#I want to say terra is a good character. but I feel we haven't gotten enough of him for me to be comfortable saying that yet

[oveliagirlhaditright]

I don’t get what people’s issue with Kairi is. 

I feel there’s just something about her that ruffles people’s feathers, for some reason. So that things that don’t bother them about other characters, bothers them about her.

Like, tbh, no one in this series is a good character besides Riku (though he’s boring now), Roxas, and sometimes Sora. Many people would say Axel, but his character arc is all over the place and a mess. Naminé used to be, but she’s not anymore. Because when she’s actually allowed to be there, she only exists to be sad or explain the plot. Oh, and Aqua. Almost forgot about her. But I still maintain that she wasn’t a good character until 0.2, and that KHIII treated her badly (like it did most people who aren’t Sora). And I’d say Xion is a good character--just in that we actually get to explore all of her emotions, unlike most characters--but she still doesn’t do much, and a lot of people would disagree with that.

But people think Kairi’s boring and has no personality, and yet they’re okay with the Organization members who are one personality trait. You also can’t hate Kairi for having “no stake in the story”--or even being a plot device--if you like any of the Organization XIII characters.

But at the same time, those people used to think Kairi was a bitch.

I think this is another reason people don’t like her, too, and are more okay with characters like Naminé. Because I think most fans are shy, introverts--who have perhaps been bullied--and Kairi, for some reason, reminds them of the mean girls they’ve met in real life, and subconsciously hold it against her. Or they can’t relate to her as much since she’s arguably popular and bright and energetic (or at least used to be).

People call her a damsel in distress... but Namine. And you know what? I’d say most the girls, sad to say, are a damsel in distress. Strelitzia pretty much just existed to be murdered... And why people like this girl more than Kairi--when she just existed to be murdered--and we know little about her beyond that, baffles me. Skuld had to have Ephemer join her party in order to get people to join--and to make sure she’d be okay... and what has this character really done? She didn’t fight in the war... was chosen to be a Dandelion Leader, but since then she mostly passively agrees with stuff or reacts to things going on. Riveting. Skuld broke up one fight, I feel that’s a bit it. Olette doesn’t really do anything... Larxene’s a villain (and so far, Elrena’s done nothing), Invi basically has done nothing, Nameless Star is a nothing as of now (as is Urd and Vor, basically). And Ava is arguably good for the little we’ve seen her, but only after Nomura gave her her agency back after robbing her of it in Back Cover. But this character--for as much as she talked about wanting to think for herself and be friends with those of the other Unions--still didn’t do much to defy the Master (so far). And like all the Foretellers, mostly had the Idiot Ball when it came to him. And while I’d never call Aqua a damsel in distress, she still had a few damsel moments in KHIII. Edit: And as for Xion, I’ve seen people say that she was a burden to Roxas and Axel as a friend, the times they had to help cover up that she didn’t have her Keyblade. Which I don’t agree with... But the point is, even with her people try to make the dumb argument that she’s a damsel and doesn’t do anything.

Though I hate saying any of this, because I hate putting the girl’s against each other, because they deserve much more. And there are guys who have been damsels too, of course, like your gods Sora and Riku.

And if you hate Kairi for being Sora’s love interest... Naminé was in CoM. And you all want Riku to be, so...

I think the real issue is, to be honest... if you really sat down and thought about it, most of these characters aren’t that well written. Or we don’t really know anything about who they are (outside of Keyblades, personality traits, and things they’ve done), because at least in KH I don’t think Nomura’s that much of a--or a very good--character writer, but everyone just takes it out on Kairi for some reason. Even when other characters have done the things they complain about, or she actually has done the things they want her to (even if it’s only a little bit, and we could stand for more. But still, there are other characters who have it even worse), and I don’t get it.

I think it’s also because she’s a teenage girl, who is now girly and likes pink--and is in love--and don’t you know, there’s nothing more evil in the world?!

Like, I’ll be the first to admit that there are writing issues with her character and I want them fixed. But I don’t think she’s the Absolute WorstTM, that so many others in the fandom seem too.

People also think Kairi’s all about Sora... but so is Riku at this point. Really, all the trios in this series are “about their friends”.