You are just getting over your fear of men and are still feeling the aftermath of being accused of a crime, you do not need romance you need a therapist
I can forgive Michael Mouse for the sins of his father and caretakers wrongly attributed to him out of a desire to plant vicious rage and hopeless despair on something- anything- and why not the mascot of the company because it all started with a mouse right meanwhile how many times did one Michael Rat have to be changed morphed replaced to be more friendly more soft more marketable like they talked about this is Knights of Guinievere but chose to explore other topics via the princess line but I think there's something to be said in the humble Michael Mouse Rat Rodent- not a symbol of corporate greed, but another one of its victims, and the meat grinder which feasts upon art devours for eternity and nothing is sacred.
I do, however, blame him for leaving Aqua Kingdom Hearts in the Realm of Darkness for a decade.
Shout out to Aqua for immediately projecting her and her friends' issues on two 4 year olds within 3 seconds of meeting them
Also can I just say that her decision to tell Sora that his job is to 'follow Riku and protect him if he starts down a dark path' without bequeathing him was a little... I can't think of the right word here but like. Keyblades are absolutely busted on a power scaling level. If Riku did go down a dark path (cough kh1 cough) what did Aqua expect Sora to be able to do to stop him/protect him? I mean, he could be a voice of reason, but that only works as long as someone is willing to listen, and the most effective way to defend against a keyblade is with another keyblade. And that's not even getting into the fact that if Sora was following Riku being a keybearer, he would need some way to defend himself, considering the things keybearers fight on the reg.
I get that she didn't want to to bring the Horrors down on them (and I guess to try and preserve what continuity they could with the weird circumstances Sora got Kingdom Key) but that ship had sailed when Terra bequeathed Riku in the first place.
Terra:*shirtless* Ven, don’t have any dirty clothes? I’m about to wash them.
Ventus:On what? Your washboard abs? Put those away before I feel bad about myself!
Terra:I think you look fine as you are. Although it is a little hard to see you all the way down there.
Ventus:Alright man! So that’s how you feel?
Aqua:*walks in* Have you two seen the- TERRA! Shirt! We have a guest!
Kairi:*waves* Hey, island child. This is normal. I’m tired of wearing full shirts honestly. At least Terra has the decency to properly have his pants at the waist. Sometimes Riku blames the weight of the water for showing off his hips.
Terra:I knew there was a reason I chose him.
xxxxxx
Riku:Hmm, why do I feel like someone is yapping about me?
Namine:*drawing him shirtless* I’m sure it’s pleasant. Can you turn around for me? Look towards the water.
Actually I find this really funny so let's break this down
Which of the Guardians of Light does Lea actually know going into the final battle?
Sora
Course he knows Sora. Everyone in the organization knew Sora. Keyblade's chosen, major piece of the organization's plans. They developed quite a rapport through the events of CoM, plus on top of that all of Roxas and Xions' personal ties to him. Completely in the loop on who this guy is.
Kairi
Fellow trainee in Merlin's Funny Timespace Distortion. Strongly implied they had several conversations and got to some level of friendship. Before that, he kidnapped her. Definitely acquaintances at the very least.
Donald & Goofy
Sora's funny little guys that went with him through castle oblivion. He's spoken to them a handful of times. Maybe not directly, but you know. They're around. Probably unclear on the details of why they're here, but Lea doesn't sweat the small stuff.
Michael Mouse
First of all, he's a semi public figure who interacted regularly with the king of Radiant Garden, so we cannot discount the possibility that Lea saw him just. Around. When he was a kid. Don't think they ever interacted through the events of CoM or Kh2, but at least might have had one conversation while they were preparing to save Sora from being norted.
Riku
I would argue there's strong evidence Lea has no idea who the hell Riku is. Yes, Riku let him and Namine go in Kh2, but Lea certainly has no idea who that guy was. He was wearing a hood! Also was wearing Ansem's face! They don't talk in DDD because Riku was too eyes on the prize to particularly care about this random guy dropping in during a fight. Lea having any understanding of who Riku is I think hinges entirely on if he poked his nose into Vexen's work on the replica program.
Ventus
Small teenager he had one (1) conversation with over a decade ago with a face identical to one of Lea's best friends. He asks for literally anyone to fill him in on why this is the case, or why this kid seems to have not aged a day in twelve years. No one does.
Aqua
Random woman. Complete 0 idea who this person is. He might have heard someone refer to her using the title "Master" and that's all he's got to go on.
Terra
Even less context than Aqua. They set out to kick Xehanort's ass with nine people in their party, split up, and then when they come back together, they have ten. No one comments on this. Said tenth person has the exact face of Lea's old evil boss. Please take a minute and imagine the sheer level of 'what the fuck' that must have been running through Lea's mind in that moment.
I think the most hilarious place to put Post-Canon Sokka would have been the university at Ba Sing Se. I think he would have made a great unhinged professor. Also, in true Sokka fashion, he should have completely dodged fame. Momo is more famous than he is.
He wants to demonstrate to the class how this thing called electricity works, so he's going to be bringing in a Firebender, so everybody be cool, we're all friends here... and in walks Princess Azula of the Fire Nation. One-time conqueror of the city. One of the students is currently writing an essay on how her brief rule of the city affected fruit trade. She says she considers the class to still be her subjects as she doesn't acknowledge any pretenders to any of her thrones, but for now you're exempted from bowing and "Your Highness" will do. It's a really interesting lecture.
"Okay, guys - hey, listen up, everyone - I won't be here next week, me and Aang are going to-" yeah right, sure, Professor Sokka knows the Avatar. Except, of course, the Avatar walks in sheepishly and says that Appa might have gotten into Sokka's hybrid crops, and then you all have to sit there and watch your professor chase the Avatar around with a sword.
One postgrad student is specializing in Water Tribe Cultures. She's currently studying the massive cultural shift that happened in the Northern Water Tribe at the end of the war - oh, and Professor, I absolutely know that you're from the Southern Water Tribe, but it's just that the shift started with Master Katara, and of course I don't think that every person from the South knows one another haha it's just that I need to ask her some questions and I thought maybe you could help me write a letter or write a letter of introduction or...
Sokka looks at her blankly and goes "yeah, she's my sister. KATARA!" which is followed by a faint answering "fuck you!" from Somewhere and to the horror/elation of our postgrad, Master Katara bursts in and is promptly beaned in the head with a rock by Professor Sokka. Her brother. her hero and her professor are siblings and currently brawling on the floor.
Sokka does not teach or study history, but he does sometimes sit in on lectures about recent history. Whenever he does, several doctoral students flock in to sit near him (even if it's an intro course) so that they can eavesdrop on his grumbling. (No matter how they try, an "overheard utterance" is not a valid source according to their professors. No, we have no sources on the Avatar's bison taking part in combat - sky bison are not war animals and...)
He gets regular deliveries with the Beifong family crest on them, and he goes "sweet, Toph must have found some new minerals" and at this point nobody needs to ask which Toph. He seems to have friends everywhere, literally everywhere. Wang was headed out to this massive swamp to study if it's one big organism, and Sokka told him to find some guy named Hue and "don't mind the loincloth." One time the university gets shut down because the Earth King wants to visit. Oh, visit the University? What an honor- Of fucking course not, he wants to visit Professor Sokka, who yells at him and his royal guards for interrupting his day. The Earth King and his many, many royal guards then sheepishly say sorry and file out.
The last straw is when - not a week after he yelled at the Earth King - the assistant head of the Political Science dept walks in to the faculty lounge to find Sokka having tea with a nice normal man dressed in Earth greens for once, and can't resist a little joke. "Let me guess, you're having tea with the Fire Lord." And then she can instantly tell that she fucked up, because both of them go stock still.
So when the two men awkwardly stand up and proceed to introduce the Fire Lord whose portrait she has in her office because she is the assistant head of Political Science as Li, a server at the Jasmine Dragon, she just says "hello Li" and leaves to find a bottle of something strong.
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