#lauriam/marluxia

[briefobservationdreamer]

Missing Potential About Organisation XIII Members

Some things about Organisation XIII members that I thought was a shame we haven't seen (yet)

The events of Chain of Memories being touched on. Like, how do Lea and Riku interact with Aeleus, Ienzo and Even? What about Saïx’s involvement, how much of it was from Xemnas, Saïx or just Axel's initative? Imagine Sora dealing with Marluxia and Larxene in KH3 with their history remembered. And let's not forget Riku Replica.

Marluxia and Larxene actually share very little one-to-one screentime for two villains who are working together, they only have a single short scene in KH3 before other characters show up. What was their relationship as Nobodies like? How did they come to trust each other enough to try and orchestrate a coup together and be loyal enough to die fighting together twice? We know Marluxia didn’t remember his past, but what about Larxene? Does the history of their Somebodies still factor in, even though they might not even remember?

Seeing the Organisation’s earlier history. How and when did they claim the World That Never Was as their base of operations and start working on completing the artificial Kingdom Hearts? How did they all get their powers and weapons and learn how to use them? How was it run before Saïx became mission control, how did he get that job and what kind of training and missions were they assigned to turn it into the Organisation we see in Chain of Memories, Days and 2? What are the details of Axel and Saïx’s story, how they lost their hearts and plotted their coup, how Axel got his teardrop tattoos and how Saïx got that scar and got possessed. How did Demyx, Luxord, Marluxia and Larxene get recruited (twice)? The original Organisation XIII doesn’t actually get to be an organisation of 13 people for very long, if at all, and there is only a brief period at the beginning of Days where we have a chance to see all members interacting with each other. I know there were at least two coups being plotted but they are never seen acting collectively as a single unit.

Lea still keeps his affinity for fire magic since being recompleted, but what about the other recompleted members of the original Organisation? I’d have to assume that the others still keep their powers post-recompletion too, and if so it’s a shame we don’t get to see the Radiant Garden crew using their powers more. Or Aeleus and Dilan showing off their fighting skills in general (even in a war), they are castle guards after all.

The Radiant Garden crew adjusting back into society after all the human experiments they did, especially if they remain respected authority figures.

Lea losing much of his potential character development in KH3 - exploring what his keyblade and being a wielder means to him, making up for his mistakes and fighting to get his friends back and earning all of those things - in favour of ignoring a lot of the harmful things he did and turning him into comic relief who doesn’t contribute much to the war. He deserved better than that.

The whole possession thing is kind of glossed over in KH3, in that it doesn’t really seem to affect the Real Org members. The way Xigbar described it in DDD makes it sound like some kind of hive mind to me, so I wondered about Xehanort being able to completely control any of them at any time, all of them forced to share the same thoughts and feelings from Xehanort about what he wants them to desire (or even sharing or sensing each other’s thoughts and feelings?), and in the Keyblade Graveyard none of them are themselves at all until their deaths. There was a reason Xehanort did this after all, and it would not only keep the members trapped and make betrayal more difficult, but make it even more impressive that Saïx, Vexen and Demyx were able to pull it off despite this.  

The traitors in the new Org doing more than drop off a replica body at Radiant Garden right when it was needed. Maybe there could have been more communication between the traitors and the guardians to make cooperation easier and give the plan greater chances of success, maybe even pass along information about the organisation's plans and movements (easily done by Demyx if he was always sent on recon missions). This is really more of an idea I had.

Group dynamics in general. So many contrasting personalities and motivations with so much potential for interesting interactions just by putting some of these characters in the same room for a few minutes.

All the former Nobodies adjusting to having a heart again after being recompleted. Even though there would be a lot that's similar for them, I think each of them would experience it in their own way, with their own unique challenges, needs and coping methods about the process.

#kingdom hearts #organisation xiii #xemnas #xigbar/braig #dilan/xaldin #even/vexen #aeleus/lexeus #ienzo/zexion #isa/saix #lea/axel #demyx #luxord #lauriam/marluxia #elrena/larxene #roxas #xion #vanitas #riku replica

[cherryblossmsofjupiter]

Got into Kingdom Hearts. Thinking a lot about the little brother of all time not being allowed to keep his friends/older siblings without darkness taking them away. He’s so lonely :(

#kingdom hearts #wayfinder trio #kh axel #kh saix #kh lea #kh isa #kh lauriam #kh marluxia #kh aqua #kh terra #kh ventus

[remberedink]

Obvious favorite game and character obvious moments

#kingdom hearts #marluxia #kh lauriam #kh ventus #kh strelitzia #kh sora #kh namine #khux #chain of memories #my art

[dominicsorel]

That criminal's to be hanged for his crimes. Now, now, it's all right. Listen to me. All of this is as it should be.

#gamingedit #khgraphics #kingdom hearts #kh maleficent #kh riku #kh sora #kh lauriam #kh marluxia #rapunzel #eugene fitzherbert #maleficent #lauriam #marluxia #riku #sora #soriku #eupunzel #*mine

[paigedillustrates]

You all seemed to like the other KH character sketch sheet I did, so here’s another, featuring some of my favorite Organization members 😊💕

#organization 13 #kh saix #kingdom hearts #kh fanart #character design #artists on tumblr #larxene #kh roxas #roxas #demyx #kh demyx #marluxia #isa kh #lauriam #kh axel #axel #xigbar #xion #kh xion #kh ienzo #ienzo #zexion #saix #digital illustration #character sheet #character art #axel kingdom hearts

[akai-kuma]

Old art

#kingdom hearts #fanart #khux #strelitzia #lauriam #marluxia #kingdom hearts 3 #kh3

[rosefinnapple]

#kingdom hearts #kh #kingdom hearts union x #khux #lauriam #marluxia #art #fanart

[haunted-xander]

Drawing every kh original character 3/9

#marluxia #lauriam #larxene #elrene #namine #axel #lea #roxas #xion #kingdom hearts #kh #art #my art #xanders art #digital art #fan art

[captainbobbin]

Bobbins October Drawing Challenge - day 29

- Marluxia (KH) -

#marluxia #lauriam #kh #kingdom hearts #organization xiii #organization 13 #bobbins october drawing challenge

[marzipanladyart]

I don't think I've ever posted these 2020 Lauriam sketches! And these are one of the first drawings of him and my favourite sketches I've ever done! (I think there is still some art of him/LauriEven I haven't posted here cause I was more active on twitter at this time...)

#lauriam #kingdom hearts #marluxia #kh #unionx #sketch #artist on tumblr #traditional art #my creepy art #laurieven #marvex #the pink pen was AMAZING sad part is that with time they started to bleed through and flood over the initial lines...

[cosmosnout]

Rarepair(?) Makes an appearance

#I had a moment of enlightenment where I thought of these two. And you know what? They be cute #idk if they're actually a rarepair lol just havent seen any art #also Brain is an underrated king #can't wait to see more of him #art #digital art #my art #kh #drawing #fanart #kingdom hearts #lauriam #marluxia #brain #khux #blauriam

[shibee-inu]

Oops, all org xiii!

#I'm rattling them all around in my brain #my art #kingdom hearts #roxas #xion #lauriam #marluxia #demyx #organization xiii #NEED to draw more marluxia he's so fun

[the-blue-wraith]

Even the cherry tree, swaying in the wind Softly reaches out toward you

#the lyrics is from sakuraドロップス (sakura drops) by utada hikaru that was translated in english :> #khgraphics #khedits #kh #khux #kingdom hearts #kingdom hearts union x #kingdom hearts union cross #kh union cross #kh union x #marluxia #lauriam #strelitzia #flower siblings #myedits

[rosie-kairi]

I don't think I've ever really spoken in depth about how much I love Lauriam as a character, which is honestly a crime because out of all the Union Leaders I'd probably have to crown him as my number one favorite.

I love Lauriam not only as a character (pink, sibling plotline) but also as an example of how much prequels can recontextualize an entire character. While Ventus is also an example of this, I think we all knew that he probably had some sort of messed up past that landed him in the clutches of Old Man Xehanort. Marluxia, on the other hand, had absolute zero background to infer from his screentime. He was the villain, you're not really meant to think too hard about him and how he became who he is because he sucks and you hate him.

I don't think there were many people chomping at the bit wanting to get info about his past. Like, it would've been cool to get, but I don't think a background for Marluxia was necessary for the story at that point in time. His role was to establish the organization as a threat to Sora and the other guardians, and that was pretty much the extent of it.

And then Union X happened, and Lauriam entered stage right into a tragedy where his fate was already sealed. You look at Lauriam with his polite little smiles and cute little chibi animations and immediately think "what is this man up to" because you are already primed to distrust him on principle due to COM. Did not help his case that he was introduced in the cutscene immediately following the death of Strelitzia, painting a huge target on his back. Fandom reaction was hostile towards him before he was even fully on screen. Occam's Razor, the most obvious answer is the correct one. Lauriam is the obvious suspect because of his actions in the future, so he must be the killer. Literally him just existing in a scene caused more ire to build against him.

But then the Shift Pride cutscene happened. Then it was revealed that Lauriam and Strelitzia -the girl who so many thought he killed- were siblings, and that he was quite worried for her wellbeing, actually.

Every cutscene a clearer picture of who Lauriam is a person was painted, and soon you stopped looking at him with distrust, and it's replaced with the question of "What happened to you?". What happened that caused Lauriam, someone who has been shown to care deeply and immensely about the people he loves, someone who is willing to do anything for those people, become Marluxia? It became increasingly obvious that they were incredibly different people, even though Marluxia came from Lauriam.

And this isn't to say that there was no connection between the two. Lauriam seemed to be incredibly self-confident in his abilities, enough to be pretty steadfast in his resolve to square up with goddamn Maleficent of all people (even if he did get his ass kicked). There's also his very intense anger, as seen in the cutscene where Ventus confesses to being the reason why Strelitzia "vanished", as well as a bit in the scene where he's at Ventus's bedside.

This is all to say that Lauriam was not a necessary addition to the khux cast, he very well could've been swapped with a random new character and the plot probably would've worked fine, all things considered. But because it's Lauriam -the somebody of a character that has already been established to be a prick- it gives his whole plotline a hell of a lot more punch. If it was a new character, people probably wouldn't have been as distrusting of him right of the bat, the sibling plotline would be sweet, but because it's Lauriam and we know how he ends up in the future, it becomes a hell of a lot more tragic. How did the change happen? He's tragic because we know that whatever he does will lead to the outcome of him losing his heart and falling to darkness, something that is essentially the exact antithesis of the keyblade wielder mission statement.

Lauriam is someone who was made to struggle against the destiny that was written out for him with a neat pen and ink, and someone who was doomed to fail in every regard. He could not save his sister, he could not defeat Maleficent, he could not help Ventus, he could not keep his memories when thrown into the future. He couldn't do anything about it.

I realize this is all rounding back around to "the inherent tragedy of prequels" but it's true.

...and yeah that's basically it. I have a lot more thoughts about this guy but I feel like if I write anymore I'm just gonna sound completely incomprehensible bc I'm very tired. Thanks for reading, and don't forget to sparkle on

#Rosie rambles #lost the plot a bit but I think it's decently comprehensible #kingdom hearts union x #khux #kh lauriam #lauriam #kh marluxia #marluxia #character analysis #meta #i think

[pinkhairswagtourney]

Pink Hair Swag Tourney, Round Three, Part Two

#vi #violet #vi arcane #violet arcane #arcane #league of legends #lol #marluxia #lauriam #kingdom hearts #kh #organization xiii #round three

[omnificent-orion]

When you wake up, what kind of world will you find yourself in?

Will the world reflected in your eyes be the world you wished for…?

The one who will decide that is you.

#Orion's Art #Kingdom Hearts #KHX #KHUX #KHML #Kingdom Hearts Missing Link #Player Character #Skuld #Lauriam #Marluxia #Ephemer #Ventus #Brain #Strelitzia #the dandelions are blooming #the larkspur #and the strawberries #as I write this the night sky rumbles with thunder #I never know about tomorrow #but spring comes again anyways #let's meet again #in the next--