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Ven's Armor, since it failed to protect Sora. Why bother having the Armor there at all, then, Nomura?

And then DDD just seemed to kick him down even further (along with Aqua and Ven, for that matter). One of the major reasons why I hate that game.

Depressing stuff.

3. MX not being the final boss. Too predictable and burned-out if he is.

1. Flowmotion without Forced Drops. 2. Light-based threat(s).

It'll probably rip off the Masked Lumen fight from Bayonetta 2 or something.

1. MX. 2. YMX. 3. Ansem SOD. 4. Xemnas. 5. Braig/Xigbar. 6. Isa/Saix. 7. Terranort (time-traveled from BBS)(?) 8. Vanitas (either revived or time-traveled from BBS)(?) 9. Repliku (either revived or time-traveled from COM)(?) 10. Marluxia(?) 11. Larxene(?) 12. Demyx(?) 13. Luxord (Hello? "Gambler Of Fate"? Time powers?)(?)

KH2's time travel = within reason and limited to 1 world. DDD's time travel = out-of-nowhere series-retcon only beneficial to MX while making everyone else look weak.

Sora vs. MX will almost assuredly be 1-2 rounds in the finale. But I still don't want MX to be the very last boss.

Sora and MX were painful to watch in DDD.

Halfway would be too early; MX should last about 9/10 through before someone/something usurps him, IMO.

It'd just make DDD's climax pointless. But sadly, Nomura seems to love ruining past climaxes just to make MX look bigger and badder.

DO: Reveal clever behind-the-scenes stuff involving Terra's and Eraqus's hearts. Otherwise, what was the point of MX saying, "Eraqus, you sly fox..." in Blank Points? DON'T: Just have MX control Terra 100%. Given the Terra/Eraqus situation above, MX being able to override 2 rebellious hearts at once would just increase his Villain Sue points, make his "Get hearts, bodies, etc. to reject their selfhoods so I can have good vessels" experiments pointless, and destroy Terra's (and Eraqus's) remaining credibility.

Alternatively, Aqua finally snaps from everything and pulls an Eraqus, and it's her vs. Riku.

DO: Show better examples of Dark Is Not Evil and Light Is Not Good. Otherwise, I'm just going to side with so-called "strawmen" like Eraqus. DON'T: Have MX be the very last boss. Too predictable and burned-out at this point.

Except it was explicitly stated that MX can only use people who aren't too self-aware or rebellious.

Blank Points revealed Eraqus's heart kept MX's from "seeding" Terra's like the other vessels'. Body-wise, however, I don't know.

Can you pick me up some Sour Patch Kids while you're at it, please?

Even Riku, the poster boy for it, zigzags between "proving darkness can be good" and "using light to tame darkness."

Such as when it keeps zigzagging between whether or not darkness is evil.

He couldn't be more unsubtle about it ^there^ if he wore a T-shirt saying "Aizen's my b***h."

The "Light Seeker" Saga, hopefully.

Via Ven, of course.

And it only reinforces Eraqus's "absolutes" (you know, the same stuff the series has been preaching against since COM). And on top of that, MX stole it from David Xanatos (Remember his "self-made man" plan?).