iâve been really wanting to post about the lunar chronicles ever since i finished it last week, but i couldnât think of anything for my textpostâšď¸ that is why iâve decided to do a kai appreciation post where i list the top 3 reasons i love him with my whole heartđ heâs done A LOT in all 4 books (iâm not done with stars above all yet so idk if he did anything cool there) to save the people he cared about and his citizens so i felt i needed to pay homage to thatđ (is that even how you use the word homage? idk.) hopefully this will also explain to anyone that hasnât read the series why he is super epicđ
(spoilers ahead!! theyâre kinda vague and most of them are spoilers of cinder but if you havenât read any of the books and donât want to read any spoilers beforehand, then i advise you donât read)
1. THIS DUDE AGREED TO MARRY SOMEONE LIKE 30 YEARS OLDER THAN HIM, THAT HE DIDNâT EVEN LIKE, BECAUSE IT WOULD SAVE HIS COUNTRY!!
like iâm sorry but that was such a badass thing to do and i love him for that. his father had just died and right away levana comes down from the fucking moon and tells him she had an anecdote that could have saved his fatherđ then, he has to remain FUCKING DIPLOMATIC to this woman that HE DOESNT GIVE A LIVING FUCK ABOUT!! LIKE THAT IS SO COOL OF HIM AND I JUST APPLAUD BECAUSE I WOULD NOT HAVE THE PATIENCE đ
2. he literally took over the position of emperor RIGHT AFTER HIS FATHER PASSED AWAY (well not right away but he took over duties involving ways to handle a whole fucking deadly plague)
imagine still mourning after your fatherâs death and this person that wants to take over the world comes down to your country. on top of that, the other leaders are basically waiting on you to make a life-or-death decision (or should i say death-of-billions-or-death-of-billions-including-you decision) where both outcomes end badlyđ AND ON TOP OF THAT YOUâRE DEALING WITH FEELINGS FOR A GIRL YOU LIKE!! and the cherry on the top is that literally the only friends you has is your advisor and an android (and later a wedding planner)đ like this poor poor child (heâs an adult but shut up) has so much shit on his plate and he doesnât even have friends his age to vent tođĽ˛
i swear i read those moments and i was like, âyeah that hot.âđ LIKE THAT ONE MOMENT IN SCARLET (itâs one of the first 3 books but i donât remember which one) WHERE HE TIPPED BACK HIS CHAIR AND PUT HIS FEET ON THE TABLE TO SHOW HE DIDNâT CARE!! I SWOONEDđŠ OR ALSO THE TIME WHERE LEVANA WAS GONNA KILL TORIN BC HE SMUGGLED THE GANG (if youâre still reading this out of context, i mean the friend group not an actual gang) AND HE WAS LIKE, âyouâre not gonna kill me or my advisor until we get married and youâre coordinated.đâ i literally JUMPED out of my bed and like just like SCREAMED into my pillow bc the absolute nerve he had was AMAZING HSGIJSH. okay the last moment was when he helped Cress and then Levanaâs thaumaturge (or a servant, i canât remember) said it was his port-screen that helpedđ he literally just went: đ¤ˇââď¸. LIKE HE DID NOT GIVE A LIVING FUCK BECAUSE HE KNEW THE ONLY WAY HEâD SURVIVE ALL THIS WAS IF THEY SUCCEEDED!! LIKE THE ABSOLUTE AUDACITY HE HAD IN THAT SCENE WAS AND STILL IS JUST SO AWESOME
*takes a deep breath* anyways, sorry this was all caps and bad grammerđ¤ kai is my favorite character in TLC and his povs are perfectionđ if you havenât read the series, you definitely should!!
