Aqua Got Norted

Aqua Got Norted

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Updated Sep 06, 2020 at 04:54AM EDT by shevyrolet.

Added Jun 12, 2018 at 03:50PM EDT by Adam.

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Aqua Got Norted is a catchphrase within the Kingdom Hearts fandom after a trailer for the upcoming Kingdom Hearts III showed that the character Aqua, a major player in the side game Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep, appears to have been possessed by the villainous Xehanort.

Origin

On June 10th, 2018, Square Enix released a trailer for the upcoming Kingdom Hearts III during Microsoft's press conference at E3 2018. One of the major clips from the trailer showed the character Aqua with yellow eyes, suggesting that she'd been possessed by Xehanort (shown below). Part of Xehanort's plan in the series is to split his soul into multiple different people, similar to what Voldemort did in the Harry Potter series with horcruxes.[1] In the Kingdom Hearts fandom, characters infected with Xehanort are referred to as being "norted."



Spread

After the trailer was revealed, Kingdom Hearts fans strongly reacted to the Aqua scene wherein she is shown to possibly be "norted." A thread in /r/KingdomHearts about the moment gained 720 points.[2] Many people on Twitter had strong reactions as well. User HMKilla's reaction gained over 40 retweets and 360 likes (shown below, left). User @limbclinic tweeted their reaction gaining 3 retweets and 17 likes (shown below, right).


HMK @ ЕЗ 2018 @HMKİlla Follow AQUA GOT NORTED! I STILL CAN BELIEVE IT 8:23 PM 10 Jun 2018 SNAKE IS BACK @limbclinic Follow i am still really f------ p----- that aqua got norted 5:37 PM 10 Jun 2018

The term was given much wider exposure following a video by ProZD which compared hardcore Kingdom Hearts fans strongly reacting to Aqua getting "norted" to casual Kingdom Hearts fans who were more likely to simply enjoy the new worlds the trailer showcased. The video gained over 310,000 views in one day (shown below).



The spread of the prase led to a thread on /r/OutOfTheLoop[1] inquiring about its use.

Various Examples


PLEASE FREE AQUA @BowserTGK Follow AQUA GOT NORTED I CAN'T BREATHE IM SHAKINGH Thomas Vaccaro @UnicornOfWar Follow YOU. YOU EVIL MOUSE. IT'S YOUR FAULT AQUA GOT NORTED SO HELP ME IMMA STRANGLE THIS MOUSE. Project Destati @ProjectDestati Victoria Rose, Kingdom Hearts . @riningear Follow y'all know "aqua got 'norted" means "aqua probably got body-possessed by her friend's former combat instructor" right? Zoro Minawa @ZMinawa Follow OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO THE QUEEN AHHHHHHHHHHH! Lon Follow akeless lon me when aqua got noted #KingdomHearts3 ou will not get one tear out of me tonight Celv @KafkasEgg 5h Replying to @prozdkp ok but does someone want to tell me what it actually means Joey Foster @Joey fosterc 5h Aqua, a Kingdom Hearts character, got possessed by Xehanort, the franchise's main villain. Ryan Williams @rynowill75 5h what the f--- I thought Ansen was the bad guy Joey Foster@Joey fosterc 5h Ansem is Xehanort's heartless. Doomboy13 @D00mboy 5h You just said some words and I'm not really sure what any of this means Andreas Jensen @Memew8 5h Welcome to Kingdom Hearts.

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External References

[1] /r/OutOfTheLoop – What does 'Aqua got norted' mean

[2] Reddit – /r/KingdomHearts

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