#xigbar is brain theory

[dominicsorel]

I'm going to become a virus and overwrite the program that is this world's future.

[tis-i-bi-oxirito]

Ok ok, so I have a (possibly bad) theory that isn’t really a theory but more my brain trying to figure stuff out

So, ever since Kingdom Hearts III, I’ve kinda been wondering, in the back of my messy, messy mind, why Ephemera helped (? I’m guessing he was the one leading the fallen kids, at least) Sora at the Keyblade Graveyard.

I mean, I get why, big heartless storm, xehanort being xehanort, xehanort being Ephemera’s descendent (that was kinda confirmed right? I don’t remember for sure) which kinda makes him his responsibility a bit, yada yada yada.

It’s more like, why didn’t he do it before. Like, it’s not the first confrontation against old man Xehanort chronogically in the series. Why didn’t Ephemera help at the confrontation at the end of BBS? I mean, Ven was his friend, surely he’d want to help him not, you know, die or even just get turned into a weapon of mass destruction? (I gotta mention: Vanitas gets helped by the fallen kids’ keyblades during that confrontation iirc, so was that because of the darkness? Because he used to be part Ventus so he kinda counts as a union leader? Why wasn’t Ven helped by the keyblades then? Did Ephemera try to help Ven but accidentally chose the wrong one (oopsie teehee, oh well, better luck next time)? Anyways that’s weird and has always bothered me ever since I knew whose keyblades those were)

One of the explanations I can see for Ephemera no helping then is that Xigbar was running interference or something. I guess he didn’t interfere in KH III because of the Book of Prophecies or something, idk. Maybe Ephemera also didn’t act because of something in the Book of Prophecies, idk, I’m just trying to find some explanations

(Actual theory under the cut ahah)

But yeah, anyways, my bad theory

It came to me, as I was eating tortellini in the dark at 11:30 PM after taking a longer-than-planned 5 hours nap, what if… Sora was Ephemera’s reincarnation? Ok ok that’s a really shaky theory, I’ll admit it, but I don’t control was goes on in that brain (ahah, Brain) of mine

In any case, back to what I was saying, tortellini, 5 hour nap, Sora is maybe Ephemera’s reincarnation, ok, right, yes, back on track. So, Ephemera totally, very definitely died, right? It’s been like, a couple of centuries most likely, so he is either super dead, some kind of ghost just haunting the Keyblade Graveyard, or he’s the world’s oldest grandpa. From what we’ve seen in khux, when someone dies (or at least a keyblade wielder) for realsies (kingdom hearts death tends to be, ha, ephemeral), they either become a dream eater or they go in the reincarnation cycle or whatever (from what I remember at least, it’s been a minute). So either Ephemera turned into a cute colourful animal that 100% deserves a pet, or he went on to reincarnate, ya know?

(He could have also said ‘fuck you rules of the universe, I never liked you anyways’ and created a third option for himself out of sheer will. If anyone could, it would be him)

But yeah anyways, that could explain why he only shows up, cool red scarf swaying in the wind anime style, to Sora. Like, maybe a small tiny part of his soul (heart?) remained

It could also explain why Sora’s heart healed Ven’s at the beginning of BBS. There’s the reason that Sora’s heart was a newborn one of course, but if he was Ephemera’s reincarnation, then it’s not hard to believe that he would be drawn in by Ven’s presence.

Also, Ephemera has an association with the color red due to his scarf. You know who else is usually associated with red? Sora (and Lea, whose entire existence is red, but this ain’t about him)

(I have also thought of the possibility that Sora is maybe Ephemera’s descendant instead, but that would mean that he’d be related to Xehanort which is wild, but I do think that that theory is even more shaky than the reincarnation one. Tbh, I think that Riku being Ephemera’s descendant could be more likely, which, again, would make him related to old man Xehanort. Omg i just had an idea for an AU where Riku is actually Xehanort’s son/grandson, but that’s a story for another day i guess)

So, yeah, here’s my bad and unlikely theory. This is my first time making a post of this kind and I still don’t know how tumblr works so I’m very sorry if this looks like an incomprehensible mess. Thanks for reading though :)

[goldensunset]

ok y’know the theory that time travel in khux wasn’t even inherently what made everyone lose their memories; they all just had other stuff happen to them coincidentally (like brain damage or w/e. or losing their hearts. or getting literally split in half)

i’m just like obsessed with the potential implications of that for lauriam bc we know that it was xigbar aka luxu that recruited marluxia to the organization. and marluxia seems to think that it was losing his heart that caused him to lose his memories and i’m pretty sure it’s established that he willingly chose to join the org and wasn’t like forcibly and violently nobodied or anything lol. and he said that he understood there was a risk of losing his memories but chose to take it

so like what if

•lauriam (fully remembering and grieving the loss of his friends and family) runs into this crusty old man (who presumably knows exactly who this kid is but the kid doesn’t know who he is)

��crusty old man probably talks him into joining the organization with the promise of finding the people he cares about (and lauriam’s like ??? how do you know any of that about me). probably very similar to how xemnas got isa to join. tooootally manipulating this sad kid’s emotions

•wondering if xigbar would’ve mentioned the amnesia-risk thing. probably, or lauriam just kinda figured that out by himself. but like can you imagine xigbar framing it as like ‘well hey if you keep your memories you can focus on finding your loved ones. but whether you keep your memories or not at least you won’t have to feel the emotional pain of not having your loved ones here’ like basically selling him on not having a heart bc a heart is just pain right?

•it works out in xigbar’s favor for the time being- free ruthless org member without any sentimental memories!- but then once lauriam is recompleted years later and begins to remember stuff. hoo boy. luxu is in for a Bad time. lauriam realizes like ‘hey that crusty old man manipulated me and completely ruined my life and stole everything from me and i’m still no closer to finding my sister and friend’. proceeds to go sicko mode the next time he runs into the immortal rat. kh4 please 🙏

•optional- only thing stopping recompleted lauriam from straight up killing luxu is the ‘hey i sent that data construct of your sister to another world/the future lol. don’t you wanna find her?’ bc like really what was that true dandelion thing about. unfortunately it turns out luxu really did have important intel after all but has been withholding it. screw this guy

[fortunegambled]

ironically, my luxord theorizing ultimately gives me very little about luxord himself. i feel i have everything surrounding him worked out in a way that i am pleased with, but he himself... is a mystery.

what we know about luxord:

he is supposedly connected to an ancient keyblade legacy, but we have yet to see him as a keyblade wielder

he gets sent after the black box by xigbar, which is what makes him finally start questioning orders above when he has never done so

he shares a “the game isn’t over until it’s over” quote with an unknown author associated with eraqus

there is a chauffer in yozora’s world that bears similar hair and an identical voice to luxord

“gambler of fate” is not an accidental title

luxord’s true name could be lodur, a possible alternative and seldom-used name for loki, who was known to have had issues with bragi... who was a face of luxu at one point. however, another name could be ludor, with roots from the latin word ludo with relation to play, which may tie him to the player character of missing link. the usage of these meanings as references may not be mutually exclusive, although obviously both cannot be his actual name.

theorizing about the box:

based on this video, as well as some information in this video, i do not believe it was luxu who ended up hiding the box. i believe luxu made a deal with brain and handed over the box and no name to him. brain hid the box in such a way that it remained hidden until the tear in time, when it appeared in reality buried under the crossroads in the keyblade graveyard. this is why luxu had someone searching for it, because he didn’t know where it was. this is also why he withdrew himself from the war via faking his own death when he did, around the tear in time. it’s possible something happened to make him realize the box was in reality again.

brain’s eventual foray into unreality, bearing no name, is how the master of masters discovered unreality.

theorizing about brain’s legacy:

now, we know eraqus is descended from one of the dandelions. we also know he looks a lot like brain, and i do believe brain is who he is descended from. eraqus shares brain’s critique of how things must be because it’s how they’re written, and he seems to be aware of the eventual tear in time as shown by his fantasy chess battle with xehanort in the past. if the tear was a part of brain’s plan as the virus, it would make sense that eraqus would be aware of it — as well as how he’s aware of the old masters himself, when that information seems to be meant to be secret.

luxord also bears a similar critique of the concept of fate being unchangeable, stating in 358/2 days that: “Only a fool bends to the cards. We shape our fates through action.” we also know that he states aloud that the game isn’t over until it’s over, which is something that is stated in one of the keystagram posts that shows up in connection with eraqus depicting the tear in time.

if eraqus is descended from brain and luxord is connected to that legacy in some way, it would make sense. brain’s entire plan is to be a virus in the system, working against this future set in stone. it would not be an illogical leap for those associated with his legacy to bear similar ideals.

painting some sort of cohesive picture:

personally, i’m tired of [x] is [y] reveals and i hope we do not get another. it worked very well for luxu, giving us a fun twist on a theory that was common in the fandom that i never agreed with for a few reasons. doing so again would feel lazy to me.

but the word legacy is used, and i hope that is what is played with here. i do not think luxord is brain or someone we know, but he is a part of that legacy. viruses multiply, and if nomura is going to run with the virus metaphor i think it would make sense to run with it multiplying.

here is the picture i am painting, although it still lacks some specifics: brains’ legacy has had some familiarity with unreality and the concept of fate not being set in stone. luxord is a part of that (possibly starting during his life as the player character of missing link). knowledge of the old masters and the black box has been passed down throughout that legacy as the “virus” has spread. when told to seek the box by xigbar, luxord finally started questioning things to figure out who the order truly came from because he knows the history of the box.

i also believe luxord is, in a way, from unreality: xigbar’s element is space but he’s from a different time, and in turn luxord’s element is time but he is from a different space. the two are foils, and i believe luxord will end up very helpful to sora and company going into this next saga. but despite being from unreality, i do not think that is his initial home location — it’s possible that, instead of time travel or body snatching, brain and his legacy have worked out how to hide out in unreality in order to play with their positions and time in reality.

of course, i’ve typed all this and we could very well get a “luxord is brain” or a “luxord is sigurd” reveal that will ruin my life. whatever.

[nadziejastar]

I saw your post about Xaldin/Dilan’s chess piece being one of the original in the concept art and I was wondering if you had any thoughts on Vexen/Even having a piece as well. My sister and I have been racking our brains trying to find a reason Even would rejoin the organization, since it seems like his joining was actually part of the original kh3 plot. Whether it was his willful choice or forced re-recruitment by the other true organization 13 members, the replica program didn’t seem to have a purpose anymore, so we’re not sure why he would be needed or even gain from rejoining. I say this having enjoyed Even as a character, and wondering what was up.

According to the official Square store, these are the chess pieces:

Lights: Sora, Riku, Kairi, Mickey, Terra, Aqua, Ventus

Darknesses: Xehanort, Ansem, Xemnas, Xigbar, Saix, Young Xehanort, Marluxia, Vanitas, Larxene, Demyx, Vexen, Luxord, Xaldin

My theory is that these were the original destined players. But Terra was switched into a Darkness and Lea took his place. This meant Xaldin wasn't needed anymore, and his piece was replaced by gold Terra. Similarly, while Vexen may have been one of the chosen originally, he had a change of heart and was no longer suitable, so Riku Replica took his place. Since RR was created by Vexen, he was represented by Vexen's piece.

I don't think Vexen was ever supposed to be a member in KH3. If they needed him, they would have taken him along with Isa before DDD started. But they didn't. The only reason he joined was because Saix recruited him, but I don't think that was originally planned to happen, either. IMO, Saix was never planned to have a redemption/atonement arc (which is why it was handled so poorly and mostly off-screen). Lea was simply supposed to rescue Isa, which is why he became a wielder in the first place.

Even was probably going to atone by helping Ienzo preparing a Replica body for Roxas/Ventus (the backup plan), since his real body was hidden away in Castle Oblivion. This goal aligned with the Organization's. They wanted Roxas/Ventus to come back because they needed him to complete Vanitas's heart. Even had nothing to gain by joining Xehanort and the Organization didn't need him to join them, either.

I think the only reason Vexen joined was because of Xion. She was never planned to be a Seeker of Darkness. No one even remembered her. But fans wanted her back, so Nomura twisted the story into a pretzel trying to come up with a way to include her. He had no idea how to explain her presence, other than with Vexen's help. But really, there was NO plot reason for why Xion had to be a SoD. Her effect on the story was extremely minimal and she took about five seconds to switch sides. There's no reason they couldn't have just used Demyx.

I think in the original draft of KH3, Roxas and Ventus were the same person. Roxas's heart went back into his original vessel which was in Castle Oblivion. He didn't need a Replica, so it would have been used for Strelitzia instead. The feud between Marluxia and Vexen from CoM would have been resolved. The scene of Namine stepping outside with flower petals blowing, was probably supposed to be Strelitzia. All the original Org. were supposed to get closure in KH3, and their stories weren't supposed to be dragged out into a new arc.

[kitkat-the-muffin]

This theory has probably been heard before but:

What if Luxu turns people into Nobodies and then puts his own heart in their Nobody to possess them?

And they remain Nobodies despite his interference, so their aging is severely slowed down

I feel like that would explain how Brain is able to reach Scala Ad Caelum. Luxu brought him there

There are a lot of flaws in this theory though, starting with the existence of Xigbar. But I’ll keep it in mind for now

[mushroom-winners-proof]

I am a firm believer of the fact that Demyx is actually MOM, playing everyone the fool. I mean no one knows what MOM looks like. It’s either I believe this or go with the evil twin/brother route. 

To which both would be funny in the Intern AU. Right?

i'm about to call demyx and ask about his skincare routine if he's MoM's brother or MoM himself cause god

DAMN king looks great for like 100+ years old

[heartoftheblackswan]

“Sigurd” is Luxu: A theory:

Okay so we’ve all kind of figured that when Luxu body snatched Brain that he sent Brain’s heart to the future, as that’s the only explanation that makes sense to why Brain ended up in Scala. But the thing is it’s been told to us that to recomplete your body upon arrival to the future you need; a medium and someone with memories of you.

Now it can be assumed that Brain’s hat was the medium as it was given back to him by Sigurd upon his arrival to Scala. But what about the memories? Ephemera would’ve been the only one at that point in time with memories of Brain, but it’s very much implied that he’s been dead for quite sometime, and it hasn’t been stated if memories can be passed down.

So we can assume that there’s someone in Scala with actual memories of Brain, the only one that is the most viable option would be Luxu, this is where my idea of him being Sigurd comes in. First off why name this character if he isn’t going to be important? Secondly why give this character a unique design if their going to be important? Thirdly Brain had his hat during the cutscene with Luxu in the control room, which was after Brain had sent the new Union leaders to the future, including Eperemra meaning he couldn’t of been the one to have held on to Brain’s hat. Meaning Luxu must’ve kept it after stealing Brain’s body, and Sigurd was the one to give it to Brain when he showed up at Scala.

I don’t know maybe I’m grasping at straws here, but it just seems likely with everything we know about how the system of sending ones heart to the future works, and the fact that Luxu was the only one that knew about this method from MoM. It seems pretty clear to me that Sigurd and Luxu are one in the same. And that he kept onto Brain’s hat and the memories of him to bring Brain’s heart to the future, for some reason that I’m not sure of yet

[kyotosummer]

Okay Quick KH3 Theory Time

So Xehanort/Xemnas knows who Luxord is, but Luxu doesn’t? That’s super weird...

So I was trying to think of how that could be a thing, and then it hit me. What if Luxu doesn’t recognize Luxord for the same reason Xemnas looks like Terra? What if there’s a fourth character running around who knows how to change bodies?

And the thing is, there’s one character we know who’s done enough research to possibly know how to pull off that trick:

I’m calling it now.

[gemz2001]

Luxord Theory- Is this them before?

Now guys this is me really, realllly going out on a limb here. But here’s my small theory. 

So guys hear me out I’m thinking this person here could be Luxord's somebody. Now not the person we see in the hidden ending where we see Luxord’s somebody (English VA did hint) driving Yozora. He is the person before that. He could have done what Luxu did and casted off his body and traveled through time continuing where he was with Yazora being his companion and then ended up loosing his heart becoming Luxord we all love and know. Now if we all remember what ability does Luxord control? Time. What we have seen currently from this trailer is that we are to play as a player character again much like in KH Union. We’ve seen the situation before aswell where we play as a character only for it to turn out and become Xehanort later on, so why not have this happen again?

Some more information as to why i might think this found within Kingdom Hearts 3. 

Firstly when Xemnas meets up with Demyx, Luxord, Marluxia and Larxene at the cliffs remember what he says. 

“So how do you suppose I chose numbers 9-12?” 

“Wrong you have been brought together for another purpose” 

“You four are going to reveal your greatest secret: the ancient keyblade legacy which slumbers within you”. 

Now we know that Lauriam and Elrena are in KH Union and we saw the story with them but where are Demyx and Luxord’s counterparts? Could this person we see here be one of them? Now we know with Demyx he doesnt like to do much work and with person here id think it fit Luxord more than Demyx. 

Secondly Luxord and Xigbars conversation in Olympus. Luxord talks about a story then goes onto the box. 

“A black goat stashes away a letter then orders a white goat to go find it”

“Yes that’s what i’ve always done. I’ve always followed the orders from above without question”

“I keep my eyes and ear open, but i’ve traveled to so many different places, its hard to keep everything straight yknow”

We know that MoM animal happens to be a Black Goat which we have seen on his Keyblade that is given to Luxu to pass on while the Letter could be reference to the black box he orders to take away. When Luxord talks about his order from above could it mean something deeper? Is he talking about orders from Xemnas? Or is he talking about orders from someone else like from Yazora, Brain or from one of the Keyblade Masters? When Luxord asks Xigbar why are we getting the box and how do you know about said box, Xigbar is vague and says he travelled all over its hard to keep anything straight. We can see Luxord is not happy about this and throws his card at him calling him out asking who he really is? 

Finally within this new trailer for KH Missing Link we see none other than Brain. With what happens in KH Union we know that Brain has one of the books which foretells what is to happen as well with the history. Maybe Brain and this guy talk and work together to stop things from happening or to help Sora and his friends in the future being there at the right place and time. If you remember at the end of KH3 when Luxord dies he gives Sora a card and tells him “to hang on to it, it could turn the tables”. Maybe Him and Brain come up with a plan and does what Luxu does by casting off his body and continuing forward until he’s right where he needs to be. And with Luxord being defeated now that could mean Luxord would return to where his heart was lost maybe in Quadratum where Sora is likely to be now. 

Now this is just my small theory and I could be completely wrong, but I could look back at this when both KH:Missing link and KH4 are out and be correct who knows. What are your opinions on this small theory guys?

[daremozaza]

ARTWORK BY TETSUYA NOMURA

My theories and opinions. No I do not have proof nor facts to back up my theories, they are just thoughts. This is Kingdom Hearts anything can happen.

Yes I'm about to ramble and analyze the crap out of this because it is absolutely b e a utiful.

First off Larxene definitely has a secret. For her to be as nice as she was in UnionX as Elrena and her completely flipping the switch in KH as Larexene just had me thinking she has something to do with SOMETHING lol or the no heart thing got to her. Pika pika.

Xehanort is protected behind his army of minions. But he's still involved! Making me believe he is still important to the storyline. Also thinking we will not be seeing Xemnas nor Ansem anymore. Rip to the Lord of Nothingness and Rip to the Dark Seeker. Riku literally says he will miss Ansem and I believe both of their deaths were touching...in a way. Xemnas was my fav villain. Young Xehanort was just evil to me lmao. And just wondering, isn't Xehanorts life/ timeline be in repeat mode now....like a endless loop because of the time travel...if so will this happen to Sora....? Is it already taking place....

Riku looks bad ass, enough said💙

Axel looks like he just smoked a doobie...gotitmemorized

STRELITZIAAA is sleeping! Directly across from Namine who is awake! Makes me think they are connected maybe.

Brain is looking downward and is the only one looking down out of the Union leaders drawn telling me he has a different path set than them. Luxu and Gula are also in the same position making me think maybe they will appear in the Missing Link or in that same storyline. Brain is in the same position as young Eraqus makes me believe which is not confirmed yet that Brain is in fact related to Eraqus. Skull and Ephemer are facing opposite directions. They were split up. Skulls pod worked and sent her to the future but Ephemers did not and he remained there and rebuilt Scala out of the remenents of Daybreak Town...how? THE MASTERS DEFENDER! Which is a keyblade, that is now Aquas, in which completely transformed Land of Departure into Castle Oblivion and vice versa. This trick had to of been done before...and just to say Skuld is the only one really looking off into a different direction from everyone else....she is subject X from the secret reports....well we think she is, not confirmed yet. Some think subject X is Ava but nooo its Skuld. but anyway back to this "X" it was a random X on a message from Nomura at the event and the pattern in the background of the art has patterns of continuous "x"s. Was that Nomura hinting to us about KHIV reveal or KHIV being about SUBJECT '"X".....I mean the 4 columns and one was missing...Sora holding up 1 and 2 and 3 fingers....it could have been predicted easily. Maybe Nomuras "X" is more than we think...like always.

MASTER OF MASTERS up there playing puppet master with Ira and Invi right by his side. But Ava and Aced are completely turned looking the other way.. And im just going to say I think Gula is the true traitor and Luxu is the scapegoat just like Xehanort ya know it's the "x" that makes me think they all had the same type of role to play. Like a vessel for darkness or something. Anyway Gula wanted to summon KH to bring back the master so idk that rings traiter to me..but Ava agreed with Brain if you know what the future holds what is the point of the future, so like Ava questioned the universe. She did not want to believe the fate of the world and maybe she tried to change it..did she take that leap like Sora? Is this why she is missing...she disagreed with Gula on summoning Kingdom Hearts because she wanted to stay true to the Masters teachings. But maybe her role made her do other wise.

Mickey, Donald and Goofy smack dab in the middle makes me think maybe we will be able to have them as playable characters! At the end of the KHIV trailer Goofy and Donald are alone and maybe on a mission from the King himself.

DEMYX AND XIGBAR/LUXU LOOK SUSPECT AS HELL! They are literally smiling at eachother. MoM&Luxu......

DarkRoad Xehanort is looking up to young Eraqus(light) and young Eraqus is looking down to DR Xehanort (darkness). CANT WAIT FOR DARK ROAD IN AUGUST!

I'm just going to say Eraqus and Xehanort really do remind me of young Sora and young Riku..........

Nomura is peaking out behind Luxord making sure we don't forget about that wild card Luxord gave Sora! IT MAY CHANGE THE TABLES!

Vanitas is holding 4 fingers up as if to be saying yea you ain't seen the last of me.

Aqua and Kairi lookin right at us along with Roxas over there heeeyy.

Ven got his teddy bear.

Saix/Isa is gazing at the moon probably.

Terra is a God.

Ienzo in his lab get up about to crack the code to Kingdom Hearts!

Marluxia/Lauriam is fabulous like always.

REP RIKU I SEE YOU

Vexen/Even is definitely checkin out older Sora....

Damn I forgot Xion....

Also, I noticed Sora is cut off. He is in his own space cut off from everyone else, with his own backgrounds. Makes sense because he is cut off from his reality in Quadratum right now. Meaning I think KHIV will be just a Sora game and his journey through Quadratum or/and other worlds. His KHIV look is much older making me feel he is ready for a big boy journey.. even Donald confirmed how much more mature Sora is getting in one of the loading screens in KHIII. Will our Beloved Keyblade Wielder travel alone and carry the weight of 3 half pints by himself this time?👇

Thank you for listening to my rambling. Your a keeper 🤞 Ask me anything I love to talk KH.

[dominicsorel]

It'll be hard to show my face...if I'm supposed to be buried here.

[nyctoheart]

Hey Mel. What is your opinion of the theory that Sigurd is the secret narrator in the Missing Link/KH4 trailer? Someone on khinsider decrypted the riddle Nomura stated in his Famitsu interview which reads, “こえのしょうたいはしぐるどようちゅうい, 声の正体はシグルド要注意. The voice identity is Sigurd, special attention.”

What in the world asldkfjasdlkfjasdf. I was doing that Lisa Simpson staring face looking at this LOL. We're really doing stuff like this now, huh.... this is why so many people thought KH3's logo had a missing piece... At least I'm happy I've learned enough Japanese to know this isn't fake LOL

Okay well, these are my initial thoughts, after reading the whole interview and rewatching the trailers:

I didn't realize until now that the voice is higher during the ML portion, and lower during the KH4 portion. So if they're both truly Sigurd, then it sounds like earlier he's younger, and the latter he's older.

If he's in both games, it might be older Sigurd who's standing beside the MoM in KH4, since it's not confirmed to be Xigbar. I wasn't sure if Xigbar got yet another coat-silhouette redesign, since I always thought his silhouette in KH3 looked... top heavy? So it's either Xigbar with a more fitting redesign (leaning back to his skinny arms in KH2/Days), or another character, possibly Sigurd.

But if Sigurd is deceptively ONLY in ML, then it has either a time skip, flashforwards, or... more time travel shenanigans. It would also mean he's not talking to Sora about jumping world to world, but either Brain or someone else entirely...

I don't think Sigurd being masked in ML means he's already an established character, as his VA is someone entirely new.

That's all I got for now! Verryyyy interesting....

[kicktwine]

what... is khux’s plot

pandora’s box anon you may have meant this . as a joke. but HERE WE GO

we don’t know what Kingdom Hearts (the moon) is but it made the world and a REALLY long time ago there were a buttload of keyblade wielders including the Master of Masters and his students the foretellers, who are less important but still there and cool. Mostly Ava and Luxu are the ones you want to pay attention to. there’s also YOU! and after you pick a foreteller-dodgeball-team (I’m Leopardus!) you live in a cute little town with all the other keyblade children and you spend your days with your cat collecting light and going to simulations of Disney worlds that don’t exist yet but they will and we know this because the master of masters stuck his eye in a keyblade and gave it to Luxu to take to the future so it can spy on stuff and he can write it down in the book of prophecies. Luxu is the Master of Master’s closest apprentice, and eventually he body-hops his way into being Xigbar. He has lifetimes of spying on stuff and hiding a cool box his master refused to tell him the contents of but it’s important, apparently. It might contain “””hope”””. 

You don’t have a lot of friends but one day you make a friend named Ephemer! And then he’s gone. He shows up in your dream asking you to come find him, and you find Skuld instead, who also had an Ephemer dream. You team up and find Ava instead, who tells you he’s in an unchained dream state (still not sure what that means actually). She also tells you to join her club (the Dandelions) because in the future there’s gonna be an apocalyptic war and since you seem like good kids she wants you to not die. Skuld agrees but you hold off because that doesn’t sound good like Morally. You’re not sure you want to take the escape route while a ton of kids you know kill each other.

Meanwhile in the background your idyllic town has started getting infested by darkness and everyone’s coming up with excuses to fight each other and instead of diffusing tension the foretellers go welp! It’s apocalypse time. And it is! The badlands become the Keyblade Graveyard, home to thousands upon thousands of dead keyblade wielders. You’re the only survivor in the apocalypse aside from Ava’s dandelion club because your friends Ephemer and Skuld rescue you.

Now there’s only like a couple thousand of you but Ava decided that 1) once the foretellers are gone we’re gonna put five new kids in charge and 2) no one should have to remember the war or anything, it’s too traumatic. Except the kids in charge, which are Ephemer, Skuld, Blaine, Lauriam (marluxia, in the future -- keep in mind we are WAY in the past, we don’t know yet how they get to the present but signs point to the weird room in Hollow Bastion), and Ventus. Ventus is ten and that’s because Ava actually picked Lauriam’s sister Strelitzia but the literal physical manifestation of Darkness probably disguised itself as Ava, killed strelitzia, and gave her rulebook to Ven. Also possessed Ventus to make it look like he did it. this is a recent development still in the theorizing stages.

You are doing the stuff you always used to do because, if youll remember, you don’t remember the keyblade war! Instead youre going to simulation worlds and doing stuff like defeating hologram maleficent but this time it’s different because this isn’t HOLOGRAM DATA maleficent, this is REAL maleficent and she’s pretty upset about being in the past, because she just got killed by Riku, remembered that xehanort time travels so why can’t she, and yote herself back here. The literal manifestation of Darkness helps her out and tells her there’s a secret room in the castle with a time travel pod so she can get back to the future. Easy. We... do not know Darkness’ motivations.

Stuff gets weird, Lauriam asks around to try to find Strelitzia (who is dead, but they don’t know that) and finds Elrena (Larxene) in the process, Wreck it Ralph is here now and Daybreak town starts glitching which is bad because only the future Disney worlds are made of data, right, so Daybreak town shouldn’t be glitching unless it’s a data world. It is actually a data world, and you’re all stuck in it (YOU are not data you’re just in here like a bird in a cage, how fun!), and Darkness has already helped Maleficent out of it and back into the real world so she can time travel to the future again AFTER wrecking Lauriam who tried to stop her from leaving the data world (WHEW.). Ephemer tags you in to this game of Clue because Strelitzia had a crush on you AND you’re an extra hand, and you go to Wreck it Ralph and get weirded out by a bunch of Darklings (keyblade kids who fell to darkness and became monsters). Lauriam, while wrecked on the floor, has a vision of his ghost sister Strelitzia, and Ventus can’t handle remembering being an accessory to murder so badly that he knocks himself unconscious and you are CAUGHT UP babey!

there’s a lot more if you want to get really into understanding theory, and why possibly Ava is going rogue, and why MoM is terrifying, and what Blaine means when he says he’s a virus (and why his name is Brain and not Blaine........), but this is, bona fide, the shortest most concise stream-of-thought summary i can give you of the entirety of kingdom hearts union cross.

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luxord theories duking it out in my head:

i do still have a fondness for luxord being ava i shall not lie. it seems super unlikely nowadays but i do love it.

he's the blonde kid from the missing link trailer. the british outfit, the coloring, the earring only on the left ear... connecting him to brain would make sense, given luxord's butting heads with xigbar, too.

my current theory: luxord is initially from the original war mom lived through and technically did die... but wound up in unreality. from there he's sort of gone back and forth and the wildcard was to ensure that sora would safely end up there should anything befall him. this also explains his butting heads with xigbar, as luxord knew the master of masters personally and may have even been an apprentice first. ( luxu being a replacement of sorts is too funny to me. mom, ur sons are fighting. )

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Black Box/KHUX Theory

So I have a theory that I want to talk about. I watched a video by Pajama Let's Play on Youtube, and she actually brought up something I hadn't thought about before - and even though she went a different route with it that I am, I want you all to stay with me for a second.

Given that 7 and 13 are such commonly recurring numbers in Kingdom Hearts - it's odd that only 6 Darknesses were mentioned in Kingdom Hearts Union χ. That's when it hit me. There were only 6 mentoned because the 7th is in the Black Box.

I think that the Master of Masters locked away the 7th Darkness long ago, perhaps in order to prevent some sort of calamity, and that is why he gave it to Luxu to protect and hide. And I wonder if that is not the reason why Darkness has followed after the Master time and time again, as Luxu even said that the longer Darkness is apart from the whole, the more its will fades, perhaps they are desperate to retrieve the last piece.

Now, Pajama Let's Play also listed the individuals she believed housed Darkness. But again, my list differs somewhat. First, I've been stating forever how Vanitas is the Darkness hiding within Ventus, and I believe that Lauriam hit the nail n the head when he said that it had potentially just retreated within Ventus. That's 1.

Next, I have reviewed in the past the fact that Lauriam and Elrena are drastically different people from Marluxia and Larxene, and I believe that this has something to do with the as of now missing Darknesses. That's 2 and 3, and since Demyx and Luxord were also lumped in with these two by Xemnas in Kingdom Hearts III regarding the ancient legacy of the Keyblade War, I'm willing to bet that 4 and 5 are within those two.

I've also been saying for a while that Luxord will probably pop up in Kingdom Hearts Dark Road due to his name being an anagram of Ludor + the Recusant's Sigil, and Ludor was thought to have been another name for the Norse God Loki used when he aided Odin and Hoenir in creating Ask and Embla (the first humans) - and the trickster schtick totally fits Luxord's character. This would also add weight to Luxord and Xigbar/Luxu's conversation from Kingdom Hearts III Re:Mind, where Luxu is clearly suspicious of Luxord and ultimately unaware of who he really is. How the Darkness for Luxord will arrive in the future though is beyond me at the moment, but stay tuned.

As for Demyx, I've heard it tossed around that Demyx could be the Player character - but that's pretty impossible at this point it would seem because there is only one Lifeboat left in Data-Daybreak Town and it definitely seems to still be going to Skuld (Subject X only remembered 4 friends and a Key, and while it would be cool to believe it could be Strelitzia, Strelitzia never had 4 friends, as harsh as that sounds. It also couldn't be Ava because as of KHIII Luxu has no idea what happened to Ava apart from the fact that she carried out her role).

However, back onto Player for a second, if he did house Darkness, it would be Nightmare Chirithy. But we saw Nightmare Chirithy fade away, right? Yes, but he said he'd see Player in another dream, so he's not gone and out for the count. And Brain also sure did make a point of saying that the Dandelions would enter a deep sleep once Data-Daybreak Town crashes. What if Nightmare Chirithy made it to Sora via the Realm of Sleep? Pajama Let's Play suggested that Anti Black Coat, the Nightmare that trapped Sora, could be another one of the Darknesses - so what if they were one and the same? The only problem with this is that Riku defeated Anti Black Coat and then defeated the Nightmare again when it attempted to possess Sora, only for him to be protected by Ventus' Keyblade Armor. I wonder though if it could still be lingering somewhere within Sora's Heart though, in spite of being defeated. What if that was the reason Yozora had to save Sora? What if it was the Master of Masters that told Yozora to do that? Moreover, what if the Master warned Yozora that he had to save Sora because of this Darkness?

Well, if not Sora, then there is also Ansem Seeker of Darkness to consider. When Ansem possessed Riku - possession of that sort btw has only really been seen by the likes of the Darkness controlling Ventus when he killed Strelitzia btw (when Master Xehanort forced Terra to steal Aurora's Heart it was different), Riku donned garb similar to that of Vanitas, which can't be a coincedence. As well, Ansem was the one who sought out his younger self to set him on his path through time, as well as sending him into the Realm of Darkness and eventually Scala ad Caelum, and casting Sora into sleep during his stay of around 70 years in Destiny Islands.

The reason I say this and not someone like, say, Skuld, is because I firmly believe that Skuld was taken and hidden away by Luxu in order to act as a failsafe for Luxu for when Ava was not summoned back from the past in Kingdom Hearts III. I say this largely because of the similarities drawn between the two, both by Gula and Brain, as well as Luxu's nonchalant reaction to her absence when he'd summoned the other Foretellers. As for Strelitzia, I believe her to be the True Dandelion, and I think she'll likely be found in Quadratum, I believe Marluxia's Spectre and Angelic Nobodies were likely the result of Marluxia's haunted soul, or at best Strelitxzia's Heart sheltered within Lauriam's own Heart.

Food for thought, let me know what you think :)