#also if anyone else has any kh related questions I would gladly attempt to answer them

[sailforvalinor]

hey i've seen in your latest post mentions of sora possibly being MoM and i'd like to know why it's such a popular theory? i've never really seen mentions of it so i wondered what the theory was about (like why would people think that, why so many people agree, if it was implied in the games?) i'm a bit confused

Great question, Anon! I’ll try to do my best to explain, but I’m by no means an expert.

So, there have been a lot of theories as to who MoM could be in the years since the character was introduced, but there is at least a general consensus that MoM is going to be someone we recognize, given that his identity has gone so long without being revealed, and both the game and MoM himself being so determined to keep his appearance and name a secret (think that scene with him and Young Xehanort in Re:Mind). It doesn’t really make sense at this point for him to be a completely new character.

Now, Sora is by no means the only character suggested. For example, before KH3 released, there were some theories floating about that MoM could be Riku. This theory stemmed from the fact that No Name, the keyblade that MoM gifted Luxu, supposedly contains MoM’s eye—which was the same ice-blue as Riku’s eyes. However, this theory kind of went out the window when Riku’s eye color was changed to green in KH3, but the one in No Name stayed the same (I honestly wonder if this was done on purpose to debunk the theory). Also, to me, it doesn’t seem to make much sense given the upward trajectory of his character arc recently.

(It’s also worth mentioning that there is some doubt as to whether or not the eye in No Name is actually MoM’s literal eye, as he is very ambivalent and dodgy about an answer when Gula asks him about it in Back Cover.)

There is also a fairly popular theory that’s been floating around for a pretty long time that MoM is Demyx. It made sense to me for awhile, as he’s one of the only Organization members unaccounted for in terms of where he comes from who also has a lot of plot emphasis (though certainly not the only one). We also learn in KH3 that he, along with Marluxia, Larxene, and Luxord, are connected to the keyblade wielders of the past, but he never showed up in Union Cross. He also has a similar personality to MoM. However, as we know next to nothing about Demyx, him being revealed as MoM isn’t going to pack a lot of narrative punch, so it seems unlikely to me—however, I won’t rule it out entirely. (There’s also a lot of emphasis on the implication that MoM once had friends/something he cared about, but he lost them, while Demyx has no connections at all. However, this could just be because we don’t know about them yet.)

It just occurred to me that Luxord could be a candidate for a lot of the same reasons, plus the fact that Marluxia explicitly questions who he is in Re:Mind. However, once again, I don’t know how impactful of a reveal that would be. (It also implies that MoM put on a fake accent for some reason?)

I don’t know for certain, of course, I think the Sora=MoM has persisted because it just makes a lot of sense, both in terms of in-world logic and having enough narrative punch. If something were to happen to his friends, he would go to any and all lengths to save them—including, say, traveling back in time to change the course of history. The world of Kingdom Hearts itself punishes Sora for doing what he thinks is right—stealing his powers, his friends, and now even his life—and it wouldn’t be too hard to see him being pushed over the edge. It also would conveniently explain why MoM is voiced by Ray Chase, as he’s playing an adult version of Sora (if MoM were any adult character, they would have to explain the VA discrepancy—unless, of course, they do what they did with Luxu/Xigbar and have him stealing people’s bodies, which is a definite possibility).

What in particular swayed me towards this theory was an interview Nomura gave before KH3 came out, where he said that he doesn’t “actually sympathize or empathize with Sora at all,” and pictures Sora “like [his] enemy.” Now this could very easily just be an indication of how he decided to write KH3, but if this is his attitude towards Sora right now, making him face a version of himself who is a “villain” and face some consequences for his actions definitely seems more likely to be on table. However, more recently Nomura said that he decided to make KH4 over Verum Rex because he was worried about Sora, so take this all with a grain of salt.

(Additionally, this is not a theory I’ve ever seen put forward, but Ven would make a really interesting, though not necessarily likely, candidate. As the token “innocent” he would have all of the shock factor, and would be interesting given all of his ties to both the time of fairytales and the present. Him both training and being trained by Xehanort would make for some fun irony, as well as him predicting that he himself would be “the fated child possessed by darkness.” However, Ven has been through enough already, and I don’t think it’s very likely.)

I hope this maybe cleared some of this up?