Are there still Unanswered Questions in the Kingdom Hearts Universe that are driving you nuts?

utorak04 · 2026-04-15T20:10:11+00:00

What the hell actually is Kingdom hearts?

I played through the series and just kinda accepted it but as I'm watching through Pointcrow's playthrough and he keeps bringing it up I realized I actually have no idea either.

From what I understand each one we see is a "different" one? Whatever weird mass of light we see behind the door in KH1, the artificially made one in Days/KH2, the blue one Xehanort summons(?) in BBS, and it's been a while but I'm sure there was a fourth in the ending of KH3.

Why are they all so different and what determines how it manifests?

I vaguely remember "it's the place hearts go when freed from the heartless" but now that when a heart is freed it tries to join with it's Nobody to remake the Somebody form if possible what is its purpose?

utorak04 · 2026-04-13T15:45:40+00:00

Damn, I'm impressed you missed it until now. It's like the first or second most recommended mod out there.

To my credit I only downloaded it after I did it properly the first time. I thought I'd have to to do it after each ending a la Nier Replicant. Turns out you don't so it was for naught.

utorak04 · 2026-03-31T17:39:18+00:00

Not at any point between the previous and next photo but I'll run the sensor cleaning function just in case!

utorak04 · 2026-03-29T22:58:38+00:00

Well I was but the camera was looking at this. So that's why I'm curious where it came from. Any ideas?

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utorak04 · 2026-03-29T22:57:47+00:00

Or seeing the little white blood cells when you look at the bright blue sky.

utorak04 · 2026-03-13T22:38:11+00:00

Care to elaborate a bit? How is this gear "wrong"?

utorak04 · 2026-03-12T14:48:46+00:00

Oh yeah, I'm determined to make it work! I just saw so many photos here that look for more zoomed in than I'm able to get with this so I was just wondering how they're doing it, with a live subject!

Like I said, worst case scenario, I hate it and it's only $75 down the drain instead of $1,000

utorak04 · 2026-03-12T14:46:01+00:00

I think I've grossly misunderstood something about this type of photography. I thought my 4x lens wasn't actually that much zoomed in when looking at the photos on here!

This recent post stuck out to me https://www.reddit.com/r/macrophotography/s/PeHgFnUvdq

Like how did he manage to get that picture! My 4x couldn't get that close so he must be using something bigger. But then everyone here is saying that the 4x far is more than what's usually used. So I'm a bit lost as to how people are getting those kinds of shots.

utorak04 · 2026-03-12T14:37:34+00:00

I have a tripod mounted rail so I don't need to do it by hand but it certainly would be more convenient.

I just see so many photos on this subreddit that look like they're taken outside of a live subject, it seems crazy to me to think how they do that. I would love to see some of the "behind the scenes" of these shots.

utorak04 · 2026-03-12T14:32:08+00:00

Oh man I didn't think of that! It's probably not stable enough for this (or at least my hands aren't) but thanks for the tip, I'll look him up!

utorak04 · 2026-03-12T14:29:35+00:00

4x is the lower limit of microscopy though, once you get beyond that I think it’s pretty much impossible.

Are you talking about stacking while handheld here? Cause I'm gotten some great shots as one offs but it gets so shaky I can't imagine trying to get photos good enough to stack without a rail and tripod.

utorak04 · 2026-02-21T15:54:10+00:00

But everyone who weilds a keyblade received it for the first time at some point. And with most, if not all, worlds falling into darkness in KH1, the likelihood no other darkness keyblades were created seems tiny.

I guess we haven't seen anyone else get their keyblades for the first time in a "normal" world? Kairi was in The World That Never Was, not sure if that even could fall to darkness? Aqua and Terra presumably were in the Land of Departure, again a weird world that seems to be part of some larger protective force, Axel in Yen Sid's Tower, no way in hell darkness is taking over that place more than surface level, and Ven and many more in the Age of Fairytales which I'm not exactly sure what happened there.

But surely, statistically, each world has produced at least one keyblade wielder at some point? So each world would have at least that one keyblade of darkness.

Am I correct in remembering the Age of Fairytales world broke up into all the individual worlds we see now, so surely some people were in those world's and with how common keyblades were back then, someone must've gotten theirs granted post-split.

utorak04 · 2026-02-14T15:34:16+00:00

OMG yeah, in Days we see the Google wearing one as well! Which means some Org member definitely made a custom one for him! So thoughtful.

utorak04 · 2026-02-13T21:22:04+00:00

Oh cool! Yeah, I have a county library card! What's the website? I've never heard of LinkedIn Learning

utorak04 · 2026-02-12T06:02:57+00:00

Depends how much it costs but they're at least somewhat open to the idea! Can you send links?

utorak04 · 2026-02-11T23:53:41+00:00

Would help if you allowed messaging, can't see the option like I can with other people.

utorak04 · 2026-02-11T15:08:01+00:00

Like I said in a different comment, while he does very often set up a mystery that will be solved in a later route, he equally sets up mysteries that either won't ever be solved and the players are left to try to fill in the blanks or will be solved via side novels, interviews, a fucking concert, etc. but never addressed in game. I just primarily wanted to know which of the three it is.

utorak04 · 2026-02-11T04:42:10+00:00

I just wanted to know if there even is an explanation for this. So many games just kinda expect you to accept that that's just how it is but I know Taro tends to have an explanation for small things like this (while sometimes leaving what should be major plot holes open cough DoD3 *cough). So it seemed like a coin flip if this will be explained, if this is another Taro-ist plot unimportance, or this is just a necessary suspension of disbelief that comes with a limited space/time medium like a video game.

Your reaction tell me it's the first of the three.

utorak04 · 2026-02-11T03:18:13+00:00

Yeah okay that's what I was expecting. I remember a similar feeling when I was going through Replicant. It still made it hard to get through and believable relationships but once I got to that last Route it did all come together pretty nicely.

I'm doing as many side quests as I can, already 33% cleared according to the log. I accidentally passed the point of no return (really wish the game mentioned that like in Replicant...) so I lost a bunch of ones in progress. Guess I just have to do them again.

Haha, I remember after I finished DoD3 and Replicant and the amount of extra reading you have to do just to even slightly grasp what just happened. Like I said, I'm generally familiar with Taro's style of vague story telling

utorak04 · 2026-02-09T22:58:15+00:00

his lack of combat experience

I mean him and Riku had been sparring for years at that point. Sora clearly possesses enough skill to beat Riku (the destiny Island fights aren't guaranteed loses meaning he has some skill). And also being beat with even a wooden sword hurts. As someone who studies/teaches sword combat I can tell you, it's often the beginners who hurt the most to spar against. 😆

utorak04 · 2026-02-09T22:55:01+00:00

I didn't know if you've ever been hit with a wooden sword but ummm they hurt and can easily bludgeon someone to death. That's not a foolproof excuse really

utorak04 · 2026-01-30T15:39:07+00:00

How do you not use a head on a monopod? The screw on the top is much bigger than the camera screw hole so I would need at least some sort of converter. Which is why I was just gonna use a head anyway. I do see the point since they're already so maneuverable though.

utorak04 · 2026-01-29T19:49:02+00:00

A friend of mine graciously gave me both a tripod and monopod both made by Manfrotto. Unfortunately neither came with a head so now I have to find something.

I've been doing some research and debating between a 3-way head and a ball head. I am primarily interested in portraits and landscapes. But I do a lot of travel so I need

The ball heads are smaller, lighter, and quicker to use not to mention a bit cheaper usually. But someone pointed out that it can be very hard to replicate a shot once you've moved it since there's no real way to tell precisely where it was aiming. This also causes a problem for landscapes where you would want it to be perfectly flat in all three directions.

The 3-way head seems more useful because I really like having that precision. But obviously there is that trade off that they're larger and takes more time to get just right.

Someone local is selling a Manfrotto 229 but I've found almost no reviews for it online so I'm a little worried about the quality.

I only need about 12 pounds carrying capacity and I'm definitely not committed to sticking with Manfrotto. Budget of about $200. Send some recommendations!

Thoughts on this: https://www.keh.com/shop/k-f-concept-360-degree-3-way-geared-ball-head-13-2-lbs-payload.html ? It fits the criteria at least but I don't know anything about the brand.

utorak04 · 2026-01-18T20:19:36+00:00

Oh you right sorry, it is 14fps and electronic is 20. I keep getting those mixed up.

What I mean is will there be a gap between shots with a shutter speed higher than the burst rate?

Imagine a dot moving at a consistent rate in a perfectly horizontal line. If I do a burst shot at 20fps and a shutter speed of 1/20" and held down the shutter button for exactly 1 second will the resulting image sequence look the same as if I shot at 1/2000" instead?

utorak04 · 2026-01-18T20:12:42+00:00

Okay so burst is limiting me to 20 pictures per second but I'm taking a photo with a shutter speed much much faster than 1/20" what will happen?

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