if you saw me fail at posting this twice before... no you didn't lol this meme might be cursed for me

3, 13, 21 (how the turns tabled), 42 (since its come up) for axel (and/or lea, dealers choice!), b for you about him?

3 Oh damn 3 is a GOOD one. Lets see... We know (probably due to animation budget) that he lounges in bed doing nothing lol but mostly I think Axel likes to sleep for an escape. He's not that hard of a worker for the Org's sake, but its beneficial to exhaust yourself so crashing is easier.

Being a Nobody is hard. I imagine when you have no particular feeling about anything that it's tough to hold on to one train of thought over another; but only having goal oriented thoughts is stressful too.

Ceasing to be; after several hours of effort pretending you ought to offers a small reprieve. Like what's the alternative, staying up to obsessively think of your goals or motivations? That's how you get people like Vexen. No one wants to be Vexen.

I think the short answer is dwelling on memories to keep those thoughts at bay. memories are 'baggage' to Axel, but after having better moments with Roxas and Xion, even old ones where he used to be happy with Isa hurt a little less to try and remember before drifting off.

Or silly as it is memorizing the particulars of the day also help. If he's not trying to commit the few 'good' parts of his day to memory, he's trying to bore himself with pointless mission details into wanting to shut it all out in snoozeland.

13 GOD I want to say Red or Black because he refused to take his coat off, but I don't know if I can trust Lea/Axel's fashion sense.

Warm colors seem to be his theme and he certainly hasn't shied away from them but even if he does know to vaguely match with his hair you can bet he's still grabbing some mustard yellow and throwing some crazy loud patterns in the mix. Like sure, he'll color match but he's going to do in the most obnoxiously memorable way he can.

21 Jealousy is an interesting one because it's something Axel cannot grasp as fully as his somebody might have. He has it certainly, but I imagine if Axel was somehow still Lea while in the Org where Saix was not 'human' he would have been able to fight much harder to not let them drift apart.

Lea could accept when someone doesn't want to be with him, but not without PASSIONATELY EXPRESSING himself first and CONFRONTING if the answer for your rejection stupidly has no bearing on your actual feelings.

As Axel he can't do this. Part of the rift with Saix came from his own inability to fight for it not to happen. He couldn't argue for something he himself couldn't be sure he longed for.

He's not above being catty. Like many divorce memes, being jealous doesn't mean he will avoid the person he is jealous of. He wants them to hear how bitter and annoyed he is-- and might even still come across as flirtacious because hey, any attention is still attention and he wants your attention please please please.

Nobodies with desire can be dangerous because you only know what you 'want' and have nothing but past memories to advise you what is a bad way to get it. Axel has enough control in this departmant but it doesn't mean he is above being a petty bitch about hurt 'feelings' (Like telling Roxas Saix always just had a crummy personality right in front of him)

For all that bluster, in matters outside of the 'heart,' he tends to run the gamut more on being 'depressed' as opposed to angry when someone has something he doesn't.

42 OH BOY, Axel is just. SO GAY lol. We all like to say that about our blorbos but it has actually astounded me how much I have to remind myself he isn't just canonly so by Disney. Cause damn man. Everything about him screams it.

Unfortunately the unfun answer he is that he runs closer to Ace. Axel's talk with Roxas about what love is spelled it out all too well. Love must be great but without a heart he'll never get to experience it.

I don't think he would ever really answer if pointedly asked about it, because it's just not for him (for Lea it was). He'd probably opt for something coy like he does about Nobody's in general.

Nobody or gay "hm, I wonder~" "Whatever could I be?"

aaaand drummroll

B I ALSO like Pining Best Friend lol. Funny when a ship actually has it equal both ways!

In KH2 this first manifested differently but still I've loved Axel's character from day 1. He is just so damn cool? He has a unique weapon, he has so much swagger in everything he says!

He is tragic and just a hint threatening and I love when someone like that actually DOES value your friendship like they say they do... things are just a little messed up and its hard to see.

I feel like in High School I might have been upset about how much they softened his edges but after playing so many villains/angst I love now that I can focus on his sweeter side without breaking character.

In a weird way, KH characters just feel GOOD to write. Not like I can't always but it's much easier to wake up and be a cheery goofball with a meme when that's the vibes you're gonna bring to most of your writing that day. Bracket texting on about feelings isn't being prosy; that's just canon baby!

But quite frankly he's here now just because someone asked for him.

I figured the time of KH muses was long gone and I wouldn't interest anyone in picking him up; why should I play someone I've seen others already play well? Seeing an EMP ad just gave me the permission I needed.

Which is so backwards to how I usually game shop. Normally I have a muse, search games for months, practice and write an app before a TDM. This time I just loved everything I saw so much; the cast's writing! the game premise! I knew just what niche I hoped to fill.

I also really like 'contradictory' characters. Human but not human hotheaded and passionate-- but IS he, actually ;>? The 'Without a heart' angle makes everything 10 times more interesting and makes every interaction intriguing

Tl;dr I think i've ALWAYS wanted to play him, I just needed someone to tell me I was allowed to pick someone others have played before.

hehe thank you for these! It was fun to really have to think about some of them

thankyou for answering so thoroughly!! these were a great read

nobodies, man. casts such an interesting aura over everything to do with how they react and how much they can care

kh characters are so fun to write its really incredible

Yeah! God, they really are thank you for giving me so many opportunities to keep exploring it.