Re: Axel--Seven Days Game Novel translation
I do think he's made a bit of a mistake with Xion's plot holeyness, but I can't forget that this is the man who dreamed of the whole universes for some of my favourite games ever. He has so so many respect points from me that I can't hold it against him! 
I think that's the only thing I can't hold against him.
I am of the personal opinion that she thought of Roxas as a Sora who was actually meant for her. When DiZ and Riku chuch Roxas in that grate thing before they datarise him, DiZ says something like 'we'll give him a new personality, to throw off the followers'. I think Namine, who was in charge of that, would have had plenty of opportunity to make Roxas whoever she wanted him to be. I think Namine's situation is just so sad, and I wouldn't hold it against her; she loved Sora, and manipulating Roxas was the closest she could get. Axel says, 'the Roxas I knew is long gone'. Because he had become Namine's Roxas, changed by the memories she put in him. MAYBE. I guess in Days, if he turns out to have had the exact same personality as KHII my theory is shot. I just like it because it adds depth to the story...
I don't know. From what I've seen in Naminé'sperspective, she seems to think Roxas apart from that. I think it was what I was referring to Rain about earlier when Axel and her were on the rooftop watching over him, and she was surprised to see the redhead alive. I don't think she sees Roxas as a Sora, but that she can relate herself to him in the same situation. Born from the method at the same time, special Nobodies, different from their others, etc. I always thought that Naminé's isolation sort of brought the need of having someone the same way Kairi did, who was nice, a friend, protected her, and many other attributes. She was stuck in that castle for quite awhile, so I wouldn't blame her to be a bit selfish in that regard. The members aren't exactly the best people to keep company with either. I think that Naminé did what she had to do simply because she had sworn a promise to Sora that she'll return back his memories, and maybe she felt like she owned him on top of that. And thus, if Roxas was hindering it, she had to do something. Though, I believe it was mostly Diz in the end that forced the idea on her, and on everyone. And which is why she started to rebel against it right away when it was just too much. And that's where she helped him as a type of "guardian angel" [she reminds me of Aerith that way, watching over everything]. And aiding people like a psychologist in her white room and table xD. Truthfully, I don't think anyone is in love with anyone in
KH, not even SoKai. It's too focused on the love of friendship than
in love. Not even Roxiné. Hell, I don't think if Larxel was ever made prominent, it would be love. I like the pairings, of course, yet, I feel that it isn't love yet in the reality unless a fanfiction depicts the development so. The farthest I would think is "feelings" and "like". They all care about each other in a platonic level, most definitely.
When it comes down to it, no matter how naieve it makes me sound, I think you should trust the official release translations. I know a lot of people hate dubs etc and say they compromise the meaning, but, if the original creators of the game have given the okay for someone to do the official translation/dub, I trust them. Yes, English and Japanese are very different, and I believe that the proffessionals also 'follow the tone the same was, and come to a conclusion', but, they also have the added option to discuss it with the original creators of the game, and come up with the best, if not most literal, translation.
I trust it, I mean, we are talking about professionals that have studied Japanese well. At least, I
hope so if they are hired for companies. It's just that sometimes the translations can be too babyish at times when it comes to KH, and I like the Japanese tone better. And of course, there's the problem of lip movement. The one thing I didn't know was that they could keep in contact with the original creators o:. Which I find really cool.
The best Larxel is the angry, hot kind, where sparks fly. They're never going to be sappy together. Yeah, Axel can be horribly sappy ('do you know why the susnet is red?'), but when he recognises someone as dangerous, he watches every word he says, and turns everything into a game. And Axel thinks Larxene is dangerous. Dangerously unpredictable, dangerously open and straight up, and dangerous with knives and high voltage and no regrets. I don't think the two ever connected on a personal basis, because Axel lies about everything and Larxene is way too blunt. But, I don't think Larxene was looking for that; she was perfectly fine without a heart thankyou-very-much, and I think she would have wanted Axel's fire rather than a deep and meaningful relationship. That's my dissertation at least. I hope to get the CoM novels someday...
Wow. That description is somewhat hot. Then again, that does describe Larxel. That's why I find it so appealing. It isn't cute. It isn't innocent. It isn't butterflies and rainbows. They aren't adorable blushes, and shyly looking away. If anything, they will resemble a love/hate relationship. Which I find KH lacks a lot. We only get the sappy, oh-so-nice and tamed ones. Maybe because of the rating and audience, I don't know. But it would be good to bring some reality in. Larxel can have distrust, violence, er, to a certain extent considering the game they are in, plotting, vengeance, snarkiness, bickering, arguments, and perhaps, some comprehension on both sides. And I mostly agree on why they didn't connect on a personal level. Though, it really all depends on Larxene's characters as well. No doubt she's dangerous. Yet, that type of personality, the dark, heartless, sadistic kind is one-dimensional. And as a BIG fan of her character, I expect something more in-depth about her that will take us away from the label she's gotten, if you know what I mean. She barely shows it, if at all, but maybe she just needs a, I don't know how to word it. The Naminé psychologist syndrome? That always works xD. If anything, people like Larxene need to be understood for others to understand. And that's what I'm hoping to see in the
CoM novels. HOPING.
Truthfully, I think if Larxene's character was never meant to die, she would have a soft side that comes from development. She can be very complex when you explore her. I wouldn't want her to be downsized to Axel wuss, though.
I think she was made to say that line because it makes her sound like a villain-type character, personally. It seems like a plot kind of thing to say. Have you read A Sorrow of Magpies, a Kingdom Hearts fanfic - FanFiction.Net before? It is very epic, and I think you'd like the characterisation of Larxene ;D
Well, of course, villain type. It gave off that she might not feel regret or guilt about what she does as most would. Or maybe how she was before. However, it also makes you wonder why is
it in so much pain. And why she wouldn't want that "heavy crushing" anymore. Everyone goes through heartaches. Yet, not to the level of living without a Heart unless she felt it all the time. Either she must not have experienced the good things about a Heart, or something else. After all, antagonists can have their backstories as to what got them where they are.
And I haven't see that fanfiction yet =P. I'll check it out.
Maybe once he discovered that he wasn't the only one who thought the organisation was boring, he started thinking of mutiny. And YES. The girl and gay friend dynamic!! Hahahah XD
Perhaps. Hopefully, it's explored in
Days. He seems to be coming close to liking a Keyblade's power o:. And lol. I hate to think of Marluxia that way, because he's not. But, it just screams to me that type of partnership. Maybe it can be because Marluxia was meant to be a girl in the first place. And her and Larxene would be friends in that sort of female bonding from all the testosterone.
Girl power! *whiplash*
This is based off how they seemed in the manga, so it's probably wrong, but I got the feeling that #12 Marluxia loved bossing people around, and got a kick out of bossing Axel (who isn't a pushover and is #8 on top of that). And Axel was playing an elaborate game in CO, setting up all the pieces, and Marluxia was just another one.
And thanks for the Reno pic <3 ^_____^
I don't know. It's not that they didn't like each other, it's that you sense a distance, and a cold one. Like they are being cordial to each other because there's no reason not to be. But they wouldn't want nothing else. Like a companion, or someone at school you talk to, but never hang out with. They need to explore this more ^o^. It's interesting.
And no problem! =3
And that's awesome. Even though it is more of a "could've been," it's still possible for them to pick it up. She doesn't die right away, and there's always the novels. They just won't do it. D= I'd love them forever if they did.
I would love them forever if they did as well, considering that's my main pairing. However, I'm great with what they "could have been". Because, even if Larxene doesn't die right away, she
does die. So there wouldn't be any point in bringing something in that will be trashed from development in the future. In my opinion, they should have kept her. As I said to goldpanner, Larxene has the capabilities to be a complex character.
The possibilities! <3 So much fun to think about.
And that, my friend, is why fanfiction rocks.
=P
Mm. Yeah. Bad wording on my part. It's possible (unlikely, but possible) that she'll turn out to be an interesting, well-developed character with acceptable, logical explanations of what she's doing here. Or she won't. Either way, she'll still have stolen the spotlight from the other potentially interesting and well-developed characters, and I have a lot of trouble forgiving that. ._. But anything's possible, they might surprise us. Seriously doubt it, but I can dream.
She seems to me more like the typical cookie-cutter girl we always get, with Kairi's spunkiness and determination, but Roxas's complete emoness. Only worse. I'm getting tired of that type, to be honest. Which is why I won't find her character in any way different except her existence and how she got there. And I think her development will be predictable. She seems fully misplaced. But yeah, she will have the spotlight over other members. And that's why I can't exactly be excited. I'm just taking whatever glimpse of the others I can get.
Yeah, but if she ever shows up in a scene with another character, there has to be some kind of relationship. Joking, mistrust, whatever, something... Unless they just totally ignore each other. Damn. I only really care about how much time the game devotes to her, and how much is left over for the rest of the Org. If her story is simple enough, it makes sense, then more time to hear about the others. If not... Well, then screw Square. I'm expecting this to end up being "Xion's game" or if we're lucky "Roxas/Axel/Xion's game."
The only scenes I've seen is those people I listed that she interacts with, from what I've seen. The three most obvious, Roxas, Axel, and Riku. And perhaps Saïx and Xemnas. And I agree for the most part with you with how much the game devotes to her. And, unfortunately, I think it's already "Roxas/Axel/Xion's game". Maybe she'll be gone sooner than we think.
I'm pretty sure Naminé bonding with any of the characters would be "aww" worthy. X3 Seems like there's gonna be either a cop-out or a contradiction either way. Seriously, aren't there other ways they could have made the plot interesting than introducing a completely new character? Hell, introducing a completely new enemy would've made more sense. Easier to resolve, anyway.
Indeed "aww" worthy. She's such a sweet and fragile thing. And yes, it's either a cop-out or contradiction. I'm thinking they'll go for the cop-out the most, considering they will
really screw up otherwise. And Lord knows that will be a very half-assed story just for the sake of adding some random girl in. And I don't know. Maybe Nomura is running out of juices to think of anything more original, but I expected something better out of it. There always has to be a resident "Kairi" in side games for whatever reason.
It bothers me that people seem to think Xehanort and Xemnas are some kind of Snidely Whiplash-esque card-carrying villains or something. DX No! At least, I hope not. That'd be... Really, really boring. But that's pretty off-topic, I guess.
Not really off-topic. But I don't think that with KH's theme, and the fact that Darkness corrupt people to its highest if not controlled like Riku's, than that's one thing they can do with Xehanort. I think he just took a wrong path.
Mm. Haven't seen AC:Complete (or looked into it at all... D=) yet, so I can't say much for Reno. Seems like it'd make sense if he were trained to be emotionless, though.
I don't think they were in
Before Crisis. It's just weird that someone will be quite fine tumbling down a whole sector and killing people. It makes you have psychological side effects if you're not used to i, and sometimes, you have to train very mentally for that type of work.
Then again, it's a game.
The updates are making me a little happier. ^^ Nice to see more stuff. A few characters other than the obvious three have been shown in cutscenes. Saïx, Xemnas, Naminé, Riku, DiZ... So, some voice acting. Still sucks that they only have, like, one scene each (except for Riku. Two scenes! Progress!)
It is, yes, progress. Much more than I can give. We're getting something. I just wish that all Organization members have their proper screen time in FMV high quality scenes like the rest do. We barely have anything of those for the group itself.
<3 I'd so love to see the relationships between them. It'd give the game so more depth to have even just that much more detail.
It seems weird that they're all in Twilight Town. Shouldn't Xemnas have better things to do with the others than send them with the newbie to the same place every time? =/
If they do this, if they build this well, I would get my satisfaction completely from the game, seeing members interact with other members, and their chemistry. That would make it a Organization game. I wish for it. Doubt it, but I wish for it. And yes, it is weird they are all in Twilight Town. I'm guessing it's beginners. Yet, I hope they go to other worlds :/.
I'mma take whatever I can get, I'm planning on wasting my money on this game either way. XP
It depends how it turns out for me.
Our thoughts exactly. Yay, we're not crazy! XD
Nope, you are not =3.
