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ninthfeather ([personal profile] ninthfeather) wrote2018-02-28 10:36 pm

Headcanon Meme: Axel

[archiveofourown.org profile] FabHawk said: *imma gonna keep throwing characters at you* Axel from Kingdom Hearts

*Disclaimer: I’m about halfway through watching a gameplay vid of KH2, and the only other games I’ve seen are KH1 and KH:COM. So if any of this turns out to be more canon than I know, don’t spoil me! I’d like to find out myself.*
 
Headcanon A:  realistic
 
Axel gives the impression that he does the most collateral damage of the Organization.  He gives this impression very carefully, and with admirable control.  He’s in fact very aware that his powers are very good for collateral damage, and if he leaves a bunch of half-burned out buildings behind him, those are deliberate. He fights people inside the Castle, after all. He knows how to control his fire when he has to.
 
Headcanon B: while it may not be realistic it is hilarious
 
During KH2 Axel, in the pursuit of trying to sound friendly enough to interact with Kairi, actually attempts to practice a friendly voice in front of a mirror.  
 
Headcanon C: heart-crushing and awful, but fun to inflict on friends
 
Related to the previous headcanon, part of the reason his friendly voice still sounds vaguely menacing is that he doesn’t have a lot of actual experience with friendly voices.  (Roxas sounded friendly sometimes, but it just sounds weird when Axel tries to impersonate him.  Who else is he going to impersonate? Larxene?)
 
Headcanon D: unrealistic, but I will disregard canon about it because I reject canon reality and substitute my own.
 
All of my hopes edge too close to spoiler territory.  Maybe someday he learns how to be slightly less of a trash fave and a bit of a better person?  


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