In the game, when Zexion is pretending to be Sora, Riku is hurt by the light as well. From Sora Because Sora shone too brightly…” “But it was true that he’d turned away from the light. While Riku isn’t literally blinded when he sees Sora, he continuously runs from him, believing he belongs in the dark (not to mention the symbolism of him wearing a blindfold, as if the light is too much for him). When Tifa first finds Cloud, he is blinded by her, and runs away. In the same way, Ansem SoD can be said to be Riku’s darkness, and Sora, his light. Even Nomura has stated that Tifa symbolizes Cloud’s light, just as Sephiroth symbolizes his darkness. Tifa is to Cloud what Sora is to Riku in this context. Sound like someone else we know in KH2? Yeah, it’s Sora. In KH2, we first meet Tifa searching everywhere for Cloud. Ansem SoD lives in the darkness of Riku’s heart.Īnd now Tifa. No matter how many times I fall, your darkness keeps calling me back.Īnd we all know Ansem SoD never stays dead no matter how many times Riku beats him. *Cloud and Sephiroth begin fighting* Absurd. Sephiroth: You’ll never let go of the darkness. Sephiroth: Can you do it? That darkness comes from your own dark memories. But Sephiroth just keeps returning.Ĭloud: Once I get rid of you, the darkness will go away. Indeed, we are the same…Ĭloud also believes that if he’s able to get rid Sephiroth, “the darkness will go away.”. Sephiroth claims he is Cloud, and in a similar way, the parallels between Riku and Xehanort/Ansem SoD are also reinforced throughout the series- showing how Riku could have ended up- literally- as just another Xehanort if his desire for power/strength hadn’t been first rooted in his desire to protect his friends (Terra even has a vision of Young Xehanort standing in Riku’s place).Īnsem SoD: You know you and I are similar. (Also, this might be a coincidence, but Ansem SoD’s design reminds me A LOT of Sephiroth.) And Riku? Riku literally changed to look like Ansem SoD in order to use his powers. Makes you think darkness is the only way.Ĭloud says he looks different because of Sephiroth- even Goofy mentions that Cloud and Sephiroth look similar (even though…they really don’t, but whatever). Tell me if you see him.Ĭloud: Silver hair. Me, and the one who embodies all the darkness in me.ĭonald (Insert Donald Duck voice ): I thought you looked kinda different Cloud.Ĭloud: Sephiroth. Sephiroth: I’m a part of you, am I? Then join me in this eternal nightmare, untarnished by light.Ĭloud: This time, we settle it. Sephiroth is to Cloud what Ansem is to Riku.Ĭloud: As long as you exist, I’ll never wake from this nightmare. Let your heart, your being become darkness itself.Īnd not only that, much like how Riku had agreed to work with Maleficent because she promised to help him find Kairi, Cloud was working with Hades because he promised to help Cloud find a friend. Plunge deeper into the darkness, and your heart will grow even stronger.Īnsem SoD: It’s really quite simple. You showed no fear in stepping through the door to darkness. Riku: You’re saying my heart is weaker than his?Īnsem SoD: For that instant it was. In Kingdom Hearts, Cloud is (probably) meant to be a parallel of Riku.
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