ok so Alyson Stoner is an amazing actress, dancer, and human being. If we could all take a moment to praise her for overcoming an ED, as well as navigating child fame as best she could and delivering ICONIC moments in entertainment. I am so in love and proud of her latest Missy Elliot performance, but I think there’s something that kinda gets forgotten about- Kingdom Hearts. In 2009, a Kingdom Hearts DS game came out, in which Alyson Stoner played one of the most emotionally tormented characters in the entire series... WHILE dealing with said child fame and ED. Her character did not receive a happy ending at the time, and here we are in 2019, Kingdom Hearts 3 comes around and not only has Alyson Stoner blossomed and healed and fucking thrived, she now gets to play Kairi, arguably the most important role as far as our protagonist Sora is concerned, a beacon of light and hope shining through a world defined by shadowy monsters coming to steal the hearts of the worlds we love and know, and the ones we haven’t discovered yet. Kairi, Sora’s light. Alyson Stoner deserved to play a role that reflects what her journey can teach us, that healing is possible, that simply feeling joy is enough to spread it, that deep down there’s a light that never goes out. Not to mention, her character from the DS game has had a redemption and a reunion in KH3, and the DLC coming soon will surely feature Alyson Stoner, voicing the character that once embodied her pain and misery, and now gets to heal that character as well. I just think she really deserves all this.