.....-_- i just cannot see that happening in a disney game I'm sorry i just can't, i had always believe Sora and Kairi would share a paopu fruit someday but i guess not the way i imagined it, i blame who ever wrote that scene in the cave in KH1, i mean really if nomura never wanted sokai to happen why let that scene show up on the final game, he couldve removed it, then people wouldnt have to assume sokai will happen
btw i'm not homophobic i support gay rights all the way.
Uhm, you
do know that sharing a paopu fruit at the base only means to form a meaningful connection? The romantic annotations made to it are only an interpretation like so many other incidents and issues in the series. It's not Nomura's (or anyone of the writer's fault) that you (and others) interpret that cave painting as a definite proof of romance on the horizon and take it as a given that "SoKai" will happen.
Almost every scene can be interpreted differently, and of course no one in his/her right mind should say that you
cannot interpret it as romantic hint, as that interpretation is also valid. Yet to deduce from this interpretation that it
has to happen is not a very good idea.
Nomura personally doesn't care about shipping, in the very first draft he made of KH 1's story, in which Chernabog was the main villain together with Maleficent, there didn't even exist a "Kairi" just as there didn't exist an "Ansem".
Did I ever imply that you are?
Eheheh, I was mostly joking, but hey, you wouldn't have to have a romantic story to establish that Sora is beautifully queer. I specifically appealed to Nomura to make this happen; my ideal scenario would simply involve him walking into an interview and saying, "Yes, Sora is most definitely gay or at least not totally straight," (except in Japanese) and then walking out. TA DAH all of my dreams fulfilled and no damage done to the series.
I too would prefer the romantic elements remain unaddressed. They aren't even remotely relevant to the story, and like I said, they would detract from the greater message of the series, which is Sora's uninhibited compassion for most everyone. That's what makes him the hero he is. There's plenty of well-written and, well, written fanfiction and doujinshi and the like for people to get their ship fix from, whatever their persuasion may be. Trust me, I know~.
Totally off topic but if you're talking about the potential courtship on the part of Killi, it sounds more like a one-sided, humorous affair (which is literally doomed to failure for reasons ;_
. Also I'm super excited for Tauriel to appear because
a) Evangeline Lilly, enough said
b) PROMINENT FEMALE CHARACTER. I mean really, An Unexpected Journey was good but there were zero significant female characters who were not Galadriel (who was just a cameo) and it was totally unacceptable. I was gagging on the maleness of that movie. And I usually mean that in a good way. D:
Hah? Do you have Nomura's EMail address so you can appeal to him? *ggg*
Lol, knowing Nomura though he would give an answer more on the line of "What a sort of question is that? I never thought about it and in the end I don't care, fans can use their imagination and make up something themselves.", as I remember faintly that he already had something similar with the supposed "love triangle" in FF VII and he wasn't particularly keen on that question.
I too would prefer the romantic elements remain unaddressed. They aren't even remotely relevant to the story, and like I said, they would detract from the greater message of the series, which is Sora's uninhibited compassion for most everyone. That's what makes him the hero he is. There's plenty of well-written and, well, written fanfiction and doujinshi and the like for people to get their ship fix from, whatever their persuasion may be. Trust me, I know~.
This one word for word, I couldn't have formulated it better.
It's also seemingly a phenomena that pops up more often especially in the western world that people seem to regard "romantic" love as somewhat worth more or more significant than the other forms which are highlighted more in the KH series. This coupled with the common misunderstandings that in Japan some physical contact forms can mean different things than in the west can lead to somewhat misguided expectations.
And that's good, I am not a ferocious anti-shipper, nor do I have a problem with same-sex relationships, heck, I sometimes even read fanworks with those, but I have something against overboarding shipping and shipping wars as well as I firmly believe that stuff should stay in the realm of fanworks.
That the KH fandom is particulary notorious for the excessive shipping also does not help the case at all.
EDIT:
On that off-topic thing with "The Hobbit":
It's like that in the actual story though, and unlike in Lord of the Rings, where they gave Glorfindels original role to Arwen, a character that can be proven to be part of Tolkien's legendarium, this new character in "The Hobbit" has no base in the work, not even the side material.
I also don't see why An Unexpected Journey would be "unacceptable" on the merit that there isn't a prominent female character. A work doesn't need a "prominent" female character to be good, as the Fellowship also didn't contain any females nor to I think that there should be an obligation to include one left and right.
The other way around is also in the same vein though, as I for example would not want to have a "prominent male character" introduced just for the sake of having one or to provide a romance subplot in works with a more promonent female cast like i.e. Three Angels for Charlie or Tomb Raider.
Where's that topic?
*shuffles through internet*
Here it is!
http://forums.khinsider.com/future-kingdom-hearts/172641-resolution-sora-kairis-relationship.html
This topic alone is pretty much the consensus of what most people here feel about SoKai and since me and other people have become broken records on the matter I'll let my previous posts speak.
On the issue of sexuality, I like to think of at least Sora as unofficial pansexual~
Oh Ruran, epitome of effectiveness, I should probably follow your example and in the future just link my already made posts on this particular subject. ;D
Heh, that I could imagine as well, although I still haven't fully understood up to today what the real big difference between bi- and pansexual is as both essentially means that you don't really care about the sex of your partner.
I remember that there was also a rumor/quote circulating around from a developer interview from KH where someone (not Nomura!) said that all the KH original characters in KH are bisexual anyways, although I could never find an actual quote with source of that interview or who from Nomura's staff supposedly said it.
