Hey everyone! It's been a while since I posted a theory and the new 2.8 trailer came with all kinds of goodies that got my brain a theorizing. So this theory is why Aqua remained in the Realm of Darkness after Mickey had found her, and it has to do with timing. This theory runs under the assumption that Mickey had found Aqua while he was looking for the Kingdom Key D and that 0.2 ends at the same time as the closing of the Door to Darkness in KH1.
Mickey finding Aqua in the Realm of Darkness probably leads to Mickey explaining the state of worlds and his reason for being there to Aqua. And maybe Aqua helped Mickey find the Kingdom Key D and was going to be the one to close the Door to Darkness. But it was Riku and Mickey instead. So where did Aqua go? If she was there, Riku could have joined Sora in the Realm of Light, or Aqua could have crossed over.
Well, also at this time, because of Apprentice Xehanort, Organization XIII and Ansem SOD's actions, the forces of darkness and the Heartless were growing. So much so that by the time of Ansem SOD's defeat, the Heartless were ready to overtake the Realm of Light from the opening of the Door to Darkness. Someone had to stop that. Mickey couldn't do, he had to lock the door; and Riku couldn't do it because he wasn't strong enough, he didn't even have a Keyblade at this time. Therefore, Aqua was the only one who could prevent the Heartless from invading the Realm of Light, so she couldn't be there at the Door.
The last scene in the new trailer is Aqua getting ready to face multiple Darksides that are forming a huge corridor of darkness (Ansem the Wise's reports says this is a CoD since Sora passed through one when Destiny Islands was destroyed, which was the orb that he got sucked into), which feels very end-game stage, the stakes are huge and the environment looks the most dangerous. This is most likely the corridor the Heartless were using to cross the Door to Darkness. When Aqua stops the Heartless, it's right before the Door to Darkness is closed, but too late for her to get there and cross into the Realm of Light. Mickey and Riku escaped separately not long after, so Aqua couldn't have joined in their escape either. So Aqua is again stuck in the Realm of Darkness, as she chose to stop the Heartless army at the cost of her freedom, and will continue to wander until she reaches the Dark Margin a year after Sora and Riku escaped at the end of KH2.
Aqua just missing every opportunity to leave also adds to the sadness that the 0.2 team is trying to crush us all emotionally with and keeps up the integrity of the timeline since Aqua's character wasn't even conceived until KH2, which many seem to forget. (Like seriously, could people stop asking where Ven's heart was when Sora became a Heartless in KH1? Ven didn't even exist in 2002 )
Little rusty of the theory business, but I hope it makes sense
Hey everyone! It's been a while since I posted a theory and the new 2.8 trailer came with all kinds of goodies that got my brain a theorizing. So this theory is why Aqua remained in the Realm of Darkness after Mickey had found her, and it has to do with timing. This theory runs under the assumption that Mickey had found Aqua while he was looking for the Kingdom Key D and that 0.2 ends at the same time as the closing of the Door to Darkness in KH1.
Mickey finding Aqua in the Realm of Darkness probably leads to Mickey explaining the state of worlds and his reason for being there to Aqua. And maybe Aqua helped Mickey find the Kingdom Key D and was going to be the one to close the Door to Darkness. But it was Riku and Mickey instead. So where did Aqua go? If she was there, Riku could have joined Sora in the Realm of Light, or Aqua could have crossed over.
Well, also at this time, because of Apprentice Xehanort, Organization XIII and Ansem SOD's actions, the forces of darkness and the Heartless were growing. So much so that by the time of Ansem SOD's defeat, the Heartless were ready to overtake the Realm of Light from the opening of the Door to Darkness. Someone had to stop that. Mickey couldn't do, he had to lock the door; and Riku couldn't do it because he wasn't strong enough, he didn't even have a Keyblade at this time. Therefore, Aqua was the only one who could prevent the Heartless from invading the Realm of Light, so she couldn't be there at the Door.
The last scene in the new trailer is Aqua getting ready to face multiple Darksides that are forming a huge corridor of darkness (Ansem the Wise's reports says this is a CoD since Sora passed through one when Destiny Islands was destroyed, which was the orb that he got sucked into), which feels very end-game stage, the stakes are huge and the environment looks the most dangerous. This is most likely the corridor the Heartless were using to cross the Door to Darkness. When Aqua stops the Heartless, it's right before the Door to Darkness is closed, but too late for her to get there and cross into the Realm of Light. Mickey and Riku escaped separately not long after, so Aqua couldn't have joined in their escape either. So Aqua is again stuck in the Realm of Darkness, as she chose to stop the Heartless army at the cost of her freedom, and will continue to wander until she reaches the Dark Margin a year after Sora and Riku escaped at the end of KH2.
Aqua just missing every opportunity to leave also adds to the sadness that the 0.2 team is trying to crush us all emotionally with and keeps up the integrity of the timeline since Aqua's character wasn't even conceived until KH2, which many seem to forget. (Like seriously, could people stop asking where Ven's heart was when Sora became a Heartless in KH1? Ven didn't even exist in 2002
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Little rusty of the theory business, but I hope it makes sense