iāve been really wanting to post about the lunar chronicles ever since i finished it last week, but i couldnāt think of anything for my textpostā¹ļø that is why iāve decided to do a kai appreciation post where i list the top 3 reasons i love him with my whole heartš heās done A LOT in all 4 books (iām 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 thatš (is that even how you use the word homage? idk.) hopefully this will also explain to anyone that hasnāt read the series why he is super epicš
(spoilers ahead!! theyāre kinda vague and most of them are spoilers of cinder but if you havenāt read any of the books and donāt want to read any spoilers beforehand, then i advise you donāt read)
1. THIS DUDE AGREED TO MARRY SOMEONE LIKE 30 YEARS OLDER THAN HIM, THAT HE DIDNāT EVEN LIKE, BECAUSE IT WOULD SAVE HIS COUNTRY!!
like iām 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 fatherš 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 š
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 fatherās 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 badlyš AND ON TOP OF THAT YOUāRE 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)š like this poor poor child (heās an adult but shut up) has so much shit on his plate and he doesnāt even have friends his age to vent toš„²
i swear i read those moments and i was like, āyeah that hot.āš LIKE THAT ONE MOMENT IN SCARLET (itās one of the first 3 books but i donāt remember which one) WHERE HE TIPPED BACK HIS CHAIR AND PUT HIS FEET ON THE TABLE TO SHOW HE DIDNāT CARE!! I SWOONEDš© OR ALSO THE TIME WHERE LEVANA WAS GONNA KILL TORIN BC HE SMUGGLED THE GANG (if youāre still reading this out of context, i mean the friend group not an actual gang) AND HE WAS LIKE, āyouāre not gonna kill me or my advisor until we get married and youāre coordinated.šā 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 Levanaās thaumaturge (or a servant, i canāt remember) said it was his port-screen that helpedš he literally just went: š¤·āāļø. LIKE HE DID NOT GIVE A LIVING FUCK BECAUSE HE KNEW THE ONLY WAY HEāD 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 grammerš¤ kai is my favorite character in TLC and his povs are perfectionš if you havenāt read the series, you definitely should!!
