Something I've been wondering about: in the most recent trailer: you can see Ansem (I know that he should be called Xehanort's Heartless, but I can't help but remember him as Ansem) and Xemnas, each facing Riku and Sora. This raises a couple questions. First, as both of them have been killed in the real world, that means the original Xehanort can come back, and that's all fine and well. But then, why are they here? My initial reaction is that they're illusions, or created out of memories, given that they are presumably encountered within the Dream realm. But if they're not, could it be that their existence is now on the same level of the worlds that have been put to sleep, and if this is the case, would it be possible for them to come back in some fashion? Second, and this still relies on the idea of their not being illusions, if they are appearing in this Dream realm after being beaten by Sora, what does that say about other characters, including Vanitas, who have been defeated, and whether or not they can come back to life ("wake up" as it were)?
Something I've been wondering about: in the most recent trailer: you can see Ansem (I know that he should be called Xehanort's Heartless, but I can't help but remember him as Ansem) and Xemnas, each facing Riku and Sora. This raises a couple questions. First, as both of them have been killed in the real world, that means the original Xehanort can come back, and that's all fine and well. But then, why are they here? My initial reaction is that they're illusions, or created out of memories, given that they are presumably encountered within the Dream realm. But if they're not, could it be that their existence is now on the same level of the worlds that have been put to sleep, and if this is the case, would it be possible for them to come back in some fashion? Second, and this still relies on the idea of their not being illusions, if they are appearing in this Dream realm after being beaten by Sora, what does that say about other characters, including Vanitas, who have been defeated, and whether or not they can come back to life ("wake up" as it were)?