As everyone probably already knows, Elon Musk has made a couple of big changes to the face of Twitter. As of July 24, 2023, the iconic blue bird logo has been replaced with a new X logo that has some Twitter users, well, not happy with the change.
Other users have also turned to the obvious joke-making coping mechanism that the Internet (or Twitter, in general) is known for. However, there is this one specific fandom that’s suddenly come alive following the changes made to Twitter.
Again, as everyone may have already guessed, Elon Musk has a certain fixation on the letter ‘X’ which has been manifested a couple of times throughout his whole professional career. His first company, an online bank, was called ‘X.com,’ which later merged with a competitor software company and was renamed ‘PayPal.’
Other companies up in Musk’s sleeve with the letter X are SpaceX, an American spacecraft manufacturer, launch service provider, and satellite comms. company, X (previously Twitter), and xAi, an AI startup aiming to develop AI programs to compete with now existing programs like ChatGPT.
In the gaming world, one specific game character shares a similar love for the letter X like Elon Musk, and that is Kingdom Hearts’ Master Xehanort. In the Kingdom Hearts universe, this character is a powerful Keyblade Master, the main antagonist of the ‘Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep’ game, and the leader of the ‘Real Organization XIII.’
And as Twitter has now been rebranded as ‘X’, well, it just called up the Kingdom Hearts fandom to step up and “reorganize” themselves as members of Organization XIII.
For context, this ‘Real Organization XIII’, formerly organized as ‘Organization XIII’, is a group of 13 powerful Nobodies (people who lost their hearts to Darkness) who serve as vessels for the heart of Master Xehanort and to re-forge the X-blade (a legendary weapon) and open “Kingdom Hearts”—the “heart of everything” the ‘Kingdom Hearts’ universe and the great source of power that Xehanort seeks out for.
From the organization’s name itself, all of its members have the letter ‘X’ included in their names. Of course, with news of Twitter’s rebranding, the Kingdom Hearts fandom just had to have its moment in the spotlight.
Fans of the popular game franchise have all changed their bios, profile pictures, and names to match as members of Organization XIII.
Every Kingdom Hearts fan crawling out of their hole to make X jokes rn pic.twitter.com/wXbTDsNLuE
— Sofi⁷ @ KH4 AAA (@chirithies) July 24, 2023
The duality of the reactions to the Twitter – X rebranding news are sending me.
I love Kingdom Hearts twt LMAO pic.twitter.com/rEbqin2SHS
— cσσkíє 🎮 Professor Layton 6🎩 (@ArcanaLegacy) July 24, 2023
nah why is elon changing it to x…. yall know what that means #kingdomhearts pic.twitter.com/b6EcSeRmG0
— loominxcence 🐈 | nugget lover (@loominsscence) July 24, 2023
Kingdom Hearts Fanbase on twitter right now after it was announced that twitter will be renamed to X #kingdomhearts pic.twitter.com/dBiFtUeFnT
— 🗝️RagingXblade🗝️ (@ragingkeyblade) July 24, 2023
People moaning about Twitter becoming X vs Kingdom Hearts Fans pic.twitter.com/KlTos39obg
— ※ Elleastic5 ※ (@elleroche5) July 24, 2023
The unintentional worldwide Kingdom Hearts marketing boost Twitter X is giving is hilarious.
Kingdom Hearts marketing team didn't need to go THIS hard lmaooooooo 😂 pic.twitter.com/HEq5XNX35l
— ☆オードリーAudrey☆ (@aitaikimochi) July 25, 2023
Kingdom Hearts fans when twitter rebrands to X pic.twitter.com/bBq504NZd6
— Astrx @ マジカルミライ2023 ☆♪ (@UnchainedStar) July 24, 2023
"X" is more than just one letter.
It's a symbol.
The Greek symbol for "Chi" or the "X Blade" which will be formed when Ventus (a being of no darkness) fights Vanitas (a being made of darkness) and open the door to the power of Kingdom Hearts.
— Tuxlok (@tulokthe) July 23, 2023
This site is a crumbling dumpster fire but the X rebrand is hilarious if you're a Kingdom Hearts fan.
— Alix (Biblically Accurate Norted Ali)🌱 (@Oceanvybe) July 24, 2023
"Your DN will have an X and you have to get Twitter blue to remove it"
Kingdom hearts fans: pic.twitter.com/YaQUUJGJ6n
— Miss Xenebrae (@misstenebraealt) July 24, 2023
ANGER AND HATE ARE SUPREME#KH #KingdomHearts #X pic.twitter.com/k3nEOjhIMK
— EXXO (@TheFlameKun) July 25, 2023
Anyone have a moment to talk about DARKNESS or Organization XIII#Organization13 #Darkness #χ#kingdomhearts pic.twitter.com/BmB7tSv2fz
— Some random fan X (@SomeRandomFan0) July 24, 2023
Kingdom Hearts Twitter (X?) right now lol pic.twitter.com/xT1szmK6p9
— Churro (@churroz) July 24, 2023
My face when my follower count keeps rising with new kingdom hearts friends who also have the black coat profile pic #kingdomhearts #X #Xblade pic.twitter.com/cVArg0Tj0C
— JazzyXruf (@Jazzyruf) July 25, 2023
Xehanort foresaw everything…
Even the Twitter rebranding pic.twitter.com/29hZriD5we
— 🔴LIVE ON TWITCH: HMKILLA (@HMKilla) July 23, 2023
Xemnas reacting to the Kingdom Hearts fandom now donning black coats and putting “X” in their names: pic.twitter.com/VbL97ULkaF
— Cody (@DoxycDreamer) July 24, 2023
Ok if this X thing is anything to go off of Kingdom Hearts 4 hype cycle and release is going to be so insanely fun lmao
— Bio-Roxas (@Bio_Roxas) July 25, 2023
kingdom hearts fans when they see the letter X pic.twitter.com/LKNC41qdaB
— ᵉᵛᵉ (@rikuseph) July 24, 2023
we're so fucking back, bros #x #RIPTwitter #TwitterX #Organization13 #kingdomhearts pic.twitter.com/xG7s90zoBA
— Rylex (@Rylex___) July 24, 2023
Square Enix has the opportunity of making the most out of this Kingdom Hearts-coded moment.
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