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[Xenidal]

Was Xion an afterthought... like, after KH2 was made then they were coming up with ideas for 358 Days / 2 and decided to create the Xion character? Or was she planned from the get-go (or at leat planned out before Chain of Memories)?

Has this ever been answered through any interviews or anything? If not, what are your thoughts on this?

To me, I always got the feeling that she was invented later. She seemed like an unnecessary addition to the overall story of Kingdom Hearts... and the fact that she turned out to be the final boss (as a way to eliminate her so it would make sense that she was never mentioned in KH2) just felt awkward.

[Kinode]

She is an afterthought, yet my favorite character.
The way they put her in was well done, even with a plot explanation for her not being mentioned.

[Kishira]

Even during the production of Days, Xion seemed to be an afterthought, Nomura's earlier interviews discribed a completly different Days. :/

[Golden Ultima]

Even being one,she was a good character and she made the sotry better because she makes us understand Roxas's sadness and the fact that she is a part of Sora just like Roxas, it makes us wonder how she will get back and how she will be remembered. Also every character has a trio, and having just Axel and Roxas would be weird.

Edited by Golden Ultima, 27 May 2012 - 09:53 AM.

[Kinode]

...having just Axel and Roxas would be weird.

I never thought I'd say this but maybe that would have been a good thing.
I mean I love Xion and all
She's my favorite character.
But you gotta admit just having Roxas and Axel would have made the Yaoi much better.

[XIIISwords]

I never thought I'd say this but maybe that would have been a good thing.
I mean I love Xion and all
She's my favorite character.
But you gotta admit just having Roxas and Axel would have made the Yaoi much better.

facepalm
XD

[ashiri]

But you gotta admit just having Roxas and Axel would have made the Yaoi much better.

Maybe that's the reason Xion WAS created.

[Dave]

Xion was definately something of an afterthought, given how she's not exactly crucial to Sora's main story, but the wonderful thing with how she was integrated is that 358 Days was a self contained story, to an extent. It had it's own complete plot arc of the life and death of Roxas, and within it Xion's own story fits nicely without bleeding into KHII's narrative.

[Kinode]

Maybe that's the reason Xion WAS created.

I really hope Roxas is bi because I ship both Rokushi and Akuroku

[ashiri]

I really hope Roxas is bi because I ship both Rokushi and Akuroku

me too :3
then again, i ship just about anyone, lol.

[replika13]

even so, Xion is here in the present and thats fine for me. Even though she kinda replaces Naminé

[hatok]

Xion is an afterthought.
And, worst, she basically stole the screen time from every other Org Member...

[Lt.Random]

She may be an afterthought, but one with an amazing storyline and the most depressing death T_T

[XIIISwords]

Yes, Xion was an afterthought, but so to was Days, Ventus and co., and Master Xehanort. How could SE have predicted the popularity of KH?

[Renlover202]

I never thought I'd say this but maybe that would have been a good thing.
I mean I love Xion and all
She's my favorite character.
But you gotta admit just having Roxas and Axel would have made the Yaoi much better.

You would think so but alot of other people would have a huge problem with it *rolls eyes*

me too :3
then again, i ship just about anyone, lol.

i would feel better if he was lol

[Renlover202]

I am going to say this really really nicely.

Maybe that's the reason Xion WAS created.

I am saying this really nicely. Maybe if disney wasn't so prejudiced maybe we wouldn't be in this position now would we?

[Kinode]

You would think so but alot of other people would have a huge problem with it *rolls eyes*

You'd think that if someone has a problem with the fanbase because we each have a right to ship who we want, they'd leave it .-.

[Keyblade Master Xine]

Was Xion an afterthought... like, after KH2 was made then they were coming up with ideas for 358 Days / 2 and decided to create the Xion character? Or was she planned from the get-go (or at leat planned out before Chain of Memories)?

Has this ever been answered through any interviews or anything? If not, what are your thoughts on this?

To me, I always got the feeling that she was invented later. She seemed like an unnecessary addition to the overall story of Kingdom Hearts... and the fact that she turned out to be the final boss (as a way to eliminate her so it would make sense that she was never mentioned in KH2) just felt awkward.

This is one of the many reasons I hate Xion and Days. If Nomura would've just focused on Roxas and Axel, it could've been a better story. He just shoehorned in an unimportant and irrelevant character in to a series that already has a bunch of characters he doesn't know what to do with, when we could have gotten character development for some of the other members of the Organization.

[Renlover202]

You'd think that if someone has a problem with the fanbase because we each have a right to ship who we want, they'd leave it .-.

Exactly! Just because people like Xion and Roxas doesn't mean that we have to like it.

This is one of the many reasons I hate Xion and Days. If Nomura would've just focused on Roxas and Axel, it could've been a better story. He just shoehorned in an unimportant and irrelevant character in to a series that already has a bunch of characters he doesn't know what to do with, when we could have gotten character development for some of the other members of the Organization.

Exactly! he should have just axel and roxas alone if anything add namine cause at least i tolerate that. I mean come on the only reason why people ship Roxas and Xion was because she fainted on Roxas.

You'd think that if someone has a problem with the fanbase because we each have a right to ship who we want, they'd leave it .-.

Maybe i am saying this all wrong. And i am sorry if i did People have just as much equal right to ship anyone they want to.

[khoathkeeper13]

But there's that shell in the opening of KH2 that represents her. I'm pretty sure the concept for her was being thought of near the end of KH2's production.
And Xion was the explanation for Sora's memories taking so long to fix, so she does have big plot relevance.