#steam was the one who i saw who talked about the kh2 ending necklace grab

[whyarewecalledtheshipname]

just losing my shit at the way CoM "introduces" this concept of a good luck charm that sora wears which denotes the image of a necklace but also simultaneously conflates the charm with kairis shell charm but it's also part of a fake memory about receiving it as a child but also the memory is actually not completely fake but sora goes to sleep wondering who the shell charm is from and also who it reminds him of

And then kh2 further confuses things with the fuckin little mermaid ass-pull parallel about necklaces that are also good luck charms so like we still don't definitely know who sora's good luck charm is supposed to represent-- whether riku or kairi-- or even if the CoM memory is alluding to the shell charm or sora's necklace--

But then the answer to this whole mess just goes unspoken in the entirety of the kh2 ending-- from sora's reunions with his friends down to the last scene of the game

An entire ending sequence to the game which is so transparently, /clearly/, about sora and riku

Down to sora asking what the light was--perhaps the very same light that namine spoke of back in CoM--that glimmer

Only for riku to point at sora's chest, obviously intended to refer to soras heart, yet sora places his hand over his /necklace/

It's. It's riku. Ofc we knew it was riku that this whole charm shit was about but ughhhhh

Like. I am. So sleep deprived over this shit 💀💀💀