Spring Waltz: Chapter 7

Alright I meant to post this up before I posted up chapter 8, but I was up late typing last night so I was like it can wait in the morning xD

Chapter 7: Thinking

This chapter brings about the introduction of Xion. They have small talk before even finding out how they are connected. It's a bit of a foreshadow to show that these two girls can be rather buddy buddy.

But it skips to Xion and Roxas's business negotiations. They are rather comfortable around each other. Even when it comes down to discussing matters of Roxas's mother. Who apparently had something to do with Xion and his relationship.

“Yeah…didn’t expect that at all.” When Xion states this it makes the readers feel she does have some attachment to Roxas still. However she is rooting for him and Namine. This shows as she had set up a date for them before she goes back to whereever she came from.

Xion...is hard to portray. Actually any of the new characters in the upcoming games are a bit harder to portray. But her, I want her to give off a friendly vibe. Sort of like the big sister role. She does play a vital role to this story but as of now it's only a friend/advisor to Namine and Roxas.

Namine even states she is a friend during the next cake emergency. Another moment of 'sisterly' bonding between the girls. I think these cafe interactions are great just to show the different side of the girls when they are and aren't with each other. Plus it shows how strong their friendship is to be able to just drop whatever they're doing and get together to help each other out.

During Namine's flashback: “How do you do it? Tell us apart like that?” & “Isn’t it obvious? It’s because I love you.” By telling apart it obviously means the identical twins. Namine's answer is love. So given the situation if Ventus shows up again, [and he will just not yet so hold your horses] could she differentiate between the two if let's say she fell in love with Roxas or if it turns around completely and she still harbors a love for Ventus? It's something we have to wait and see.

I also think her answer on how love helps her see the difference ties in with a foreshadowing line I had analyzed before. The one where Kairi states in chapter 4 “I thought they were identical? You’re so weird. How would you know if both were standing side by side. You could run up to hug one and it’d be the other. Also, an identical twin doesn’t mean identical personalities you know.” It's all about finding the puzzle pieces and putting them together.

And yay! Roxas surprises Namine with another date. He is quite known for surprises isn't he? So far they have all been pleasant surprises...

Xemnas makes a cameo experience as a right-hand man for a woman who is rather...nosy is how we'd describe her right now. From the pictures she recieves we know she connections with Roxas...in other words the MOTHER. Dun dun dun!

It's also important to note just exactly how close she keeps an eye on her sons. Roxas stated in the previous chapter on how she is out of the country to get Ven back. But even still she gets someone to keep tabs of Roxas where he lives and doesn't approve of Namine. She seems to want Xion involved in all this but wasn't she the one who stopped Roxas and Xion's relationship? It also seems like she doesn't recognize Namine in anyway. Would circumstances change if they had a direct meeting? So many questions aren't there?