As A Child, He Scared Me

The first episode is such a brilliant tv movie. The show was unfortunately on Disney XD, a far smaller platform. Disney had Good luck Charlie, Wizards of Waverly Place, Suite Life on Deck, and Ant farm at the time of it's airing. Too many powerhouse shows were ongoing at the time. XD only had Lab Rats and Zeke and Luther as popular live action shows. There was far less incentive to watch XD - let alone a new show! It's sad to know such a great show had so little chance for success.

Let’s talk about the fact that Pair Of Kings had everything to be a great series and yet it wasn’t?

I mean, it had magic, space for racial diversity (Kinkow is literally in the Southern Pacific, and the main characters are biracial) and cultural diversity/differences, politics, war, it’s a coming of age story, and the base for the characters is good.

It had everything to be awesome, yet most of the writing in it sucked; there was little to no planning, which resulted in lots of inconsistencies in the story line; most of the characters didn’t really get character arcs except for – specifically in season 3 and not that well done either – Boomer, Lanny, and Boz; the lore wasn’t properly developed (the lore is literally one of the most important parts in worldbuilding); not to mention that the show was downright misogynistic various times. 

And it really hurts me that it was like that because it had so much potential, the character dynamics were great, the comedy was on point, the setting was amazing – how did Disney dare to waste it?

Boz's insecurities of being unworthy and the island reinforcing them is just sad to see.

All hail Lanada

Ave Lanada

What baby?

Gosh, I used to hate Boz when I was younger, but boy is he growing on me.

Is the Pair of Kings fandom on here at all?

That show was the fucking best but I’ve like never seen any buzz. I need to rewatch it.

I also love the fact it’s so wacky! Both with its twin leads and concept.

Love the consistency

Brady: "Light side, Dark side, Light side, Dark side."

Boomer: "ooh, it tickles"

I don't need to add anything to this

brady is/was the better brother im sorry

i said what i said and i meant it

Certainly my favorite character, but we can't forget how sexist the show as a whole is and how his character never respected Mikayla's lack of interest in him. It's funny as a kid, but looking back... that wasn't cool!

friendly reminder that Brady Parker did everything he could to protect his brother from public embarrasment even if it meant making a fool of himself.

friendly reminder that Brady Parker hid his own singing talent because he didn’t want to be better in smth than Boomer was.

friendly reminder that Brady Parker saw the man who bullied and humiliated him for years in the same position and said “We have to let him down. We are kings, not bullies”.

friendly reminder that Brady Parker became Sirocco because he couldn’t let Lanny take their people’s money. Even though he and Boomer were broke and kinda needed it.

friendly reminder that Brady Parker literally risked his own life to save Boomer from that lava bridge without even hesitating

friendly reminder that Brady Parker went into the hive to giant bug which could bite his head at any moment just to get Mikayla a cure.

friendly reminder that Brady Parker hugged Mikayla even though she literally looked like a bug, and he did it without any disgust.

friendly reminder that Brady Parker always admitted that he was wrong and tried to fix what he’d done.

friendly reminder that Brady Parker is a fucking teenager who was bullied in school for years and has insecurities and trauma and self-esteem issues because of it. and his flirting is a defensive mechanism because he is afraid of being rejected.

friendly reminder that Brady Parker is the best character in this show, and there is nothing you haters can do with it.