x factor

[The Unkind Soul]

sorry i'm dumb but what significance do the x's in the organizations name have?

 

[inhiding]

From what I've read,

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the X's in each name signify betrayal.

 

[Mr Despair]

Maybe Nomura thought they sounded cool >.>.

 

[digital gopher]

I was wondering this too. I thought that all nobodies had an X in their name, but I know I'm wrong..

 

[~DanseMacabre~]

Maybe Nomura thought they sounded cool >.>.

Actually, that sounds like a good enough reason for Squeenix to make ANY decisions like this. XD

 

[arosx]

ansem and xemnas
emnas

 

[One-Winged-Angel]

Yes, we got that part already, defining the "x" is the problem

 

[Lunar Knight]

I think that the "x" mean you used to be a part of something.

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[Dawning Twilight]

I was wondering this too. I thought that all nobodies had an X in their name, but I know I'm wrong..

no

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otherwise Namine would have had one. It signifies their presence in Organization XIII. It's also an anagram like you know Xemnas was originally Ansem.

get it?

oh and grads on becoming premium lshadyl

 

[Dark Fenrir]

the x signifies exile and is a mark of their brotherhood it only applies to the organization not all nobodies

 

[Royale]

Maybe only the Organization has them?

 

[gripleg]

But what I don't get is what if you were a Nobody like say Namine and wanted to join the Organization, would your name change? I mean are the people in the Organization there because they chose to be or is it just something they were in automatically? And also, how do Nobodies like Namine who aren't in the Organization get there names? Are they just random or do they have any signifigance at all?

 

[Dawning Twilight]

yes only the Org. has them because it signifies their entry into the Organization...

NAmine was found by DiZ i believe and if so that explains that in and of itself. Xemnas found the others for his 13th Organization and that explains itself too.

 

[Vilex]

Actually, it has nothing to do with betrayal; the first 6 members are the only ones we know to be traitors. The reason they put X into their names lies in Xemnas' original name, Xehanort, the original "X" name (and he wasn't even a nobody). It was most likely a name he gave himself, starting the anagram+X trend (since Xehanort-X can be arranged into either "No Heart" or "Another").
Anyone ever read the 2nd Harry Potter book? You know how Tom Marvolo Riddle rearranged his name to spell "I am Lord Voldemort"? It's the same thing.
Xehanort started the trend and passed it onto his followers.