KH Theory: Why is Sora so "childish"?

[AzuraJae 7]

I've come up with this theory and I've been itching to share it. I decided to put it up here on KH13 because the social websites I put it up in don't have a lot of KH fans to discuss it with. Also my first post on this website, so please be nice ;v;

 

Note: This theory is not spoiler free. It contains spoilers for all the Kingdom Hearts games so if you haven't played it yet and don't want to be spoiled, it is recommended you don't continue on.

 

Everyone knows how cheerful Sora can be. In situations where it’s clearly time to be serious, he goofs off without a care in the world. This has some fans annoyed out of their wits and sometimes they call him a Mickey clone. I tend to agree with how childish Sora can be sometimes, even when the situation is really serious (even though he is my favorite character), but recently I have come up with a theory will explain why he is so ‘childish’. He may not even be truly childish at all.

 

Like a regular person, Sora has his own personal darkness. His darkness is rarely shown in the series and is sometimes overlooked. He is not a perfect person; he has a light and dark side. Most of the time, Sora chooses to think positively instead of negatively. Rarely seen truly sad or angry, it’s hard to think that Sora even has a negative point of view. However, just because he acts and sees everything positively doesn't mean that the negative view of things doesn’t exist to him. It still does, but he avoids it. Sora hates the darkness. It’s done so many bad things to him. Sora dislikes people who use darkness, but he acknowledges it to a certain point. That’s why Sora doesn’t take selfish and cowardice actions easy. He berates anyone who was once selfish, one example being Iago in Aladdin’s world. It took him quite a long time to trust Iago, but is willing to forgive to an extent anyone if they helped him (i.e. Maleficent, Ansem --actually Riku in KH2 when he saved Kairi--, etc). Sora doesn't like the people who use darkness and considers it to be ‘evil’, though he seems to have admitted (not really overcoming it; he simply acknowledged that he has darkness in his heart) that the “darkness had gotten to [him] too."

 

Before I delve any further into where I’m getting at, I’m going to make a statement: Sora has never overcome/conquered his own personal darkness on his own or really by his own will. Unlike Riku, who had to struggle with the darkness in him for so long before finally overcoming it with light in KH3D (on his own), Sora always needed some form of help or events to get over his darkness. When Sora becomes a Heartless in KH1, the only reason he came back is because Kairi wished it to. Although Roxas is not technically an evil Sora, when merging with Roxas (first time I thought he was sora Sora’s evil side), Roxas only merged with Sora out of his own will. In KH3D, he was tempted by the new Organization 13 and finally gave in. He was only saved by the darkness by Riku. It irks me, it really does, that when I realize it. Noruma engineered almost everything so that whatever Sora does, it can be explained because of someone else linked to him and that he can be considered ‘not really special’ at all. Sora is using Ventus’ fighting style (not really, Sora has his own style, I'm just mimicking the people who think it's true)! He can’t really wield a keyblade either! It’s Ventus’! Sora can’t really duel wield, that’s really because of Roxas (or whatever, duel wielding originates from)! The keyblade Sora uses is not his! It’s Riku’s! He also can’t pass the Mastery Exam because he got kidnapped! Sora’s actually not special at all! Dangit Noruma, toss Sora a freakin’ bone already. Let him do something cool that isn’t because of someone else. Anyways, I wanted to get this idea out. To be honest, Sora finally overcoming darkness on his own seems like a plot element in KH3.

 

Now back to my theory, most of the time, negative thinking can be considered a part of darkness. Think too negatively all the time, you’ll spiral into depression or something like that. From personal experience, depression is a very dark part of your life. When someone is pessimistic, we tend to encourage that person to be optimistic and such. Donald and Goofy give this advice to Sora when they try to get him to come with them to find the king. Specifically, they said “No Frowning, No sad faces.” Sora seemed to have taken this to heart. The sadder and more emotionally disturbed you are, the happier you should be. When Sora feels a great amount of negative emotions, his mindset automatically clicks to a positive thought so he won’t have to deal with it. More specifically, he doesn’t want to deal with the darkness that comes with negative emotions. So basically, when Sora is expected to react negatively, but reacts positively (the example I used is in KH1 when he’s supposedly depressed from losing his world and then suddenly smiles like some deranged lunatic) he’s really overacting so he won’t feel so bad and that he avoids the darkness. They say that if you’re really good at lying, you’ll be able to convince yourself of the lie. In truth, Sora does feel broken and sad in times where it seems like he’s not, but he’s trying to protect himself by acting happy. Sora’s lying to himself about how he feels. DiZ compares Sora’s light to an innocent child, and what to children do when they encounter something they don’t like (or afraid of)? They avoid it. When I was young, I didn’t like TinTin (I like it now though because of the 2011 movie), and I ended up avoiding everything TinTin related growing up because I was disturbed by one episode when I was younger. Like me, Sora had bas experienced from Darkness from Ansem (Xehenort’s Heartless) and has developed something real strong against it. So in reality, Sora knows the seriousness of the situation and switches his perspective accordingly so he can fabricate being happy; to keep the darkness away. He only vents his anger/sadness in small outbursts when it’s too much for him. Maybe he (subconsciously?) knows that if he is too negative, the darkness in his heart would take over in a moment’s notice. When Sora was about to stab himself with the keyblade, he smiles, not because he’s happy, because he’s really sad, probably afraid. The real reason why Sora is so ‘childish’ and so darn happy all the time is so that he can protect himself from the darkness. Sora can’t overcome his darkness, so he tries everything he can to make sure to avoid the darkness at all cost.

 

The reason why in KH3D, he reverts to being super childish is because he’s in a lot of pain. Disturbed by the New Orgs’s weird questions, he tries to brush it off and plays off as childish person so he can deal with it with how scared/troubled he feels. When he was forced into a dream within a dream (or whatever happened that caused Sora end up in the inception limbo), he saw so many visions of Roxas, Namine, Xion, Ventus, Terra, Aqua. So many emotions he can’t understand. The pain from those connected. Sora doesn’t want the darkness to get to him. He literally describes the feeling of his heart ‘aching’ and Sora being Sora decides it’s time to remain positive. He clings onto his friendships and pushes forward, but still falls in darkness away because it was a part of Xehenort’s plan. Later after he is saved, he wasn’t the least bit bummed out that he failed the Mark of Mastery Exam. Why is that? I mean I’m pretty sure, no matter how positive you are, you would at feel at least a tad bit discouraged or bummed out when you fail something you put your heart and soul into. I was expecting Sora to be a little sad or something, but no, he’s just explodes in naïve happiness over the fact that Riku had succeeded. If my theory is put into play, Sora’s actually overreacting because he feels bad. He’s happy for Riku and decides to emphasize that emotion so he can drown out the bad emotions he’s feeling. He actually feels really sad, perhaps guilty for making him put his best friend through thick and thin for him. It’s evident because Sora immediately departs for another journey. I’m not sure whether or not he’s thanking the Dream Eaters or training, but Donald and Goofy state that he has been gone for a long time despite the fact that Sora said that he wouldn’t be gone for long. I believe he’s training or such, to make up for failing the Mark of Mastery Exam.

 

Anyways, as many instances proven to us, running from darkness doesn’t make things the least bit better. When Riku tries to avoid darkness, it only gets worse until he manages to conquer it with light. Sora has been doing this emotional mechanism for a long time now and running from darkness will only work for so long. It’s a possibility that Sora is going to give into the dark in KH3. It may even be possible for Sora to be ineligible to be a Guardian of Light. After all, Xehenort has his eyes set on Sora as a new vessel and it doesn’t seem like he’s the type to give up that easily. The plot twist seems right up Noruma’s alley and he’s clearly obsessed with trying to prove that Sora’s just a normal kid (technically a young man since he’s about 18 in KH3). In one interview, he says this:

 

“You can consider the time Sora turned into a Heartless as the reason he can change into the Anti Form. Actually, it is more natural to think that on top of the existence of his Nobody, there would be more effects remaining from Sora becoming a Heartless. Perhaps using too much strong power will bring him closer to the darkness, just like Riku's Dark Mode.”
- Tetsuya Noruma Director’s Secret Report XIII, KHIIFM+ (2007)

 

Read the Article here: http://www.khinsider.com/news/A-Look-Back-Director-s-Secret-Report-XIII-4883

 

When I read this, I got really excited The translation for the report had just come up about two months ago (I was a l late reading it, ;v; ) I’ve always seemed curious to why Sora’s turning into a heartless has been somewhat ‘overlooked’ since it’s appearance. Clearly Noruma has something planned for Sora’s darkness. Since it's still an unresolved issue, the problem still persists. It wouldn’t be a surprise to me if Sora was actually a Seeker of Darkness rather than a Guardian of Light. Of course, this was said roughly 8 years ago and it could be referring to Sora’s fall in darkness in KH3D; however, I believe that this is a crucial plot element to KH3. 

 

A large portion of the SoD (Seekers of Darkness), are unknown. It’s hard to believe that Xehenort will not waste such an opportunity as Sora. It’s probably quite difficult to round up the correct vessels and Xehenort had to resort to time travel to get the remaining vessels. There was a reason why Xehenort decided that Sora was a suitable vessel. Although it's been stated that he merely 'move down the list', there is a reason why Sora was on the list in the first place. Both Roxas and Riku had become inadequate vessels because they both managed to overcome their darkness. Sora still hasn't and thus why Xehenort had put him on the list of potential candidates. It would be strange of  Xehenort if he didn’t try to ‘recruit’ Sora when he’s at his weakest in KH3. There has been some speculation regarding whether or not Sora will lose the ability to lose his keyblade when he awakens Ventus by giving back his heart. Noruma seems to thrive on proving Sora is just normal (HE IS CLEARLY NOT :U) . It certainly seems like a strong possibility and it would open up a chance for Sora to step into darkness. Without a keyblade and the loss of the connections to his heart (He would've saved most everyone by then), he would be ‘normal’ again (except that he can probably do magic with or without the keyblade). Discouraged that he was no longer of ‘importance’ and that he was unable to do anything might drive him over the edge and into darkness.  I expect some conflict with Sora’s darkness in KH3 or I will be very upset.

 

Edit: There's a counter-argument against the fact that Sora will lose his ability to wield when giving back Ventus' heart. This is because if Ventus is the true source of Sora's keyblading abilities then it should've been lost with Roxas when Sora turned into a Heartless in KH1. Other people claim that the reason behind this because Ventus is still out of commission and did not need the keyblade. Technically, Roxas is tethered to Sora so even if Ventus went with Roxas, supposedly, the ability to wield will still be distributed through both of them; mainly because Sora and Roxas were using the same two keyblades at the same time during CoM and Days.

 

But hey, that’s just a theory...

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There's bound to be some loopholes or contradictions in this theory and this is purely speculation concerning Sora's childish attitude and such. If ya find something contradictory or something, please tell me. I want to revise this theory to the very best I also love to discuss this further. I've also never played CoM (the card fighting system screwed  me over), Coded, and BBS so there might be some important cut scenes I have missed. I only got my information from this games via the internet.

 

So yea thanks again for reading my theory  :biggrin: 

Edited March 11, 2015 by AzuraJae

[ShadowReaper 0]

Sora is using Ventus’ fighting style! He can’t really wield a keyblade either! It’s Ventus’! Sora can’t really duel wield, that’s really because of Roxas (or whatever, duel wielding originates from)! The keyblade Sora uses is not his! It’s Riku’s! He also can’t pass the Mastery Exam because he got kidnapped! Sora’s actually not special at all! Dangit Noruma, toss Sora a freakin’ bone already. Let him do something cool that isn’t because of someone else. Anyways, I wanted to get this idea out. To be honest, Sora finally overcoming darkness on his own seems like a plot element in KH3.

 

Yeah... no. Ventus his fighting style is backhand, so Sora isn't using Ventus his fighting style (he uses his own fighting style he taught himself on Destiny Island). As for the rest of that paragraph, i totally agree.

[AzuraJae 7]

Yeah... no. Ventus his fighting style is backhand, so Sora isn't using Ventus his fighting style (he uses his own fighting style he taught himself on Destiny Island). As for the rest of that paragraph, i totally agree.

Yea, I know~ Sora uses two-handed strokes and Ventus is the only known Keyblader who uses a reverse grip (although Sora sometimes uses it in some Limits, I think). I was trying to mimic the people who keep claiming that, even though it's ridiculous. Some people truly believe that Sora's fighting skills come from Ven and that he didn't really learn to fight himself. 

 

I just need one moment in KH3 where Sora is a total badass on his own y'know?

[outbackjim21 83]

Soooo much text, I can't remember everything that was contradictory but the thing that stood out the most is that sora doesn't hate the darkness, he dislikes those who use it for it evil. Like Riku, sora accepts darkness as an eternal entity of the KH, to sora, darkness does not equal evil. As for sora trying to hide his emotions, it makes sense, but depression, or negative emotions aren't really the act of giving into darkness itself, Terra and the Beast were shown to be giving into darkness by going into blind rage demanding more power, the rage made them use darkness, but not give into it per se, though there have been characters, who were strictly evil I must first say, who were able to summon heartless with dark emotions, but I'm not sure if it's the same thing. Though in 3d, sora is dragged into darkness...for reasons (will never understand how he did just because he was chasing visions and feeling heartache, but whatever, crappy writing is crappy writing) involving emotions, so maybe your idea comes to head within 3d.

 

Also, nomura has gone on record to state that sora isn't special, he was never meant to be, he was always meant to represent the average person, that if you just follow your heart you can do great things yourself.

 

And about sora using Ven's fighting style, no, no he is not, far from it, his style comes from years of training(playing?) with riku, tidus, wakka, and selphie on DI. Also dual wielding stems from having two hearts that are capable of wielding keyblades, Roxas did awaken it however. Also I'm honestly not sure if sora IS still using Riku's keyblade or not, and if Riku simply got a new one, or vice versa, nomura never really elaborated on that, though honestly I think Riku's way to dawn actually shows us the process of how to actually forge a keyblade from nothing. In one the nomura reports, nomura states that soul eater was an intermediary for Riku's keyblade, it's possible that a person destined for one can make it out of any weapon he has a special bond with and from the memories regarding that weapon he can make a keychain and place it on that weapon making a keyblade...but that's a theory for another day.

 

If you'd like, I can try and dissect each paragraph at a time, but for the most part, even without rereading most of the article, much of your theory holds up for the most part, though

[outbackjim21 83]

Yea, I know~ Sora uses two-handed strokes and Ventus is the only known Keyblader who uses a reverse grip (although Sora sometimes uses it in some Limits, I think). I was trying to mimic the people who keep claiming that, even though it's ridiculous. Some people truly believe that Sora's fighting skills come from Ven and that he didn't really learn to fight himself.  I just need one moment in KH3 where Sora is a total badass on his own y'know?

If you play 358 days, you'll see that most of KH2 Sora'scombos actually come from Roxas, seeing as while sora slept, roxas was training for a whole year( another reason why Roxas is stronger in my opinion) but anyway, roxas has had much longer time to train with the keyblade based on the timeline presented in 358 ultimania. And with the merging both plotwise and game mechanic wise Roxas transferring all of his abilities to sora, it makes sense he would take all of his innate combos. ...that probably puts another hole in your bubble about sora doing things for himself, but yeah, it's the truth......Roxas could crush sora in a fair fight...let the flame war begin.

[AzuraJae 7]

If you play 358 days, you'll see that most of KH2 Sora'scombos actually come from Roxas, seeing as while sora slept, roxas was training for a whole year( another reason why Roxas is stronger in my opinion) but anyway, roxas has had much longer time to train with the keyblade based on the timeline presented in 358 ultimania. And with the merging both plotwise and game mechanic wise Roxas transferring all of his abilities to sora, it makes sense he would take all of his innate combos. ...that probably puts another hole in your bubble about sora doing things for himself, but yeah, it's the truth......Roxas could crush sora in a fair fight...let the flame war begin.

 

Yea, but Sora did have an original fighting style before he adopted Roxas' style in fighting in KH2. I was referring to the fact that that fighting style that Sora possessed in KH1 and how some people believed that it had originated from Ventus.

 

Probably, Roxas is quite powerful on his lonesome. He did invent Duel wielding after all and Sora took this power presumably from Roxas. Sora has to depend on the connections in his heart to win. I love Sora, but this is a thing I'm willing to admit :I

 

Soooo much text, I can't remember everything that was contradictory but the thing that stood out the most is that sora doesn't hate the darkness, he dislikes those who use it for it evil. Like Riku, sora accepts darkness as an eternal entity of the KH, to sora, darkness does not equal evil. As for sora trying to hide his emotions, it makes sense, but depression, or negative emotions aren't really the act of giving into darkness itself, Terra and the Beast were shown to be giving into darkness by going into blind rage demanding more power, the rage made them use darkness, but not give into it per se, though there have been characters, who were strictly evil I must first say, who were able to summon heartless with dark emotions, but I'm not sure if it's the same thing. Though in 3d, sora is dragged into darkness...for reasons (will never understand how he did just because he was chasing visions and feeling heartache, but whatever, crappy writing is crappy writing) involving emotions, so maybe your idea comes to head within 3d.Also, nomura has gone on record to state that sora isn't special, he was never meant to be, he was always meant to represent the average person, that if you just follow your heart you can do great things yourself.And about sora using Ven's fighting style, no, no he is not, far from it, his style comes from years of training(playing?) with riku, tidus, wakka, and selphie on DI. Also dual wielding stems from having two hearts that are capable of wielding keyblades, Roxas did awaken it however. Also I'm honestly not sure if sora IS still using Riku's keyblade or not, and if Riku simply got a new one, or vice versa, nomura never really elaborated on that, though honestly I think Riku's way to dawn actually shows us the process of how to actually forge a keyblade from nothing. In one the nomura reports, nomura states that soul eater was an intermediary for Riku's keyblade, it's possible that a person destined for one can make it out of any weapon he has a special bond with and from the memories regarding that weapon he can make a keychain and place it on that weapon making a keyblade...but that's a theory for another day.If you'd like, I can try and dissect each paragraph at a time, but for the most part, even without rereading most of the article, much of your theory holds up for the most part, though

Sorry, I tend to type a lot when I'm typing about what I like.

 

Hm...that's right. I just realized that when I was reading this over again. Then again I never had any evidence of Sora hating darkness. Probably just popped into my head when I was trying to come up with my theory. I was listening to Fate of the Unknown and I felt dramatic as crap so that's my poorly written excuse :U As for the negative/depression part, I described it as a dark time in life. Negative emotions are not necessarily giving into darkness itself, but if ya dwell on it too much, it can cause things like giving into darkness. Mostly associated with rage though.

 

Yea, but I want to see Sora do something epic for himself 

 

As for the Ven's Fighting style part that was a faulty wording on my part. I was trying to mimic people who truly believe that, despite the fact that Sora has a totally different fighting style from Ven.I already said it, but I might as well edit the post again to avoid any further confusion |D

 

If you have the time to, then go ahead and dissect. If you're too busy or too tired, then that's okay. I have only recently come back on the hype train for KH3 because of a couple theory videos I saw on YouTube, so I may have forgotten bits of information that I once knew long ago. I don't have the best memory

[Sorarocks93 678]

 Sora is using Ventus’ fighting style (not really, Sora has his own style, I'm just mimicking the people who think it's true)! He can’t really wield a keyblade either! It’s Ventus’! Sora can’t really duel wield, that’s really because of Roxas (or whatever, duel wielding originates from)! The keyblade Sora uses is not his! It’s Riku’s! He also can’t pass the Mastery Exam because he got kidnapped! Sora’s actually not special at all! Dangit Noruma, toss Sora a freakin’ bone already. Let him do something cool that isn’t because of someone else. Anyways, I wanted to get this idea out. To be honest, Sora finally overcoming darkness on his own seems like a plot element in KH3.

Erm, Sora did win the keyblade back on his own. Ventus's role in Sora having a keyblade is only because he is in his heart which is basically like doing a ceremony.

 

Also, Sora never cared that much about the Mark of Mastery exam. He already thinks he has proven himself at the start of DDD.

He is happy for Riku because the MoM mattered alot to Riku. This and the fact that Riku went from the lowest to the highest.

[AzuraJae 7]

Erm, Sora did win the keyblade back on his own. Ventus's role in Sora having a keyblade is only because he is in his heart which is basically like doing a ceremony.

 

Also, Sora never cared that much about the Mark of Mastery exam. He already thinks he has proven himself at the start of DDD.

He is happy for Riku because the MoM mattered alot to Riku. This and the fact that Riku went from the lowest to the highest.

 

He did because Sora had proven his heart was stronger than Riku's. The keyblade went back to him because it probably preferred Sora's light to Riku's darkness at the time, but technically speaking, it's Riku's keyblade at first. Also yes, having Ventus in his heart acted like a 'ceremony' for Sora and so forth he can use the keyblade. Technically, wielding the keyblade is a side affect to having Ventus in his heart; not necessarily passing on the keyblade to him. Though it's never been confirmed if having Ventus in his heart permanently granted Sora the ability to wield. Even so, they say the reason Axel/Lea was able to wield the keyblade is because he touched Ventus' keyblade, which meant that Ventus already had a 'successor'; though this theory was never proven. Supposedly, a keyblader is only able to pass on his keyblade to a potential warrior of light only once (or so I think). Unless this is a special circumstance, of course, then Ventus would've have 2 successors. 

 

Yea, he was a little overconfident in the beginning. Even so, Sora never said that he didn't care that much for the Mastery Exam(unless he said that 'I don't care' or something like that and I forgot). He still put as much effort as he could during the Exam, like Riku did. As the test progresses, you could see Sora begin to care for the exam; especially since the new Orgs were a part of it. Sora is not immune to negative emotions. Probably in the deepest part of his heart/mind, he feels some sort of remorse. He was so sure that he could pass with flying colors, but he didn't. My theory is suggesting that Sora does indeed feel this remorse, but covers it up with his cheerful optimist, yet childish/naive, outlook. Of course it doesn't look like it, but it's the whole point of this theory existing. To prove that Sora is not as 'childish' as he appears to be and that he has his own personal darkness to deal with and uses this childish trait to protect himself from it.

Edited March 11, 2015 by AzuraJae

[Nweintraub 630]

Oh for crying out loud! Sora IS special! Otherwise, he wouldn't be a main protagonist, just another NPC if he wasn't.

[AzuraJae 7]

Oh for crying out loud! Sora IS special! Otherwise, he wouldn't be a main protagonist, just another NPC if he wasn't.

 

I know right? I wish it would get through Noruma's thick skull. He just keeps trying to prove that Sora's your average kid when he's really not :I

[Buttercup Camera 229]

I don't pay too much attention to the way he acts on 3D. I can't help it either. If you're 17 teenage old teen stuck on your 14 year old body with all of yours abilites and strenghs removed... how would you react?

[Dio Brando 5,810]

Really?You don't need a theory to justify a common troupe buddy

 

the simple-minded happy-go-lucky protagonist is a very common troupe in the shonen genre both in anime and video games(mostly ones from Japan)

 

I don't need a theory to justify why Zidane is so cheerful,happy and funny in Final Fantasy IX

 

you don't need a theory to explain why Goku is happy or why he's dumb at everything but great at fighting

 

As for Nomura trying to tell me that Sora is a normal boy.........yyeah right,that's like trying to tell us that Goku isn't a saiyan in the original Dragonball when he clearly is more powerful than the average human,can transform into the Great Ape(or Mighty Ozaro) state and later on in DBZ can transform into super saiyan,and suddenly say that Goku is normal

[AzuraJae 7]

I don't pay too much attention to the way he acts on 3D. I can't help it either. If you're 17 teenage old teen stuck on your 14 year old body with all of yours abilites and strenghs removed... how would you react?

That's true, I didn't think of that That could very well be the reason and I'm just over-thinking.

 

 

Really?You don't need a theory to justify a common troupe buddy

 

the simple-minded happy-go-lucky protagonist is a very common troupe in the shonen genre both in anime and video games(mostly ones from Japan)

 

I don't need a theory to justify why Zidane is so cheerful,happy and funny in Final Fantasy IX

 

you don't need a theory to explain why Goku is happy or why he's dumb at everything but great at fighting

 

As for Nomura trying to tell me that Sora is a normal boy.........yyeah right,that's like trying to tell us that Goku isn't a saiyan in the original Dragonball when he clearly is more powerful than the average human,can transform into the Great Ape(or Mighty Ozaro) state and later on in DBZ can transform into super saiyan,and suddenly say that Goku is normal

Sorry if this post annoyed/wasted your time;v; I suppose it was a bit of an overkill and I thought too much again... I just wanted to share my theory I worked so hard on....Sorry if I wasted your time 

I just wanted to share my thoughts. I originally wanted to make a theory on Sora's darkness and the possibility of Sora not being a GoL, but I had more material on and the other theories were too superficial to be brought out. Also I feel like there would be a lot of people who want to debunk that theory so I just kept those to myself and presented this instead because it's easier to explain and such. I just wanted to explore the possibilities behind the personality and speculate why Sora has this certain personality trait. Characters often have a certain personality trait for a reason and I wanted to speculate about that reason, even if the personality trait is fairly common among shounen things.... But anyways, sorry if I wasted your time D:

But I still want to discuss on this topic; however unnecessary and stupid it may be. Y'know, so my hard work doesn't go to waste? Is that a thing I can do?

 

He's still trying to say that though :I The only thing special about him apparently is how he follows his heart and how he's able to connect with everyone. Just ignore the facts that he cut through buildings and defeated strong enemies. Pssfftt...That doesn't mean anything. Sora's your average kid

[Dio Brando 5,810]

That's true, I didn't think of that That could very well be the reason and I'm just over-thinking.

 

 

Sorry if this post annoyed/wasted your time;v; I suppose it was a bit of an overkill and I thought too much again... I just wanted to share my theory I worked so hard on....Sorry if I wasted your time 

I just wanted to share my thoughts. I originally wanted to make a theory on Sora's darkness and the possibility of Sora not being a GoL, but I had more material on and the other theories were too superficial to be brought out. Also I feel like there would be a lot of people who want to debunk that theory so I just kept those to myself and presented this instead because it's easier to explain and such. I just wanted to explore the possibilities behind the personality and speculate why Sora has this certain personality trait. Characters often have a certain personality trait for a reason and I wanted to speculate about that reason, even if the personality trait is fairly common among shounen things.... But anyways, sorry if I wasted your time D:

But I still want to discuss on this topic; however unnecessary and stupid it may be. Y'know, so my hard work doesn't go to waste? Is that a thing I can do?

 

He's still trying to say that though :I The only thing special about him apparently is how he follows his heart and how he's able to connect with everyone. Just ignore the facts that he cut through buildings and defeated strong enemies. Pssfftt...That doesn't mean anything. Sora's your average kid

Sorry I didn't mean any offense it's just...............I meant in terms of behavior not in terms of the KH universe

[AzuraJae 7]

Sorry I didn't mean any offense it's just...............I meant in terms of behavior not in terms of the KH universe

Don't worry about it ^^" People tell me I'm a little melodramatic sometimes, so it must be so...

 

Yea, I wanted to put it into terms of the whole KH Universe. I'm sure Goku or Zidane (haven't watched/played either so I don't know) have their reasons for why they're like that in their respective universes. Maybe Zidane is really happy/funny because he likes to see people laugh and hates sadness or the reason Goku is 'dumb' is because no one really taught him how to do things or perhaps comic relief. Again I know nothing of these franchises, but I'm sure they have their reasons. I wanted to speculate on terms of Sora's childish personality in the KH Universe.

[kristijan14 31]

That's a really long way to say : Sora just switches a negative situation into his own mindset's positive one.

[PillowHead 569]

Just saying it seems like a lot of thought went into this theory so hey nicely done for that.

[outbackjim21 83]

Really?You don't need a theory to justify a common troupe buddythe simple-minded happy-go-lucky protagonist is a very common troupe in the shonen genre both in anime and video games(mostly ones from Japan)I don't need a theory to justify why Zidane is so cheerful,happy and funny in Final Fantasy IXyou don't need a theory to explain why Goku is happy or why he's dumb at everything but great at fightingAs for Nomura trying to tell me that Sora is a normal boy.........yyeah right,that's like trying to tell us that Goku isn't a saiyan in the original Dragonball when he clearly is more powerful than the average human,can transform into the Great Ape(or Mighty Ozaro) state and later on in DBZ can transform into super saiyan,and suddenly say that Goku is normal

You don't need a theory for goku because the story itself explains it later with the saiyan retcon, until then, he is a boy who lived on a mountain alone with his grandpa, and unlike gohan(son) who actually was taught arithmetic and such, goku only learned about fighting. This coincided with his saiyan heritage, and you really shouldn't call goku dumb, to call anyone who is a master of anything dumb, is to call someone like Einstein dumb because he doesn't know computers. And another thing goku's happy to lucky attitude is also explained (later in the story) because he hit his head erasing all the pure violence and negativity that comes with being a saiyan, while keeping his mom's kindness. So honestly, until the saiyan retcon, you really could come up with theories regarding why goku was the way that he was, I mean when you can be a pure hearted boy yet still be able to go on murderous rampages without a guilty conscience...that's actually kind of a problem. And if you think im referring to great ape, no I'm not, he has been shown killing literally hundreds of red ribbon soldiers and he is laughing the entire time treating it like a game.Anyway, my point stands that you can essiently theorize anything about a character until their backstory tells you otherwise.And sora is, in all intent and purposes normal, he is friends and aligned with super beings in terms of destiny, but he himself is normal. There is nothing special about him, he does something literally anyone can do, just open your heart to others and follow it to the best of your ability, him opening up his heart to ventus wasn't special, him gaining the keyblade when it would have went to anyone in the vicinity wasn't special, him defeating ansem SoD and the Org XIII, though they were great feats in off themselves they don't make sora special in the sense that you guys are trying to make him out to be. Truth is he just did what he thought was right, and that lead him to do great things. Xehanort confirms how ordinary he is in 3d, Sora himself confirms that he isn't special in 3D. The fricking director goes on record to say that he isn't special. I'm really not sure how else to explain it to you guys. Edited March 11, 2015 by outbackjim21

[AzuraJae 7]

You don't need a theory for goku because the story itself explains it later with the saiyan retcon, until then, he is a boy who lived on a mountain alone with his grandpa, and unlike gohan(son) who actually was taught arithmetic and such, goku only learned about fighting. This coincided with his saiyan heritage, and you really shouldn't call goku dumb, to call anyone who is a master of anything dumb, is to call someone like Einstein dumb because he doesn't know computers. And another thing goku's happy to lucky attitude is also explained (later in the story) because he hit his head erasing all the pure violence and negativity that comes with being a saiyan, while keeping his mom's kindness. So honestly, until the saiyan retcon, you really could come up with theories regarding why goku was the way that he was, I mean when you can be a pure hearted boy yet still be able to go on murderous rampages without a guilty conscience...that's actually kind of a problem. And if you think im referring to great ape, no I'm not, he has been shown killing literally hundreds of red ribbon soldiers and he is laughing the entire time treating it like a game.Anyway, my point stands that you can essiently theorize anything about a character until their backstory tells you otherwise.And sora is, in all intent and purposes normal, he is friends and aligned with super beings in terms of destiny, but he himself is normal. There is nothing special about him, he does something literally anyone can do, just open your heart to others and follow it to the best of your ability, him opening up his heart to ventus wasn't special, him gaining the keyblade when it would have went to anyone in the vicinity wasn't special, him defeating ansem SoD and the Org XIII, though they were great feats in off themselves they don't make sora special in the sense that you guys are trying to make him out to be. Truth is he just did what he thought was right, and that lead him to do great things. Xehanort confirms how ordinary he is in 3d, Sora himself confirms that he isn't special in 3D. The fricking director goes on record to say that he isn't special. I'm really not sure how else to explain it to you guys.

I think the way you put it make it makes sense in which Sora is an ordinary guy who just happened to do these many special things; so I understand. I think it was supposed to be a foil to both Riku and Kairi, who are both abnormal. Noruma said that he wanted Sora to be 'normal' so the players can better associate with him, which I think worked. If I think about it, Sora is just your average person, but with a strong sense of right/wrong and a kind heart. In a sense though, that's what makes him so special. Since he's the only person in the whole series to be 'ordinary',  and being in this situation as an ordinary guy makes him 'extraordinary'. Sora's the Joker Card, a wild card in the deck. Sora was never supposed to be, but yet he is, making his actions (and Roxas/Xion/maybe Namine for that matter) unpredictable to anyone, even Xehenort. He changes other peoples fates (saves Riku, helps Ven, saves Kairi, etc) with the only true power he has: connecting his heart to others and just doing what he thinks its right. So he's not just an ordinary guy, he's an extraordinary guy. 

 

Even so, I would like one moment in KH3 where Sora does something uber badass on his own, no? Just my preference, don't mind me ;v;

Edited March 12, 2015 by AzuraJae

[RoxasTailed 2]

so childish. wow sora. very kawaii. much gay. riku such boyfriend.

[Nweintraub 630]

Sora's not gay. Kairi is his girlfriend. Stick to the canon.

[Guest]

Sora is an optimist. As the archetypal hero, he's the face of hope. Every other character has a burden they have to overcome and they all have the common theme of turning to Sora when the situation gets too dire. But you know what, I also agree with this theory you've presented. It delves into Sora unconventional means of dealing with his demons.

 

However, do remember that he was angry and selfish in Chain of Memories, and, he wanted to immediately battle Young Xehanort in Symphony of Sorcery.