The Sora/Roxas duel

So for the longest time I've been thinking about the duel between Sora and Roxas. There were a number of lines in it that confused me, a number of epiphanies reached that slid off me, and I know I've heard these same things debated by other people. It was a scene that holds a lot of very vague and unspecified context. I think I've figured it out.

( Not that I think anyone actually reads my journal who hasn't beaten the game, but spoilers in here. )

It's such an interesting sequence. *squee*

The Samurai luuuurve Roxas

Oh, and I didn't notice this the first time around, but I did last night and chibimazoku reminded me.

In the process of researching last night's/this morning's insane essay on the Sora-Roxas duel, I rewatched the CGI leading up to it. When Sora is singled out from Donald and Goofy, and Roxas drags him into his own heart,

Sora is separated from Donald and Goofy because Samurai Nobodies are holding them back.

...this makes the part of me that wrote Servants of Masters extremely happy.