My issue with content usage

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WARNING: LONG SEMI-RANT/BLUNT STATEMENTS. Sorry if I censored out some swearing, this looks like an innocent site.

 

Am I the only one who thinks the Disney/Final Fantasy/original/etc. characters were not used to their full potential? I mean there is so much god dang source material the developers could have used from the games and movies. Heck, they could have put more effort into adding some spice to the original plot and characters. But really, it all comes off as if they were "playing it safe".

 

Original Content:

 

A lot of the original Kingdom Hearts characters are pretty bland, and there are others who aren't completely bland but just one-dimensional and follow a trope to the death. Take Kairi for example, she's basically the typical heroine/protagonist's love interest. There was so much potential that could have come from her, she could have had some quirks that spiced up her personality: she could have been very secretly overprotective or obsessive over Sora (note: negative traits can make a character interesting to watch), she could have been that goofy friend or anything! But noooo~ She had to be the perfect pretty lil' girl next door because f*** originality and creativity. And I could go on about how Twilight Town characters are full of the generic happy helpers or generic bullies/antagonists from a kid's movie and much more. But I don't have that kind of patience.

 

Disney:

 

Okay this bothered me the most. Even if they don't contribute to the main story that much, they could have at least stayed true to their character and made them interesting. Jack Sparrow hardly had a personality in the game, what happened to the movie version?! What happened to the sassy Sparrow that ate peanuts out of his hair? And (warning: unpopular opinion) Mickey feels like a Gary-Stu to me, I don't know why, but I get those vibes. Donald and Goofy feel very watered down. That ONE SCENE that had the opportunity to be one of Goofy's goofy moment (when he got hit with a rock) should have been slapstick! Instead it was a false tradegy.  It's like a Canadian commercial. Still, I know the Disney characters shouldn't be completely involved, but they are very under-involved. They are just there for the sake of having Disney characters there in happy-helper quests. Whenever I play through Disney worlds, it feels like I'm side tracking myself even if it's a part of the game.

 

Final Fantasy:

 

Yeah... aside from the fact that Square included the obvious cash cows ( :sad: I'm never going to see FF9 in KH) I don't know how the KH timeline lies within the FF universe, but I felt they should have used not-so-broody Cloud instead of broody Cloud. Other than that, it's the same case with the original characters.

 

TWEWY:

 

I don't know jack about that game, so it passes.

 

My most prominent desire for Kingdom Hearts 3 will be that they make s*** interesting. But, I highly doubt that would happen since it's pretty much too late. And pretty much from the experience I have with other fans, and a majority of them it seems, they don't seem like the kind who appreciates that kind of change. _{Srsly it like any change out of the norm and it "ruins the experience" even though it has never happened.}

 

So even if not that much can be done, my second biggest desire is that they can do what they can to make this interesting and make sense at the last moment. Maybe in later installments it can slowly work on building character?

 

I do feel very alone on this, but give me credit. You know the developers are doing something wrong if their fans make their own characters more interesting then they do. That's how I got into the fandom in the first place, via the creations of creative fans like you (even if most of it was yaoi). And guess what, the original content didn't live up to my hype about it. Moral of the story, don't be afraid to take risks.