#I’m so tired of this romantic drama I’m so tired of how kairi’s treated I’m so tired I’m so t i r e d

[daylighteclipsed]

Kh3 also made me dislike that ship fr. Sora who's always like 'my friends give me power' was soooo weird at the end. The straight up disrespect to Riku. I get that he is just so done at the end, but I can't believe that he would just watch while his best friend is sacrificing himself. Also Sora saying Kairi is the sole reason that he started his journey, irked me. Him hugging her, instead of using his keyblade like he did while saving Riku or constantly holding her hand??? Bro looked so uncomfy when Kairi wanted to share the papou with him, what happend. He didn't even think of her during the rest of the game. Didn't make any sense.

See, part of me actually loves that Riku was the only one who had complete faith in Sora at the end that Sora would come back home safe. But the other part of me is like lol Riku has the power of waking too, why doesn’t he also go? What’s the point of Riku having the power of waking if he doesn’t use it in this war? That was the whole reason Yen Sid pushed Sora and Riku to learn this ability so quickly. There’s no reason Sora has to save Kairi alone. And you know, as much as I enjoy the Soriku scenes in the RoD, it would’ve been nice if Riku had been the one to wake Aqua’s heart up/pull her out of the darkness, not Sora. Or maybe they could’ve both reached out to her or something, since saving Aqua was Riku’s big goal in KH3.

From what I understand, all the romantic stuff Sora says about Kairi at the end in English is not accurate to the og Japanese. Apparently his dialogue is much more group-focused, like Kairi’s his friend and he wants all his friends to be together. And the feeling is much more like he would do this for any of his friends and not ~oh she’s the love of my life I have to get her back~ But it’s still irritating that the translation was changed so much to push the heterosexual agenda… I saw the hug as a callback to KH1, when Kairi hugs Sora to protect him. But still like. Kairi has a Keyblade now. Why does she not get to defend herself? Why is she constantly shown as pathetic like this? It’s exhausting.

The other shippy stuff wouldn’t bother me half as much if Riku got credit for his sacrifice. Because I think in the tunnel of light Sora realizes that this act is an act of true love, like that’s why we see the flashbacks to Tangled and Frozen, but he thinks that Kairi is the one responsible when it! Was! Riku!! Kairi may’ve held Sora’s body together, but his heart?? The connection he follows back to the light? His literal light in the darkness?? Is Riku here. Like, very obviously. They’re not subtle about it.

And if that wasn’t obvious enough, the Tangled and Frozen parallels are self-sacrifices and Kairi clearly doesn’t do that here. She gets swept away by the tide and dies with everyone else. So like it’s. Maddening. That Sora doesn’t realize it’s Riku. Like I’m going to tear my hair out. What the fuck. Does he not remember Riku parting the darkness with his light? Does he not remember his initial trip through the tunnel?? Where he literally recognized the light was Riku?? Plus, I don’t think Kairi can simultaneously be the light in the tunnel and in the tunnel moving towards the light like Sora is. Back when she was the light in KH1, she wasn’t in the tunnel with Sora.

And it feels like. Like Sora thinks he’s in love with Kairi after this because she made this sacrifice for him and never doubted him and was his guiding light, but it wasn’t her sacrifice it was Riku’s, it wasn’t her saying I believe in you it was Riku, it wasn’t her light it was Riku’s, so she’s not the one Sora actually loves it’s Riku, but Sora doesn’t know that because ???? BECAUSE ???????????

I’m so tired.