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(He/him|26|white) I’m the person who does the daily #Vexen posts. Finder of stuff, sometimes also posts thoughts. Feel free to chat!
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July 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Daily (when I feel like it) #Vexen no.208
Vexen with his back to the camera from Kingdom Hearts 358/2 days
June 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Had some thoughts about extremely minor Kingdom Hearts details

#Vexen #Zexion
This is something I think about every once in a while and finally decided to make into a post, but it is so fascinating the way kh media characterize Ansem and Even as Ienzo’s parents. Like everything just has Ansem’s level of parenting seemingly begin and end at eating ice cream with Ienzo while Even seems to have done the actual childcare? There are a few lines saying that the other apprentices helped out, but these two are the only ones really directly called parents by Ienzo. I guess the other apprentices didn’t really have the same impact on Ienzo as those two did and thus he didn’t really form a similar bond with them, making him view them less as dads and more as just his occasional babysitters. And this leads to the question of what exactly is Ansem doing that leads to him barely being there for his adopted son? Like yes he is both the king and a scientist, but like what could even be happening with Radiant Garden that involves him to have that many royal duties? The science front is even stranger because he has 5 other guys, including aforementioned son and co-parent, to help out with it, so like is he just really bad at time and work management? So then what is Even doing during this time? Before Xehanort showed up, it seems like he was the apprentice who was mainly doing the research, yet as mentioned he also seemed to do most of the watching over Ienzo, including teaching him. Ienzo doesn’t have any memories of his parents, so he probably lost them when he was pretty young and likely got adopted around that time too. Unless Ienzo became an apprentice right off the bat, which honestly does seem like something Ansem would do as he does tend to make questionable choices but also that would be pretty ridiculous so I’ll give him the benefit of doubt and say he didn’t, there were at least a few years where Even probably didn’t have him tagging along during research. If that’s the case then I guess Even just did like 50/50 split as Even doesn’t seem like he would half ass his duties, whether it be research or childcare. Once Ienzo becomes an apprentice it was probably easier since Even could just bring him along during research as part of his training. Both of these would explain why Ienzo scampers off so often as he probably had ample opportunities to sneak out when things were especially busy. Undeniably there was a pretty big gap in the amount of parenting Even and Ansem did. They also have a fun parent (Ansem) and serious parent (Even) thing going on, with Ansem being fun to be around but not there that often and Even being stern but still very caring. Ienzo doesn’t seem to hold anything against either of them as parents. The closest he has to anything resembling a grudge is calling Even a “devious researcher” in that one scene, but that’s it really as it doesn’t come up again. I don’t even have a clue what went on parenting-wise once Ansem got sent to the realm of darkness. It may have been business as usual except with less ice cream and completely immoral research, instead of questionable light and darkness research. Going off of where they were lying when they were turning into Nobodies it does seem like Even tried to protect Ienzo from getting stabbed so he did seem to still care about his well-being. That’s about all I really have to say. Sorry this is kind of a dumb mess, this was just something I was thinking about and wanted to type out. Obviously the answer to all of this is that these are just background details that we’re not meant to think about too deeply, at the moment at least things could change later who knows, but help to flesh out the series’s characters and world, which is a neat thing to have.
June 21, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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Daily (when I feel like it) #Vexen no.207. This comes from the Kingdom Hearts 2 manga.
The Vexen replica leaving organization 13 featuring a panel of him running off, a panel of him looking wistfully while his long blond hair blows in the wind and a final panel of the world that never was with a speech bubble saying “Farewell Organization 13”
June 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Daily (when I feel like it) #Vexen no.206
Vexen looking pretty in the Twilight Town sewers
June 18, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Daily (when I feel like it) #Vexen no.205
Wafer card featuring Vexen Lexaeus and Zexion
June 16, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Daily (when I feel like it) #Vexen no.204
Even in the cutscene at the end of Kingdom Hearts 3
June 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Daily #Vexen no.203
A super rare power card from Kingdom Hearts chi featuring Vexen holding Frozen Pride in front of him in a defensive stance.
June 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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I was stroke with inspiration thanks to the people in my FC
#FFXIV #FinalFantasyXIV
Five Occult Knights on a Pride flag
June 3, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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You know what time it is
Pride Month Pride Month is Vexen's signature and original Shield that he wields in Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories, Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, and Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix. Goofy also wields a version of this Shield throughout the series. Vexen can upgrade it to Pride Month+ in Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days.
June 1, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Daily #Vexen no.202
Vexen hunched over on the ground exhausted
May 31, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Daily #Vexen no.201
This comes from the Acatar Section in Kingdom Hearts monile

#KingdomHearts
A sprite of Vexen in a similar style to what would later be used in theater rhythm
May 30, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Daily #Vexen no.200
2.5 hd remake recap promo art, featuring what I like to call a Vexeniroth

#KingdomHearts
Sora Roxas Xemnas Xigbar Xaldin Vexen Lexaeus Zexion Saix Axel Demyx Luxord Marluxia Larxene
May 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Daily #Vexen no.199
"Wait, wait, wait!" Vexen secretly reveals his plan to Demyx. He has been considering giving a more human-like vessel to Sora and company to atone for what he's done, and he chooses Demyx, a fellow backup mem- ber of the Organization, to help him. Demyx isn't eager to cooperate, but Vexen per- suades him by saying he won't have to fight and won't have to be a benchwarmer anymore, and the two become accomplices. Vexen talking to Demyx “Quiet, you dunce!” and “Men like us in the pursuit of science, we sometimes make terrible mistakes.”
May 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Daily #Vexen no.198
Not of Light or Darkness but on the other side?
May 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Daily #Vexen no.197
Vexen with his hand over Demyx’s mouth “Quiet you dunce”
May 21, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Daily #Vexen no.196

#KingdomHearts
The Vexen Replica deep in thought with a text box saying Combing through memories
May 21, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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It always mildly bugs me that the lab costs in Kingdom Hearts have zippers instead of buttons. Nomura putting his favorite little design touches on every outfit.
Vexen Even Zexion Ienzo
May 20, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Daily #Vexen no.195
Vexen casting a spell
May 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Somewhat daily #Vexen no.194

#KingdomHearts #Luxord
Vexen conversing with Luxord while strutting about dramatically “Why would the Organization seek me out just as soon as I was recompleted”
May 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Vexen Character Analysis Week Bonus Day
Just a little extra thing. Thank you to any one who read these. I hope you enjoyed them
Vexen Character Analysis Week Bonus Day This was a very spur of the moment thing that I decided to do because I thought it would be fun. If I do this again I’m definitely going to plan things out a bit more. As for what I want people to take away from this, well obviously the big one is more appreciation for Vexen/Even as a character, but it’s not the only thing. I also hope people take away the idea that it’s worth it to write/draw/talk about a character you like regardless of how much attention you get. If you had fun doing it that’s what really counts. Anyways I hope people enjoy reading the posts as much as I enjoyed writing them and maybe just take a little bit of time to make something for whatever you love, even if no one cares. Miscellaneous stuff Larxene’s Character File has here list off the majority of Org XIII as people she hates, with Demyx apparently being the one she despises most. His whimsy has no charm to her. There were somethings I thought about analyzing but decided not to, like his design I did not think the weapon names post would take as long as it did, my god. Also maybe I’m just biased, but I think he has by far and away the prettiest looking weapons in the Org. Someone was designing that man’s shields with love. I cut this out because it was making the Axel section way too long, but Vexen does just straight up lie at some points in KH3. Like at one point he talks disparagingly about Sora, but then in his Character File he mentions that he actually has a good deal of respect for Sora. It’s honestly incredible just how few fucks he gave as a member of the Org in KH3 I probably should have done an analysis on what his subordinate Nobodies were, but I just did not think of that until after I was done. My personal guess is paladin, but maybe that would change if I looked deeper into this.
May 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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Vexen Character Analysis Week Day 6
This one is a bit silly, but I loved writing it!
Vexen Character Analysis Week Day 6-Appearances in other worlds pt.2 holiday edition This will be like the first one, but instead with Halloween Town and Christmas Town. These are a bit trickier since it’s harder to pin something down as there are less clearly defined boundaries with the two worlds. Halloween Town The boring answer is that there would be little to no changes. This is how it was done in Days and it may well just be how it would be no matter what. Another boring option would be an exaggerated version of his normal look. He would slot easily into being a mad scientist, on account of the fact he was one. Getting more creative with it provides some interesting options. Halloween Town is based mainly in the iconography of Halloween as a holiday. There isn’t really any thing when it comes to stock Halloween monsters that’s directly connected with ice. Werewolves get the closest, as wolves tend to be associated with the cold, and points to user-name that would be something I very much like. A ghostly knight or haunted suit of armor would be a great pick if one decides to lean into his choice of weapon, although the ghosts in Halloween Town tend to be of the bedsheet variety. Overall this one could end up being something super fun or kind of boring, it all depends on what aspects if his character it centers. Christmas Town I only have two ideas for this one, but they both work really well. The first is a fluffy blue and white winter ensemble. With a large flowing coat featuring silver embroidered designs of hearts or snowflakes and a suitably cozy hat, pair of pants and pair of boots. The other was something inspired by stock Christmas angels. As in a long white robe and some form of small head adornment, like a crown of holly leaves. I chose these as they have an air of elegance to them, which would put them in line with the aesthetics of his Organization coat. This one is a bit shorter and more casual than the others so far. I’m a bit tired today because I had to wake up early for something, but this was still super fun.
May 3, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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(2/2)
Of the two I like the CoM one a lot more. It feels a lot more unique and adds a surprising element to his character. 2FM tries to reflect him being a scientist, but I don’t think that was a good direction to go with for a boss fight. It’s just kind of bad, and not even in a funny way like Zexion’s fight.
May 2, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Vexen Character Analysis Week Day 5- Fighting style
A shorter one, yet still long enough to take more than 4 screenshots…sigh (1/2)
Vexen Character Analysis Week Day 5-Fighting Style Trying to do something a bit shorter after yesterday’s, but I always found it interesting just how different Vexen’s boss fights are between Re:CoM and KH2FM. The two fights see him use two wildly different ways of fighting, CoM has him being fast and aggressive while 2FM is slower and more methodical. In CoM he uses a fairly even mix of magical and physical move in his general non-sleight attacks. He strikes are fast and precise, especially when considering the weapon he uses. He uses Frozen Pride not to bash his opponent as one would expect, but instead to slash at them as if using a sword. His basic magical attack is a standard ice spell with nothing particularly flashy about it. His sleights lean more magical than physical but are by no means lopsided. Freeze has him freezes his opponent and then follow that up by striking them with his shield, while Ice Needles summons a tracking series of ice pillars from the ground. His “Limit Break” depends on if you’re fighting him as Sora or Riku. The Riku version of the fight has Diamond Dust, where he summons a raging snowstorm. The second Sora fight instead sees him use Slide Break, an attack that has him turn his shield into a huge ice blade. He then glides across the arena swinging the sword around before flipping and slamming the sword into the ground, creating a shockwave with its impact. This fight presents him as a fighter that has both great offense and dense, who is just as likely to physically strike his enemy as he is to sling a spell at them. 2FM goes in a different direction and has him only cast spells. In this fight Frozen Pride does nothing beside float in front of him and block attacks. This fight also has him summon a copy of Sora to fight along side him. He is still decently aggressive in his rate of attacks, but it feels quite a bit different when all the attacks are spells. His Limit here has him summoning huge chunks of ice that he magically throws at his foes. In 2FM he comes off more as a purely magical fighter that just happens to also have a strong defense. This leads to the question of why (in-universe) there is such a difference. Unfortunately I can’t really come up with a satisfying answer. If the 2FM one was just a data version than it could be explained as someone basing it on how they think Vexen would fight, but the existence of the absent silhouettes means that isn’t the reason. Could it be that he was angry before the CoM fights? Maybe, but it does seem like he’s calmed down by the time he starts the fights and that would not explain the Riku fight. It can’t be that one style is better for collecting data than the other as he seems just an effective at doing it in both fights. Honestly, I don’t think there’s anything that works as an in-universe explanation, it’s just the different teams working on the games came up with different boss battles for him.
May 2, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Vexen Analysis Week Day 3
Another day, another one of these

#Vexen #KingdomHearts
Vexen Character Analysis Week Day 3-Emotions Something I find so interesting is how Vexen is shown to be a lot more emotional and expressive than Even. This isn’t a new observation as people have pointed it before, but it’s so fascinating as it flys right in the face of what was stated about Nobodies and emotions. While it is now known that Nobodies regrow their Hearts and along with them feelings, it’s still so interesting that Vexen somehow became more emotional than Even when he potentially started getting his emotions again. Even is described in quite a few of his profiles as being calm and what we have seen and heard about him is in line with that. He’s not emotionless, but his emotions are typically a bit subdued. He gets surprised over some stuff at the end of MoM and is a bit disappointed over the limits of the apprentices’s knowledge. These are expressed mainly through slight gasps and sighs. Ienzo’s character file gives examples of him being worried about things such as Ienzo scampering off on his own or Ansem giving Ienzo too much ice cream. These seem to be a bit stronger in their feeling and expression than his emotions at the end of MoM. There is also the matter of him reprimanding Ienzo when he got an equation wrong, although I don’t feel like there’s enough information to ascribe an emotion to that. Overall this paints Even as someone who is calm while being fairly passionate. Vexen on the other hand is a veritable whirlwind of emotions. He seethes with rage and cackles with glee seemingly without any restraint. He is ludicrously irritable and loses his cool at a moments notice regardless of who he is talking to. It is almost as if becoming a Nobody and potentially regrowing his Heart somehow made him lose control of his emotions. Well in Days and CoM at least; it’s a bit different in KH3. While he is a Nobody again, he seems a lot more subdued. Even when he is trying to act like he did in the past, it is nowhere near as over the top as he used to be. He does get a bit irritated when talking with Demyx, although I think most people would get annoyed when trying to get Demyx to do something. Funny as Demyx is, he would be an absolutely terrible teammate. I wonder if him being closer to his original self that time was because he became a Nobody with a clear purpose in mind instead of it being the result of a surprise attack. He pretty much is just an Even that can summon dark corridors in KH3 rather than the geyser of emotions he was in CoM. There are two reasons why I think there is such a stark difference here. One is that the Heart in KH seems to be directly connected a person’s personality and sense of self. I don’t think it would be out of the question to say that losing his Heart also lead to him losing his calm disposition. A lot of the Nobodies seem to have vague connections to the personality they had as a Somebody, but with a lot of the traits missing. In his case all that remained was his scientific curiosity. Secondly, I would imagine that having an influx of emotions after you lost them would be overwhelming. Almost like the emotional equivalent of your leg feeling asleep. Everything you feel becomes a startling jolt regardless of what it is. Either of these work well as an explanation for why Even and Vexen are so emotionally different. Of course, it could always be due to some yet unknown quality of turning into a Nobody, so who knows.
April 29, 2025 at 11:44 PM