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How the Four sword works in LU:

Sunset pt 8 & 9 Posted at the same time b/c I figured I'd show him split in its entirety to avoid any wrong impressions on how the Four sword works in LU

So let me explain:

All the colors make up the sum of his person. The 4 are his 'true colors' in that they show what he is really like. They reveal the true nature to his character.

Four doesn’t hear separate conversations in his head. He doesn’t have separate/multiple personalities. He is not a “system”. I'm using very little from the manga (As a side note: Vio IS Link(No LxL)). Any “I” or “me” from the colors is not meant as a declaration identifying separately from his complete self.

Furthermore, while his power is multiplied by 4, He is ONE personality but the unique perspective of each color is actually different aspects of his thought process that is made audible.

Here is some future dialogue from Four: "…My opinions, my doubts, even my innermost feelings on things…The Four Sword puts all of it on full display…"

Disagreements mean Four is honestly unsure of something. The same way you could debate with yourself to go to bed on time. You are still one person, one single personality, yet here you are with a conversation debating the pros and cons of sleep.

Everything the colors say is an honest thought from Four, But depending on who says it, is a point of interest to understand Four as a character. Red is sentimental, it's no coincidence that he's the one  aggressively concerned for Twilight and the others, therefor Four deeply cares for his friends. Vio as his reasoning, is unable to counter the extreme concerns from Blue, Red and Wild, and thus surrenders to confusion. Blue, being his anger, ls lashing out at Wild and the rest of himself in this high stress situation. He lashes out at red for thinking the worst and then at Vio desperately wanting some answers from him. But Four knows anger is not the solution to anything so Blue kept silent to Green's reprimand. In other words, Four is just as distraught  as Wild. Four's Green is losing his heroic composure over himself

It’s because of your suggestions I draw these “happy” things

Pet series, part 3, Wayfinder trio. part1 part2

a giant horse for Terra. I can totally see him in a ranch!

Domestic Rats for Ven. I love rats. But I have 2 killer cats and can’t have rats too ;w; they are extremely smart and trainable, and affectionate. they are my dreams’s rats, a Siamese and a Husky

A sweet cat for Aqua. Pride and strenght, but for her I wanted a quiet and elegant race like sacred of Birmania. She can accept Ven’s Rats, but a Chirithy is too strange xD

There’s a monthly art prompt on my Discord.gg/j2vP6rQ server and the prompt for this month is Rebel. I chose the idea of green graffiti and the recent Extinction Rebellion movement against environmental destruction.

What she says: I’m fine.

What she means: Fuck, fuck I’m not okay fuck. Aqua’s been Norted, and I’m not over this shit. I’ll never be over this shit. Vanitas is back and I know for sure he ain’t getting a redemption arc and so far he’s only been seen for like 10 seconds. Sora Riku and Kairi’s relationship is gonna change and I’m scared that they would drift apart. Roxas my Darling Boy is the “biggest secret of kingdom Hearts” and I’m losing my fucking mind. I haven’t seen hide or hair of Ventus and there is a possibility he’ll be norted. Sora’s eyes are turning green and we’re still not sure why. Xion isn’t mentioned at all and I want my baby girl back. Numora has said that he identifies with Xehanort and doesn’t empathize with Sora at all. No I’m not fine!!!!!

Sora and Kairi’s Joint Attack

Everything about this was amazing, really, but a few of my favorite parts of it:

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Aqua’s experience in A Fragmentary Passage and subsequent Norting changed the entire way I look at Light and Darkness in the Kingdom Hearts series.

Up until now, the light/darkness dichotomy was only ever something I interpreted as being a plot-specific force within the narrative. Sure, we had characters verbally telling us that darkness is related to negative emotions, light is related to friendship and positivity, etc. but beyond characters getting powered up for battle after verbally making those connections (“My friends are my power,” basically anything that comes out of Ansem SOD’s mouth), we don’t really get a chance to see what that means.

A Fragmentary Passage connected the emotions to the forces in a much more obvious way, for me at least. I’ll never forget playing the mirror level that has Aqua’s inner monologue going the whole time and realizing that, holy shit, this game is about depression! And then we see the E3 trailer from this year. For her to get Norted, we know she had to succumb to The Darkness, and because we have her experience in AFP as a background, we know how she got to that point and exactly what she was feeling when it happened. (Yes, AFP ended on a more hopeful note, but … I still think this is probably what happened).

I’m playing through all the main games again, and suddenly, the rest of the series has a LOT more context. The Xehanort/Eraqus arguments get a lot more nuance. Honestly, I think Xehanort has a little bit of a point? Light and Darkness (ie: positive emotions and negative emotions) existing in a balance seems WAY healthier than just trying to have ALL POSITIVE EMOTIONS ALL THE TIME. This could apply to “The closer you get to the light, the greater your shadow becomes.” The more you try to push down or hide your negative emotions in an attempt to remain positive 24/7, the more that negativity festers beneath the surface and can explode out of you. Maybe this is what happened with Terra. Dealing with the Darkness is something that has plagued him since he was a kid, but because light-obsessed Eraqus basically raised him, he had to repress negativity until it sorta just exploded in BBS. (As someone with mental health problems who grew up in a family that didn’t talk about problems or emotions and just pretended everything was fine all the time… my most recent BBS playthrough hit me kind of hard.) Along these same lines “hearts of pure light” don’t seem totally healthy either? Maybe it’s different for Princesses of Heart, because they’re Naturally Occurring, but it makes total sense why my boy Ven was so fragile after Vanitas got ripped out of him. In any case I am REALLY SCARED for Sora. I know he was close to getting Norted in DDD, but if he just tries to stay positive all the time because so many people are counting on him my boy is going to BREAK.

Now, when I see the darkness cloud animation emanating off a character, I have context for what that means and what that feels like. When Terra uses his dark command styles, I used to think “well yeah, he’s mad” but know I get that he’s pissed. When a Nort uses dark attacks, I get that he’s channeling his greed, his feelings of superiority. When Sora goes into Anti-form, I get that this is his moment of release, where he physically can’t be his happy-go-lucky self. The black cloaks, which protect people when travelling in corridors of darkness, have the power to shield people from negative emotions. Does turning into a heartless feel like being overwhelmed with hopelessness and dread?

This also makes Riku’s arc way more interesting to me! His “road to dawn” becomes a road to recovery!! Instead of pushing down his negativity, he lives with it! He uses it to his advantage without letting it overtake him!!! He doesn’t pretend to be sunshine and rainbows, and his friends still love him!!!!

I don’t really have a conclusion to this. I’m just really glad that they did what they did with A Fragmentary Passage.

Final Fantasy 7 Remake - Zack Fair cutscene 2