History Headscratchers / KingdomHearts358DaysOver2

*** And the [[JustifiedTrope extremely justified]] CloningBlues wouldn't set her apart emotionally from Sora and Kairi?

** If you recall, in Kingdom Hearts Final Mix, there was a BonusBoss fight added in Hollow Bastion against an Unknown (Xemnas) that you can trigger on your 2nd visit there. Right before the fight, Xemnas phases through Sora, and a bunch of random sentences flash on the screen, ones that Sora has heard throughout KHI. THAT is where the memories for Xion came from. That fight is shown to be canon as Sora has memories of it later on (I believe that Roxas see's flashes of it during his dreams at the beginning of KHII). This event is also what Xemnas is referencing to Roxas in the first scene in KHII.

*** [[spoiler: Well, really he just confirmed that title meant 358 days spent between two people. He left it up to the fans to decide which two.]]

*** Really? I always thought that [[IncrediblyLamePun 358 people slashing 2]] would sound kinda nasty

** Time, as it pertains to Luxord, seems to be purposefully limited, so the rewinding deal makes a bit of sense. Light I figured is a take on blinding you to your environment, a la Zexion in [=CoM=]. Moon refers to lunacy or insanity, i.e. babbling like a loon, which would cause unintelligibility, which would mess with spoken spells, which matches the RPG status effect of 'silence'. Space refers to space-time, which refers to gravity. The deal with water and draining is that water is commonly associated with healing, and the fact that it also damages enemies is a gameplay element.
*** Well, the moon has no atmosphere; no air, so no sound. Alternatively, I can at least say that there's a precedent for linking the moon with silence. "[[Franchise/TouhouProject Silent Selene]]", specifically.
*** Its probably a call back to the berserk status restricting your ability to use magic of course without the added attack boost.Since the moon supposedly causes this effect they used it.
*** I saw Water as [[IncrediblyLamePun draining]] your health, and Earth as being connected to Gravity in the original Kingdom Hearts (Which halved enemies health).

* Why is it when Roxas is in Beast's Castle, he must sneak around Lumiere and Cogsworth? He's not following them, and they are little more then anthropomorphic furniture after all, why doesn't he either knock them out or just shove them in a closet somewhere?
** Because then they'd notice that there was a serial invader, and beef up defenses accordingly, making it harder to complete missions, and making Beast less likely to trust the TreacherousAdvisor the Organization planned on sending him.
*** Roxas really isn't that mean. At that point in time he wasn't exactly a good guy but he certainly didn't go around hitting people on the head. Also he had standing orders to avoid detection.
* Why is Luxord sent with Roxas on most of (if not all of) the Wonderland Missions? IIRC, Luxord shows up in Port Royal in ''KH:II'', so you'd think Luxord would be scouting the area out rather then wandering around Wonderland with Roxas, or that missions with Roxas would be sent with Lux to Port Royal such as he is with Xaldin to Beast's Castle and Demyx to Olympus.

** One fanfic explained it as he, as a gambler, loved the sheer unpredicability of the place, so he asked to go there. Also, there are a lot of cards there. Gambler's paradise I guess.

*** Actually, I'm pretty sure they said that Xion looked like Namine to him, and since they have different faces, I'm sure it was more that an different hair style thing.
* Wait. Lea saw Ven in BBS but Roxas' appearance never surprise Axel in the least? How does that work?

** Lea and Ven met as teenagers. When Axel and Roxas met, Axel was well into his twenties. Axel does remember Ventus, he just doesn't really find it worth mentioning that Roxas looks like somebody he knew a decade ago. Especially considering he's probably figuring that Ven is also an adult, and would look different by now.

*** It isn't stated, but its very strongly implied, and is the only really logical conclusion- she is the only person Roxas meets that also met Ventus, she trusts him implicitly instantly, she isn't at all surprised about the Keyblade or fighting skill and in fact seems to know about it already, etc.

** From what I've seen, the Illusion element seems to be [[CastingAShadow darkness]]; not Kingdom Hearts-type darkness, but literal absence-of-photons darkness.

** Roxas and Axel's memories get rewritten, with Xion out of it. During VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII, they're both too busy to stop and think about how little sense their recently rewritten lives make, and as ''coded'' showed us, Roxas is very much aware that he's forgotten something, he just doesn't know what.

*** Well, the moon has no atmosphere; no air, so no sound. Alternatively, I can at least say that there's a precedent for linking the moon with silence. "[[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Silent Selene]]", specifically.

* Why is Luxord sent with Roxas on most of(if not all of) the Wonderland Missions? IIRC, Luxord shows up in Port Royal in KH:II, so you'd think Luxord would be scouting the area out rather then wandering around Wonderland with Roxas, or that missions with Roxas would be sent with Lux to Port Royal such as he is with Xaldin to Beast's Castle and Demyx to Olympus.
** Several possible explanations, some storywise, some development possibilities. It's possible that Luxord was either investigating Port Royal himeslf and didn't need or want Roxas there. Will and the others remark on not having seen Heartless before so if they weren't there, he'd have no reason to go there when there weere plenty in Wonderland. Hell, maybe they hadn't even discovered it yet.
** Development wise, maybe they couldn't get it to look right, the fans or they didn't like it enough to be included, they wanted to use older worlds more to give it more of a KH I feel as it takes place earlier in the series than KH II.

* Okay, it's made clear in-game that Xion only has a face if the beholder has had some contact with Sora in the past; which is why Axel only sees her as a black-haired Kairi after he met Sora at Castle Oblivion. However, Birth By Sleep shows that Ven's heart is currently inside Sora's; Braig had met Ven before, which is why Xigbar sees Xion as Ven briefly. Problem: Birth By Sleep also shows that Axel (as Lea) had also met Ven, so why doesn't Xion appear as Ven to him as well?
** Because he knew Sora, and Sora's memories, better, having been much more involved in the Castle Oblivion incident than he was in Birth By Sleep.

** What is up with [[spoiler: [[StreetFighter evil villains and female dolls?]]]]

*** I think he meant that he hated Ven's "You kicked my puppy" expression. As for why he said "Drowned your goldfish"...well...it's {{Jerkass Xigbar}}...so who knows.

** I'm amazed that on this wiki of Tropes nobody actually realised: Nobody or not, they are still affected by the Rule of Sexy and the Rule of Cool. Except because they have no emotions both rules are far more muted than usual. The latter is why the black coats have the unnecessary Silver trim on the beads and so forth. The former puts all the female members in heels as part of standard uniform. Xion's Default form is a blank doll Wearing the uniform, which took the standard female form once Xion started being "Her" and not "it". I think that explains it neatly. Alternatively, Xenmas made the heals part of the uniform because of his own memories of emotions, which probably tells us something about Xenahort's interests....

*** Related to the above; that's probably also would have been why Tinkerbell was the only one to have met Roxas...and Ventus. She probably recognized him too and was saying "Hey Ventus! Peter Pan's looking for you!"

* I do wonder one thing though...if Tinkerbell was trying to get Roxas to go back to the main island(s) and rejoin the lost boys because she thought he was really Ventus, why didn't she eventually try getting Peter Pan to meet him there?
** Because Tinkerbell isn't stupid, and knows that if he's hiding and skulking like he is, he probably has a reason, and she wants him to return on ''his'' terms; no point in forcing him back, which Peter probably would.
** I don't think it's stated anywhere that Tinkerbell thought Roxas was Ventus. She might have but we don't get any dialog or reports hinting at that.

** He probably tells Saix and likely Xigbar things that they need to do, at the same time working on his plans. And as of ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsDreamDropDistance'', it's revealed he was also [[spoiler: setting up the Organization to become Xehanort's vessels]].

*** I very much doubt he'd be "all for" it. He'd probably hate himself after going through with it. He might do but he'd very much regret it. As for why they didn't ''try'' to ally with Roxas, such as figuring out what side he's really on, the risk is far too great. Even if they got Roxas,(and maybe Axel) on their side, they'd still have six members and a legion of lesser nobodies to take on. If Roxas died, Sora'd never wake up, and they'd be screwed. ''If'' they somehow managed to win, Riku would feel like the mother of all UngratefulBastards. How would that even play out? "Roxas... Thanks for helping us save the universe. Now you get to be whole!" "What do you mean by 'whole'?" "Simple. We'll shove you back inside Sora and you'll get to spend the rest of your existence watching him live out his. Doesn't that sound nice?"