In BBS, Ven's quest (physical and emotional) seemed to involve:
-Going to other worlds to experience life outside of his otherwise constricted lifestyle and expand his horizons.
-Cease to rely on others and be able to stand up on his own/ become more independent.
-Try and do something important or heroic that will stand up in the eyes of his two older friends/ prove that he's good enough to hang around with them (in his own mind)
-Find a sense of self.
Well, by the end of Birth By Sleep, he has accomplished most or all of his goals.
-He got to go exploring and make friends with many people.
-He adventured without the supervision or help of Aqua or Terra, and proved he could do it on his own
-He's the only one who accomplished his goal of beating the villain (he stopped Vanitas, and ceased the forging of the X-blade)
-He asserted himself as more than just a puppet of Xehanort, or a pet of Eraquas
-And by the end of the story, he's the only one who seems to have done anything that might be considered close to saving the world.
So even if he's in a coma, he can rest in peace. He's done everything that he wanted or needed to do. His story is essentially done in this series.
So, assuming that he's going to make a comeback in KHIII, what is there left for him to do?
I mean, yes, saving Terra/Aqua, yadda yadda yadda, but really, that just seems like filler, almost. He can save them, but he will still be the same character as he would be if he hadn't saved them. His character arc has gone as far and as strong as you could ever hope. He can't develop much more than he already has. The only way to make Ven compelling in another game would be by giving him more reason to expand emotionally, but his character doesn't really provide for too many more openings.
Where else can Ven go, as a character? What else can he do?
In BBS, Ven's quest (physical and emotional) seemed to involve:
-Going to other worlds to experience life outside of his otherwise constricted lifestyle and expand his horizons.
-Cease to rely on others and be able to stand up on his own/ become more independent.
-Try and do something important or heroic that will stand up in the eyes of his two older friends/ prove that he's good enough to hang around with them (in his own mind)
-Find a sense of self.
Well, by the end of Birth By Sleep, he has accomplished most or all of his goals.
-He got to go exploring and make friends with many people.
-He adventured without the supervision or help of Aqua or Terra, and proved he could do it on his own
-He's the only one who accomplished his goal of beating the villain (he stopped Vanitas, and ceased the forging of the X-blade)
-He asserted himself as more than just a puppet of Xehanort, or a pet of Eraquas
-And by the end of the story, he's the only one who seems to have done anything that might be considered close to saving the world.
So even if he's in a coma, he can rest in peace. He's done everything that he wanted or needed to do. His story is essentially done in this series.
So, assuming that he's going to make a comeback in KHIII, what is there left for him to do?
I mean, yes, saving Terra/Aqua, yadda yadda yadda, but really, that just seems like filler, almost. He can save them, but he will still be the same character as he would be if he hadn't saved them. His character arc has gone as far and as strong as you could ever hope. He can't develop much more than he already has. The only way to make Ven compelling in another game would be by giving him more reason to expand emotionally, but his character doesn't really provide for too many more openings.
Where else can Ven go, as a character? What else can he do?