Cinder's thoughts: Aces, that is the most idiotic, prejudiced, asinine thing I have ever heard. Should I call them out on it? No, what would Kai do? I bet he would smile politely and correct them in a diplomatic way. Probably overlook the statement altogether. How is he so perfect at this?
the literal crown prince of the eastern commonwealth after his crush said no to going to the ball with him twice, ignored 6 of his comms, and didn’t want to go eat lunch with him:
Hello, I like your art..., could you do where Cinder and Kai are in the elevator where they almost kiss?
Sorry for taking so long, I had to redraw it a few times and then delayed it more after I experienced the feminine urge to sculpt an axe for my parrots. I technically did this two years ago, but here’s a new one because I don’t want to look at it.
You know the line in Cress where it mentions the rumour that Cinder "seduced Emperor Kaito and was now pregnant with a Lunar-Earthen-cyborg thing"?
Imagine if Kai was just a little more unhinged. He doesn't want Cinder to get captured and killed, so at a press conference he practically pulls the Peeta Mellark 'If it weren't for the baby' line. A journalist asks, "what of the rumour that the fugitive is carrying your child?"
And Kai, with a solemn expression, says cryptically, "these are hard times for all, for a number of reasons. Even for myself."
The world explodes. The EC military are freaking out because they can't risk harming the future heir, so the worldwide hunt for Linh Cinder is thrown in for a loop. Alas, Kai doesn't know that Cinder is Selene, so by implying that she is pregnant, Levana is even more determined to kill the two heirs to the Lunar throne and hunts Cinder even more viciously.
Meanwhile Cinder is furious and mortified. Thorne teases her endlessly about it ("I am NOT pregnant! We haven't even hugged!" "You were smooching him at the ball!" "That's different!!"). When Jacin says the line, "one more fling with your toy before he becomes Levana's property", she punches him twice.
Then when they kidnap Kai, she rips into him. "You made me out to be a teen mother! Do you know embarrassing that is?!" He rebuts, "I was trying to help you!"
One successful revolution later, the public are confused why there's no mention of this 'baby'. So in an interview, Kai is asked, "so, is Queen Selene pregnant with your child or not?"
Kai bursts out laughing. "Pregnant? Wherever did you get that idea?"
"...you confirmed it in a press conference."
"I never said she was pregnant."
He straight up gaslights them into believing he never said a thing. It's hilarious. And then when Cinder and Kai are eventually married and actually pregnant, the world is scared to believe it and be tricked again.
Some of My TLC Head Canons That Just Make Sense | Part One
1. Thorne complained to Kai about the whole soap situation and Kai actually changed the soap in prison to be less ‘drying’ for the skin. *Cue to Cinder facepalming.*
2. KAI IS A CAT PERSON AND I WILL NOT ACCEPT ANY CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM.
3. Winter is abnormally calm around wild animals and insects. While Thorne and Kai are freaking out, Winter is just there petting a snake and offering a bear some tea.
4. Kai’s go-to drink is tea, and Cinder’s go-to drink is coffee. She drinks so much coffee in a day that Kai gets genuinely concerned for her so he offers her some tea instead but Cinder refuses and proceeds to aggressive sip on her 8th cup of coffee that day.
5. Winter named every single animal at Scarlet’s farm. TELL ME IM WRONG.
6. Wolf also has a weird obsession with bread.
7. Sometimes, Jacin gets stumped with his school work and Cinder does research on it and helps him out. He passed with flying colors because of this.
8. The entire crew would be swifties — emphasis on Kai and Iko — if Taylor Swift existed during their time. (Jacin would feign nonchalance whenever a Taylor song comes on but when he’s alone, he would blast the album Lover in his headphones. Winter caught him dancing to Taylor once and promised she wouldn’t tell anyone.)
9. Winter has like a 50-step hair care routine and she totally dragged Scarlet into the whole curly hair girl routine thing. Scarlets hair has never been healthier and Wolf loves playing with it.
10. Kai is very interested in philosophy and would read tons of books + do a lot of research about it. Cinder would listen to him ranting about it, sometimes stopping to make a joke, usually resulting to them laughing so hard they end up on the floor.
11. Kai’s favorite number is eleven. One because it represents intuition and two because he just likes the way it looks. Everyone was a little confused at first but eventually just went along with it.
12. Iko and Winter (our delulu queens) get bored sometimes and creates very complicated plots and characters in their heads with each other. They have a lot of inside jokes with each other because of this.
the way the name "Kai" means ocean/tides and the name "Selene" refers to the goddess of the moon, the moon and the ocean have been kindred spirits for millennia, two balanced halves of a whole, the pull of the moon creates the tides and influences the ocean's movement, the way Kai's life and choices were influenced by Cinder's re-appearance and he followed her even when the world condemned her SCREAMS INTO FIST
Cinder is the funniest, most iconic character. I don’t make the rules. Her humour carries a majority of the series. And pair her with KAI? The sassmaster with humour as well? Unstoppable, overpowered, top tier, perfect pairing I fear