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"Do you remember those boys who used to hang out with us?" "What boys?"

I don't always go in for the "babies ever after" trope, but I do think that the Destiny Trio specifically feel like characters who would want to have kids.

Kairi and Sora would be very open and enthusiastic about wanting kids right from the beginning. Once these three goobers get their feelings for each other sorted out, they're like "so we're definitely having kids someday, right?"

Riku might actually want kids the most of the three, but he's also dealing with crippling fear that he would be a bad dad. (Sora and Kairi say "don't be ridiculous, you'll be a great dad!")

Riku and Sora both cried the first time they held their firstborn. They'd playfully argued throughout Kairi's whole pregnancy about which one of them was the biological father, but the moment that baby arrived it Did Not Matter in the slightest.

They end up having three kids, and Kairi always jokes that they stopped at three kids because "one more and we're outnumbered!" I think it should be two girls and a boy, just to buck the trio tradition of the games.

Also, the Destiny Trio's kids would have so much potential to be hilarious in canonverse. Just the weirdest kids to the weirdest parents. (Happy, healthy, and well-adjusted. Just incurably weird.)

Those kids are NOT keeping other worlds a secret. And none of the trio would like leaving the kids behind unless they absolutely have to. Kairi in particular hates it, she's got too much baggage related to being left behind. The kids are definitely being brought along on any quick jaunt to a safe world.

This results in stuff like them loudly proclaiming to their class "of course Santa is real, I've been to his house!"

Occasionally they leave the kids in the Hundred Acre Wood for some safe babysitting when all three of them are needed to do keyblade master stuff. 'Cause Merlin's house isn't remotely childproofed, but leaving the kids in the care of Rabbit and Kanga and Owl, while knowing that the book is very safe in Merlin's house, would give their parents some peace of mind.

its also important to remember that during kh2, kairi lost her memory of sora and i presume their entire adventure, so i do think for a brief moment her wants changed from "i want to adventure with sora" to "i want (person i cant remember) to come back to me". but when shes given a keyblade she doesnt really think twice about joining in on the action, i do believe if she could she would have joined the final battle.. i also think kairi is feisty, she is very ready to throw hands with saïx and probably axel too, so i dont see her as a pacificist.

Sora and "Riku" fighting over Namine in CoM would have been egregiously annoying if it had been played straight like you might see in other games, but the memory manipulation twist explains everyone's behaviour and adds to the oppressive feeling of Castle Oblivion

Axel and Roxas never fight over Xion in the annoying usual romantic sense, but rather Axel conflicted over trying to convince himself that Xion isn't a real person to dampen the inevitable tragedy he can see coming where he'll have to pick one or the other since Roxas and Xion can't co-exist, and Roxas just tragically caught in the middle of the whole thing with little agency or ability to even understand what's going on. Xion's battle for agency and personhood and ultimate final decision to choose her own fate/demise is sympathetic enough that we root for her as a character, even though she is literally erased from memory to explain away why she was never mentioned in KH2

About the FF characters that I want to turn up in KH4 and what their purpose would be.

Ignis (FFXV) - very simply he is kind of the one who looks out for sora and Strelitzia. Maybe he serves under Yazora in a similar way to how he served under Noctis. He’s a great fighter, he would cook for them and he’d be the one with the wise words when things get iffy.

Genesis Rhapsodus (FFVII Crisis core.) - maybe he’d be a BBEG maybe he’d be a morally grey character that sora encounters and is confused by. Either way I think he would be a nice battle option to mirror Cloud and Sephiroths role in KH1-2. He could come down quoting Loveless. It would be great! (Speaking of which I desperately want a Loveless billboard in Quadratum. Just a tiny nod.)

Barrat! (FFVII) - I just need him, okay??!! I’d want him to be like the gruff but affectionate dad character like he is with Marlene. He gets real protective over Sora and even gets between Yazora and Sora on days when the former is pushing him too hard. He’s exactly as brilliant as he is in ffvii and I just need him in KH. K?

Lulu (FFX) - bitchy dark mages for the win. She would be so sassy and cool and probably end up having a battle of wills with Sora about stuff.

Prompto (FFXV) - for no other reason other than he’s Prompto. Also I feel like he’d be the perfect person to empathise with Sora about his insecurities and help him regain his confidence. He’d be there for him and get people to lay off calling him stupid. I dunno man I feel like Prompto would be a really good and kind influence on sora. Plus I’d get to see my chocobaby in a KH game.