#full of unconditional love! and because her own unique connection with sora (not his nobody not his other but definitely a part of him)

[venjamin-kingdomhearts]

Ok the thing about Ventus and Roxas that gets me is like. Yes they look identical, yes they’re connected, but their connection is through Sora. There’s a little bit of Ven in Rox, sure, but it’s not a direct connection, not recognized the same way “a Somebody and their Nobody” are.

They aren’t bound together the way Ven is with Vanitas and Roxas is with Sora. I feel like the ways they influence each other comes from Sora - mainly indirect, like a game of telephone. If they share a few habits, it’s more like something that rubbed off on Roxas because Ventus rubbed off on Sora, less that their own connection leads to “Heartbleed”/sharing memories or traits.

Like, sure, there bound to be somethings they do share, where their existences overlap just a bit. Sometimes where Roxas remembers something that’s more Ventus than him, times where Ven feels Roxas’ sadness when it’s string. But what if it’s not as strong as people assume, seeing how they look alike. What gets me in this “what if” is like… Roxas and Ventus aren’t tied together as strongly as they are with their “Others”. Maybe they get to Choose what they are to one another.

Like Destiny or whatever gets to label and define what Sora and Roxas are to each other, what Ven and Vanitas are to each other. And in some ways Fate plays a part in ensuring Ventus and Roxas meet, but it’s really a factor of their relationship to Sora. What Ven and Rox are to each other is something unique! They aren’t a Somebody and his Nobody, they aren’t a Broken Heart and his Other Half. They’re something different. Connected, but maybe not as closely as people first assume.

Like. I dunno. I just feel like there’s potential looking at them through that lens. People in their lives assume they’re closer connection wise because their appearance, and it puts an odd pressure on the two of them. To accept one another, to distance themselves from each other, anything. Ventus and Roxas being told it’s the same thing as what happened with them and Vanitas/Sora, that they’re supposed to view each other as Others. But maybe. They really can choose something else!