Understanding Kingdom Hearts (and every other story) | Unraveled

[@Verikarma]

him going to the other wall and just casually revealing another conspiracy theory board is great

[@JV-the-Tossh]

And Clayton does a very good job of selling the "Okay I was not aware of this and it scares me"-face.

[@junothedragonslayer2997]

indeed it is

[@WanderingWaystrel]

Clayton’s face is priceless

[@mk0664]

@@JV-the-Tossh Not Clayton! Eh ooh ooh ooh ah! Not clayton!

[@JV-the-Tossh]

@@mk0664 pardon me if this seems blunt, but, from the bottom of my heart: ??

[@debin1775]

I’m sure this video also fits the structure of the monomyth.

[@breadvelvet]

it seems to spend a lot of time on step 8, Enduring the Supreme Ordeal

[@Autumn_Actually]

Damn it I'm busy today and all I'm gonna do now is chart the this video (and potentially the rest) into the Hero's Journey...

[@RockmanRatix]

@@Autumn_Actually Walking into the sea HAS to be "refusing the call"

[@MisterAppleEsq]

+@@markjordan1454 It looks like grey to me.

[@AbandonedVoid]

1. Normal World - Intro 2. Call to Action - Comments 3. Refusal of Action - Going over the story of Kingdom Hearts 1, and not the series as a whole 4. Meeting with the Mentor - The off-screen voice 5. Crossing the Threshold - Immediately caused by the off-screen voice, thrusting our protagonist down the rabbit hole 6. Tests, Allies, and Enemies - The constant bombardment of the subsequent games 7. Reaching the Innermost Cave - The Villain's Tridecagon 8. Supreme Ordeal - Piecing together the Villain's Tridecagon 9. Seizing the Sword - The Villain's Variable 10. The Road Back - Tying the Villain's Variable to the original Monomyth 11. Resurrection - Embracing both diagrams 12. Returning with the Elixir - Predicting the ending of Kingdom Hearts 3 Yep.

[@Canadianroadvirus]

I'm starting to think that the series title, "Unraveled," is more about Brian's mental and emotional state than it is about whatever he's talking about.

[@lilhades9484]

Too true

[@SpookyDeerArt]

its the new polygon deep lore

[@calamitysangfroid2407]

he can join pat after please retweet

[@thedevicebook]

It's truly like Onion Film Reviews in this way.

[@artnerd3727]

i always assumed it was bc of his mental state lol

[@BigBahss]

Maybe the real hero's journey is the boys we norted along the way.

[@supreme_king_obama1158]

I can drink to that.

[@talongreenlee7704]

That sounds inappropriate and probably illegal

[@genericname2747]

@@talongreenlee7704 What are you, a cop? Mind your own building while we nort boys

[@SolarTactician]

"Ventus diagram" as a pun was so casually tossed out there, and yet it's so perfect

[@smulangel2294]

Those are quality puns

[@nitro_dynamite18]

One of the few puns I've ever liked.

[@EinTeufelskreis]

I watched this with a friend and when this pun came up I started laughing and he didn't understand what was going on. So I explained the joke and he started groaning. That are the only two reactions possible to such a pun. 😂

[@trustyrat8632]

@@actionlogan8792 ven diagram Ventus diagram Ventus nickname is ven

[@Flowtail]

@trust the rats Thank you, i always trust the rats :)

[@emmav2224]

The slow descent into madness as KH's plot gets more and more convoluted is both terrifying and hilarious.

[@jeanetten.s.8557]

I'm cracking a rib watching this

[@shebehere2452]

Emma V I know

[@dekaidoku]

Don't you mean... Kingdom Hearts Versus XIII?

[@mattneese8571]

And an accurate depiction of what it is to play the series.

[@connorschultz380]

And yet kingdom hearts 3 actually has a simple summary. Which, is..odd actually, there much better then most of the ones online

[@mejmouse6407]

It’s funny how he said spoiler alert but I still have no idea what happens in Kingdom hearts

[@sevencats4964]

Same

[@daisysmart8874]

Same!

[@finnmarr-heenan2397]

IT doesn't improve when u okay them either

[@wc99man]

That just means you are caught up with the rest of us.

[@Rankurusu777]

You aren't really a part of the truest sense of the fandom unless you recognize that the next game won't be out until you're a great grandfather and that none of it makes sense but you still play it anyways.

[@JackSpad3s]

Okay but why doesn't Donald wear pants but covers himself with a towel? Unravel that BDG

[@JackSpad3s]

You make me blush ❤

[@KidCop2011]

Nice profile picture

[@Fluicor]

easy,water makes feather stick to the body,thus revealing donald's dick.

[@alexbutler4428]

Pantsless magic is incredibly powerful

[@OliverSachgau]

Brian’s hair is getting more luscious with each video and it’s filling me with so much joy

[@themsv89]

His nails too

[@soverytired6152]

Eventually his hair will turn white and he’ll lose all his hair brushes and before you know it, he will have crazy mad scientist hair.

[@Daemon487]

he's becoming jesus

[@pizzapasta4090]

dude is it just me or does Brian's existence bring light into my life

[@22Vnnami]

1/12 Introduction into the ordinary world: Brian comes into work on a fresh, quiet Monday morning, as if himself a spring babe, ignorant of the mammoth task about to be set before him. 2/12 Call to Adventure: “Brian, the fans are clamoring for a recap of the Kingdom Hearts storyline, and we’d better strike while the iron’s hot with only days before the release of Kingdom Hearts 3!” 3/12: Refusal of the Call: After sorting through countless fan theories and KH wiki pages Brian has a meltdown and realizes the story is completely absurd and that there’s something missing from his understanding. 4/12 Meeting the Mentor: Brian meets with his most battle-hardened Kingdom Hearts fan-friends to seek clarification for the mess that is the KH story. He only becomes more confused. 5/12 Crossing the Threshold: Brian begins making his heroes’ journey outline for the KH franchise, a task he’s all too eager to get over with. “How bad could a story full of Disney characters be,” he thinks as if to comfort himself. 6/12 Tests, allies, enemies: Brian begins to layout the heroes journey through Kingdom Hearts which seems almost a simple task, at first. 7/12: Reaching the innermost Cave: Brian rediscovers that the prequels and interquels and presequels and pre-interquel-sequel-sequels are a thing. 8/12 Enduring the Supreme Ordeal: Trying to connect all the nonsense together almost brings Brian to his knees as he discovers he is still missing a piece of the puzzle. 9/12: Seizing the Sword: Discovering the villains tridecagon; norting a boy; hilarity ensues. 10/12 The Road Back: Brian feels confident he’s finally found the variable he needed to have true understanding of Kingdom Hearts and all its lore, though truly deep down he realized he had only sunk lower into the hellish pit of madness. 11/12 Resurrection: Brian returns to work and finds a simple message on his desk, “let your heart be your guiding key.” He immediately burns it, understanding the implications it could potentially boast and his near final descent into his own world of darkness. 12/12 Return with the Elixer: Kingdom Hearts 3 is released with a 4th on the way. Brian knows they’ll want a new video when they release it after the inevitability of dozens more sequels, interquels, prequels, and prequel-interquel-sequels. But how will he respond to the call?

[@ikkue]

Why isn’t this pinned

[@SmoothTurtle840]

ikkue You’re so right

[@Aulumos42]

This is as crazy and convoluted as Brian David Gilbert himself. It is Perfection

[@tubeuser2222]

This was so perfectly written ahahahah omg

[@xGNEPx]

What a fucking legend.

[@AvisSapiens]

This video is a physical representation of man's hubris

[@6slade]

genius

[@haphazardlark1502]

I’ve never played it, but from all the times I’ve been walked through the plot, it sounds like a story based in metaphor got so wrapped up in explaining its own internal logic that it became literal somehow and it’s still growing. I kind of love it.

[@Dee-jp7ek]

A metaphor that accidentally became literal and just rolled with it is probably the best way I've ever heard someone explain the Kingdom Hearts series, and you've never even played it!

[@haphazardlark1502]

@@Dee-jp7ek thank you! (I’ve had enough friends who are big fans of it that I couldn’t help but absorb a lot of it just in bits and pieces)

[@HasegawaRayven]

Quite literally "a meme gained sentience and now can no longer be stopped."

[@yourcollegedebt8384]

I'm not gonna force you or pressure you into playing the series, but I will say that it's way better to understand if you play through it yourself instead of hearing somebody explain it themselves.

[@haroohi8839]

Brian singing "Simple and Clean" is something I never thought I ffffFUCKING NEEDED-

[@losfell18]

He needs to do a full cooovvvveeeerrr

[@PinTal_]

BRUH HOLY FUCK YES

[@garnetgarcia3287]

please

[@josephThaPimp]

@@losfell18 a cover in that same mumble

[@silvervase]

Looking at fanfiction and legit read "sora gets norted" as a description. I'm so done with this fandom

[@Platina_Leaf]

sora doesnt get norted. he almost does tho

[@dirgenmeister4018]

@@Platina_Leaf he does in the fanfic

[@elijahharmel8450]

@@Platina_Leaf i don’t think you understand fanfictions buddy

[@jennytulls6369]

The fact that "Sora gets norted" makes perfect sense is an acid trip

[@branastasia8013]

Ah, one of my favorite tags in the fandom. Give me some more delicious angst

[@natalie7851]

this is both a great example of why the Hero’s Journey works and a great example of why the Hero’s Journey DOESN’T work. you managed to fit a complex literary thesis and its converse in a single video about a Disney game series. how.

[@PupDeLaTart]

By completely glazing over all the stories and focusing on the least interesting character: Sora. But it works :)

[@EddieB-ready]

@@PupDeLaTart Because he's the hero of the story

[@Dabednego]

Clayton's face at 11:43 is the emotional keystone of this entire video

[@R3mnantPlus]

Clayton's Inner Thoughts: Oh God, we lost him again...

[@daisyjoy242]

@@R3mnantPlus *again* what do you mean by again

[@R3mnantPlus]

@@daisyjoy242 Brian does this breakdown of his content often and on many different videos, so I feel Clayton has seen this happen many times already.

[@OhNoBohNo]

just like clayton is the key to kingdom hearts, actually... in this essay, i will

[@emily-re5jo]

"Kiari will continue to not matter" this HURT

[@oKuma5335]

and still so accurate

[@thecoffeeshop5429]

"what do you do after you find all that power?? you nort a boy" Listen this is the best explanation yet

[@mothcub]

"crossing the threshold, or as true literary critics call it, boarding the gummi ship" - me entering the bathroom

[@mothcub]

@camdencoven I'm coming for you.

[@MisterAppleEsq]

I watch a mothcub video, and then I watch a BDG video to get away from the devastating power of mothcub, except she's in the comment section, so it didn't really work.

[@mothcub]

@@MisterAppleEsq You can't escape me.

[@mothcub]

@camdencoven Of course ;-)

[@MisterAppleEsq]

+@camdencoven The notification didn't have the strikethrough for me, so I was confused as to what “a cult extremely online” meant.

[@indiegum1694]

If we harvest BDG's energy, we can power like the entirety of NYC

[@elliot.6995]

But according to OSHA is he an energized circuit?

[@PhilieBlunt666]

Nyc hell, this man is a walking dyson sphere

[@goofmuffin]

dbg's bde

[@PhilieBlunt666]

@@indiegum1694 glad to help 😅

[@PerfectBrom]

Y'know, overall he actually got really close. Kairi DID continue to not matter and Riku DID cut his hair. Sora also didn't seal the darkness, and had some weird fuckery happen to him. Didn't get norted but he did get screwed over

[@ProjectDestati]

This is unbelievably funny "Ven(tus) diagram" _nice_

[@firstnamelastname4808]

Bruh you gotta check "sea salt trio medley","ultimate darkness medley" and "scala ad caelum" osts in kingdom hearts 3, they are fire

[@cadr003]

Oyyy its Destati!

[@CROSSFADEEDAFE]

"Xemnas" >>>>>> "Mansex."

[@dantio3195]

I loved that too :D

[@deviantartguy0]

I didn't even catch that, lol

[@Pinkstarclan]

as a biologist I'm sending this to all my friends, because this is basically what happened to the taxonomic system Linnaeus made

[@slithra227]

So is a coconut a mammal or not!!

[@Pinkstarclan]

@@slithra227 a coconut isn't a mammal but have fun haphazardly shoving the word "clade" 30 times between phylums, subphylums, and infraphylums to desperately try and organize the evolutionary history and classification of a coconut

[@tremor230]

@@Pinkstarclan ...my Brain is bleeding, can I go home now? 😟

[@Pinkstarclan]

@@tremor230 you're excused

[@pmangano]

Yeah but nobody likes plants its just a nightmare, lets just stay on metazoa please? "Sure, now, about turtles..." OK IM OUT.

[@daisysmart8874]

13:28 "...except instead of using other people, you use 13 versions of your own self." *sound of Steven Moffat taking notes intensifies*

[@quantumblauthor7300]

I can't believe I went at least a whole year without seeing this buried gem of a comment; thank you, fellow Whovian

[@shallowgod5539]

Brian can you list all of the malpractices Phoenix Wright has committed?

[@NimhLabs]

I don't think Phoenix Wright can commit malpractice--that would require him to actually be a doctor. Not that I am not saying Phoenix Wright has not done some shady medical practice stuff... but those would be listed as something completely different.

[@stanconnorstan4266]

Not necessarily malpractice, maybe just anything that would be illegal or improper in a court of law

[@johng.9144]

@@NimhLabs Malpractice is a bit of a blanket term for misconduct or negligence committed by a few different professions (one of them being lawyers, and also architects apparently). It's not exclusive to doctors.

[@moresothanyou]

Is Phoenix wright set in US? If not it's kinda a moot point, law differ from country to country.

[@shallowgod5539]

Elo Hagai Sembiring Does Japan not have laws or something? I think you’re the one with a moot point. Also I’m pretty certain it’s set LA and use a mix of American and Japanese laws.

[@jakeb4569]

I love that he somehow managed to predict Riku getting a haircut in KH3

[@paubp1809]

"Kairi will continue to not matter" oof

[@SeaSaltTea]

He's not all that wrong lmao

[@jordanwljable]

She mattered in the first game, she was one of the 7 keys to Kingdom hearts (the realm) and Sora's main goal was to save her and the other six princesses from the villains who were trying to open that door to Darkness. But in the other games her character development definitely dropped off wich is unfortunate since her only defining character trait is girl.

[@SeaSaltTea]

The Bog Wizerd Hence why he’s not all that wrong lmao. She played her part and never really got much else

[@jopdancing7320]

@@jordanwljable well the best story is KH 1 and the rest is just nonsense soo yea.

[@ApexGale]

it's literally a "Ven" Diagram i love you brian

[@TheCptCoy]

Venn*

[@TheFlyingChungus]

@@TheCptCoy No. If u played the game you would know that Aqua and Terra always uses "Ven" to refer "Ventus".

[@TheCptCoy]

@@TheFlyingChungus I have no desire to ever play this game but I'll accept your explanation.

[@geraldthethird3404]

TheCptCoy Why the hell you watching a KH video and have no desire to play the game. Get out go somewhere else

[@Corbomite_Meatballs]

@@geraldthethird3404 Because BDG commands us to watch Him, and we do so willingly.

[@queerboy8370]

about once a week, my first thought of the day, as soon as my alarm goes off, is "you nort a boy". some days, like today, i'm haunted by that sentence and the silence that follows it. i've never played a Kingdom Hearts game. I still don't know what any of it is about and how Disney characters factor into it. But that one sentence has played through my mind fourteen times so far today, and it is only 2 pm. Someone help me.

[@La-PetitMort]

Get a job

[@joelman1989]

It is generally haunting because it sounds absolutely ridiculous but you just know it’s a part of this story in a very serious way. It embodies everything this story is, ridiculous, confusing, contrived, yet somehow still magical and magnificent. It makes you wonder simultaneously what it is that is so captivating about it while also dreading the ever approaching realization that you are intrigued by kingdom hearts, and that once you give way to that intrigue, you will never be the same.

[@coldfrost3]

I'd recommend the the full 1.5+2.5 package

[@AliciaRainbow]

Have you tried Norting a boy? Might help.

[@poligarf3]

don't worry, because Kyrie will continue to not matter

[@008TheDen]

I think BDG went through a whole hero's journey in this video. Starting with the ordinary world of the monomyth eventually going through the supreme ordeal of the Kingdom Hearts spin-offs and then seizing the sword that is the Villian's tridecagon, before we get to the road home and resurrection by combining the theories and closing out the video being the return with the elixir.

[@lukewebb604]

I would not even be surprised if he did write the script in the form of a hero's journey. He's that dedicated and its amazing

[@AltrTheEgo]

He kinda did most of if not all the steps of the circle haha

[@zeterzero4356]

What the crap is a tridecagon? Oh...a thirteen sided shape. Why do I want to use this word so badly now?

[@Kurokirisu]

"Kingdom Hearts Union X does not matter to Sora's journey" Oh you sweet summer child.

[@deanhart375]

I truly enjoyed KH3 up until the end when I had to read 10 pages of wiki on a fucking mobile game to understand what was happening.

[@PrinceVinc]

The only thing you needed to know is, that it is the "light of the past" for KH3. It is still fucking stupid that this story is told in a shitty mobile game.

[@Salthat]

James Chris Oh you not-sweet summer child.

[@hundred2949]

@@deanhart375 I justed watched I the mini movie before even playing three

[@neonal18]

13:01 “And now that you’re jazzed and ready to go, time to fail.” Me sending in job apps I’m particularly optimistic about

[@HannahJRabo]

“That’s Vanitas.” “Why?”

[@mastermarkus5307]

I love that line because it was exactly my reaction to "palette-swap Sora".

[@eadlynjune]

This was confusing as shit but is still better than most Kingdom Heart explanations out there.

[@temporalCaster]

This unironically helped me understand the concept of the monomyth better

[@Hexalys13]

"You Nort a boy."I need this on a T-shirt.

[@btmikey1925]

I love coming back to this after learning the games story: “Die hard fans are gonna get mad if I say that [Kingdom Hearts X] doesn’t matter to Soras story, but I’m gonna say it anyway.” Oh you sweet summer child. You babe swaddled in the cashmere blanket of ignorance. How little you knew at this time.

[@Michael-bb1cw]

Yeah, he forgot the part where the Ventus Diagram links back to Union Cross because Ven is apparently Really 700 Years Old™️.

[@DeathnoteBB]

@@Michael-bb1cw What

[@gravel35]

okay I believe you

[@Riku70X]

@@DeathnoteBB Yeah, Ven was born over 1000 years ago. Don't worry about it homie. Marluxia and Larxene were also both born over 1000 years ago. Those 3 probably time travelled though, so it's not like they lived all those years, that would be crazy. But also don't forget Xigbar, who definitely had to physically live for over 1000 years. Kingdom Hearts is fun.

[@KamilHenri]

You forgot to include the Final Fantasy storyline, as well as the entirety of all the Disney lores combined

[@oshahott2532]

I dissociated throughout most of the video and I feel like I understand it as much as someone who was listening intently.

[@oriongurtner7293]

A cursory read through the comment section would tell you that you probably understand it _more_ by having not paid attention Which is the typical Kingdom Heats experience: you'll understand it better if you don't pay any attention

[@Stephen-Fox]

What about pokemon gyms by amusement park regulations. Because I'm pretty sure 'shooting your visitors out of canons as they navigate towards the main attraction' - as in B&W's incarnation of Mistralton Gym is going to get you sued into oblivion, and it's hard to take any of them seriously as competitive sport arenas since 'the visiting team has to first navigate a giant spider web above oblivion without any safety equipment' seems like an unfair competitive advantage to the home team (As in Santalune gym) Bonus points if you do each region based on the specific part of the world that region is based on - There are three regions based on parts of Japan, two on the USA (New York and Hawaii), one on France, and one that's partially based on part of Japan, partially based on a Russian island and partially on an island that's claimed by Japan and administrated by Russia, so that seems totally feasible. Surely it can't be as hard as Smash Brothers stages by OSHA violations?

[@TheMrRedMad]

Ahah nice one. I asked him to explain the geopolitics of Fire Emblem, a good challenge as well don't you think?

[@-Requi3m-]

This man categorized castlevania monsters by sexiest rank, and you guys think he can't tackle KH??

[@seelcudoom1]

but which heartless is the most fuckable

[@-Requi3m-]

@@seelcudoom1 soras

[@tarynnago8205]

i hope polygon pays u well for this

[@AdamPrinceBacon]

As usual, I learned nothing from this but dang was it entertaining.

[@Claudeandmaddie]

Ju

[@AlleyCatAlex]

Adam Prince same

[@Arkayjiya]

I learned something from the Skyrim video. I've read about half of the books in Skyrim so I was missing several in his top. Made me read it and it was really cool.

[@Azure-Flame-Bee]

"Union Cross isn't important" Nomura: Hahahahahahaha. Yes it fucking is!

[@nicktosti7487]

This is an awesome deconstruction of the hero's journey and how it seems pretty great at describing stories until you actually try to use it.

[@caalsinceage4]

I missed the part where you explained what norting a boy means but I feel like I really gotta nort a boy now.

[@ForeverZeroHP]

It's where you put some of your data in them. It's pretty simple. You got this.

[@DaPreach90]

Norting means stealing someone's body to be young again.

[@lissy_love64]

Is norting a connotical term or was it a common term coined by the community?

[@DaPreach90]

@@lissy_love64 community

[@lissy_love64]

@@DaPreach90 thanks, I suppose thats pretty obvious but I was still curious

[@gamingdemigodxiii5630]

6:15 While I always appreciate the invocation of the Campellian Monomyth, Sora actually does appear in BBS, but is too young to be an active character. That's not to say he isn't important...

[@charlesbowyer5455]

Why was the beginning of his cover to "simple and clean" so angelic

[@mrf4ncyp4nts]

So how does this entry fit into the extended BDG Unraveled franchise?

[@leons.kennedy4596]

See he's not unraveling stuff it's unreveling him and driving him insane that's how

[@soverytired6152]

BDGUU (BDG Unraveled Universe)

[@annebeach6630]

Unraveled is a prequel to Week in Review. The insanity Brian suffers in unraveled causes him to create scrundler as an omnipotent creature of put evil, a call back to an old friend so Brian can recapture his lost innocence. It's too late though, Brian can never return to who he was before unraveled. Eventually scrundler over takes every aspect of Brian's existence, even causing him to turn on his friends. Until he breaks from his psychosis and realizes Jenna is on his side and he can trust his friends. He destroys scrundler with the magic of friendship and then forms a Gil and Gilbert knowing he can trust again. The BDGPU (Brian David Gilbert polygon universe) has an established cannon.

[@stephenspark2224]

Can we get a full cover of simple and clean from BDG?

[@Royal_Fortune]

hey its me jop he needs to centrally make one where he talks about the timeline of himself

[@TheSnowconeMachine]

"KHUX doesn't matter!" >Kingdom Hearts 3 comes out >KHUX is essential to the coming arc

[@billvolk4236]

You got tricked by the Mystery Box. Look at all the other times they set up what would happen in a future game. Did any of them ever pay off on what they promised? No, Nomura got distracted by some other dumb idea and retconned everything prior to fit it.

[@WillKrause21]

Lol, I got worried when you mentioned Cambel. Then I see this is a sarcastic way of showing that Cambel's monomyth doesn't actually always work.

[@BirbBun]

Brian: "In fact, I expect Xehanort to win, by norting Sora" Eraqus: "Light has many surprises"

[@George-ru4es]

Me, going into this video already in full confidence that I understand the story of Kingdom Hearts. Finished the video, still completely confident I know what I'm talking about when I ramble to my friends about the majesty of this story.

[@sorry4charlie311]

Brian's tie isn't aligned right in any of the BDG videos where he's wearing a suit that I've watched and I've chosen to believe that that is on purpose.

[@OhNoBohNo]

We're gonna need a whole couple videos to explain how BDG's tie became misaligned...

[@harrylane4]

The fact that we don't have some sort of Pokemon unraveled is a sin

[@OMalleyTheMaggot]

"Refusal of the call" is only there to make it an even dozen. It's a coinflip on whether or not the hero does it in any story.

[@denisi1283]

Well, those “uncle ben” moments happen a lot, at least on pop culture, so it may not be too common on certain kinds of stories, but superhero-esque stories? All the time.

[@Ifer30]

Now I want him to do Hiveswap just so he has to read and dissect homestuck. It's already rife with crazy conspiracy potential, it's perfect.

[@basilmemories]

why do you want him to die.

[@Jukajobs]

i'm calling the FBI on you, this comment should be considered attempted murder

[@Jukajobs]

brian is great and i love to see him in videos and i'd rather not have him disappear for like a whole year

[@crypttea]

I was looking for a comment mentioning homestuck/hiveswap

[@gretablackwell495]

OOOOOH

[@Only2late]

God, he has everything I want. Long, luscious hair, sick dance moves, nice suits, and the voice of an angel. I stan

[@connorbean1162]

Watching BDG slowly descend into madness every video is pretty nice.

[@infernal_fox]

You forgot 2.8 (ignore me this will only add to your headache trust me)

[@Kaunte]

Oh yeah, hey that's true. Didn't even occur to me.

[@MrROFLKOPTR72]

9:38 Atlas holding the world on his shoulders

[@EduardoTorelly]

i, actually think having a villain wheel for stories makes sense. every good hero is greater wit a great villain.

[@michaelhaaland6514]

How are you so awkward yet genuinely funny I don't understand

[@jayshaundavis]

The amount of time it took me to realize this was ironic is embarrassing

[@godsrightbuttcheek]

when you start your dissertation on a topic and realise that most respected sources actually disagree with the point you're trying to make

[@nymphomata69]

To quote Brian Gilbert on episode one: "I swear to god, if there is one " Well, actually" comment, its a lost cause"

[@Chachoune963]

You know what they say: "If at first you don't succeed, develop an organization to trick a young boy into committing heartless genocide in order to create a new pseudo version of that great power." Words to live by, really.

[@edslushie570]

And then you fail again.

[@CatsMeow_]

My life motto

[@xxxLeromexxx]

I wondered why orochimarus plans sounded so familiar

[@auntvivienne8669]

Also the Uchiha Massacre in a nutshell

[@blueberryiswar]

That is Star Wars, essentially.

[@edboy484]

"Maybe the sword was a key the whole time, and when you stab someone with it, it unlocks their death"

[@Teadwin]

edboy484 how do i like a comment more than once

[@marys.9367]

ayyyy

[@eliwixson8863]

It’s a sword dude, it’s not a fucking fighter jet. What’s so hard about swish swish stab?

[@danielrabinovitz478]

I can't like this because it's at 666

[@Loreleil]

You have combined by 2 great loves. BDG and RVB. Thank you

[@eric_the_egggremlin]

I can FEEL the Angry English Major Energy through this video when he says "It's that thing that happens on the Hero's Journey" about the data cube one

[@russell1096]

Because the data cube is too overused in storytelling?

[@banann_ducc]

@@russell1096 what the hell is a data cube

[@RED-sl2le]

Banann_ducc I also wish to know

[@eric_the_egggremlin]

@@russell1096 nah, because I, too, am an English major, and the moment one starts to bring mathematical concepts into analyzing literature, my brain shuts off out of Rage.

[@OhNoBohNo]

DBG: Nomura is writing this like a traditional story structure Everyone else: Honey you got a big storm comin'...

[@kumogate]

"Kairi will continue to not matter" ... your prediction came true. The story keeps 'saying' she matters but continues to fail to actually make her matter.

[@harizwain4969]

It is funny how she has her own cutscene but everything is to get close to axel...

[@solarprogeny6736]

Soriku is the real canon

[@EddieB-ready]

I'm just hoping they actually make her a badass good girl in whatever game's next.

[@billvolk4236]

@@harizwain4969 And then that ended up not mattering. That whole Sora/Kairi/Riku/Axel/Roxas love pentagram went fuck-all nowhere.

[@badflamer]

@@billvolk4236 i think you mean the sora/kairi/riku/axel/roxas/Isa/xion/yet-unnamed-girl-we're-supposed-to-believe-was-actually-part-of-isa-and-axel's-backstories-before-being-shoehorned-into-KH3's-dialogue love octagram? agreed though. Just one of many ways KH3 ended up wasting everyone's time, money, and expectations.

[@fidget0227]

How this video incapsulates the Monomyth geniusly: 1. Introduction to the ordinary world: BDG starts with a very tradition video intro. 2. Call to action: BDG cites certain comments that challenge him to explain Kingdom Hearts. 3. Refusal of the call: BDG arrogantly saying that such a task is too easy. 4. Mentor: BDG cites Campbell’s Monomyth as a source and derives the structure of the video from his work. 5. Crossing the threshold: Smash cuts to the clock in the wall. BDG begins explaining the 12 stages. 6. Tests, allies, and enemies: Pat comes in and makes Brian add several separate Hero’s Journies. He begins to panic as several games come to his attention. 7. Reaching the innermost cave: “Alright, assholes, I don’t have any space left, so here’s a data cube! Happy!?” 8. Enduring the supreme ordeal: The Villain’s Tridecagon is unleashed and elaborated. 9. Seizing the sword: Brian finishes the Villain’s Tridecagon. 10. The road back: Brian connects the stories, tying together each aspect perfect. 11. Resurrection: Brian comes across the revelation that Sora will lose. 12. Return with the elixir: Brian concludes, confident he has explained the very basic storytelling of Kingdom Hearts.

[@missybarbour6885]

I was going to go through and do this myself. This deserves more likes.

[@OrangeShanker]

This is perfect

[@blueninja012]

I applaud you

[@RandomTomatoSoup]

you're my hero

[@lackadays_]

*clap clap* we have a man of genius level iq my friends(and this isn’t sarcasm)

[@ChubbiestThread]

Alright but where does this all fit into the Legend Of Zelda timeline?

[@Funnymanfx]

ChubbiestThread uh, duh. It fits into the TIME BREAK

[@ArtianSetS]

Basketball

[@akaijuinomaha5324]

That's where we unveil the Anti-Hero's Icosahedron

[@raynorsatwika1578]

either way, it gets infinitely funnier

[@FracturedFrames]

Jonathon Cloud and Link are both in Smash!

[@cah137-y4s]

"Kairi will continue to not matter." Depending on your sense of humor, this line got either much less funny or infinitely funnier after the release of KH3.

[@gaarafan89]

A little of both lol it’s hysterical knowing she was “trained” and it not amount to shit, and equally depressing because she works so hard, and it still doesn’t amount to shit.

[@AlexBSPLUS]

With my sense of humor? Both.

[@bluecat3338]

Honestly, while Sora was freaking out over Kairi, I was just sitting there like an idiot for a few seconds before going “Oh right! I’m supposed to care about her.”

[@moriadine2517]

@@gaarafan89 Kairi was essentially a private straight out of boot camp went into combat against the thirteen most powerful and skilled soldiers on the opposing side; the fact she lasted so long was a miracle, I'm more concerned about how the other Guardians were handled. Let's be real here, no amount of training in a controlled environment would prepare you for the rigors of war; compared to all the other Guardians, Kairi has had nearly zero experience. Tell you what, let's see who Kairi's squad mates were: Aqua: professional keyblader who trained all her life and a veteran of one campaign and survivor of the Realm of Darkness. Ventus: professional keyblader with one campaign under his belt with potential subconscious experience from his time as a Union Leader. Mickey: warrior king with multiple campaigns under his belt and also four confirmed campaigns as a professional keyblader, extensive experience with espionage and subterfuge. Lea: professional assassin and spymaster, well versed in combat and expert pyrokinetic. Riku: civilian-turned war hero of three campaigns, later trained professionally which also doubled as an additional campaign. Sora: same as above, on top of another campaign which comprises most of KH3. Is it really a surprise that Kairi's not up to the same standards as everyone else? If people hate how Kairi didn't stand out much in combat, they might as well conplain how the early Konoha 11 aren't as powerful as the various Kage, how Avalanche isn't as powerful as Sephiroth and his siblings, how Vahn didn't start out as powerful as the Judges, etc.

[@Lunam_D._Roger]

@@AlexBSPLUS "That's depressing. And hilarious." "I call it deprarious."

[@irishjet2687]

Between Dunkey, ProZD, and Brian David Gilbert, I feel like I've seen three amazingly talented creators give explanations of this series, and I still have no idea what any of it means.

[@SimonWolfie]

It appears to be designed this way.

[@nedcurfman3486]

The most coherent I’ve seen is Barry Kramer’s, and it still manages to break him by the end

[@S0RGEx]

All them plus the Starbomb song for me, still no fucking clue.

[@genericname2747]

The storyline is simple. Darkness Darkness Darkness Light Light BEES Darkness Keyblade Disney Darkness Anime *Donald Duck Gibberish* Goofy Heart Nobody Darkness

[@Bapringles]

@@genericname2747 JelloApocalypse fan I see 🐝

[@WTFPr0m]

If "norting a boy" doesn't become the canonical phrase, Square-Enix and Disney are both cancelled

[@tehn00bdude]

WTFPr0m Nort boy redux

[@jeremyhester4268]

I laughed at "Ya Nort a boy" for longer than I care to admit.

[@Bandz93s]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aWmbqWimiq92l5I😂

[@Dragonk116]

Aqua isn't a boy

[@sleauxbreaux]

You have Barry Kramer to thank for that phrase.

[@artuno1207]

Plot Twist: BDG actually goes through his own Hero's Journey in this video, as he deals with the trials and enemies involved with explaining the Kingdom Hearts plot.

[@PrimMashups]

Even better: not only does he go through the Hero's Journey, he goes through the same convoluted hellscape of a Hero's Journey that HE CREATED to explain Kingdom Hearts. For example, the explanation of the popularization of the Monomyth is the Historical Background, and the sudden entrance of Pat at 6:08 is like the intersection at the Ventas Diagram.

[@lakers35]

Ya nort a boy

[@bergamt]

BDG is on the Villain's Journey

[@PrimMashups]

That implies that Pat is BDG from the future

[@awkner]

yep. someone went and did the work twitter.com/mothlarvas/status/1089679511619276800

[@robertchaney2704]

The most insane part of all this is that he actually made the story make more sense by explaining it from the villains perspective. Like I’ve had people try to explain the story to me as it’s presented in the games, but I never understood l. But by explaining everything from the villains perspective, since the villian is always one step ahead of the hero, it actually clarifies a lot

[@coleG112]

Truth. Having everything explained from Nort's POV is way easier than the time-jumping mess that is Sora's 7 variations lol

[@marioxzzz]

Yeah but the villain plan still made no sense

[@zephyrias]

@@marioxzzz im still confised about time travel. 😂🤷‍♀️ I need to finally finish 3 and watch the complete story if khux

[@jobhunter5090]

@@zephyrias time travel is easy. In kh time travel can change the future but not the past. Also beings with bodies can't time travel. So when each of the bodies die presumably ansem picks up their essence and takes them into the future where they possess a doll some guy made in chain of memories.

[@Autistic_Menace00]

There’s actually a whole game from the perspective of a teenage Xehanort. He’s not really the villain though. There isn’t really a villain. Maleficent is there for a bit and then the rest of the game is a teenage boy going on a rampage because he went insane after realizing that his sister is dead. 10/10 the story begins with seven children getting murdered welcome to Kingdom Hearts

[@Aeroductile1]

did he make this just so he could make the ventus diagram joke

[@Quiggs939]

larvitarse Lol, I hope so

[@taakotuesdays]

Looking at everything Brian has ever done, yes.

[@audoldends6799]

The Anti-hero’s cradle is now an officially recognized literary term. Thank you

[@origami_dream]

Which storytelling offices issued statements of recognition?

[@silversonome5360]

​@@origami_dream me, I'm the office. I will recognize the Anti-Hero's Cradle as an official literary criticism term.

[@peteypablopicasso]

@@silversonome5360can you recognize an official literary term that makes my dad come home

[@mobslaya_4547]

​@@peteypablopicasso no.

[@peteypablopicasso]

@@mobslaya_4547 sounds like something my day would say

[@lunastreamfreesomebody4911]

I went into this knowing nothing of Kingdom Hearts and I left knowing nothing lmao

[@thevoidlord1796]

I mean, this was pretty comprehensive, so you must not have been paying attention to this very easy to understand explanation.

[@tracyh5751]

It seems to me what you don’t know is basic story telling.

[@ahobbit1273]

LUNA streamFREESOMEBODY same though

[@merezko4339]

One who knows nothing can understands nothing.

[@Xeronoia]

One who knows nothing, can understand nothing - Xehanort (Haunted Potato Sack Edition)

[@KeyThrast]

“Donald will kill Goofy. Riku will start cutting his own bangs. Kairi will continue to not matter.” One outta three. Not bad

[@ss-ol5br]

In a say riku did cut his hair tho

[@MiloKuroshiro]

He got 2 of 3 right

[@JustOneGlitch]

@@MiloKuroshiro Really!? Donald killed Goofy!? Thats metal.

[@wafflejam9015]

Which one

[@KeyThrast]

MrBowser At the time of base release, he was right about Kairi

[@goatherder6166]

I finally get that ProZD “Aqua got norted” vine.

[@DeathnoteBB]

Congrats! :)

[@talongreenlee7704]

I legit thought he just made up those words to be confusing for comedic effect

[@Atellas]

"I want her to step on me!"

[@jakoblent4694]

@@Atellas "thats defenitivly dirty"

[@emilysmith2965]

“Those aren’t words; those are just sounds.”

[@DjCutman]

Great tutorial Polygon i finally understand how to nort a boy

[@fanguchiha194]

Xehanort was originally created by someone explaining the plot of Kingdom Hearts to a person, inadvertently norting that person who then went back in time to create the series. The for realsies plot is to nort the entire universe and then commit seppuku so everyone goes to Kingdom Hearts together, turning it into Kingdom Xehanort. Immediately followed by the infinite nort circle jerk.

[@consensusg9226]

Agreed. Btw, I miss ya, and my channel was partially inspired by you! Even painted my living room green so I could key-out and rock-out.

[@KibbyCreekwood]

Genuinely, best line in this.

[@mistamemewide]

“Nort a boy” is now a term among the KH Community

[@mystaee2914]

I want a shirt that says " 'Nort a boy"

[@watson483]

Mystaee . Heh the front saying 'what do you do then' or whatever the exact quote is, and have you 'Nort a boy written in massive text on the back. Incredibly confusing, 10/10 would wear in public.

[@pharaohbubbles1547]

The Catholic Church will buy up the whole stock 😂

[@genuineinterest]

"Time to get real into Unethical Science!"

[@chronotrigger3919]

You'd probably get arrested

[@Detahramet]

I feel like the easiest way to understand Kingdom Hearts is to assume words don't mean anything and only the tone in which they are said matters, and that there are a dozen main characters and they're all Sora

[@lunchbox0668]

And the other half of characters are Xehanorts

[@trustyrat8632]

Or kairi which also makes them kinda sora

[@OhNoBohNo]

assume you will cry and try not to think too hard about why

[@guiltygearalonecompl]

You’re not wrong, really

[@nigelsutton2884]

"bees"

[@safabekr]

“that’s venitas” “why?” is just the funniest possible answer to that answer

[@DarkQueenHelba]

SarahFBK ! I actually know this! Miyu Irino wanted to voice a villain! So they let him voice a villain using the same voice as his hero from the same series. (They talked about this after BBS came out in the JP gaming magazines)

[@rzezzy1]

Reminds me of "Are you Tony Hawk?" "yeah" "Why?"

[@crazydo1phin11]

answer to that answer

[@O_Ciel_Phant0mhive]

so sad :')

[@tahamoukhliss8420]

I still don't understand why they chose to make him a sora lookalike

[@JM.....]

"This is the Simarilion, or JK Rowling's Twitter" had me dead

[@JoeX92]

i don't understand but still laughs xD

[@devdanferguson7616]

@@JoeX92 Simarilion was a background to the LOTR/Hobbit by JRR Tolkien, and JK Rowlings twitter makes everyone gay.

[@roguepsykerhaaker4813]

@@devdanferguson7616 you're only supposed to make everyone gay in the fanfiction, and the headcannon

[@birdrocket]

Devdan Ferguson more importantly, she tried to get brownie points from liberals for LGBTQ+ representation without actually putting in any representation.

[@alalalala57]

@Skitarii Scribe k

[@scootinand]

Him singing "Simple and Clean" while mildly dancing off screen was truly heart warming

[@Ric_Vicious]

When are we getting the full version!?

[@nah4437]

SPOILERS Pretty accurate prediction. Sora fails, Riku cuts his hair, and Kairi continues to not matter

[@patatapatosa]

can someone tell me if this is legit?

[@cherubin7th]

@@patatapatosa Yes totally

[@ZhongliArchonofSwag]

Patata Patosa I mean there’s some time travel shit that goes on? I think? Sora fails, his heart gets banished to some weird mirror realm, then he pulls his heart back together, and undoes the failure, then succeeds but at a harrowing cost. He doesn’t get norted tho

[@mateuscarvalho3870]

@@patatapatosa Sora doesn't fail, but he dies, so he fails at having a life I guess

[@julypow]

@@mateuscarvalho3870 why am i laughing so much lol

[@Kaunte]

Instructions unclear, accidentally norted a boy.

[@Yal_Rathol]

was this boy above the age of majority? because if not, that's gonna be a write up.

[@Deep_phobias]

@@Yal_Rathol that's gonna be a foul, you norted a boy over the line, go back 3 spaces.

[@BriIsTheFinestCheese]

i love reading the comments before watching the video because they're so confusing. i laughed out loud at this and i have no idea what you're talking about yet

[@yuvalsela4482]

instructions unclear, getting norted

[@valty3727]

"you babe swaddled in the cashmere blanket of ignorance" remains one of the most iconic bdg quotes

[@braxtonkatz5726]

Key componets to an unraveled .elegant start •putting stuff on wall •explaining things •MENTAL BREAKDOWN

[@jeanetten.s.8557]

Mental meltdown

[@randomenvelope]

Melting

[@adarkaplun9457]

You missed the volume escalation

[@BirdRaiserE]

You forgot -Brief moment where Brian sang Simple and Clean and it was lit

[@CornerstoneMinistry316]

Kingdom hearts lore in a nutshell

[@ikanhazw1n]

You are the only person I’ve ever seen correctly name Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days as “Kingdom Hearts Three-Five-Eight Days Over Two” which is the official canon way to read that title. I’m thoroughly impressed with your due diligence.

[@flamefangstar]

Th... that's how it's pronounced?

[@taakotuesdays]

Why the FUCK would you name a video game like that

[@tracyblanchard7663]

@@flamefangstar It's supposed to be the 358 Days shared by 2 people. Yes, it is still very dumb.

[@cjboyo]

It's not Kingdom Hearts 179 days?

[@CaleyWarrior101]

Does no one reduce their fractions anymore?!?!

[@levilukeskytrekker]

I love how this video casually demonstrates how overly analytical trope theories usually only "work" because they overgeneralize story concepts and then apply them to a comparatively narrow band of literature.

[@supremeoverlord0]

Right? It's kind of an interesting study in that way. KH is more of a story of parallels and (who would've thunk) connections, and how each of these more miniature journeys tie into a whole, so it's hard to tie such an anti-physical story into something as solid as the Hero's Journey.

[@Jaconian]

"You nort a boy" is now going to be my go-to response for anytime anyone asks me about what to do next. It'll be an inside joke with myself. It'll be hilarious!!

[@foooooof]

That sounds like you are going to do highly inappropriate things with a minor

[@Alex-ci1nt]

@@foooooof especially if he follows it up with the explanation that it’s for “unethical science”

[@featherycoffee1401]

That's sounds like an awful inside joke that nobody think will he funny, do it.

[@Jaconian]

@@Alex-ci1nt Followed by, "I saw it on KZbin, it's fine."

[@morton_slc]

Dear Polygon upper management and corporate overlords, This man here, this magnificent man, is the reason I subscribed to the KZbin channel. His videos are great. I think he deserves a raise. Best wishes, A white male between the ages of 18 and 40.

[@johnanimelord]

Lol, that's a out pretty big range

[@alexajeanne9]

Same wishes from a female age to be determined

[@joy411ful]

Also a nerdy black female between the ages of 18 and 35

[@morton_slc]

@@johnanimelord Well gotta make it easy for the advertisers ;)

[@sonicmeerkat]

I agree. Kind regards, a British 20 year old.

[@seanmurphy3430]

"Kairi will continue to not matter" is, I'm pretty sure, the series' tagline at this point.

[@NWolfsson]

I mean... I love her, but any part of her (namely, Naminé) or character holding the same role (Aqua) is more active in the story. She is basically the MacGuffin, tagging along because she is important as a concept because bullshit rather than because she is specifically important as a character.

[@ella_cupcake]

I have never been so offended by something I completely agree with

[@ez8314]

I've never even played kingdom hearts, but bdg is hella engaging

[@Amaraofficial]

E Hill this is me with half of these videos

[@bar0nv0nstrubel57]

Same. Dude's hilarious

[@niallgraham9487]

Same here he still shows you what's so ridiculous about the world in a way you can relate to it's great

[@ez8314]

Y'all this is my 1st KZbin comment that's gotten more than 5 likes 😍

[@IanqueParker]

I dont give a good darn about Kingdom Hearts. But man, you BLEED charisma and could get me to care about chartered accountancy.

[@JanoyCresvaZero]

He could tell me all about the incredibly boring and detailed history of Limburger cheese and I would be so down.

[@BriIsTheFinestCheese]

i've never played a video game and im watching this entire series. he reminds me of jenny nicholson (another youtuber who does this sort of thing but mostly about movies i've also never seen)

[@ChristopherMoom]

Yeah understanding Kingdom Hearts lore is hard, but what about *_Kirby Lore_*

[@InternetWesley]

Kirby lore: Kirby a good boy, loves to eat and loves his friends. Also the strongest being in the universe.

[@2Eliishere]

@@InternetWesley I would add also eldrich gods keep killing children and resurrecting their corpses.

[@kingpopaul]

WoolieVs has got you covered.

[@wadespencer3623]

@@kingpopaul Woolie talked Kirby lore? Link me, I need this.

[@awesometown1000]

Wade Spencer kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3quk2NnpK13gtE