Brain has an impersonator • Kingdom Hearts Theory

[@TheSecretReports]

June 1st, post finale: HELLO ?????????? June 4th edit: BTW, I don't think that scene confirmed this theory. This is what I think is happening (this will be a future video lol) secret-reports.tumblr.com/post/653082627622993920/

[@domrocc5363]

When you called it too perfectly Edit: At this point we can assume with the post credits scene, Brain will fight Luxu in his body to get the No Name and place it upon the mantle, reshape scala To become Odin, or name him his successor. Or vice versa

[@Hackerggc]

DUDE

[@GodoMatrix]

Hello 😂

[@Logan-tz1ry]

This came back in my recommendations like one of Terra's/the player's visions from BBS/UX

[@adamlong6711]

I think Nomura’s been watching.

[@Matthew.Niverse]

This has to be the _most professional_ *_Kingdom Hearts Theory_* video _I've ever witnessed_ *_it's incredible!_*

[@LuckiSir]

Same, and I honestly like bio’s gameplay breakdowns of characters too. This channel is really good

[@ProjectDestati]

huge agree

[@ultrashinymew]

You should really look at The Sleeping Realm Theory Google Doc. It's extremely long and in depth. Not quite everything in it is quite right but a fair amount is or seemslike it could be right, and it brought up a great many things that ended up having actual relevance in Re Mind.

[@sleepingwithink]

I also agree, you do a really good job with your videos!

[@ericrussell6065]

This aged very well.

[@BlaxeFrost-X]

I wasn't agreeing on the "two Brains" thing, but when you mentioned data riku, which was the journal itself having riku as its avatar... what if *The book of prophecies* being the origin of the world recreated in the datascape, is the second brain? Maybe the book uses brain and his avatar. Imagine Riku entering jiminny's journal and finding data riku

[@yangustavo2177]

Who's here now that X ended and we possibly have 2 brains? The best theory is from this channel

[@curry_dylan7762]

Literally the best KH ytuber. Im torn because I want frequent uploads BUT the quality more than makes up for the wait. Definitely way more interesting than the ones who ramble on until they hit 10 minutes 😂

[@TheSecretReports]

What is it like to write a script and post the video in the same day? I shall never know

[@nguyenquangdang3374]

This video aged like a fine wine. It's like Nomura watches this video before final of UX

[@chocobofan5750]

That darkness sprite is creeping me out so much xD

[@TheSecretReports]

It creeped me out making it LMAO, I shouldn't have given it a vague face

[@chocobofan5750]

@@TheSecretReports lol XD. Have you given any thought to using the cloaked figure holding the flower in the khux home screen as a stand in for darkness? I honestly can't wait till they reveal that mystery figure. it's been years!!

[@TheSecretReports]

@@chocobofan5750 While I'm absolutely open minded to other ideas, I personally still lowkey think it's Luxu. He definitely wears the black coat, and he's still alive and around during the time of UX, and he SHOULD return soon to talk to Maleficent soon if we're looking at his reports. But like I said, I'm open minded, I'm not at all willing to fight tooth and nail on who I think it is haha

[@chocobofan5750]

@@TheSecretReports I've always thought the figure looked kinda female, but that is a definite possibility. (Also thanks for the reply ^^ )

[@BlaxeFrost-X]

@EditorKyle what if... he's in strelitzia's nobody... she was torn heart from body so she's somewhere, right?

[@nah4437]

I feel like we’re missing another puzzle piece with this one. The fake Brain vs real Brain theory makes sense, along with darkness becoming Vanitas/having something to do with Vanitas. However, I don’t quite believe that Ava is fake Brain. My senses are telling me that there’s something else we’re missing, some other person we haven’t met or clue we weren’t given. I feel like Ava’s disappearance at the end of KH3 is a way to tell us that she might be a bit MIA for some of this. I dunno, I just feel like she shouldn’t be appearing in some of these places. Thinking is hard and my Brain hurts. I can’t formulate KH theories.

[@TheSecretReports]

I see you, I'm definitely open to a third person behind this. But I also think we shouldn't dismiss the way Xigbar talks about her in KH3's epilogue-- which, I need to be honest, may be about another event entirely that we don't know about yet.

[@kinoleogeo7998]

Let’s say Ava, who Luxu sees became the traitor allowed Darkness into her heart. Ava, being a powerful Foreteller, wrestled control away from this bodysnatcher sometime after Darkness started informing Maleficent of her fate. Having knowledge of what Darkness has been up to and realizing the degree of inevitably of the dandelions being sent to a data world with Darkness, decides to remedy fate by giving Brain a means to save them via the arc. But, Darkness was cunning, and devised a plan to seek a way into the next world. What if Darkness continued to body hop from Ava to Brain to Ventus to Vanitus which would explain the source of Vanitus’ power over the unversed, which is a construct of Darkness in many forms.

[@nah4437]

Gordon Valledor Ohhh! That makes so much sense!

[@treyw1822]

After the finale, looks like this theory is closer to home.

[@jerbear8884]

As for Xigbar/Luxu calling the virus the imposter could be a sign of misdirection that Luxu doesn't know and is making an incorrect assumption

[@TheSecretReports]

You'd think if Luxu wrote "this whole thing was supposed to be by the books." and "someone the Master did not choose" that the MoM would have walked Luxu through everything that should happen, and who he chose as all the Union Leaders. So it's just interesting that Luxu didn't write something like "One person has the Book when they're not supposed to, AND another isn't supposed to be here at all!!" All he mentions is the virus. 🤔

[@jerbear8884]

@@TheSecretReports it is interesting and I do agree with you that Luxu mentions the virus at all. I was trying to piggyback on it by saying what if there are things Luxu wasn't aware of which is why they aren't there

[@MayoChiii]

Tbh this woman deserves ALOT MORE ATTENTION from the kingdom hearts community, she creates detailed content with polished presentation that blows you away! I will support her patreon as soon as I can cause this is the creator we all should support!

[@nick-qb5wu]

fans: i think there are two brains nomura: there are now

[@SkyLightKey]

Yes Nut the scene wher luxu takes the Box from Mom and gets the keyblade and gets assigned his role takes place AFTER Union Cross wich takes placre after most of back Cover exept the scenes with luxu

[@BravestWarriorSubs]

14:13 Everytime Mel uploads a perfectly crafted video.

[@reidpattis9478]

This is honestly a pretty cool concept. The next saga is going to be quite the mind trip.

[@veronicanaumov2981]

@The Secret Reports We now know that Ventus is likely the traitor; but it’s still odd that Brain is so willing to read the book and yet says that he wants to read the book as little as possible. Something that popped into my mind while watching your “Ava is Darkness incognito” theory... What if Ventus is working along side Ava? Then Ava could still be darkness but the traitor among the new union leaders would be Ventus

[@MyKingofdiamonds]

It just occurred to me that both Brain’s and the Master’s Books have a page ripped out of them. Don’t think it means anything, but is an interesting piece of symmetry

[@TheLandiLodge]

I think my favorite part of your videos is not only how well thought-out and thought provoking they can be, but your editing style is both smooth and aesthetic, audibly and visually.

[@psych_zuki]

Welp, time to rewatch this video

[@Stopaskingwhyandjustreadit]

Well, time to watch this again.

[@anime549]

Ugh I need Nomura to drop more cutscenes NOW! I'm so invested in the UX story and this just makes me more hyped for what's to come!

[@meevil24]

We should be getting some soon

[@malikbell6978]

After the latest update, I think this fake Brain might be Luxu. Luxu tells the master he can't accept waiting for an answer which is why this fake Brain is quick to read the BOP. On top of that we see signs of him acting rude to Ventus kinda like how Xigbar/Braig acts in the series.

[@xDragonBallZx97]

Right on the munnyyyy

[@slateoffate9812]

The Brain virus was made by two siblings...

[@TheSecretReports]

If Brain has a hidden sibling like some soap opera I will absolutely shit myself omg

[@raechey3980]

Brain has a nobody or a heartless helping him.

[@WildcatDiana]

I think that the imposter identity will be Luxu's big mistake and advantage for Ava. Assuming the virus is multiple people (Ava, Brain, Ven, Luxord and Skuld, or even Yozora, fr example) Luxu knows there is an imposter, but does not know which of the children it is. He knows this by what the Master told him. He knows the traitor bears the sigil, and when Skuld (not confirmed but bear with me) becomes subject X, she literally bears and X as a name. So maybe during the post-BBS time, he thought it was her and that is why he interfered. But when he sees the effect Ven had on Sora, with the Roxas situation (another switcheroo) he starts to call Sora "traitor", referring to Ven inside him. And then, when he realizes Luxord knows more than what he should, he starts questioning if member X in the organization is the virus. All the while, Ava machinated for the virus to be multiple players in the masters game.

[@WildcatDiana]

@PeanutButter a lot of Xigbar's actions in Days and KH2 can have a double meaning with the knowledge he is Luxu. lines like "you dont look like half the hero the others were...". At the time you can assume he means the BBS trio. But he can also be talking about the dandelion leaders.

[@WildcatDiana]

Prodigy did videos on that, that are actually very cool

[@LuckiSir]

I had never thought of Data Riku being an integral part of the data daybreak town until you mentioned it. Ngl I completely forgot Recoded existed

[@TennelleFlowers]

Oooh, this is a really interesting theory. I wouldn't be surprised if some, if not most of your theory is correct. Of course, it's always hard to say with Kingdom Hearts, and who knows if there's just important information we're missing out on. I'm definitely convinced though that Ava is still around in UX and up to SOMETHING. It'll be interesting to see if we'll get to see Darkness merge with Ventus before the end of UX?

[@Thelo182]

this chanel is so amazing, you can see how much research goes in this vids. Wish it would get more attention from the fandom.

[@the_echoYT]

When I first saw this in my subscriptions, I was like "why would there be two Brains? That doesn't make sense." But... I'm kind of convinced now. Ava's continued absence in Uχ despite being such a critical character, to me, says that when she *does* appear, the entire story is going to undergo a huge shift in one way or another. Whether she's impersonating Brain, mucking around as Darkness, something else entirely, or a combination of all three, Ava's *definitely* up to something behind the scenes. We still haven't seen Luxu at all either, even though his Secret Reports confirmed he'll be around the pass No Name onto one of the Union Leaders. I think those two hold the key to what Union χ[Cross] is really all about. And speaking of Luxu, it's probably his presence that is making Ava move so secretly. She knows he's out there being the Master's eyes and ears, so of course she doesn't want them to see *her* acting against the Master's will. Also, this just occurred to me, but if Ava is impersonating one of the Leaders, then isn't it strange that Skuld was repeatedly referred to as being "just like Ava?" Skuld is the only one we haven't seen Ava recruit (bar Ventus obviously), and I've felt for a while that it was strange for Skuld to be shoulder-to-shoulder with Ephemera as Union Leaders, when in χ[chi] she chased after him endlessly to no avail.

[@hillaryslack2884]

Well I am still leaning towards Darkness being Ava. As for the line in Remind Vanitas says 'What I am is Darkness' not Who. And he is darkness an embodiment of it in fact. Darkness the character however doesn't act like Vanitas, as far as I can tell. Though now that you have explained this two Brain's theory it does seem that other Brain does act like Vanitas. At the same time if there are two Brains the real one has to know that the other is around if he isn't being taken over. After all if fake Brain was the one that went to the fake graveyard to meet the other new leaders then true Brain would at the very lest need to have some knowledge of meeting the other leaders for the first time. In some ways the idea that there are two Brains makes a lot of sense. Brain has always been a character that seemed a bit off, as though the watchers couldn't get a good read on what his personality was. Also his reading the Book in front of the others was always off I have been trying to tell myself that it wasn't really the Book just something that looks like it but your idea makes a lot more sense. Even more so when later it seems as though Brain is opening the book for the first time when he looks for the memo. An important question that is still around is Who killed Stralitzia and Why did they give the rule book to Ventus? In my search for the answers I came across a interesting idea. Stralitzia never hears the bell that tells everyone the war is about to start. She also sees Ava the day before she dies. Yet Skud, Ephemar, and Brain all seem to agree that no one has seen Ava for days if not weeks before the bell rings. To me this says that Stralitzia may not have been killed on that day at all. The only reason I can think of for this not to be the case is what Elrena's Chirithy says about when they saw Stralitzia's chirithy last. This doesn't really say who killed her and it is true that the bell may have rang of screen at some point but it is something interesting I wished to share. Ava, Vanitas, Darkness, are all people that could be the person. I have played with all of them and some others including Gula, and Luxu to see if they fit. However if fake Brain is real then I don't think he would be the killer. After all why make Ventus a Union Leader if your going to use Brain's likeness? That really is the problem why did someone want Ventus to be a leader so bad that they killed a sweetie like Stralitzia, then most likely give Ventus some of her memories. Ventus when he first appears says that he didn't have friends before for basically the same reasons that Stralitzia give. He also says that Ava give him his rule book in the same place that she give Stralitzia's hers which is way I think Ventus had some of her memories. Still what is it about Ventus that makes him the better puppet leader then Stralitzia? Anyway your theories are always well thought out. I was never really sure why Brain sometimes seemed like a very nice person like the rest of the leaders and other times kind of felt off. You where able a way to make it work even if their are many questions on how this is working, if Brain knows, or if Brain is just a two faced shady character and we are looking too deep into it. Keep up the good work.

[@xrubyxlightx]

Well done! Currently, I believe that Strel's killer+Darkness+the impostor are all just Ava because the recent update showed that we were overthinking and all the info is already in the story lol. The red flag for Ven not being on the list was simply his comment on not talking much with Ava. As for why Ava would be calling herself Darkness, I think it's because she's full of Guilt. I don't think it's Vanitas because he hasn't said anything yet, in the games or novels, that shows he knows about the BoP. Instead, I think he's similar to the Nightmare chirithy: a being created from accumulated darkness.

[@TheSecretReports]

I absolutely agree with you on the Vanitas subject. I feel like the theory has a lot of holes that Nomura's really going to have to bend over backwards to explain. ReMind seems to imply it a lot, but that doesn't mean it's answering any questions or resolving any contradictions the theory has. And I never connected Ava to Guilt, that's super fascinating. We know that Nightmare Chirithy belongs to Player, but I still never considered the idea of Guilt affecting anyone else! I'll keep that in mind :O

[@bluecheckmiya]

I thought about this video when watching the Union X ending had to come revisit

[@shadowwriter4538]

Brain could have multiple personality disorder, or the equivalent of that in this world. We don't know who the original is and what they person knows and the other one is just going along with everythin witout knowing what the main personality is doing, if that makes any sense.

[@Orto-jj2di]

Reporter you did your job well with this video I'll admit. Which made me think if Vanitas, darkness and fake brain are the same. Kh3 Vanitas did say he was in Ven for a really long time

[@faizalamirbashiira4565]

And by the ending of UX..this one right here have already seen the future

[@Yroxcruk666]

A few things i think its worth pointing out. On the "Ava is Darkness" theory, you did mention a lot that Luxu/Xigbar made a difference between "Mission" and "Role", meaning that both of them are different things, however, this could also be a mistranslation, the KH series is known for having a good amount of mistranslations and KH3 is no different, specially considering how in Back Cover they do bring up both the term "Light" and "Lux" when they are literally the same thing (in fact, im fairly certain that both terms are even brought up on the very same cutscene when they are meaning the exact same thing, but not 100% sure in this bit), so Luxu saying both Mission and Role on the same cutscene, meaning the exact same thing, is not farfetched. But, what would change if Mission and Role meant the same thing? Well, Ava's role was to create the Dandelions group, make them survive the war and then let them rebuild the worlds, thanks to Kairi's Grandma's story, we know that the Dandelions were successfull, so, if by some reason Luxu managed to get a grasp out of Ava's role (which isn't hard to imagine considering she didn't kept it a secret at all) he would know at what point Ava would fulfill her role, the very fact Luxu managed to keep doing his role is the proof Ava succeded. Now, for this theory itself, its okay to have some gaps on the theory considering that KHUX still hasn't ended, this story arc will probably end before Dark Road is released, regardless, there are things that we dont know yet, and that much is a given, but theres also one thing that we do know thanks to KH3's reports, Luxu gave the No Name keyblade to one of the 5 union leaders, if we compare them to Xehanort, he probably got the keyblade the moment he became a master, specially considering how at the very begining of KH3 it does kinda hint how at the moment Xehanort becomes a master, he will get that keyblade, but not before, if we follow this train of thought, then the moment one of the 5, regardless of who they are, gets the No Name keyblade, not only could they officially become a master but could potentially have the means of activating the Ark, which invalidates the need of the Fake Brain being Ava or the need of Ava being there. As a side note, its also important to mention that Ven clearly remembers speaking with Ava and her chosing him to be a leader, this could mean 3 potential things: - Ven is lying because he knows he is getting caught. - Someone altered Ven's memories and he truly remembers that despite it never happening (akin to what happened to Sora in CoM) - Ven actually talked with Ava, but wether this is the real Ava or someone pretending to be her, is unknown. And depending on the answer, it could change things a lot, specially considering how theres a real chance of Ven being the imposter without him even knowing that (while theres also the chance of him actually killing Strelitzia for the sole reason of becoming a leader) Regardless of that, this theory was well put together, but there are things (like the ones i brought before) that dont really convince me.

[@laith9989]

Do you think that “Darkness” was the voice from the station of awakening this whole time? I think what spoke to Sora in ReMind was a form of Darkness being from the start of the key-blade war, which MoM mentions. Vanitas in my opinion is another one of those beings.

[@TheSecretReports]

Ooh the idea of Darkness always being the voice is interesting! It WOULD imply they also have a connection to Sora (perhaps VIA ventus) since that voice has commented in Sora's SoA since KH1. EDIT: Which who knows, maybe that's Nomura eventually explaining Sora fighting that one Darkside. And in all honesty, I think Vanitas being the same "species" as Darkness makes more sense then Vanitas BEING the same exact person as Maleficent. ReMind makes it seem liek they're the same but honestly... it just creates so many holes, contradictions, and complications that I hope either 1. it's not the case after all or 2. Nomura knows what he's doing and has a perfect explanation answering all the questions I will have if it ends up being true LOL

[@TuhinNahid]

Outstanding work yet again. I find myself wondering though, is Nomura trying to send us a message all this time? It's as if he wants us to think "outside the box". Not inside. I want to say pun unintended, but I feel like this may also correlate to the contents of the box.

[@Zero-vu8se]

Well now with the Union cross Update... I think there are

[@Danny64]

My fav KH theorist

[@Halo15God]

Thank you for taking the time to make this video. Its been a blessing. Thank you, wayfinder.

[@Anaxisca]

It's definitely a interesting idea for sure. Depending on the next future events,this might explain a little bit about Vanitas origin story. It also might introduce a key factor for next Kingdom hearts storyline. Eather way only time will tell. 😉 As for me I think Ava it's Darkness itself but with Brain adding on the picture it can make a strong connection to her. A amazing video as always. Definitely looking for next one. 😉

[@Aether776]

Ava is not Darkness? That's a shame, would've been cool a revenge kinda of story with Ava, another theory that was probably better than canon.

[@TheSecretReports]

We don't know for sure, all ReMind seems to imply is that Vanitas and Darkness may be connected ( which doesn't necessarily exclude Ava from the picture, it's possible both characters can be connected to Darkness ). But Darkness's true origin is yet to be revealed.

[@hotperson]

love your videos per usual but that non ava darkness sprite is semi terrifying

[@Dreq458]

1:45 oh thank you, thank you, -thank you- for editing out the fluff. I am sick and tired of youtubers playing entire scenes or long snippets at best just to pad out the video length. the parts of interest don't span the entire clip! It's a small thing in the grand scheme of things, but still I cannot thank you enough. Tis a forgotten courtesy.

[@TheSecretReports]

I watch my old videos and I'm like "this cutscene is way too long, why did I include this part of the dialogue" LMAO

[@Vexilor]

This channel has some of the most in-depth, consistent and coherent analyses of deep KH lore I've ever seen. I'm sad I didn't discover this sooner! In terms of this theory, I always assumed Brain was putting up a front in cinematic cutscenes to distract the player from who might've actually replaced Strelitzia, and then as we the players begin to learn more on what's going on, Brain is starting to show his true intentions.

[@TheRecklessGamerINC]

Honestly though you’re definitely the hottest KH youtuber right now I love how you convey your ideas, and love the evidence you use to support your theories, it’s practically canon lol

[@sonofashoopuf8681]

Just re-watched this and the first thing i notice is that Ava is not darkness, and she is also not the traitor. But it seems that there are 2 brains, or something weird is going on. I love all these videos, you and Sonny Novus are incredible and with FF7R and it's deep secrets with a ton of story and lore behind them (that we have yet to discover) it just proves Nomura's absolute genius writing techniques. It's clear a ton of work goes into your videos and i hope you keep it up. Sidenote: did you delete your reaction to the UX ending?

[@Shadowthiefx]

MoM does say during the war that he was in, darkness took the form of there comrades, so this theory actually makes some good bit of sense.

[@firyalioliviamt]

So mind-blowing! 🤯 You mentioned many points & details I missed out! And How he contradicts himself! This is the first time I see this pointed out! You did a great job!

[@philgaimz9847]

My biggest question about this is why and how the switch back to real brain happened, and where real Brain was the whole time

[@TheSecretReports]

I had only thought of this like after publishing the video, but it's possible he was in the control room for a majority of the time. It would explain how he's up to date on all the information happening-- cause he can see it on the monitors. However, you'd think Brain would bring up the fact that he would see a doppelganger on the screen. So clearly, the theory still has pieces to work out LOL

[@philgaimz9847]

@@TheSecretReports I guess that would make sense if he was in league with the fake version of himself, but that still leaves the question why they would switch back to the real brain at that moment (which I'm guessing would be answered if this were revealed to be true)

[@gatst7680]

I think Darkness and Fake Brain are likely the same person, who's sole goal is getting the new leaders to the future by using maleficent

[@TheMasterofMasters1]

gatst7680; I, Ray Chase,hereby grant you my title: The Master of Masters. 🎊CONGRATULATIONS! 🎊 Also, your assumption is correct.

[@GreenRequiem]

Absolutely outstanding video. Your presentation of the evidence presented in UX so far about Brain's character contradictions and how he relates to Ava's role is incredibly fun to think about

[@lordhokage7181]

@The Secret Reports After viewing the final update, I'd say you were right about some things, but maybe wrong about others. Spoilers ahead. Read at your own risk: You theory seems extremely possible now with the reveal that Luxu looks like Brain, somehow. Just replace Ava with Luxu and everything point you made in the video can still apply.

[@Aether776]

congratulations on getting this (apparently) right

[@mindlessdrawing3336]

Once again you make another great video, like some people have already said your channel is the best KH channel focused on theories and analysis 👏👏 About what you comment in the minute 5:52, I think I know why Ava would read again the Book based on what Fake Brain does when the Union leaders enter the Foretellers's room for the first time. When Fake Brain starts reading the Book, he quickly finds the page about Spirits and immediately decides to show it to the other leaders. And what's shadier is that he picks up a few tools from the room and sends 3 of the leaders on a mission to collect the materials needed to create those Spirits. The real Brain trusts Ava and promised her to read the Book as little as posible, so why he didn't hesitate about whether it's convenient to show that page or not? Why isn't he confused when he finds it and why does he perfectly know what to do to create them? This for me definitely supports your theory about Fake Brain being Ava. When the Master introduces the first Chirithy he made (a.k.a Player's Chirithy) to the Foretellers in Back Cover, none of the Foretellers knew what a Chirithy was. In fact, Gula asks: "Spirit?" when the Master refers to it as a "Spirit Chirithy" Now that I've watched your video I've realized that this could mean that in that specific moment in the KH timeline the Foretellers may not have received their copies of the Book yet and that this could be the reason why they don't know what a Chirithy is. Moreover, Fake Brain says that Spirits can consume nightmares. In KH X (Chi) and Unchained X, Ava requested Player's Chirithy to protect him/her from nightmares so that "the wind can carry him/her far away" (a reference to the Dandelions) and in the same conversation she explained that Player is getting closer to the realm where Ephemer is because he/she got in touch with Ephemer through a dream. Ava claimed that the world the Dandelions will travel to is a "world made of dreams" and in the aforementioned scene from BC, we can see the Dream Eaters's symbol on the back of this Chirithy, all these hints plus the fact that 5 years have gone by since the Keyblade War happened and despite that no one has aged point to what people already knew about the possibility that the Dandelions are in the Realm of Sleep (since real time doesn't flow in this realm according to Yen Sid) P.S: LOL, I'm so sorry for writing this long explanation but I thought it was necessary to explain some stuff for anyone who isn't up-to-date with the story

[@sagacious03]

Really interesting! I can't say I feel smart enough to say anything other than "Let's wait & see", but I'm still super glad you uploaded this! I guess there is the question of if Brain's differences were just some kind of early installment weirdness or inconsistent writing, but I doubt it.

[@fanart13]

A thought related to the Dandelions and Org XIII: So, Marluxia/Lauriam has the element of Death because his sister is the first chronological death we have in the series, so far. Since Luxord's element is Time, yet never uses it beyond health gimmicks, it would be safe to assume that he's a character related to the ark or someone we've never seen who's beyond/outside the "time" that we are familiar with.

[@urbatin9355]

- gets on youtube to watch some random videos, sees TSR posted Me: It's gonna be a good day. About the character contradiction 2 and Ava rereading the book of prophecies. Ava rereading the book isn't weird. For example I'm a nerd and avid reader, I play DnD and love to read books but theres a difference between reading works of fiction and reading source materials. I could reread the Dresden files for the 5th time OR I could reread sections of the Dungeons and Dragons player's hand book for the 200th time to make sure I have the best character options available. The book of prophecies is effectively source material for the KH world. In regards to the scene 911 - we're dealing with things as complex as fate and destiny vs time. If you read the BoP, you know the future and can act accordingly to change it BUT if you do then the BoP changes because time changed. Thats the paradox. It's in part why the Master of Masters didn't give Luxu a copy. Now lets go back to that scene. If thats not the real Brain in that room, but an imposter - they wont know the exact actions Brain would have taken if he was there because only Brain knows what Brain would do. Unless of course the imposter has some kind of script of how events played out there, like the BoP. Ava is reading the BoP there to make sure she understands what she has to do to not create a paradox. So I don't see Ava rereading the book as an issue, Ava wants to make sure she understands the future, and her rereading it is actually more on realistic.

[@TheSecretReports]

Urbatin S You know what, this makes a lot of sense! It even goes back to the recent flashback shown of Ava and Brain talking about the Book, and what happens if they defy what’s written inside-would it create a paradox? would it rewrite itself? I never thought of the possibility that Ava was checking to see if it worked. That may also be why she, if she’s the the virus, said “This world is heading for destruction, rewriting the Dandelions’ memories didn’t change that.” because she looked to see if she changed the book. Thanks for the thought!!

[@mackeym10]

Operation expectation one “Yeah it seems that someone has pulled the old switcheroo. One of the five is an imposter someone the master did not choose. They represent darkness in the program he so carefully wrote.

[@izvnvgi]

Here's a theory based on zero fact: What if Ava and the others escaped to Yozoras worldline. And the "Stella" of that world is Ava. Ava's face has never been revealed and we know her color is pink. Well seen by the verum Rex trailer, "Stella" has pink hair.

[@mackeym10]

8:54 Maybe all those questions were ways to waiver their souls which once you waiver your soul or trust or believe in others then darkness has a easier way to get in and maybe you have to be susceptible to darkness before getting switched out with the main book of prophecies

[@Rivarham]

I think there's only one Brain. Ava could gave him the task of test them as she had the idea of rewrite the events the Master predicted. Remembering Case of Ava, she had the role to gather the Dandelions to get more Lux. Player and Ephemer were tested once by Ava, meaning she could have make the decision of going against the Master prophecies way before. If the events are meant to repeat itself, nothing stops the plot of making a Nobody, Data or even an Unversed of Brain before, but the one that did get that treatment was Ventus (having Vanitas being made of the darkness he had deep within) and i think Vanitas could potentially be Darkness, as he wasn't on the list, it could come from the future and also ,in ReMind, Dakness talked to Sora when he went to help Ven. With the Ark, we could imply (although not treat it fully as a fact with how little details he have) that there's no need for being a keyblade master to use it. Maleficent ended up returning on KHII with "another mindset" after she saw what was the past. The Ark could have potentially be built by Ava (as of what Luxu said), meaning those from that world could return. Memories of Ephemer, Skuld, Ventus, Lauriam and Elrena are on "Sora's timeline" (to call it someway), but none remembers Brain by name.

[@Dreq458]

4:48 assuming that book is the BoP. it could've just been a reused asset. all we know is that it had recipes for dream eaters.

[@LezardNeos]

There's other books in the game data, also I don't think they will willingly reuse an asset this important. Mistakenly used, perhaps, but highly unlikely.

[@Dreq458]

@@LezardNeos fine. then why didn't anyone question why the BoP was just there? thats sometging that should be sibgled out and referred to by name. instead, they treated it as just another thing they probably shouldn't rifle through.

[@LezardNeos]

@@Dreq458 I wish I know. Maybe all books in the tower look the same (?) I've been asking myself about it ever since they released the scene. All I can say is that's not a minor detail, there's at least another book related instance in the game and the book is different so why spark confusion using a the BoP as a placeholder?

[@Dreq458]

@@LezardNeos beats me. I know as much as the next guy.

[@friendlyandroid]

This is awesome! It opens a whole new batch of questions but in my book that's a good thing.

[@mackeym10]

860 “ I am going to become darkness and overall write the program that is this world‘s future”if being the virus means giving himself up to darkness or become The embodiment of darkness. Which now that I think about it makes him very similar to sora when he gave his body up for Karie.

[@Xamllew300]

I have no way of backing this up, but a thought occurred to me. What if Luxu split Brain into a human Heartless and Nobody. We have only seen an example of a human Heartless with Ansem SOD and we do not know the requirements for having a human heartless. However, Luxu saying to Brain, What if you could lead two lives, makes me think about how Xehanort lead 2 lives using his Heartless and Nobody

[@MyKingofdiamonds]

Brain is definitely a confusing one. I’d say that there is just one Brain and he’s just a weird dude, but even the Character Files page for him has two different images of Brain.

[@arnistle]

Oh my gosh why are you so good at thiiiiiiiiissss?! These videos are amazing. I'm going to have to re-watch all of them in five years to see how all of your theories panned out!

[@VenTimes]

First of all, my greatest congratulations for all the work you put in every video you release, it's a pleasure to watch them. Second of all, due to the release of the lastest actualization, couldn't it be that Brain's impersonator is another darkness? Darkness implies that there are plenty of them so, why wouldn't be many impersonators among the leaders at times we don't know? I'm so hyped for your next videos and the conclusion of all Ux story... Thanks again for all the effort you put in all your videos!!! :D

[@johanstenfelt1206]

Hm, how very interesting, I wonder if Missing Link will clarify? Guess we’ll see.

[@mulduls]

I’ve actually been wondering if Brain was the first guise Luxu adopted to watch over the world and his Keyblade. The timeline may have been something along the lines of this, except the real Brain was present until he went to the control room, then while he was alone up there, Luxu ambushed him and did a Terranort. From then on, it’s been Brain on the outside, but Luxu on the inside, posing as Brain and making sure things go according to his plan.

[@Andrew-wl3hn]

Amazing as always!! You pose an excellent theory, though I think it’s kinda a stretch that Ava is brain. The only instance were I could see this being true is Brain “testing” them like you said. WE WANT ANSWERS NOMURA!

[@nickh3205]

As brain is secretly a luxu vessel

[@Stopaskingwhyandjustreadit]

...

[@nickh3205]

Lol

[@mackeym10]

7:15 Maybe because I have ava and him are darkness. When he reference those doubts maybe darkness is using the doubt of brain to the advantage of darkness.

[@mackeym10]

9:53 “Darkness has begun a strange undertaking: A reckless clock to allow the five to escape into another worldline. Shirley such a thing can’t be possible? We are talking about the same trick that allows the density lines to transfer to other world line after the Chi blade war. But these children are no masters they haven’t the means unless maleficent knows more than I do.” Is it possible that darkness use Ava to talk to maleficent to a while the bases of someone remembering everyone from that timeline to be able to come back. Which would make sense why all those guys and the box came back Right at that moment when maleficent and Pete showed up to the key blade graveyard

[@Bedeltolin]

Hmmm... I think it makes sense for Ava to hurry to read the book. They (Ava and Brain) discussed about how the changed future may change what's written in the BOP. So if this is right, she should read the "new" book as fast as she can so she can see what happends now. It would also make sense if she also is darkness, since Ava might have see something strange in the book, and then decide to go as Darkness (falling into "the abyss" in desperation" in order to change things again and save all the children. I may be looking too far into it, but it still makes sense for me with your axioms.

[@Kevdaillest]

Can really start to feel your personality and passion more and more as you upload videos, was here when you uploaded your 1st vid and really hyped to see more 😅. Fantastic job!

[@TheSecretReports]

asdlkfjasdf IT'S TRUE. Recording is actually my least favorite part, but I've decided to break up recording into different sessions and it makes it MUCH more bearable

[@Crystalis178]

A sound theory. Keep up the great work! I love tuning in to your channel!

[@brycelemieux8013]

What if Darkness isn't Ava per say? What I mean is, what if darkness is the darkness in Avas heart that took over her body and forced her to kill Streletzia, make people think its Ven, help Maleficent, and maybe even help Brain overthrow the MoM? What if, and this is a huge leap, darkness chose Ven as a vessel, trapping Ava within Ven, then when Xehanort separated the darkness in Vens heart, it wasn't actually Vens darkness he took, but Avas. And now Ava is trapped within Vens heart. I know this theory doesnt have much in the way of evidence, but it could possibly make a bit of sense. Maybe Avas role WAS to become darkness and cause these events so that Ven would make it to the future to give Sora the ability to wield the keyblade, destroy the wayfinder trio, and help defeat Xehanort, all so that Sora would abuse the power of waking, end up "dying" (going to Shabuya (possible reapers game? Idk)), and meeting the MoM only to learn that the MoM is Sora who discovered how to travel back in time BEFORE he existed (remember, time travel in kingdom hearts only works if a version of you existed in that time, but maybe there's a way to bypass that entirely?), and in order to not create a paradox, writes the book of propheciees, gives the fortellers their roles, and ensures the future plays out as it should? Tl;dr, Ava is Darkness (who is Vanitas), inside of Vens heart, and is the most important member of the fortellers because her role ensures the groups that exist come to be

[@cadr003]

I definitely am leaning with Fake Brain is Darkness. No clue at all about where Ava fits in this.

[@brunosnowsilva]

I love watching your videos, it so well made. It's incredible.

[@Zero-vu8se]

Luxu looks like brain

[@cristysahagun7770]

This aged amazing!!! 👏😮 wow

[@solidussly7]

I'm totally for fake Brain being Darkness and also Vanitas.

[@crystaltriforce64]

it would make sense that if ava was posing as brain that she was reading the book as soon as finding it on the desk because she was checking to see if there was any difference in the master of master's copy of the book is different then the one she had

[@moscowfreak795]

Splendid as ever!

[@captainvalourous6668]

Please dont tell me you have the MoM's all seeing eye 🤣

[@yuuily]

Another Brain.. Nomura playing with our brains. D:

[@LordTurban]

Actually, this theory makes a lot of sense, considering the behavior of Brain and the contradictions, but still, he could still be playing a bluff on the other Leaders, to see if he can get more information, but certainly, Brain reading the Master of Masters' Book of Prophecies could be Darkness in disguise. Either way, if we recall Kingdom Hearts III, we still have 2 other Keyblade Wielders that haven't appeared yet in Union Cross time period: Luxord and Demyx's Human Forms; Marluxia and Larxane seems to not remember everything from their past, but they knew each other, but it seems that they didn't knew either Luxord or Demyx's back then, and it seems, as Xemnas told them, they where choose because of the secret of the Keyblade they have, so, maybe and perhaps, at least Luxord, may have an important role in all of this (Marluxia is a Leader an Elrana is a Dandelion, is not a crazy thing to think that both Luxord and Demyx where involved in something important).

[@CeeSekta2130]

ava uses the ark an gets transported to the verum rex world an tries to get yozora to save sora to try an break the timeline an confront MoM

[@789syrus789]

Man, I just wanna sit down with you and talk about these things! One of my main topics is about Roxas, Xemnas, and the Nobodies in general.

[@TheSecretReports]

I definitely want to make a video about nobodies in the future! Unfortunately though that may not be for some time since I have a handful of videos planned in a queue haha!

[@oscaer9618]

Oof this has made me think so much I got a headache! Great great job putting this together ❤

[@Vexx109]

I think Kingdom Hearts as whole is really good with creating misdirection. I do want to mention that the copy of the Book of Prophecies in the masters chamber could have honestly been the MoM's copy or Ava's copy. I think Brain ripping out that page in the book helps to separate his copy of the book from the one currently in the chamber. Plus i think early on...Brain didnt want to reveal that he was given a copy of book until the time was right....hence why he didnt use his book or reveal he was given the book. Its really clever i think. I dont think Brain is darkness or there is a fake. Plus I dont think we have heard the entire conversation Ava had with Brain just yet. I think the next story update will tell us that Brain knew what was coming because he read the book or because Ava told him what was coming.

[@mackeym10]

Cook the book of prophecies be a book of darkness that allows people to fall to darkness when bred to a certain degree. Maybe it’s a portal to darkness and it allows somebody to switch bodies with darkness.

[@Spencisms]

So I could be completely wrong on this, but I always thought The Master knew that Strelezia would be killed and Ventus would take her place. I mean, his keyblade literally witnessed itself pulling the darkness out of him to make Vanitas millenia later. Seems weird to me that he could see the future and not be like "huh, this guy has the exact name and appearance as someone here in Daybreak Town. Weird." I just always thought that The Master PRETENDED not to know so the "blame" could be shifted to Ventus and distract people (like Luxu) from the real imposter. This is why Luxu, who also seemingly knows everything The Master does, refers to the one imposter as "the virus" which is exactly what Brain calls himself. The Master knew Ventus would steal a spot, but didn't know who Ava would replace or if she even would (or if he did, kept it to himself to leave Luxu and Ava in the dark). This would mean that there are technically 2 Dandelion Union Leaders that never made it. Streletzia, who got replaced by Ventus, and an unknown character who got replaced by Brain.

[@faison514]

I'm glad I subscribed to this channel. I love how you present your theories. I'll admit I'm not the biggest fan of kh theory vids but I do enjoy UnionX theories because they make me care more about UnionX than usual. I'd say your videos do that and then some

[@amirj5232]

Well yes, but also no

[@MiloKuroshiro]

I think that Ava is dead tho. The way Luxu talks about her sounds like she had to die/sacrifice herself to get her role accomplished. And your inconsistencies on Brain can easily be explained as retcons and bad writing. They're just too small of details to be considered something. They're mostly details that just got forgotten as the team developed content

[@TheSecretReports]

Then why did Luxu say "I guess Ava didn't make it after all." If Luxu knew Ava was dead, he would have said so upfront. But he wasn't sure, meaning there's a chance. And I think people forget that UX's story was planned out before it even released. In 2014 Coded's secret ending teased that Xigbar was Luxu. And 2015 KH3's teaser implied a connection between Eraqus and the Lost Masters. And in my first video, I was able to accurately predict that Ava 1. has a close friendship with Brain, and 2. Went out of her way to defy her role. This isn't because I'm good at pulling things out of thin air, it's because Nomura writes ahead much better then people give him credit for. edit: If you watch my video on Luxu using the Power of Waking to revive the Foretellers, it explains how Luxu using summoning time travel to bring the Foretellers forth is not a power we have ever seen yet, and it also wouldn't explain why he didn't summon Ava as well assuming she was in the same situation as the other four Foretellers. But what *would* make sense is if all the Foretellers died except for Ava, which is why Luxu couldn't revive her to summon her like he did with the others.

[@victorbasurto6592]

This could also explain when Luxu passes down the No Name Keyblade to one of the Union leaders giving it to the real Brain instead of the virus. It's pretty close to say that Brain is the one who is the successor that will rebuild the world as Scala Ad Caelum and have the Keyblade passed down to him and if that's true why would Luxu give the Keyblade to him if he is known as the imposter to Luxu? This theory makes sense if Brain was truly the one who got the Keyblade from Luxu. Luxu must know which Union leader he wants to pass the Keyblade onto and it definitely wouldn't be an "imposter" or the virus.

[@TheSecretReports]

That's a great point Victor!! It never made sense to me on why Luxu would give the Keyblade to Brain if he was the impostor-- cause it definitely seems to be Brain who's Eraqus's ancestor, and it seems to be Eraqus's lineage who got No Name. I didn't even think of how this theory could play into this LOL. Thanks for the thought!

[@cesarquint256]

So... Did ava snap and pulled some mom moves for good and for Bad? Also darkness surely has a relation with ava imo the cuestion is from where it comes... In the keyblade war there we're no darkness we see (or heartless) but maybe they or it was there. I'm imaginig a situation at the end of the war we're all are dead except ava and the true darkness came to talk to her or something like that. Cool video. I cant get from my head the "false light" mom speaks about in remind, any ideas?