While the others were freeing Hearts, Yen was freeing heads! 

The skull candle was in the original short Yen Sid is from, and also featured in Epic Mickey 1 and 2

 

Lol, I know. I just always wondered what the story behind it was. Even in Fantasia, it's never explained!

 

 

Epic Mickey is an amazing game, btw.

what if it belonged to a friend of his that turned to the darkness- like with Eraqus and Xehanort?

 

Perhaps, in their time, Yen Sid and this skull too were friends, but chose separate paths. His friend chose the dark and began to wreck havoc on the worlds. And when his friends deeds became too monstrous to ignore, Yen Sid cut him down.

 

Filled with guilt at not being able to save his friend from the darkness, and feeling worse for not stopping him sooner, Yen Sid retired as a Master.

 

Perhaps he felt he was unworthy of the job anymore and dedicated his life to helping other heroes not in battle, but to steer them on the proper path with wisdom.

 

Perhaps he kept his friends skull to remind him that he must always keep the order and safety of the worlds his main priority- over friends and all sentimental feelings. And perhaps he made it a candle  so that when he lit it, it served as a reminder of the light and happiness his friend gave him in his life. But also as a reminder of the shadows his friend spread and the need for clarity in his decisions and a protector of worlds.

That... was the most beautiful and possibly greatest canon reason I have ever heard...

 

COOKIE FOR YOU!!!

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Cookies?!! For me? Dawh, thank you

 

OMNOMNOMNOM!

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Ah.... I'm afraid you're quite late, dear.  Kuni has been mine for quite a while now.