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  • @ChampionAnalysis
    @ChampionAnalysis  2 місяці тому +220

    Now I understand how one might call this a stretch. All I ask is that you call me Monkey D. Luffy when you do.

    • @Ephemerthefish2525
      @Ephemerthefish2525 2 місяці тому +7

      I mean thats what i kinda get from her death scene in kh 3
      Of all nobodies she by far the most far from her og personality

    • @StrayNebarius
      @StrayNebarius 2 місяці тому +3

      Honestly, I don't think it's a stretch. As someone who has used cruelty and misanthrope to hide my own empathy, this feels accurate.
      Most people are known to hide behind humor or the like, but people like Larxene are constantly doing their best to throw people off from what how they truly are.

    • @DkKombo
      @DkKombo Місяць тому +2

      You got it my monkey man lol

  • @Isiel42
    @Isiel42 2 місяці тому +398

    It really shows when you consider her role in the Frozen world. Sure on one angle she was just there to get in Sora's way, but in another she genuinely wanted Elsa to be able to find her own way in life without someone telling her what to do. To be honest, I was kind of on her side in that instance.

    • @Crafty_boy70
      @Crafty_boy70 2 місяці тому +35

      Every day I find a different reason to like Arendelle.... But I'm still not s fan of it. Yet.

    • @Nedum05
      @Nedum05 2 місяці тому +6

      And they say the worlds in KH3 are just filler

    • @DyxoXinoro
      @DyxoXinoro 2 місяці тому +49

      Bro Larxene calling Sora out on his bullshit was one of the most satisfying scenes in KH3. Especially since the series doesn't contradict her, either. In spite of how he abuses the Power of Waking to literally try and do as much, "You can't save everyone" is a sentiment that still remained true.

    • @richarddavis8863
      @richarddavis8863 2 місяці тому +7

      ​@@Crafty_boy70I like it for the raspberry bush in the cliff. Such a cozy spot, finally found raspberries

    • @Porakki
      @Porakki 2 місяці тому +33

      Elsa's case is very interesting from a keyblade bearer's point of view. Keyblade users are supposed to fight the darkness but maintain each individual world's order. However, what if a person becomes consumed by darkness *because* of the world's order? This is the same problem Xehanort and Eraqus' party discussed in KH dark road regarding the Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland, who had been filled by darkness herself. Should they stop her because of the darkness in her heart? Or will their intervention completely destroy the world's order?
      Arendelle had a lot of potential but unfortunately disney's guidelines made it impossible to stray from the movie's story and integrate it into the rest of the game and overall narrative.

  • @WSDoesStuff
    @WSDoesStuff 29 днів тому +26

    "Hear me out: Larxene-"
    Already wide open ears, bud

  • @zoupzoup1592
    @zoupzoup1592 Місяць тому +55

    “She kicked the air out of Sora” sir you almost made me spit out my drink at work

  • @DyxoXinoro
    @DyxoXinoro Місяць тому +159

    To add onto her kickboxing stance, notice the contrast between her facial expression and her stance. Her signature smugness is on full display, and yet her body is completely closed off. One arm posed to deflect any attacks aimed at the head, the other crossed low on her body and hidden from view. She's also one of the few Organization members to stand straight, a trait only shared by Xigbar (a long range expert who prioritizes mobility over stability) and Luxord (who specializes in mind games). Even Xemnas is slightly hunched over in most fights. And between them, Xigbar looks down at his opponent, Luxord keeps his face pointed forward, while Larxene gas her chin tucked in.
    Having her stand tall like this while almost everyone else in the series has a lower, wider stance shows that she values being physically larger and more imposing than having a stable position. Normally this stance is used for an out fighter, using that extra range and mobility provided to avoid the opponent's punches. Thus, it can be interpretted as Larxene being unable to hide her insecurities.
    But consider for a moment that Larxene is notably an _in_ fighter instead. She wants to be up in people's face. Instead of taking the low, weaving stance most in fighters use, however, she has weaponized that insecurity. Her speed, stance, and tactics make it impossible to watch both hands at the same time. As such, every single exchange between her and her opponent is a 50/50. Watch the wrong hand, get a claw to the face or belly. Paired with her being primed for flicked punches like that, and it becomes clear she has the ingenuity to _force_ her nerves and anxiety onto her opponent.
    But don't worry. If you have a heart attack from the stess, she will _happily_ shock it back into rhythm. She'd hate to break her new toy, after all.

    • @riluna3695
      @riluna3695 Місяць тому +9

      Watching these videos, and especially reading this comment, I find myself a bit stressed and anxious myself, about my attempts to write fight scenes for characters when I know NONE of this stuff. And since so much of it can speak to characterization, which is exactly what I value most in storytelling, I find that I want to learn this ability for myself. I just...have no idea how to actually do that. A terrifying position to be in D:

    • @DyxoXinoro
      @DyxoXinoro Місяць тому +7

      @@riluna3695 so, funny enough, I'm a writer myself. I mostly write action (often in a fantasy setting), so maybe I can help.
      You are right in that it can bring out a lot of characterization, but I don't think _needing_ to know this kind of stuff is necessarily important. Obviously researching it is good, but I was largely ignorant to the finer details like this as well when I started. But I did understand body language, and intent. To dissect my own comment as an example, the reason why I mentioned her stance looking closed off is to highlight how this is usually the way people stand when they are nervous or shy. Closing off the body, tilting their head away, trying to take up as little space as possible. Remove the smile, drop the upper arm so it's holding her shoulder or bicep, and you have someone who is scared, nervous, or self conscious. But if her intent is to confuse and/or disorientate, then intentionally betraying that stance with staying up in someone's face means that you're robbing them of their ability to use body language to know whats happening.
      So once you know how someone's intent interacts with the way they hold themselves, you've already got most of the heavy lifting done. Even if you don't understand the technical side of a fight. From there it becomes a conversation between the different combatants using this "body and intent" non-verbal comminication.
      Thats my philosophy, anyway.
      If you have any questions I'd be happy to help. I'd also be happy to give feedback on a piece of sample writing if you have any up online.

    • @riluna3695
      @riluna3695 Місяць тому +3

      @@DyxoXinoro Beautifully said. Thank you for this, I think it could be immensely helpful to me moving forward. And looking backwards, as well.

    • @DyxoXinoro
      @DyxoXinoro Місяць тому +2

      @@riluna3695 I'm very happy I could help! I'm hoping I get to read some of your writing one day.

    • @jacklansdale77
      @jacklansdale77 Місяць тому +2

      I'd say her out stance is almost a deception and tactic, using kunai in melee range she portrays a ranged fighter and stays away until she starts attacking.

  • @slimeycorp
    @slimeycorp Місяць тому +89

    I think it’s really amazing that Even as Larxene, Elrina’s devotion to helping Lauriam in his search for his sister, a sign of true friendship, shines through not only magical amnesia, but literally dying and having your soul and body be forcefully separated. I hope we get to see Elrina and Lauriam at some point, they deserve their happy ending.

    • @AeroXIII
      @AeroXIII Місяць тому +3

      Elrena* there’s no I

  • @metalmagerin3
    @metalmagerin3 Місяць тому +40

    In their past lives, Marluxia and Larxene's human bodies were related to one another (From Kingdom Hearts Union Key). Ironic that their weapons, a scythe and kunai, are related by being reused farming tools.

    • @slimeycorp
      @slimeycorp Місяць тому +7

      Actually Lauriam and Elrina were just friends. Lauriam’s only relative that we know of is Strelitzia. Lauriam and Elrina possess such a powerful friendship that even with amnesia and having their souls ripped from their bodies, they still stick together.

  • @remuslebeau6570
    @remuslebeau6570 2 місяці тому +113

    So. Larxene's a tsundere

    • @Floridamangaming729
      @Floridamangaming729 2 місяці тому +5

      I hate that character trope so much.

    • @Friendly_Neighborhood_Qrock
      @Friendly_Neighborhood_Qrock Місяць тому +5

      It would appear so yes ,
      My woman though is a yandere so I'm glad I don't have a tsundere

    • @magi1134
      @magi1134 Місяць тому +1

      one is cute and the other one is cute and will eventually come to court​@@Friendly_Neighborhood_Qrock

    • @Friendly_Neighborhood_Qrock
      @Friendly_Neighborhood_Qrock Місяць тому

      @@magi1134 do I know you from somewhere? -..
      I'm being serious

    • @magi1134
      @magi1134 Місяць тому

      @@Friendly_Neighborhood_Qrock
      Maybe? Jog my memory

  • @dancingwholeness
    @dancingwholeness 2 місяці тому +60

    Ooh…. I love this take on Larxene!

    • @ChampionAnalysis
      @ChampionAnalysis  2 місяці тому +12

      I'm leaning heavily into the Character Files for this one

    • @dancingwholeness
      @dancingwholeness 2 місяці тому +1

      @@ChampionAnalysis and I enjoyed it! Excellent insights on a character I don’t see many talk about. :)

  • @killercross9929
    @killercross9929 Місяць тому +19

    I was watching a lot of KH BBS and KH3 and something got me thinking…
    What’s up with VANITAS?
    His sword stance is similar to Rikus high ward, but his left arm is lower tot he ground.
    While Riku uses pin point slashes and tippers mainly.
    Vanitas, similar to Sora uses broad swings and hard strokes.
    He runs like Terra, keeping his keyblade Void Gear at his side, perpendicular to whoever he’s aiming at.
    His keyblade is… short and clunky yet looks like it could literally smash someone skull in.
    And the fact it has a Gazing Eye in its design.
    Can you please do a form breakdown or personality analysis of said character?

    • @slimeycorp
      @slimeycorp Місяць тому +6

      To be fair- Vanitas as a character is unique in the fact that- We don’t know that much about him. Like at all. We know that he’s apparently supposed to be the darkness and negativity inside of Ventus’ heart stripped away and given physical form. But we also know that he took on Sora’s appearance after some soul shenanigans.
      He’s tied to Ventus’ but Ven was revealed to be from before the current universe of KH even existed, having been possessed by one of the Original Darknesses so that it could infiltrate the Dandelions. And by the end of it all, Ventus was sent forward into the future still possessed. So Vanitas could very well be one of the Original Darknesses, or he could just be Ventus’ darkness without the OG Darkness included. We don’t know. It’s literally not possible to figure out what Vanitas is until we see more of him. Luckily, considering he’s a part of Ven, he can’t really die as long as Ven is alive. So he’ll be plot relevant again soon.

  • @Qrow_branwen
    @Qrow_branwen Місяць тому +37

    Larxene and marluxia are the scariest fights cuz one has insane reach and can pull you in to to devastating damage and the other other can instantly close any gap to do huge combos and do devastating damage so when you fought them together in 3 I wanted to scream

    • @devonm042690
      @devonm042690 Місяць тому +2

      Imagine if you had to worry about Marluxia's Doom magic and Larxene's unblockable attacks like from their data fights during that battle.

  • @user-um1yl9pj1b
    @user-um1yl9pj1b 2 місяці тому +18

    I've always felt each member of the Organization was interesting in some way.Good breakdown frl.

    • @finndriessen5829
      @finndriessen5829 2 місяці тому +1

      Na not rlly half of them are all nusy xehanorts now or part teras part ventus.

    • @5nick3rd00dle
      @5nick3rd00dle Місяць тому +1

      @@finndriessen5829 What?

  • @EvraeFrelia
    @EvraeFrelia Місяць тому +1

    Seeing vids about Larxene is fun. She was at least for me, one of the more brutal fighters to contend with. Her stupid speed and insanely punishing combos made her both fun and intensely frustrating to fend off.

  • @finalfantasyfordays127
    @finalfantasyfordays127 Місяць тому +5

    Honestly, doesn't feel like a stretch at all. Since I found out about her past, this has been cannon in my mind. There's simply too much to her now for this NOT to be the case. Still wish we could play as her at some point. Her and Marluxia(funny enough) have always been my favorite org members, even before I knew their lore, and Marly's fighting style is just as fun.

  • @wretchedknight2195
    @wretchedknight2195 Місяць тому +8

    Larxene was my first non real crush dog idk what’s wrong with me but daaaaammnnnn she was and still is super hot lmao

    • @Lady_Ultimos
      @Lady_Ultimos Місяць тому +3

      Same here, my queen deserves only the highest praises. BEST ORGANIZATION MEMBER ONG

  • @kingdomtrue7008
    @kingdomtrue7008 Місяць тому +6

    She doesn’t use kunai but Fudra a type of French throwing dagger

    • @TheSnowconeMachine
      @TheSnowconeMachine Місяць тому

      pretty sure it's indeed kunai, as her nobody class is the ninjas

    • @kingdomtrue7008
      @kingdomtrue7008 Місяць тому

      @@TheSnowconeMachine except kunai aren’t actually thrown weapons they are little more than a garden spade

    • @TheSnowconeMachine
      @TheSnowconeMachine Місяць тому

      @@kingdomtrue7008 and actual ninja didn't wear those outfits we see in pop culture, just plainclothes to blend into the populace- that doesn't change anything about what it is meant to represent. would you say naruto doesn't use kunai, but instead a french dagger?

  • @lumberjackwaffles447
    @lumberjackwaffles447 2 місяці тому +1

    Can't wait for the analysis for all members of Organization XIII (KH 1 to KH 2) and the New Organization XIII (Xehanort and his vessels). Great job with this and the previous vids.

  • @Sp_cehobo
    @Sp_cehobo 2 місяці тому +6

    I feel like a more leaning to how her element of thunder interacts with her weapons would be a better analysis for both but that is just me going gear 5

  • @officiallyolu
    @officiallyolu 2 місяці тому +1

    I love these analysis videos, regardless of how far-reaching they are.
    Also Larxene is wifey.

  • @trickysmithy9154
    @trickysmithy9154 2 місяці тому +2

    She’s literally using Galvan knuckles from zombies

  • @natoriousthehopeful2786
    @natoriousthehopeful2786 2 місяці тому +12

    Larxene x Marluxia confirmed ❤

  • @CasualGamerDude
    @CasualGamerDude 2 місяці тому

    LIGHTNING

  • @-shiftkey-5005
    @-shiftkey-5005 10 днів тому

    I CALLED IT I KNEW SHE WAS A BOXER

  • @OneColdRepublican
    @OneColdRepublican Місяць тому

    Well now i want Kingdom Hearts Fighting Game: Knuckle Hearts

  • @silversabercraft
    @silversabercraft Місяць тому

    This may be closer to Sai when looking for weapon stances, but at the same time, yes that seems more like a brawller pose

  • @KindOfNate
    @KindOfNate Місяць тому +1

    waiting on goofy 😭

  • @VirtuesOfSin
    @VirtuesOfSin Місяць тому

    Larxene/Elrina was a happy ending I wish we could have seen happen...

  • @alexandergordon8259
    @alexandergordon8259 Місяць тому

    It slap attacks, not punching it, and it would hurt your hand if you punch with them

  • @MrMordethrhedan
    @MrMordethrhedan 2 місяці тому +6

    I don't think "cruelty" is the right word, she's more of a "Sadist"... quite literraly since in the game, some cutscene she appears to be reading, in the manga it's confirm that those books are from "Marquis de Sade"... the word Sadism was created from his name because of the nature of said books

  • @kag2576
    @kag2576 2 місяці тому +1

    Larxene? Empathy? Never thought I'd see the two in the same sentence. No but, seriously I like the interpretation that each organization member is a bit more than just lacking a heart but more specifically have lost the core part of themselves and how their behaviour reflects how they don't know how to come to terms with that.
    Also completely unrelated but Kunai being originally used for digging was not on my bingo card

  • @darakkriess1030
    @darakkriess1030 2 місяці тому +2

    In final fantasy terms her class would be a sub branch of the monk class

    • @DyxoXinoro
      @DyxoXinoro 2 місяці тому +1

      Monk/Ninja dual class, if her lesser Nobodies are anything to go by. Though her use of the Throw command feels mostly locked to the GBA.

    • @thegummiphone
      @thegummiphone Місяць тому +1

      What if I said it’s actually puppet master?

    • @darakkriess1030
      @darakkriess1030 Місяць тому +1

      @@thegummiphone go on

    • @thegummiphone
      @thegummiphone Місяць тому +1

      @@darakkriess1030 Video on my channel called “Puppetmaster” explains why she is the mastermind behind the Master of Masters. Actually I did a lot of research after that video and I’m certain she is not just the Master of Masters, but also Sora’s mother. There’s just so much that explains it I didn’t know when I made the video what I know now.
      As for Puppetmaster, the stance she’s using is the Hand-to-hand stance from Final Fantasy 11. While commonly seen in Monk, Puppetmaster also adopts this fighting style. Her electricity should be able to send signals to an automation. It’s kind of like Kankuro from Naruto. She is both a Ninja and Puppetmaster. This is also why she is the only character who calls replicas, “Toys”.
      She is also what Xehanort accuses the MoM of. A “Fortuneteller”. Fortuneteller is of course rooted in the world “Foreteller”. There are Fortuneteller Heartless in Agrabah that are dressed like Ninjas and dance upon a crystal ball. The MoM uses this crystal eye to see the future right? But here’s the thing: Larxene and Marluxia are ALSO in possession of a crystal ball. They used it to monitor Sora in Castle Oblivion. Meanwhile, the bottom side members had no such tool.
      Larxene also has lines that suggests she is aware of what is going to happen- that she can see the future, as she tells Vexen “Predictable response” or in Arendelle “Two in one world, didn’t see that coming.”
      I believe the Master of Masters isn’t a person- it is a puppet of Sora that she controls. This picks up the dropped plot point that Marluxia and Larxene were trying to turn Sora into their puppet.
      This of course also implicates that Marluxia is Sora’s father and I believe it is these two characters who await Sora in Quadratum, the two Black Coats on the building in the KH4 trailer are his Mother and Father.
      There’s so much more I can say on this topic and I have proof for everything I’m saying here.

  • @devilhunter8025
    @devilhunter8025 2 місяці тому +2

    Have you ever done a analysis on shadow the hedgehog

    • @ChampionAnalysis
      @ChampionAnalysis  2 місяці тому +4

      I haven't but I wouldn't be opposed

    • @StrayNebarius
      @StrayNebarius 2 місяці тому +1

      ​@@ChampionAnalysisI mean, after these KH videos are done. Maybe?

    • @empressofcreativity
      @empressofcreativity 2 місяці тому +2

      Fun Fact: Isa/Saix’s English VA is Shadow the Hedgehog

  • @snarkyjoe3556
    @snarkyjoe3556 Місяць тому

    She's not actually using kunai as they aren't anywhere near the right shape or size and even her wiki page says they are just knives called foudre (french for lightning). Also the way she holds them makes them more like brace of punch daggers, which makes since like he said she's using a modified low guard boxing stance. Which in real life allows you to get in weak hits from unorthadox angles with flick jabs like in the video but is hard to get inside their guard since it allows for a quick back step since you aren't committing to a large motion, right utnil she knocks you off balance then goes for a quick flurry to overwhelm

  • @arjostarudo9406
    @arjostarudo9406 Місяць тому

    I wonder how many characters left before we reach to series Darth Vader and our humorous emo edge Lord, Vanitas!

  • @girgeisbest34
    @girgeisbest34 Місяць тому

    We can redeem her.

  • @HernandoWolfy
    @HernandoWolfy Місяць тому

    Hopefully she comes back too kh 4 or kh 5

  • @furryman0213
    @furryman0213 Місяць тому

    Mother.... I mean momm.. fuck i mean.... Ma'am?

  • @ryzekiv7147
    @ryzekiv7147 Місяць тому

    I WANT “Arlene” show up in KH4,
    And I NEED her to fight with her house/car keys betwixt her fingers!

    • @shikuri3178
      @shikuri3178 Місяць тому +1

      It's Elrena. And Xemnas did already state Marluxia, Larxene, Demyx, and Luxord having Keyblade Legacies within them in KH3.
      Luxord's somebody as we all know currently resides in Quadratum and is Yozora's driver. Lauriam and Elrena are in the Realm of Light since they will be recompleted. As for Demyx, some hint him to be MoM.

    • @ryzekiv7147
      @ryzekiv7147 Місяць тому

      @@shikuri3178 “that _can’t_ be a real name…!” [💻tak tak tak] “I guess it can! And Apparently it’s Hebrew!” (Mazeltav!)
      🌈 _The More You Know!_ ⭐️

  • @asura7322
    @asura7322 Місяць тому

    cool

  • @Rman94
    @Rman94 2 місяці тому +8

    Larxene, the Savage Nymph:
    Her Knives are named “Foudre”(Foudre is also the French name for the Thunder spell, fitting for Larxene's element.)

  • @kay-osctrl1517
    @kay-osctrl1517 Місяць тому

    She said she only followed because he did. But who was she talking about

  • @thewarroirtaco
    @thewarroirtaco Місяць тому

    GODS I HATED THIS FIGHT SO MUCH

  • @ilyamuromez6412
    @ilyamuromez6412 2 місяці тому

    Larxenes weapons aren't Kunais they are french bayonettes/assassination blades.

  • @DoubleJ466
    @DoubleJ466 2 місяці тому

    Monkey D Luffy

  • @codyr.48
    @codyr.48 Місяць тому

    Hear me out.

  • @smoqueed44
    @smoqueed44 Місяць тому

    People pretending like KH is deep 😂 It's a mess of a plot.

  • @SelkieGirl
    @SelkieGirl 2 місяці тому

    I refuse to pronounce her name like that.

    • @violetclaire6608
      @violetclaire6608 Місяць тому

      How do you say it?

    • @SelkieGirl
      @SelkieGirl Місяць тому

      @@violetclaire6608 Lar-sheen

    • @violetclaire6608
      @violetclaire6608 Місяць тому

      @@SelkieGirlooh definitely giving Irish!

    • @SelkieGirl
      @SelkieGirl Місяць тому +1

      @@violetclaire6608 *slowly looks at my username*

  • @MerkhVision
    @MerkhVision 29 днів тому

    I dont see anything about empathy here lol what

  • @dekulinkgamer2789
    @dekulinkgamer2789 2 місяці тому +2

    And what makes her so annoying