#im not dead but im not making stims rn sorry
KH2 headcanon:
In the cutscene that starts the final fight with Saïx, when Riku protects Kairi from his claymore air blast and the magical shield comes up - Riku did that. Riku made the shield. He shows a couple times throughout the series that he can make guards and tries to protect both himself and others. He locks himself and Kairi out of the fight purposefully to protect her because he knows Saïx is a threat, and I fully believe that Saïx didn’t make the shield as he just flat-out lacks the ability, because he lacks the want the protect himself. At no point does Saïx protect himself via magic - he can’t.
Otherwise he would have shielded against Riku’s dark fira before - but he didn’t, he took it with his arms, facing it head on. Shielding his face.
Saïx doesn’t know shielding magic because he’s used to his body taking hits.
(I know the area shields are to prevent escape but I like the idea too much to follow game logic)
