OnePassingNight | Dream Metaphors and Symbolization
This is probably going to sound stupid- but I wanted to list out and verify the metaphors and underlying meanings within Roxas' dreams, from first to current. Most predominantly for my own discretion; there's things I've added I'm not sure I was even aware of, but if you would like to browse then a customary link is provided to each thread, along with the meanings found therein. Take note that one of these links is for a dream that didn't take place within OPN itself; rather a musebox. Me and Dee needed to catch up their storyline to a certain point and wanted the thread to remain private, rather than putting a closed log on OPN itself.
Day 1 | Dream one
White- Roxas' very first action within his dream is to define white- not only as a feeling, but with a different name that keys in his own affinity to the color. By definition, white isn't a color at all, but a shade. To be surrounded by and find meaning within the shade itself is a metaphor towards Roxas' personal distinction between Sombodies and himself.
Projections of Sora's memories- The distinction here was that even though the walls were entirely white throughout Roxas' dream, they were still punctuated consistantly with Sora at various stages of Sora's life and memories. This has a few meanings.
-The appearence of Sora on the shade shows Roxas' feelings of being consistantly overshadowed. The scenes come in variation, from times during KH1, and even times when Roxas himself has known Sora, to show how this has affected Roxas' entire existence to date; his own passage of time.
-The memories themselves turn to static and fade away, because Roxas still feels a depersonalization to Sora himself. He wishes for them to be two different people, and focuses his attention on other things as a way to deny Sora's perspectives and influence.
Roxas' Journal- This was a piece of Roxas I unintentionally played up; again it has various uses by it's definition.
-It is one of the predominant constants in Roxas' life. From his eighth day of existance, through Digital Twilight Town, till now, he has always had a diary. It becomes a personalization of Roxas' existence to date.
-Words are the only thing Roxas himself feels he owns. The diary remains the one source of Roxas that has never been touched; no one else has read it, nor written into it.So the diary defines the parts of Roxas he has yet to give up, and the parts of himself he believes to be his, and his alone.
The Ink Splatter- When interrupted by Sora, an entire page in the journal is covered with ink. Roxas merely sighs and wipes the page out; makes it blank once again. This is a reference to Twilight Town, Day 6; meeting Sora and wiping his life out, to start again in an entirely different way. The words- and Roxas- will never be written the same way as before. It once again ties into Roxas' feelings of being overshadowed.Despite himself, it's also a symbol of how vividly affected he is as a person by Sora himself.
The Clock Tower- Minato becomes the first person to teach Roxas how to influence his dreams. Roxas chooses the clock tower; not only is this a prominant symbol within the games itself, tying into Roxas' ties to friendship and even his disconnection with friends (during Digital Twilight Town, Roxas is always sitting or standing furthest away from Hayner, Pence, and Olette) It becomes a symbol of Roxas' memories up to this point- bittersweet but prominent.
Ice cream- Kind of easy to understand; Roxas uses ice cream as a symbol of friendship- making his first friend over the salty sweet stuff. I love sea salt for the mere fact that it pretty much defines all of Roxas' relationships to that point- bittersweet.
I couldn't think of a good title for this one but Roxas refuses, at first, to believe the Sora he's speaking to is real. In fact, he tells him just that, trying to find the memory that Sora belongs to. In many ways, Sora is still a dream to Roxas-- just a boy in his head that he's made up. He's not sure what to think of Sora, and ironically he'd rather focus on the memories of Sora than on how he is in the present. It's his own, special way of trying to refute acknowledging Sora's existence at all.
Day 1 | Dream one
White- Roxas' very first action within his dream is to define white- not only as a feeling, but with a different name that keys in his own affinity to the color. By definition, white isn't a color at all, but a shade. To be surrounded by and find meaning within the shade itself is a metaphor towards Roxas' personal distinction between Sombodies and himself.
Projections of Sora's memories- The distinction here was that even though the walls were entirely white throughout Roxas' dream, they were still punctuated consistantly with Sora at various stages of Sora's life and memories. This has a few meanings.
-The appearence of Sora on the shade shows Roxas' feelings of being consistantly overshadowed. The scenes come in variation, from times during KH1, and even times when Roxas himself has known Sora, to show how this has affected Roxas' entire existence to date; his own passage of time.
-The memories themselves turn to static and fade away, because Roxas still feels a depersonalization to Sora himself. He wishes for them to be two different people, and focuses his attention on other things as a way to deny Sora's perspectives and influence.
Roxas' Journal- This was a piece of Roxas I unintentionally played up; again it has various uses by it's definition.
-It is one of the predominant constants in Roxas' life. From his eighth day of existance, through Digital Twilight Town, till now, he has always had a diary. It becomes a personalization of Roxas' existence to date.
-Words are the only thing Roxas himself feels he owns. The diary remains the one source of Roxas that has never been touched; no one else has read it, nor written into it.So the diary defines the parts of Roxas he has yet to give up, and the parts of himself he believes to be his, and his alone.
The Ink Splatter- When interrupted by Sora, an entire page in the journal is covered with ink. Roxas merely sighs and wipes the page out; makes it blank once again. This is a reference to Twilight Town, Day 6; meeting Sora and wiping his life out, to start again in an entirely different way. The words- and Roxas- will never be written the same way as before. It once again ties into Roxas' feelings of being overshadowed.Despite himself, it's also a symbol of how vividly affected he is as a person by Sora himself.
The Clock Tower- Minato becomes the first person to teach Roxas how to influence his dreams. Roxas chooses the clock tower; not only is this a prominant symbol within the games itself, tying into Roxas' ties to friendship and even his disconnection with friends (during Digital Twilight Town, Roxas is always sitting or standing furthest away from Hayner, Pence, and Olette) It becomes a symbol of Roxas' memories up to this point- bittersweet but prominent.
Ice cream- Kind of easy to understand; Roxas uses ice cream as a symbol of friendship- making his first friend over the salty sweet stuff. I love sea salt for the mere fact that it pretty much defines all of Roxas' relationships to that point- bittersweet.
I couldn't think of a good title for this one but Roxas refuses, at first, to believe the Sora he's speaking to is real. In fact, he tells him just that, trying to find the memory that Sora belongs to. In many ways, Sora is still a dream to Roxas-- just a boy in his head that he's made up. He's not sure what to think of Sora, and ironically he'd rather focus on the memories of Sora than on how he is in the present. It's his own, special way of trying to refute acknowledging Sora's existence at all.