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Hey, I know. That's what I was saying.
People justify their story-wise decisions like "it'd make sense" because they like or dislike a character even though it really wouldn't make sense. Sora wouldn't ever just let it happen that all the people connected to him vanish into thin air, even without any salvation at all. Yet people seem to think that'd be best for them because reasons.
I'm sorry but that's a load of bullshit.
A number of people in this thread alone including myself have given plenty of reasons why these three should stay gone. It's not about having to like or dislike the character 100% of the time. From a narrative point of view and how their endings left an impact, it makes more sense for them to stay gone than come back. But they'll be back because unnecessary fanservice that fans of their characters would jump onto disregarding their conclusions and just want the good ol' "everyone has to have a 100% happy Disney ending."
But unlike others here, I'm not going to lump everyone into the same category since there are some fans of those characters who would prefer they stay gone and preserve the feeling and meaning to their sacrifices and what they had on the characters connected to them.
It has nothing to do with "liking or disliking a character" -- or at least, it's less of a component than you're making it sound. It has to do with the story ending in the most predictable and least compelling way possible. People are too stuck to the idea that everyone has to get the biggest end of the stick -- everyone's story gets resolved in the luckiest way possible, and everyone is going to get to sit happily shoving sea salt ice cream down their throat while looking at the Destiny Islands sunset... what kind of good story is that? Why must every story have the happiest ending? Because it's a Disney game?
For some characters, what they have is a compromise. Accepting the circumstances of their existence is not a lack of "salvation" or "vanish[ing] into thin air". It may not be total 100% freedom and happiness, but they survived and achieved a content state... and that's not necessarily a bad thing. To our knowledge, Roxas and Namine aren't unhappy -- they got to find out who they are, where they "belong", and now they get to be together as long as Sora and Kairi are. Now, Xion still has a ways to go to reach that contentedness, but she does not have to become a full-fledged individual for that to happen.
A perfect example is Axel. It's safe to assume that "Axel" as we know him is never coming back. But do you look at Lea and feel like their situation is unfair and sad? Probably not... and you shouldn't. Because in the end peace was still found, and Lea is still continuing on in earnest for the both of them.
Exactly.
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