KHBbS Something odd about Eraqus! An error?

[Buttercup Camera 229]

Look closely to Eraqus. When he starts his Mark of Mastery exam, he has scars on his face. He greets Terra and Aqua and speaks about Master Xehanort.

 

Later in the game, Master Eraqus tells Ventus how he got his scars: Xehanort attacked him... 

 

but... that doesn't make any SENSE! Why would Eraqus still befriend of Xehanort, even after he made those deep scars? Is that an model error? Or... did Eraqus lost his memory after the combat and then realized?

 

I have no clue!

Edited August 1, 2013 by Marcomax

[VentusXlll 37]

hahaha ikr

[Oishii 3,987]

It's because Eraqus is a forgiving person and wanted to believe Xehanort's story.  Sure to us it seems obvious Xehanort is up to no good, but we're outside the situation and had presumably played previous games that taught us Xehanort=evil.  To Eraqus, Xehanort was an old friend he trained with but then he went astray.  They fought over it.  After time apart, Xehanort comes back saying he is mortified by what he's done and needs Eraqus' help.  Who wouldn't want to believe their old friend had seen the error of their ways, and Eraqus is just trusting enough to do that.  It's not an error; you just have to see it from the character's pov.

[HarLea Quinn 26,501]

No he obviously didn't forget . But he did forgive . I do think he should've always kept an eye on MX though since he did know from experience what he was capable of . I mean , come on , he dropped off a half dead Ven for Eraqus to take in bc he was STILL trying to forge the X-blade and whatnot and that was somewhat recent  .I think i would at the very least keep a watchful eye . But because they were longtime friends I think Eraqus just wanted to believe in MX which turned out to be a huge mistake .

[Kirie 3,489]

Eraqus was a good guy 

[The Protagonist 332]

Eraqus had forgiven Xehanort.

[RoxSox 3,593]

Eraqus is by his nature forgiving and kind. (*coughuntilhetriedmurderingventusbutthat'sbesidethepoint*)

[Demyx. 10,064]

Xehanort was like, "Dude, bro. I'm sorry bout dat."

And Eraqus was like, "Nah. Nah man. I was bein whack".

An Xehanort was like, "Nah. I was whack".

 

And then they hugged.

[kingdomlanelover 494]

Both masters were childhood friends. Even after Xeahnort attacked him, Master E forgave him and let him watch the mastery exam. 

[HikariYami 354]

Same reason why Sora is still friends with Riku

All that shit Riku did to him in KH1 and he is still friends with him

Forgiveness is the answer.

[FightTheDarkness 85]

Cause Eraqus is all about dat light life.

[Rob 5,571]

I direct you to Xehanort's letter in BBS.

 

Please accept my deepest gratitude for the invitation to witness your pupils' accession to the office of true Keyblade Master. It was a heavy mantle our Master placed upon your shoulders naming you Successor, but you have nonetheless persevered and raised two Masters yourself. I know it cannot be easy. I did you terrible harm in the past over a petty difference in opinion, and just a few years ago selfishly thrust my own burdens upon you. I think of you like a younger brother, and yet, fool that I am, I have never availed myself of countless opportunities to apologize or thank you for opening your home to the boy. Yet not once have you blamed me; on the contrary, here you are inviting me to such an important ceremony. I intend to be there to offer you all my blessings.

[Henne 150]

Same reason why Sora is still friends with Riku

All that shit Riku did to him in KH1 and he is still friends with him

Forgiveness is the answer.

 

And if history repeats itself: that would mean someone is going to save Xehanort, oh, how sweeto~

[Dave 5,715]

The reason why Eraquas blindly accepts Xehanort's apology is because the writers needed to convince us that Xehanort is actually good at this whole "planning" thing, and the only way to do that is to have characters act in often irrational, and unquestioning, fashions. You'll find that, upon examination, Xehanort's plan relies exclusively on everyone being as dumb as a post, with no ability to question or interpret events around them. Even if Eraquas did buy the idea that Xehanort was sincerely sorry for blasting his face off, he should still be suspicious when elements of darkness start appearing during his test, given that his ol' buddy is the only one powerful enough to do it. But he doesn't question it, or think about it, because if he did, Xehanort would be exposed for not really being that clever to begin with.

 

Had the writers not included the scene where Xehanort attacks Eraquas, this would have been a different story altogether.