i’ve been really wanting to post about the lunar chronicles ever since i finished it last week, but i couldn’t think of anything for my textpost☹️ that is why i’ve decided to do a kai appreciation post where i list the top 3 reasons i love him with my whole heart😛 he’s done A LOT in all 4 books (i’m 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 that😌 (is that even how you use the word homage? idk.) hopefully this will also explain to anyone that hasn’t read the series why he is super epic😎
(spoilers ahead!! they’re kinda vague and most of them are spoilers of cinder but if you haven’t read any of the books and don’t want to read any spoilers beforehand, then i advise you don’t read)
1. THIS DUDE AGREED TO MARRY SOMEONE LIKE 30 YEARS OLDER THAN HIM, THAT HE DIDN’T EVEN LIKE, BECAUSE IT WOULD SAVE HIS COUNTRY!!
like i’m 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 father😐 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 👏
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 father’s 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 badly😐 AND ON TOP OF THAT YOU’RE 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)😭 like this poor poor child (he’s an adult but shut up) has so much shit on his plate and he doesn’t even have friends his age to vent to🥲
i swear i read those moments and i was like, “yeah that hot.”🙃 LIKE THAT ONE MOMENT IN SCARLET (it’s one of the first 3 books but i don’t remember which one) WHERE HE TIPPED BACK HIS CHAIR AND PUT HIS FEET ON THE TABLE TO SHOW HE DIDN’T CARE!! I SWOONED😩 OR ALSO THE TIME WHERE LEVANA WAS GONNA KILL TORIN BC HE SMUGGLED THE GANG (if you’re still reading this out of context, i mean the friend group not an actual gang) AND HE WAS LIKE, “you’re not gonna kill me or my advisor until we get married and you’re coordinated.😌” 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 Levana’s thaumaturge (or a servant, i can’t remember) said it was his port-screen that helped😭 he literally just went: 🤷♂️. LIKE HE DID NOT GIVE A LIVING FUCK BECAUSE HE KNEW THE ONLY WAY HE’D 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 grammer🤠 kai is my favorite character in TLC and his povs are perfection😌 if you haven’t read the series, you definitely should!!
