The reason Roxas wields two Keyblades is not that hard to figure out, instead of 3. For one reason, it would look silly for him to wield 3 and only have two hands. He cannot do any of the tricks like Sora can in his Forms so he has to hold only two. The other reason is this: The 'Base' Keyblade is Kingdom Key, which links him to Sora. Now you have Oblivion, which ties directly to Riku. And Oathkeeper which comes from Kairi. So Kingdom Key being the base makes it possible for these two other Keyblades. When Oathkeeper or Oblivion is around, you won't see the Kingdom Key. That's why he wields two Keyblades though is the direct correlation between the 3 characters and his connection to Sora...and then Sora's connection to Riku and Kairi.
The beach area I think is also where Riku and DiZ met up to speak as well where he asks Riku who he is and Riku responds with 'Ansem'.
I always looked at it in a symbolic way as to say that Riku and Sora were stuck, at the end of the road and bound to Darkness. Now, if there were defenders of Light out there, and Sora and Riku could never go home or at least for a time, why would they not defend Darkness against evil using it? After all, it was said that just because someone has Darkness, it does not make them outright have to be evil. So, being resigned to their possible fate, they would make the most out of it and ensure that Darkness was no longer abused from their end. When they agreed to watch Darkness to ensure it would also be safe and not used for bad purposes, then Sora got his letter from Kairi, which Riku passes to him. However, I didn't think Sora made the Door to Light. I thought of it as Kairi's power instead because she sent the letter adrift in the first place, reaching out to find the boy she could barely remember but knew she cared about. I think of it as tossing a rope out into the water and someone catches it and you haul them in. Therefore, I attached it more to Kairi's heart reaching out through that paper to Sora and when the link was met, the Door to Light opened. Kairi also is the one who healed Sora in Hollow Bastion from a Heartless state because her Heart reached out to his. So, I pinned this more on her and the link being made from their Hearts. As for how Kairi sent the bottle through the water...it is also mentioned in Ansem Reports written by Xehanort that he found this girl and sent her adrift via the water to other worlds in hopes she would locate the Keyblade bearer. So obviously there's something with Kairi (her name after all means Sea) and the way interspace works to allow for this to happen. All of the worlds, after all, connect to one another, although currently they are driven apart and linked only through this interspace. That's basically the best explanation I can give on that. Kairi sent the bottle into the water to go find Sora and reestablish that link with him. I would say it's just a kooky Heart power she can do being who she is and the state of the way the worlds are that made it possible.
Heh, I like the sarcasm at the end but I agree with this. Part of the reason I like Riku more than Sora and Roxas, but like Sora second is because of their personalities. I like all 3 but I would not if I could not find something admirable in them. We tend to attach to characters we can most feel sympathetic to or relate to in some way or another. This is also why, since we are all different, we will like some characters more than others. It is a valid point or else we would all probably not bother with RPG sorts of games and instead just play smash up games where we have nothing to care about as far as personalities and character development go. We'd also not read books etc. I.e. Harry Potter wouldn't be so popular if people could not relate to any of the characters in that either, even though both KH and HP are fantastical stories with extra things we won't see in real life.
If a female is in the army and going to shoot at me, I'm going to shoot her first. That's the way it goes. I do not like to take -any- life unless I had to but there's a rule of self-preservation too. If the girl is armed and stoned, sure, same deal. If I am, or someone else is threatened, I am going to do something to try to get out of the situation and/or help defend others. However, this was just a bratty cheerleader that was name calling and being nasty on her Myspace page about some other kids that got sick of her attitude. 6 girls beat her up, as said. No boys touched her apparently. I do think the people who did the crime should get some community service and be monitored. And I would hope the girl would learn to stop being so rude but it does not seem so since after the incident she said that they were all in jail on her myspace page and apparently thought that the scenario of their punishment was amusing. I still say the girl seems rather narcissistic to me, but those kids should have not taken physical retaliation against her either. Now they suffer for having a bad temper.
I believe time travel could be possible. I don't think it would turn out like Star Trek with their ridiculous episodes where people can control it going back in time, but I do think time travel could work hypothetically to move us to other areas faster since there is proof that even the speed of light can go faster than people assumed. It is one of those interesting subjects that I do not get to research as much as I would like to, but I have not really seen any reason to not believe it is attainable if we keep moving forwards and learn more.
I would have to say I agree and disagree with you here. Biggest concern, sure...it's not so right, but at the same time, I do think it should be a concern. Part of the problem with politics now is a loss of rights for people to include what video games our kids can and cannot play. This also goes into the rights of music, movies etc and television shows, what can air and cannot. When adults are being treated as children and we cannot make decisions ourselves on what our kids do and do not, and what -we- can watch and cannot, there is a problem of a nation getting into your very living room, ruling your family. I do think it is important to see what some people want to take away from us because I feel we've lost enough rights already over stupid lobbyists and fundamentalists etc.
I would have voted that I think it depends on the circumstances, but I can say since I live the nightmare of parents who did jack crap for me and have had to fight tooth and nail to get the degree I am working for, I voted yes. I live in the U.S. and the college support sucks unless I can get grants or take Honors courses to get classes marked off because I maintain a very high GPA. I also had to go into the military so that once out I could afford college with government assistance to not have to take out a ton of loans. From personal experience, there are so many people that have to go the route I do of working 30 to 40 hours a week plus having to do things like join the military or some corporation assistance program to allow them to not owe super loans. Others get loans from places like Sally Mae and are really screwed when they come to realize they owe 20 to 50k and all of that education gets them a job that pays well but in the end leaves them with the same amount they'd get at McDonalds because of owing money per month to loans people. This is not to say I believe parents are bound to pay all of the college dues because hardly anyone can do that. I do think kids in college should work and do something to help themselves out. College should be a time of the kid learning to be more independent and responsible. However, after all the crappy experiences I have had and fighting to make sure I can even continue at some semesters where things look hairy, I can say it would have been nice had my parents done -anything-. I know for sure that I will be saving up for any kids I have to go to college. I may not pull off the whole amount, and would want them to do things for themselves too, but I would be there to motivate them along and pay when things do get ugly because that is part of my job. Kids aren't totally independent unless they have to be through college. There are also so many bad influences here that it can be a real life experience to have to learn to steer away from harmful things if you weren't exposed to it in high school. I am fortunate because I have a steel willpower to push onward but I can say I've watched a lot of people flunk out who with help in both money and in time would have been here still. In countries where kids get actual aid I think it works that parents don't have to be so responsible because their taxes go to education for kids. I can say though even if I lived in one of those places, I would still feel obligated to do something. After all, I wouldn't want some kid living in my basement until he or she is 30 because the kid can't support him/herself.
I am hoping Obama will win. I suppose I can live with McCain because even though I disagree with some of the platforms he stands on, I do not dislike the guy and think he'd do an earnest job. Hillary just cannot be trusted, in my book, at all. I do lean more to Obama though because I think it's time to have a democrat. It's a necessity at times that Reps and Dems switch up, since they are the only two choices we even really have (which I think sucks because it wasn't always this way). I know the economy needs fixed but that is mainly this time -caused- by the Republicans and also the Clinton administration. I really prefer to see someone new and Obama seems to have the motivation to do the work and his lack of 'experience' as Hillary pointed out...that's what advisers are for. He seems to have commonsense, which is something that has been severely lacking in the office with all of the cowboy politics we've had for over a decade now. If we pull people from Iraq, that will help fix the economy. If we get back to dealings with Afghanistan and support troops better there where we -should- be, that would also help. The education system does need reformed to better support kids and help stop violence. The medical system does need to cover people better. I may have to pay some more taxes but we are incredibly in debt against ourselves because the Republicans pulled so much money from the Federal Bank and we -really- have to fix this. I don't want to be ruled by the freaking Federal Reserve. It's trashing this country.
Sora didn't need magical clothes to dual wield. He needed -two Keyblades-. He used Riku's Keyblade at the end just fine without any Drive Form. Roxas had two Keyblades only because of his connection to Sora, Riku and Kairi. Seriously. Why do people ride that? Roxas has the Kingdom Key probably when he appears not just for the new beginning of a game reason but also possibly because he had nothing to recount on in memories. Axel even commented when he fought Roxas that Roxas had two Keyblades. They might have appeared when he fought Riku or just prior to that because the dreams were happening to Roxas as Sora was asleep and Namine was attempting to help him. So we may see him double wielding in 358/2 Days but it makes sense it's at the end.
Yes, the situation would still stand. As I said, even if the Org has some 'charges' dropped because of the niceness of Court removing things due to circumstances, Sora would still ultimately be found innocent because of the methods the Org employed. They -did- attack him and others. That is clear. In the end, the point would be that the Org would have been up for debate on -their- actions and held accountable. Sora would not be an issue. And you know what? I bet you if the Org was put on trial somehow, Sora would be there and try to not be too hard on them. If he saw that the group wanted to reform their behavior, he'd support them. This is what is funny. Sora gets slammed on but he's the one, with Riku, who would go ahead and SUPPORT the Org if they wanted to change their ways. I can't see Sora as one who advocates punishing someone that would turn things around.
The other thing about people coming to the Americas wasn't just disease...it was their mindsets. For example, religion justified stealing stored foods from the Native Americans. The settlers would -find- *cough* food stores the Native Americans had and thank God for them figuring they were blessings and stole them, which caused strife when the Native Americans grew angry. The Europeans truly came with the belief they had divine inspired rights to steal and take what they wanted from the lesser people they met. They also did warfare differently and fought with superior weapons. Native American cultures tended to be more 'spiritual' with how they warred and had their own rules. You are right though that disease is a big factor since many Native Americans and also Africans fell to diseases that Europeans had grown more adjusted to. 80% or so of the Incan and Aztec populations may very well have fallen to disease brought by the settlers. The Spanish though were also very nasty with their tactics while looking for their gold. They weakened the Aztecs and Incas in quite a few ways through nasty warfare. Small Pox was perhaps the biggest infectious disease though at the time. There was also biological warfare through using blankets with Small Pox exposure and giving them to Native Americans in Pennsylvania area etc. Another reported possible biological incident may or may not have happened when Spanish and British soldiers possibly poisoned water wells of the Native Americans by livestock that were ill using them. Disease may have been the route that quite a few of the Native Americans, Caribs etc died. Some of it though was intentional though most probably was not. Slavery and such of Native Americans because the Spaniards did not believe they had 'souls' for some time, and putting people together in tight areas probably also could be a contributing factor of disease spread. In South America and Mexico as well as some south western states also had poor food growth that if threatened by outsiders was tilted and broke up communities of Native Americans too. This had an impact as well but you are right. Disease coming along with the settlers was a major reason for decimation of their numbers. An interesting thing to note, since you brought up the Black Plague, though is that the Black Plague may not have spread through Europe so badly had a city not been attacked by the Mongols who tossed their diseased mostly dead or dead people over the walls with catapults and infected the people there and some managed to escape taking the disease with them, and ferrying the rats along on their ship. How guilty people are of spreading diseases can be debated. We like to believe that the past soldiers were dumb and yet these things did go on with intent if people were that desperate to use them. Though many Christians were taken out in Europe, most of Europe at the time of the Black Plague were Christians and of course, the religion itself wasn't weakened in any way, even if there was a life expectancy for clergy men of 3 weeks when the disease was really running rampant.
I win. *dances around* However, as said, I do not say that the Org is 'evil' either, ICSP. Please understand that. They are guilty for the way they handled things. However, we need their side of things as well to prosecute them justly to see if their charges would hypothetically get lowered based on events that transpired which we will learn in BBS and 358/2 Days. I do feel sympathetic to them and all. I just knew Sora also wasn't out with the intentions that you assigned to him. He's definitely not a person that himself justifies murder. In movies etc, I can often see (when movies care to explain it, or books etc) why the antagonists are where they are but won't really hate the hero for it. Someone had to do something with what was presented. Do I think if the Org lived they should get a fair trial as well? Sure thing. We out here from the game know that more is up with what Xemnas was doing. He's either linked to one of two people. Xigbar was doing something and we can't be sure what but Nomura queued us in that he has a rather important past. So this is what we need to see that will at all let people comprehend the Org more than it does at the moment. Even with that knowledge though, Sora would be found innocent because of the way the Org played out things. However, I do state for the record, this knowledge may change some views on just what the Org's actual functions were and why the Nobodies were made in the first place.
Ya know...you are right. I was typing it when I was not so alive. It shows. *amends*. *Waves hand in front of others. "You did not see the grammar error."
Seriously, if you are going to make derogatory and inflaming remarks, the least you could do is read someone's full retort to it. I don't type out it for my health. I am trying to help you see so that you can stop feeling hated here and others can stop feeling you are a religious zealot pusher because you are prejudiced against Atheists. I wrote this short. Now READ the other thing and each comment someone writes to you or don't bother responding. *huffs*.
No, it makes people who use Christianity as a means of justifying their acts of war evil. Just like a gun isn't evil. The person using it to shoot someone and hold up a store is using it for a bad act.
I do get more of what you mean now. I didn't really hold it against Riku Replica for anything he did to Sora once I saw how his mind was messed up by Namine and how much he really opposed it. That cry out in angst after he had no choice was just horrible and sticks in my memory. In the end, he was made to be bendable to the wills of the Org but they abused and just broke him. You are right though that he did act -more- like Riku in a way before he was messed up than afterwards. I see differences but he was a lot calmer and Riku's normal demeanor seems to be calm, despite how desperate and crazy he became in KH. And the Repliku surviving with the Vexen clones thing is the #1 thing that made me mad about the manga. It entirely mocked the seriousness of the situation. Other dumb things were Org members going on about stupid pickles and such nonsense. Some of it was funny and other things were so lame I wanted to pull my hair out. lol
Hmm..the most emotional moments of the games... In KH - The part at the end when Kairi goes to the wall and touches the drawing Sora adjusted and tears roll down her cheeks. I feel so sappy feeling down and happy there at the same time but egads it's so emotional a scene. - When Riku gave in to Xehanort's Heartless feeling he had no choice and after when his spirit reformed in front of Xehanort's Heartless to let the others escape. - When Sora sealed the DTD at the end leaving King Mickey and Riku inside Darkness. "Take care of her" was a line that stayed with me as sad but honorable. In CoM - When Larxene kicks Repliku and he was so adamant he didn't want his memories altered and literally cried out. That scene just disturbed me. - When Namine broke Repliku's Heart...and she didn't even apologize to him when he returned. When Repliku left and told Sora "it doesn't take someone real to know how real a friend you are." or something like that. In KH2 - When Roxas says his 'I guess summer vacation is over"..line. - When Sora and Kairi hugged. - When Sora cried on the train and didn't know why. - When Riku was about to run off to Darkness and Kairi urged Sora to stop him and he grabbed his arm in desperation. - When Axel died and Roxas's response in anger. - When Sora and Riku talk to Xemnas and he says that all he remembers a Heart has is anger and such. I can't say I 'cried' but those are the most outstanding emotional areas of the games for me where I emotionally was all 'awwwwwwww' or 'this is so gushy' *squirm*.
I won't say I didn't 'like' Roxas but I prefer Sora more. I guess I just can't find a character cooler just because he double-wields. There's nothing saying Sora or Riku can't double wield either, but they also didn't have two Keyblades. Sora double-wielded at the end of KH2, proving the point when he used Riku's Keyblade along with his own. Roxas only double-wielded as a symbolism of having Oblivion and Oathkeeper which tied him to Sora, Riku and Kairi. It's a cool thing and all, and Roxas was alright. I'm glad he had a good resolution going back to Sora and finding some peace. I did though find him at times to be self-absorbed, but I understood why. I honestly can't say why people like him more but because he 'wears cooler clothes, wields 2 weapons and Sora doesn't get to except in Forms or at the end of KH2, and isn't as goodie-goodie- as Sora'. I liked Sora and Riku more. Also, he emo'd more than anyone else and yet Repliku really did have the crappiest story out of anyone, as Pika Power said.
First off, I do not prefer how you stated it. I will though stand by this statement. "Sora was justified in his acts because he acted in defense of not only himself but others against an entire Organization that manipulated him and attacked him as well as friends." Secondly: Evidence as it would be presented by the court. 1. Sora is a 15 year old boy, not knowledgeable of what all is going on in the universe. At no time did the Organization announce their TRUE intentions to the boy or ask for assistance. 2. 6 of the Org members are responsible, especially #1 the Superior, of releasing Heartless into the real worlds and causing a lot of mayhem. They also without a doubt created the Nobodies and their condition. This was not known to Sora at the time and he did not -act- upon it. 3. Sora was attacked twice unprovoked. Roxas in technicality was forbidden to leave the Org unrestrained because he was a part of Sora and then Sora came to be used because of his position as a Keyblader. When Roxas was not returning willingly, Xemnas and the Organization agreed to have Axel terminate Roxas. This again shows cult personality with psychopathic intentions. 4. At NO time ever did the Organization inform Sora of their intentions and instead provoked attacks and manipulated this 15 year old boy and his companions. 5. The Organization used the Heartless as a tool and innocent people were harmed or lost their Hearts. 6. The Hearts went to a pseudo Kingdom Hearts and not where they were intended to go in the balance of nature. Had the Organization done what they were supposed to, they would have returned to their natural bodies and should therefore have simply kept attempting to deal with killing off Heartless to go to the proper domain to gain back their lost identities. It is a -FACT- that the Nobodies mainly all knew who they were with the exception of Roxas and Namine. 7. Being sentient beings, the Nobodies are responsible for the acts of attempted 'murder' themselves. They attacked Beast who went mad and was nearly provoked to harm a woman, lock up the servants at his castle in a dungeon and do acts based on corruption of Darkness. This is akin to someone mind controlling another and manipulating them to do bad acts not condoned normally. 8. At no time did Sora attack to 'murder' the Organization members. He attacked to -stop- the Organization from using him and harming others. Their intentions may have had reasons but they were never pointed out to Sora until late in the scenarios and then the 15 YEAR OLD boy did still not know what to believe. 9. Saix shows signs of narcissism, sadism, and though one member kidnapped Kairi and was wrong, he did not seek to return her after he abducted her when she fled from the first captor. Instead he used her as bait, forcing the 15 Year old boy to his knees in cruelty and the girl also is a minor that was kidnapped and held against her will. 10. The Organization held Namine against her will and used her to do acts that were dubious in nature to include messing up Sora's mind in the first place. Afterwards, these memories were removed. 11. The creation of a lifeform 'Repliku' and serious mistreatment, altering of his mind, abuse he and Namine endured under the hands of the Organization were unjustified. 12. Every one of the Organization members that faced Sora did NOT have to fight and could have fled at any time or let him know of their plans straight out, or surrendered but instead continued to not do any act as such. They also tried to use discordance in their group because of Axel fleeing and his plan as a distraction while still not ever declaring what they were doing or asking for assistance. 13. The Organization created 'monster' Heartless to be able to be used and set a curse on Captain Jack Sparrow, though who is dubious in nature himself did not merit such an attack. These Heartless were also found in Beast's castle and attacked the group and held people restrained in the dungeon. Also, a corrupted dragon was made, destroying that dragon by making it a Heartless and dragons are the very symbol of a land. 14. The conditions of the fact that the Organization top 6 members should answer for crimes of releasing the Heartless in the first place, manipulating Heartless on Radiant Gardens, and many crimes associated with the Heartless's acts because they are 'sentient' while Heartless or not calls for its own trial alone. 15. Others who were not the top 6 and remained with the Organization's plots are also held in account. It would legally be tried as if they were cult members following orders since that is how diligently and zealously they followed Xemnas. Axel would also be tried for his actions of kidnapping Kairi and trying to apprehend or 'kill' Roxas. Those who follow a cultish sort of leader also have their own trials to deal with were they alive. Due to the fact the client is a 15 year old boy, never informed of what the Organization's intentions, whether partially justified or not, cannot be held accountable since at no time was he 'bloodthirsty' and was doing what he must to stop them from doing wrongs on several worlds. Truly no one knows all of it since apparently had the Nobodies merely gone after Heartless and asked for a Keyblader's help and been up front, returned them to the spot they belonged and then returned to their whole forms by the scheme of the universe (as depicted by Nomura himself) the Organization's actions cannot be condoned, but perhaps understood at some time later. Not only did they manipulate a boy but scammed an entire series of worlds, with past crimes the top 6 were affiliated with prior to even becoming Nobodies. They remember these crimes and are held accountable for their own trial to explain their actions. Since they are now deceased, we must toss that to mystery because of their behaviors. In the end, a culmination of crimes wronged against the Defendant and allies with no clear motif caused the Defendant to act justly with what he had to go off of. The Defendant, being a 15 year old boy without any history of 'violence' or showing signs of being dysfunctional in nearly any society as he made several friends instead, shows that his intentions are meant for the best. The Organization showed violence, manipulations, and their intentions were solidly unclear which could have been presented at any time. Therefore it would be found that they put themselves in the position they were in and the deaths would be excusable in any court of law. Regardless of how you want to defend this ICSP, seriously, there is no way in a court of law Sora would be found guilty. A 15 year old boy versus an entire group of psychopathic individuals that had the power all along to explain themselves and ask for help instead of causing mayhem for their own benefit would in no way be seen as a murderer. You may not like it, but that is how it is. He would undeniably come off cleared of any crime allegation because of the scenario the Organization painted for themselves and the fact they did nothing to dismiss it and be up front. It is an act of defense of others and self that Sora would be cleared by and the Org, were it alive, would be standing trial for their actions. Since they are not alive, the situation would rest with the fact of self defense and defense of others. In final, this is not to say the Organization did not have -reasons- for what they had done. Anyone could sympathize with the fact they wanted their Hearts back and to become whole. However, the METHODS employed is what has to be questioned and also why the top 6 did the crimes in the first place prior to being Nobodies. Even if they were hypothetically cleared of crimes they had done, which I doubt they could clear all charges laid on them, Sora's case would stand as it was and he would be found innocent.
