why does xehanort,ven,venitus and earuqus look like pyreflies when they"dissapear"?

[liamaru 294]

its's weird i just finished bbs and this stuck out like a sore thumb can anyone elaborate, was it inspired from ffX or what?

[Trece the Xam ( ▀ ͜͞ʖ▀) 3,859]

Well, it's what happens when someone dies in KH, as the same thing happens to Sora in KH1. But yeah, it is probably inspired in FFX, as KH1 and FFX came out quite closely.

[Forever 3,550]

I think it's ironic how Keyblade wielders disappear, but their weapons remain behind. Almost like the Keyblade itself literally becomes the embodiment of everything they are. Proof that they ever existed, if you will.

[hatok 6,413]

people dissolving into blobs of light is common imagery

[twilight_roxas 326]

Xehanort's pyreflies should have been darkness since Dissidia show dark pyreflies coming out of Chaos' fallen warriors.

[Firaga 5,947]

Because it looks pretty?

[Joker 1,560]

its's weird i just finished bbs and this stuck out like a sore thumb can anyone elaborate, was it inspired from ffX or what?

KH is just another dream of the Fayith 

[Joker 1,560]

its's weird i just finished bbs and this stuck out like a sore thumb can anyone elaborate, was it inspired from ffX or what?

KH is just another dream of the Fayith 

[Fates Chance XIII 307]

I always assumed it was the special way someone dies or disappears when they are killed by the keyblade. Its a magical weapon so it would make sense that when youre killed by it your body dies differently.

 

Remember when goofy got hit in the head and everyone thought he had died from it? Sure he wasnt really dead but everyone thought he was. They thought he was dead even though his body was left behind. This proves that this disappearing or fading away death is reserved for beings like nobodies, heartless, replicas, and those who are killed or destroyed by the keyblade.

[liamaru 294]

KH is just another dream of the Fayith 

oooooooh so that explains dream drop distance i see

[Marion Doe 1]

Pyreflies refer to Hitodama. [view · edit · purge]Hitodama (人魂?) ("human soul") are believed in Japanese folklore to be the souls of the newly dead taking form of mysterious fiery apparitions. The word is a combination of the Japanese words hito, meaning "human", and tama (short for tamashii), meaning "soul". The flames appear as glowing spheres with tails and are said to be found near graveyards and in gloomy forests, and, sometimes, seen close to a dying person as an apparition of the soul leaving the body before passing to the other side.

[outbackjim21 83]

Well there are a couple of theories regarding this, my personal favorite is that it is the animation of a person who has been slain by a keyblade and are then transferring their heart to another, Sora's "death" is the only one that kind of negates this theory, but not really as I would like to think that he transferred his heart into a shadow, rather than an emblem heartless which would have symbolized his heart being captured by darkness. But yeah, I will have to look at vanitas' death again to see if the animation is used, but if it is could help us to see about his return.