In order to survive, Ven had to connect his heart to Sora's at the beginning of BBS. Here's a list of what happened:
-Ven gained the power to keep on living
-Vanitas gained Sora's look
-Ven and Sora are connected
The first thought that comes to mind is that Sora gave Ven some of his light. The important note, however, is that their hearts are connected. That being said, Ven and Sora share the same light and darkness. So how can Ven, someone with a heart of pure light, have Sora's darkness? Well, he doesn't. the darkness goes straight to Vanitas, partially explaining why Van looks like Sora.
We all know that Ven and Sora connected hearts, but perhaps there is another person that chose to connect their heart to other people. I'm thinking MX.
What do we know about MX? Well, he has these "seeds" around that gain his traits in appearance. The trait that could make these seeds so special is that they could have hearts connected to MX's. Notice how he says, "You are just one of the many roads I may choose to take." How could Terra be considered a road? He was sharing a body with MX. What was the first place Ven's heart went to when he comatosed? Sora's body. Perhaps MX connected his heart to other people so that it could go to one of them if necessary.
There's a difference, though, between Sora connecting to Ven and MX connecting to someone (for example, Braig). Ven didn't receive any of Sora's physical traits. However, Van goes to show that it's possible for connecting hearts to lead to changes in appearances. So, MX connecting his heart to Braig would mean that Braig would inherit MX's physical traits. Now, a reason why Ven didn't inherit Sora's traits could be that Sora's light could simply be sleeping within Ven. Riku had his darkness awakened by Maleficent in order to pull out the darkness suit, so perhaps elements of the heart can sleep within people until awakened (Van can be an exception since his fake body could've had side effects).
Some would say that MX's traits come from darkness in general (I'M LOOKING AT YOU, RELIX), but people who corrupt themselves with darkness usually end up with yellow eyes, not necessarily pointy ears. While Apprentice Xehanort did do that, it took him some time to develop the yellow eyes. All the while, he did have MX's pointy ears. Also, pointy ears can't be a darkness effect that comes before yellow eyes because AtW and probably Terranort (MX controlling Terra) and Van had yellow eyes and no pointy ears. One could say that developing pointy ears out of darkness is up to chance, but I'd say otherwise.
-Ven gained the power to keep on living
-Vanitas gained Sora's look
-Ven and Sora are connected
The first thought that comes to mind is that Sora gave Ven some of his light. The important note, however, is that their hearts are connected. That being said, Ven and Sora share the same light and darkness. So how can Ven, someone with a heart of pure light, have Sora's darkness? Well, he doesn't. the darkness goes straight to Vanitas, partially explaining why Van looks like Sora.
We all know that Ven and Sora connected hearts, but perhaps there is another person that chose to connect their heart to other people. I'm thinking MX.
What do we know about MX? Well, he has these "seeds" around that gain his traits in appearance. The trait that could make these seeds so special is that they could have hearts connected to MX's. Notice how he says, "You are just one of the many roads I may choose to take." How could Terra be considered a road? He was sharing a body with MX. What was the first place Ven's heart went to when he comatosed? Sora's body. Perhaps MX connected his heart to other people so that it could go to one of them if necessary.
There's a difference, though, between Sora connecting to Ven and MX connecting to someone (for example, Braig). Ven didn't receive any of Sora's physical traits. However, Van goes to show that it's possible for connecting hearts to lead to changes in appearances. So, MX connecting his heart to Braig would mean that Braig would inherit MX's physical traits. Now, a reason why Ven didn't inherit Sora's traits could be that Sora's light could simply be sleeping within Ven. Riku had his darkness awakened by Maleficent in order to pull out the darkness suit, so perhaps elements of the heart can sleep within people until awakened (Van can be an exception since his fake body could've had side effects).
Some would say that MX's traits come from darkness in general (I'M LOOKING AT YOU, RELIX), but people who corrupt themselves with darkness usually end up with yellow eyes, not necessarily pointy ears. While Apprentice Xehanort did do that, it took him some time to develop the yellow eyes. All the while, he did have MX's pointy ears. Also, pointy ears can't be a darkness effect that comes before yellow eyes because AtW and probably Terranort (MX controlling Terra) and Van had yellow eyes and no pointy ears. One could say that developing pointy ears out of darkness is up to chance, but I'd say otherwise.
