#not trying to downplay the issues with it being pedophilic because thats actually a huge issue

[dreamsy990]

fuck akuroku as a ship btw not only because its pedophilic because thats obviously a huge issue. but also i think we should be able to have platonic relationships with the same amount of devotion as any romance. not everyone who loves each other is in love DEREK.

#not trying to downplay the issues with it being pedophilic because thats actually a huge issue #context for my non kh moots #as of kh3 lea/axel is roughly late 20s #maybe early 30s depending on how old he was in bbs #and roxas is (physically) 14-16 (hes only been alive for a bit over a year #but also what i want to say #axel and roxas have an amazingly written relationship #theyre two of the strongest characters in the series in terms of writing honestly #their dynamic in canon is two best friends who at the end of the day just want to stay together #but due to circumstances and also a bit of axel keeping secrets shit falls apart #when you get to kh2 roxas is gone and axel will do literally ANYTHINNG to bring him back #he doesnt care about his own life or soras or anyone else who stands in his way because he is going to get his friend back #axels role as an antagonist later in kh2 comes from his devotion #he wants roxas back. he says himself he wanted to see roxas again because he made him feel as though he had a heart #in the end he gives up and dies to protect sora #and i think a lot of people take 'he made me feel like i had a heart' out of context to say its romantic #at face value its easy to interpret it that way but in context he goes on to say 'its funny... you make me feel the same' to sora #the way i interpreted it at least wasnt that he was in love but that both roxas and sora's love for others radiated onto him #if we look at days (i know. sacrelige for a kh2 discussion. fuck you) axel is constantly questioning why roxas acts like he has a heart #he straight up asks him why he does that and roxas is confused. thats just how he is #<- context for that conversation is that roxas is upset on xions behalf because saïx called her a mistake #what he means by 'having a heart' is feeling things and caring about things and there is no inherent romantic connotation #he means in the most literal sense that roxas made him care about things. we dont know what exactly that was referencing in kh2 #but we can take a pretty good fucking guess #but lets look at com for a second because theres a scene talking about the other half of that line #axel goes behind everyones back to do something to help sora and naminé and after he does he is SHOCKED to realize hes enjoying it #and then he says 'you really ARE something!' about sora #at least as of kh2 what they meant was feeling emotions. roxas made axel feel as though he had emotions. he made him feel like he could feel #anyways. what im saying is axels line could be taken as something romantic but i think its more interesting than that #i dont have enough tags left to continue word vomiting sorry </3