#the inevitable re:com comparison tag

[firestorm09890]

It’s Tuesday post mocking nicknames that didn’t make it into Re:CoM

#kingdom hearts #chain of memories #organization xiii #larxene #vexen #axel #zexion #the inevitable re:com comparison tag #pov ur zexion and sorry zexy is the last thing you hear before you die #me post

[firestorm09890]

“it’s been two years since any kh4 news” don’t care. what do you think zexion’s re:com fight would’ve been like in gba chain of memories? his is the only one intentionally built around the remake’s circular arena so a lot of his big moves are circular (cyclone snatch, catastrophe), could those be adapted to the rectangle arenas of the gba? what about the rest of it? the books you have to chase down to destroy wouldn’t be nearly as hard to reach. not a lot of space for his several clones either. would it be like all his other appearances where his entire moveset would have to change because what he was doing was too specific to the mechanics of the game he was in, except this time it has to change because they were to specific to the setting? would he do shit like flip the screen? i’d attempt making this myself if i had any skill in that department but I have naught but my own imagination

#kingdom hearts #chain of memories #zexion #the inevitable re:com comparison tag #me post

[firestorm09890]

khwiki says on multiple pages that in the scene in Chain of Memories with Zexion and Axel talking in the basement they’re making friendly banter and casually placing bets on who they think is going to die next but I’m sorry that is not at ALL how that scene reads to me. they are this close to outright getting hostile. “wow :) everyone’s dying :) including your closest companions :) golly gee I wonder who’s next :)” “how funny :) I was thinking it would be you :)”.  Axel literally says “gee” in the gba version of Chain of Memories and then in the remake Zexion gives Axel a small, incredibly fake smile while saying “I thought it might be you ^_^”

And it’s immediately after Lexaeus dies. Everyone knows Zexion’s chances of survival are much lower without him, Axel knows, Zexion himself knows, Lexaeus knows and that’s why he apologizes... like to me this whole scene is Axel going “haha man you’re sooooo fucked” and Zexion trying his goddamn best to deflect and recover the situation because he’s also aware that he is so fucked

Axel killed Vexen and earlier Zexion outright stated how much that bothered him. He’s been wary of Axel this whole time. He also probably knows Axel’s gone and fucked over both sides of the org disputing in the castle if his perception is as good as it’s implied. They are not being friendly it’s just another one of those delightful farces Organization XIII members love to put on

#kingdom hearts #chain of memories #zexion #axel #the inevitable re:com comparison tag #i should make a tag for my headcanons 🤔 #kh headcanons #there #me post

[firestorm09890]

the gba com vexie zexy post hit 1k notes when I wasn’t paying attention so in honor of that here’s a post I’d like to call “tags that violently remind me that most people do not obsessively scour every corner of the things they like”

#kingdom hearts #zexion #me post #me finding a whole longplay of gba com so i could compare/contrast it with recom: this is normal. normal people do this #chain of memories #the inevitable re:com comparison tag

[firestorm09890]

thinking about how in the original GBA Chain of Memories, when Axel gives Vexen the Destiny Islands card he says “A wild card to keep the game fresh. Now don’t tell me I don’t respect my elders.” and then it comes back around later in Vexen’s death cutscene, where Axel says “NOW you can tell me I don’t respect my elders” as his last cocky one-liner before he fucking murks Vexen but then in Re:CoM it’s changed to “A humble gift to my elder. I hope you use it to put on a very good show for us.” when Axel gives Vexen the card and then Axel’s attitude during the Vexen death cutscene is completely different from the original version, with absolutely no mention of the “elder” line like why’d they do that

#kingdom hearts #chain of memories #axel #vexen #the inevitable re:com comparison tag #if anyone actually sees this post I want you to know #I am deeply obsessed with the script changes between the og chain of memories and the remake #I'm bad with words so explaining the minute differences in tone that occur with every ltitle change is very hard but brain go brrrrrrrrr #something about how removing the callback makes axel's false sincerity a little muddier #or something like that #i mean a lot of script changes in re:com toned down axel's absolute shitheaded bastardry from gba com #probably to make his transition to antihero and then to hero make a little more sense #but that's a topic for another time #me post

[firestorm09890]

doing the thing I did with the Days novel where I’m not letting myself talk about the differences between GBA CoM and Re:CoM until after I’m done playing it because boy howdy! boy howdy! the dialogue differences!!! there are so many!!!!!!

#bluejay playing kh #chain of memories #the inevitable re:com comparison tag