he kept using the KK until he was chosen by it, thus becoming a proper Wielder himself. Riku lost the Keyblade, but eventually became worthy of the WttD on his own.
This raises several interesting questions, however.
I'm talking about Vanitas's Keyblade.
Let's face it, there has to be something there.
Well, why not say the Keyblade itself came from Vanitas, too?
This is where the 'wildcard' part of this theory comes into play. And by that I mean, naturally, exactly how Vanitas and Riku are related to each other. For the time being I don't really care about that, mostly because I don't have enough info to go on.
But let's see why such an existential bond makes sense to give Riku the Keyblade.
To begin with, the Tug-O-War suddenly makes a lot more sense. If the KK came from Vanitas who's related to Ven who's inside Sora, suddenly Sora reaching into Riku's Heart to snatch the Keyblade from there becomes a lot less Deus Ex Machina and a lot more plot-established since they're both related to one another on a deep enough level through Ven and Vanitas.
The Keychain itself also makes sense since both Sora and Riku'd use the X-Blade as basis, Sora through Ven and Riku through Vanitas.
And of course, the entire "where did Riku get the KK to begin with for Sora to take". We pretty much know that Ven's Keyblade was dormant until Roxas absorbed Xion and woke it up. That means that Sora as well already had a Keyblade inside him - it just wasn't his own. Riku'd be in a similar situation until Sora, utilizing the Ven-Vanitas relation, pulled it out.
That leaves Riku as a Keybladeless Wielder, one who can be chosen by the WttD in the second half of KH2.
Also, if by some way Vanitas pulled off with Riku something similar to what Ven and Sora did, that would explain why later, when Sora feels Ven's pain, Riku knows what to tell him to do - he might've done the same with Vanitas or had Vanitas guide him to do that.
After all, kid-Riku was such an adorable, caring, Light-filled kid...
Another fun thing to take into consideration:
I wonder exactly how much he was lying when he told Terra this. He'd have, basically, no reason to lie seeing how he already went as far as to tell Terra the truth about what Vanitas is (though of course not how he was created...). Implying in some way that Vanitas was more of a fake or worse, taking something from Ven will no doubt get Terra even more determined to go after Vanitas.
Well... what if it really wasn't his, but... ya know, not quite Ven's, either? I know timeline wise this specific part might not add up, but... what if the looks weren't the only thing he got from Sora? What if he was, in fact, using Sora's Heart to Wield another Keyblade? I know Sora and Roxas shared a Keyblade and that was how, using Ven's Keyblade, Roxas managed to Duel Wield, but... what if this wasn't the case here? What if Vanitas couldn't tap into Ven's Wielding? Or another possibility - what if he could, but that depended on Ven's own state of Heart. Which meant that he couldn't use the Keyblade until he merged his Heart with Sora's - in which case Vanitas'd have access to Sora's own Heart to use the Keyblade through.
Then, seeing how in a way this was Sora's own Keyblade to begin with - we get the entire messy Tug-O-War in KH1 between Sora and Riku that resulted in Sora being chosen by the Keyblade.
ThisalsoexplainsXion'sblackhairthroughherownRikurelations
Yeah iono. I sat with Theater Mode and the Xehanort Reports right now. Go ahead - rip this apart xD; I had my fun.
I do not care for that. Suffer.
And please - no Coded/Re:Coded spoilers and 3D info without it being properly marked. :v let's keep this on topic.
So. Up to today we've all known that Riku was the chosen one of the Keyblade and that Sora, going by Nomura's earlier scenarios, reached into Riku's very Heart and pulled the KK from there.
This had some light shed on it as early on as the FM+ and Another Report where Nomura basically said without actually saying it that Terra chose Riku to be a Keyblade Wielder (The Lingering Sentiment acting as Terra proxy telling Sora he did not choose Sora for the Keyblade + Nomura saying the FM+ had a scene talking about Riku being a chosen Wielder + the KK originating from Riku = logical conclusion...).
Of course, if Riku was chosen by Terra, he'd have had a Keyblade inside his Heart only waiting for him to become worthy of it. Only then, Sora intervened, snatching the KK and eventually being chosen by it.
As the KK was originally Riku's, we'd get the Tug-O-War that we did in KH1 until the Keyblade decided Terra's decision wasn't such a good one and went with Sora instead.
BBS shed some more light on this matter. For instance, how could Sora who was not chosen by anyone, Wield to begin with? Well, having Ven's Heart inside his Body could've helped - utilizing Ven's Wielding abilities, he kept using the KK until he was chosen by it, thus becoming a proper Wielder himself. Riku lost the Keyblade, but eventually became worthy of the WttD on his own.
This raises several interesting questions, however.
- Where did the WttD come from? Is it possible for everyone to be chosen by several Keyblades assuming they for some reason lost their previous ones, and if not, what makes Riku so special?
- Where did the Kingdom Key come from? We know that Aqua sensed Riku was chosen by Terra, but did it mean he already had the KK in his Heart by then and was only not worthy? And does this mean Kairi has one too, but it's just dormant?
Here's an interesting twist on stuff that hopefully, not too many people thought of.
There is, in fact, another Keyblade in play here that depending on the truth behind the matter, might explain where the KK came from while leaving Riku "available" to be picked by the WttD and Kairi Keybladeless so as to explain why in BBS, only Riku and Sora were mentioned as the children to save the universe.
I'm talking about Vanitas's Keyblade.
Let's face it, there has to be something there.
- The battle stance Re:CoM showed us Riku shared with Vanitas already from when he was an infant (seeing as how Namine'd have no reason to change Riku's fighting stance in Sora's Memories). And Roxas and Xion showed us just what the fighting stances mean.
- The Dark suit - sure it can come from Darkness but Xehanort's Heartless wore the same thing that Master Xehanort did. On somewhat lower scales, Roxas, Sora and Ven all wear variations of each other's clothes, and even KH2 Kairi got a dress with some white in it to match Namine, indicating that character design reflects relations. So now you want me to shrug off Riku and Vanitas wearing the same Darkness suit as a coincidence? Puh-lease.
- The KK itself. Sora got the KK Keychain from having Ven's Heart inside him. Now, one possibility would be that Riku just "used" that Keychain, possibly based on his Memories of Sora. But... if for Sora the KK came from Ven relations and it already looks like Riku and Vanitas have some unexplored relations... who's to say the KK Keychain didn't come from Vanitas as well?
Well, why not say the Keyblade itself came from Vanitas, too?
This is where the 'wildcard' part of this theory comes into play. And by that I mean, naturally, exactly how Vanitas and Riku are related to each other. For the time being I don't really care about that, mostly because I don't have enough info to go on.
But let's see why such an existential bond makes sense to give Riku the Keyblade.
To begin with, the Tug-O-War suddenly makes a lot more sense. If the KK came from Vanitas who's related to Ven who's inside Sora, suddenly Sora reaching into Riku's Heart to snatch the Keyblade from there becomes a lot less Deus Ex Machina and a lot more plot-established since they're both related to one another on a deep enough level through Ven and Vanitas.
The Keychain itself also makes sense since both Sora and Riku'd use the X-Blade as basis, Sora through Ven and Riku through Vanitas.
And of course, the entire "where did Riku get the KK to begin with for Sora to take". We pretty much know that Ven's Keyblade was dormant until Roxas absorbed Xion and woke it up. That means that Sora as well already had a Keyblade inside him - it just wasn't his own. Riku'd be in a similar situation until Sora, utilizing the Ven-Vanitas relation, pulled it out.
That leaves Riku as a Keybladeless Wielder, one who can be chosen by the WttD in the second half of KH2.
Also, if by some way Vanitas pulled off with Riku something similar to what Ven and Sora did, that would explain why later, when Sora feels Ven's pain, Riku knows what to tell him to do - he might've done the same with Vanitas or had Vanitas guide him to do that.
After all, kid-Riku was such an adorable, caring, Light-filled kid...
Another fun thing to take into consideration:
Master Xehanort @ Terra about Vanitas said:The Keyblade is not his to bear
I wonder exactly how much he was lying when he told Terra this. He'd have, basically, no reason to lie seeing how he already went as far as to tell Terra the truth about what Vanitas is (though of course not how he was created...). Implying in some way that Vanitas was more of a fake or worse, taking something from Ven will no doubt get Terra even more determined to go after Vanitas.
Well... what if it really wasn't his, but... ya know, not quite Ven's, either? I know timeline wise this specific part might not add up, but... what if the looks weren't the only thing he got from Sora? What if he was, in fact, using Sora's Heart to Wield another Keyblade? I know Sora and Roxas shared a Keyblade and that was how, using Ven's Keyblade, Roxas managed to Duel Wield, but... what if this wasn't the case here? What if Vanitas couldn't tap into Ven's Wielding? Or another possibility - what if he could, but that depended on Ven's own state of Heart. Which meant that he couldn't use the Keyblade until he merged his Heart with Sora's - in which case Vanitas'd have access to Sora's own Heart to use the Keyblade through.
Then, seeing how in a way this was Sora's own Keyblade to begin with - we get the entire messy Tug-O-War in KH1 between Sora and Riku that resulted in Sora being chosen by the Keyblade.
ThisalsoexplainsXion'sblackhairthroughherownRikurelations
Yeah iono. I sat with Theater Mode and the Xehanort Reports right now. Go ahead - rip this apart xD; I had my fun.