BRAINTEASER: The Basement Incident ~ A Kingdom Hearts Theory ~

[@SonnyNovus]

! ~ If you have any issues with understanding some of the points made in this video, or are thinking "Sonny, you forgot something!", please read or reply ~ ! - This is not supposed to be a one-way, concise answer that closes the case. This video will not lay your questions to rest. That is not how the video ends. It is a compilation and deep dive into many different rabbit holes that appear to be the most prevailing takes garnered by the community over the past couple of years. Claiming that I have found "THE answer" would ultimately be misleading and biased, and destroys the entire point of this video. I give you the thought experiments, you parse through the info and come to your own conclusions. - The Brain's Chirithy animated segments have nothing to do with the theory, they were something for UX fans to chew on and enjoy. It was something fresh and served to push the boundaries of what we perceive as expendable "content". Some people don't really resonate with the artsy side of it all, they just want the information. Surprisingly, an amount of people seemed to get confused, thinking that Brain's Chirithy was integral to the theory, but I'm not here to make things up and feed you headcanon. If you know anything about UX, making the jump to assume his Chirithy had anything to do with the whole Brain/Luxu fiasco just ain't it. No evidence for it. It was just a nice treat! I spent a lot of time making it. Although... Chirithy's hat serving as Brain's medium would be a neat idea, huh? - This was all written and edited before the 2nd Missing Link trailer dropped, so just a thing to keep in mind! - In the final parts of the "Data Backup" segment, which appears to be the most confusing for a lot of people, I was alluding to the possibility that the Real Daybreak Town (RDT) and the Data Daybreak Town (DDT) serve as the prerequisites for Reality and Unreality, as two split alternate universes/timelines. Gothic Scala is (theoretically) unrealities' version of Scala, inhabited by descendants of the Data Backups of the Dandelions, whom the REAL Brain (Luxu's Apprentice) awoke from RDT's side all those years ago. If (Data?) Brain took the pod from DDT without a destination, perhaps he ended up in the future of DDT; Gothic Scala. If Player died in the cable tunnel, not the real world, perhaps that's why they were reincarnated in Gothic Scala. If Strelitzia's heart remained within Lauriam (as discussed in this video), and her data backup was sent to the future instead of the real person, perhaps she materialized on the other side, too. Quadratum and Verum Rex have this air of "futuristic Magitech" and "Virtual Reality", super indicative of the whole video game inspiration and the Datascape itself. Missing Link even implements geolocation. Judging by the latest trailer, who really knows? But that was the basic rundown of that section. I implore you to tear me apart in the replies if you have any rebuttals! - When "body-hopping" in the Kingdom Hearts series takes place, such as with Xehanort and Terra, the possessor takes control of the victim's heart, and only then by extension, their body. Terra only coexisted with Xehanort because of his strong will, and with a little help from Eraqus. Xehanort did not expect Terra to still exist after taking his body. This further denotes that Brain's body was not taken, least of all his heart. The victim's heart is gradually "swallowed" by the possessor's heart, as quoted by Nomura in an interview around 2014. Pair this with the differences between Xehanort's "incomplete" transition (silver hair and yellow eyes) and Luxu's seamless transition (even without a Keyblade), and it's safe to assume that Luxu's mastered version of this technique will give Brain's heart absolutely no hope of survival. People have theorized that Luxu may be able to "remove" or separate Brain's heart from his body and manipulate it in real time, but there's no evidence currently that could suggest the plausibility of that, especially with how Luxu takes other bodies in the series. When Terranort turns Braig into a nobody, we only see one heart erupt; Luxu's, probably. Braig's original heart seems to have melted into Luxu's. - I am of the firm belief that a pod needs something tangible and physical to trigger. Not saying that this is fact, but even the True Dandelion had some sort of form. Even though my previous point further dismantles the notion that Luxu "removed" Brain's heart from his body, I just highly doubt that he can just... put it in the pod by itself and have it work?? Like, why not just send Brain to the future with the pod, then? Why even take his body when there's seemingly nothing wrong with Luxu's original body? If Brain DIDN'T use the lifeboat, how else would he have time travelled? Doesn't make a lick of sense. In order to justify the vessel theory, you need to THEN introduce a number of sub-theories and what-ifs, on top of just assuming the reports are wrong for whatever reason. Y'know, despite the fact that any reports in the series have yet to be wrong or disproven. KH1's reports do not count for obvious reasons, such as the game being written with no definitive proof of future success. Ansem in KH1 was just Ansem, it's only when the series took off that they decided to develop his origins. - When Darkness and MoM are discussing a world of imagination, the Darkness ponders a connection to the data world. However, immediately after this, MoM quashes that idea and says its something entirely new. Many have garnered this as proof that the datascape bares no relation to Quadratum or Unreality. While I understand that, it also doesn't shy away from the possibility that the datascape at least served as the prerequisite for a brand new universe. Even when Sora's Station of Awakening appears before his fight with Yozora, we're then introduced to a data projection of an abandoned Shibuya at night. In the Missing link beta, Freya says the Astral Plane is a place comprised of "mental energy" (imagination?) and that nobody lives there. Hmm. - Luxu says that when Data Daybreak Town (DDT) falls to darkness, that's it. However, when Real Daybreak Town (RDT) falls, it still remains destroyed in the real world and doesn't fall into slumber or lay within the realm of darkness. I find it more than possible that DDT followed to same fate; left abandoned and in ruins. If you remember, there were no Darknesses left in the data world. 8 are trapped in hearts (Luxu, Ven, Foretellers and MoM), 4 are left stranded and locked away in the Cable Tunnel which is already described as not being from our world, and the final Darkness entity is last seen in the real world with Luxu.

[@maxhall4766]

Nay sir this is incredible well worth the wait between your videos

[@kevlarforweeksanddays4086]

​@@maxhall4766 agreed it made me think of what journalism or video media would be like in kingdom hearts, the whole analog style made me wonder if normal human worlds would just be stuck in early 2000's

[@pokenectionswithprofessorp2979]

Is it possible that Luxu needed Brain to be a waypoint? If he and Brain become one in the past in reality and Brain is also in the future of Gothic Scala, then the time travel mechanics of KH3 become relevant again. There would be a vessel waiting for Luxu in Gothic Scala. Luxu can presumably already travel through time using the Gazing Eye as a medium, but it seems unclear whether he can travel to Gothic Scala Ad Caelum and ensure the presence of the Gazing Eye there as well. So I think that he may have sent data Brain into the future and trained the real Brain as his apprentice in the keyblade graveyard, hopping between both versions of Brain. Brain *is* the missing link; Brain is a reliable waypoint to an integral part of the history foretold in the book of prophecy and he or some other faction leader was always sent in the lifeboat to Scala Ad Caelum. Does that work out? This would mean that the Master of Masters now has one Gazing Eye in reality and one Gazing Eye in unreality. Furthermore, Ava may have introduced a virus. Yes, Luxu is the traitor, but Ava added a corruption. She gave the book of prophecy to Brain, rather than Ephemer and if Brain was always meant to be the apprentice of Luxu, this gives Brain enough time to try and counteract Luxu and MoM's schemes as Luxu's apprentice. The question is: Has the Data Backup read the book? Would a recompleted Data-Brain know everything that Brain has since learned from the book of prophecies?

[@ljeans531]

This video is so well edited. I'm very passionate about my theories as well. I do think the fandom gets away from itself sometimes. Occam's Razor. Using design language but not too complex, plus the background knowledge. I have very reason to believe Brain is the "true dandelion." Rules of time travel to not always require the life boat. I believe the figure in the white blanket is just a replica body, meant for Brain. When his heart arrives in Scala. That mirror scenes are 2 different times and Luxu returns to the Badlands once more after the destruction of Daybreak Town.

[@kaielthoth5363]

I'm not sure what your source is for the extrapolation that Luxu's body hopping(all body-hopping by this comment) is some form of the same type of process as Xehanort's possession. Sure, Xehanort tried to consume Terra's heart using darkness to posess his body, but Riku-Replica just pops his future heart into the body and yeets his past heart out and they just put Namine's heart in the body. I don't see why Luxu couldn't be doing the same thing, just yeeting people's hearts out of their bodies either into the future or the data world or somewhere else, then popping his heart in the body.

[@TheSecretReports]

You’ve done it… you’ve broken KH out of the “youtube video prison” and you’ve created the first Kingdom Hearts Short Film. This isn’t content, it’s **ART**!!!!!! Did you storyboard all the chirithy shots first?? They’re all such impactful shots!!! The fact that you recreated multiple rooms into 3D models- INCLUDING the lifeboat. AND designed your own Sigurd Nightmare Chirithy (WITH LASHES??!?!). Even the detail of hand recording footage instead of just inserting as is. Just incredible work, fuck!!!!! I wanna watch it again!!!

[@SonnyNovus]

OMG Mel thank you

[@lodeheart]

People aren't exaggerating when they say this has set a new level for KH Theories and that's a really amazing thing I'm proud of this community for, the ability to project our theories in well-crafted manners like this! Firstly, this is my favorite theory video and my first from you to boot so I loved what I saw and will be checking out the rest of your content Secondly, as a once wise person said "None of this...makes any sense" I definitely got lost at some parts in the video, especially with the ending, I'll definitely rewatch it to get a proper understanding of why it ended that way but damn even with how little I understood it still hit really well! Thirdly, I LEARNT WAAAAAAAY TOO MUCH! I had literally no idea how much the fandom had been dissecting the whole Brain situation and you brought to light alot of things I didn't even think to consider which was very helpful. This only served to pique my curiosity for the next saga to a whole new level! TL;DR: AWESOME JOB, I LOVED IT

[@TheLandiLodge]

Sonny, you have outdone yourself and put together the best video in this community. This video is a gift, an I am thankful for all of your hard work

[@eugenioasanchezperez8308]

Luxu is the person we see in the desert, with the sword and the box and thats his original face. Brain is like a data version of him but without the sword, or the box but what a coincidence that he does have the book. Is like two sides of the same coin. I do think Luxu took off his coat somewhere along Union Cross, probably because he wanted to read the book he never got. (Thats why people think theres a fake Brain, but is not a fake, is actually the original Luxu without his coat, simple). I think i just cracked the whole Luxu/Brain thing with that fact, it makes total sense.

[@kidq2230]

​@@eugenioasanchezperez8308 if it makes total sense, then sure enough, in this realm, it is completely wrong

[@oaktutor1154]

i agree completly

[@gracekim1998]

I’m hoping this style of video will help me with getting better at my own writing. It’s so fun 😊

[@maxhall4766]

Noooooooooo I misssseddd it in relleeeeaaasssseeeeeee

[@olaoladejo2765]

The part about a data version of strelizia being sent to the future and ending up in the future of a FICTIONAL WORLD has me thinking that you are right and there may be 2 timelines. One is real daybreak town ->dark road scala->the kh universe as we know it from the console games. The second may be data daybreak town to missing link scala to unreality. It would explain why maleficent and Pete couldn’t find the box and maleficent surmises that the box simply doesn’t exist at that certain point in time but does after the keyblade war. It also explains how xigbar and young xehanort were the only ones who knew about sora reversing fate in kh3 after the whole squad got killed in the keyblade graveyard. It’s funny how all the charachter who we see traverse time and space or do ex machines stuff in these games are charachters who have been in BOTH timelines (Xehanort and his young self, xigbar, the master of master and now sora in quadratum, the player etc.). If there are 2 timelines, could there also be 2 book of prophecies? The kh1 secret reports talked about 2 legends, one where the keyblades wielder brought peace to the world, and another where the wielder brought chaos upon it. Also, could Soras actions at the end of kh3 have been what finally unified the 2 timelines, hence why reality and unreality seem to be set to cross paths in the future? Sora defeated xehanort in a dream (fictional version) of a real world (scala ad Caelum)

[@rosies69]

Nope. Real Strelitzia is in kh4 trailer 😂

[@kevinrebeiro1155]

A pure masterpiece is the only way I can describe this sonny is the Kingdom Hearts version of the SCP Foundation

[@GreenRequiem]

What a masterpiece. This absolutely raises the bar for KH videos in the community, and the undertaking in editing must have been unfathomably enormous. It absolutely shows

[@gearvanguard]

You are an absolute unit, I was enthralled by that ending sequence; bravo to you both, seriously incredible.

[@granvillimus]

In a Dengeki Playstation magazine interview with Tetsuya Nomura back in 2019, Nomura did state outright that as Luxu departed the collapsing Daybreak Town, he also discarded his original body. I agree that Luxu looks and sounds like a young man, but his reasons for taking new bodies don't always coincide with growing old. He was masquerading as the teenage Bragi in Dark Road, but brings up that he considered possessing Baldr (who was a little older). My theory for WHY Luxu switched bodies involves the massive cliffhanger scene where he confronts one of the lesser True Darknesses. Luxu draws his keyblade and makes it clear he's about to fight it. Darkness reminds Luxu that this is pointless since it can't be destroyed without a physical form. A statement that Luxu fully agrees with, and yet prepare for battle regardless. The scene then ends abruptly. I believe Luxu trapped that Darkness inside of his body. However, since Luxu is already a vessel for one of the 7 more powerful True Darknesses, I don't think he kept this one around. I believe Luxu transferred his heart into Brain's body, but did not bring the Lesser Darkness along for the ride. So it remained stranded in Luxu's old body. This gave it the physical form necessary to kill it, Luxu destroys his old body and the Darkness dies with it. Luxu then sends Brain's freed heart into the future to save him. I'll also note that while Luxu was tasked to hand down No Name, he was not supposed to give away the box. MoM gave Luxu the box for HIM to protect, and promise that it would never be opened under any circumstance. In the epilogue of Union X, we see a black coated figure dragging the box through the desert. This is the same scene shown at the end of Back Cover, but they showed us whose face is under the hood. However, in Back Cover, we actually get to hear the voice, which still belongs to Luxu. There are two possibilities for why Luxu's reports contain incorrect information. One is a retcon, these have happened before in the series. Even major ones. In Dream Drop Distance, a late teens Young Xehanort states that he is from a point in time prior to when he first left the islands. KH3 and Dark Road both altered this and made it so that YX left the islands and became a keyblade wielder at a much younger age. There's also at least one other inaccuracy with Luxu's diary as well. Specifically his claim that he watched 5 of the Union Leaders depart in the lifeboats. Setting aside that he didn't even know their identities at the time (he had to ask Brain if he was one), Luxu only witnessed 3 people depart. Lauriam, Elrena and Ventus (two of whom weren't even Leaders). Ephemer's pod was buried under rubble and didn't depart at all, he was protected from the destruction but left stranded adrift at sea. Skuld's pod was buried as well and it's starting to seem quite plausible she remained too. The other possibility is that there's some planted deception going on from Luxu for an unseen person reading his words. There was a scene in the original Missing Link teaser where a hooded person wielding No Name covers its eye up as if they want to prevent it from seeing. That entire era is said to be "unwritten", so one wonders if it worked somehow. If Luxu was in on this plot (and I believe he's the person in the coat there covering the eye), then perhaps he's planting lies in there for someone to read and make a mistake over. After all, Luxu's role is that of a "traitor", and he even seemed to catch onto this by the end of Union X and began acting on his own out of line with what the Master told him to do. Then again, he also may be planting information in there in an attempt to deceive the Darknesses instead. Mirroring how the Master wrote the book of prophesies in a way that was intended to mislead the Darknesses who he knew would read it. Perhaps Luxu is doing the same with his journal entries. I'll also note that this would not be the first time personal journals contained outright lies in the series. The Ansem reports in KH1 almost in their entirety were written by an imposter and contain other deceptions beyond just the author's name.

[@SonnyNovus]

I appreciate the reference to old interviews, many of us theorists always harken back to them! But as many of us in previous videos have pointed out, they are just as susceptible to retconning or altering as anything in-game is. Probably even moreso. I even have an entire video discussing that whole Young Xehanort fiasco. Also, literal translation can often lack intent and is thus susceptible to biased fan interpretation. If Nomura stated years ago that "Luxu discarded his body after departing the collapsed Daybreak Town"... well does that not in and of itself confirm that Luxu still retained his original body for some time after the fall of Daybreak Town? The reports explicitly state that Luxu bestowed No Name to one of the five Union Leaders, THEN left the land Keybladeless, THEN began sojourning his heart into vessel after vessel. Making the assumption to propose these reports have been retconned is a far bigger reach than just taking them at face value. The sole reason this video exists is because it's quite staggering to me just how many people just outright disregard Luxu's reports entirely. Sure, some people may just forget they exist and people make mistakes, that's fine, but knowing they exist and yet still choosing to theorize that Luxu must have taken Brain's body is something else. Let's just play devil's advocate and say they WERE retconned; would they not just release an update and correct the text? It's not like these tidbits are disclosed in voiced, animated cutscenes that they can't go back on. It's very strange that many people consciously pounce at the idea that "Nope! Luxu's wrong. The reports are wrong. He must've taken Brain's body", despite the overwhelming amount of contradicting evidence even outside of the reports. I'm sorry, but Luxu's reports do not allow this to happen. Luxu bestowed his Keyblade to one of the five Union Leaders, and was Keybladeless in his original body for some amount of time before choosing to body hop. There is currently no reason to assume that anything was wrong, retconned, dishonest or manipulative. If Luxu took one of the Union Leaders as a vessel, the reports would suggest or hint as such. These reports aren't just a window into the minds of the characters who write them, they are valuable handouts of concrete information from the writers of KH specifically for the players to clear the narrative up. We can argue about how specific words and phrases can be interpreted, but Luxu's reports really do paint an exact, step-by-step picture that gives 0 credence to the possibility that he possessed Brain. I will concede that there's a lot of wiggle room when it comes to "Darkness" and even Ava. We know that both of these characters can shapeshift so perhaps that comes into play? One could even theorize that Brain is masquerading as Luxu, but I just highly doubt it from a writing perspective. It can be speculated that Luxu did absorb that 2nd Darkness within himself, you're right. And yes, even though Luxu had no remorse when possessing Bragi, that was at the very least centuries in the future where Luxu's morals and regards for human life grew to be incredibly compromised. In Daybreak Town, as explored in this video, Luxu is still sympathetic for the Dandelions and even pokes fun at Darkness for wanting to hop bodies, saying it's "sad and pathetic.". Luxu at this point really does still seem to be against body hopping, at least for now. Sure, even though MoM said he could never open it, Luxu acts out of line all the time. Even Ava accuses Luxu of interpreting the Master's wishes in his own way. This is still the same character who is outed as the traitor, and this title can take forms in many ways. It's way more plausible to me that Brain is an inside man on Luxu's grand scheme, not a stepping stone or a target. He watched as the five were sent to another worldline, and he's been watching from afar (both in and out of the data town) for a while. He doesn't need to be right there in the room literally for this line to be acknowledged. Once again, Luxu cannot be the person in the Missing Link trailer covering No Name. At this point in time, Luxu would already be undercover in society and keeping vigil over the Keyblade he parted ways with years and years ago. It is incredibly unlikely for Luxu to have ever time travelled by himself prior to being Xigbar and also been in possession of No Name ever again prior to being Xigbar. Assuming that Luxu is the one in the black coat holding No Name in the Missing Link trailer also staunchly contradicts the reports, and also just the simple passing of time.

[@SonnyNovus]

I'd also like to rebut Luxu's theorized "lying" with the notion that, despite being cunning enough to deceive Darkness easily, it's MoM who he should be worried about. I'm of the firm belief that... well, the reports aren't literal physical pieces of paper wafting through different worlds. They're just tangible interpretations of the thoughts of characters, portrayed in the forms of written words in the games. They're just for us as players. I really doubt so many characters are writing little secret diaries with pens and paper lol. The KH1 secret reports were written by Apprentice Xehanort, and the only lie they seem to bare is the name he of course stole. I don't believe it's a very strong point to compare the reports of the very first game released over 20 years ago to present times, especially considering that the events of KH3 and the X saga were written concurrently, at least to the extent that such huge retconning of the reports is highly improbable. When KH1 was released, Nomura would have a vague idea how a sequel would pan out IF the game was a commercial success, but these KH3 reports are very, very different. At that time, Ansem was just Ansem. The only way this would be plausible for Luxu to successfully lie to MoM is if Luxu already did some sort of... black magic spell to the eye in the Keyblade before he even met Brain. I'm not really willing to believe that, especially seeing as how the events in the BoP are still in tact. Luxu lying to Darkness doesn't make sense considering that one is theoretically sealed inside of him when he meets Brain anyway, regardless of what happened with the other Darkness. The MoM would see who he gives it to, giving heed to his line "You need to pass down this Keyblade to your apprentice, and then HIM to HIS, so that my eye can see the future.". The Book of Prophecies is absolute proof that Luxu, at least in his early days, heeded the Master's instructions to an acceptable standard for it to exist.

[@Fragmentsinfractals488]

I disagree. I believe the Reports Luxu made are written down. That is to trick the Darkness. The Darkness only cares about Darkness things. They say it about the Book of Prophecies They watched wrote. So, Luxu knows how to fool Them . And The Master knows Luxu knows. That the point. The Master and The Ancient Darkness made a Truce Contract and wrote the Book of Prophecies as that "Contract", but Luxu is the Traitor to that Contract. The Master knows this, and sets Luxu up to , through actions of his Heart, break the contract, and cause Darkness to lose. So, Luxu lied in the Reports, and The Master knows this, but Darkness doesn't, because the Ancient Darkness doesn't pay attention to Light things . They like possession, infecting and vessels. Friendship, Loyalty, Light, they don't care about that, literally. These gaps in Knowledge which Darkness have because of their psychology (Which The Master teaches Luxu about), can be taken advantage of.@@SonnyNovus

[@Fragmentsinfractals488]

Luxu says "body hopping" is sad and pathetic to Enrage the Darkness so They will take him so he can capture them with his body, I theorize.@@SonnyNovus

[@Fragmentsinfractals488]

Remember the Master intentionally didn't write everything down in the Book, (because the Ancient Darkness watched him do it). Also, the Master is gaslighting Luxu when he talks to him to "set him up to be the Traitor". He is making Luxu have Doubts so he can be possessed by a Darkness. So, the Book isn't proof of anything. In fact, the Master seems to be using Luxu to manipulate the Darkness. @@SonnyNovus Perhaps what is actually written in the Book does have Luxu using the Darkness to possess Brain, (Darkness would like that) but Luxu never sees the Book while still under the Master.

[@gearvanguard]

Man I love your reimaginings of the KHUX areas, they look incredible. I never thought I would feel nostalgic seeing the environments again after hundreds of mission grinds, and seeing them in 3D just makes me wish I could play it. The storytelling, narration, insight, music, editing, atmosphere, everything was just so dynamic and marvellous that I was hooked the whole way through; had me in the feels too. Thank you for making this 💜

[@SonnyNovus]

And thank you for your insight on the whole intro situation, it was super helpful! Feel very blessed to have folks like you in my corner

[@kaielthoth5363]

KH3 Daybreak Town mod idea was just born in my mind, @AfterHoursGear

[@LazerzZ]

The effort and care that has gone into this is staggering, not to mention the actual contents is well thought out and interesting. You're one of the best creators out there mate.

[@andybru]

First theory video to make me cry. An absolute masterpiece. INCREDIBLY WELL DONE!

[@willsword8100]

I always thought that Brain and Luxu looked the same. Kind of a Left Brain/Right Brain deal.

[@musubi8885]

This video was perfect. I've been so confused about the ending of KHUX and what its trying to tell us about Brain and Luxu. There were too many things going on that it was hard to really get a grasp of what we're suppsoed to be able to tell at this point in the story. This was yhe first video I've seen that really dissects what's going on with Brain and Luxu and analyzes multiple theories in one place. Even after watching this video, I think I'm still pretty uncertain what to believe, but now i know a lot more details that I wasn't thinking about before. I never even considered that Gothic Scala and white Scala could be actual different places and that Gothic Scala could be unreality. It could make sense why it's typically shown with a night sky similar to Yozora and the night version of the Final World. Can't wait to see how these theories hold up in the future. It probably wouldn't have fit the vibe of the video but I think it would have been helpful for me to have a summary at the end that quickly reemphasizes what you think is most likely going on. This was a long video with so much good content that it was hard to sort out in my brain by the end of it. Maybe this could be another quick video idea?

[@gracekim1998]

To be fair…we have no idea when the badlands scene happens 🤷‍♀️

[@namerif731]

I agree that Brain wasn't possessed simply because in KH3 Luxu is looking for the box and doesn't know where it was the only thing that could explain that would be someone in his past hid it

[@reynXIII]

Now that we know a version of (old) Scala exists in the Astral Plane, which connects existence and nonexistence (so, Reality and Unreality), I'm tempted to believe realms like the Sleeping Worlds, Datascapes, realm of Death, Old Scala, etc, all exists in the Astral Plane, since they've all got interaction with Unreality to less or more degree. But really, this got me hyped to the end, might be one of, if not my all-time, favourite KH theory. And a lot of points I thought of them myself a ton

[@justiceiria869]

sorry, what is the astral plane, first time i am hearing of this.

[@reynXIII]

@@justiceiria869 they mentioned it in the new khml trailer. Apparently Heartless inhabit that place and connects existence and nonexistence

[@BioRoxas]

Incredible video. The narration drew me in and I could hardly look away!! You’ve given me a lot to chew on and I’ll definitely need to watch this a number of times more haha phenomenal work!!

[@SonnyNovus]

Thanks a bunch, Bio ^^

[@elb1503]

I never expected to have a KH theory video unnerve me, hype me up, and make me feel for these characters. This is art my friend, great job.

[@keybladeterra]

Great video! The pacing, the camera work, the animations, *chef's kiss*. I didn't know that Max Middleman was hand picked by Nomura, that is a unique detail that I believe matters a lot going forward. Also, how did I not think enough to ask where Ephemer's statue is currently! That is a huge detail! Data Brain, I think, may play a role in Missing Link, a left and right brain if you will. The emotions that swelled at the end when KHUX Dearly Beloved started... *Slow Clap*. I really do hope there is some closure to all the Chirithys out there.

[@Slater2113]

Crazy work dude. I can’t imagine the fear when that trailer dropped given all the effort that went into this lol.

[@TheHaddonfieldRegistry]

Trailer?

[@Slater2113]

@@TheHaddonfieldRegistrythe missing link trailer that released a few days ago. Imagine if that dropped information that contradicted or spoiled this video that was probably months of work. It didn’t but I’m sure he was sweating when watching it the first time.

[@flagfighter]

I feel like it's really important for every KH fan to play Type-0, formerly known as Agito XIII. Luxu's counterpart, Lean Joker, wears a hood throughout the whole game. Underneath the hood, he has the same face as Machina, a significant main character. Lean refers to Machina as "the other me" for reasons that were only explained later in the Ultimania. (They're separate people, but he takes Machina's place in various timelines.) Machina looks exactly like Brain. (And it's worth noting that Roberto Ferrari's design of Lean's true face looks exactly like Bragi. Because it's funny.) I haven't been able to figure out what this means for KH, but when you said that maybe Luxu just looks like Brain, I laughed. That didn't sound strange to me at all.

[@SonnyNovus]

Yeah it really seems like the FNC lore will serve at least some sort of role in the next saga. I actually had some Type-0 footage in the video originally but it only made its way in the Patreon version of this video haha. Especially with the Daybreak Town Tower being a carbon copy of the Chancellor's window in Type-0, the Agito XIII similarities with the Foretellers, even just the overall story. I speak about it to a certain extent in my first video about MoM if you haven't checked that out yet!

[@flagfighter]

@@SonnyNovus I just want you to know that I've still been thinking about this stuff hours after watching the video. I must look like that scene of BBC Sherlock sorting through evidence in his mind palace.

[@gracekim1998]

Whoa 😮

[@kimlip1022]

The way I SCREAMED out of fear more times than I should have like bro spare my weak heart😭😭

[@BobbyTheGamerOfJUSTICE]

Finally got around to watching this video and it’s amazing! You seriously need to upload more your videos are underrated

[@sh4d0wfl4re]

38:20 Luxu and Ava had two different conversations on that hill; one around the day Ava taught the Dandelions how to become Unchained, the other on the day the Bell tolled. I don’t think this effects your very nice theory any, but I felt I should mention it here, as Ava did go missing for a month after she began the first convo with Luxu

[@SonnyNovus]

I'm not sure I caught that; is it stated anywhere that the two scenes are from separate times?

[@sh4d0wfl4re]

@@SonnyNovus yup, in the transition between “Luxu’s role” and “the barrens” it states “a few months later” However in between “the barrens” and “as the bell tolls” it states “a few days earlier” Further, during “contemplation” it was stater “Ava had been missing for a while” and in the next scene “Master Gula’s Belief” he stated that Ava and he had gone to look for MoM and that Ava was currently looking for Luxu(so she had been missing for a while and Gula knew she had looked for MoM then Luxu)

[@sh4d0wfl4re]

@@SonnyNovus did you have any trouble finding those clips in KHux’s theater mode?

[@SonnyNovus]

​@@sh4d0wfl4re Just went back and watched them. Interesting... so Ava and Luxu reunited on the hilltop, parted ways for a while, only to reunite once more on the hilltop a few days before the war? I wonder why? It's strange because the dialogue suggests that its a natural progression of "Luxu's role".

[@sh4d0wfl4re]

@@SonnyNovus I’ve been suspecting that Ava actually fell to Darkness for a while now. The order as such Ava and Gula search for Luxu while hoping he could tell them where MoM is. Ava finds Luxu gets told enough secrets to give into Darkness and become possessed (maybe not fall all the way yet). Then Ava covered in Darkness finds MoM near where she talked to Luxu and is the Darkness MoM explains his plan to in “The Purpose,” then Ava eventually clashes with Luxu and fully falls to Darkness becoming Dark Ava (her heart falling asleep within Darkness), thus when Ven seals Dark Ava within himself Ava’s sleeping heart is also sealed within Ven. This fits with what Luxu told us about Ava’s fate and nicely ties together some of the more out there scenes (as Player seeing visions of MoM speaking with Darkness is odd, unless Player had been connected to either that Darkness of MoM)

[@fist-of-doom487]

The thing I find most interesting is MoM laughs at the idea The Book has any genuine answers. It is filled with prophecy and the things in it are true, but he never wrote down the stuff actually important. He didn’t want to risk Darkness learning things they shouldn’t know so only carefully selected the information he didn’t mind people knowing. Then to complete the trick wrote his prophecies in very vague terms so that no one could ever hope to get a full picture. Everything that comes from reading the book is carefully engineered.

[@ViolinSpeedruns]

Absolutely phenomenal job all around! The editing, narration, animation, pacing, the different plausible theories, all of it was such an awesome experience to sit through. This is definitely up there with one of my favorite pieces of Kingdom Hearts content, along with your Master of Masters theory. You should be proud ❤

[@castle3267]

Okay the hell, you didn’t need to make us cry like that…. Can Brain and Chirithy be reunited now?

[@goldenharvest8905]

BRROOOOO THIS IS SO WELL DONE!! The theories, the exploration, the animations, it so COOL!! But now with all the animations and slight scares in the vid, it makes me want a kh themed analog horror series- Wonderful work!!

[@ultimateshadeofwar]

Okay first things first, the 3d animations, beautiful, props to everyone involve in then, and you, Sonny, for the idea. Second, this is a collection of why we have no idea of what happen... And i love it, because it truly is a Brain teaser, we either don't have everything or we need something else... And ironically, i think that yesterday we got something that gives your last case more strength... You had some strange luck with when this came out didn't you, with the Astral Plane being presented on Missing Link and what's imply to be. Finally, Namine video incoming? WHOHO!!! This can be very interesting. P.S: Oh i forgot to mention, i think im the only one in the KH community that doesn't believe that Sora is the child of destiny... Because we see Ventus and Terra do similar things that Sora does and we are a 100% sure they don't have the same power as Xehanort. Ironically i think it's Riku, because of how much he struggles with Darkness, in fact, i would find it fitting, the 2 cases, Xehanort the one can't handle this kind of power just like Baldur, and Riku the one that struggle with it, but in the end because of his friends had a stronger will to resist it. Heck, when you look at the series, while Sora is clearly the main protagonist, Riku is the one that allows Sora and others to reach such highest. Examples: - His taunting in Hollow Bastion is what puts Sora in a situation to re-evaluate everything he went through. - In 358/2 he is the trigger for Xion to understand herself, which in turn triggers Roxas path, if Riku wasn't there everything would have gone Xemnas way. - In KH2, he is in the shadows guiding and making everything he can to in the right moment to allow for Sora to succeed and even rescue Kairi, so Sora can focus on the Organization. - 3D he is the one that gets a deeper understanding of himself and saves Sora from his darkness, something that Sora has never had to deal with until then, and even then it's debatable if he has learn about this or will learn about how to deal with it. Which if he is the destine child like Xehanort, it's a bad sign isn't it? - Finally in the final battle, he is the trigger that allows Sora to not give up and save everyone, if it wasn't for Riku's actions and words, everything would have gone according to the book. So yeah, all of this makes me believe it's Riku, it also would fit the kind of roles they play story wise when they are written, FF protagonist aren't just shounen protagonist in the traditional sense, they aren't stupid, they are smart, not smart enough to outthink the antagonist. But smart enough to be able to plan against then. Disney protagonist, if we go to the Disney own created properties of the classic era, they are more like the every day person, kind of what Nomura always say about Sora, he is just a normal child. Now Nomura can change his opinion, but having in mind that FF protagonist can also have the CHOSEN ONE troupe in some cases, and how Riku is similary written with then, because FF protagonist also struggle with the good and bad that they have, their light and darkness... Well, it kind of fits Riku to a T right?

[@SonnyNovus]

Thank you

[@داركماتر-ت1ط]

@@SonnyNovusi like your Theory it’s make everything more sense and insane 🤔

[@gracekim1998]

To be fair i don’t think Sora is the child of destiny either he just happens to reflect that role unintentionally 🤔

[@brotbrotsen1100]

I hate how all of this comes from a phone game with terrible gameplay, couldn't they have made this litterally anything else? Really want to see these events but i can't even stomach 5 minutes of union X.

[@sonic4life]

My main issue with anyone besides Sora being the Child of Destiny is the power of waking. The power of waking is the power described that the child of destiny will posses. The hooded figure places emphasis on how Xehanort's ability to feel the hearts of others and connect with them solidifies his belief that it is in fact Xehanort. "And even connect their heart with another to become one" is another quote that stands out, only Xehanort and Sora have done this.

[@Daegger]

I don't know to express the excitement I'm about to burst from The interal screaming, the air punching, --you’ve made banger after banger and *this* is gonna be SO COOL RRRAHHHHH I was hyped before, now I'm ready to combust, Very excited yes yes

[@TheHaddonfieldRegistry]

I agree with some others, an analog horror series for KH would be neat. It's a reality where you could have your fucking heart pulled from your body and turned into a mindless monster, destined to be killed by someone with the same weapon that caused your pain. Could make for a spooky short. This is such a masterpiece of a video. Easily in my top 10 YT vids.

[@arrownaut6820]

Thanks RegularPat for sending me here!! It's Awesome

[@DyxoXinoro]

This isn't a theory video. This is a surrealist detective film. Holy shit. Probably gonna need to watch it 3-4 times to fully understand what all happened here. Both in terms of the theories presented, and what poor Chirithy was going through. No wonder there was a full year between uploads.

[@vitrincreates]

An absolute masterpiece, thank you for this theory video!!! Absolutely love the ending!!😢

[@MegaNumberXIII]

I saw someone pose this theory in the comments on a dark road video as to why Luxu would take Brain's body. Prior to talking to Brain he encountered one of the thirteen darknesses and seemingly fought it. When Brain leaves the data world the only one in the room to meet him is Luxu and the darkness is nowhere to be seen. You can't defeat one of the thirteen without first giving them form. Luxu could have trapped the darkness in his body then in order to both save Brain and end that one darkness, took Brian's body, trapped the darkness in his old one, then struck it down, thus taking one of the remaining two darknesses off the board. Save Brain and beat one of their enemies. Two birds, one stone.

[@sumaameri]

you didnt need to make us cry with the chirithy scene now darkness consumed me :'( on a serious note, this was beautifully made but i seriously cant stop the tears from flowing my baby chirithy

[@quicksam9941]

this is a fantastic kh theory video. it does such a great job at explaining all of the theories and evidence we currently have about the brain/luxu situation. as you say however, we dont have all the answers yet. a piece of the puzzle is missing. missing link? maybe that might get us closer to the answer we're looking for.

[@gracekim1998]

Yeah my hope is that ML will give us more clues to what on earth happened 😅

[@dexholderred2469]

So if I’m following this correctly, there’s something that happened in the basement that we have no knowledge of yet. But the end results are that real Brain went on with No Name and Data Brain went to Scala?

[@SonnyNovus]

Yes! Brain and Luxu's interaction had a butterfly effect that resulted in the tear in the fabric of time in KH3. What exactly happened between them is the big mystery, if "Darkness" or Ava has a role to play in this etc. If it really is Data Brain in Gothic Scala, I wonder how much he knows? Would a Data copy of a person still retain ALL of their memories? If so, does that mean Data backups have the capacity to update in real time based on the condition of the original? Naturally, this is all nothing but conjecture and what-ifs. This is the biggest and most pivotal mystery in all of KH at the moment.

[@dexholderred2469]

@@SonnyNovus Ok awesome! I was confused my first time viewing, but after my second time I realized that it’s not supposed to be answered yet. I wonder if it might be similar to what happened with Player in Union X. Having dreams of the Keyblade war in a worldline where that never happened. This is a pretty interesting view on Brain and honestly made me more invested to see him in Missing Link.

[@lordploto99]

This is pure perfection … such an amazing masterpiece… you raised the bar for every kingdom hearts content maker 👏👏👏👏

[@skazzfish]

I am just so excited for this to reLEASE already.

[@TheLadysAtelier]

I am having trouble accepting the first assumption of this video, that Luxu only took a new vessel once he had bequeathed the keyblade. Yes, the report says that he had bequeathed the keyblade and his next task is travelling through "vessel after vessel", this does not however exclude that he had already switched vessels once by that point and the point of his final task was just to do that as much as it takes to see what lies beyond. Please tell me if I'm missing something here, I think the production quality of this video is really good and I'd really love to follow along and be open for new possibilities but I am having difficulty if I'm even finding fault in the first point of the theory 😅 The common assumption that Luxu takes Brains body since Brain won't need it where he's going (to the future) and that both Luxu's memories of him and the hat as a vessel ensure he can arrive at his destination and reform just feels more plausible to me at this point. Of course all just my thoughts and to be fair I have not finished the video yet, may edit this if I am convinced after all ^^

[@SonnyNovus]

The wording of the report explicitly states the step-by-step process of Luxu's actions. 1.) He bequeathed his Keyblade to one of the five Union Leaders. 2.) Then, Keybladeless, he departed the land. 3.) He soujurned his heart into vessel after vessel, as many as it took. Bequeathing his Keyblade is at least a concrete fact, and he is only ever seen interacting with Brain. There is no reason to assume that he bequeathed his Keyblade to a person he'd immediately possess. I'm not entirely sure why most people assume he sent Brain's "heart" into the future, since a pod needs a physical body within it to trigger. Also, when possessing a vessel, the host's heart melts with theirs. Xehanort and Terra was an exception, something he did not expect. Of course certain semantics are up for debate, but clearcut sentences and time framing in my opinion are not. This is all despite the fact that, as stated in the video, Luxu is against body hopping and finds it "Sad and pathetic". Assuming Luxu took Brain's body unfortunately opens up more holes than assuming otherwise, unless the reports are incredibly wrong which I'm not willing to bet on at this time.

[@clearsparkle4385]

I have no words, only screams. This thing is a MOVIE not a Theory video like wth 😭

[@valeriodot]

this is hands down the best kh video i've seen, even if the theories are wrong (and knowing nomura anything can happen) it still kept me focused and the editing really adds to it.

[@gionmattiacarancini3578]

... I am not crying, I just got a pod in my eye 😢 this was amazing, thank you!

[@ProfessorOak6]

This gave me the feeling of early kingdom hearts cutscenes that made you wonder what the heck was going on. The omitting of a key word or two, the grainy or static filter, the scenes that gave more questions than answers.

[@SplashPeltAGB]

Oh wow… I absolutely loved this video! I’ve always felt like the consistent references to data versions and having a singular pod in the data version hinted towards Brain having more than one version of himself existing, but it was so cool to see all the theories and ideas around it covered with all potential evidence that would support and contradict it. Plus the 3d models were amazing with the whole production and editing of the video creating a narrative inside the video. I never knew about the way the voice actors were either chosen or auditioned though, so I’m glad you brought that up. It actually made me think cause maybe it is Luxu’s VA doing a stand in line for a future Brain VA, but I wonder if it could also just be played straight? They both are voiced by the same VA because they likely wouldn’t (I won’t say never, but…) have a voiced scene with Young!Luxu and Brain. Xigbar’s voice is the voice Luxu would have for the rest of series going forward and is what most fans would consider to be Luxu’s voice now as Bragi had his dialogue match with Xigbar’s than how he spoke in Back Cover. Idk if this would ever even potentially be possible, but it is fun to think about either way. Glad to see another video from your channel, you really went all out and it shows in the quality!! It’s spectacular and I’ll definitely have to give it a watch more than once.

[@darianfindlay8075]

Absolutely amazing video!! One of the best theory videos I’ve seen with amazing production. It got me thinking that maybe when Luxu is referring to the imposter and virus in his excerpt, he could be referring to Ava making a change and giving Brain the copy of the book of prophecies instead of ephemer which would be a deviation from the book initially, which would make what Brain says in his dialogue and what Luxu says in the excerpts line up more easily. Again amazing video that makes me what to watch over and over!!

[@wombatcuddles]

this is brilliant!! I really enjoyed watching! I had never paid attention to the fade to black prior to the face reveal, but now that it's pointed out I feel like the pieces have all fallen in to place

[@underground_doge]

here treat yourself to some sea salt ice cream

[@DevilDacer]

I love your videos, so much effort just needs to be appreciated.❤ I wish you much success and hope that some of this turns out to be true in the next games.🌟

[@Recovery305]

This video is the definition of a magnum opus. Brilliantly done as always Sonny.

[@mobgabriel1767]

"darkness isn't a virus its a feature" -ansem the seeker of darkness,probably

[@Limen123]

my jaw has been left hanging through this entire video. Amazing work!!

[@IkanaCanyon7]

Amazing video dude, 100% worth all the wait and hype. You poured your all into it and it shows, loved every bit of it!

[@SonnyNovus]

Hey thanks Ikana! Certainly been a while, huh? and yeah I do remember that... Who knows? "Darkness" also said that it can travel way better through Data. Begs the question if Data backups are strong enough to withstand holding a Darkness, despite not being real?

[@IkanaCanyon7]

Oh man yeah... it sure has been a while! I do wonder if there's some information that can be taken from Xemnas' speech about data in DDD, which to this day kinda confuses me as to what purpose it served aside from that last line he throws sort of to hint at sora that he harbours other peoples' hearts within him, especially with this whole aspect of darkness supposedly being able to travel better through data.@@SonnyNovus

[@gracekim1998]

@@IkanaCanyon7oooo good eye, mate

[@jemtokall]

This video is INSANE (affectionate) Im so obsessed with all the evidence and theories brought forth. And the chirithy b plot!! Ack my meow wow heart... This video is perfect, huge applause from myself 👏

[@peachnkey]

Absolutely excellent video!! ❤ I have no idea how it took so long to enter my radar, I’ll be looking forward to more in the future 🥰

[@musubi8885]

After my second time watching this, I had a new thought, Maybe this is already a possibility that Sonny is implying in the video, but just wanted to post it in case. What if the person that we've known as Luxu the entire time post-KXUH is actually Brain? As in, Brain takes over Luxu's role of passing down the keyblade and looking after the box after the basement scene and eventually becomes Bragi and Xigbar. This would make some more sense of the graveyard scene with the Brain face reveal. So in the KH3 secret movie, that Luxu would actually have been Brain. This would make Aced's line "Is that you Luxu?" have a different meaning. Also could explain why Xigbar doesn't know where Ava is and only said she had her own role. The original Luxu may instead know where she is and what her plan is after their fight that began the keyblade war. And then the original person we know as Luxu could still be watching over everything, but just not have the No Name with him the entire time. It would allow him to act independently of what MoM would want as the eye wouldn't be following him. And if he has to end up being someone we already know instead of a new character, Demyx is always an option. I assumed Demyx would be connected to unreality and Yozora, but being the original Luxu could explain why he seems so lazy and not part of the action. He's actually doing things in the background. I don't remember all of Demyx and Xigbar's interactions, but that would be interesting to look into. Now for how this would connect to Brain and Sigurd in night Scala, I have no idea. So not sure how likely all this would be, but I think it's an interesting possibility.

[@gracekim1998]

I gotta say this is a very creative way of showing theories 😊❤ great job 👍

[@CourtneyHartman-mm5zz]

Brain created a data version of himself?! I knew he was smart but not that smart

[@librakemi]

I usually don't comment on videos but wow I have never seen so much effort put in a theory video I think we don't have enough clues yet to understand what happened with Brain and who knows what Nomura is cooking but I like that this video presents different possibilities and gives pros and cons for each one I have to watch it again to understand everything better but I personally think that Scala is not part of unreality but is definitely one of the closest world to it as seen by the recent khml trailer in which people are able to access the astral plain and the name of the world meaning stairway to heaven and unreality being a place where people that have died get to Anyway, sorry for the long comment, the video was amazing and I think every kh fan should watch it

[@WarriorKid_77]

The video was worth the wait! But please dont disappear again.

[@Another14-]

This was so interesting. And the animations too!

[@imaniscott8535]

Dude well done. You did not need to do all of this work for a theory. Simple, and cleanly, well done.

[@Aero_Blitz]

This is probably one of the most interesting Kingdom Hearts theories I've seen. I usually don't watch KH theories, despite being a huge fan of the series myself. Primarily because...well...the series is so unpredictable it's kind of pointless to watch theories about it because 9 times out of 10 they're incorrect because the series often withholds information from us or the revelations are just so insane that it's quite hard to predict what the outcome of these stories will be. (not saying it's wrong to make theory videos, it's just something I've come to realize) Despite that, this one in particular is interesting because it's not suggesting one idea or one theory...it's just pointing out how weird and mysterious Brain's circumstances are. Makes me more excited for Missing Link.

[@underground_doge]

dude no way this is all so SO good, i'm instantly a fan. doing the youtube algorithm holy trinity (liked, commenting, subscribed) because i NEED more people to see this

[@KellyBun01]

IT IS A JOY TO LISTEN TO THEORIES with this kind of videos. I love it. WHAT A GREAT JOB!

[@stephanieking8299]

Amazing video! I love being part of the KH fandom we have so much to talk and think about while we wait for KH4 and Missing Link

[@xrubyxlightx]

Omg this is so well done and so entertaining. I did not notice the hour fly by. The ending was wonderful and made me emotional haha. I look forward to the next insane video :)

[@slateoffate9812]

50:02 Are you implying the paper Ava gave Brain was a forgery? That perhaps the intended leaders were "Ephemer, Skuld, Lauriam, Strelitzia, and Ventus" but Ava rewrote it to replace Ven with Brain?

[@SonnyNovus]

Even though Ava did try to go against the BoP to some degree by giving Brain his copy/KeyBlade instead of Ephemer... I wasn't SO sure she'd go that far to forge the list too, since I think it would've been portrayed or foreshadowed. I just eluded to it, but I don't absolutely think so.

[@ZeroXBabolat]

Amazing video!! The effort pot in to make this video was well worth it because the polish and the impact are there. Love the focus on Brain being appointed as Luxu's apprentice. I think you hit the mark there. I would couple things to the theory. - First would be that there are people in the switcharoo that would be both Luxu and Brain as who gets to call the shot. As the world was ending, Luxu commended Brain on his intelligence, and what a waste it would be, thus having the next scenes where we see Brain/Luxu in the Keyblade graveyard and then the scenes in Scala ad Calelum. Here, I would say that Luxu made a body swap and took hands on changing the future depicted in the Book of Prophecy. --TL;DR 1 Luxu let Brain become Xigbar and direct how the events unfolded. - Secondly, Brain/Xibar had always been working with Luxu with his face already revealed to us. This part of the theory is a bit shaky because it is based on KH358/2 days, and the 2 clues that the master of masters gave us in UnionX and dark road/kh3 remind --[UX] The traitor is the one who bear the Sigil ("X") --[UX DR] Believe what your eyes see, not what you hear (paraphrased) --[358/2] Xemnas rearranges the nobody's real name with an anogram including "X" We can start with believing that Xigbar is Brain, because we saw him do a face reveal and we heard the Fortellers call him Luxu. And with those facts, we could look at the list of the Organization XIII members and single out a trio without proper names or revealed names: Xion, Luxord, and Demyx. I think this is the key😅 to understanding who Luxu and Brain are. If we remove Luxord from suspicion because of the secret ending of KH3R and also Xion because she had an explanation. This would leave us with Demyx, and who I would believe is our boy Luxu. This is why he's always passive, because that's what his role was, to simply watch. --TL;DR2 Luxu is Demxy because he bears thr sigil without a reveal/real name. And proof on next paragraph. I support this with the one scene in 358/2 Days with Roxas walks into Xigbar, Demyx, and Xion's meeting on DAY 24. Where we see Xigbar unusually out of his aloof character, and we have Demyx changing the topic as they came in. This doesn't happen with another, if we could say, named Organization XIII member. Also, I forgot the day, but another clue in 358/2 Days is the fight between Xion and Xigbar. That fight Xigbar sees Ventus, not Roxas, and further shows Brain's connection to Ventus, who was part of Sora. Full TL;DR -Demyx is luxu, and he simply watches Brain and his plans unfold. -Brain is Xigbar and mastermind and operator of the events happening in the Kingdom Hearts series. -358/2 Days is a big key😅 to the mystery of who these people are

[@SonnyNovus]

The only issue with all of this is that you need to fundamentally believe that the reports of KH3 are wrong, which I'm not willing to entirely concede. "Amid the chaos, I bequeathed my Keyblade to one of the Union leaders, just as the Master instructed. And now, Keybladeless, I must depart this land to fulfil my final task. This means casting my own body aside and sojourning my heart in vessel after vessel-as many as it takes." It absolutely confirms that Luxu was Keybladeless in his original body for some time before deciding to take another vessel, meaning that he gave his Keyblade to one of the five Union Leaders and either left them alone or trained them (which harkens back to MoM's instruction to "train a worthy apprentice".) Xigbar actually being Brain instead of Luxu creates a bunch of holes in both the plot and also character motivation. The only reason why MoM was able to travel to DR to meet Xehanort was because his eye was there and also Luxu, who bares the memories. If Bragi was Brain, he'd bare no memories of MoM since he has never interacted with him in the story. This doesn't even scrape the surface when it comes to Luxu's sympathy surrounding the Dandelions. With Bragi, we can actually infer that Luxu does indeed destroy the heart when he body hops. This is because we don't see a trace of Bragi in modern times, only Braig. If Luxu took BRAIN'S body, his heart would either be lost to darkness or in the final world, or even just fade away. We see a version of Brain just as he's depicted in the UX Finale right there in Gothic Scala, completely unharmed and with memories intact. How can this be? People like to throw around that he sent Brain's "heart" into the future, but how? A lifeboat needs a body to trigger. You can't use that with just a heart. So the box? Now THAT'S beginning a whole other theory just to justify a different one. Also, I'm sorry, but the reveal of Xigbar being Luxu... only to THEN turn around and reveal himself to actually be Brain is a sloppy double-twist and quite terrible for storytelling/writing. When a twist is built up, going back on it to reinvent it as something else is bad for a narrative. Unfortunately, the KH3 secret reports don't really allow us to have a lot of fun with possibilities 😅 It's very interesting to me that, taking the reports into account, people STILL aren't willing to part ways with the notion that Luxu possessed Brain, despite the sheer amount of incredibly strong contradicting evidence. Again, it isn't impossible because this is KH and it's not like the series hasn't taken liberties with interpretation before, but this is different. The reports are telling us, the audience, what happened. At the moment, integrating logic and literacy makes it highly, highly improbable.

[@gracekim1998]

@@SonnyNovuswell i think moving on from the possession possibility will only happen once ML gives us clues to what on earth those scenes mean 😅🤷‍♀️😊

[@awesomeinmyworld]

Immaculate video, absolutely amazing. Ever second was a masterpiece and is actually inspiring. Thank for this Sonny, you're work is amazing.

[@fist-of-doom487]

Brain just gets more and more mysterious with each new but of information given to him.

[@heehomgee4671]

WOAH Insane that this is hat you've been working on, like wow! This was great!

[@FallenShadow117]

This is by far the greatest kh theory video and am wishing for more

[@josemanuelestebanezarenal4989]

Glad i watched this. Awesome work 👍

[@IsaacThePanduh]

I can't even begin to imagine how much work that was put into this video. I was fully engaged the whole time. I have the KH bug again. Thanks so much for sharing your work with us.

[@tehawsumninja]

Holy shit this is well made. I just finished and it's gorgeous and so interesting. Thanks for this absolute banger

[@yeetusvanitas9800]

Absolutely fantastic video. With out a doubt the best piece of KH content I have seen in years. Hats off to you! A feathered hat! Now, after thinking about this a bit, I have a different theory. It’s similar to Apprentice, but better accounts for the details. I call this theory “Nomura is being Sneaky”. The main thesis is thus: both cutscenes of the UX finale feature the same Brain. They’re just out of order. What if brain goes directly from daybreak town to scala ad caelum, escaping via the final pod. But he leaves his hat with Luxu in the crumbling Daybreak town. Luxu somehow manages to escape via special keyblade master powers, perhaps similar to how the master travels. Then Luxu does what Luxu does best, and begins his long multi lifetime quest to survive. He survives for many, many years, until he happens upon a new town: Scala ad Caelum. Just in time for the arrival of his apprentice, brain. He turns in the hat he has been keeping to Sigurd and HQ. The figure holding NoName in the KHML trailer is actually just Luxu. He’s been around the whole time waiting. Brain arrives in the “present”, and goes about life in Scala, where he spends time with Luxu, who may or may not be in hiding. This gives plenty of time for them to be a true master and apprentice. Then, after the conclusion of KHML, Luxu and Brain part ways formally, either on good terms or after a falling out. At this time, Brain comes into possession of the coat and the box. Luxu resumes his body hopping shenanigans, (possibly witnessing the birth of Xehanort to the mystery woman and even orchestrating his adoption by Player2.0) and Brain leaves Scala. He walks the worlds until he one day ends up at the keyblade graveyard, where he presumably does something to hide the box. This is where we see “scene 1” of the man with brain’s face walking with the box in the graveyard. In this scenario it’s really Brain. And, It doesn’t matter at this juncture whether the UX finale desert scene is the same one as Back Cover’s. Either it’s Brain in both, or it’s just a cool parallel. Either way it doesn’t matter to the story. Brain then either continues on his wanderings, or goes back to Scala and starts a family leading down to Eraqus. And Luxu is left to possess bragi, then braig, and then hunt for the box until he finds it at the end of KH3. There’s only one hole in this, I think you mention that Luxu can’t have the NoName, or else the master could be pulled to that time. Yet in my theory, Luxu is seen holding NoName in scala in the trailer. There could be a few reasons for this, but what if NoName has the ability to manifest copies of itself like Kingdom Key can? We know that Roxas could summon Kingdom Key, and wield it at the same time as Xion had hers. Maybe that means that Luxu could hold NoName even if he had already given it to brain. That could also explain why the eye is dull in the KHML trailer. Also, regarding the info we just got about KHML, it seems that our new Player Character arrived on a falling star. Do you think they could be the “true dandelion” seed?

[@SonnyNovus]

Thanks for the kind words! It was so much fun to make, especially animating the Chirithy sections. I'm really happy how it all turned out! Truth be told, I've definitely thought about that too; what if they're BOTH depicting Brain but at different times? Unfortunately, the biggest hole in that is, once again, Luxu's secret reports. He explicitly states that ONLY AFTER bestowing his Keyblade to one of the Union Leaders, he left the land "Keybladeless" and only then began body-hopping. It is incredibly unlikely for Luxu to ever be in possession of No Name ever again, until the end of KH3. It's also even more unlikely for Luxu to have ever time travelled by himself before, despite knowing the rules. The BoP is concrete proof of this. I then arrived at the possibility that, if it actually was just the original Luxu in the Badlands, what if he just sent the real Brain into the future with the final lifeboat and stayed behind by himself... until, amongst the ruins, he finds the only one left: Ephemer. Certainly would be a huge twist if it's actually Ephemer in hiding with the black coat and No Name, right?... but honestly, how plausible is that?? Of course that never made it in the video. Again, it's a result of going down a rabbit hole trying to justify how Luxu's secret reports can be bent and contorted to fit our own logic. It really is clear to me that Luxu bestowed his Keyblade during the fall of Daybreak Town and was Keybladeless for at least a while. Observations Excerpts 1+2 really are the annoying linchpins in every argument, sadly.

[@Drusilly]

I came across this, and I've literally seen nothing like it's a theory, it's a deep dive, it's a fan film, it's all 3. This is beyond presentation

[@blankagakowska5730]

After a year I still return to this theory to just listen because it’s so good and the narration is so good to listen and I love those theories

[@Eerondeimon]

MAAAAAAAN! This is the illest KH theory video ever😱🤯! None of your videos ever miss, but this one is top notch work my friend! I can't imagine how much work went into this. Other KH theory videos need to step their game up! 👏🏾

[@eduardoflores2780]

When Sora fights Yozora the final world transforms into a heart platform, then a datascape and finally Shibuya. The datascape part always got me. But this theory could work. This new world is a future born from that data world.

[@freaktoyou]

Absolutely fantastic video!! Well worth the wait, looking forward to more content from you in the future dude

[@ChaiTea09]

This makes a point to remind us the Ux thing is much bigger to the story. It is so good and I love how it is done. I never realized how big of a deal Brain's story is

[@kicksyo2171]

Question: is it possible that the scene of Brain taking off his hood isn’t meant to be the ending of Union Cross but the ending of Missing Link? Meant to shock (and confuse) the audience.

[@SonnyNovus]

@@kicksyo2171 Yep, this is absolutely technically possible! I hope to tackle this in a future video

[@kicksyo2171]

@@SonnyNovus I look forward to seeing it.

[@Veritas_Quaesitor_IIV]

God, I love your voice. Wish I had a voice that awesome… The video was awesome too, of course.

[@steffie_619]

Out of all your content on your page, I think this is the ultimate Kingdom Hearts video for the ages !!! I couldn't put it down. You came up with some theories I haven't even fathomed yet.... I'm super impressed with your work !!! Congrats on all your hard work!!! 🎉🎉🎉. I'm super looking forward to more content from you ❤

[@Rabki]

Such a great video ! I loved every single moment of it ! Amazing job !

[@ambrasti]

I only watched the intro as a little preview.. wow! I want to enjoy this video as if it were a film. I'll make myself some tea and I'm ready to watch!

[@CHEESEPUFF_7]

This is like... The third or 4th time I've watched this. It's so good

[@artist-gj]

hands down the best KH video I've ever seen. I love falling down KH theory and lore holes, and your videos are some of the best. Can't wait to see more in the future.

[@elbow_juice]

Amazing video! One of the best pieces of KH content in existence!

[@Dawn_Epiphany]

Brain and Ava are the two mysteries I’m most curious about (besides MoM and Yozora, I guess). This video is a really entertaining way of looking at all the evidence about Brain and Luxu’s potential roles and involvement. Even if it’s wrong in the end, it’s so entertaining and interesting to consider! Nomura is tricky :)

[@polydipsiac]

Outstanding video. Also Strelitzia being Marluxia’s final form guardian is mind blowing 🤯

[@puretwilight1324]

Remeber when we all thought Brain was the imposter before Ven was officially revealed?

[@kingleonidas2182]

Well this certainly didn’t progress my understanding of the story or even expand any theories but boy is this an amazing video. I feel bad for the future KH fans that will have missed out on this when we finally get the answers.

[@SonnyNovus]

@@kingleonidas2182 Thank you for the compliment, I'm glad you enjoyed it! Is there any particular reason why you felt like it didn't progress your understanding or expand on any theories? It's a shame you enjoyed the video only based on spectacle alone, because the entire structure of the video is dissecting the most popular beliefs and theories surrounding Brain and scrutinising them under a microscope

[@MarKreationsStudios]

What a fucking banger to come back to! Amazing job, dude!

[@linklegend7536]

My man casually dropping one of the craziest and well made KH videos ever made

[@Lucatrocity]

what an insanely well produced video to stumble across, it definitely makes me appreciate the mystery of Brain so much more going into Missing Link

[@Psianabel]

This is just complete utterly perfection! What an absolute treat to watch - Brain is my favorite character because also of all these mysteries around him, and this video is just a perfect encapsulation of this :D I hope that, when one day we do get a final answer to this mystery, we can fondly look at this video and say "hey, you were right there! And remember all these other amazing thoughts? Crazy times!" Thank you so much for this! This is just everything to me. Masterpiece.

[@mooses27]

Well done theory, explanation, and video! I just found you and you just got one new subscriber. Keep up the good work!