Cal DW

Hey everyone, new to this site and having just replayed FFX with the HD Remaster it got me thinking about Auron's appearance in KH2 again and I happened upon this topic. I personally think it's a mix of different reasons why Hades and Auron consider him a "bad guy" or at least not a hero. A big theme of Hercules in the movie was that Hercules would not be able to obtain his Godhood again until he learns what it means to be a true Hero, throughout the entire film he has the godlike strength but is not immortal until the very end when he learns to cast aside his own self preservation and desire for glory and recognition as a hero in order to plunge into the bottomless pit of the undead in order to save Megara. This selfless act is what gave him back his godhood and made him a hero in the eyes of Olympus. Auron in FFX in the past desperately wanted Jecht and Braska to not sacrifice themselves for the sake of saving Spira, Jecht in a way was once a huge glory hog who loved to get attention but knew sacrificing himself was the only way for him and Braska to bring peace to Spria (the only way they believed worked anyway), he gave up on his desire to get home to Zanarkand so that they could end the suffering Sin brings. Both Jecht and Braska were willing to make the ultimate sacrifice for others much like Herc was about to for Meg too but Auron on the other hand didn't want to see his friends die and probably deep down felt horrible that he himself wasn't willing to sacrifice his own life for Braska and Jecht in a way was more noble than he was for doing so despite Jechts somewhat more self obsessed personality. Enraged Auron tried to exact revenge on Yunalesca and blamed everything she stood for as the cause for Braska and Jecht's death and in the end it cost him his life when he tried to fight her, but he was unable to move on, he was unsatisfied with how he died and what he failed to accomplish and continued to exist with this feeling of guilt. In that sense, both Hades and Auron himself would see him as wreckless and selfish because that is how Auron keeps believing he was like for not being willing to make the ultimate sacrifice for the sake of others. It's only at the end of FFX when they do find another way to defeat Sin and end the cycle that he feels he's atoned for what he did in the past and finally feels at peace with himself after existing with so much guilt but in the KH story it seems it's meant to be Auron before anything like this happened. I think it also fits Auron's Ronin design, he's based off of the lone Samurai warrior who has no master (the one arm in the sleeve is a reference to them, his arm isn't actually injured as some believe), just a wandering aimless spirit angry with himself with no purpose much like the Samurai with no master who only works for money and doesn't follow the same code of honour as others. Samurai are also known for taking their own lives when they feel they have lost their honour, again something Auron didn't exactly do himself and his existence is because of the lack of honour he feels he has. I get the feeling the devs of KH saw the comparison of noble sacrifice shown in Hercules to Auron's lack of in FFX and his constant guilt holding him back from becoming a true hero in Kingdom Hearts despite what most players of the games would consider of his actions being seen as good, Hercules' actions in the movie were good too but not enough to be a true hero until the very end. Then again I could be looking into this too much, who knows?. And that, as they say, is that.