Sora hasn't changed at all, not because it is supposed to be like that, that is BS.
How should he have changed, while keeping his innocence?
His contribution to sending hearts to KH should have at least effected him, but he is like "oshi, that sucks. owell I do it anyway" he doesn't even contemplate if he should be doing what he does anymore. I wanted to see him get torn over this decision, so we can fcuking learn about the character lol it really is ridiculous to me.
You did learn about him. Sora is someone who isn't affected by that sort of thing, because he knows he is strong enough to beat the bad guys in the end anyway.
Why are you giving me your definition of development? You can't "define" it because it is very situational and depends on the character. Sora is just fcuking perfect lol, not making many and not learning from the few mistakes he does make.
I gave the definition because you kept comparing Riku's development arc to Sora's, when Sora could never have an arc like that because he has never been cast as an antagonist.
Why? Why is developing the main character bad for the series? I think it would add nostalgia in a case you go back to Sora's previous self and think: "God I miss this guy."
I'm not saying it would be bad for any series, I am simply giving the reason why they haven't developed him in this one. And I don't think I want to play a game where I hate the main character so much I wish he would go back to how he was :x
Plus Sora's job isn't nostalgia as much lol that is all disney and FF
You see the Disney and FF through Sora's eyes, you experience it through his reactions to it.
Who said he didn't have to be all of that? I'm just saying, staying EXACTLY the same for more than one game is generic. At least with Riku we see some dark horse comics shit, Sora is just the same, and kind of feels empty when you look past everything.
You're comparing Sora and Riku again. You can't compare a reformed villain to a hero-from-the-start.
Sora doesn't do it alone lol remember that. It seems like most fans do.
I... know that? But if he wasn't who he is, then he wouldn't have had the friends who helped him, or the strength to help them. I'm translating Riku's CoM novel at the moment and he keeps angsting about why he's all alone, and it's because he threw everyone away for the darkness. Sora never did that, Sora's always stuck by his friends and believed in their power and that is why he has been able to save the universe.
He is the boy who can 'connect his heart to anyone' which has nothing to do with anything. Why does it sound like you think that developing a character means changing him completely? That isn't what I am trying to say. But really, if that is all there is to Sora then he isn't much of a character.
Yes, it does have to do with it. If he wasn't a cheerful kid who believed in the good in people's hearts and believed he could help anyone, then he wouldn't be the boy who could connect his heart to anyone. It's Sora's nature that allows this.
All I am saying is that Sora doesn't change for a reason; his nature is what makes him special. The fact that he doesn't change makes him special. Even when everyone else around him are falling to the darkness it doesn't change him, and he becomes their light. Why do you think Riku worked so hard for him? It's kind of important.