Hiya guys, I've been working on this project for a little while where I try to pin down my 10 favorite scenes in the KH series and talk about them for a concerning amount of time. I think there are 3 or 4 pretty safe picks but the rest might be a bit surprising. Figured I'd share it; hope you enjoy!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se5JLrD3pBQ

The video's great as always!

Great video as always!  I loved what you had to say about Ansem, Seeker of Darkness.  Despite him being one of least interesting characters in the Kingdom Hearts series, he is still my favorite villain (probably mostly for nostalgic reasons).  While I wasn't necessarily a fan of how all of the villains got emotional sendoffs in Kingdom Hearts III (except for Young Xehanort), I did love that last line that Ansem got, and I think you explained really well why that moment was so great.

I love your unique takes on different aspects of the series! As the others have said, great job as always!  

Just to comment on a few from your list, I know you said it's like cheating to put Blank Points on it, but I would have actually been surprised if it *weren't* on there. I still have mixed feelings about Master Xehanort's send off in KH3, my main issue being I feel like they wanted us to sympathize with him after all he's done, and I just cant bring myself to, I think you touched upon that as well, but you brought up some good points on how to see the scene in a more positive light(I don't necessarily agree but I appreciate the different spin on things).  Love that KH1's ending made it on there too, it's such an iconic scene and I think for me the music really does it, but everything just ties up so nicely with that one. 

Thank y'all as always for the kind words!! ?

On 10/3/2020 at 2:12 AM, Dagesh Lene said:

Great video as always!  I loved what you had to say about Ansem, Seeker of Darkness.  Despite him being one of least interesting characters in the Kingdom Hearts series, he is still my favorite villain (probably mostly for nostalgic reasons).  While I wasn't necessarily a fan of how all of the villains got emotional sendoffs in Kingdom Hearts III (except for Young Xehanort), I did love that last line that Ansem got, and I think you explained really well why that moment was so great.

Yeah to be honest I really couldn't have cared less about Ansem SoD prior to KH3. But between the scene I highlighted and his acting like an agitated grandpa when Pence wouldn't get off his lawn, I came to appreciate him a lot more lol. I do think it's funny how Young Xehanort was just a jerk till the bitter end.

 

19 hours ago, WakelessDream said:

I love your unique takes on different aspects of the series! As the others have said, great job as always!  

Just to comment on a few from your list, I know you said it's like cheating to put Blank Points on it, but I would have actually been surprised if it *weren't* on there. I still have mixed feelings about Master Xehanort's send off in KH3, my main issue being I feel like they wanted us to sympathize with him after all he's done, and I just cant bring myself to, I think you touched upon that as well, but you brought up some good points on how to see the scene in a more positive light(I don't necessarily agree but I appreciate the different spin on things).  Love that KH1's ending made it on there too, it's such an iconic scene and I think for me the music really does it, but everything just ties up so nicely with that one. 

For sure, I don't fault anyone at all for having mixed feelings about MX's end. I think it's probably smoother if they planned ahead a bit more and gave us a few more sympathetic scenes/character moments prior to KH3. But as I nod to in the vid, they really just kinda show us "Hey, he used to play chess as a lil boy! Isn't that nice??" And it's like well yes but also the murder...? I'm fine with the message, but the execution is admittedly lacking. Ultimately I think the scene ended up as high as it did because most KH scenes don't force me to confront like...morality ethics and philosophy lmao.