Miss Ninja, on Nov 5 2009, 10:43 PM, said:
I was wondering about the whole "chosen" thing myself. In the first KH game, the Keyblade was presented as an object that chooses one person to wield it based on the strength of their heart. In the second, there were several Keyblades going around, but it was still presented as an object that chooses its own master.
From what we've seen of BbS, all that seems a bit contradictory, in my opinion. Terra (and possibly Aqua?) are about to take their Master Test- it's confirmed that Ven doesn't yet have the skills to take the test. So in BbS, it seems as though when a master takes on apprentices, the apprentices can "earn" their mastership. So at what point does the Keyblade go from something you can train to earn to a weapon that can choose its master, and why?
I'll wager a guess. Let's look at the events before BBS. We don't know much. We know that Master Xehanort has traveled a long way to watch the examination take place. We know that him and Master Erauqs are friends. We also know that by this point, the Keyblade War is over. So let's throw in that the Keyblade still does have a mind of its own. Perhaps the exam that Terra and Aqua are taking is a reprecussion of *possibly* so many KeyBearers abusing the power they were granted. This would explain why in KH1, when Riku gives into the darkness, control of the Keyblade then shifts to Sora. To reinforce that, we know that in BBS Terra says "I don't care about being a master" and I believe this takes place after he has begun to succumb to the darkness. Master Xehanort says you can't be a master and have the powers of darkness. While this does not explain how Vanitas and MX can use Keys, it's the only solid theory I can form based on all the information.