You do have a definite point about the warfare mentality. Sora does have to fight the Org, they are collectively doing a bad and destructive thing. Sora's tendency to see in black and white anyway actually does stand him in good stead. (Especially considering how his crisis of conscience about the Keyblade paralyzed him.) I think the most uncomfortable thing here, really, is something that was brought up in a post by laylah on the subject - his stated reasons for fighting are very weak. He doesn't really say "you're fucking everything up and you need to stop it", which is valid and true and a good reason to be fighting, he says "well, you're just a Nobody and therefore bad".
It IS dangerous to start sympathizing with one's enemies, no question. Considering how Sora wants to Fix Everything, though, I'd think that if anybody could pull it off, he could. It would have been really hard to work, though, story-wise... Sora's the magic fixit, but the Org as a whole can't really be 'fixed'. Demyx could potentially be coaxed to join The Good Guys if he was sure they'd protect him, Axel already went turncoat for Sora/the Roxas in Sora, maybe one or two others could be convinced... but as a whole, they'd be awfully hard to 'save'. Some, like Saix, I don't think even could be 'saved'.
I guess what I'm getting at is I'd just have liked Sora to question things a little; even if he just came to the conclusion of "I feel sort of bad for you guys, but as long as you're doing this crap with the Heartless and hurting people and worlds, I'm going to keep fighting you and I won't hold back", I'd have loved that.
Oh, you're probably right about the hearts and memories. XD; But then, don't most Nobodies have memories of their past selves? I seem to remember Roxas being the weird one for not remembering Sora. ... Which was probably because Sora's heart got fixed real fast and the memories didn't have time to filter over. Okay, answered my own question!
As for your questions about the Heartless... You know what, man, I have no idea. x_x Your guess is honestly as good as mine, perhaps better. I've never thought about that.
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It IS dangerous to start sympathizing with one's enemies, no question. Considering how Sora wants to Fix Everything, though, I'd think that if anybody could pull it off, he could. It would have been really hard to work, though, story-wise... Sora's the magic fixit, but the Org as a whole can't really be 'fixed'. Demyx could potentially be coaxed to join The Good Guys if he was sure they'd protect him, Axel already went turncoat for Sora/the Roxas in Sora, maybe one or two others could be convinced... but as a whole, they'd be awfully hard to 'save'. Some, like Saix, I don't think even could be 'saved'.
I guess what I'm getting at is I'd just have liked Sora to question things a little; even if he just came to the conclusion of "I feel sort of bad for you guys, but as long as you're doing this crap with the Heartless and hurting people and worlds, I'm going to keep fighting you and I won't hold back", I'd have loved that.
I totally agree with you that DiZ is a bastard. I can't help a little sympathy for him, but he and Xehanort basically fucked everything up and there is still no excuse for the way he treated Roxas and Naminé. Yen Sid, I don't know. He's cold, but he's also isolated. I can't really see him as a villain; just very out of touch. He has a lot of knowledge, but for all that he's a powerful old sorceror, he's running a little low on wisdom and just isn't that understanding of people and the way of the world anymore. His tower isn't literally ivory, but has had that effect, I think.
Oh, you're probably right about the hearts and memories. XD; But then, don't most Nobodies have memories of their past selves? I seem to remember Roxas being the weird one for not remembering Sora. ... Which was probably because Sora's heart got fixed real fast and the memories didn't have time to filter over. Okay, answered my own question!
As for your questions about the Heartless... You know what, man, I have no idea. x_x Your guess is honestly as good as mine, perhaps better. I've never thought about that.