#kai: mommy and daddy are ruining the easter egg hunt!

[that-was-anticlimactic]

oh i didnt know you liked the hollow! how abt kai?

omigosh i love the hollow so much literally my comfort show

hehe okay so kai:

how i feel about this character: i love kai ! he was actually my favorite hollow character when i first started the show ! i especially like his growth in s2 how, despite being (presumably) the youngest, he began to take on the role as a leader and a constant when the group needed it--a bridge between vanessa and everyone else. i also loved the fact that he was a rich kid with family issues because, while i am not a rich kid, my parents fought a lot and got divorced so it just it was nice and also my favorite line in the show was about that !

i also loved s1 kai. adam is a pretty serious character and had trouble finding fun and kai brought that out of him. i love the banter between him and adam as well as him and mira. i especially love how he developed after discovering his powers but how he also came to terms with "i don't have some super special power like adam and mira and the other kids, but i'm smart and still contribute to the team" and didn't always rely solely on his fire. i love how we got to see kai separated from adam and mira and how he actually became a bit more serious because his friends were in danger, as well as his little run in with reeve and skeet and how he was like "i could totally take you!"

all the people i ship romantically with this character: okay. i am conflicted. originally, i was a hardcore kai x adam shipper. because the poTENTIAL for them is just *chef's kiss* and the way they both actively helped better each other and drive each other and balanced each other was amazing. plus, the fan art is really cute and the way that adam looks at kai... like... ahhhhh... also the way kai just destroyed mabel the chicken because she almost got to adam... like... bisexual,,,

but s2 came out and i do kind of like kai x vanessa... the way their friendship developed was so organic and so sweet and that's something i can really appreciate. the way he stood up for her when even reeve was upset with her made my heart so happy and how he respected her decision to tell the others / not to tell the others (plus that speech he gave in 'fire'... chills). i definitely prefer kaidam but kai x vanessa is also adorable

my non-romantic otp for this character: kai and mira !!! kai and mira !!! kai and mira !!! i love their friendship so much. like. seriously. it's so good and the way they bounce off each other is just. so much fun. i also love the parallels of them being in the middle of everything in s2: mira between reeve and adam and kai between vanessa and everyone else. and the way that kai instantly turned to mira at the end of dead end, the way that he was going to mira for help while adam and reeve were fighting, it just shows how much he trusts her and how much he needs her. and how when she starts panicking right before the credits, his last call of "mira" turns into more of a worried / concerned question and ahhhhh

i also love platonic vanessa and kai hehe. again. they are amazing. the way that they are genuinely concerned for each other and are able to own up to their unkind behavior and move past it while still acknowledging that they made mistakes... ahhh so good. and the way that they covered for each other mY HEART

my unpopular opinion about this character: oooo idk if i'll have an unpopular opinion because i haven't really interacted with fandom, so i'll just say that kai was never really obnoxious, he was just asking for attention in the only way he knew how, easing the tension in the only way he knew how since his parents obviously didn't get along or pay him much attention. he diffused arguments (even ones he was in) with jokes because he needed to feel secure or some semblance of normalcy and i love him for that (that's also what my younger sister does)

one thing i wish would happened / had happened with this character in canon: i wish we didn't have the awkward kai liking mira moments tbh. i mean, i know he's young, but those were some of my least favorite scenes in s1. they just felt awkward and made me :/// but i suppose that was the point

anyways... i have many feelings and i love this show perhaps too much hehe

[boygirlctommy]

Kai freaking out over his friends fighting bcus it reminded him of his parents was a BIG MOOD

[lunarifie]

Ah Fuck.

My theory was thrown out the window of Kai having two rich hot mom's.

When he was having a panic attack due to his past trauma on the running train he said "mommy and daddy are ruining the easter egg hunt” :/