Sakurarozen - Rozen

Kingdom Hearts 3: Olympus and Pandora’s Box

More Symbolic of the Xehanort Saga Than You Think

Okay, I know that KH3 is… what… almost 5 months old at this point? And recently I’ve been thinking about something recently. I know it’s probably been talked about a thousand times already, but I just started thinking about it.

Now as you know, in Kingdom Hearts 3 you don’t necessarily HAVE to go back to all the worlds if you don’t want to. Sure, you might go back if you want to level or just mess around. Or maybe you’re looking for the Lucky Emblems so you can get the secret ending. Maybe you’re even going back to do the photo quests that the moogles will give. It doesn’t matter. They give you the ability to go back, but you’re not required.

That being said, something that happened in one world - specifically the FIRST world - has been bugging me. And until now I never really put two and two together quite like this.

In the world of Olympus, Maleficent and Pete are looking for that world’s “black box” - if you paid attention to Re:Coded and/or Dream Drop Distance, you know what this is. Anyway, Hades, almost confused, thinks that they’re talking about Pandora’s Box. He sends them that way. They find the box, but it’s not what Maleficent wants and they just leave it there. Out in the open. By the time we come across the area, mind you, the box is gone.

But that’s it. End of that story. Move on to the next world, only to maybe come back to get Lucky Emblems or pictures. But that’s it, we don’t really get more of a continuation of the story.

So why would Nomura-sensei include that? Specifically why would they include the infamous Greek box of horrors, illnesses and evils but do nothing with it? Let alone near the end of your adventure to that world?

If you’ll give me some of your time, I believe I’ll be able to tell you why.

Now, anyone who knows their Greek myths (and even for some who don’t really), the legend of Pandora’s Box (originally Jar) is very well-known. To sum it up, the gods created Pandora and made her extremely curious (as a sort of revenge to humanity). Then they gave her a jar (later translations changed it to a box) and told her never to open it ever. She became Prometheus’s sister-in-law (remember him? The one who gave man fire?). Eventually her curiosity got the better of her and she opened the jar. All of the evils, illnesses, disasters and horrible spirits left the jar before she could close it. This left only Hope within (as Zeus had intended).

So why include the small detail?

Supposedly a long time ago (though, we’re getting more information that it wasn’t THAT long ago) there was the legend of the X-Blade (read: kai or key) the (original) Keyblade War. Involved with the war was the 13 Darknesses and 7 lights. It destroyed nearly all of those who would wield the key-based weapon, along side most of humanity. The X-Blade was eventually destroyed. Humanity was dispersed among the worlds, hopefully to forget what had happened (though some still… “remembered” to a degree).

As time passed, one man - Xehanort - became curious. He wanted to know more about the Keyblade War and the legendary X-Blade. The more he learned, the more obsessed and darker he grew. He studied and studied, eventually being able to wield a Keyblade himself, but he wanted more. Upon learning what needed to be done, Xehanort made a plan. So he went and tried (sometimes succeeding) to corrupt people to join him in creating the 13 Darknesses.

As he went about the worlds, chaos, darkness and evil would enter each, causing mayhem and destruction wherever he would go. Heartless, Unversed and Nobodies started to make their way between worlds, making their paths available for each to follow and move to their next world to invade.

He wanted to recreate the war. With darkness reigning over the worlds, he knew he would eventually be able to see it once again. It would only be a matter of time before chaos would rule over all. (Organization 13 anyone?)

However, there was the one thing that he forgot as his curiosity consumed him. For within the legend, within the chaos that he wanted so much, there was one thing he missed.

Hope.

For the worlds, the 7 Lights would be the hope to end the war before it started. And if it did start, to keep the war and the casualties to a minimum. They would be there to bring light and hope back to the worlds. (Aqua, Ventus, Terra, Lea/Axel, Kairi, Sora, Riku)

TL;DR?

The nod to Pandora’s Box/Jar in Olympus was acknowledging the connection between the Greek myth of Pandora’s curiosity releasing evils onto the land, Xehanort’s curiosity bringing chaos and darkness into the worlds and how hope - and light - still remains.

New Design of NieR Automata and NieR Replicant Characters on NieR Reincarnation

Check New NieR Reincarnation Character here

Crisis Core vs. Final Fantasy VII Remake

Have some random Linked Universe headcanons that I have come up with but don’t always follow 100%

• Four paints his nails to prevent him from biting them, he also paints them to       reflect whatever color is most prominent that day and if it’s a pretty equal split he’ll alternate each nail color.

• Wild will either run up stairs 3 at a time, or on all fours. there is no in-between

• Time is only a around 27-29, stress took a toll on his aging, which wouldn’t be that big of a deal if Warriors wasn’t 26 about to be 27 and dreads the day someone mentions his age and he gets labeled old man as well

• Wind doesn’t like alcohol, he thinks it tastes like perfume and just wants to seem more mature in grown up to the others, Time or Warriors will usually switch Wind’s drink for cider or pumpkin juice so he has something to drink.

• While the chain can all sing, they can’t all sing the same types of songs. Twilight can sing lullabies, Wind can do sea shanties, ect

• Twilight can lift and throw each member or the chain at least 6ft, this in includes Time wearing his armor, and the chain has no idea why he’s this strong.

• Magic has different types of scents, so the some members of the chain have scents when they use magic. Hyrule always smells like cinnamon after a battle, Four smells like clover flowers when he shrinks, Twilight smells like coffee and tea leaves after he turns back from his wolf form, Sky just the faintest hint of vanilla from hanging around Sun, and Legend smells like a spice cabinet from all the items he uses

• Hyrule lives in a Hobbit Hole and he’s got a small fairy garden out front( I will stand by this until I die)

• Warriors is used to braiding Artemis’s or Impa’s hair when he was stressed so now he braids Wild’s hair because it’s the only hair long enough for his standards.

• Sky likes to collect stationary things like quills, inks, and seals, but he’s got terrible handwriting so he spends hours writing the perfect letter even if it’s only two paragraphs long.

• When Time was Mask, he had a habit of calling the other commanders “Mom” like when you would call a teacher mom, he even called Wars “Dad” once, and the first time the go to Warriors’s Hyrule Time basically had to bite his tongue as to not slip up, he fails.

• All of the Links have freckles, some only have them on their arms and shoulders, some cover them with make up or aren’t visible due to scarring, and some just don’t care about them and just have them on their faces.

There are nightmares we don’t talk about

Dawn pt. 8

<<Previous                   Next>> (coming soon)

Archive/ About / Linktree

Deet’s Vision II - Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019) S1E08

Obviously!!

What I hope to see in KH3? - Day 6

Terra making a bad ass appearance.

I don’t want anyone to save him. He will save himself through Lingering Will (LW vs Terranort round 2)

But I want to see Terra just making a grand entrance when everyone is in trouble. Boy deserves it. You can bet I’m gonna scream at the top of my lungs if that happens.

I COULDN’T HELP MYSELF. 

Sorry not sorry

PLEASE DO NOT REPOST HERE (Reblog ok!)

"his rough hands are a stark contrast to his lips - a feather touch to the wound that's yet to heal."