Like many people, I liked how the Disney villains in KH1 had a bigger role in the overall story and the worlds felt more meaningful as a result. Maleficent was also a great dark character who influenced most of the story. Even the inclusion of the princesses of heart was a great way to incorporate Disney characters into the plot. The Disney characters obviously feel very shafted in every other game and I feel having Disney villains in OrgXIII would have made a big difference.
So here’s a few options:
1. Keep all the members as original characters =They do have more freedom with original characters as Disney may place too many restrictions on their characters.
2. Replace just the minor members with Disney characters = So possibly replace the KH2 members (Xaldin, Demyx, Luxord) with Shang Yu, Gaston, Scar or Barbossa since their worlds are in that game. The COM members (Lexaeus, Vexen, Zexion) can be any Disney villain eg, Cruella De Vil, Frollo, Lady Tremaine, Evil Queen, or possibly have Hook, Jafar, Ursula or Hades from KH1 join the Org.
3. Replace the minor members + Marluxia/Larxene = same as above but I feel an iconic villain would need to take Marluxia’s role since he is the main threat in COM and to a lesser extent Larxene. I think the Evil Queen from Snow White could play a similar role to Marluxia and possibly Lady Tremaine or Cruella as Larxene’s role. They’d also appear in KHX which is the worst of all when it comes to Disney influencing the main plot. They’d also reappear in KH3 with a decent role.
4. Replace the minor members + Marluxia/Larxene + Axel/Saix = same as 2 and 3 but you would need a complex Disney character with good and bad traits for Axel. My pick would be Oswald the Lucky Rabbit for Axel lol which could possibly work with some storyline tweaking to adjust the different personalities. I do believe he would work well with Roxas and Xion as 358/2 Days also strongly lacked Disney involvement and it would be good having another talking-animal character as a keyblade wielder. Pete could take on Saix’s role but obviously Pete can keep his comical personality by adjusting the storyline. Maybe include a complex former friendship between Pete and Oswald.
5. Also replace Xigbar = It would have to be a very powerful villain and I feel Hades is a good choice since he appeared in KH1 but wasn’t defeated by Sora (as opposed to Jafar or Maleficent). Maleficent could possibly work though with a strange twist that we battled the original Maleficent in KH1 but this one in KH2 is her nobody lol Maleficent also deserves a more threatening role so being Xehanort’s 2nd in charge would be perfect after her KH1 appearance. With Xigbar having an important role in KH2, BBS, DDD, 358/2 Days, KH3 and even KHX, it would be great to have a Disney character doing those things.
There’s no way Xemnas or Roxas can be replaced. The Disney characters can also be nobodies but they shouldn’t have a name change or appearance change except for Xemnas and Roxas. And Disney characters can be very dark when they need to be so no arguments that Disney villains are too childish for Org XIII. Some of the KH3 Organization could also be made up of new Disney villains (eg. Gothel, Hans or Yokai) to replace the roles of Luxord and Demyx. Even a plot line in KH3 could have been “searching for villains to make good vessels for Xehanortâ€.
So here’s a few options:
1. Keep all the members as original characters =They do have more freedom with original characters as Disney may place too many restrictions on their characters.
2. Replace just the minor members with Disney characters = So possibly replace the KH2 members (Xaldin, Demyx, Luxord) with Shang Yu, Gaston, Scar or Barbossa since their worlds are in that game. The COM members (Lexaeus, Vexen, Zexion) can be any Disney villain eg, Cruella De Vil, Frollo, Lady Tremaine, Evil Queen, or possibly have Hook, Jafar, Ursula or Hades from KH1 join the Org.
3. Replace the minor members + Marluxia/Larxene = same as above but I feel an iconic villain would need to take Marluxia’s role since he is the main threat in COM and to a lesser extent Larxene. I think the Evil Queen from Snow White could play a similar role to Marluxia and possibly Lady Tremaine or Cruella as Larxene’s role. They’d also appear in KHX which is the worst of all when it comes to Disney influencing the main plot. They’d also reappear in KH3 with a decent role.
4. Replace the minor members + Marluxia/Larxene + Axel/Saix = same as 2 and 3 but you would need a complex Disney character with good and bad traits for Axel. My pick would be Oswald the Lucky Rabbit for Axel lol which could possibly work with some storyline tweaking to adjust the different personalities. I do believe he would work well with Roxas and Xion as 358/2 Days also strongly lacked Disney involvement and it would be good having another talking-animal character as a keyblade wielder. Pete could take on Saix’s role but obviously Pete can keep his comical personality by adjusting the storyline. Maybe include a complex former friendship between Pete and Oswald.
5. Also replace Xigbar = It would have to be a very powerful villain and I feel Hades is a good choice since he appeared in KH1 but wasn’t defeated by Sora (as opposed to Jafar or Maleficent). Maleficent could possibly work though with a strange twist that we battled the original Maleficent in KH1 but this one in KH2 is her nobody lol Maleficent also deserves a more threatening role so being Xehanort’s 2nd in charge would be perfect after her KH1 appearance. With Xigbar having an important role in KH2, BBS, DDD, 358/2 Days, KH3 and even KHX, it would be great to have a Disney character doing those things.
There’s no way Xemnas or Roxas can be replaced. The Disney characters can also be nobodies but they shouldn’t have a name change or appearance change except for Xemnas and Roxas. And Disney characters can be very dark when they need to be so no arguments that Disney villains are too childish for Org XIII. Some of the KH3 Organization could also be made up of new Disney villains (eg. Gothel, Hans or Yokai) to replace the roles of Luxord and Demyx. Even a plot line in KH3 could have been “searching for villains to make good vessels for Xehanortâ€.
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