sharingthesamesky:

Someone over at KHinsider posted a translation of Nomura’s character comments on KH2 which were supposedly written in 2006, but just made available. The site is down now, but I’m queuing their post with a link to the whole thing.

But I did take a few screenshots.

And the comment on Zexion:

[ As he shares something like a master-servant or teacher-student relationship with Xemnas, like Saix, he is a character with strong connections. While he was the superior in that regard, perhaps that was ultimately his downfall. It is likely that if Marluxia and Axel had not betrayed him in Castle Oblivion, he would have played a central role within the Oranisation. ]

Well just shoot me through the chest why don’t you. This is a side we don’t totally see in the games, but it totally colors a lot of his comments. Like we know Saix was actually plotting against Xemnas, but a lot of what Zexion says sound like very pro-Organization sound bites. But then there is that pause when Xigbar mentions a secret, or the fact that we know him to be a tactician, and I wonder just how taken with Xemnas he was by the time of CO. After all, he actually knew more than Saix about the replica project and probably some of the science of Darkness, Hearts, and how things all started.

But what really, really intrigues me is how this is going to all play out now. We know Lea went back to Raident Garden and I presume he was filled in on the true purpose of Organization XIII, what with having come in for the end of that. For whatever reason, Ienzo and Lea were sharing information before, so there is no reason to assume that won’t continue.

I’d love to see how the information effects Ienzo, or what he does about it, considering this new information about his relationship with Xemnas (and one assumes, by extension, Apprentice Xehanort).