Chain of Memories Were Larxene and Axel friends?

Were they. It's been a rumor thats been growing and I need your opinion. Were they friends?

 

I guess you can say they were friends, but not close friends like Axel and Roxas.

 

Well, I kind of always thought it that they weren't really friends due to circumstances, so to speak, but they had a close companionship, got along well, spoke about certain topics, teamed up to annoy Vexen, and Larxene herself seems comfortable enough to be more laidback. You don't see Axel speaking to anybody else on that castle the way he does her as well, and at some point, when he was watching her leave with her back turned, I believed I noticed a one second (a literal one, maybe two more) certain sad expression. Not sad, specifically, just thoughtful, in a "I know what I have to do, if only she wasn't in it" type of way, before he scoffs and returns to his usual self-righteous little dipwad. I got the picture of what I'm talking about, because, I do have a mass Axel collection ^^;. There's also the fact, that while he chased down Marluxia, Zexion, and directly killed Vexen, he never pursued Larxene. There should've been a time gap between when he let Naminé go, when Larxene found out, and when Larxene went down to interrupt Sora and Naminé's reunion. Axel could've easily waited in the room to confront her, maybe they did. I don't know. It became a food for thought for me after I noted it.

To be honest, I guess it can be your interpretation, because there are positives just as there are negatives. For example, one could say he was simply using her, which I disagree with, because, as a viewer of those scenes, a few times it appears genuine, more so on the part where they talk about Sora's heart. I'm not saying this because I like the pairing either, just for you not to get me wrong, because I do see things unbiased when it comes down to it, I'm not blind, just like I sometimes come to hate or love Axel for the things he's done, and he's huge whoring on the media despite the fact that I'm a serious fangirl. Anyway, is those little things that stick out, but, I also think, that he didn't care much for her, of course, as he did Roxas. Not at all. It probably made just a tiny, little impact, yet it wasn't enough to stop him in the end. There was room for more development, and then they would've become friends, I predict, if given time, but it was destroyed before it began, and that's the way the whistle blows. Nonetheless, I do believe deeply that they would’ve worked together.

It also comes to point of view on the character. Larxene could've viewed him as friend, when Axel didn't. We never got a chance to get into their minds and what they think, though, so we may never figure it fully out.

So, I call them, someone to talk to, a close companion/cohort relationship who are fine with each other's presence.

 

I think Axel was using her. It's obvious in the manga, at least..

 

The manga isn't canon, as it deviates away from the game too many times.

I remain by my stance, however.

 

Hm... they could've been and then again maybe not... it's kind of hard to decide

 

I wouldn't say that Axel and Larxene are friends. When Axel is dieing and talks to Sora we learn that 'he(Roxas) was the only one I liked.' Also, when Larxene leans on him, he kind of looks away from her like she's too close. I think he sort of tolerated her like one does a younger sibling.

As for the picking on Vexen part, he's putting on appearances so no one will think he's out of place. Remember that he has his own agenda when in Castle Oblivion. He can't have suspicion placed on him.

 

Well anyway, they seemed pretty formal with each other most of the time. They joked around and acted like each other too.

 

Well, that's a tough question. The short answer I'd give would be no, they were not friends. However, a longer answer I think is needed to explain why I say that.

A friend is someone who you can trust and you both do things for each other and enjoy time with each other. Acquaintances are more what I would consider Larxene and Axel, or companions as TwilightNight pointed out. They had a moderate trust of one another, they both were high energy and rebellious to some degree and both knew how to do rotten things to others and be sneaky if they had to, but they weren't bound to always have to be so. In this regard, they probably could relate to each other rather well. I could see them as civilly getting along with one another and chatting it up at times and maybe even doing some missions together, but both would know that trust only extends so far so true friendship just wouldn't be a real thing for either.

In the Organization, trust was something hard earned. You are dealing with a bunch of people without hearts in which for many also included them being without a real conscience and they were selfish. They were out for number one, by their very natures. Axel and Larxene were also that way and I doubt they hid that from each other even as they could relate in personality to one another. I tend to think their relationship with each other was probably more honest than Larxene's and Marluxia's as I feel Marluxia was using Larxene and she was using him to get out from an oppression she loathed, while Axel and Larxene communicated more as equals that could benefit each other from time to time, even asking opinions of one another.

Axel made the comment that the only person he cared about in the Organization truly was Roxas, and I pretty much believe that this was true. Roxas had a special nature about him, he wasn't brainwashed into the Organization affairs because he was so late into the order, he was free of much taint and even though he was selfish, he still could reach out and had a semblance of emotion Axel gripped onto that also made him feel more real. I believe Larxene and Axel weren't friends but they were acquaintances that had some ties to one another and it is the same with Axel and Demyx, if the novels hold credence. I really do not take the manga at all as canon so I won't use evidence from there. Axel and Larxene could not be friends though due to the nature of the Organization itself and also the fact that they both had to watch out for themselves first and foremost. Had there been a different environment for them both, they may have been great friends but it just wasn't the case with how things turned out.

 

i'm pretty sure that Axel was just tolerating Larxene as Roxas was the only one who was a friend to him.Larxene probably thought so, since she got really mad when he found out he was a traitor.so they weren't really friends.

 

no way, they hated eachother (as far as someone without emotions can hate) Seriously, both were way to twisted to think of anything else but destruction

 

Maybe Larxene thought that they were friends and Axel was putting on an act so Marluxia and Larxene would trust him.

 

You have a point there :| But too add to that I think Axel tried to gain Larxene's trust so she would help him bring down Marluxia.

 

Well in my opinion I think they might have the chance of being friends but not as close as Axel was with Roxas.

 

Both were aquaintences, but I'm sure on the inside both loathed each other a bit. They were both ambitous, and they both tried to use each other, resulting in both of them having to become on speaking turns to reach whatever goals they had.

So basically, on the outiside, yes, but not on the inside.​

 

I tend to think they weren't. I've always thought of it this way:

Larxene, being one of the lowest-ranked/newest members, wants more power/respect. Best way? Try to rub elbows with a higher-up, a.k.a Axel. She pulls off a "you scratch my back, I scratch yours" sort of thing, and Axel agrees, but only because he realizes she'll pretty much bend to his will if it means she can benefit from it. This ultimately leads to her downfall, which didn't faze Axel one bit.

Of course, this just goes with my overall thought that Castle Oblivion was a separate "project" of sorts, and Xemnas or Xigbar had sent Axel as a spy to moderate the "experiment". I've always kinda thought he didn't belong there, in a sense, but I digress.

Anyway, no. They weren't friends. They only tolerated one another so they could benefit from each other's abilities.

 

shot in the dark would be that they were better than enutral to each other, but i doubt either would lay thee lives on the line for the other.....

 

I personally think that one of them likes the other.I think Larxene likes Axel from footage and stuff.Like in cutscenes in Re:chain of memories.Also that game is coming to america this December I swear.I have heard about it on here and wikipedia.

 

If someone wants to close this, they can. I found out my answer.

 

No, definately not, just an opinion...