Think about this; “How come Roxas uses the Keyblade, being the Nobody of a Keyblade wielder, but Xemnas could not? I mean, to be honest, Roxas and Xion would have been unnecessary members of the Organization if Xemnas could have colleted hearts to complete his Kingdom Hearts himself.”
I have heard multiple theories on this with rather large rifts in them. One of the more pervasive ideas going around in our circles is that Xemnas thought that the power of “nothingness” was stronger than light. (a.k.a. the Keyblade’s power.) But then why does Xemnas say in a clear voice near the end of KH II, “Hearts are the source of all power!” :mellow: That one line pretty much shoots down that theory. Another theory that is well intentioned, but has a gaping hole in it, involves Terra. This theory states that after Xaenhort possessed Terra, and during the last battle with Aqua when Terra “fights back,” not only did he damage Xahanort’s memory, he also went out of his way to make sure that Xahanort couldn’t use the Keyblade any longer. How did Terra manage to do this? Well the author claims that all throughout “Kingdom Hearts” Terra was fighting inside Xahanort to restrict his ability to use the Keyblade. I believe that makes perfect sense to why XAHANORT doesn’t (more like couldn’t) use the Keyblade in “Kingdom Hearts”, but the author conveniently leaves out how all of the above facts apply to XEMNAS and why he doesn’t use the Keyblade. http://kh13.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/default/dry.png
So why doesn’t Xemnas use the Keyblade? Essential knowledge about the Keyblade is required to understand my well thought out and researched theory about this matter concerning Xemnas. My entire theory rests on this single fact; one must have at least part of a heart to use the Keyblade. Now before you scream “But Roxas didn’t have a heart!” hear me out. Roxas DID have a PART of Sora’s heart. Think about this. When Xaenhort extracted the darkness from Ventus’ heart and created Vanitus, Vanitus could use the Keyblade because he took a huge chunk of Ventus’ heart with him. He had part of a heart, so he could use the Keyblade.
Now let’s switch over to “Kingdom Hearts.” When Sora extracted both his and Kairi’s heart simultaneously from Sora’s body, both Roxas and Namine were created. Roxas could use the Keyblade because he had a PART OF SORA’S HEART WHEN HE WAS CREATED, (I’ll explain in more detail later.) and yet Roxas didn’t have so big a chunk of Sora’s heart that he had to fall into the clutches of sleep like Ven did when Vanitas was conjured. “I want Proof!” some of you say, well here’s two pieces of proof. 1. Roxas cries more than once, which expresses genuine emotion. You need a heart to express genuine emotion. 2. When Vexen gave Sora the Twilight Town card in Castle Oblivion, he said that he found the information to make that card “from another side of [his] memory.” That “other” side of Sora’s memory was Roxas’ piece of Sora’s heart.
“Alright, but what does this have to do with Xemnas not using the Keyblade?” EVERYTHING!!! Here is my theory about why Xemnas didn’t use the Keyblade. It wasn’t that Xemnas didn’t want to use the Keyblade; it’s the fact that he couldn’t use it. Why? When Xaenhort extracted his heart, he did not do the natural thing like Sora did and let it drift away to create a natural Nobody. No, Xahanort deliberately forced his heart into Terra’s. And since Xaenhort did that and never gave up a body for any amount of time, he did become a Heartless, but inside of Terra’s body. (Thus making Xahanort half human, half heartless.)
That did not happen to Sora. Sora completely gave up his body when he turned the Keyblade on himself and became 100% Heartless. So Sora’s heart drifted away and began creating Roxas. During that creating process though, Sora’s heart was yanked back inside him when the light of Kairi turned Sora into a human again. But not all of Sora’s heart came back to him, part of it stayed with Roxas because he was at least in part of the creating process to make a Nobody. Xahanort’s heart never even entered the creating stage because his heart went straight from his body into Terra and thus no part of Xahanort’s heart was used to create Xemnas.
No part of a heart = No usage of the Keyblade.
Some would say “Well that makes no sense! A Nobody with virtually none of the characteristics to make a Nobody? Poppycock!” The underlined portion was a paraphrase of a quote from the Secret Reports from “Kingdom Hearts II” when Ansem the Wise was describing Namine. OoO Yes, that’s right! If you can put two and two together, you realize that Namine was created in almost the exact same conditions as Xemnas. Put that in your pipe and smoke it!... Oh! You deny what I am saying? Then let me do a side by side comparison. Xaenhort turns the Keyblade on himself thus releasing his heart from his body and then forcefully thrusts his heart into Terra’s. Xaenhort’s heart doesn’t have a chance to enter the creating stage to make a Nobody, and yet Xemnas is born and cannot use the Keyblade. Sora turns the Keyblade on himself thus releasing his heart from his body and, since Kairi’s heart was inside Sora’s heart at that moment and Kairi’s body was just feet away, Kairi’s heart naturally reenters her own body. Kairi’s heart doesn’t have a chance to enter the creating stage to make a Nobody, and yet… Namine is born with special powers over Sora and those connected to him. But I’m rabbit-trailing here…if anyone has any questions, let me know.
Think about this; “How come Roxas uses the Keyblade, being the Nobody of a Keyblade wielder, but Xemnas could not? I mean, to be honest, Roxas and Xion would have been unnecessary members of the Organization if Xemnas could have colleted hearts to complete his Kingdom Hearts himself.”
I have heard multiple theories on this with rather large rifts in them. One of the more pervasive ideas going around in our circles is that Xemnas thought that the power of “nothingness” was stronger than light. (a.k.a. the Keyblade’s power.) But then why does Xemnas say in a clear voice near the end of KH II, “Hearts are the source of all power!” :mellow: That one line pretty much shoots down that theory. Another theory that is well intentioned, but has a gaping hole in it, involves Terra. This theory states that after Xaenhort possessed Terra, and during the last battle with Aqua when Terra “fights back,” not only did he damage Xahanort’s memory, he also went out of his way to make sure that Xahanort couldn’t use the Keyblade any longer. How did Terra manage to do this? Well the author claims that all throughout “Kingdom Hearts” Terra was fighting inside Xahanort to restrict his ability to use the Keyblade. I believe that makes perfect sense to why XAHANORT doesn’t (more like couldn’t) use the Keyblade in “Kingdom Hearts”, but the author conveniently leaves out how all of the above facts apply to XEMNAS and why he doesn’t use the Keyblade. http://kh13.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/default/dry.png
So why doesn’t Xemnas use the Keyblade? Essential knowledge about the Keyblade is required to understand my well thought out and researched theory about this matter concerning Xemnas. My entire theory rests on this single fact; one must have at least part of a heart to use the Keyblade. Now before you scream “But Roxas didn’t have a heart!” hear me out. Roxas DID have a PART of Sora’s heart. Think about this. When Xaenhort extracted the darkness from Ventus’ heart and created Vanitus, Vanitus could use the Keyblade because he took a huge chunk of Ventus’ heart with him. He had part of a heart, so he could use the Keyblade.
Now let’s switch over to “Kingdom Hearts.” When Sora extracted both his and Kairi’s heart simultaneously from Sora’s body, both Roxas and Namine were created. Roxas could use the Keyblade because he had a PART OF SORA’S HEART WHEN HE WAS CREATED, (I’ll explain in more detail later.) and yet Roxas didn’t have so big a chunk of Sora’s heart that he had to fall into the clutches of sleep like Ven did when Vanitas was conjured. “I want Proof!” some of you say, well here’s two pieces of proof. 1. Roxas cries more than once, which expresses genuine emotion. You need a heart to express genuine emotion. 2. When Vexen gave Sora the Twilight Town card in Castle Oblivion, he said that he found the information to make that card “from another side of [his] memory.” That “other” side of Sora’s memory was Roxas’ piece of Sora’s heart.
“Alright, but what does this have to do with Xemnas not using the Keyblade?” EVERYTHING!!! Here is my theory about why Xemnas didn’t use the Keyblade. It wasn’t that Xemnas didn’t want to use the Keyblade; it’s the fact that he couldn’t use it. Why? When Xaenhort extracted his heart, he did not do the natural thing like Sora did and let it drift away to create a natural Nobody. No, Xahanort deliberately forced his heart into Terra’s. And since Xaenhort did that and never gave up a body for any amount of time, he did become a Heartless, but inside of Terra’s body. (Thus making Xahanort half human, half heartless.)
That did not happen to Sora. Sora completely gave up his body when he turned the Keyblade on himself and became 100% Heartless. So Sora’s heart drifted away and began creating Roxas. During that creating process though, Sora’s heart was yanked back inside him when the light of Kairi turned Sora into a human again. But not all of Sora’s heart came back to him, part of it stayed with Roxas because he was at least in part of the creating process to make a Nobody. Xahanort’s heart never even entered the creating stage because his heart went straight from his body into Terra and thus no part of Xahanort’s heart was used to create Xemnas.
No part of a heart = No usage of the Keyblade.
Some would say “Well that makes no sense! A Nobody with virtually none of the characteristics to make a Nobody? Poppycock!” The underlined portion was a paraphrase of a quote from the Secret Reports from “Kingdom Hearts II” when Ansem the Wise was describing Namine. OoO Yes, that’s right! If you can put two and two together, you realize that Namine was created in almost the exact same conditions as Xemnas. Put that in your pipe and smoke it!... Oh! You deny what I am saying? Then let me do a side by side comparison. Xaenhort turns the Keyblade on himself thus releasing his heart from his body and then forcefully thrusts his heart into Terra’s. Xaenhort’s heart doesn’t have a chance to enter the creating stage to make a Nobody, and yet Xemnas is born and cannot use the Keyblade. Sora turns the Keyblade on himself thus releasing his heart from his body and, since Kairi’s heart was inside Sora’s heart at that moment and Kairi’s body was just feet away, Kairi’s heart naturally reenters her own body. Kairi’s heart doesn’t have a chance to enter the creating stage to make a Nobody, and yet… Namine is born with special powers over Sora and those connected to him. But I’m rabbit-trailing here…if anyone has any questions, let me know.