This issue is always a double-edged sword in fandom.
On the one hand, you get a female character with a disporinate amount of bashing, especially if she's a love interest, and even more so if she's alongside two male characters.
But on the other, this character is almost always the weakest one. For example, Kairi. What is her character? She's a sweet, determined girl. And...that's it. She's also the Princess of Heart, pureness in it's purest form, etc. It's always the girl who takes the most boring role.
So while I understand that she gets a downright venomous amount of hate in this fandom, she's not exactly great. And neither is the "1/3 of a trio who has two X's" Character Role either. So I do kind of see where the dislike comes from.
Interstingly enough, the other girls in this series are kind of interesting. Namine and Xion are set up to take this role, and then they turned out to be subversions (in fact, they're pretty much Deconstructions of Mary Sues). And Aqua is a total BAMF. Kairi's just kind of there.
ramble ramble ramble
On the one hand, you get a female character with a disporinate amount of bashing, especially if she's a love interest, and even more so if she's alongside two male characters.
But on the other, this character is almost always the weakest one. For example, Kairi. What is her character? She's a sweet, determined girl. And...that's it. She's also the Princess of Heart, pureness in it's purest form, etc. It's always the girl who takes the most boring role.
So while I understand that she gets a downright venomous amount of hate in this fandom, she's not exactly great. And neither is the "1/3 of a trio who has two X's" Character Role either. So I do kind of see where the dislike comes from.
Interstingly enough, the other girls in this series are kind of interesting. Namine and Xion are set up to take this role, and then they turned out to be subversions (in fact, they're pretty much Deconstructions of Mary Sues). And Aqua is a total BAMF. Kairi's just kind of there.
I don't hate her, but I just find her boring.