History Headscratchers / KidIcarusUprising

* Why didn't Arlon [[spoiler: that the Lunar sanctuary was a prison for the Chaos Kin anyways?]]

** That would have turned the game into a major KudzuPlot then.

* At the beginning of the DualBoss fight in the lategame, Pit starts asking [[spoiler:Magnus questions about his past motivations and what he's been doing lately]], only to be rebuffed. Even if he's awesome, shouldn't Pit have a more relevant target? [[spoiler:He last saw Gaol immediately after he defeated and [[SamusIsAGirl revealed her]] in chapter 2, more than three years have passed since then, and Magnus is teamed up with her.]] Wouldn't that be the more worthwhile story to hear?

** This troper personally thought that [[spoiler: the heart was symbolic.]] Check the WMG section on what this troper thought about the [[spoiler: heart]] and it being out of place. [[spoiler: Given it's cute appearance seems weird...]]

* So what was the deal with [[spoiler: Hades' Heart]]? Even if it was destroyed, [[spoiler: Hades]] still lives, so what was the point of having one in the first place?

** You can destroy it, and if you do, Hades will complain that you "broke his toy", and Palutena will say that it was only a bomb.

** Or it could be that the "wish seed" at the Phoenix's nesting place was really the Phoenix's egg, which just happened to look like a seed.

** This troper thinks [[spoiler: The Phoenix doesn't care if the Wish Seed is fake or not. It was already pissed off that people were coming into it's territory and disturbing it.]] What this troper does know is that [[spoiler: Dyntos created the Phoenix but why he created the Phoenix when the Wish Seed doesn't exist is unknown.]]

* [[spoiler: Does the Phoenix know that the Wish Seed is actually a fake? The Phoenix guards the thing like it's real, but it's all just a ruse set by Hades! Did Hades actually make the Wish Seed? Did he also make the Phoenix?]]

** This troper is certain that he did [[spoiler: have a HeelFaceTurn]] because before chapter 21 like in chapter 9, he helps Pit despite of the fact there is no need for him to help him at this point of the game, and this is before [[spoiler: he finds out that Pit needs to be alive so he can continue living.]] So this troper is certain of the latter than the former. Besides, outside of story mode like Light vs. Dark, the game implies that the two train together, so this troper is certain that he has grown attached to Pit if only a little.

* Did Pyrron really [[spoiler: pull a {{Face Heel Turn}} or was he being controlled by the Aurum Brain when he said he needed the Gods and Goddesses to work together so he could try and control them?]] This troper has a hard time believing that he was [[spoiler: {{The Chessmaster}}]] given his personality and the need to sprout justice. I mean, his idol only mentions that he's smarter despite his appearance but other than that, there are no indications that he really [[spoiler: betrayed the group for his own selfish needs or tried to be the hero in destroying the Aurum Brain only for it to backfire.]] Also, [[spoiler: did he die at the end of chapter 17 given he doesn't show up after he chucks the Aurum Brain far away from the planet.]]

* Was Dark Pit only [[spoiler: helping Pit]] for his his own [[spoiler: self-preservation,]] or did he have a [[spoiler:[[HeelFaceTurn change of heart?]]]] He is shown to have a conscience at times, but it can be a little vague whether he is genuinely [[spoiler: fond of Pit]] or not. This troper personally thinks the latter, but isn't completely certain.

** [[spoiler: Hades jokes in the very last portion of the game, that he can bring himself to life but it would take some time...like twenty five years.]] Chances are that there will be no more attacks on the humans unless [[spoiler: Viridi]] continues to attack them leaving a peaceful era...but the problem is that dead souls won't be guided with no one in charge of the underworld at the moment...meaning that Palutena might have made things worse until [[spoiler: Hades comes back...if he comes back at all and that's if he has a change of heart, which this troper doubts he won't, but maybe he won't abuse his power if he revives himself.]]

* Given Palutena's obsession with the natural order, what happens after the ruler of the Underworld is defeated, leaving a gaping power vacuum? There doesn't seem to be much balance there.

*** His [[spoiler: Aurum Pyrrhon]] idol states that he wanted to [[spoiler: control the Aurum for himself, but ended up being overwhelmed.]] As for whether he [[spoiler: dies or not, this troper thinks that he probably lived and is currently somewhere in space. According to Viridi, she says "He finally does something useful", which probably means he's still alive.]]

*** Poseidon got away with sinking an entire kingdom in the backstory without being punished, or even reprimanded by Palutena. Apparently, Gods are allowed to kill humans when they feel the situation calls for it ([[BlueAndOrangeMorality which they probably think of as a slap on the wrist]]), but aren't allowed to pull extinction-level events like [[spoiler:Viridi]] planned, or mess up the natural order like [[spoiler:Hades]] was doing. As long as they eventually stop, that's enough for Palutena to forgive them.

** [[{{Portal2}} Maybe he retreated back to the heart of the sun and hibernated.]]

** [[{{Portal2}} Maybe he retreated back to the heart of the sun and hibernated.]]

* Did Pyrron really [[spoiler: pull a {{Face Heel Turn}} or was he being controlled by the Aurum Brain when he said he needed the Gods and Goddesses to work together so he could try and control them?]] This troper has a hard time believing that he was [[spoiler: {{The Chessmaster}}]] given his personality and the need to sprout justice. I mean, his idol only mentions that he's smarter despite his appearance but other than that, there are no indications that he really [[spoiler: betrayed the group for his own selfish needs or tried to be the hero in destroying the Aurum Brain only for it to backfire.]] Also, [[spoiler: did he die at the end of chapter 17 given he doesn't show up after he chucks the Aurum Brain far away from the planet.]]

* Could someone tell me how Viridi gets a KarmaHoudini at the end? She didn't get away with any evil schemes, and she did say she would let Pit and Palutena have their happy ending.
** [[spoiler: Viridi]] got away with killing millions of humans with the Reset Bomb upon introduction. Even if Pit destroyed her factories and defeated/killed her followers, Pit never got to face her in battle and get her to stop hating/killing the human race. Even if she helped Pit, Pittoo and Palutena out to defeat [[spoiler: Hades]], that doesn't stop her from the crime of killing millions of humans. The ending implies that after the "happy ending" she and Palutena would be enemies again because [[spoiler: Viridi]] never changed her views on humans and still consider them evil for destroying nature.

* Could someone tell me how Viridi gets a KarmaHoudini at the end? She didn't get away with any evil schemes, and she did say she would let Pit and Palutena have their happy ending.