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I think everybody is ditching Terra WAY too much. In my opinion, he will have an important role to play. Just by looking at the facts, there's no way his story is over that easily... I mean, besides having just one cameo or something, or just being "saved".
What we knew before BBS :
- Xehanort had no memory
- He experimented to get memories back, and ended up leading evil experiments on hearts and people
- Turned into two evil entities, Ansem SoD and Xemnas
After BBS :
- MX got inside Terra's body because his heart was too weak and could not deal with that much darkness
- MX underestimated Terra, who's been able to fight back, and made him lose that control. The "vessel" lost many memories
- Terra's "sentiments" seemed to be all that was left of him, and remained lost in the graveyard of keyblades
Ok, so far, it would be pretty easy to assume that MX just finally gained control over Terra and made the vessel (Terranort) fully evil, and became Ansem SoD and Xemnas.
But that's forgetting the most important things, which are the epilogue, and the secret ending, where we learned that :
- The "sentiments" are absolutely NOT Terra. Terra is still inside of his body, and awoken
- He was able to gain control of the body temporary, to save Aqua from Terranort's darkness
- He sealed all of their hearts and sent them all to oblivion, leading to Aqua's sacrifice
- It's true Terra's heart wasn't strong enough to deal with MX. The reason he managed to stay around, was because Eraqus gave him his heart (it's a "gift", nothing like a transfer nor possession like MX did, that's why Eraqus' heart became part of Terra's, and why he wasn't showing up in the "duel for possession of the vessel")
- Terra did say "even if you manage to get a hold of my body, you will never get rid of me, I will never lose sight of what's important to me, I will fight till the end, you're gonna get showed the door, old man"
- When MX was mostly in control of the vessel, he had the "yellow eyes". A few months later, when Braig talked to Terranort, he couldn't help but notice his face was a lot different, and even thought for a second it might be Terra. That Terranort didn't look evil for the least. It's impossible to deny there's been another change between the moment he appeared in Radient Garden, and that.
Those are massive NEW informations. I don't know why a lot of people seem to consider this trivia, and don't care about Terra at all.
But Aqua's sacrifice, the proof that Terra was still inside of his body, fighting, the whole "I know I'm doomed but I won't let you get it so easily" etc...
It would make the whole thing rather pathetic and sad, while being completely pointless to dedicate that much time about it, if it had NO importance whatsoever.
There's only two solutions right here :
- Terra did not exactly fail, he did something we still don't know, that maybe made things less horrible than they could have been, even though MX still managed to get what he wanted, maybe that wasn't entirely true. For instance, the fact that he couldn't use his keyblade properly might be his fault. (we've seen he was capable of it in the new trailer, so one has to ask why he never used it afterward)
- Braig. He did something to Terranort to "get rid" of Terra. Maybe explaining why Terra's heart wasn't in Terranort when he became Xemnas and Ansem, and maybe Terra's heart "looked for the young boy he chose", Riku. As for that, either he did it right before becoming Ansem, either he weirdly made it when he WAS Ansem SoD and took possession of Riku, and was "left behind" in KH 2 when the darkness was destroyed within Riku. But that makes him very ... useless. But maybe that was MX and Braig's way to prevent Terra from disturbing their plans too much, he was 'stuck' inside, unable to do anything ...
- Yen Sid mentions he has no idea where Terra could be.
Now, the most speaking Nomura Interviews :
So really, I think Terra is, despite what many people seem to think, much more major than Aqua or Ven, regarding the future titles. Not that the other two aren't important, but Terra is directly tied to Xehanort's story, I don't think it should be neglected.
And I'm also sure there's much more going on than just "Terra lost his body and is stuck in Riku", there wouldn't be that much scenes indicating he was still around, and it would be pointless for Nomura to comment on how it will be revealed in the future, if it already was all along.
What we knew before BBS :
- Xehanort had no memory
- He experimented to get memories back, and ended up leading evil experiments on hearts and people
- Turned into two evil entities, Ansem SoD and Xemnas
After BBS :
- MX got inside Terra's body because his heart was too weak and could not deal with that much darkness
- MX underestimated Terra, who's been able to fight back, and made him lose that control. The "vessel" lost many memories
- Terra's "sentiments" seemed to be all that was left of him, and remained lost in the graveyard of keyblades
Ok, so far, it would be pretty easy to assume that MX just finally gained control over Terra and made the vessel (Terranort) fully evil, and became Ansem SoD and Xemnas.
But that's forgetting the most important things, which are the epilogue, and the secret ending, where we learned that :
- The "sentiments" are absolutely NOT Terra. Terra is still inside of his body, and awoken
- He was able to gain control of the body temporary, to save Aqua from Terranort's darkness
- He sealed all of their hearts and sent them all to oblivion, leading to Aqua's sacrifice
- It's true Terra's heart wasn't strong enough to deal with MX. The reason he managed to stay around, was because Eraqus gave him his heart (it's a "gift", nothing like a transfer nor possession like MX did, that's why Eraqus' heart became part of Terra's, and why he wasn't showing up in the "duel for possession of the vessel")
- Terra did say "even if you manage to get a hold of my body, you will never get rid of me, I will never lose sight of what's important to me, I will fight till the end, you're gonna get showed the door, old man"
- When MX was mostly in control of the vessel, he had the "yellow eyes". A few months later, when Braig talked to Terranort, he couldn't help but notice his face was a lot different, and even thought for a second it might be Terra. That Terranort didn't look evil for the least. It's impossible to deny there's been another change between the moment he appeared in Radient Garden, and that.
Those are massive NEW informations. I don't know why a lot of people seem to consider this trivia, and don't care about Terra at all.
But Aqua's sacrifice, the proof that Terra was still inside of his body, fighting, the whole "I know I'm doomed but I won't let you get it so easily" etc...
It would make the whole thing rather pathetic and sad, while being completely pointless to dedicate that much time about it, if it had NO importance whatsoever.
There's only two solutions right here :
- Terra did not exactly fail, he did something we still don't know, that maybe made things less horrible than they could have been, even though MX still managed to get what he wanted, maybe that wasn't entirely true. For instance, the fact that he couldn't use his keyblade properly might be his fault. (we've seen he was capable of it in the new trailer, so one has to ask why he never used it afterward)
- Braig. He did something to Terranort to "get rid" of Terra. Maybe explaining why Terra's heart wasn't in Terranort when he became Xemnas and Ansem, and maybe Terra's heart "looked for the young boy he chose", Riku. As for that, either he did it right before becoming Ansem, either he weirdly made it when he WAS Ansem SoD and took possession of Riku, and was "left behind" in KH 2 when the darkness was destroyed within Riku. But that makes him very ... useless. But maybe that was MX and Braig's way to prevent Terra from disturbing their plans too much, he was 'stuck' inside, unable to do anything ...
- Yen Sid mentions he has no idea where Terra could be.
Now, the most speaking Nomura Interviews :
-- In "KHI" when Sora stabs the "Keyblade of people's hearts" into himself to release his heart and Kairi's, Sora's Heartless and Nobody were born. When Master Xehanort and Terra:Xehanort stab themselves with the Keyblade, were his and Terra's Nobodies not created?
Nomura: That is not yet clear. However I will say that the fixed sentiment that remained just after Master Xehanort stabbed himself with the Keyblade was not a Heartless.
-- Roxas, the "Sora + Ventus" Nobody, was able to use a Keyblade. In contrast Xemnas, the "Terra + Master Xehanort" Nobody, wasn't able to use a Keyblade. Why is this?
Nomura: I'd rather that point remain a mystery. It's possible that he intentionally wasn't using one.
-- In "KHI", the robed man, Ansem the Wise's apprentice Xehanort's Heartless (the body of Xehanort's Heartless before he inhabited Riku's body), appeared on the Destiny Islands. Is this because it was Master Xehanort's homeworld?
Nomura: That may be one reason, but if he somehow had some of Terra's memories, we can consider that it might be because he had laid eyes on Riku previously. In terms of the elements of Terra and Master Xehanort, I think the questions of how their power is related and divided, as well as who has whose memories and heart, will become a key to the story* after this one.
-- Is that to say that there's a possibility that within Xehanort's Heartless, the darkness that sleeps in Riku's heart, there might remain something of Terra...?
Nomura: That's also a riddle connected to the next story,* so everyone please use your imagination.
So really, I think Terra is, despite what many people seem to think, much more major than Aqua or Ven, regarding the future titles. Not that the other two aren't important, but Terra is directly tied to Xehanort's story, I don't think it should be neglected.
And I'm also sure there's much more going on than just "Terra lost his body and is stuck in Riku", there wouldn't be that much scenes indicating he was still around, and it would be pointless for Nomura to comment on how it will be revealed in the future, if it already was all along.