So here's some fun observation/speculation: everyone remembers how YMX made a big deal about how he may have forgotten his future self and all his evil plans, but his path was "etched into his heart" and that led him into seeking the outside world, right?
Well, how about we extend that logic into KH3. Let's make the fairly safe assumption that at some point in KH3 the 13 seekers of darkness are united, but eventually Xehanort is thwarted by Sora in some way, shape, or form. All the past forms of Xehanort cannot be destroyed, because they have to survive in order to fulfill their roles in KH1 KH2, etc. They return back to the time they were taken from, and their memories are wiped.
Well if you apply YMX's logic, they just witnessed the downfall of the the last plan of the true Xehanort at the hands of Sora, so their path to destruction lies in the depths of their hearts. Somewhere deep down, they all know, starting from the very beginning (YMX is included here), that Sora will inevitably squash their ambitions. Ansem, Xemnas, all of them. They all know subconsciously that they will fail, and that it will be Sora who ruins every one of their plans. All those battles that Sora fought in KH1, KH2, and DDD were fought against men who knew in the depths of their hearts that they were going to lose. That they'd already lost.
If you ask me, that really gives Xehanort a rather tragic twist. He was just an ordinary boy when he was shown his own inevitable future as a murdering psychopath, and was forced by his older self to join in his evil-doing. Then he was later shown and made to rewatch again and again his own downfall, all the while (between visions) unknowingly acting out the script set before him to lead to that very downfall. He never had a choice. Fate really never was left to chance, eh?
And even if KH3 goes somewhere completely different, and the 13 seekers are never assembled and defeated, this complication could still exist for Ansem and Xemnas. In DDD they were made painfully aware of the fact that they were both going to fail and be killed by Sora. However after DDD they returned to their times in order to actually have their fight with Sora. Not the best pump-up session ever.
What do you guys think; will KH3 address this at all? Would it remove some of the heroism of Sora and co. if the villains they defeated already knew they were going to lose? Or would the fact that Sora was fated to save the world make him all the more heroic? What about Xehanort? How would you feel about him?
Well, how about we extend that logic into KH3. Let's make the fairly safe assumption that at some point in KH3 the 13 seekers of darkness are united, but eventually Xehanort is thwarted by Sora in some way, shape, or form. All the past forms of Xehanort cannot be destroyed, because they have to survive in order to fulfill their roles in KH1 KH2, etc. They return back to the time they were taken from, and their memories are wiped.
Well if you apply YMX's logic, they just witnessed the downfall of the the last plan of the true Xehanort at the hands of Sora, so their path to destruction lies in the depths of their hearts. Somewhere deep down, they all know, starting from the very beginning (YMX is included here), that Sora will inevitably squash their ambitions. Ansem, Xemnas, all of them. They all know subconsciously that they will fail, and that it will be Sora who ruins every one of their plans. All those battles that Sora fought in KH1, KH2, and DDD were fought against men who knew in the depths of their hearts that they were going to lose. That they'd already lost.
If you ask me, that really gives Xehanort a rather tragic twist. He was just an ordinary boy when he was shown his own inevitable future as a murdering psychopath, and was forced by his older self to join in his evil-doing. Then he was later shown and made to rewatch again and again his own downfall, all the while (between visions) unknowingly acting out the script set before him to lead to that very downfall. He never had a choice. Fate really never was left to chance, eh?
And even if KH3 goes somewhere completely different, and the 13 seekers are never assembled and defeated, this complication could still exist for Ansem and Xemnas. In DDD they were made painfully aware of the fact that they were both going to fail and be killed by Sora. However after DDD they returned to their times in order to actually have their fight with Sora. Not the best pump-up session ever.
What do you guys think; will KH3 address this at all? Would it remove some of the heroism of Sora and co. if the villains they defeated already knew they were going to lose? Or would the fact that Sora was fated to save the world make him all the more heroic? What about Xehanort? How would you feel about him?
