#(Not every adult is jaded and world weary XD)

[desultory-novice]

Where comes the idea that Kirby "needs adult guidance?" When has Kirby been shown to ever need guidance by anybody outside of the extraordinary circumstances of Rainbow Curse and Mass Attack?

Kirby is always the one doing the guiding. He's at the head of the party. He also isn't native to Dream Land and we're left to assume he cared for himself perfectly fine before arriving there in DL1.

(Let's not be so quick to remove "traveling" from "traveling youth." Remember that the travels Kirby have been on are inter-planetary ones. This isn't the anime where he was a sleeping infant. The series tells us he's been on galactic adventures before arriving on Popstar.)

Kirby IS a childish character, of that there is no doubt. They are quite likely to be a childish child! But Kirby is no one's dependant.

Kirby is perfectly capable of surviving alone, on their own, in situations that have toppled kingdoms. He can also logic out what is going around him with only loose context. In fact, he picks up on complex situations like Susie's and Taranzas really fast.

Kirby can be young. How young is up to each individual person. If it's your HC or you want to write familial relationships with him and the cast, by all means, write him as whatever is cutest/most fulfilling!

But for the series in a general sense? The evidence of Kirby needing other's supervision, protection, and guidance isn't there.

#I would've reblogged the original post... #...but given this is an argument AGAINST it felt wrong #Anyway I don't wish to step on anyone's toes about this #My own views of Kirby are close-ish to "an ageless being” #And that's a trope a lot of stuff has perverted for 'fan service' #(Something I'm pretty upset about if I'm being honest) #(Before Fire Emblem being a 1000 year old dragon... #...who looked like a teenager was a COOL thing >.> ) #TLDR: I GET it. A lot of us want to protect Kirby from that #I'm not trying to convince anyone to buy my vision... #...but I'm VERY(!) against removing a character's agency... #...especially when they demonstrably possess it...! #This part is more nitpicky toward the original post but... #...you can be idealistic (and naive) at any age! #(Not every adult is jaded and world weary XD) #Also 'trouble reading' is a really common ND trait! #I know what you meant by that though so... #...I didn't want to use it as a point of critique #Also I'm sorry (/srs) if the original post was something... #...you considered not up for debate/didn't want to debate #Having a rocky weekend. Didn't mean to take it out on anyone #Dess Rambling #Dess Theories