*UPDATED THOUGHTS / FAQ -* August 5, 2021 *Brain being larger in the Graveyard than in Scala -* The sprite at 0:35 is Brain's legit proportions. The right sprite at 4:48 is NOT real, it's photoshopped to visualize Luxu having the same face as Brain. In _Destinations_ when Brain first walks on screen, his sprite is the same exact sprite as Luxu's, and I suspect this was because the crew was short on time and could not draw/animate Brain's sprite. After Brain's hood is removed, his whole body is smaller with different proportions from Luxu's sprite. *Inconsistencies between **_Destinations_** and BC's Case of Luxu -* Many think these are two different scenes since they're different in English. However, IMO, it's a mistranslation because the original Japanese quote is the same-So I believe both scenes are of Brain in the desert. As for Luxu's VA saying the line in BC, Riku's VAs (both Japanese and English) were hired to voice Young Xehanort's line in BbS's prologue, so I think the same thing is happening here. *CORRECTION @ **6:05** -* Those corridors appear throughout BbS, thanks to all who corrected me! @roxasthatastick on Twitter pointed out that instead, Brain may have worn the coat to protect himself from the beings of Darkness. *The lifeboat in Hollow Bastion -* I decided to leave out when Apprentice Xehanort implied to Kairi that she could possibly cross over into Unreality. So I think that further supports the lifeboats' pods capability of crossing over from Reality to Unreality, and vice versa. @roxasthatastick on Twitter also pointed out that Kairi lost her memories when arriving to Destiny Islands possibly because she didn't have a medium. Which could support the idea that mediums are indeed _lifeboat_ specific, rather than related to time travel. It's also interesting to note that neither Daybreak Town nor Hollow Bastion completely fell to darkness (or else they would be in the Realm of Darkness or the End of the World) nor fell asleep, and both of these worlds have lifeboats. That might mean something more, or just be a coincidence.
@Hex It should have been pinned :/ For some reason, I noticed my pinned comments often become unpinned without anything triggering it... It's annoying 😫 thank you for letting me know it wasn't pinned.
I thought it was expressed in Union Cross that MoM is also following the specifics of medium and memory since that's what's needed to be whole after being a heart that can traverse time as Young Xehanort did, as Sora did. And what MoM used to always be able to travel in time without a problem is the fact that he can travel to wherever point in time that his eyes has seen and has been recorded in the book, the book is his boat. That's what I understood I guess. Also, it didn't end clear to me in this video what timeline are you proposing for Brain. Did he arrive first at the dessert, put the box in the tear and then took his heart out to reach Scala ad caelum? Then what happened to the keyblade? I suppose you could say a keyblade stays with the heart since Apprentice Xehanort could invoke the Master Xehanort keyblade, but I wanted confirmation to your proposed Brain timeline.
@@phonesjuda7318 I'm pretty sure the game is trying to clarify that Young Xehanort being able to "Transcend time and space" is a very unique and powerful way to time travel, but even still is a way of time traveling that has limits-- because Young Xehanort still needs a vessel in KH3. In fact, everyone needed vessels in DDD as well, that's why they all faded away at the end with MX saying "We are out of time." because that method of time travel without vessels wasn't permanent. This is also talked about in Vexen's reports in KH3, and Xehanort Xigbar and Saix's meeting in Re:Mind's prologue. This differs from mediums because mediums are objects that RESTORE your body permanently. They are NOT vessels that act as a body for a heart to enter. That's what I tried to briefly mention at 10:47. That is why Young Xehanort's method of time travel (and possibly Sora by extension) is different to the Master of Masters. And my apologies for not being clear. According to this theory: Brain left with the box and No Name to the desert. While there, Brain entered Unreality with the box and No Name. While in Unreality, Brain with No Name used a lifeboat there to not only travel forward in time, but travel back into Reality and into that gothic version of Scala ad Caelum. That's why No Name is seen on the mantle years later, because Brain is implied to be Eraqus's grandfather/ancestor. The box however, did not leave with Brain, but rather remained in Unreality until decades/generations later when the Tear in Time occurred in KH3. So yes, essentially I believe the Keyblade remained with Brain's heart.
I absolutely relate though and I have this to say: CULTIVATE THE FEELING!!! I have to be determined otherwise my ugly envy of other people's skills like... consumes me...
Smart conclusion is that yes she does a very good job with her editing in her presentation yada yada yada, however I would not say that it's any better or worse than somebody else doing it, so much as that it's just her style to do this the way that she did. And it works. So tldr yeah it's a great video but I wouldn't say it's like the best ever.
Okay so, theory aside, the quality of this video is inspiring. Too many people just throw on a camera and talk, not that there's anything wrong with doing that, heck I do it too. But this quality is a level I deeply aspire to. Great video, great points, bloody marvellous
love these theory crafting videos. the initial shock of "player is Xehanort" would leave many to believe Xigbar, Brain, and Luxu are all the same person. But its only hinted, not directly stated, so all these alternate theories hold just as much water
AEBA I almost cut that part out but I added the shitty trumpet (from Tarzan's Trashing the Camp) and it made me giggle so much I was like "I'll keep it, I'll keep it"
A much simpler though also rougher explanation: Luxu _did_ possess Brain, donning his own cloak and Key Blade plus the box. Since we know that people in the old, unified Realm of Light disappeared after their heart left their body (for reference, see poor Strelitzia and the fallen of Keyblade War 1), it would also answer the question of why Ephemer doesn't see a body lying about. Now, the important part is that Luxu putting his heart in Brain is like Aqua putting Ventus' heart in Sora, not like what Xehanort did to Terra. That way, Brain can use a corridor since he would be wearing Luxu's coat. Then, Luxu finds another suitable vessel and puts his heart into it, leaving Brain in his own body. Luxu could then send Brain into the future by other means, now having access to his hat as a medium which he could have given Ephemer (or his successor). The obvious hole here is that why didn't Luxu know where the box was. A weak explanation, admittedly, but much how Sora had to fight Roxas' heart inside himself to see who would get to control their body, I think Luxu might have deliberately taken a back seat for Brain to do whatever he wanted (the offer of more life-time) and when convenient emerged. Just a crack idea.
Always love your videos, they're just so well done! It also so fascinating how much theorizing can be done about The MoM and Unreality from so little, I also believe there's an Ark/Lifeboat in Unreality, but hadn't thought about the MoM using for Time Travel as opposed to crossing realities.
Your editing is amazing! I usually just listen to theories and open another tab to do stuff, but I watch these because they’re so appealing to look at!
I appreciate that you only upload when you actually have something substantial to talk about. Idk how some people can do a video essay a day on a series that has 1 release every 2 years on a regular basis.
This video got me thinking, maybe the mediums to revive all of the union leaders were inside the box, hence why luxu is able to bring all of them back at the end of kh3?
If that's the case, it'll be interesting to see what their mediums are! I would have assumed their mediums would be their masks or something, but they're already wearing them when they arrive so... idk it'll be interesting to see!
@@TheSecretReports I feel like the answer for whats in the box is simple. Its the book of prophecies which acted as the medium to revive the foretellers. The reason Ava didnt get revived is because she fulfilled her role by raising the dandelions and passed down her copy of the book to Brain.
Ryuumaster1 That just doesnt make sense to me though. Why would the box be so big and heavy if it just contained the book? Why would that, in a writing sense, be hidden from the audience if its so anti-climactic?
this is by far one of thee best theory crafted videos i’ve seen, and the editing / visuals are truly next level! splendid job on this 👏🏻 definitely slapped that sub button! 😄
You know, while KH 3 might not have been as fantastic as we all dreamed of, one thing I'm glad of it bringing is all this speculation and theories. It really is reminiscent of those times when everyone was analyzing the KH 2 secret ending and Final Mix's secret scenes. And yes, good work with all the editing especially the little Namine-esque drawing at the end. And the Unreality time travel would explain multiple things for Brain.
I've been watching for 17 seconds and this editing is already better than all 800 videos on my channel. You're a freakin' sorcerer and I'm here for every moment of it.
I'm so glad I can finally watch this!!! Utterly indescribable visuals and editing as always, simply first class and raising the bar for every KH content creator on the platform. As for the content, I enjoy several of the ideas and would love to discuss them with you, I don't think a simple comment would do them justice! Amazing work as always Mel!
I know you're trying to be nice, thank you. But people who make fun of Nomura don't realize the only reason I'm able to make the theories that I do is BECAUSE Nomura is good at keeping track of plot threads like Eraqus and Xigbar, for example. So saying what you said kinda hurts Nomura in the sense of saying he's not aware of his own story-- when he is-- and it makes *me* feel like I'm making things up out of nothing-- which I'm not.
I think you're onto something in regards to the existence of some Lifeboat equivalent in Unreality. To me, your logic that Brain and the Master possibly shared this method of time travel makes a lot of sense. Blows my mind that no matter how many times I play these games or watch videos like this, I always learn something new
The Foretellers (probably Aced): "We spent so much time, so much energy on trying to figure out how to stop Darkness from prevailing. How did this boy change the future?" MoM: "Main Character" *Confused Pikachu*
This could also line up with the master revealing that luxu was always going to be the traitor as through his gazing eye and with the role he gave luxu, brain would be luxu to him. Knowing about the tear that would eventually happen, he may have time travelled to that point and gone through the tear to end up in unreality at the end of kh3
Great video as always. So, here's a little bit of me gushing about it: 1 - I would just like to thank you for explaining your thoughts in such a comprehensive way. This theory has lots of pieces to it, and yet you made it super easy to understand. 2 - The aesthetics and the editing are absolutely off the chain here. I adore the whole black box style you went with for this video, and I can't even wrap my brain around how you made that edit of the KG turning into the red background so seamless. Also, my GOD that UX spoiler warning screen was jaw dropping. And last but not least... 3 - YOU DID IT! YOU REFERENCED BIGGER LUKE! THAT HAD ME ROLLING! 😂
I am always amazed by your videos. You are so talented in noticing details and explaining them. Regarding the Ark and the time travel, it's a bit difficult to understand what happens if you use it but there is no medium waiting for you in the future... But I think that the MoM explained us about that. When we saw him speaking with "his" Darkness, they mention the 7 crowns that anyone can use and that will help them to rebuild their bodies when using the pods. That is how Lauriam, Elrena and all the others could still travel trhough the Ark. Probably Brian is the only one that kept his memories because he landed where Ephimer knew thanks to the book of prophecies. The others kept their bodies thanks to those "crowns" but lost their memories since nobody was there to remember them. Until I guess they met Luxu, and this is when they started to get back their memories! I would love to hear about what you think regarding this issue!
I love the editing! Shoutout to 12:26 when it transitions from 2.5's Keyblade Graveyard to 3's version I am wondering about something. It's mentioned how there is a requirement for the lifeboat of both a medium and a remembrance of their existence. Why would that only apply to the Lifeboat? In Dream Drop Distance, it is said that one who is only in a pure heart form can time travel to any point so long as they exist there. That works alongside the Lifeboat. The Lifeboat destroys the body and makes someone a pure heart form, and the person themselves existing serves as both a medium and memory of their identity, as they themself house both.
I never even noticed the "Keybladeless" discrepancy between Luxu's Secret Report and Brain's ending in the Badlands. It feels like this bit and Brain potentially disappearing with the box into UnReality or Fiction was a missing piece to the puzzle and like your 'Ava is Darkness' video (Which I'm still not entirely unconvinced of by the way despite what we know of canon saying), is a theory I'm definitely subscribing to until further notice. This video was a treat worth waiting for, both as a patron of yours and as a KH fan!
Thank you so much!! You know I still think (maybe I'm in denial 😭) Ava was in disguise in some sense, especially with what I mention at 6:55... like you'd think Luxu would KNOW what happened to Strelitzia if he was walking around with her (or a data version of her) earlier on in the story. So maybe it's Ava in a black coat pulling more shenanigan's?? Once again, I may just be in denial LMAO
I'm just obsessed with the theming concept of the video being The Black Box. God, the custom animation of brain's eyes at the beginning is so incredibly impressive
What an awesome video, I was engaged the entire time. Your editing, analysis and voice over are probably the best I've seen! Thank you for this video, I enjoyed it a lot.
So if what you’re saying is true, could it be possible that Brain joined Luxu’s heart with him (knowing Luxu’s role and MoM’s plan), and used his data self to go to Scala? Because if Player’s pod wasn’t used, and Daybreak collapsed before the pod could be sent back to Daybreak, perhaps he created coordinates for the pod to arrive somewhere else. In fact, perhaps it was Data Brain, that was walking data Strelitzia to the pod to send to the real world before sending himself to Scala. Note Brain said “I left with some of my friends,” implying the last thing he remembered was leaving with Lauriam and co. And it could even be, that the vessel or person Luxu sent was his own body, meaning by time he met with Brain he was a walking heart, protected from darkness.
I love the KHUX art style so much and the editing on top of this was just so beautiful. I better hear you on the Ansem Report Podcast soon. Great theory and great video as always!
Thank you for your hard work on this video. Your videos are always so concise and graphically stunning, easy-to-follow (critical for theory videos imo)... You did a fantastic job, and I really enjoyed watching it! I know it must've been hard work, and it is appreciated
I love your theorizing and regarless of if ends up being dead on the money, or far off, it's still a blast to speculate. I can't wait to get some answer, we have been waiting so long for some of these answers. The only problem is, this is Nomura we are talking about, with some answers comes even more questions. Hopefully Dark Road will bring some answers and set us up for the next full game.
Man, Kingdom Hearts games are full of mystery.🤔 What's Xigbar's true evil plan anyway now that he's with the 4 Fortellers and the Black Box? And speaking of that, I wonder where Ava is?
Haven't finished the vid yet but my headcanon as to why there are two brains is that, Luxu did what he did to play his role, he DID take control of Brain but i believe that Brains heart was cast out, and much like Maleficent did he used the remaining pod to travel to the future as a heart landing in Scala where there were people who seemed to know/have memories of him(Book of Prophecies) plus having his hat returned to him(the medium)
sometimes you see a kh theory or discussion video and you are like I will play a game while listening BUT NOT WITH SECRET REPORTS you gotta marvel the editing and effort
Might be the most solid theorizing I've seen to do with Maleficient's "the box doesn't exist yet" line in KH3 and why Luxu wouldn't know where the box is immediately. Those two plot threads have bugged me the most for the past couple years. Really excited to see how close to the truth this ends up being when Nomura finally reveals all 😂👍🏿
I always assumed that Luxu was just the M.O.M. as a youth. In what I refer as a perfect Loop you can time travel and meet your youngerself and retain memories on both parties as long as the younger isn't aware of the Older. IK that traveling back in time in not possible but the Disney world reset all the time and I assume the disney characters meet kid sora one minute then teen sora the next. So my theory is that you could reset a Hub world too. So Daybreak town could be reset and M.O.M sets off events to make sure he ends up where he is currently. Something I am sure he got from Xehornort in a more circular way since maybe Mr. Wiggly fingers learns it from a the M.O.M. in the first place.
I interpereted Luxus words of "Oh its a shame someone as smart as you only have this one life time" (paraphraseing xD) as Luxu acually splitting up Brain into his Nobody witch he gave the box and the keyblade No Name and into his heart witch travled. This would be the best way to acually make so much use of Brains smarts. AND OF CORSE i have to say: AMAZING VIDEO GREAT JOB ^^ keep up the great work
My current theory is that one version of Brain was sent to Data-Scala Ad Caelum kept in the Black Box. In Missing Link, we'll bring the Black Box back to reality. With one version of Brain in the Black Box, the Master of Master can gain sight into unreality. Brain is the bridge that allows Luxu to travel to Unreality and bring the MoM with him.
So glad you finally made another video!!! Your channel is easily one of the best in the community. More people need to check you out. You do a great job
after this theory you got me thinking: " it seems that but not likely. Is what it's in the box is the master himself. Seeing how the box was never opened when he was on the screen. On top of that, you see Luxu having it. But when he didn't had it in KH3, you don't SEE the master. Rather the only time we SEE the master in 75 years ago. And ONLY when we SEE the master, is AFTER the part of Luxu and the others"
This is a really interesting theory! I guess my biggest question would be how exactly Brain would know about a future event when he stated himself that he never read the book of prophecies, nor had any inclination to believe that the world would fall to ruin after the Keyblade War. There's also the time travel to consider. As you point out, to time travel one must cast away their body and send their heart into either the past or future. Maleficent did this by absolute accident after her defeat in KH1, hence her being in the data Daybreak Town at all, and needed to reform her body upon arrival back in the present. The lifeboats were a means to the same end; they moved so fast that the body was left behind and the heart soared into the future. The lifeboats also seemed to move about the same speed, considering Ventus, Lauriam and Elrena all ended up in the future around the same time, and Skuld who travelled after them, ended up around that time or a little later. The real anomaly here is Maleficent, however, since she left so early perhaps that's why she alone travelled to a time that coincided with Sora and his friends. What I understood of the scene between Luxu and Brain was that Luxu ended up sending Brain's heart into the future (as it's known that he does know how to remove hearts from bodies, as he has to in order to prep a new body for him to possess) and took his body. The idea that Luxu is the one in the desert is backed up by Backcover, actually, where we see the scene where Luxu removes his hood to reveal Brain's face, but without the face reveal, where we hear Luxu speaking the line, "May my heart be my guiding key," with the same voice he's had the whole time. We can tell it's the same scene because the same words are spoken and it takes place in the same location, with the cloaked figure in the same position holding his two belongings the exact same way. To me, what's stated in Observations 2, if it even is Luxu, could easily be bending of the truth. He bequeathed his keyblade to a union leader, sure, but to be more precise he gave it to Brain's body, which he overtook. Unless Luxu randomly interacted with Ephemer to do the same, or unless Xigbar actually did steal away Subject X (and Subject X was actually Skuld) and had the keyblade to do the ceremony, if nothing else, with, then it could only be Brain. Lauriam and Ventus never interacted with Luxu to our knowledge. Observations 2 could also reference Ava giving Brain the Master's Defender keyblade as well, however, though it doesn't explain the part about semblance-hopping, and that keyblade isn't technically Ava's personal one. Though you bring up the possibility of another way to time travel, you seem to leave out the many other ways we've seen time travel throughout Kingdom Hearts. Maleficent, as she was being defeated, somehow fled her body and flew to the past without any real explanation, and don't get me started on the Xehanorts. How I see it, there seem to be three broad methods for time travel. The Lifeboat method, as seen with the lifeboats moving so fast, the hearts are separated from their bodies and soar into the future. The Ferry method, as seen with the Xehanorts, where one or more people stabilize other time travelers - note, this time travel doesn't seem to be permanent and can be spotty in terms of how long time travelers under this method can stay in the future or past. Finally, the Lone method, as seen with Maleficent's journey to the past, in which a person manages to separate their heart from their body and then gives it the proper momentum to cross time; the means and mostly unknown, but seem to be related to willpower and also possibly darkness. Brain's time travel doesn't align with any of the three previously established forms of time travel in the theory you propose, hence I propose that Luxu spared Brain by sending his heart to the future while he took Brain's leftover body as his first vessel. The next problem is the mediums. You interpret them as personal belongings, and while personal belongings are probably the safe way to go, it seems like anything a person has a certain attachment to or affinity for can serve as the medium. The medium's function is to reconstruct the body, while we aren't sure of why there needs to be someone around who remembers you. My best guess is that while a medium reconstructs the body, the memories can only be preserved if someone is there who remembers you. Otherwise, the body is essentially a blank slate. This is a known phenomenon with time travelers in Kingdom Hearts evidently; the idea that, upon returning to one's original time, they lose the memories of their travels, but the experiences are still engraved on the travelers' hearts. In this case, however, the memories just don't carry over in general, and the time traveler is left in a similar state despite not having returned to their original time. Though we don't know if Elrena had a particular affinity for thunderstorms or not, we do know that Lauriam always had an attachment to flowers, explaining why he woke up in a bed of wild flowers. Ventus waking up in the Keyblade Graveyard also makes sense; it's not hard to imagine that many people he knew likely lost their lives there, and it wouldn't be far-fetched in my opinion to assume that it also worked because it's where the war took place - because the war was of such significance and changed his life forever, despite not fighting in it himself. You could also reason that Xehanort might have brought him there as a medium since he's the player character reincarnated, but that's definitely a stretch. Now, the final question. That being; why was Xigbar searching for the box when he should've known where it was the whole time? My best guess is that he hid it long ago as he went through semblances, so that he wouldn't be recognized and so the box could remain a mystery. However, upon hearing that Maleficent was looking for it, he would then panic and rush into a frenzy to retrieve and safeguard the box so that it wouldn't fall into the wrong hands. His hiding of it would've been possibly even centuries ago, hence him forgetting where it was. About Maleficent's line where she states they need to wait for the right time because the box currently didn't exist; well, there's endless theories one could make about that. I took it to mean that she was onto someone else racing to find the box before her and her intending to take it from them as soon as they revealed it's location to her. However, you could also assume that the box was somehow rigged to only be discoverable/recoverable either after Kingdom Hearts (the real one) was opened, or that Sora's accidental time travel meddling with the power of waking somehow exposed it, but again, this could mean any number of things. A theory I like is that Xigbar managed to hide it in some kind of alternate dimension (Quadratum/Unreality?) and had some sort of established portal to retrieve it, and so wanted to prevent anyone from discovering his hidey-hole and where it led, or at least something to that effect. However, those are just my thoughts on the matter. Sorry that this ended up incredibly long, I guess I just had a lot to say
An interesting video for sure. I always assumed the Luxu possessing Brain but pointing out Luxu had no idea where the box is, was mind opening. Just one small critique in this video is the concept of the lifeboats. They weren't soley meant for time travel. Darkness points out to Maleficent that the lifeboats in the real world were incomplete and moved too fast stripping the heart from the body, which is the first step to time traveling. Aside from that, an amazing video!
I realize that lifeboat in Daybreak Town is incomplete, but that doesn't really have anything to do with the theory? that's why I didn't mention it. And there still seems to be a difference between, say, Young Xehanort's time traveling, and the lifeboats time traveling of breaking past the speed of light, the latter of which mediums are only mentioned. And either way in unreality it would be a device meant for time travel, but like I said, I'm calling it a lifeboat either way for convenience, either or not it's a lifeboat like that in Daybreak Town or Hollow Bastion.
I would like to be 100% fluent in English to fully understand the video, but as the little I have I could understand a lot, exceptional editing quality!!
A pretty neat theory! I look forward to finding out what's true or not about your speculations! Thanks for uploading! As always, your editing & presentation is exemplary!
considering under the prospect that its brain in the desert with noname, 2 things come to mind. 1:he doesnt have his had, his so called medium, this is more evidince that its not luxu since his had definintly got somewhere else to scala for him to show up there. 2:if he is the one who is bequeathed noname, this means that it goes luxu>brain>xehanort, which would be a suprisingly small chain of passing down. infact i went to look at backcover for the case of luxu, the EN master says "you meed to pass down this keyblade to your aprentice, and then him to his so my eye can see the future", nomura is the type of writer to be direct with this and being in plain sight with what he plans for some aspects and we dont get to fully understand them till we have context for other things.(a example is a interview he had someone asked what his fav world he was working on for KH3, he outright said the "final world" which everyone though it was just well the final world we go to in the game....not a actual place called the final world). other then that the fact noname is displayed in scala like it is might suggest brain could be alive to pass noname? this part is not to significant, and dark road will definintly give more context if xehanort gets it through direct succesion or not
plot twist, the light expire darkness prevail passage refers to an entirely different event that hasn't happened yet (nothing to do with sora and gang vs xehanort in kh3) lol, that would be such a cop out..
Every time you make a theory video, I’m blown away by how much sense you’ve made of the plot and how well you’ve presented it. I totally buy the theory that Brain somehow put the box in Unreality and relied on Sora’s tear in time to bring it back. The big question now would be… how did he get it there? Was there another part of the book of prophecies that got overwritten without anyone knowing about it?
I feel like this is somehow foreshadowing to the "final boss" / "bad guy" of KH4 being a kid playing a video game not realizing the lives he's affecting are "real" or something like that. Maybe that's a bit too far into unreality. You got me thinking though.. what would a Lifeboat be in our reality? A computer that could rewrite the code of the game? A VR Headset? That seems too simple. Your theory is awesome. Great video.
This is veeery nice and good :D So enjoyable to watch. Just one thing that made me question all this - if Brain hides the Box in Unreality, how does No Name gets passed down from him? Unless he passes it down before that, or ... he still has it when arriving again in Scala, which i don't think so hmm. Still, so very interesting!
I think it IS possible he still has it when arriving in Scala, personally. My reason for this is that apparently Scala had that "grey" aesthetic (opposed to the "white" one) for so long that it was even present when Xehanort was born about 80-90 years ago (I don't do math, that's where I cross the line), so that leaves still a very very wide window of WHEN exactly Brain arrived after time traveling. So I still think it's possible that Brain did pass down No Name until it got a reputation of being "ancient" if that makes sense ?? Even after Scala finally gets it's "white" aesthetic. I may be misunderstanding you, lemme know if I am!!
@@TheSecretReports No you were right with that - I just never wrapped my head around the fact that No Name time travels at some point. While the MoM said the Book doesn't cover everything, it still would leave such a hole in the Book you know. I hope we get some clearance in Dark Road, about just anything about this :D
@@Psianabel OH YEAH LMAO, WAIT A SEC that shit don't make no sense.... LMAO. I agree, I hope Dark Road clears up things KHUX was not able to, cause i feel like if we don't get answers now... idk, I just don't know when else we could possibly get them since KHUX takes place so far ahead of any other game.
This theory is incredible, you explained it so well! The only thing I still don’t understand then is if brain is brain in the badlands and not luxu. Who is the brain we see that appears in scala ad cailum?
One question I still have is Brain's memory upon arriving in Scala. He asks about the others and whether they've arrived as well (I'm assuming he's referring to the other Union Leaders + Elrena and Player). This would imply that he left for the future during the fall of Daybreak Town, or at least not long after when it's still fresh in his mind. If that was actually Brain in the Badlands, and he's entrusted with the Box and the Master's Keyblade and only after that did he travel to Scala, I would assume he wouldn't be preoccupied with the thought of the others on arrival. ...unless it's revealed later that "the others" he left with is not referring to the Union Leaders +... Regardless, great video as always! Great theory and amazing editing as usual.
Mel...your videos are truly unrivaled!! The editing and animations are so gorgeous!!! And the theory is so good as well! I will say though what you mention around 6:12 does get used again in BBS. Terra, Aqua, and Ven use the similar power to traverse to the Lanes Between.
I was corrected on this by a few other people as well. Someone else also mentioned that rather than corridors of darkness, Brain may be wearing the black coat to instead protect himself from the beings of darkness themselves. So yes, those corridors are indeed the same ones from BbS, and when I make an "updates" pinned tweet, I will include this. Thank you for your correction!!
@@TheSecretReports I hadn’t thought of the coat protecting Brain from Darkness! That’s such an interesting insight! Already looking forward to your next video! Keep crushing it Mel!
Y'know, I remember how when UX's finale first dropped me and a friend had a huge argument over which Brain was real and which one was Luxu between his appearance in Scala Ad Caelum and the CGI cutscene of the hood being pulled down. Never considered that "neither" was a possible answer, let alone a compelling one.
Honestly I am still of the opinion that Brain is a data version of Luxu mostly because of earlier moments regarding Brain after the keyblade war. That said this is well crafted and has some strong points.
I really enjoyed your theory, and it got me thinking about that moment Ephemer helps Sora against the darkness... I haven't seen many people talking about that moment very much, perhaps it is connected to the "tear" you mentioned, who knows? lol
those who traveled without any medium lose their memory, but not totally: -Why do Lauriam and Elrena act like they "just remembered something" when they are defeated in KH3? -I was always curious that Ven (at the beginning of BBS) mentioned that if his dream was real and that the sky was familiar to him and he wonders why and Aqua answers: You have always been with us. Never again in the game is something like this mentioned. -If Skuld turns out to be subject X, she remembers only one of the iconic phrase and about 5 people (correct me if I was wrong). Does this help so that in future games Naminé helps Ven to remember together with Chirithy?
god ive been thinking SO MUCH abt that scene with maleficent and pete in twilight town but could never really find anything to connect it to... i am now looking Directly at this omg
I had *completely* forgot about that scene until I read the tweet that pointed it out!! After I rewatched it I was like "UHHHH WHAT." hahaha. I'm glad you and others caught on before me though, makes me relieved to hear I'm not the only one who thinks something is weird!
Finally we have our leading researcher to untangle Nomura’s story. I would have never considered Brain not being possessed at the end of Union cross, as we’re first introduced to Braig in BBS (who was at this point assumed to be possessed by Luxu by this point) as there’s no physical changes in this manner of possession compared to Xehanort’s possession by way of golden eyes which was explained by Nomura to be a common trait of those completely tainted by Darkness (why Aqua has those gold eyes in the realm of darkness). I thought that scene was weird and assumed he accepted being possessed in order to find a way to find his friends in the future and when he separated he was reset back to his youthful and sent by Luxu or someone looking out for him to Scala Ad Caelum.
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*UPDATED THOUGHTS / FAQ -* August 5, 2021
*Brain being larger in the Graveyard than in Scala -* The sprite at 0:35 is Brain's legit proportions. The right sprite at 4:48 is NOT real, it's photoshopped to visualize Luxu having the same face as Brain. In _Destinations_ when Brain first walks on screen, his sprite is the same exact sprite as Luxu's, and I suspect this was because the crew was short on time and could not draw/animate Brain's sprite. After Brain's hood is removed, his whole body is smaller with different proportions from Luxu's sprite.
*Inconsistencies between **_Destinations_** and BC's Case of Luxu -* Many think these are two different scenes since they're different in English. However, IMO, it's a mistranslation because the original Japanese quote is the same-So I believe both scenes are of Brain in the desert. As for Luxu's VA saying the line in BC, Riku's VAs (both Japanese and English) were hired to voice Young Xehanort's line in BbS's prologue, so I think the same thing is happening here.
*CORRECTION @ **6:05** -* Those corridors appear throughout BbS, thanks to all who corrected me! @roxasthatastick on Twitter pointed out that instead, Brain may have worn the coat to protect himself from the beings of Darkness.
*The lifeboat in Hollow Bastion -* I decided to leave out when Apprentice Xehanort implied to Kairi that she could possibly cross over into Unreality. So I think that further supports the lifeboats' pods capability of crossing over from Reality to Unreality, and vice versa. @roxasthatastick on Twitter also pointed out that Kairi lost her memories when arriving to Destiny Islands possibly because she didn't have a medium. Which could support the idea that mediums are indeed _lifeboat_ specific, rather than related to time travel. It's also interesting to note that neither Daybreak Town nor Hollow Bastion completely fell to darkness (or else they would be in the Realm of Darkness or the End of the World) nor fell asleep, and both of these worlds have lifeboats. That might mean something more, or just be a coincidence.
Having amnesia due to lacking a medium is actually a good theory. Probably the most plausible theory I’ve heard in awhile.
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@Hex It should have been pinned :/ For some reason, I noticed my pinned comments often become unpinned without anything triggering it... It's annoying 😫 thank you for letting me know it wasn't pinned.
I thought it was expressed in Union Cross that MoM is also following the specifics of medium and memory since that's what's needed to be whole after being a heart that can traverse time as Young Xehanort did, as Sora did. And what MoM used to always be able to travel in time without a problem is the fact that he can travel to wherever point in time that his eyes has seen and has been recorded in the book, the book is his boat. That's what I understood I guess. Also, it didn't end clear to me in this video what timeline are you proposing for Brain. Did he arrive first at the dessert, put the box in the tear and then took his heart out to reach Scala ad caelum? Then what happened to the keyblade? I suppose you could say a keyblade stays with the heart since Apprentice Xehanort could invoke the Master Xehanort keyblade, but I wanted confirmation to your proposed Brain timeline.
@@phonesjuda7318 I'm pretty sure the game is trying to clarify that Young Xehanort being able to "Transcend time and space" is a very unique and powerful way to time travel, but even still is a way of time traveling that has limits-- because Young Xehanort still needs a vessel in KH3. In fact, everyone needed vessels in DDD as well, that's why they all faded away at the end with MX saying "We are out of time." because that method of time travel without vessels wasn't permanent. This is also talked about in Vexen's reports in KH3, and Xehanort Xigbar and Saix's meeting in Re:Mind's prologue. This differs from mediums because mediums are objects that RESTORE your body permanently. They are NOT vessels that act as a body for a heart to enter. That's what I tried to briefly mention at 10:47. That is why Young Xehanort's method of time travel (and possibly Sora by extension) is different to the Master of Masters.
And my apologies for not being clear. According to this theory:
Brain left with the box and No Name to the desert. While there, Brain entered Unreality with the box and No Name. While in Unreality, Brain with No Name used a lifeboat there to not only travel forward in time, but travel back into Reality and into that gothic version of Scala ad Caelum. That's why No Name is seen on the mantle years later, because Brain is implied to be Eraqus's grandfather/ancestor. The box however, did not leave with Brain, but rather remained in Unreality until decades/generations later when the Tear in Time occurred in KH3.
So yes, essentially I believe the Keyblade remained with Brain's heart.
me hitting the table repeatedly: "BRAIN GAME BRAIN GAME BRAIN GAME"
PLEASE SQUARE I AM *BEGGING*
Literally Kingdom Hearts in one Phrase....
Don't worry he'll come in clutch and save everyone at the last second
Milo pkmn lookin ass omg thats hilarious
High hopes for Missing Link
... It's honestly devastating how good you are at this. I'm in this void of feeling both extremely motivated and absolutely crushed. Thank you.
I absolutely relate though and I have this to say: CULTIVATE THE FEELING!!! I have to be determined otherwise my ugly envy of other people's skills like... consumes me...
Oh thank god so it’s not just me XD, holding onto this advice!
Two words .... Mandelbrot set
This video is fantastic! So is your work tho!
@@cypheruniversity3074 two words, Feigenbaum Constant
THE EDITING IS SO GOOD DAMNNNNNNNNNN
RIGHT! BUTTERY 🧈 SMOOTH
Literally jaw-dropping visuals and theory-crafting. You've really set the standard of excellence for KH vids.
Ikr ever since the Ava Darkness theory things just kept getting better and better.
You've presented a reason to hold high expectations. I now feel obligated to come back after the video to tell you if I agree with your assessment.
Smart conclusion is that yes she does a very good job with her editing in her presentation yada yada yada, however I would not say that it's any better or worse than somebody else doing it, so much as that it's just her style to do this the way that she did. And it works. So tldr yeah it's a great video but I wouldn't say it's like the best ever.
@@ryanstarkweather3625 thank you for this review of my review lol
Okay so, theory aside, the quality of this video is inspiring. Too many people just throw on a camera and talk, not that there's anything wrong with doing that, heck I do it too. But this quality is a level I deeply aspire to. Great video, great points, bloody marvellous
The graphic design, audio, is all gorgeous. You're right.
THE EDITING IS ON POINT
love these theory crafting videos. the initial shock of "player is Xehanort" would leave many to believe Xigbar, Brain, and Luxu are all the same person. But its only hinted, not directly stated, so all these alternate theories hold just as much water
Well, good thing player isnt Xehanort. Player will be the player in Missing Link.
Those are the prettiest spoiler warnings I've ever seen
GOD! i love love LOVE the spoiler warnings, and the victory music getting all distorted is *chief's kiss*
AEBA I almost cut that part out but I added the shitty trumpet (from Tarzan's Trashing the Camp) and it made me giggle so much I was like "I'll keep it, I'll keep it"
@@TheSecretReports I'm so glad u did! 🤣🤣🤣
The music distorting was awesome! 😂
How can you be so good at this? Wish there were a thousand more videos like this to watch, your work is just amazing.
A much simpler though also rougher explanation:
Luxu _did_ possess Brain, donning his own cloak and Key Blade plus the box. Since we know that people in the old, unified Realm of Light disappeared after their heart left their body (for reference, see poor Strelitzia and the fallen of Keyblade War 1), it would also answer the question of why Ephemer doesn't see a body lying about.
Now, the important part is that Luxu putting his heart in Brain is like Aqua putting Ventus' heart in Sora, not like what Xehanort did to Terra. That way, Brain can use a corridor since he would be wearing Luxu's coat. Then, Luxu finds another suitable vessel and puts his heart into it, leaving Brain in his own body. Luxu could then send Brain into the future by other means, now having access to his hat as a medium which he could have given Ephemer (or his successor).
The obvious hole here is that why didn't Luxu know where the box was.
A weak explanation, admittedly, but much how Sora had to fight Roxas' heart inside himself to see who would get to control their body, I think Luxu might have deliberately taken a back seat for Brain to do whatever he wanted (the offer of more life-time) and when convenient emerged.
Just a crack idea.
This channel needs more subs, this is some high quality KH theory crafting
Been waiting for your next theory ever since that ending was released.
Always love your videos, they're just so well done! It also so fascinating how much theorizing can be done about The MoM and Unreality from so little, I also believe there's an Ark/Lifeboat in Unreality, but hadn't thought about the MoM using for Time Travel as opposed to crossing realities.
Your editing is amazing! I usually just listen to theories and open another tab to do stuff, but I watch these because they’re so appealing to look at!
I appreciate that you only upload when you actually have something substantial to talk about. Idk how some people can do a video essay a day on a series that has 1 release every 2 years on a regular basis.
This video got me thinking, maybe the mediums to revive all of the union leaders were inside the box, hence why luxu is able to bring all of them back at the end of kh3?
If that's the case, it'll be interesting to see what their mediums are! I would have assumed their mediums would be their masks or something, but they're already wearing them when they arrive so... idk it'll be interesting to see!
Possible, but what narrative purpose would Nomura have to keep hiding that fact, especially after their return?
My problem with that is that the box is still closed on remind. It’s as if it’s still intended to be opened to reveal something
@@TheSecretReports I feel like the answer for whats in the box is simple. Its the book of prophecies which acted as the medium to revive the foretellers. The reason Ava didnt get revived is because she fulfilled her role by raising the dandelions and passed down her copy of the book to Brain.
Ryuumaster1 That just doesnt make sense to me though. Why would the box be so big and heavy if it just contained the book? Why would that, in a writing sense, be hidden from the audience if its so anti-climactic?
A new Secret Reports video?! Time to bask in the glory of amazing editing and Kingdom Hearts shenanigans
This makes so much more sense! Brain is such an interesting character
this is by far one of thee best theory crafted videos i’ve seen, and the editing / visuals are truly next level! splendid job on this 👏🏻 definitely slapped that sub button! 😄
You know, while KH 3 might not have been as fantastic as we all dreamed of, one thing I'm glad of it bringing is all this speculation and theories. It really is reminiscent of those times when everyone was analyzing the KH 2 secret ending and Final Mix's secret scenes.
And yes, good work with all the editing especially the little Namine-esque drawing at the end.
And the Unreality time travel would explain multiple things for Brain.
Your videos never cease to bring me joy.
I've been watching for 17 seconds and this editing is already better than all 800 videos on my channel. You're a freakin' sorcerer and I'm here for every moment of it.
Thank you Jordan!! 🥺💕
I'm so glad I can finally watch this!!!
Utterly indescribable visuals and editing as always, simply first class and raising the bar for every KH content creator on the platform. As for the content, I enjoy several of the ideas and would love to discuss them with you, I don't think a simple comment would do them justice! Amazing work as always Mel!
Finally someone agrees that it’s brain with the box.
Your theory honestly makes so much sense it’s crazy! I would have never guessed and put the pieces together… honestly thank you so much!!!
I’m shivering.! This theory was well thought out and awesome to watch as always.! I’m curious as to what you will deliberate about next.!
It hurts to me that you try to make more sense out of the story than Nomura himself. Good video.
I know you're trying to be nice, thank you. But people who make fun of Nomura don't realize the only reason I'm able to make the theories that I do is BECAUSE Nomura is good at keeping track of plot threads like Eraqus and Xigbar, for example. So saying what you said kinda hurts Nomura in the sense of saying he's not aware of his own story-- when he is-- and it makes *me* feel like I'm making things up out of nothing-- which I'm not.
i really like your theories.
they are more thought out than most of what ive seen tbh lol.
I think you're onto something in regards to the existence of some Lifeboat equivalent in Unreality. To me, your logic that Brain and the Master possibly shared this method of time travel makes a lot of sense. Blows my mind that no matter how many times I play these games or watch videos like this, I always learn something new
Ooh I love that canvas effect, it actually works great for this graphic style
I love the editing and visuals you do, it always gets me hyped! Can't wait for the Lifeboat explanation! 😁
Man your just dominating kingdom hearts theories atmosphere 📸📸
The Foretellers (probably Aced): "We spent so much time, so much energy on trying to figure out how to stop Darkness from prevailing. How did this boy change the future?"
MoM: "Main Character"
*Confused Pikachu*
This could also line up with the master revealing that luxu was always going to be the traitor as through his gazing eye and with the role he gave luxu, brain would be luxu to him. Knowing about the tear that would eventually happen, he may have time travelled to that point and gone through the tear to end up in unreality at the end of kh3
Great video as always. So, here's a little bit of me gushing about it:
1 - I would just like to thank you for explaining your thoughts in such a comprehensive way. This theory has lots of pieces to it, and yet you made it super easy to understand.
2 - The aesthetics and the editing are absolutely off the chain here. I adore the whole black box style you went with for this video, and I can't even wrap my brain around how you made that edit of the KG turning into the red background so seamless. Also, my GOD that UX spoiler warning screen was jaw dropping.
And last but not least...
3 - YOU DID IT! YOU REFERENCED BIGGER LUKE! THAT HAD ME ROLLING! 😂
Thank you so much David!!!
I am always amazed by your videos. You are so talented in noticing details and explaining them.
Regarding the Ark and the time travel, it's a bit difficult to understand what happens if you use it but there is no medium waiting for you in the future... But I think that the MoM explained us about that. When we saw him speaking with "his" Darkness, they mention the 7 crowns that anyone can use and that will help them to rebuild their bodies when using the pods.
That is how Lauriam, Elrena and all the others could still travel trhough the Ark.
Probably Brian is the only one that kept his memories because he landed where Ephimer knew thanks to the book of prophecies.
The others kept their bodies thanks to those "crowns" but lost their memories since nobody was there to remember them.
Until I guess they met Luxu, and this is when they started to get back their memories!
I would love to hear about what you think regarding this issue!
I love the editing! Shoutout to 12:26 when it transitions from 2.5's Keyblade Graveyard to 3's version
I am wondering about something. It's mentioned how there is a requirement for the lifeboat of both a medium and a remembrance of their existence. Why would that only apply to the Lifeboat? In Dream Drop Distance, it is said that one who is only in a pure heart form can time travel to any point so long as they exist there. That works alongside the Lifeboat. The Lifeboat destroys the body and makes someone a pure heart form, and the person themselves existing serves as both a medium and memory of their identity, as they themself house both.
I never even noticed the "Keybladeless" discrepancy between Luxu's Secret Report and Brain's ending in the Badlands. It feels like this bit and Brain potentially disappearing with the box into UnReality or Fiction was a missing piece to the puzzle and like your 'Ava is Darkness' video (Which I'm still not entirely unconvinced of by the way despite what we know of canon saying), is a theory I'm definitely subscribing to until further notice. This video was a treat worth waiting for, both as a patron of yours and as a KH fan!
Thank you so much!! You know I still think (maybe I'm in denial 😭) Ava was in disguise in some sense, especially with what I mention at 6:55... like you'd think Luxu would KNOW what happened to Strelitzia if he was walking around with her (or a data version of her) earlier on in the story. So maybe it's Ava in a black coat pulling more shenanigan's?? Once again, I may just be in denial LMAO
I'm just obsessed with the theming concept of the video being The Black Box. God, the custom animation of brain's eyes at the beginning is so incredibly impressive
Your editing and videos are amazing, I really hope Brain came back with the box so we could see him in the next phase.
What an awesome video, I was engaged the entire time. Your editing, analysis and voice over are probably the best I've seen! Thank you for this video, I enjoyed it a lot.
So if what you’re saying is true, could it be possible that Brain joined Luxu’s heart with him (knowing Luxu’s role and MoM’s plan), and used his data self to go to Scala? Because if Player’s pod wasn’t used, and Daybreak collapsed before the pod could be sent back to Daybreak, perhaps he created coordinates for the pod to arrive somewhere else. In fact, perhaps it was Data Brain, that was walking data Strelitzia to the pod to send to the real world before sending himself to Scala. Note Brain said “I left with some of my friends,” implying the last thing he remembered was leaving with Lauriam and co. And it could even be, that the vessel or person Luxu sent was his own body, meaning by time he met with Brain he was a walking heart, protected from darkness.
Love the new video
I just got here but damn those intro disclaimers were so well done.
I love the KHUX art style so much and the editing on top of this was just so beautiful. I better hear you on the Ansem Report Podcast soon. Great theory and great video as always!
Thank you for your hard work on this video. Your videos are always so concise and graphically stunning, easy-to-follow (critical for theory videos imo)... You did a fantastic job, and I really enjoyed watching it! I know it must've been hard work, and it is appreciated
I love your theorizing and regarless of if ends up being dead on the money, or far off, it's still a blast to speculate. I can't wait to get some answer, we have been waiting so long for some of these answers. The only problem is, this is Nomura we are talking about, with some answers comes even more questions. Hopefully Dark Road will bring some answers and set us up for the next full game.
Your theory video are ones of the best I’ve ever seen. Your cleverness, your intuition and your editing skills are fantastic♥️
Man, Kingdom Hearts games are full of mystery.🤔 What's Xigbar's true evil plan anyway now that he's with the 4 Fortellers and the Black Box? And speaking of that, I wonder where Ava is?
Well done video. Im def going back to this (and maybe other ones) when i finally decide to refresh my kh memory lol
Every time your new video pops up I stop what I’m doing to watch. Thanks for all you do, keep at it!
Haven't finished the vid yet but my headcanon as to why there are two brains is that, Luxu did what he did to play his role, he DID take control of Brain but i believe that Brains heart was cast out, and much like Maleficent did he used the remaining pod to travel to the future as a heart landing in Scala where there were people who seemed to know/have memories of him(Book of Prophecies) plus having his hat returned to him(the medium)
> Lifeboat in Unreality <
Me, wheeling a chalkboard in: THIS IS HOW SORA (In Quandratum) CAN STILL WIN...
Such a great video!
love the filter? used makes the video looking cool.
sometimes you see a kh theory or discussion video and you are like I will play a game while listening BUT NOT WITH SECRET REPORTS you gotta marvel the editing and effort
Might be the most solid theorizing I've seen to do with Maleficient's "the box doesn't exist yet" line in KH3 and why Luxu wouldn't know where the box is immediately. Those two plot threads have bugged me the most for the past couple years. Really excited to see how close to the truth this ends up being when Nomura finally reveals all 😂👍🏿
This is Overlord, as the true king, as master of Masters, as Sora as Brains. We gotcha
I always assumed that Luxu was just the M.O.M. as a youth. In what I refer as a perfect Loop you can time travel and meet your youngerself and retain memories on both parties as long as the younger isn't aware of the Older. IK that traveling back in time in not possible but the Disney world reset all the time and I assume the disney characters meet kid sora one minute then teen sora the next. So my theory is that you could reset a Hub world too. So Daybreak town could be reset and M.O.M sets off events to make sure he ends up where he is currently. Something I am sure he got from Xehornort in a more circular way since maybe Mr. Wiggly fingers learns it from a the M.O.M. in the first place.
I interpereted Luxus words of "Oh its a shame someone as smart as you only have this one life time" (paraphraseing xD) as Luxu acually splitting up Brain into his Nobody witch he gave the box and the keyblade No Name and into his heart witch travled. This would be the best way to acually make so much use of Brains smarts.
AND OF CORSE i have to say: AMAZING VIDEO GREAT JOB ^^ keep up the great work
Very good Report as always. Like the editing and the evidences pls keep going and explain everything. U have so much content to reveal
My current theory is that one version of Brain was sent to Data-Scala Ad Caelum kept in the Black Box. In Missing Link, we'll bring the Black Box back to reality.
With one version of Brain in the Black Box, the Master of Master can gain sight into unreality. Brain is the bridge that allows Luxu to travel to Unreality and bring the MoM with him.
Another Amazing video!Thank you for the High quality visuals!They helped me a lot to follow along with the theories!
I love how you edit your videos! Keep up the good work :D
The video presentation, visuals and theories made me watch all way through.
So glad you finally made another video!!! Your channel is easily one of the best in the community. More people need to check you out. You do a great job
Every single time I watch one of your theory videos my views on Kingdom hearts and it's lore changes so drastically sometimes I fear watching them
Incredibly wonderful as always! Awesome intriguing theory and beautiful visuals!! GREAT WORK!!!
after this theory you got me thinking: " it seems that but not likely. Is what it's in the box is the master himself. Seeing how the box was never opened when he was on the screen. On top of that, you see Luxu having it. But when he didn't had it in KH3, you don't SEE the master. Rather the only time we SEE the master in 75 years ago. And ONLY when we SEE the master, is AFTER the part of Luxu and the others"
This is a really interesting theory! I guess my biggest question would be how exactly Brain would know about a future event when he stated himself that he never read the book of prophecies, nor had any inclination to believe that the world would fall to ruin after the Keyblade War. There's also the time travel to consider.
As you point out, to time travel one must cast away their body and send their heart into either the past or future. Maleficent did this by absolute accident after her defeat in KH1, hence her being in the data Daybreak Town at all, and needed to reform her body upon arrival back in the present. The lifeboats were a means to the same end; they moved so fast that the body was left behind and the heart soared into the future. The lifeboats also seemed to move about the same speed, considering Ventus, Lauriam and Elrena all ended up in the future around the same time, and Skuld who travelled after them, ended up around that time or a little later. The real anomaly here is Maleficent, however, since she left so early perhaps that's why she alone travelled to a time that coincided with Sora and his friends. What I understood of the scene between Luxu and Brain was that Luxu ended up sending Brain's heart into the future (as it's known that he does know how to remove hearts from bodies, as he has to in order to prep a new body for him to possess) and took his body. The idea that Luxu is the one in the desert is backed up by Backcover, actually, where we see the scene where Luxu removes his hood to reveal Brain's face, but without the face reveal, where we hear Luxu speaking the line, "May my heart be my guiding key," with the same voice he's had the whole time. We can tell it's the same scene because the same words are spoken and it takes place in the same location, with the cloaked figure in the same position holding his two belongings the exact same way. To me, what's stated in Observations 2, if it even is Luxu, could easily be bending of the truth. He bequeathed his keyblade to a union leader, sure, but to be more precise he gave it to Brain's body, which he overtook. Unless Luxu randomly interacted with Ephemer to do the same, or unless Xigbar actually did steal away Subject X (and Subject X was actually Skuld) and had the keyblade to do the ceremony, if nothing else, with, then it could only be Brain. Lauriam and Ventus never interacted with Luxu to our knowledge. Observations 2 could also reference Ava giving Brain the Master's Defender keyblade as well, however, though it doesn't explain the part about semblance-hopping, and that keyblade isn't technically Ava's personal one.
Though you bring up the possibility of another way to time travel, you seem to leave out the many other ways we've seen time travel throughout Kingdom Hearts. Maleficent, as she was being defeated, somehow fled her body and flew to the past without any real explanation, and don't get me started on the Xehanorts. How I see it, there seem to be three broad methods for time travel. The Lifeboat method, as seen with the lifeboats moving so fast, the hearts are separated from their bodies and soar into the future. The Ferry method, as seen with the Xehanorts, where one or more people stabilize other time travelers - note, this time travel doesn't seem to be permanent and can be spotty in terms of how long time travelers under this method can stay in the future or past. Finally, the Lone method, as seen with Maleficent's journey to the past, in which a person manages to separate their heart from their body and then gives it the proper momentum to cross time; the means and mostly unknown, but seem to be related to willpower and also possibly darkness. Brain's time travel doesn't align with any of the three previously established forms of time travel in the theory you propose, hence I propose that Luxu spared Brain by sending his heart to the future while he took Brain's leftover body as his first vessel. The next problem is the mediums.
You interpret them as personal belongings, and while personal belongings are probably the safe way to go, it seems like anything a person has a certain attachment to or affinity for can serve as the medium. The medium's function is to reconstruct the body, while we aren't sure of why there needs to be someone around who remembers you. My best guess is that while a medium reconstructs the body, the memories can only be preserved if someone is there who remembers you. Otherwise, the body is essentially a blank slate. This is a known phenomenon with time travelers in Kingdom Hearts evidently; the idea that, upon returning to one's original time, they lose the memories of their travels, but the experiences are still engraved on the travelers' hearts. In this case, however, the memories just don't carry over in general, and the time traveler is left in a similar state despite not having returned to their original time. Though we don't know if Elrena had a particular affinity for thunderstorms or not, we do know that Lauriam always had an attachment to flowers, explaining why he woke up in a bed of wild flowers. Ventus waking up in the Keyblade Graveyard also makes sense; it's not hard to imagine that many people he knew likely lost their lives there, and it wouldn't be far-fetched in my opinion to assume that it also worked because it's where the war took place - because the war was of such significance and changed his life forever, despite not fighting in it himself. You could also reason that Xehanort might have brought him there as a medium since he's the player character reincarnated, but that's definitely a stretch.
Now, the final question. That being; why was Xigbar searching for the box when he should've known where it was the whole time? My best guess is that he hid it long ago as he went through semblances, so that he wouldn't be recognized and so the box could remain a mystery. However, upon hearing that Maleficent was looking for it, he would then panic and rush into a frenzy to retrieve and safeguard the box so that it wouldn't fall into the wrong hands. His hiding of it would've been possibly even centuries ago, hence him forgetting where it was. About Maleficent's line where she states they need to wait for the right time because the box currently didn't exist; well, there's endless theories one could make about that. I took it to mean that she was onto someone else racing to find the box before her and her intending to take it from them as soon as they revealed it's location to her. However, you could also assume that the box was somehow rigged to only be discoverable/recoverable either after Kingdom Hearts (the real one) was opened, or that Sora's accidental time travel meddling with the power of waking somehow exposed it, but again, this could mean any number of things. A theory I like is that Xigbar managed to hide it in some kind of alternate dimension (Quadratum/Unreality?) and had some sort of established portal to retrieve it, and so wanted to prevent anyone from discovering his hidey-hole and where it led, or at least something to that effect.
However, those are just my thoughts on the matter. Sorry that this ended up incredibly long, I guess I just had a lot to say
This theory makes me wonder if brain is MoM or MoM is brain from another worldline
An interesting video for sure. I always assumed the Luxu possessing Brain but pointing out Luxu had no idea where the box is, was mind opening.
Just one small critique in this video is the concept of the lifeboats. They weren't soley meant for time travel. Darkness points out to Maleficent that the lifeboats in the real world were incomplete and moved too fast stripping the heart from the body, which is the first step to time traveling.
Aside from that, an amazing video!
I realize that lifeboat in Daybreak Town is incomplete, but that doesn't really have anything to do with the theory? that's why I didn't mention it. And there still seems to be a difference between, say, Young Xehanort's time traveling, and the lifeboats time traveling of breaking past the speed of light, the latter of which mediums are only mentioned. And either way in unreality it would be a device meant for time travel, but like I said, I'm calling it a lifeboat either way for convenience, either or not it's a lifeboat like that in Daybreak Town or Hollow Bastion.
I would like to be 100% fluent in English to fully understand the video, but as the little I have I could understand a lot, exceptional editing quality!!
Idk who your editor is but give them a bonus now. I subscribed off that alone! Jeez!
_I'm_ the editor, LOL. Thank you!!
A pretty neat theory! I look forward to finding out what's true or not about your speculations! Thanks for uploading!
As always, your editing & presentation is exemplary!
You and Prod need to Collab😭 best in the community, you for the depth and him for he range!
considering under the prospect that its brain in the desert with noname, 2 things come to mind. 1:he doesnt have his had, his so called medium, this is more evidince that its not luxu since his had definintly got somewhere else to scala for him to show up there. 2:if he is the one who is bequeathed noname, this means that it goes luxu>brain>xehanort, which would be a suprisingly small chain of passing down. infact i went to look at backcover for the case of luxu, the EN master says "you meed to pass down this keyblade to your aprentice, and then him to his so my eye can see the future", nomura is the type of writer to be direct with this and being in plain sight with what he plans for some aspects and we dont get to fully understand them till we have context for other things.(a example is a interview he had someone asked what his fav world he was working on for KH3, he outright said the "final world" which everyone though it was just well the final world we go to in the game....not a actual place called the final world). other then that the fact noname is displayed in scala like it is might suggest brain could be alive to pass noname? this part is not to significant, and dark road will definintly give more context if xehanort gets it through direct succesion or not
plot twist, the light expire darkness prevail passage refers to an entirely different event that hasn't happened yet (nothing to do with sora and gang vs xehanort in kh3) lol, that would be such a cop out..
Every time you make a theory video, I’m blown away by how much sense you’ve made of the plot and how well you’ve presented it.
I totally buy the theory that Brain somehow put the box in Unreality and relied on Sora’s tear in time to bring it back. The big question now would be… how did he get it there? Was there another part of the book of prophecies that got overwritten without anyone knowing about it?
This is good assuming that going from reality and unreality is related to time travel or not
Amazing Theory! Makes one think! I subscribed.
I feel like this is somehow foreshadowing to the "final boss" / "bad guy" of KH4 being a kid playing a video game not realizing the lives he's affecting are "real" or something like that. Maybe that's a bit too far into unreality. You got me thinking though.. what would a Lifeboat be in our reality? A computer that could rewrite the code of the game? A VR Headset? That seems too simple.
Your theory is awesome. Great video.
This is veeery nice and good :D So enjoyable to watch.
Just one thing that made me question all this - if Brain hides the Box in Unreality, how does No Name gets passed down from him? Unless he passes it down before that, or ... he still has it when arriving again in Scala, which i don't think so hmm.
Still, so very interesting!
I think it IS possible he still has it when arriving in Scala, personally. My reason for this is that apparently Scala had that "grey" aesthetic (opposed to the "white" one) for so long that it was even present when Xehanort was born about 80-90 years ago (I don't do math, that's where I cross the line), so that leaves still a very very wide window of WHEN exactly Brain arrived after time traveling. So I still think it's possible that Brain did pass down No Name until it got a reputation of being "ancient" if that makes sense ?? Even after Scala finally gets it's "white" aesthetic.
I may be misunderstanding you, lemme know if I am!!
@@TheSecretReports No you were right with that - I just never wrapped my head around the fact that No Name time travels at some point. While the MoM said the Book doesn't cover everything, it still would leave such a hole in the Book you know. I hope we get some clearance in Dark Road, about just anything about this :D
@@Psianabel OH YEAH LMAO, WAIT A SEC that shit don't make no sense.... LMAO. I agree, I hope Dark Road clears up things KHUX was not able to, cause i feel like if we don't get answers now... idk, I just don't know when else we could possibly get them since KHUX takes place so far ahead of any other game.
This theory is incredible, you explained it so well! The only thing I still don’t understand then is if brain is brain in the badlands and not luxu. Who is the brain we see that appears in scala ad cailum?
One question I still have is Brain's memory upon arriving in Scala.
He asks about the others and whether they've arrived as well (I'm assuming he's referring to the other Union Leaders + Elrena and Player). This would imply that he left for the future during the fall of Daybreak Town, or at least not long after when it's still fresh in his mind.
If that was actually Brain in the Badlands, and he's entrusted with the Box and the Master's Keyblade and only after that did he travel to Scala, I would assume he wouldn't be preoccupied with the thought of the others on arrival.
...unless it's revealed later that "the others" he left with is not referring to the Union Leaders +...
Regardless, great video as always! Great theory and amazing editing as usual.
I just found your channel, amazing quality.
Please keep the videos coming!
Mel...your videos are truly unrivaled!! The editing and animations are so gorgeous!!! And the theory is so good as well! I will say though what you mention around 6:12 does get used again in BBS. Terra, Aqua, and Ven use the similar power to traverse to the Lanes Between.
I was corrected on this by a few other people as well. Someone else also mentioned that rather than corridors of darkness, Brain may be wearing the black coat to instead protect himself from the beings of darkness themselves. So yes, those corridors are indeed the same ones from BbS, and when I make an "updates" pinned tweet, I will include this. Thank you for your correction!!
@@TheSecretReports I hadn’t thought of the coat protecting Brain from Darkness! That’s such an interesting insight! Already looking forward to your next video! Keep crushing it Mel!
Y'know, I remember how when UX's finale first dropped me and a friend had a huge argument over which Brain was real and which one was Luxu between his appearance in Scala Ad Caelum and the CGI cutscene of the hood being pulled down. Never considered that "neither" was a possible answer, let alone a compelling one.
Wow, this is great! I never thought about that, but now i'm really convinced.
FINALLY! A Solid theory to the box that has evidence!!! Secret Reports, please do more theories, yer work is S-Tier!!
Honestly I am still of the opinion that Brain is a data version of Luxu mostly because of earlier moments regarding Brain after the keyblade war.
That said this is well crafted and has some strong points.
3:34 WTF I just noticed Brain and Erakus have the same face,so he really is his descendent...wuw
This is slowly becoming my favourite youtube channel
I really enjoyed your theory, and it got me thinking about that moment Ephemer helps Sora against the darkness... I haven't seen many people talking about that moment very much, perhaps it is connected to the "tear" you mentioned, who knows? lol
Très très bien réalisée ta vidéo :O Les effets sonores sont mhhh
those who traveled without any medium lose their memory, but not totally:
-Why do Lauriam and Elrena act like they "just remembered something" when they are defeated in KH3?
-I was always curious that Ven (at the beginning of BBS) mentioned that if his dream was real and that the sky was familiar to him and he wonders why and Aqua answers: You have always been with us. Never again in the game is something like this mentioned.
-If Skuld turns out to be subject X, she remembers only one of the iconic phrase and about 5 people (correct me if I was wrong). Does this help so that in future games Naminé helps Ven to remember together with Chirithy?
god ive been thinking SO MUCH abt that scene with maleficent and pete in twilight town but could never really find anything to connect it to... i am now looking Directly at this omg
I had *completely* forgot about that scene until I read the tweet that pointed it out!! After I rewatched it I was like "UHHHH WHAT." hahaha. I'm glad you and others caught on before me though, makes me relieved to hear I'm not the only one who thinks something is weird!
Finally we have our leading researcher to untangle Nomura’s story.
I would have never considered Brain not being possessed at the end of Union cross, as we’re first introduced to Braig in BBS (who was at this point assumed to be possessed by Luxu by this point) as there’s no physical changes in this manner of possession compared to Xehanort’s possession by way of golden eyes which was explained by Nomura to be a common trait of those completely tainted by Darkness (why Aqua has those gold eyes in the realm of darkness).
I thought that scene was weird and assumed he accepted being possessed in order to find a way to find his friends in the future and when he separated he was reset back to his youthful and sent by Luxu or someone looking out for him to Scala Ad Caelum.
I would love that video on lifeboats