So, Flightfoot brought up a good point/question, and I
really should answer it. In case you missed it (and so I don't have to keep
swapping between windows =P) I'll post it here.
"If Shad's entire reason to exist is to drag Sora into
darkness, and the reason he can't NOT drag Sora down is because it's his reason
to exist, then how will succeeding allow Shad to continue existing? Isn't
fulfilling his purpose just as bad as abandoning it? Either way, he's not
needed anymore."
See... this is a very good point, and (like a lot of your
questions, Flightfoot) really makes me have to think (but that's a good thing).
I don't necessarily have an answer for this, because now that you mention this,
I realize that it doesn't entirely make sense to have it work any other way.
Hrm....
Idk. Y'see, in my head, it's like if he fufills his purpose,
then he's free to do whatever he wants. Not sure why. It's... a reward for
fulfilling his purpose?
I really don't know.
Maybe he really does cease to exist the moment he drags Sora
into darkness, but he doesn't know that, so he speaks as if there's a future
for him.
I'll have to think on it some more. These things usually
suddenly make sense to me at like 3 A.M. while I'm having trouble sleeping.
So, we'll move on to what Cookie said.
Cookie wondered why Shad doesn't try to fight his purpose. I
don't have a particular answer for this...
He doesn't think it's possible? But that's a stupid
reason....
The thought never even occurs to him, because he does enjoy
his job? But that's not true... he might enjoy his job, but the thought of
doing something different has occured to him...
It's just impossible for him?
Ugh, I realize that these are terrible answers, but I think
there is an answer to this, I just can't mention it because
it's plot-related. So, coming up with something that might be answer but I
don't think is the right one is hard...
Let's talk about Roxas now.
Yes, it's possible to bring Roxas back. But it is going to
be a pain in the butt to do so, and I don't think it's worth it. I know we all
want him back, but there's really no need for him in the story. And it'd be bad
writing for me to just bring him back for just that reason.
But that's not the only reason I'm not bringing him back.
I know I didn't make it entirely clear just how hard it
would be to bring him back. Or maybe I did. I don't know. I just know that's
hard.
See, Cookie asked if there were records of each Replica's
memories and whatnot stored somewhere.
He's right. There are.
But they haven't been updated in months because
of this whole debacle with the Rebellion.
If we bring Roxas back, he'd be - at best - missing a month.
A month that would be extremely hard to fill for him.
Xion - don't get me started on how much she'd be missing.
Her situation's even worse.
And if something were to happen to anyone else - anyone from
the Rebellion - there'd be no hope for them, either. Roxas is only missing a
month, but everyone else would be missing somewhere between 3 to 5
months.
Besides Riku and Namine, of course, who are even worse positions
because neither of them have records in this universe. Well, Namine just
doesn't have records. Riku has records in the other universe, but they haven't
been updated since, y'know, he was last there (like, 9 months ago, sometime
shortly after he was created)
Back to Roxas.
Yes, I can bring him back, I will not deny that. But it
won't be easy, and I don't think it's necessary.
I mean, maybe I'll change my mind. Maybe, by book 5, I will
have brought him back (don't expect him back sooner; it's not possible to
bring him back until this Rebellion thing has settled down)
But...
I don't know.
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