[CrowKenobi]

Originally Posted by dkellis

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Now, I obviously know nothing more than the next person, and this is just speculation. Still, I believe that in the end, Kyon has no actual special powers, but he is still the most important member of the SOS Brigade, more so than Haruhi.

This is because Kyon can control Haruhi. More than that, every other member of the SOS Brigade has confided in him, because he is normal. In this, despite Kyon not having reality-warping powers, he still has power of another kind: the power to make choices to determine how the other members of the SOS Brigade will act.

I think that, more than anything, would make the Sneering Bastard jealous of Kyon. Kyon has, at his fingertips, the combined resources of a Humanoid Interface, an ESPer and his Organization, and instant (or even faster) approval of use of a time-travel device by proxy. If all else fails, he can even easily provoke a response that might end the world simply by saying "I am John Smith".

And what is he? A normal human being. Not an alien, ESPer, or time-traveller, but simply someone who got caught up in all this.

So yeah, I can believe that Kyon is the real power behind the SOS Brigade, and he got there by having no powers at all.

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Being the Keymaster is starting to weigh on Kyon, me thinks.

I think what really puts the Sneering Bastard's panties in a twist is that Kyon is not taking advantage of all these people for personal gain. SB would in a minute, but can't believe that Kyon hasn't.