Try shoving Memories up Repliku's rear end to make him forget he was a Replica. Xion was never truly aware of it as by the time she was capable of remembering anything, she was already 'her own person'.
Xion was aware of it. When she began to bond with Roxas and Axel, she began to forget her creation.
With how she should've altered Sora's Memories of Kairi for them to add up with the Memories of her we see Sora had, I doubt it. She can create new Memories. She admitted to as much herself. Not to mention creating the exact same Memories inside both Sora and Repliku about the Promise.
She can "create" memories out of pre-existing ones. And as she said, she cannot destroy memories.
Think of it like the law of conservation of energy- she cannot explicitly create memories out of nothing, nor can she destroy memories. What Namine
can do is alter memories that already exist into new ones, as we see when she takes the place of Kairi.
He was never shown to remember anything that didn't relate to Sora. The one time in which it seemed the most he was throwing something he remembered at our faces was when he told Sora "You're the one who forgot, I told YOU to take care of her." Sora remembered it, Riku's own Memories wouldn't have needed to come into play here at all past the initial basis of Repliku's existence.
I still don't see how it would make any sense that he was based on Sora's memories of Riku.
His memories would be, in effect, from Sora's point of view.
And not all of them were necessarily about Sora. He talks about Tidus, Walka and Selphie being "losers," about his time with Namine and such. Even so, of course most of what he's talking about would involve Sora because he's talking
to Sora.
Nope. Because their progress was different in the long run, making one believe their basis wasn't original either. I mean, Xion lacked a face and had the Memories. Repliku had a face, but lacked the Memories to claim as his own.
Their progress being different doesn't equate to their basis being different.
The same experiment performed twice can yield different results. In this case, the variation can be due to any number of factors.
Hm. Point me at them? o,o They might be used for my own vile, dark purposes.
Both Zexion and Ansem say on several occasions that Riku only has dark memories left.
Riku does not deny this. He may remember Sora, Kairi, and even Tidus, Walka, and Selphie, but that doesn't necessarily mean he has retained all of his memories of them. For all we know, it could be on a superficial and hollow name-basis (that is, he can only remember their names or certain things about them).
I still wonder truly how much of Riku was used to base him x_x probably need to reread the secret reports, but I never got the impression he was that much alike to her.
If it's any hint, Repliku was considered a "replica" well before Vexen ever made contact with Riku- implying that the process may have begun well before then.
