#imagine you're like. a war general or something and have to make decisions regarding this and keep being fed false info and correct info

[snekdood]

i think ppl want to tell themselves that my situation wrt to conspiracy theories is like... abnormal? when I feel like my experiences were kind of the average for regular people stuffed in the pipeline... I dont think people want to confront how normalized it is that even average unsuspecting left leaning people can fall into it, I mean clearly it didn't take a lot for yall to fall into it either- maybe instead of acting like people are inherently impure bc they got wrapped up in conspiracy theories we need to recon with and accept the fact that the alt right pipeline is a well oiled machine that knows how to suck in even the most self proclaimed left leaning person just because they dont know better. this is a matter of lack of education, lack of a warning that someone might try to convince you of this, what the warning signs are, what the dog whistles are, etc. I don't think ppl falling for conspiracy theories are exceptionally bigoted like a lot of people need to tell themselves, I just think ignorance or "not knowing better", if that sounds nicer to you, is just really fuckin easy to manipulate, esp in this situation.

[jimin-of-mine]

Hello. I just came across your blog and went through some of your replies. You're so patient and insightful regarding spirituality so if you don't mind I would like to ask a few questions!

Say for example, I have a twin flame and that person happens to be jimin. This is just an example, not saying it's him. How would things go from here hypothetically? Since most twin flame connections are romantic and at the end of everything who would be with him? Me or you?

You've said that you've always known things intuitively, how did you build your intuition to fully trust the unseen? Despite your anxiety since I know how it feels like to be plagued with so much negativity inside my head.

You and the other anon talked about being connected with the members in the astral realm through dreams, if I'm not wrong? May I know how I can achieve the same if possible?

Lastly, do you believe in tarot and astrology? Are you aware of the vast readings done on the members, where people are asking every single detail about their future partners and what not? What do you think of it? Do you believe they have the chance of coming true or it's just for entertainment?

Twin flames are much more than the romanticized version that everyone seems to talk about online.

Romance is only an added bonus and not the forefront of the connection at all.

Unconditional love is the purpose of this connection and it's a very turbulent one at that. It's like a rollercoaster that never stops and you're playing tug-of-war on it.

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That's not something for me to decide, since the decision would lie with Jimin and I have no idea what I will be to him when I first come face to face with him. Speaking in general terms, if he was to choose someone else, than I would not get in the way of what he shared with that individual. His happiness is my own, and just being in his life has been the biggest blessing of my own.

He's the only reason I have been trying to survive since I was a young child and first 'heard' him- but it just took me some time to find out his identity and who he was.

I will never push myself onto him and force him to be with me if he is not ready, because that is not how true love works.

I have waited far too long on this man and I will never do anything to hurt him, because I cherish his soul far too much for any of that and I wish I could protect him from everything that he has been through- but that's impossible to do from a realistic standpoint.

There's only three of us in our twin flame union, but this could also happen if a karmic or a soul mate were to show up as well ~

Whatever choice Jimin is to make once I enter into his life from a physical standpoint- I will respect his decisions without question or doubt, because I trust him and more than anything what I want is to be a part of his life in some way, shape or form.

I am entitled to that as one of his other halves, but if he were to choose to ask me to leave- I doubt I would be able to survive, but I would also respect this choice of his as well and I would try my best to find some kind of purpose out of whatever situation I would find myself in.

After all this time now, he's the only reason I am breathing

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I used to say I was born with severe anxiety lol- because I had it for so long and I couldn't remember a time when I ever truly felt 'safe'.

Considering what happened to me when I was a small child, I saw every single person as a threat and I was terrified of being 'touched', because any kind of physical contact afterwards made me feel gross and really disgusting. It was like no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't wash off this filthiness that was just a part of me for several years afterwards.

I hated myself more than one person should and it got to the point where I was exceptionally plagued by dark thoughts and I was very suixidal.

I started to think that the 'pretty picture' I had in my head all of these years of a white knight coming to 'save me', was something I had imagined and it wouldn't be too far off- because you can often imagine things that will help you cope after trauma. But it's in that moment that I was somehow guided to watch a couple of BTS' music videos and Jimin showed up when just when I thought I had lost hope for the last time.

From the time I was a small child, I knew that I would find someone just like me and we would love each other forever and ever (Unconditionally, since kids aren't thinking of romance at this age). I didn't know how I knew this or why such a thing would even come to mind- but that's when I 'heard' Jimin and he was only a small child at the same time- and honestly it's the only memory I have from being small (other than my trauma of course that came a little before this).

I believed it, because I felt it very deeply in my little body and it was the only thing I grasped onto when things always got really dark and disturbing in my mind- because let's face it- I was always plagued by 'demons' of some kind and things just grew more extreme over time.

This is due to how I was way too small to fully grasp onto my trauma and my mind wasn't really developed yet- not to mention that I didn't get the emotional support I should have had from specialists for very long. So I was forced to go through these things on my own and when you're little- things are already so confusing- honestly I have no idea how I ever survived back then.

I suppose it was just my will power and mental strength, after I had something to live for- which was to find this 'person' that would be my other half in every way possible.

It was one of those things that you don't know how you know it, but you're sure it's real and it's true.

I find it rather ironic lol, because I couldn't stand BTS when they first debuted and it had nothing to do with the member's themselves. It was the community and the people that just rubbed me the wrong way.

Everyone was always so obsessed with them and only them and it annoyed me, because there were so many other groups that should have been noticed as well. You can like BTS and even stan them, but don't ignore other groups and pretend like they don't exist.

So, it wasn't until 2016 that I finally gave in and looked up their music, because hey- I wanted to see what the big deal was and I had heard some of their music just in the background. People would play little skits and what not on IG and I would see some stuff on Facebook, so I thought it was time I caved in and stopped being so stubborn- because I've always loved music and I felt like maybe I was being kind of unfair to them.

So, I watched the first two videos that came up on my YouTube search 'Save me' and 'I need U' ~

Jimin stood out to me instantly, before I even knew his name and his voice made me anxious- not like- in the way I was used to- but it just- how do I describe this...

It was like discomfort, but not like that at the same time- my apologies, I can't express the feeling the way I need to here- but after I was done watching the videos I just felt different somehow.

I couldn't stop listening to the songs, because I just felt different somehow when I listened to them. Over a few weeks time, I don't know what it was- but I suddenly looked at him differently and I recognized him as being the little boy that 'spoke' to me when I was small.

I have no idea HOW I did it, but it happened and then I started to search up things online and I already heavily believed in soul mates- so I thought that's what he was, until I came across the term twin flames and that explained more of what I was going through.

It's funny now that I look back and think about how perfectly everything lined up- because after that above, I started to get visits from him in the astral realm and it was so nice to actually be able to put a face to the vague image I had in my mind of him for all of those years that I didn't know who he was- just someone I was searching for and someone I was dreaming of.

It's taken me years to get to this point of where I am very confident of my connection with Jimin and it hasn't been easy to get to here, because I have questioned myself every single step of the way and there's been so much despair and pain- because this kind of connection forces you to purge literally everything from your life- so that you can be prepared for when the time comes that you will meet your other half/halves.

You need to strip away every single thing you thought you knew from the time you were a child and let go of all of your conditioning beliefs, because it's sort of like a caterpillar and how they create a cocoon for themselves to undergo a really huge transformation. It takes a lot for that little one to get to where it does, but eventually it breaks free from the chrysalis and emerges as a gorgeous butterfly or a moth.

It will take a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where I am on my own personal journey, but if you work hard, there's no reason at all that you wouldn't be able to get as confident about your intuition as I am with mine.

All you need to do is just try and remain open to what your heart is telling you and the rest will fall into place, but you need to quiet your mind before you are able to do this.

Your ego will constantly try and get into a battle with you, because it wants cold hard facts and it will try and force you to look at the logical points, because it doesn't want to feel unsafe. Comfortable means safe and that's where it likes to be, but you can't have growth in this way and you won't move forward if you choose to always play it safe.

This connection is intense and affects you physically, mentally, and emotionally as well- as you become 'one' with them over time.

Twin flames are more than just romance and all of that superficial stuff- because this connection comes along to bring out the best version of yourself.

Being a twin flame means you share the same DNA and energetic blueprint as someone else and they are you in every sense.

They're not here to 'save you' though- they're here to help you save yourself with their love as a guiding star that will help you find the inner strength you were unable to find on your own.

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The astral realm is something that everyone has access to, but when it comes to twin flames, it's something that just comes naturally.

Whoever this is regarding, if you're getting curious about twin flames, you're more than likely trying to be reached by your own.

We're all on different journey's and perhaps you weren't supposed to meet with them so soon, like I did with my own.

I have my own personal space in the astral realm where I meet with Jimin's 'soul' and it's a place we've been meeting for decades now.

The astral realm in general is a very vast place though and I have met with other's as well, outside of our own- so it's when I realized that anyone can find the astral realm and you can have various experiences there.

People often tried to tell me it was a sacred place only for twin flames and it sounded ridiculous from the get go- but who am I to judge someone else's experiences?

They were only saying that, because it's all they have experienced, but I soon realized that it is a very large world and very different yet similar to the one on Earth.

I suggest trying to keep an open mind about the astral realm and perhaps doing some affirmations before bedtime.

"I am open to where my dreams wish to take me"

"My heart is open and willing to experience whatever I am meant to find in my dream world"

"Even though it may be hard to believe, there are answers in my dreams and I am open to what they need to tell me"

"I am new to this, but I am open to learning more about my own personal experiences when I dream"

"I will remember my dreams and they will hold purpose and meaning for me when I am awake"

You can feel free to use these ones, or just come up with your own :)

You may already be meeting with someone in your sleep and I think maybe you are?

I don't know, but there's definitely someone- and it only makes sense anyhow, because you wouldn't be drawn to this kind of stuff otherwise. So I'm not telling you anything you don't already know lol, but that's so strange- because you're the second person my intuition has picked up something with.

Your intuition is something like a satellite you could use for an example. Like a radar- it can pick up on things and the more in tune you are, you can pick up things easily and through many different ways.

Feel free to come back and tell me whether the affirmations worked or not and you can say them before bedtime even honestly, just to try and get the wheels turning in your mind and who knows? You may remember something from a dream beforehand, because it's all about intention and opening yourself up to the 'unknown'. Something that most humans are scared of and that's why I receive so much hate- because these people see me as a threat, since I speak about things they don't understand.

Things they choose not to try and understand of course, since ignorance is only a choice we make willingly.

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I believe in both of these things, yes- since I wouldn't be able to call myself truly spiritual otherwise- but they have their place as does everything else.

The people who get obsessed with trying to figure out these things with the guys need to honestly do something more productive with their lives.

They are never going to figure out who any of them are meant to get with and all of this other ridiculous nonsense- and it's quite unhealthy for them to be doing these things.

Some readers do it for fun I have noticed, other's take it way too seriously and then you have the one's that do it only for the views and popularity.

Be careful with that, because most of those people aren't even real readers at all and they're just trying to scam you into believing they are.

I used to be a tarot/oracle reader and I was heavily involved in that community and most of these people that read for the guys have made me laugh on several occasions.

There's been a couple who felt genuine to me, but most of them unfortunately haven't.

Once you get more in tune with your intuition, it will guide you to where you need to be, if this is something you are interested in. Try to look outside of the small box of this and get involved with readings in general, because the energy flows more easily and things will come much more naturally.

The BTS community is full of negativity and those kinds of posts would be no different. It can heavily influence the reading and make it hard to pick up on the messages you need to be properly focusing on.

I have also noticed how a lot of the readers tend to hold back on the things that they feel they need to say and any good reader won't do this, because you only play a small part in the much bigger picture. It's your job to properly convey each message, regardless of how it may make you feel uncomfortable.

If you can't take your job seriously as a reader, I personally don't think you should even try- because you're being exceptionally rude and disrespectful towards not only the viewers, but also the people you are trying to channel.

As for Astrology, it's something that people focus on a little too much and it wasn't something I really looked into until much later on my journey.

It can come in handy at times, but it also has its place as well and you can get distracted very easily by it and start focusing on the things that you are only meant to have as guidelines of a sort.

Looking at both my chart and Jimin's gave me a new perspective and outlook on the things I needed to work on with him in the astral realm- but since I was only coming into it much later, I already knew it had its place and it's not something I depend on.

Your intuition is the only thing you truly need to depend on and everything else is just secondary.

That's the most important thing I have learned after all of this time ~

Feel free to send another 'ask' if you feel like you need to, or you can also message me if you feel comfortable enough to do so and would rather not discuss things any further from a public standpoint.

[buckys-arm-and-rios-dagger]

I still think about this. (I'm gonna bullet point this out so it isn't just a fuckin Wall of Text)

Even coming from the standpoint of someone who like. Kinda ships Stucky but knew marvel wasn't gonna make it canon, it didn't make any sense story-wise.

I've seen people defend it as "Tony did this one selfless thing whereas Steve did his one selfish thing"

a sentiment I disagree with for like a gazillion reasons first and foremost being I'm no Tony Stark Apologist, hell I don't even like him really, but like. Pretty sure grabbing a nuke and flying it through a wormhole with the knowledge he's probably gonna die is p selfless like Tony having a conscience isn't anything new. He was insufferable yeah but like. By the time Endgame rolls around Tony doing something selfless isn't the #deep moment everyone seems to think it is because like yeah. We know.

And don't get me STARTED on Steve, a character I actually do/did like),

But even then it doesn't feel justified because like. It doesn't feel selfish, it just feels outright cruel??

Like 3(?) Movies ago we see Bucky telling Steve "I don't know if I'm worth all of this" in regards to Civil War. To which Steve's response implies that he DEFINITELY thinks he is.

Not to mention like. Steve searched for him for 2 years after the events of Winter Soldier, and never stopped believing he could be saved after he first saw Bucky again on the bridge in TWS

So like

To have him leave after all that just feels so unnecessarily mean?

It just kinda feels like Steve thought he was worthy of being saved but not worthy of receiving any sort of help recovering and that's deeply fucked

((also like this may just be me projecting a lil but as something with mental illness and a deeply rooted fear of abandonment I can't even imagine how it would feel to watch someone who claimed to care about you, broke the law for you MULTIPLE times, and was generally just like the only person who thought you were even capable/worthy of being saved fully abandon you just as you're getting back to trying to finding who you are and put yourself back together would feel like Jesus))

Especially with how Marvel treats Bucky specifically post-Endgame it just feels like they're incapable of letting him have anything

Like the MCU has a real bad history with how they treat their mentally ill characters (Natasha, Thor in EG, etc.), but Bucky seems to be their favorite punching bag as of late?

I dunno just the fact that his pardon comes with conditions, that everyone in world sans like Sam seems to think he's a threat who's gonna snap and murder and hurt people again, when literally the only time he's ever harmed anyone was when he was tortured and brainwashed (or defending himself in the case of CW, and IW/EG but like everyone was harming everyone and the everyone was aliens so), his best friend left him behind, his therapist is... Not Good (I've been told that's pretty accurate to how therapy goes when you're a Vet and I'm not qualified to comment on that but still), he really has no one except Sam when they make up later in the series, but still no one seems to understand that he was a victim too.

ALSO RE: STEVE'S DECISION AND SAM

Putting Bucky aside for one (1) second, he also fucked Sam over here too.

We know Steve didn't even tell Sam he was leaving before he did what he did because of the way Sam reacts when he missed his jump point, and then Bucky all but confirms it in TFATWS when he talks about how "when Steve told him what he was gonna do neither of them really thought about what carrying the shield would mean for a black man" or something to that effect.

I don't think it's really my place to comment on that as a whole, but I dunno, leaving one of your best friends to worry about your safety when you're out there doing something with science that is confirmed to be pretty volatile (see the Ant-Man/Hulk time travel scene) and then dropping your 80+ year legacy into his lap and being like "here you go bud best of luck to ya'" without even any consideration about whether or not that's even something he WANTS seems pretty fucked up to me

To clarify this is NOT me saying Sam shouldn't have been picked/I'm anti-SamCap etc., I LOVE him as Captain America and I think he'll be great, I'm just saying the circumstances under which he became Cap are kinda fucked when you think about it

(also I ADORE Bucky and I get why he was mad in the begining of FATWS but also like. Also kinda fucked imo)

Anyways Steve's ending was bad and I'm upset end rant

Avengers Endgame: A Lack of Closure at the End of the Line by Rotem Rusak for Bam Smack Pow

YEAH I STILL THINK ABOUT THIS.

[travelling-on-the-octopath]

Okay so I am lost about something. Erwin belittles Claude as a poor ruler for his stunt with the Great Bridge regarding Ferdinand's forces. And Claude - and others - will berate the decision to continue onto Imperial territory to push back against the Empire, because of Almyra attacking while they were doing so not being accounted for.

But. Like. If Claude hadn't done those two things, then the Empire... would have attacked them while they were fighting back against Almyra. At least, that's implied going by what Erwin says: "I imagine [the Empire has] reconsidered their plans following the last battle. It was foolish of them to start a war on two fronts in the first place, it would be even greater folly yet to continue after witnessing the might of the Alliance." With Judith responding: "Hold on. Are you saying the reason you volunteered to defend the Great Bridge is because you figured it wouldn't be attacked?"

But the Empire never would have known about the Alliance's might if Claude had just fortified the Bridge and gone on the defensive like Erwin and others wanted him to. And without the fight against Bergliez - where the Alliance had given him both moral and pragmatic reasons not to follow them into the Alliance - he would have likely just... invaded the Alliance? Since there'd be literally nothing stopping him now?

And that battle with Bergliez: damn near flawless, even with Jeralt and Byleth muckin' things up a bit. The plan with the Bridge: exactly as planned. Capturing Ferdinand: not a complete success, but the Empire's still without an important commander nonetheless and lost a sizable amount of troops. The invasion with Shahid: unexpected at the moment, but Claude always had Nader in his corner and expected Shahid to attack at some point, and that battle also went down without much issue (uhh I mean besides the whole forced fratricide and the emotional turmoil that is that lmao but you get what I mean).

But Claude's still doubtful, nobody really trusts Claude still, people are wondering why the Empire didn't attack them while they were retreating (maybe it's because y'all beat their asses?? Or that y'all ran through their breadbasket and so made fighting impossible without ensuring further starvation in Adrestia??) and it's like holy fuckin' shit somebody needs to grow some goddamn confidence already. Seeing all of this success the Alliance is getting - even when unexpected shit flies their way, they adapt just fine around it - being contrasted with pretty much everyone still twiddlin' their thumbs and being so unsure of themselves is just... weird?

Like, cockiness will get them killed sure, but they're acting like nothing ever goes their way when just about everything goes about as well as they can go given the circumstances. It makes the idea that Claude siding with the Empire on GW was a decision ~made in distress and desperation~ that I've seen some try to explain his decisions as seem... completely unwarranted, because he was doing about as well as he could've done fighting them. Am I just missing something? Would love to know lmao cuz the dots just aren't connecting for me 😂

I'm gonna let you in on a secret: I've stopped trying to connect the dots. This game doesn't know what it's doing with itself. The Alliance was doing . . . pretty good for a country who's kinda known for their crap military. It's like. The plots that make sense for him to concoct? The ones you mentioned (Gloucester and Myrddin, Bergliez, Nader)? People were upset that they weren't in the know, but . . . they went off without a hitch. It's literally when Claude does an about-face and allies with the Empire out of fucking nowhere that his plans get more messy for his character, then outright messy in-fucking-general. It's like . . . you're right! Things were going well for them! Like, if I'm not mistaken, exactly what was happening in the background of Azure Gleam. But then they change it for no reason. Which I cannot comprehend. Because. Because things were going pretty well

[nadziejastar]

Do not get offended, but I think you're pretty obsessed with the relationship between Axe/Lea and Saïx/Isa. I do not deny that their friendship has been fundamental and essential in many aspects regarding the development of their characters, decisions and stories. But sometimes I think that you always try to go further, gilding the lily, only looking for details to justify a relationship beyond friendship, giving your theories as real, when it's clear that this is not the case.

Eh. I feel no reason to be offended because I know that what you’re saying about me is simply not true. I mean, I am obsessed. But…I have an obsessive personality. For better or worse, it’s how I have always been with anything that interests me. But I’m not obsessed in the way you are characterizing. It sounds like you’re saying I have shipping goggles on and I am deluding myself into seeing “signs” that don’t exist just because I’m so obsessed with this fictional pairing.

But that’s not the case. I’m so “obsessed” because I think there was a really great idea behind this ship, and it would have made a great story if it was allowed to run its course. But it was so underrated compared to Roxas/Xion/Axel that it got treated extremely badly in canon.

Axel: Well, I think you can be inseparable even if you’re apart.

Roxas: Really?

Axel: Sure, if you feel really close to each other. If you’re best friends.

Roxas: What’s it like having a best friend, Axel?

Axel: Couldn’t tell ya. I don’t have one.

Let’s not forget that this isn’t the first time Square-Enix has used a combination of sunset and waning crescent moon imagery for their characters. Final Fantasy X did this, too. Nomura is quite fond of that game. He knows damn well what those symbols mean.

Yuna: I want my journey to be full of laughter.

Tidus: Okay.

Yuna: If we should get separated, just whistle. I’ll come running. I promise.

The Okinawan word tida means “sun”. Yuna means “moon”. Most people probably know their story. They are Twin Flame lovers. Complementary opposites. Light and Dark. Yin and Yang. Inseparable.

Yuna: Pretty…

Tidus: Sure is.

Yuna: I wish I could live in a place like this. Peaceful… Living with a smile on my face every day.

Tidus: You can, once you beat Sin, right?

Yuna: But then a new Sin will be born anyway.

Tidus: Well then, you can just beat it again.

Yuna: I wish I could.

There are two particularly important scenes. One is the sunset on the Highroad where Yuna was recording a sphere saying her goodbyes to everyone.

Yuna: “So… So this is what it feels like. It’s a much more wonderful feeling than anything I had ever imagined. Wonderful…but it hurts, sometimes. I wonder. I…I just want to say, thank you for everything. Maybe…maybe that’s why it hurts. When I… When I think about us never being together again at all…”

She accepts that they cannot be together, even though she loves him.

Tidus: “Let’s go to the sea, before the sunrise. The city lights go out one by one. The stars fade…Then the horizon glows, almost like it’s on fire. It’s kinda rose-colored, right? First in the sea, then it spreads to the sky, then to the whole city. It gets brighter and brighter, till everything glows. It’s really…pretty. I know you’d like it.”

Yuna: “I’d like to see it, someday.” Tidus: “Well you can, Yuna. We can both go! Yu..?”

Yuna: “I can’t. I just can’t! I can’t go!”

And the other is the lake where they share their kiss under the moonlight. Tidus tells her that the sunset in Zanarkand is so beautiful and he wants her to go.

Yuna: “Stay with me until the end. Please.” Tidus: “Not until the end…Always.”

Yuna: “Always, then.”

She can’t, but they promise to always be together.

Yuna: “Everyone…everyone has lost something precious. Everyone here has lost homes, dreams, and friends. Everybody… Now, Sin is finally dead. Now, Spira is ours again. Working together… Now we can make new homes for ourselves, and new dreams. Although I know the journey will be hard, we have lots of time. Together, we will rebuild Spira. The road is ahead of us, so let’s start out today. Just, one more thing…The people and the friends that we have lost, or the dreams that have faded…Never forget them.”

Yuna was planning on sacrificing herself to bring peace to Spira. She kept it a secret from Tidus so he would not be sad. His cheerfulness made her journey happy. She lives, but Tidus fades away in the end. He kept the fact that he was a dream a secret so Yuna would not hesitate defeating Sin. She never wanted to forget him.

Axel: “As long as we remember each other, we’ll never be apart. Got it memorized?”

She was always very guarded about sharing those memories with anyone else. Axel always gave off the exact same sense of secretive sentimentality that Yuna did when it came to his memories. He had the sense of a person who was heartbroken over a lost love. The day Axel said his memories of the past were what he valued most, it’s titled “Too Precious to Lose” in Roxas’ Diary. Yuna would whistle into the air sometimes. Tidus taught her how. It was like Axel eating ice cream all the time. It just helped him feel connected to his memories.

Lea: “I want everybody I meet to remember me. Inside people’s memories, I can live forever.”

Isa: “I know I won’t forget you. Believe me, I try all the time.”

Lea: “See, I’m immortal!”

Sunset and waning crescent moon are used as symbols of death, tragedy and parting in both games. The final stage of a cycle. The ending. I would argue lost love as well. Isa basically died and Axel is left with nothing but the memories of him as he looks into the sunset. The Moon Rabbit is a symbol of self-sacrifice, just like Yuna. Moon characters in general tend to be very empathetic and willing to sacrifice themself. Tidus couldn’t accept Yuna sacrificing herself. Same as Axel. Sun characters are bright and cheerful and inspire hope and optimism.

The letter χ can be pronounced both “key” and “kye” (leading to some confusion) and symbolizes the perfect crossing of light and darkness. The χ-blade can be forged via a high-dimensional clash between those two poles. It is believed that the Recusant’s Sigil also derives from χ. —KH3D Glossary

Gilding the lily is basically trying to improve what is already perfect. Basically you think I’m imagining signs of a romance when it’s a perfectly good friendship, right? I’m just seeing what I want to see. I guess that’s one big disagreement I have with you right there. I don’t think their relationship, even platonically, was handled well. At all. Isa and Lea’s platonic friendship turned out to be pretty pointless in canon, if you ask me. Didn’t amount to much of any substance or value. That’s not what I wanted to see.

Xehanort: Behold… These lifeless keys used to be full of power–united with the hearts of their masters. On this barren soil, Keyblades of light and darkness were locked in combat…as a great Keyblade War raged. Countless Keyblade wielders gave up their lives, all in search of one, ultimate key. And it will soon belong to me…

TAV’s main theme was their unbreakable connection. No matter what, they always found their way back to each other. That’s the power of the heart. What was Lea/Isa’s main theme in canon? Anything involving the Recusant’s Sigil? Nope. Anything involving the power of the heart? Y’know, what Kingdom Hearts is all about? Nope. Just sequel-baiting. I guess Isa was also a plot device for fan pandering, too. I don’t view anything in the story with a shipping bias. I think Lea/Isa was written like total shit in canon. Doesn’t matter how much I like the ship. I’m not going to lie to myself and say it was well-written. I know how to separate my wishes from my observations.

Terra: Yep, hard to believe there are so many worlds out there besides our own. The light is their hearts, and it’s shining down on us like a million lanterns.

And I am just observing what is there. I think that everything you said sounds more true of all the Axel/Roxas arguments I’ve seen than Lea/Isa ones. People seeing things beyond a platonic friendship when there is absolutely no textual basis in the story to support that interpretation. It all comes down to artistic intent. You analyze the story the same way you would during English class. Critical reading. Why are events being presented in such a manner? What message is the author conveying?

Xemnas: There hangs the heart of all hearts–Kingdom Hearts–shining down on us at last. See the countless hearts that have gathered? Hearts full of rage…hate…sadness…and bliss. There, in the sky, hangs the promise of a new world.

There is a TON of evidence supporting the existence of artistic intent for a very specific idea. Xehanort is trying to forge the X-blade by initiating a clash of opposite polarities. An idea inspired by Freemasonry, hence the black and white checkerboard theme associated with him. Scala ad Caelum is Latin for “Stairway to Heaven”, a big idea in Masonry. And Masonry uses the two luminaries, the Sun and Moon, to represent Light and Darkness. The letter “X” is all about opposite polarities, as well as death and endings. Saïx sports a big fat “X” on his face as his defining characteristic (which is never explained). Lea and Isa are described as complementary opposites in the novel.

Naminé: We don’t disappear… We’re only reborn.

Axel: I’m not like you and Roxas. It’s because I don’t have a heart. I don’t want to disappear, but I’m not upset or sad about it.

There are seven Guardians of Light. There are seven colors of the rainbow. Light is made up of seven different colors. Lea’s Keyblade is based on the Phoenix, a solar bird. It represents the red Rubedo stage of alchemy. It’s called the “Flame Liberator”. In alchemy, the Phoenix symbolizes “the freeing of the spirit from the bounds of the physical”. It’s about spiritual enlightenment and eternal life. They made a point in Days of showing that cutscene about the red sunset right from the get go. It was important.

Axel: Hey, Roxas. Bet you don’t know why the sun sets red. You see, light is made up of lots of colors. And out of all those colors, red is the one that travels the farthest.

The Sun sets red because red light travels the farthest. In Luxord’s tarot deck, “The Sun” is Hazard Gear.The Sun card represents a feeling of optimism and fulfillment, and the dawn which follows the darkest of nights. Saïx’s weapon in this category is called “Light Year”, and is shaped like a Reiki angel. Reiki is a method of energy healing using one’s aura—their inner light. The weapon has a pale yellow aura. The color of renewed hope and emerging spiritual awareness. Axel’s weapon in this category is a red weapon called “Omega Trinity”, and it is shaped like a transmutation circle. The name is referring to the Tria Prima of alchemy. Sulfur (Sol), Mercury (Luna), and Salt (the Philosopher’s Stone).

“The Moon” is Dual Gear. Dual means involving two parts. The Moon represents your fears and illusions. Axel’s weapon in this gear is “Dive Bomb”, as in Dive into the Heart. And Saïx’s is “Luminary”. It’s also shaped like Reiki, and is gold. The ultimate aura color of enlightenment. Both “The Sun” and “The Moon” are shaped like the 4 of Pentacles. This card indicates that you are trying very hard to cling onto people or possessions out of fear of losing them. “The Sun” is pink, which is associated with love and forgiveness in Tarot.

Saïx: Pitiful Heartless, mindlessly collecting hearts. The rage of the Keyblade releases those hearts. They gather in darkness, masterless and free…until they weave together to make Kingdom Hearts. And when that time comes, we can truly, finally exist.

Isa is a Moon character, and pretty much all of his weapons are feminine terms. He has a weapon called “Queen of the Night”. In Japan it is known as “Gekka Bijin”, meaning “Beauty under the Moon”. This white flower only blooms one night a year, usually under a full moon. This weapon is listed under Glory Gear. In Luxord’s deck, this is “Strength”. This card is about inner strength and the human spirit’s ability to overcome any obstacle. It represents the ability to ‘tame’ your animal instincts, gut reactions, and raw emotions, and channel them accordingly. The symbol on the card it the Two of Cups. It represents a partnership that is built on the union of forces, a strong connection and a balanced and equal partnership. Each party’s emotions are intertwined with the other’s, and each participant’s feelings have profound effects on the other. It symbolizes the joy of two becoming one.

“See anything interesting out there, Poppet?” Xigbar patted her on the shoulder.

Meanwhile, Axel plopped down on the sofa and pretended he wasn’t listening in. Xion turned to look up at Xigbar. “Just Kingdom Hearts.”

“Is it all that interesting?”

“It’s kind of pretty.”

Xigbar let out a low chuckle. Axel didn’t see what Xigbar found so entertaining about that reply. But then he could never quite follow what he was thinking.

Xion looked rather confused herself. “What’s so funny?”

“Oh, nothing—you’re just making so much progress.” Xigbar kept laughing, as if there was an uproariously good joke in it somewhere.

He has another weapon with the same shape called “King of the Night”. In alchemy, the Sun is the Red King, the Moon is the White Queen. This is Raging Gear. In Luxord’s deck, this is “The Devil”. The Devil card represents your shadow side and the negative forces that constrain you and hold you back. The Devil card appears in a reading when you have been tricked into thinking you have no control over your shadow self or these negative forces, and that you can never break free from their hold. It is shaped like the 10 of Pentacles, which is an omen for success, no matter what your current lot in life is. Axel’s weapon is the yellow stage of the Phoenix wings. Citrinitas represents “the transmutation of silver into gold,” “the yellowing of the lunar consciousness”,  and “the dawning of the solar consciousness inherent in one’s being”.

In alchemy, the Red King and White Queen are associated with the Emperor and Empress arcanas. The Empress represents the feminine principle and is Valiant Gear. Axel’s weapon is purple and called Double Edge. It is shaped like the Third Eye chakra, which is on the forehead, and controls the ability to “see” things with the mind’s eye. It’s where Saïx’s “X” scar is located. Saïx’s weapon is “Moonset”, which is when the sun rises and the moon disappears in the sky. It’s pink and shaped like the symbol of Vesta, a goddess of chastity known as the “Keeper of the Sacred Flame”.

The Emperor represents the masculine principle and is Ultimate Gear. Axel’s weapon is called “Rapid Spinner” which refers to the chakras and is shaped like the Crown Chakra. The highest one that connects a person to higher consciousness. Saïx’s weapon is called Horoscope and is shaped like Venus/Sagittarius (a fire sign). It is pink, an aura associated with love, affection, compassion, healing, and a new or newly revived romantic relationship.

Star and Crescent—the symbol on Isa’s jacket in the epilogue—is a Sun and Moon symbol meaning a union of complementary opposites, and romantic love. Alchemy is all about a union of complementary opposites. The Sun and Moon’s marriage and sexual union is a symbol of the Philosopher’s Stone, along with the Phoenix, gold, and the color red. It’s all there in the story. I certainly didn’t put it there. The writers did. Some people might just say that Sun and Moon imagery is not necessarily romantic. 99% of the time it is, though. But if ALL that wasn’t enough, there’s the way Axel was paralleled with the Beast.

Beast: The last rose petal is about to fall… When it does, I’ll lose– No! I can’t bear it–I don’t even want to think about it!

Axel: I guess the closest thing we Nobodies have got is our past. You know, memories of the stuff we couldn’t bear to lose, back when we couldn’t bear to lose it.

The Beast’s rose is like Axel’s memories. The rose represents the Beast’s last hope to return to his past. And it also represents his desire to love and be loved by another in return.

Beast: Belle… I couldn’t bear to see you…or the other’s hurt. A master protects his castle… I don’t want to lose you.

Roxas: That still doesn’t explain what love is… Is love fighting to protect what’s most important to you? Where does its power come from?

Love is fighting to protect what’s most important to you.

Roxas: I found out about love on today’s mission–that it’s something powerful.

Axel: That’s true. It is. But I’ll never get to experience it.

Axel’s memories are what he considers most important to him. “Because that’s all we have to remember the pain of losing something.” The Beast is tired of strength. He wants to experience love, but thinks he never will. Axel doesn’t care about Xemnas’ promise of power. He wants to complete Kingdom Hearts to experience love, but thinks he never will. Wink wink, nudge nudge. I’m sorry, but you don’t just write things this way by accident. It’s all intentional.

Axel: Love is what happens if there’s something really special between two people.

Roxas: More special than friends? Like…if they’re best friends? Inseparable?

Axel: Well, you can care about your friends, I guess, but that’s not what I’m talking about.

I’m not imagining any of it.

Roxas wouldn’t let it go. “Do you think we would, if we had hearts?”

“Once Kingdom Hearts is complete, I bet you’ll be able to figure it out.”

The magic words again, Axel thought. It’ll all make sense when Kingdom Hearts is complete. But was that true? No one had ever seen it happen before. So who knew?

Still, all they could do was believe in it. Pitiful Heartless, mindlessly collecting hearts…

It all supports the idea of Lea and Isa originally being viewed as a romantic pairing by the writers. I don’t get what you mean by me giving my theories as real. I’m not claiming to be a Square-Enix insider or anything. I post my opinions and I assume that the people reading are smart enough to decide for themselves whether they find them persuasive or not. I don’t have to force anyone to think anything. If the evidence is strong enough people will be able to see it themself.