There are a TON of different pairings/couples in my
KHverse. What's amusing is the differing
levels of darkness within any individual couple. And, I'm posting about it because it's
interesting.
First, the obvious one, Sora and Kairi. Both have incredible amounts of light in
their hearts. Kairi contains no darkness
whatsoever. Sora has a little bit more
darkness now that Ven is gone, but he's completely in-check when it comes to
his darkness. There is a SMALL
possibility that I may play with Sora's darkness growing, but I mean, if I went
too horribly far with it I might as well just be writing rar's story, so I'm
not going there. This is why their combo
is called Fated Faith and is completely light-based.
The next one in high lightness is Zack and Aerith. Aerith has only the TINIEST bit of darkness
inside of her. Zack's is under control
and not causing problems for him. They
don't have any epic combos together, but I mean, both of them are pretty darn
powerful. (Zack isn't the strongest
magically, especially compared to Aerith, but he's all for the brute-force
hack-and-slash.) The reason why they
don’t particularly have any combos together is BECAUSE they have such different
fighting styles. Aerith is mostly magic with a little bit of melee, Zack is all
melee with magic when he has to.
Anyway, Next comes Roxas and Xion. Roxas has got a lot of light, but nothing
when put up against people like Aerith and Kairi. Xion's a replica with her heart built pretty
neutral in light versus darkness. She
was originally put together like that by a Nobody who couldn't know the
workings of a heart if he tried. Her
next design took on that essence to keep Xion's personality intact. They can bust out light-attacks pretty
quickly though, like Event Horizon and Call of Light.
The one in perfect neutral balance is Squall and Rinoa
though. Well, they're at least in the
middle of all the couples. Though Rinoa
has to maintain complete neutrality because of her Sorceress Status and Squall
has to uphold her to that. They can bust
out both light and dark combos (holy vs meteor etc.) with no negative
effects. They are a force to be reckoned
with. I mean, come on, chain-casting
Angel Wing and a Lionhearted Renzokuken on the side? You're dead if you're on
the receiving end of that. (Ultima
Weapon, anyone? I could probably kill Omega with that too if I went and
tried. (It's on my list of things to
do.) That’s how I did it. (Well, actually, I think with Ultima, I had
Angel Wing going and then he killed Rinoa and I had a Limit lined up for Squall
and I just got LUCKY and got Lionheart.))
Then, it's honestly a question of who's dealing with least
darkness: Riku, Terra, or Cloud?
Riku's surprisingly dealing with the least. Even though you could argue that Tifa has
more light than Namine, Cloud CERTAINLY is dealing with more darkness than Riku
to make up for it. Riku will still have
problems with his darkness. He tries to
keep it in check, but there are times when the power gets the better of him and
he starts to slip. Namine does her best
to keep him in check and he's grateful for it.
Namine, on the other hand, it quite light. She was formed from Kairi's heart which is
pure light. The only thing that can
contain darkness is the data that was built into her to make up for her Nobody
status. In no way is Namine innocent and
darkness free. However, she's in check
with herself--just a tad guilty and mopey sometimes. Regardless of their (Riku and Namine’s) darkness
levels, they're still ridiculously powerful.
I mean, just look at their Limit Decompression! And, I’m working on
getting them a combo too. (It’s coming
up in a chapter that I haven’t written yet, but I’m in the sequence at least!)
Next comes, well, probably Terra and Aqua. Yes, I'm shipping
them. Or, I intend to. They're not anywhere near a couple yet. But, I figure they will be eventually. I like Tequa better than Venqua. They're closer in age. Granted, this is a couple I haven't
particularly explored all that much.
Terra's dealing with darkness moreso than Riku however, considering he
was possessed by Xehanort for way longer than Riku was. Aqua's pretty neutral and in check and she'll
do her best to keep Terra in check.
Cloud and Tifa are at the bottom. Cloud's got way more darkness to deal with,
considering his is a physical manifestation of it. Yay.
Once Sephiroth is gone, things'll probably change, but, Sephiroth has to
die first. And that's gonna be a
while. Tifa is a very bright person and
is just what Cloud needs to help him.
However, he needs to learn to listen a bit more.
So, where do Axel and Kuin fit on this? Well... heheh...
probably right after Squall and Rinoa now that I'm looking at it. Kuin fights for the side of light, but in no
way does that make her heart completely pure.
She's a flexor like Rinoa, as explored in the Magical Meeting chapter. Axel is... well... heheh... far from
completely light. He's got his own
darkness to deal with, though it's more in check than Riku's but less in check
than Leon’s.
And... yeah... that's the couples and darkness levels.
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