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Both Xemnas and Ansem Seeker of Darkness were after artificial versions of Kingdom Hearts. Ansem’s was created from the hearts of worlds and Xemnas’ from the hearts of people. Why go through all the trouble when they are both working together towards forging the X-Blade in order to take control of the real thing? In Xemnas’ case you can just explain it away by pointing out that he used the fake Kingdom Hearts as a ruse in order to trick his subordinates into following him without question. Ansem SOD is a bit harder to explain.
At first I thought the implication was that Ansem lost his memories of his time as Master Xehanort and was going after what he thought was the real Kingdom Hearts on his own accord. Of course, Master Xehanorts’ heart fragment was acting in his subconscious, guiding him so that Ansem’s actions worked in MX’s favor. This could have potentially explained why Xemnas made an appearance in Hollow Bastion durring KHFM. He was waiting to join his Darknesses with the Princesses of Heart under Ansem’s nose. However, it looks like this probably isn’t the case. DDD threw us a curve ball and revealed that Ansem most likely knew all about his life as Master Xehanort and his amnesia was faked.
The problem with this development is that it messes with Ansem’s entire motivation as a villain in KHI. His whole shtick was to gather the PoH, forge the Keyblade of Heart, open the realm of darkness, capture Kingdom Hearts, and submerge everything in darkness….FOR SCIENCE! According to his report, he was supposedly a mad researcher who lost his body because he wanted to see what happened if you let heartless into the heart of a world. I thought the whole point of the memory loss was to get around the fact that Xehanort knows way to much information for Ansem SoD’s plan to make much sense. If he had MX’s knowledge you would think he would know the difference between the real KH and a fake one. Memory loss explained why he had to rediscover heartless and a number of other things in his personal research reports. Most importantly, it explained why he didn’t seem to know he needed the X-Blade in order to control Kingdom Hearts. If he knew it all from the beginning he should have stopped after collecting the Princesses and invited Xemnas and his XIII over to forge the X-Blade. I know this could just be an inconsequential storytelling inconsistency that is meant to be looked over (and if push comes to shove, I can look over it), but I can’t help but feel this might be a major plot point. In short, what do you guys think the purpose of the Kingdom Hearts of Worlds and People’s Hearts were?
---My Two Cents.
I’m sure you guys have heard variations of this before. Perhaps it wasn’t Xehanort who wanted the fake Kingdom Hearts, but a corrupted remnant of Terra, willing to save his friends at any and all costs. It’s possible he didn’t care it was fake and was willing to mow down anyone, including Sora, to get to it. Ansem could potentially even be portrayed as an anti-hero in KHIII. He’s responsible for a lot of destruction and heart-break, but then again so is Riku. The games have been showing parallels between Riku and Xehanort since BBS. They were both kids tired of a monotonous life on an island that felt more to them like a prison than a home. They were both champions of darkness, but thanks to Riku’s friends he was saved before he wondered to far from the light. Hell, Riku shared a body with Ansem for over a year. Maybe this is where these similarities pay off. Maybe Ansem (who is a Xehanort) can be turned (preferably by Riku). Maybe it takes a Xehanort to stop a Xehanort. Ya know, like when Vader kills the Emperor? It seems appropriate given the recent Star Warsy vibe we’ve been getting from the series lately.
At first I thought the implication was that Ansem lost his memories of his time as Master Xehanort and was going after what he thought was the real Kingdom Hearts on his own accord. Of course, Master Xehanorts’ heart fragment was acting in his subconscious, guiding him so that Ansem’s actions worked in MX’s favor. This could have potentially explained why Xemnas made an appearance in Hollow Bastion durring KHFM. He was waiting to join his Darknesses with the Princesses of Heart under Ansem’s nose. However, it looks like this probably isn’t the case. DDD threw us a curve ball and revealed that Ansem most likely knew all about his life as Master Xehanort and his amnesia was faked.
The problem with this development is that it messes with Ansem’s entire motivation as a villain in KHI. His whole shtick was to gather the PoH, forge the Keyblade of Heart, open the realm of darkness, capture Kingdom Hearts, and submerge everything in darkness….FOR SCIENCE! According to his report, he was supposedly a mad researcher who lost his body because he wanted to see what happened if you let heartless into the heart of a world. I thought the whole point of the memory loss was to get around the fact that Xehanort knows way to much information for Ansem SoD’s plan to make much sense. If he had MX’s knowledge you would think he would know the difference between the real KH and a fake one. Memory loss explained why he had to rediscover heartless and a number of other things in his personal research reports. Most importantly, it explained why he didn’t seem to know he needed the X-Blade in order to control Kingdom Hearts. If he knew it all from the beginning he should have stopped after collecting the Princesses and invited Xemnas and his XIII over to forge the X-Blade. I know this could just be an inconsequential storytelling inconsistency that is meant to be looked over (and if push comes to shove, I can look over it), but I can’t help but feel this might be a major plot point. In short, what do you guys think the purpose of the Kingdom Hearts of Worlds and People’s Hearts were?
---My Two Cents.
I’m sure you guys have heard variations of this before. Perhaps it wasn’t Xehanort who wanted the fake Kingdom Hearts, but a corrupted remnant of Terra, willing to save his friends at any and all costs. It’s possible he didn’t care it was fake and was willing to mow down anyone, including Sora, to get to it. Ansem could potentially even be portrayed as an anti-hero in KHIII. He’s responsible for a lot of destruction and heart-break, but then again so is Riku. The games have been showing parallels between Riku and Xehanort since BBS. They were both kids tired of a monotonous life on an island that felt more to them like a prison than a home. They were both champions of darkness, but thanks to Riku’s friends he was saved before he wondered to far from the light. Hell, Riku shared a body with Ansem for over a year. Maybe this is where these similarities pay off. Maybe Ansem (who is a Xehanort) can be turned (preferably by Riku). Maybe it takes a Xehanort to stop a Xehanort. Ya know, like when Vader kills the Emperor? It seems appropriate given the recent Star Warsy vibe we’ve been getting from the series lately.