#khux speculation

To my dear followers who appreciate my KH theorizing, I need to be very clear about how frustrating it can be to sit down and stew for hours over the logistics of certain timelines and mechanics. I'm back on my bullshit after I realized that Worldlines are the best answer to un-AU my fanfic's KHUX scenario.

Because I have practically all the pieces in place to have Sora's little massacre rewrite be a sequel to this if I can only figure out the continuity between the Data World, 'Real' World, and those lovely Worldlines Sora was clearly hopping around in his messy time travel fixing.

Because it always bothered me that the Lights of the Past cutscene only happened after Sora's redo. Now he does some great setup with Namine and Lingering Will behind the scenes during Remind, but it still doesn't add up. Not only because there was no reason it couldn't have happened the first time, but because Ephemer didn't die in that graveyard. I'm not gonna try to reason through the keyblade ghost aspect of stuff but the connection in the meta (those attacks are literal khux usernames) is that all the Keykids who perish in the DataWorld deletion are somehow the bearers of those Keys in the graveyard. But that graveyard is from the first KHX war. At least supposedly.

Unlessssss...

There's a version of events from Khux that we aren't seeing. That the finale of KHUX with the Union Leaders getting out and Ephemer surviving to found Scala ad Caelum--- that's the good ending. I think there's a scenario where the Keyblade War breaks out in the Data Daybreak Town. Where everyone dies including Ephemer and our lovely avatars. But then someone performs the Power of Waking to pluck the Union leaders(+Elrena) and Player back into existence right before shit goes down to make everything work better. Trap the Darknesses and get the hell out of there before it goes down.

There is little difference between data and real, so Sora's re-do could have happened in the worldline with this bad end. That's why the graveyard is specifically Ephemer's and they were able to save him. Because he died in this worldline.

This worldline could also contain the parts about the ancient past that khux chose never to discuss. Like the forging of the X-blade and it's variations-- something that is never brought in khux despite references in the main games. Of course, there are probably crossovers of understanding between these two realities depending on what exactly happened when the Keyblade War occurred a 2nd time. Hence why there's this conflicting lore in the first place. But I think there are implications overall with speculation like this.

Namely the fate of the Power of Waking caster who caused this worldline disruption. And an unspoken reality we are being censored from. -------

I THINK I HAVE SOLID OR CLOSE TO SOLID PROOF THAT IT WAS NOT OUR CINNAMON ROLL VEN

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His chirithy on KH3

Chirithy is not afraid of Ven, it seems his chirithy missed him and is not like worried of him doing bad thing more like waiting for him to come around or remember one day.

I think this is the closes to justify Ven is not a murder at this point.

On who uses the lifeboats in Data Daybreak Town (DDBT):

There are 5 lifeboats left in DDBT (one was used by Maleficent and another was destroyed)

Therefore only 5 people can escape to 2DBT.

There are 7 main Dandelions in DDBT: Ephemer, Skuld, Brain, Ventus, Lauriam, Player and Elrena.

Since there are only 5 pods 2 of them must stay behind.

Skuld, Lauriam, Ventus and Elrena are all shown to have gone into the future, so all four of them had to had used the pods to escape DDBT. Brain is heavily implied to have founded Scala ad Caelum and sired the line that produces Eraqus, so he also likely used one of the pods.

By process of elimination, the only ones left are Ephemer and Player.

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Ephemer dies or disappears.

Skuld loses her close friend Ephemer probably in a traumatic way, and later becomes amnesiac because of time travel. She ends up being imprisoned and experimented on in Radiant Garden.

Lauriam falls to darkness and becomes a Nobody and does terrible things to other people. He also has amnesia because of time travel.

Brain is left behind by himself to rebuild Daybreak Town into Scala ad Caelum. He probably has survivor’s guilt and feels lonely after getting used to and befriending the other Union Leaders (who aren’t there anymore).

Turns out I talk about Kingdom Hearts a lot. Be it a rambling bout of questions or a outlined multi-part analysis. Below is a master list of links to my most notable theory posts. 

Early Speculation and Musings:

My Gentle Kingdom Hearts 3: A musing about the End -- KH3 initial review. Emotional blubbering.

Real or Figurative: Question about the Ending -- initial pre-ultimania/pre-dlc debate on the discrepancies of ending being literal or figurative. 

KH Questions I’m afraid to ask: -- A log of questions in my speculation process. Most of which have been answered by canon or my own line of speculation.

Explanation/Speculation on the Metaphysical Mechanics

Define: Heart -- A cited definition of the Heart as it is regarded and understood in the canon with minimal speculation. 

Explaining Terranort in KH3-- A Pre-Ultimania theory on what exactly happened with Terranort in Master Xehanort’s re-assemblage that allowed for Terra’s resurrection. This uses Namine’s unique creation to speculate the nature of the cosmic process that creates and regards beings. [basically CONFIRMED]

Musing on the physical nature of the Stations -- A speculation thread meant to help inform future theories. Centered around the idea of “Hearts as Worlds” and meant to tackle what is really ‘physical’ in the KH mythos. [spoiler: everything is a literal, physical thing]

Death and the Final World-- an exploration of already established mechanics in the KH ‘verse. Centered around the question of “What makes a Heart go to the Final World” and “What made Sora’s body go with his heart to the Final World?

Realm of Light, the PoH, and the Physical Concept Pt. 1 -- a theory on the nature of the Princesses of Heart and their connection to the Realm of Light and the Physical Concept. There is no Part 2 (yet) but you can basically use this to explain all the deus ex machina of the PoH and the function of light. 

The Breakdown of a Somebody-- An in-depth breakdown of the components and functions in a Somebody meant to explain the results of the absence or manipulation of those building blocks.

Worlds as Dreams and the Act of Waking up P.1 Traversing Hearts -- An initial understanding of the Power of Waking in regards to how layers of dreams (and their function as levels of reality) might explain how a power to ‘wake’ would disturb the natural order of things. Part 2 is a forever draft at the moment.

Explicitly Meta-Catastrophe Theories:

List of Theories--A compilation of some of my KH theories before they have been fleshed out. Some worldline theories and ‘realm of fiction’ ideas haven’t been touched upon yet but this is the skinny.

The Edge of Imagination Pt. 1 and The Edge of Imagination Pt.2-- ReMind analysis discussing the nature of the Final World as an ‘Idea graveyard’ that suggests the presence of an author figure between Sora and the ‘Verum Rex’ cross over.

Art Shift Analysis-- Pre-Remind comparison of the model and scenery of the secret ending meant to allude to the presence of a more ‘realistic’ world and therefore a ‘prime real real world’.

The Heart of Stories Theory-

Masterpost / Part 1 / Part 2 / Supplementary Analysis / Part 3

In this theory I ask “What is a Heart” “What is a World” and “What is Kingdom Hearts.” By asking these questions and reasoning through the evidence, I attempt to conceptualize the values of the Kingdom Hearts universe and conclude that Hearts are the essence of fictional stories. From here the theory that Kingdom Hearts is becoming self aware of its status as a fictional story is given a thematic foundation.

Heart of Stories theory follow-up - someone debated me on my points from the above magnum opus

KHUX Theories and Speculation:

** denote relatively active theories with a more formal construction

Thoughts on the Meta-Narrative of Kingdom Hearts X and UX-- what it says on the tin. Connecting KHUX to the idea of a story within a story and active authorship.

**The Master’s Figurative Language: A Breakdown of the Flashback in KHUX’s chapter “Cornerstones of Rebirth” -- analyzing the Master’s ‘backstory’ and motives. I allude to the metacatastrophe theory. 

KHUX Theory Confirmations- a compilation of khux theories that have been confirmed or supported (as of May 2020). With the strong note that I still firmly believe Ava has had a nefarious role in the current catastrophe befalling the Union Leaders. 

Ven as a Sleeper Agent -- early interpretation of Ven’s paradoxical innocence and guilt in the murder of Strelitzia.

**The Duality of Ven -- Theory that Ven is harboring a split personality that he created, which may actually be a sentient Darkling. 

**Ven’s Missing Memories -- April 2020 speculation breaking down the nature of Ven’s absent memories, finely deducing exactly what could have caused the memory loss and what can be ruled out. Supports the Split-Personality theory.

**“There is no Traitor” : My Complete Speculation on the Happenings of KHUX -A breakdown of what I speculate to be the twist in the traitor conspiracy, placing blame to Ava as retaliation against a fated demise.

White Coat Strelitzia- initial speculation on the appearance of Strelitzia in Lauriam’s dream. Inconclusive. 

**KHUX- Three Prong Speculation -- A compilation theory analyzing the connection between 1. MoM as the Author of Fate 2. Ava as the Traitor  and 3. Ven as a tool of Darkness. It’s the attempt to see how they interact. 

A Breakdown of khux update: Something Received--(circa November 2019) initial theorizing. Supporting Ava as the Traitor.

“Conviction” speculation- initial musings on Brain’s flashback of Ava giving him the BoP and her cryptic double meaning.

“Frail Defense of Ava”-- slight musings on the rose-tinted glasses the Union Leaders have of Ava. 

***“A Case in Stubborn Belief”-- Breaking down the three main theories I support in light of the murderer reveal. I won’t let these ideas die folks. (circa October 2020)

Dark Road Analysis

Chapter 1 analysis and additional thoughts: Musings on the World building presented in Dark Road’s chapter 1 as well as a meta-theory tie in to the idea of ‘Maturing Worlds”

Xehanort is self-aware: A discussion on the possibility that Xehanort’s reason for existence revealed to him by MoM’s World Tour was that he was created to be the villain.

Scala’s World and the proof of a realm of singularity: Answering an ask about Scala’s cultural fall which then spirals into why the Scala towns are empty. tl:dr--> All timelines converge onto Scala.

The Connection between Xehanort and the Player: Taking my initial analysis a step further and evaluating how Xehanort’s villainy and the Player’s PoV are means for the story to function and revolve around. Therefore their seeming connection is a literal torch passing as ‘primary driver of the story/heart’

Post KHUX Finale

Two KHUX fates?: Your girl is wrong so I’m trying to figure out how to be right with Worldlines and alternate endings. But actually I’m pondering questions like the missing X-blade from khux and the Lights of the Past cutscene not fitting with Ephemer’s fate.

Other:

Not a theory but I write a Kingdom Hearts fanfiction essentially drawing from these ideas known as “IV[or]y Wall”. It started as my attempt to prove that a meta-narrative wasn’t as crazy as it sounded which then became a dumping ground for how I could reveal it and other theories into a narrative. I really slave away at this story and I would appreciate you giving it a read and maybe a comment if you’re so moved. I post updates here when I release a chapter and there are more than a few story reveals you won’t see in this masterlist. Find the first chapter here on Ao3.