Brain, the Box, and KH3's Tear in Time • Kingdom Hearts Theory
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- Опубликовано: 6 авг 2024
- Theory: Brain and the Box entered Unreality, and how that connects to the Tear in the Fabric of Time.
00:00 • Spoiler warnings
00:28 • Introduction
01:37 • The Tear
02:18 • Eraqus and Brain's knowledge
04:22 • Brain in the Badlands
06:31 • Xigbar and the box
09:03 • The Lifeboat Problem
12:33 • Unreality
14:41 • Conclusion
Video transcript • drive.google.com/file/d/1yvC2...
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IF AVA IMPERSONATED BRAIN:
Ava taught the Dandelions how to traverse dreams since she thought Daybreak Town would fall asleep. But Luxu tells Brain that's incorrect; the data world will actually be completely deleted. If Ava later found out the Dandelions would be trapped in a data world, she may have attached WiR's world as a back door for all the Dandelions to escape through.
But in The Cause of It All, Brain says the WiR world "doesn't exist in this world or time." just like Maleficent describes the box, implying that WiR's world is in Unreality. If that's true, then Ava crossed over into Unreality herself to give King Candy the Heartless code to replace Vanellope, which started the WiR glitches in the first place.
Now, Ava and Brain discussed what would happen if you deliberately contradicted the Book of Prophecies, which is quite literally what the Tear in Time is. So it's possible that the Tear in Time was Ava's doing, but either way Brain will still eventually learn about it because Eraqus still knows about it somehow. Eraqus may have inherited Brain's heart similar to Player and Xehanort, but who knows.
But it's possible after Brain left Luxu with the box, that Ava met up with Brain and brought him to Unreality, rather than it being a freak accident that he ended up there. I didn't include this in the video because I saw no point in creating a theory in which it's foundation was built on another unconfirmed theory. 
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*UPDATED THOUGHTS / FAQ -* August 5, 2021
*Brain being larger in the Graveyard than in Scala -* The sprite at 0:35 is Brain's legit proportions. The right sprite at 4:48 is NOT real, it's photoshopped to visualize Luxu having the same face as Brain. In _Destinations_ when Brain first walks on screen, his sprite is the same exact sprite as Luxu's, and I suspect this was because the crew was short on time and could not draw/animate Brain's sprite. After Brain's hood is removed, his whole body is smaller with different proportions from Luxu's sprite.
*Inconsistencies between **_Destinations_** and BC's Case of Luxu -* Many think these are two different scenes since they're different in English. However, IMO, it's a mistranslation because the original Japanese quote is the same-So I believe both scenes are of Brain in the desert. As for Luxu's VA saying the line in BC, Riku's VAs (both Japanese and English) were hired to voice Young Xehanort's line in BbS's prologue, so I think the same thing is happening here.
*CORRECTION @ **6:05** -* Those corridors appear throughout BbS, thanks to all who corrected me! @roxasthatastick on Twitter pointed out that instead, Brain may have worn the coat to protect himself from the beings of Darkness.
*The lifeboat in Hollow Bastion -* I decided to leave out when Apprentice Xehanort implied to Kairi that she could possibly cross over into Unreality. So I think that further supports the lifeboats' pods capability of crossing over from Reality to Unreality, and vice versa. @roxasthatastick on Twitter also pointed out that Kairi lost her memories when arriving to Destiny Islands possibly because she didn't have a medium. Which could support the idea that mediums are indeed _lifeboat_ specific, rather than related to time travel. It's also interesting to note that neither Daybreak Town nor Hollow Bastion completely fell to darkness (or else they would be in the Realm of Darkness or the End of the World) nor fell asleep, and both of these worlds have lifeboats. That might mean something more, or just be a coincidence.
Having amnesia due to lacking a medium is actually a good theory. Probably the most plausible theory I’ve heard in awhile.
Is it possible to pin this comment?
@Hex It should have been pinned :/ For some reason, I noticed my pinned comments often become unpinned without anything triggering it... It's annoying 😫 thank you for letting me know it wasn't pinned.
I thought it was expressed in Union Cross that MoM is also following the specifics of medium and memory since that's what's needed to be whole after being a heart that can traverse time as Young Xehanort did, as Sora did. And what MoM used to always be able to travel in time without a problem is the fact that he can travel to wherever point in time that his eyes has seen and has been recorded in the book, the book is his boat. That's what I understood I guess. Also, it didn't end clear to me in this video what timeline are you proposing for Brain. Did he arrive first at the dessert, put the box in the tear and then took his heart out to reach Scala ad caelum? Then what happened to the keyblade? I suppose you could say a keyblade stays with the heart since Apprentice Xehanort could invoke the Master Xehanort keyblade, but I wanted confirmation to your proposed Brain timeline.
@@phonesjuda7318 I'm pretty sure the game is trying to clarify that Young Xehanort being able to "Transcend time and space" is a very unique and powerful way to time travel, but even still is a way of time traveling that has limits-- because Young Xehanort still needs a vessel in KH3. In fact, everyone needed vessels in DDD as well, that's why they all faded away at the end with MX saying "We are out of time." because that method of time travel without vessels wasn't permanent. This is also talked about in Vexen's reports in KH3, and Xehanort Xigbar and Saix's meeting in Re:Mind's prologue. This differs from mediums because mediums are objects that RESTORE your body permanently. They are NOT vessels that act as a body for a heart to enter. That's what I tried to briefly mention at 10:47. That is why Young Xehanort's method of time travel (and possibly Sora by extension) is different to the Master of Masters.
And my apologies for not being clear. According to this theory:
Brain left with the box and No Name to the desert. While there, Brain entered Unreality with the box and No Name. While in Unreality, Brain with No Name used a lifeboat there to not only travel forward in time, but travel back into Reality and into that gothic version of Scala ad Caelum. That's why No Name is seen on the mantle years later, because Brain is implied to be Eraqus's grandfather/ancestor. The box however, did not leave with Brain, but rather remained in Unreality until decades/generations later when the Tear in Time occurred in KH3.
So yes, essentially I believe the Keyblade remained with Brain's heart.
me hitting the table repeatedly: "BRAIN GAME BRAIN GAME BRAIN GAME"
PLEASE SQUARE I AM *BEGGING*
Literally Kingdom Hearts in one Phrase....
Don't worry he'll come in clutch and save everyone at the last second
Milo pkmn lookin ass omg thats hilarious
High hopes for Missing Link
... It's honestly devastating how good you are at this. I'm in this void of feeling both extremely motivated and absolutely crushed. Thank you.
I absolutely relate though and I have this to say: CULTIVATE THE FEELING!!! I have to be determined otherwise my ugly envy of other people's skills like... consumes me...
Oh thank god so it’s not just me XD, holding onto this advice!
Two words .... Mandelbrot set
This video is fantastic! So is your work tho!
@@cypheruniversity3074 two words, Feigenbaum Constant
THE EDITING IS SO GOOD DAMNNNNNNNNNN
RIGHT! BUTTERY 🧈 SMOOTH
Literally jaw-dropping visuals and theory-crafting. You've really set the standard of excellence for KH vids.
Ikr ever since the Ava Darkness theory things just kept getting better and better.
You've presented a reason to hold high expectations. I now feel obligated to come back after the video to tell you if I agree with your assessment.
Smart conclusion is that yes she does a very good job with her editing in her presentation yada yada yada, however I would not say that it's any better or worse than somebody else doing it, so much as that it's just her style to do this the way that she did. And it works. So tldr yeah it's a great video but I wouldn't say it's like the best ever.
@@ryanstarkweather3625 thank you for this review of my review lol
Okay so, theory aside, the quality of this video is inspiring. Too many people just throw on a camera and talk, not that there's anything wrong with doing that, heck I do it too. But this quality is a level I deeply aspire to. Great video, great points, bloody marvellous
The graphic design, audio, is all gorgeous. You're right.
Those are the prettiest spoiler warnings I've ever seen
THE EDITING IS ON POINT
love these theory crafting videos. the initial shock of "player is Xehanort" would leave many to believe Xigbar, Brain, and Luxu are all the same person. But its only hinted, not directly stated, so all these alternate theories hold just as much water
Well, good thing player isnt Xehanort. Player will be the player in Missing Link.
GOD! i love love LOVE the spoiler warnings, and the victory music getting all distorted is *chief's kiss*
AEBA I almost cut that part out but I added the shitty trumpet (from Tarzan's Trashing the Camp) and it made me giggle so much I was like "I'll keep it, I'll keep it"
@@TheSecretReports I'm so glad u did! 🤣🤣🤣
The music distorting was awesome! 😂
How can you be so good at this? Wish there were a thousand more videos like this to watch, your work is just amazing.
This channel needs more subs, this is some high quality KH theory crafting
A much simpler though also rougher explanation:
Luxu _did_ possess Brain, donning his own cloak and Key Blade plus the box. Since we know that people in the old, unified Realm of Light disappeared after their heart left their body (for reference, see poor Strelitzia and the fallen of Keyblade War 1), it would also answer the question of why Ephemer doesn't see a body lying about.
Now, the important part is that Luxu putting his heart in Brain is like Aqua putting Ventus' heart in Sora, not like what Xehanort did to Terra. That way, Brain can use a corridor since he would be wearing Luxu's coat. Then, Luxu finds another suitable vessel and puts his heart into it, leaving Brain in his own body. Luxu could then send Brain into the future by other means, now having access to his hat as a medium which he could have given Ephemer (or his successor).
The obvious hole here is that why didn't Luxu know where the box was.
A weak explanation, admittedly, but much how Sora had to fight Roxas' heart inside himself to see who would get to control their body, I think Luxu might have deliberately taken a back seat for Brain to do whatever he wanted (the offer of more life-time) and when convenient emerged.
Just a crack idea.
Been waiting for your next theory ever since that ending was released.
This video got me thinking, maybe the mediums to revive all of the union leaders were inside the box, hence why luxu is able to bring all of them back at the end of kh3?
If that's the case, it'll be interesting to see what their mediums are! I would have assumed their mediums would be their masks or something, but they're already wearing them when they arrive so... idk it'll be interesting to see!
Possible, but what narrative purpose would Nomura have to keep hiding that fact, especially after their return?
My problem with that is that the box is still closed on remind. It’s as if it’s still intended to be opened to reveal something
@@TheSecretReports I feel like the answer for whats in the box is simple. Its the book of prophecies which acted as the medium to revive the foretellers. The reason Ava didnt get revived is because she fulfilled her role by raising the dandelions and passed down her copy of the book to Brain.
Ryuumaster1 That just doesnt make sense to me though. Why would the box be so big and heavy if it just contained the book? Why would that, in a writing sense, be hidden from the audience if its so anti-climactic?
Your editing is amazing! I usually just listen to theories and open another tab to do stuff, but I watch these because they’re so appealing to look at!
I appreciate that you only upload when you actually have something substantial to talk about. Idk how some people can do a video essay a day on a series that has 1 release every 2 years on a regular basis.
Always love your videos, they're just so well done! It also so fascinating how much theorizing can be done about The MoM and Unreality from so little, I also believe there's an Ark/Lifeboat in Unreality, but hadn't thought about the MoM using for Time Travel as opposed to crossing realities.
A new Secret Reports video?! Time to bask in the glory of amazing editing and Kingdom Hearts shenanigans
This makes so much more sense! Brain is such an interesting character
What an awesome video, I was engaged the entire time. Your editing, analysis and voice over are probably the best I've seen! Thank you for this video, I enjoyed it a lot.
Finally someone agrees that it’s brain with the box.
Thank you for your hard work on this video. Your videos are always so concise and graphically stunning, easy-to-follow (critical for theory videos imo)... You did a fantastic job, and I really enjoyed watching it! I know it must've been hard work, and it is appreciated
I’m shivering.! This theory was well thought out and awesome to watch as always.! I’m curious as to what you will deliberate about next.!
I love the editing and visuals you do, it always gets me hyped! Can't wait for the Lifeboat explanation! 😁
this is by far one of thee best theory crafted videos i’ve seen, and the editing / visuals are truly next level! splendid job on this 👏🏻 definitely slapped that sub button! 😄
I'm so glad I can finally watch this!!!
Utterly indescribable visuals and editing as always, simply first class and raising the bar for every KH content creator on the platform. As for the content, I enjoy several of the ideas and would love to discuss them with you, I don't think a simple comment would do them justice! Amazing work as always Mel!
You know, while KH 3 might not have been as fantastic as we all dreamed of, one thing I'm glad of it bringing is all this speculation and theories. It really is reminiscent of those times when everyone was analyzing the KH 2 secret ending and Final Mix's secret scenes.
And yes, good work with all the editing especially the little Namine-esque drawing at the end.
And the Unreality time travel would explain multiple things for Brain.
I've been watching for 17 seconds and this editing is already better than all 800 videos on my channel. You're a freakin' sorcerer and I'm here for every moment of it.
Thank you Jordan!! 🥺💕
I love the KHUX art style so much and the editing on top of this was just so beautiful. I better hear you on the Ansem Report Podcast soon. Great theory and great video as always!
Another Amazing video!Thank you for the High quality visuals!They helped me a lot to follow along with the theories!
Your theory honestly makes so much sense it’s crazy! I would have never guessed and put the pieces together… honestly thank you so much!!!
It hurts to me that you try to make more sense out of the story than Nomura himself. Good video.
I know you're trying to be nice, thank you. But people who make fun of Nomura don't realize the only reason I'm able to make the theories that I do is BECAUSE Nomura is good at keeping track of plot threads like Eraqus and Xigbar, for example. So saying what you said kinda hurts Nomura in the sense of saying he's not aware of his own story-- when he is-- and it makes *me* feel like I'm making things up out of nothing-- which I'm not.
Your videos never cease to bring me joy.
So glad you finally made another video!!! Your channel is easily one of the best in the community. More people need to check you out. You do a great job
A pretty neat theory! I look forward to finding out what's true or not about your speculations! Thanks for uploading!
As always, your editing & presentation is exemplary!
Incredibly wonderful as always! Awesome intriguing theory and beautiful visuals!! GREAT WORK!!!
Très très bien réalisée ta vidéo :O Les effets sonores sont mhhh
Ooh I love that canvas effect, it actually works great for this graphic style
Such a great video!
love the filter? used makes the video looking cool.
Every time your new video pops up I stop what I’m doing to watch. Thanks for all you do, keep at it!
I love how you edit your videos! Keep up the good work :D
Very good Report as always. Like the editing and the evidences pls keep going and explain everything. U have so much content to reveal
I think you're onto something in regards to the existence of some Lifeboat equivalent in Unreality. To me, your logic that Brain and the Master possibly shared this method of time travel makes a lot of sense. Blows my mind that no matter how many times I play these games or watch videos like this, I always learn something new
Your editing and videos are amazing, I really hope Brain came back with the box so we could see him in the next phase.
Great video as always. So, here's a little bit of me gushing about it:
1 - I would just like to thank you for explaining your thoughts in such a comprehensive way. This theory has lots of pieces to it, and yet you made it super easy to understand.
2 - The aesthetics and the editing are absolutely off the chain here. I adore the whole black box style you went with for this video, and I can't even wrap my brain around how you made that edit of the KG turning into the red background so seamless. Also, my GOD that UX spoiler warning screen was jaw dropping.
And last but not least...
3 - YOU DID IT! YOU REFERENCED BIGGER LUKE! THAT HAD ME ROLLING! 😂
Thank you so much David!!!
This could also line up with the master revealing that luxu was always going to be the traitor as through his gazing eye and with the role he gave luxu, brain would be luxu to him. Knowing about the tear that would eventually happen, he may have time travelled to that point and gone through the tear to end up in unreality at the end of kh3
I just found your channel, amazing quality.
Please keep the videos coming!
I am always amazed by your videos. You are so talented in noticing details and explaining them.
Regarding the Ark and the time travel, it's a bit difficult to understand what happens if you use it but there is no medium waiting for you in the future... But I think that the MoM explained us about that. When we saw him speaking with "his" Darkness, they mention the 7 crowns that anyone can use and that will help them to rebuild their bodies when using the pods.
That is how Lauriam, Elrena and all the others could still travel trhough the Ark.
Probably Brian is the only one that kept his memories because he landed where Ephimer knew thanks to the book of prophecies.
The others kept their bodies thanks to those "crowns" but lost their memories since nobody was there to remember them.
Until I guess they met Luxu, and this is when they started to get back their memories!
I would love to hear about what you think regarding this issue!
Mel...your videos are truly unrivaled!! The editing and animations are so gorgeous!!! And the theory is so good as well! I will say though what you mention around 6:12 does get used again in BBS. Terra, Aqua, and Ven use the similar power to traverse to the Lanes Between.
I was corrected on this by a few other people as well. Someone else also mentioned that rather than corridors of darkness, Brain may be wearing the black coat to instead protect himself from the beings of darkness themselves. So yes, those corridors are indeed the same ones from BbS, and when I make an "updates" pinned tweet, I will include this. Thank you for your correction!!
@@TheSecretReports I hadn’t thought of the coat protecting Brain from Darkness! That’s such an interesting insight! Already looking forward to your next video! Keep crushing it Mel!
Very thought provoking video! Got my head spinning as always. Also that intro is AMAZING
Your theory video are ones of the best I’ve ever seen. Your cleverness, your intuition and your editing skills are fantastic♥️
Man your just dominating kingdom hearts theories atmosphere 📸📸
Love the way you put everything together and give it some sense...the finale really confused me a lot 🤣
Ps. Please, do make a video about the lifeboats. These videos are precious to recollect everything
I love your theorizing and regarless of if ends up being dead on the money, or far off, it's still a blast to speculate. I can't wait to get some answer, we have been waiting so long for some of these answers. The only problem is, this is Nomura we are talking about, with some answers comes even more questions. Hopefully Dark Road will bring some answers and set us up for the next full game.
Well done video. Im def going back to this (and maybe other ones) when i finally decide to refresh my kh memory lol
FINALLY! A Solid theory to the box that has evidence!!! Secret Reports, please do more theories, yer work is S-Tier!!
Love the new video
The Foretellers (probably Aced): "We spent so much time, so much energy on trying to figure out how to stop Darkness from prevailing. How did this boy change the future?"
MoM: "Main Character"
*Confused Pikachu*
I'm just obsessed with the theming concept of the video being The Black Box. God, the custom animation of brain's eyes at the beginning is so incredibly impressive
Another amazing video!
Honestly I'm super curious how you make the Ux sprites look that good :o
I love the editing! Shoutout to 12:26 when it transitions from 2.5's Keyblade Graveyard to 3's version
I am wondering about something. It's mentioned how there is a requirement for the lifeboat of both a medium and a remembrance of their existence. Why would that only apply to the Lifeboat? In Dream Drop Distance, it is said that one who is only in a pure heart form can time travel to any point so long as they exist there. That works alongside the Lifeboat. The Lifeboat destroys the body and makes someone a pure heart form, and the person themselves existing serves as both a medium and memory of their identity, as they themself house both.
Your editing is always superb
How do you make such high quality work, good lord
Incredible aesthetics, smart theories, great job all around
The video presentation, visuals and theories made me watch all way through.
Thanks for this kind of videos, they are truly amazing and everyone in kh community should watch them,
I never even noticed the "Keybladeless" discrepancy between Luxu's Secret Report and Brain's ending in the Badlands. It feels like this bit and Brain potentially disappearing with the box into UnReality or Fiction was a missing piece to the puzzle and like your 'Ava is Darkness' video (Which I'm still not entirely unconvinced of by the way despite what we know of canon saying), is a theory I'm definitely subscribing to until further notice. This video was a treat worth waiting for, both as a patron of yours and as a KH fan!
Thank you so much!! You know I still think (maybe I'm in denial 😭) Ava was in disguise in some sense, especially with what I mention at 6:55... like you'd think Luxu would KNOW what happened to Strelitzia if he was walking around with her (or a data version of her) earlier on in the story. So maybe it's Ava in a black coat pulling more shenanigan's?? Once again, I may just be in denial LMAO
Idk who your editor is but give them a bonus now. I subscribed off that alone! Jeez!
_I'm_ the editor, LOL. Thank you!!
Every time you make a theory video, I’m blown away by how much sense you’ve made of the plot and how well you’ve presented it.
I totally buy the theory that Brain somehow put the box in Unreality and relied on Sora’s tear in time to bring it back. The big question now would be… how did he get it there? Was there another part of the book of prophecies that got overwritten without anyone knowing about it?
I've missed your videos and their excellent editing
Dann your Videos are improving. Thank you again for this amazing video
This is slowly becoming my favourite youtube channel
i really like your theories.
they are more thought out than most of what ive seen tbh lol.
You literally have the BEST kingdom hearts channel
Can’t wait to see your next video!
Although I’m sure it takes time to produce such quality, I’m still finding myself being impatient 🤣
Super excited for this video! Might comment more later!
Wow, this is great! I never thought about that, but now i'm really convinced.
I always love watching your theories
This video is like a movie
Amazing Theory! Makes one think! I subscribed.
I really enjoyed your theory, and it got me thinking about that moment Ephemer helps Sora against the darkness... I haven't seen many people talking about that moment very much, perhaps it is connected to the "tear" you mentioned, who knows? lol
This is so good. Helped me understand a lot. Thanks. I'm subscribing
This is the first video I've seen of yours (I think? It's possible I've forgotten one xD) but wow! The amount of love and effort put into all the editing is incredible. The thematic icons and audio usage both with music and sounds are all reallly nice touches, as well as the small things like the inclusion of cutscene titles for anyone who wants to look for the original source. Not even getting into how much I like this theory. Though now I've gone off on my own tangent, and am genuinely curious if Brain was there when the Box arrived at the location where Luxu found it, considering how the No Name keyblade seems to just fall completely out of nowhere, only for Braig/Luxu to pick it up where it landed. So now I can't help but wonder, if Brain travelled there sometime after arriving at Scala Ad Caelum and met Luxu again. I'm confused, but very intrigued by this xD I'm just hoping that I don't get my expectations too high.
A very neat and well constructed theory though :3
You and Prod need to Collab😭 best in the community, you for the depth and him for he range!
Wow this is phenomenal content, love when KH fan videos get this detailed.
So if what you’re saying is true, could it be possible that Brain joined Luxu’s heart with him (knowing Luxu’s role and MoM’s plan), and used his data self to go to Scala? Because if Player’s pod wasn’t used, and Daybreak collapsed before the pod could be sent back to Daybreak, perhaps he created coordinates for the pod to arrive somewhere else. In fact, perhaps it was Data Brain, that was walking data Strelitzia to the pod to send to the real world before sending himself to Scala. Note Brain said “I left with some of my friends,” implying the last thing he remembered was leaving with Lauriam and co. And it could even be, that the vessel or person Luxu sent was his own body, meaning by time he met with Brain he was a walking heart, protected from darkness.
I interpereted Luxus words of "Oh its a shame someone as smart as you only have this one life time" (paraphraseing xD) as Luxu acually splitting up Brain into his Nobody witch he gave the box and the keyblade No Name and into his heart witch travled. This would be the best way to acually make so much use of Brains smarts.
AND OF CORSE i have to say: AMAZING VIDEO GREAT JOB ^^ keep up the great work
I would like to be 100% fluent in English to fully understand the video, but as the little I have I could understand a lot, exceptional editing quality!!
Every single time I watch one of your theory videos my views on Kingdom hearts and it's lore changes so drastically sometimes I fear watching them
sometimes you see a kh theory or discussion video and you are like I will play a game while listening BUT NOT WITH SECRET REPORTS you gotta marvel the editing and effort
Haven't finished the vid yet but my headcanon as to why there are two brains is that, Luxu did what he did to play his role, he DID take control of Brain but i believe that Brains heart was cast out, and much like Maleficent did he used the remaining pod to travel to the future as a heart landing in Scala where there were people who seemed to know/have memories of him(Book of Prophecies) plus having his hat returned to him(the medium)
I always assumed that Luxu was just the M.O.M. as a youth. In what I refer as a perfect Loop you can time travel and meet your youngerself and retain memories on both parties as long as the younger isn't aware of the Older. IK that traveling back in time in not possible but the Disney world reset all the time and I assume the disney characters meet kid sora one minute then teen sora the next. So my theory is that you could reset a Hub world too. So Daybreak town could be reset and M.O.M sets off events to make sure he ends up where he is currently. Something I am sure he got from Xehornort in a more circular way since maybe Mr. Wiggly fingers learns it from a the M.O.M. in the first place.
Absolutely wonderful graphics and theory!
I feel like this is somehow foreshadowing to the "final boss" / "bad guy" of KH4 being a kid playing a video game not realizing the lives he's affecting are "real" or something like that. Maybe that's a bit too far into unreality. You got me thinking though.. what would a Lifeboat be in our reality? A computer that could rewrite the code of the game? A VR Headset? That seems too simple.
Your theory is awesome. Great video.
This is veeery nice and good :D So enjoyable to watch.
Just one thing that made me question all this - if Brain hides the Box in Unreality, how does No Name gets passed down from him? Unless he passes it down before that, or ... he still has it when arriving again in Scala, which i don't think so hmm.
Still, so very interesting!
I think it IS possible he still has it when arriving in Scala, personally. My reason for this is that apparently Scala had that "grey" aesthetic (opposed to the "white" one) for so long that it was even present when Xehanort was born about 80-90 years ago (I don't do math, that's where I cross the line), so that leaves still a very very wide window of WHEN exactly Brain arrived after time traveling. So I still think it's possible that Brain did pass down No Name until it got a reputation of being "ancient" if that makes sense ?? Even after Scala finally gets it's "white" aesthetic.
I may be misunderstanding you, lemme know if I am!!
@@TheSecretReports No you were right with that - I just never wrapped my head around the fact that No Name time travels at some point. While the MoM said the Book doesn't cover everything, it still would leave such a hole in the Book you know. I hope we get some clearance in Dark Road, about just anything about this :D
@@Psianabel OH YEAH LMAO, WAIT A SEC that shit don't make no sense.... LMAO. I agree, I hope Dark Road clears up things KHUX was not able to, cause i feel like if we don't get answers now... idk, I just don't know when else we could possibly get them since KHUX takes place so far ahead of any other game.
Man, Kingdom Hearts games are full of mystery.🤔 What's Xigbar's true evil plan anyway now that he's with the 4 Fortellers and the Black Box? And speaking of that, I wonder where Ava is?
Loved it, subscribed!
Great video!
Thank you for another amazing video!
Thank you very much for another great vid!
Flawless (and hilarious, at times) editing as usual! I actually never noticed that Eraqus seems to have knowledge of what's gonna happen- specifically the tear. It does seem to imply that there's more to Brain's plan than meets the eye!
Makes perfect sense, from what we've seen, that Lauriam, Elrena, Skuld and Ven lose their memories is because of their lack of mediums, but what's the process here? They should lose their bodies from the process regardless! Unless their memories somehow served as their mediums in compensation...? I also wonder how Waypoints factor into this, since Brain tells Lauriam to use his own memories and convictions of Strelitzia as a waypoint to follow. From what we've been told about Waypoints, there's no way this should work, right? Either way, it makes complete sense that Brain time travels to the future the same way the Master does, however that is.
I'm also a little confused about this theory haha. So Brain, through his process of hiding the box (and possibly himself) in unreality, would have caused the tear in time from KH3, which would in turn cause the box to pass back into reality through the tear again? I'm not really sure what the take-away from all of this should be, it's a lot to take in haha. I know this part is more speculation than anything, but I'm wondering how or when Brain would even do this!
Finally, while I think everything you said about it being Brain in the badlands and not Luxu makes sense, I'm still curious about when that scene actually takes place, and I wonder what you believe! I personally think it'd make way more sense for it to happen sometime in the future /after/ he reaches Scala, if only because he looks way too big in that scene for it to happen before he travels to the future. If it was just for the plot twist of it being Brain under Luxu's coat, I feel like that choice to present it that way would be way too confusing and pointless. It also raises the question of, assuming that it's the same scene from the very end of Back Cover, why we hear Luxu's voice coming from this person. If the implication is that it's Luxu after all, in Brain's body, I don't really buy it either because i just can't see Luxu possessing any of the people he passes his Keyblade onto.
As for lifeboats, it's confusing to me that the figure we seen with Strelitzia in the data world is even there, in the Data world. Whether it's Luxu or not, you'd assume that they both left the data world somehow, without the pods (otherwise, what's the point of even showing us that)! This alone is kind of evidence that there must be either another lifeboat somewhere that the Master, Luxu, and this mysterious person can use, or another way to traverse between the real and data Daybreak Town, and possible to the future as well.
Either way, very well-presented video! Always super interesting to see what you have to say about these things
*1.* _"Unless their memories somehow served as their mediums in compensation...?"_ I definitely think it's weird that both Luxu and the MoM say mediums are for rebuilding bodies and yet those four flat out contradict that (as far as we know). It's just so strange. And I'll be 100% honest, I still don't completely understand what Waypoints are or how they work. Like I'm also confused on how the Book of Prophecies can contain a Waypoint for the MoM... IDK I'll have to rewatch scenes that mention waypoints and see if I can get a better understanding of how they work.
*2.* _"So Brain, through his process of hiding the box (and possibly himself) in unreality, would have caused the tear in time from KH3, which would in turn cause the box to pass back into reality through the tear again?"_ Sorry, sorry, I think I was unclear in my script. What I mean to say was that Brain (or Ava, based on the video's description if you haven't read that section yet!) could have learned how to _manifest_ the Tear from their previous entering into Unreality-- not that the Tear was caused _directly from_ that entrance... if that makes sense?
*3.* _"if only because he looks way too big in that scene for it to happen before he travels to the future"_ Oh, here's what I told someone else in another comment:
One thing I did notice is that Brain in the desert BEFORE he takes off his hood is Luxu's sprite. However, after he removes his hood, his sprite changes to fit his height/body style. I believe this is one of the areas I referred to that the KHUX team was short on time given KHUX was canceled-- I believe they took a shortcut to use Luxu's sprite for hooded Brain. Here are two images to show what I mean:
roboloid.github.io/khux/images/assets/character/Luxu_S_1.png
roboloid.github.io/khux/images/assets/character/Luxu_R_Luxu-Brain.png
The right sprite at 4:49 is FAKE, edited by me, and the real sprite is the one you see in the opening title. I'm so sorry if I was misleading because of my visuals. As for why we hear Luxu's voice, I do want to point out that in Birth by Sleep, Young Xehanort's line in the prologue of "This world... is just too small" was record by Riku's voice actor in both English and Japanese. So I personally think the same thing is happening here.
*4.* _"This alone is kind of evidence that there must be either another lifeboat somewhere that the Master, Luxu, and this mysterious person can use"_ Oh INTERESTING, I hadn't even thought about how that other figure and Strelitzia could also possibly use that other lifeboat. It makes me wonder if this other lifeboat has the same about of pods/limited uses, and that if we'll be able to count up to seven people who can use it just like the one in Daybreak Town. The MoM, Brain, the Figure, ... and MAYBE the Foretellers ?? I'm still not quite sure if they Time Traveled though cause if they have mediums (since they remember), I would have assumed their masks would be mediums, but they're _wearing_ their masks. So I still personally think they were asleep instead. But whatever, my point is I wonder if we'll eventually come across a select number of people who used that other lifeboat LOL
@@TheSecretReports That's really funny that they adjusted Brain's height in the unhooded sprite, and I definitely never noticed that, because if we compare /that/ one to Brain's normal sprite, he still looks quite a bit taller than usual: pbs.twimg.com/media/E21qODFWUAQVOTD?format=png&name=900x900
If anything, this could still be that they used Luxu's sprite as a base and just got Brain's height wrong, but it almost feels more intentional now. I know height and voice inconsistencies with the black coat characters have happened before (Mysterious Figure using Saix's model comes to mind) but still, WEIRD! If they were gonna do this from the start, I really wish they just made Brain a bit taller than everyone else so this visual twist worked better haha
One question I still have is Brain's memory upon arriving in Scala.
He asks about the others and whether they've arrived as well (I'm assuming he's referring to the other Union Leaders + Elrena and Player). This would imply that he left for the future during the fall of Daybreak Town, or at least not long after when it's still fresh in his mind.
If that was actually Brain in the Badlands, and he's entrusted with the Box and the Master's Keyblade and only after that did he travel to Scala, I would assume he wouldn't be preoccupied with the thought of the others on arrival.
...unless it's revealed later that "the others" he left with is not referring to the Union Leaders +...
Regardless, great video as always! Great theory and amazing editing as usual.