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Hey everyone!!

Sorry I’m late, this episode was HUGE, almost like a double episode so I really struggled with the editing 😭

Hopefully you like how it turned out! ❤️❤️‍🩹

See you all soon ❤️

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Sydney

How is it that when I write fics about them, I end up predicting things??? Violent father is not how I wanted it to end up, but that's where it went. 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Tina Gomez

I think Axel will either mistake Onyx for a girl, because remember his mom dressed him up in boy and girl clothes, OR just likes him anyway regardless that he's a boy, but his dad tells him he's a boy and maybe even kicks his butt for liking another boy. And that's how we have "homophobic" Axel cus I don't think he's actually homophobic I think he just thinks he has to be so he doesn't get judged or hurt. He clearly likes Kai to some extent, but doesn't want to get hurt, so he hurts others in return and hides his true self🥺

Vic

I’m thinking that (it’s pretty dark) he had a crush on Onyx, maybe thought he was a girl and then realized Onyx is a he but Axel talked to his father about this feelings and his father could have went as far as SA him saying “you like that” and insulting him resulting in internalized homophobia But of course because axel likes onyx then he’s bullying him like little kids do when they like someone but don’t know how to deal with it Sorry it’s a dark theory but it could explain the flash back to Kai saying that And I think there’s no excuse as “i’ll come get you later when i have what it takes”, you’re the mother of your child you don’t leave him in this kind of environment when you know it’s going to be bad, you take him with you no matter what because it’s going to hurt him more than anything else

Boba Tea

people saying what if he had a crush on onyx but I’m over here wondering like what if Axel also had a crush on Keane when they were kids and the only way Keane would pay attention to him was when he’d pick on Onyx? Keane being the super protective type, someone that axel wished he had to protect himself… we gotta cover all of our bases here! poor little axel, no wonder he just wanted validation and care :(

Kittycat

The next episode is also gonna be backstory right?

NickyCole

It is 4:23AM and I have work at 9 but here I am🙂

Lou

You guys remember it was a flash back from long ago when we see them as kids. Axel was saying Onyx looks like a girl and everything and then boom keane comes in to defend him. Axel will be jealous of that because he never had a someone that defended him he always had to defend himself when he was being picked on 🥺 do you guys think maybe he’ll find Ethan? I really am not sure on that one xD

Hermione

His dad is definitely going to instill homophobia into his son. Damn, I hate his dad. I hope that Axel is okay but… is it bad that I feel bad for Kai too? Not to be that way but like… Axel isn’t going to get out the bathroom anytime soon and WHAT IS KAI NEEDS TO PEE?? My bladder could never😭. I completely understand Axel needs to take his time and I love him that is fine. But damn😭

Citrus

I’ve had a feeling for a while now that he had a crush on onyx. Idk if I’ve been right this whole time but this backstory has to connect to the present somehow 🤷🏾‍♀️ and from the early story he had a crush on girl onyx which made me think he wanted an excuse to date onyx but wanted it to be in a way that didn’t make him seem “weak” or “different”

Andrea

Onyx was his kindergarten gay awakening?

Andrea

The poor mom as well. Y'all noticed the strangling marks around her neck? Don't want to judge but she could've taken axel with her.... poor baby...

Ele_Smiles

Yup he liked Onyx from the beginning!

SillyDwarf

Oh onyx was definitely his first crush, someone probably found out and harmed him in some way

Emma Walker

Okay yes sad story but they are all so cute I couldn't help but smile whilst reading 😍 what adorable little monsters

Vee_Breeze

I will never understand mums that just walk out ffs. My parents fought, argued and were toxic af when I was younger. My father finally moved out when I was 7 but he still sees me now! Like wtf is wrong with that woman!

Kaylynn Bousman

THIS IS SO GOING WHERE I THOUGHT IT WOULD I FUCKING CALLED JT

Sixxthekidd

My take is that axel most likely sees onyx for the first time and is a bit star struck just like Keane was, but one of his own friends starts making the jokes about him looking like a girl and then feels somewhat obligated to just go along with it. Cause this scene has been played out before from either onyx or keanes perspective 🤔 and ultimately onyx crys and they laugh at him for that and then keane defends and crys too. So I think axel is just following the crowd at this point but that at some point he will either talk to his dad or a friend about boys liking boys and whoever he talks to is going to say something cruel and make him feel like its wrong. I could also see this back story maybe showing how axel has kinda liked onyx for a long time or at least thinks he's attractive in some way, and it shows him stealing glimpses as they grow up, or even gives his opinion on how he sees onyx change over time from the boy who wore pink to the boy who wears dark clothes and hoodie and hides himself and stays quiet. Maybe it will even show when he comments on that social media post of axel and keane at the beach. Lots of thoughts going on in my head lol

Rose

Thank you for such a huge episode omg!!!

Keiji Akaashi

I'm glad that my prediction was wrong.. but this is bad too. Poor Axel.. what a shitty childhood he had.. Just one big endless nightmare. 😥 #loveforourangrylittlecactus

Rosie Kay

Poor Axel, I knew there was a reason for him to be so prickly and I know it's only gonna get worse 😭😭 But Onyx that haiirrrrr 😂😂 you're so cutteeeee

PhoenixxFireblossom

I hope that after some reflection, Axel decides to really talk to Kai. Even if he doesn’t pour his whole heart out. Just some simple honesty.

Ifi <3

Yall he does not like onyx go back and read that chapter where onyx comes to school for the first time

Chilly

I hate his dad. But at the same time if he did not hurt Axel any further 😭 I would have to admit he fineeee. Also I do like that he supported Axel in defending himself. IT'S TOXIC I KNOW I still hate him but that detail was also nice, it's just sad that later on Axel went completly from using violance for self defense to abusing it to hurt others 😭 which i also get as a kid you don't know any better so I understsnd why he turned the way he is. But my heart aches for his chillhod he was such a precius cinnamon roll he did not deserve any of it...I mean I still find Axel a sweet cinamon roll who is just deeply wounded and protects himself from everyone around him :(((

Olivia Weber

Considering Axel clearly had a thing for “Lynx”, it’s not too far fetched that he’d think Onyx is a girl when they were little and had a crush on him. And upon finding out Onyx was a boy, his feelings became conflicted. He may have talked to his dad about it and that’s where he learned all the homophobic rhetoric he spews now. And he started bullying Onyx as a result of that. To get back in his father’s good graces and all. There’s obviously more to this than what I’m theorizing, I’m just making a few observations and assumptions. I know there has to be some big event of trauma for Axel. I just don’t know what it’ll be yet. I’ve always assumed Axel was SA’ed as a kid and that’s why he’s so scared of being touched by another man and has panic attacks afterwards. But it seems his trauma is linked to his dad. (Very dark theory) It could be possible his dad, upon hearing of his son’s homoromantic feelings, either SA’s him himself, or “pimps” his son out to other men (for lack of a better term) to drive home the point that being gay is bad and bad things happen when you’re gay. I’m excited and scared to see how this story develops. I’m always at the edge of my seat for every upload. This was a long one, too. Thank you Pasta!😁

Bloody Myth

This is beyond sad. Kai has an abusive dad that isolates his son[Also, Kai is a very strong minded person to endure the consequences of "picking up strays." That man has so much trauma and smiles through it. I can relate but that life ain't easy.]. Axel has an absent mother and deadbeat dad[which truth be told, he's not a GOOD parent, but he's the better parent for raising the child. I respect him for that. If he puts hands on Axel in the next panel then I TAKE BACK MY COMPLIMENT. ] Poor Onyx became Axel's target for daring to be himself, and had his dad on his back for being gay and refusing to inherit his father's 'legacy'. Keane is the only unscathed one! Even though he has to deal with the other characters' problems, that still doesn't make him any less of a victim. Just an indirect one.☹️

Momo

This episode was a super great insight into Axel at lastttt, but Onyx’s onion hair is killing me 😭✋

GeeRAWRxD

Quiet really doesn't save you it only makes you a target. 💔

Kelly klarkson

I don’t know why but I am just not a backstory kinda gal. Not flashbacks at least. I wanna hear the couple talk about their past rather than seeing it myself. I wanna hear the perspectives on it as they are now in real time. I hope we get to see that with these two. For the sake of making a comment that actually adds to the conversation I will say what I theorize. I think Axel initially expressed interest in Onyx and that that was very quickly and thoroughly snuffed out by his father. Or his father saw onyx and drilled into Axel how that is no way to be a man and probably expressed a lot of homophobic slurs while he was at it. And because of that Axel was terrified of ever accidentally showing his dad or anyone else that he might be attracted to boys. Scared of what would happen to him if he did or how he’d be perceived (weak, disgusting etc).

seren

the HAIR 😭😭😭

JenBear

I get struggling as much as his mother did and I don't know all her circumstances but I couldn't fathom leaving my child with someone like that

Atticus roediger

Omg!!! i’m so excited to see how everything turns out!

artsy_amusing

I knew Axel's behavior and trauma all tied in to his father. That's blatantly obvious. What I'm interested in finding out more about, is when he started to realize his attraction to other boys. If I'm right - it's because of the day Onyx showed up all cute and decked out in pink (he was sooooo adorable ❤️). I guarantee Axel developed a crush on Onyx, and that's why he picked on him. Pretty sure his father is going to find out about his crush on Onyx and give him absolute hell because of it. This will eventually cause Axel to suppress his feelings and lash out at Onyx (then eventually start to resent him because he knows he likes him but can't act on it). Even now in college, despite being away from his father, he still carries that trauma and really doesn't know how accept his own feelings. Clearly, he's feeling something for Kai, and that's why he's freaking out even more. Kai basically just showed Axel that he CAN act on his feelings, and I'm sure that terrifies him. The only way he knows to react is by resorting to his usual homophobic slurs and pushing him away. It's a defense mechanism. Athough he probably doesn't want to treat Kai that way, just like he bullied/fought kids in school but didn't want to, it works. He needs to "protect" himself from shame and his father's figurative grip around his neck (despite being away from him), so he does that by acting repulsed and hurling insults. Hopefully soon, he'll learn it's OK and will let Kai in. I think in order for that to happen though, Axel needs to face Onyx, be honest (about his feelings in school and why he treated him that way), and apologize. I feel like he needs to close the wound from that part of his life, first. PS - I don't think Axel mistakes Onyx for a girl. I think he knows from the start Onyx is a boy, but he didn't realize another boy could make him feel "that way" until he showed up.

parakiadute

He obvi has had the biggest crush on Onyx since elementary school

Cass

Damn the episode isn't loading for me 🥲

Becshlec

I FUCKING KNEW IT, AXEL HAD A CRUSH ON ONYX, I WAS FUCKING RIGHT! He literally carried the bracelet with him. Pasta had fed us, gave me LIFE with this episode. I don’t know how I missed when it originally posted, which like… depressing. Anyway, I’m so happy to get some Axel backstory. It’s beautiful in a depressing kind of way. Also, art is so cool. Like the way you can make someone look related but not exactly the same. Axel and his dad look alike—not in hair color or things like that… but in subtle facial features, and I just think it’s cool that people take the time to do that. So, theories. Axel’s mother left. Dad said he had to protect himself so he did. Onyx comes along, the prettiest boy he’s ever seen. Either gets scared by his feelings so he bullies him, pulls a Draco and is mad he doesn’t wanna be friends and bullies him, or tries to be friends and things are great until something goes wrong. I feel like I have a lot of thoughts but my melatonin is kicking in so I’ll probably reread and share more tomorrow. Again, beautiful episode, absolutely obsessed

Unknown2.0

The everyone met onyx 🤣🤌✨

Saelune

Just rereading the episode and on the first read I thought the mark on Axel’s mum’s neck was made by Axel’s father but now I think it looks like it was from a suicidal attempt 😦

Nia Gilligan

this is super random but there’s only ONE kaxel fic on ao3 and it’s like two paragraphs long. WE NEED MORE KAXEL MEDIA 😭😭 whenever im craving new kaxel content i can never get it 💔💔

Belle

Axel is the cutest little nugget… 😭

Izzie

Oynx with his little ponytail is the cutest thing did him and Keane know and Kai upset trying to help feeling guilty and feeling like he’s lost everything he had with axel having no clue about poor axels childhood is heartbreaking but his mother was wrong she should of left earlier and with axel and gone to the police

Lesbian53

I feel like we’ve lost the plot

Nicki

I wonder if is homophobic related or showing weakness related. Maybe both. My theory is that Axel has feeling for Onyx when he's young, his dad finds out and tells him that wrong and probably that it would show weakness. His dad probably physically instilled that mindset into Axel. Time passes, Axel becomes more hardened with the mindset of protecting himself. He tries to talk to Lynx, but learns it Onyx, and Keane stops that. Axel is hurt from showing weakness and lashes out. Time passes again, and now Axel has fear or receiving and accepting Kai's kindness and affection because it shows weakness and he fears backlash and his anxiety is telling him that everything is not okay. **Long sigh*** I want to hug them both...

Rayna

So the dad ruined him? That makes sense why he is so opposed to be with Kai in the first place.