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Maybe Terra becomes Xehanort, as we have been tossing around, or maybe not. But Xehanort's name is an organization-style anagram of "No Heart". (Or "another", but I don't think that is as important, given the central theme of hearts here.)
So, does this mean that Xehanort had no heart to begin with, even before betraying Ansem and founding the Organization? Probably not, or else where would Xehanort's heartless come from?
Then why is he named for having no heart? Maybe his original heart was taken from him. Maybe his obsession with studying the heart was to obtain a new one for himself.
If that's the case, he would likely have succeeded so that his heartless could come into being and be the antagonist of the first game. Ironic that he had to lose another heart all over again...
But how would he have lost his original heart? Maybe another villain took it from him. Maybe the old man in the BBS trailer is this culprit.
Assuming that Terra is Xehanort, then the trailer shows Terra before his heart was taken. But why would the old man want his heart? Well, just look at him: He's an old, decrepit man, whereas Terra is a prime young specimen of health. Maybe the old man found a way to restore his own youth by taking strong hearts.
This creates another idea: Maybe Xehanort is the old man, not Terra. Remember that Xigbar said that the "strange warriors with blades of keys appeared and battled, and when they were gone, Xehanort appeared"?
Well, maybe Xehanort succeeded in stealing Terra's heart and rejuvenating himself with it, restoring the youthful appearance we recognize him as. Conceivably, then, it wouldn't be until after doing this that he appeared in Radiant Garden and became Ansem's apprentice, and became acquainted with Braig and the others. This would also explain why the Terra encountered in KHIIFM+ claims to have nothing left but his hatred for Xehanort - in this case, without a heart of his own, Terra's words are literally true, he would have NOTHING left.
So why then did Xehanort still become so obsessed with studying the heart? Maybe Xehanort was a parasite, surviving for who knows how long by stealing others' hearts, but when he saw that Ansem was leading a project to study the workings of the heart, he thought it might be his ticket to obtaining himself one permanently, so that he could stop his life of vampirism and live normally. (If that's the case, obviously it didn't pan out as planned, though not for lack of trying.)
So, does this mean that Xehanort had no heart to begin with, even before betraying Ansem and founding the Organization? Probably not, or else where would Xehanort's heartless come from?
Then why is he named for having no heart? Maybe his original heart was taken from him. Maybe his obsession with studying the heart was to obtain a new one for himself.
If that's the case, he would likely have succeeded so that his heartless could come into being and be the antagonist of the first game. Ironic that he had to lose another heart all over again...
But how would he have lost his original heart? Maybe another villain took it from him. Maybe the old man in the BBS trailer is this culprit.
Assuming that Terra is Xehanort, then the trailer shows Terra before his heart was taken. But why would the old man want his heart? Well, just look at him: He's an old, decrepit man, whereas Terra is a prime young specimen of health. Maybe the old man found a way to restore his own youth by taking strong hearts.
This creates another idea: Maybe Xehanort is the old man, not Terra. Remember that Xigbar said that the "strange warriors with blades of keys appeared and battled, and when they were gone, Xehanort appeared"?
Well, maybe Xehanort succeeded in stealing Terra's heart and rejuvenating himself with it, restoring the youthful appearance we recognize him as. Conceivably, then, it wouldn't be until after doing this that he appeared in Radiant Garden and became Ansem's apprentice, and became acquainted with Braig and the others. This would also explain why the Terra encountered in KHIIFM+ claims to have nothing left but his hatred for Xehanort - in this case, without a heart of his own, Terra's words are literally true, he would have NOTHING left.
So why then did Xehanort still become so obsessed with studying the heart? Maybe Xehanort was a parasite, surviving for who knows how long by stealing others' hearts, but when he saw that Ansem was leading a project to study the workings of the heart, he thought it might be his ticket to obtaining himself one permanently, so that he could stop his life of vampirism and live normally. (If that's the case, obviously it didn't pan out as planned, though not for lack of trying.)