more a fanfiction then alternate tutorial in my personal opinion, but i highly appreciate to see works of passion from the Kingdom Hearts Comunity :)
(in my verry personal opinion: Sora felt a little too out of character, with the somberness and selfdoubt in such a tutorialistic setting, wich are also supposed to introduce you to the basic character of sora. And in my opinion he wouldnt negatively remenisce on the events of DDD that much, in this way.)
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Thank you for reading and sharing those thoughts!
I actually agree with you to some extent. Thinking about how Sora would look to new players, if this were their very first introduction to the character, I wondered if it was too dark, so it's interesting to read that you felt the same.
In the end, I decided that it wasn't the real tutorial, so I'd rather make a point of fleshing out blink-and-you'll-miss-it moments of sombreness in Sora's character, and open a conversation about details that hit me hard emotionally in canon, specifically his unbelievable positivity at the end of DDD and that moment in the 0.2/KH3 Mysterious Tower scene when his cheerful attitude melts away for a few seconds.
I do believe self-doubt (and how he shakes it off, overcomes or suppresses it) is part of Sora's base character and that it's particularly important in the story of KH3. How much of it should be shown to new players in a tutorial segment is definitely the question I ended up with after writing this fanfic.
So, again, thank you for bringing it up!