Spoiler alert.
I have absolutely no idea if this is a repeat thread. Or if this is completely obvious and not worth a thread. Sorry if so. Never seen it mentioned before.
You probably noticed that Square really loves their trios in Kingdom Hearts. Specifically, they like having two guys and a girl in any particularly important group.
Sora, Riku, Kairi.
Roxas, Axel, Xion.
Ven, Terra, Aqua.
Hayner, Pence, Olette.
Special Nobodies? Roxas, Xemnas, Naminé.
Always two guys and a girl. You already know this.
Yeah, there are other trios with all guys, sure. Sora, Donald, Goofy. Doesn't matter much. Far as I can tell, all the plot-important trios are two guys and a girl, except for Sora/Donald/Goofy, I guess.
I don't want us to get off-topic talking about that, though. If it makes you feel better, mentally change the title to "So who's the third person, then?" Point is, it's always trios, and important ones are usually two guys and a girl.
So, now we got Axel and Saïx. Or rather, Lea and Not-Saïx. Let's assume they were friends before they joined the Organization (as seemed obvious from Days, but I suppose I should establish that as my premise right now so we don't get off topic over that, either). So we have two guys.
Where's the girl?
Why are they suddenly giving us a simple two-man-band? Just two guys? No trio? Why are they leaving out the girl this time? Doesn't even have to be a girl, just why are there only two people? It doesn't make sense for Square to suddenly stop using the trio motif.
Theory tiem!
If Lea shows up in BBS, and I honestly have no doubt he will, it seems like a pretty good bet that Not-Saïx will be with him. That leaves us with only 2/3 of a trio.
There will be someone else with them. Surprise!
And it will probably be a girl. Just to draw the parallels between Ven/Terra/Aqua and Sora/Riku/Kairi.
Why didn't Axel or Saïx ever mention her? I dunno, there are handwaves for that. You can probably come up with better ones than I can. Too painful? No real reason to do so? Wanted to keep it secret for some reason? They did and we didn't catch it yet? Whatever. It's not much of a plot hole if there are numerous (if lame) excuses for it.
Well, seems to me, if it's a girl, who else could it be but Not-Larxene? There are no other girls in the series. Maybe Aqua could join the party, but it seems too temporary. Soon as Aqua's gone, back to a two-man-band.
Of course, Larxene would be a helluva lot younger in BBS, since she joined the Organization so late. Maybe 13-15? Or maybe my math is wrong, I dunno. If Larxene ever showed up anywhere in BBS and not just as the third part of the trio, she'd be a lot younger than in Days/CoM.
Why didn't they recognize her? I dunno, maybe they did and decided not to mention it. Or they forgot about her or something. Or more likely, because she'd be so much older, they honestly couldn't recognize her.
So, this thread is about Axel and Saïx and why there's no one else with them.
Why would Square suddenly stop with the trio motif they had in all the other games to give us just Axel and Saïx/Lea and Not-Saïx?
Could there be another, unmentioned person to complete the trio?
Could it be Larxene? Could she show up in BBS?
Discuss?
I have absolutely no idea if this is a repeat thread. Or if this is completely obvious and not worth a thread. Sorry if so. Never seen it mentioned before.
You probably noticed that Square really loves their trios in Kingdom Hearts. Specifically, they like having two guys and a girl in any particularly important group.
Sora, Riku, Kairi.
Roxas, Axel, Xion.
Ven, Terra, Aqua.
Hayner, Pence, Olette.
Special Nobodies? Roxas, Xemnas, Naminé.
Always two guys and a girl. You already know this.
Yeah, there are other trios with all guys, sure. Sora, Donald, Goofy. Doesn't matter much. Far as I can tell, all the plot-important trios are two guys and a girl, except for Sora/Donald/Goofy, I guess.
I don't want us to get off-topic talking about that, though. If it makes you feel better, mentally change the title to "So who's the third person, then?" Point is, it's always trios, and important ones are usually two guys and a girl.
So, now we got Axel and Saïx. Or rather, Lea and Not-Saïx. Let's assume they were friends before they joined the Organization (as seemed obvious from Days, but I suppose I should establish that as my premise right now so we don't get off topic over that, either). So we have two guys.
Where's the girl?
Why are they suddenly giving us a simple two-man-band? Just two guys? No trio? Why are they leaving out the girl this time? Doesn't even have to be a girl, just why are there only two people? It doesn't make sense for Square to suddenly stop using the trio motif.
Theory tiem!
If Lea shows up in BBS, and I honestly have no doubt he will, it seems like a pretty good bet that Not-Saïx will be with him. That leaves us with only 2/3 of a trio.
There will be someone else with them. Surprise!
And it will probably be a girl. Just to draw the parallels between Ven/Terra/Aqua and Sora/Riku/Kairi.
Why didn't Axel or Saïx ever mention her? I dunno, there are handwaves for that. You can probably come up with better ones than I can. Too painful? No real reason to do so? Wanted to keep it secret for some reason? They did and we didn't catch it yet? Whatever. It's not much of a plot hole if there are numerous (if lame) excuses for it.
Well, seems to me, if it's a girl, who else could it be but Not-Larxene? There are no other girls in the series. Maybe Aqua could join the party, but it seems too temporary. Soon as Aqua's gone, back to a two-man-band.
Of course, Larxene would be a helluva lot younger in BBS, since she joined the Organization so late. Maybe 13-15? Or maybe my math is wrong, I dunno. If Larxene ever showed up anywhere in BBS and not just as the third part of the trio, she'd be a lot younger than in Days/CoM.
Why didn't they recognize her? I dunno, maybe they did and decided not to mention it. Or they forgot about her or something. Or more likely, because she'd be so much older, they honestly couldn't recognize her.
So, this thread is about Axel and Saïx and why there's no one else with them.
Why would Square suddenly stop with the trio motif they had in all the other games to give us just Axel and Saïx/Lea and Not-Saïx?
Could there be another, unmentioned person to complete the trio?
Could it be Larxene? Could she show up in BBS?
Discuss?