It's been stated that Sora got his keyblade because it 'chose' him. And that he got it on the island because it, as Young Xehanort puts it in Dream Drop Distance, 'Moved down the list' of candidates. It officially 'chose' Sora later in the first game at Hollow Bastion, making it his and that's all well and good. But what does that really mean?
Riku was originally chosen for it, but lost that right, and didn't receive one until he had dragged himself out of all the crap he'd got himself in, so that begs the question: If keyblades can judge and make decisions about who they are wielded by, does that mean that they're alive? Can they FEEL? There is a difference between being 'alive' and being 'sentient' or course, but bear with me here.
Even When Sora got his keyblade in the first game, immediately the words 'keyblade... keyblade... keyblade...' echoed in his head. Could it have been the blade itself? Telling him it's name? This is all theory, but I think it could lead to something interesting. There are a lot of things about the keyblade that we don't know about. How did they come to be? Who was the first Keyblade Master? Why did he need one? The questions are endless.
I'd say that perhaps the warriors of the Keyblade War could have understood the origins and functions of the keyblade better, unlike our Sora and others who are a fairly new generation of keyblade wielders. Like on whether it's 'alive' or if it works like a machine: making choices, but not actually 'sentient'. But I do not know enough of things like Kingdom Hearts Chi to expand on this topic. As far as I know, the freewill of keyblades and the like have not been discussed.
So either this is a load bull, and there's nothing more to the keyblades than what we've already been told, OR that there were Keyblade Masters even BEFORE the ones involved in the war, who would have known more. Perhaps a completely different generation.
But I'm getting off topic, what do you guys think? Do you think that keyblades could be sentient? Or they more likely to be 'tools' than anything?
Riku was originally chosen for it, but lost that right, and didn't receive one until he had dragged himself out of all the crap he'd got himself in, so that begs the question: If keyblades can judge and make decisions about who they are wielded by, does that mean that they're alive? Can they FEEL? There is a difference between being 'alive' and being 'sentient' or course, but bear with me here.
Even When Sora got his keyblade in the first game, immediately the words 'keyblade... keyblade... keyblade...' echoed in his head. Could it have been the blade itself? Telling him it's name? This is all theory, but I think it could lead to something interesting. There are a lot of things about the keyblade that we don't know about. How did they come to be? Who was the first Keyblade Master? Why did he need one? The questions are endless.
I'd say that perhaps the warriors of the Keyblade War could have understood the origins and functions of the keyblade better, unlike our Sora and others who are a fairly new generation of keyblade wielders. Like on whether it's 'alive' or if it works like a machine: making choices, but not actually 'sentient'. But I do not know enough of things like Kingdom Hearts Chi to expand on this topic. As far as I know, the freewill of keyblades and the like have not been discussed.
So either this is a load bull, and there's nothing more to the keyblades than what we've already been told, OR that there were Keyblade Masters even BEFORE the ones involved in the war, who would have known more. Perhaps a completely different generation.
But I'm getting off topic, what do you guys think? Do you think that keyblades could be sentient? Or they more likely to be 'tools' than anything?