But it's not as OOC as you might think for the guy from CoM, either. A lot of Axel's seemingly random decisions on who to kill seem to have been related to Roxas. When he kills Vexen, it's right as Vexen is about to tell Sora about Roxas's existence; when he threatens Larxene, he tells her not to "break" Sora:
Axel: (throwing cards to Larxene) Remember, Larxene. Our job is to deliver him in one piece.
Larxene: Fine. But who says I can't have my way with him first?
Axel: Don't break him.
Larxene: Do I detect a soft spot?
Axel: He's partly one of us.
Larxene: I'm not going to break the toy, Axel — just play with it. I'm not dumb.
Axel: Then you won't mind the warning. Remember, Sora is the key. We need him if we're going to take the Organization.
Which all sounds perfectly innocent, until you remember that Axel has no intention of "taking" the Organization.
He and Larxene also have a conversation where she notes that he's not interested in the keyblade but in Sora's heart. [The heart that connects him to Roxas.]
Even when he attacks Marluxia and frees Namine so that she can restore Sora's memories, it's all about Roxas. We don't even know Roxas exists yet, but Axel does -- and everything he does, all the people he kills are directly related to protecting Sora, and by extension, protecting Roxas.
You can look at it one of two ways: Either Axel didn't want Sora being brought back into the Organization because then Xemnas would have had no use for Roxas any longer, or he didn't want him being brought back because he suspected that the two would merge if they ever met, and Roxas would cease to exist. Either way, it's for Roxas's sake.
(And, I imagine, he doesn't want Sora broken by Larxene because who the hell knows what consequences that would have for Roxas.)
And you can't really try to argue that Axel did any of this for Sora's sake, either. Axel doesn't seem to like Sora much, and when he does die for Sora's sake in the end, he makes it clear that it's because Sora is partially Roxas. (I like to interpret it as, "You give me the same feeling he does. Therefore, he's still in you somewhere, and hasn't disappeared completely. Maybe he's happy to be whole. So I can let go.")
I guess what I'm wandering around to saying is, it's not fanon. It's very distinctly canon. If you care that much about someone, it's easy to become lovers. Roxas and Axel just never had the chance.
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But it's not as OOC as you might think for the guy from CoM, either. A lot of Axel's seemingly random decisions on who to kill seem to have been related to Roxas. When he kills Vexen, it's right as Vexen is about to tell Sora about Roxas's existence; when he threatens Larxene, he tells her not to "break" Sora:
Which all sounds perfectly innocent, until you remember that Axel has no intention of "taking" the Organization.
He and Larxene also have a conversation where she notes that he's not interested in the keyblade but in Sora's heart. [The heart that connects him to Roxas.]
Even when he attacks Marluxia and frees Namine so that she can restore Sora's memories, it's all about Roxas. We don't even know Roxas exists yet, but Axel does -- and everything he does, all the people he kills are directly related to protecting Sora, and by extension, protecting Roxas.
You can look at it one of two ways: Either Axel didn't want Sora being brought back into the Organization because then Xemnas would have had no use for Roxas any longer, or he didn't want him being brought back because he suspected that the two would merge if they ever met, and Roxas would cease to exist. Either way, it's for Roxas's sake.
(And, I imagine, he doesn't want Sora broken by Larxene because who the hell knows what consequences that would have for Roxas.)
And you can't really try to argue that Axel did any of this for Sora's sake, either. Axel doesn't seem to like Sora much, and when he does die for Sora's sake in the end, he makes it clear that it's because Sora is partially Roxas. (I like to interpret it as, "You give me the same feeling he does. Therefore, he's still in you somewhere, and hasn't disappeared completely. Maybe he's happy to be whole. So I can let go.")
I guess what I'm wandering around to saying is, it's not fanon. It's very distinctly canon. If you care that much about someone, it's easy to become lovers. Roxas and Axel just never had the chance.