It's not that people can't have feelings for anything other than the death of a character, it's that those feelings tend to be stronger. Death or loss is probably one of the most emotional things everybody has to experience. You could say it's THE MOST relatable thing universally so you can't really blame anybody for feeling that way.
And from the events I detailed, what would give me the most feels wouldn't be his sacrifice but his realization of the strength Roxas and Xion possess to move on from their phony lives to become something more. The redemption of his lost soul is greater feels to me than his potential sacrifice. Admittedly the sting of his first death would resurface though but there would be joy in his salvation. So in a way this would be a happier ending for Repliku.
It's true Repliku despised his replica nature but he very much still wanted to be real and his own. He saw the destruction of Riku as the only way to have his own true feelings and existence. But maybe if he were to see Roxas and Xion, that a nobody or replica(phonies) could be there own inspite of their nature, it could inspire and enlighten him. Repliku spent his time chasing after Riku to best him but that wasn't the right way to secure his own identity. It only added to the truth that he was no more than an inferior copy. How can you be yourself when you keep trying to be someone else? It's just sad that he only came to accept his replica nature only in death even saying "A faithful replica until the very end. That's...okay." (Re watching that final scene I noticed he mentioned his heart. I don't think I ever noticed that before although he does claim it to not be real.)
Even if he doesn't come back I want someone to name a victory in his honor. He deserved so much more but realized the futility of his actions too late.
But like Osprey said this death trope only works
once. If you get joy or feelz for watching a character die repeatedly then there's something wrong with that persons psyche.
I can and do blame them for feeling this way because death only works once and after that it's just a really cheap ploy and rehashing for a narrative.
No man no matter how many times you word it it wouldn't be a happier ending. Your basically wanting to bring him back again, to suffer again, to die again solely for a small scene that wouldn't really alleviate the nature of him dying again or being used again.
This would not be a salvation nor would it help his character. Hell why would he even care what Roxas or Xion have to say when they're standing there free to be their own person while he's yet again existing only to a fake and to be used yet again? If anything that'd make him hate them for preaching to him about how he should feel or think about his own existence.
Man your applying a big if here. It's basically boiling down to you wanting to see him again rather than having him back for actual story reasons. Repliku could use that kinda positive message sure but it'd be a pointless message to give him only to die again before he can
be that true individual self.
Yes... when death actually MATTERS. This series has shown that its concept of "death" (as in, fading after sustaining too much damage) is temporary at best. Ever since KH1, characters have had a knack for not staying dead, and after seeing them come back "from the dead" (some haven't yet, but we all know they will), it lessens the impact of death.
Plus, death losses even more impact when it's a character who's already died before. It's just a... been there, done that kinda thing. The shock of losing them only works once per character.
I've been stuck in English class long enough to know that with some stories, it's just more effective to keep them dead after they're gone. Repliku is a tragic character, probably the best example of the trope in the franchise. I wouldn't really want to cheapen it by bringing him back just to kill him again.
To be fair KH1 wasn't the to pull false death or revivals. That was later titles. Unless you wanna count Riku still hanging around despite loss of body then destruction of that stolen body which somehow gave it back to him.....ugh...
Couldn't agree more. There is no shock anymore and constant revival and death is honestly just poor writing at it's strongest.
Well I gotta say that Xehanort doesn't care if you don't want to kill him again. His darkness is a suitable ark and his replica nature makes him easy to manipulate. The perfect pawn...
But seriously you are correct. My point still stands though regardless even if the feels are dampened. It's just the way the Xehanort saga is progressing. It's playing the death card to tug your heartstrings for easy feels.
What are you even arguing here? "Cause Xehanort doesn't care"? This isn't a counter argument nor a good reasoning. It doesnt help your point either since it does nothing to change the fact that the death of a revived person honestly holds no impact because you've already had that shock.
If you want to go by Xehanort logic you'd better go by usefulness. He uses what he deems useful and throws away what doesn't. So in the line of thought why would he bother bringing back a replica that was not only flawed but also incredibly strong willed? On top of that how would he even bring him back?
The replica wasn't a nobody, it can't come back via recompletion, it wasn't a vessel so he can't time travel to get it and it's strong will would just make it a hassle to try and make a vessel to begin with.
Xehanort wants bodies to control easily, not strong willed people. He goes through great lengths in each title to make sure his target is as out of commission as possible. From the Repliku point of view why would he choose to go with Xehanort when that'd just entail him becoming Xehanort instead of Riku? His whole character is about being real not being someones fake.
That may be sort of true, in-game storywise, but even I can tell that it's deep in the "really awful writing" territory, so far that it seems unlikely that even this writing team would try it. And I'm thick-skinned enough to not despise Days. -.-
Even me with my doubts of the writing team dont see them going to this lengths either. There's just no good reasoning.
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