This is driving me nuts. I gotta say something about this line.



This is a lie.

Demyx didn’t know that they had hearts. This was a bluff. He saw an opportunity in something Sora said, and he pounced on it.

When he said this line, he was trying to trick Sora into empathizing with him so they wouldn’t have to fight. (Is he trying to conceal his power level? Your guess is as good as mine at the moment.) When that didn’t work, he got annoyed and dropped the act. It’s like he was willing to let Sora go if he agreed not to fight, but Sora ungratefully refused to accept his mercy, so Demyx decided to curb stomp him for his insolence. Legend.

By the way, while I’m here, I’ll point out some other Interesting tidbits of characterization now that we’re taking him seriously.

He was never Roxas’s friend. Demyx only put on a friendly act to trick him into doing his missions for him. He gets away with it because Roxas thinks he’s just lazy. I feel like I could read into his “traitor” line a few ways after KH3, but it at least goes to show that all of his “Uwuuu~ Roxas, come back to us~” stuff was a load of crap.

Any friendliness he showed to Xion was conditional. When he found out she was a replica, he seemed annoyed that he even bothered giving her his attention. I wrote this off for the longest time because it went against what I thought he was like. Surprise, he’s a bastard!

He was happy when the others were transferred to Castle Oblivion. He said it made the place quieter. When he found out that they died, he flippantly joked about it with Xigbar. People are dead and Demyx does not care.

I can only think of one character he seems genuinely friendly with… And it’s Xigbar. He doesn’t seem to have any ulterior motive with him. He just loves hovering around him For Some Reason. And he showed up to watch Xigbar fight Roxas in Olympus. That’s not weird.

So, like, what I’m saying is… This dude successfully fooled a good chunk of the KH fanbase into thinking he’s something that he isn’t.

It’s probably because his actions don’t seem to serve a greater goal. If he isn’t just lazy, why does he keep pushing his work off onto other people? What else could he be getting out of it?

Gratification.

Manipulating people is his hobby. (The sitar is huge and there to distract you.)

It’s why he gets seriously angry when Sora refuses to buy his act. Being underestimated is what he wants, and he’s used to getting what he wants. He takes pride in his ability to trick people.



He’s so good at it, he can basically spell it out right in front of Larxene’s face and she still won’t get it because she’s bought his act hook, line, and sinker. Her irritation validates him. He goes along with Vexen’s plan because it utilizes his talent. He can say, “I’m so off everyone’s radar” and– …No, that one was a little too on-the-nose. I think we all noticed it that time. The sheer level of confidence this man has… He can tell the truth (”I can be intimidating when I want to be”) and everyone will ignore it because they’re that far under his spell. Dare I say, he’s an even better actor than Xigbar, and he’s infinitely more committed to playing the part of the fool.

*picks up megaphone* HE’S THE MOM, AND IN A SHOCKING TWIST, I’M STARTING TO THINK HE WAS ALWAYS MEANT TO BE THE MOM. HE’S BEEN LIKE THIS FOREVER.

The more I think about this, the closer I get to the truth, I think. I hope. lol For a while, I thought that Demyx might have really believed he was as weak and stupid as the others say… But he seems too aware of what he’s doing for that to be the case. So even if he puts himself down, that’s part of the ploy. But… Maybe a part of him really DOES think he’s just a little idiot. That sounds like something Nomura would do. Horrible manipulative bastard? He’s sympathetic now.

The way he looks like a deer caught in the headlights when Xemnas tells them that they were part of the ancient keyblade legacy… Maybe MoM really is baby…