The Untold Significance of Nightmares ~ A Kingdom Hearts Theory

DARK HIDE DOES NOT HAVE RED EYES! Yes, they glow red, but when it reveals itself later in the fight, you can see that they're indeed yellow. I've just had to address this point a lot in replies so I might as well put this at the top of this pinned comment A lot of things in the original script never made it into the final draft, so I'll discuss some other points here: Beneath the Lich's robes are dangling chains with pink-red spikes on the end. These exact spikes can be seen surrounding dream portals. When the Lich teleports, it leaves a red afterimage and when he summons lesser Heartless, its eyes glow magenta. These colours are all synonymous with the concept of sleep. He also encapsulates the hearts of the fallen guardians with chains. Even though the Lich's abilities may allow other Heartless to exist in dreams, it still doesn't explain why we fight Shadows and a Darkside in the KH3 intro and also why Heartless appear in Stations of Awakening. You may have also noticed that I use pictures of Nobodies too. This is because I believe the same rule applies to lesser Nobodies such as Dusks when Yen Sid states that Heartless cannot descend into the Sleeping Realm. Xemnas has a heart, which is why he can exist in dreams in DDD as "hearts can dream". Ansem and the Guardian are... strange. There just seems to be a lot of contradictions to Yen Sid's statement. Even though all Heartless have yellow eyes, there are notable exceptions. The biggest of which being Dark Hide from BBSFM; fans literally dubbed this Heartless "Red Eyes" before we got the English localization. However, they only glow red (which is still incredibly rare) but they are still in fact yellow when it reveals itself later in the fight. In my research, I checked each and every Heartless. A few tiny exceptions remain, such as the Defenders in Hollow Bastion having shields with eyes and they glow red when using Fire. Sora's Rage form in KH3 has yellow eyes but they "glow" red. This is the exact same thing with the Demon Tide from 0.2 and KH3. Again, yellow eyes but with a red glow. Not saying that this doesn't mean anything, but it was all a bit too much to put in the final video and it ended up being a 16 minute tangent for one section alone. The Search Ghosts are the Heartless with one eye dangling out of it's socket via a single chain, and when it spots you, its eye glows red. This is VERY rare among Heartless. Not only is it a ghost like the Lich (connection to the Realm of Death) but in KH1 they're also introduced taking orders from the Mayor and Jack Skelington in Halloween Town, and who is Jack? The King of Nightmares.

"The Nightmare has only just begun." -Everyone who watched the Union Cross ending

I legit laughed out loud at "Xehanort's boyfriend"

“Down the chain, enter through memories” chain of memories. My god.

Patiently waiting for Sora's next saga in Kingdom Hearts : Insomnia

“You are using the name Terra. That means that you see me, the way you remember me.” Didn’t Yozora also state to Sora that Sora isn’t Sora but using his name?

A video featuring the phrase "Xehanort's Boyfriend" doesn't have the right to be this well made.

So if Sora now is unchained, that explains how he was able to contact Kairi in Melody of Memory. Voices can only reach those who are close to the Unchained Realm. Xehanort was definetly aware of Quadratum and the Foretellers who have seemingly also mastered the unchained state, allowing them to go back and forth between Quadratum and reality as well as appearing in the present when they lived centuries ago.

Being unchained is starting to sound ominously similar to being awake in Homestuck and that is deeply concerning to me

Maybe heartless can't enter dreams, but one can dream of heartless. That is to say the heartless in dreams could simply be fake, or the product of imagination

The legend does it again. Never noticed the connection between red eyes and sleep, that's pretty wild.

Channels like “The Gamers Joint” and “HMK” are great for news and rumors but you along side “The Secret Reports” and “Pajama Let’s Play” are on a different level when it comes to theories and explanations. Keep doing you!

It could be that Scala ad Caelum is not itself a memory, but rather that the Scala ad Caelum that we see in 3 is Xehanort's memory of Scala and the Scala that Yen Sid sends Mickey to is the real Scala.

The casual “Him and his boyfriend” Had me on the ground 😂

Yo to fix his chain of memories Sora had to sleep And the guardian’s hearts were locked in chains during the Lich trials Naminé boutta be really important in the series

Yeah after yesterday's update, Dream Eaters and Nightmares will never be the same

So about Yozora. Don't know how much of this actually matters but Noctis' dreams used to be a big plot point in versus and are still canon in the final game. They are like alternate realities. For example during 15 he has a dream about the omen trailer where he went alone on his journey, and later when Luna dies they talk through Noctis' dream, and she even says "a chance to speak with you once more, who would have thought", and then takes a notice of the flowers around them saying he still remembers them. In platinum demo carbuncle straight up says in your dreams you are king.

Red eyes representing sleep is something I've never thought of. Something to add to the Power of Awakening/Sleep dynamic is how Destati is Italian for awaken and Somnus is well , Latin for Sleep. The constant mirroring/parallels between are so layered between Sora and Yozora.

Regarding Timeless River, the main trio did indeed went into the past because it was Merlin himself who opened a door for them to time travel. Now, it may seem like it is breaking what was set up later on regarding time travel... That's because it is. Merlin is just that good of a wizard that even Young Xehanort noted about it.

This makes way too much sense to not be pure fact, had me engaged every second with the quality editing and great commentary, really loved this video, definitely earned a sub from me!