#KEV. HE'S STILL KEV TO HIM.

[girlfriendline]

kirill taking kevin out with his ass

wild @ kings || 15.4.24

+ bonus

[codypunk]

idk if there's even an audience for this besides like 2 mutuals but also I feel like I should actually put this down instead of vaguely alluding to it all the time. the movementverse is my au where it's basically just what if the messiah gimmick actually worked and I changed murph and the aop for people I actually care about (sorry).

nathan (frazer) also made a tweet back in 2021 about how if seth ever needed an actually loyal disciple instead of murphy, he was available so that was what made my gay little gears turn

its essentially a seth and roman role swap with roman being a far more mentally stable version of himself and seth as a tyrannical leader of a faction bc it's kind of funny to think about. also seth loses his eye at extreme rules instead of rey which to me is what would have been the last proverbial straw that would put him full force into that persona, since in canon he seemingly has some kind of remorse (or he just thinks it's gross, either way he throws up)

its also in canon already very heavy handed on the authority callbacks, seth word for word parrots things hunter once said to him back to murph so I always really kind of wished they did more with that because it does a lot for seths character that his idea of a villain is using hunters words and tactics and using his sledgehammer

[ossy-serenity]

My take on: Kevin E. Levin

he is more so based off my AU/story featuring him

this version of him is basically him before he reunited with the tennysons in AF

the folks of bellwood have no idea where he came from, how old he is or what he is doing here, but one thing`s for sure

you don`t want to mess with him

here`s original sketch of the idea :D

he`s got sharp ears and who knows what else he is hiding underneath

due to UAF`s sorta 60s inspired look, i wanted to go for such fashion as well into the design

so i mostly played around with that. mostly tried to keep the grunge vibe going on. and the jacket just made sense to kinda callback to his working fit from the live action movie

[m4ndysk4nkovich]

i can’t handle watching s1 and seeing how amazing kev used to be before they decided to dumb him down wayyy to much

[whatudottu]

So I’m reading through your ideas for Ben 10 and seeing the “cliquey and territorial cerebrocrustaceans” one is making me realize how absolutely hysterical it would’ve been if at the beginning of Alien Force Brainstorm was incredibly kind and affectionate towards Gwen more so than Ben usually is meanwhile he’s just disgusted by Kevin’s entire existence.

Brainstorm: “Oh, Gwendolyn! I have a surprise for you! I witnessed you express an interest to see a feature film that has recently debuted, so I decided to purchase two tickets so that you may go and see it with a colleague of your choosing! And there’s no need to worry about refreshments: I’m more than happy to lend you the proper fare required for you and your chosed companion to purchase all of your favorites!”

Gwen, genuinely put off as Ben’s never been this nice to her before: “Umm…thanks?”

Kevin: “Hey Ben, do you know where the bathroom is?”

Brainstorm: “T H E  G R O U N D  U P O N  W H I C H  Y O U  S T A N D.”

(Of course, as Ben gradually warms up to Kevin, Brainstorm eventually grants him one of the highest honors he can bestow: permission to touch him without needing his consent first)

Oh hell yeah this got me cracking up!

Ben 10 rarely ever explores the differing psychology between Ben’s humanity and all the aliens he does transform into- well, save for Rath that is! Sure, the smarter aliens he transforms into affect his intelligence, but academic IQ is a completely different ballpark to social instincts, and the idea that Brainstorm who - being a cerebrocrustacean who’s social evolution centres on a severe in-group vs out-group - would interact quite differently with his peers than in his human base form.

Hah, Gwen may be confused and perhaps slightly off-put given Ben - while affectionate and caring of her - isn’t quite so open and hmm… what’s the term… considerate? Attentive? About her interests that he’d spend the money on them for her. At least for the sake of their present closeness Brainstorm wasn’t on 10 year old Ben’s playlist, Gwen would have been on the outest of out-groups you’d need to have been a criminal actively harming him to get it worse.

*looking at Kevin* Ah right yes, that criminality- Kevin would HATE Brainstorm like it was personal, even after Ben the human gets to trust him more and drop the suspicions. Would probably groan whenever he shows up again, it’s almost like Kev treats Brainstorm like an entirely different person (in a similar but opposite way Ben sees his transformations as people), even after he becomes part of Brainstorm’s in-group. Can’t handle the saccharine :P Understandable-

[strigops]

he only made it to his third birthday and for that reason im always surprised i feel like this bc he was here for such a short time and its been 4 years (jesus dude) and it feels bad to say it in comparison to every other animal ive had but man. meep being gone does still hurt more than a lot of my other pets.

[kariachi]

2 am fic! Oh look, Reboot!Kev pre-show! Featuring Kev being trans and his dad being... better than he could have been.

Warnings for shit parenting, transphobia, homophobia, misgendering, that sorta jazz. Kevin's dad's an asshole, people are assholes, Kevin deserves better.

~~

“Eden’s been insisting on being called ‘Kevin’ for the past few weeks now.”

“Okay, and?”

“She’s been ignoring teachers when her name is called.”

“Does she answer to Kevin?”

“Yes-”

“Then there you go, problem solved.”

“She’s also been getting into fights with other children for using her name and treating her as a girl.”

“They’re gonna wanna stop doing that then.”

“Mr Levin, I don’t think you understand-”

“I understand you’ve got so much free time rather than just calling my brat by a new name you gotta drag me out of work for a whole-ass meeting. Gotta whine to me about my kid being mean instead of telling these other parents theirs are fucking morons picking fights.”

“Eden-”

“You said yourself, kid’s made it clear how he’s gonna be called, this point it’s on those other brats for pushing their luck.”

“Mr Levin, we can’t allow any student to just run roughshod over the rest of the school.”

“Well I don’t know what to tell you then, ‘cause I’m not telling my kid to kiss your ass just ‘cause you fuckers are too lazy to do your damn jobs. Now, if you don’t mind, some of us have shit to do.”

“Alright then. You should know Eden is suspended for the five days.”

“…” “…Kevin is suspended for the next five days. She won’t be allowed back in the school for that period.”

“Of-fucking-course not…”

~~

“And don’t you think this is some sorta vacation, I expect the house to be damn spotless if you’re gonna be home all day!”

Clutching the strap of his backpack like a lifeline, Kevin slipped out of the car, the slamming of the driver’s door shooting up his spine. He said nothing, careful not to fall too far behind as he shut his door and followed his grumbling father up the front steps. There were plenty of ways to guarantee a bad day would get worse, and a top one was him having to come in and talk to the principal. To the point Kevin preferred to just get detention- nobody expected meetings over detentions, and it meant he didn’t have to go home for another hour or more. But then, that was also assuming it was the normal reasons his dad got called in. He was dirty, he was getting into fights, he used too many bad words or words he knew weren’t bad but that got the grown-ups all antsy anyway.

Kevin knew perfectly well this hadn’t been one of the normal reasons. Some part of him had known it was coming ever since he’d taken those scissors to his hair. Since he’d gone to up Mr. Dilgard in homeroom and told him his name. Since Tina had called him a lesbian like she was calling him a worm and nearly lost a tooth. In all truth he’d been hoping that it all would just, never come up, that his dad would just completely miss the change.

His last birthday had included a new sweater that’d been at least three sizes too small and also Blue’s Clues themed- there’d been decent odds.

And instead there he was, shutting the door behind him, eyes on the floor as he turned inside. Catching sight of his dad’s worn work boots planted firmly in the middle of the entryway, gaze climbing up his jeans, passed the crossed arms to the cold, unimpressed frown on his face. Kevin could hear his heartbeat going too fast, his gut knotting, something lodging itself in his throat. It was always hard to tell just what was going to get thrown his way, from a half-hearted compliment to a cutting dismissal, waved off as not worth the time or insulted as a waste of it. The uncertainty hurt worse than usual.

“So, a boy, huh?” Cornered, he shoved the fear trying to claw up his windpipe as far down as he could. Drew himself up as large as possible, shoulders back, meeting his dad’s eyes. Clenched his teeth till they ached as he forced himself not to blink, not to waver. A silent dare even as something awful wrapped around his spine.

(He’d listened to all the horror stories, curled up under his covers at night. He’d still chopped off his 'pretty' hair until the word stopped ringing in his head.)

(He’d read all about the pros of sitting in the closet until you were far away from your family. He’d still thrilled at the feel of his name on his lips as he told all his teachers.)

(He’d never been made to feel or be by halves. Pretending to be somebody else damn well might have killed him.)

He wasn’t going to pretend to be sorry.

His dad huffed a breath of air through his nose.

“Well, at least you’ve got some balls on you,” he said. Some amount of weight fell off Kevin’s shoulders, he could almost hear it crashing to the floor. Still, he kept tight as a support cable as his dad’s arms dropped, the man turned and headed deeper into the house. He probably wasn’t going to get thrown out, or sent to some sort of asylum or something...

(Mr Levin didn’t do things by halves either, if he’d been angry there’d have been no question of it…)

“You wanna be a man then I expect you to act like it, no more crying, no more of that girly shit-”

It could have gone much worse.

[sealovinq]

goodmorning, i forgot to mention that cowb.oy/ke.vin (a character that gets shipped with jose A LOT) canonically hates men and sees them as animals AND has a former female lover that is very likely still alive

[dayurno]

pshhh non-verbal kevin is so good... I will be obsessed. It makes so much sense in terms of how language and speech have been a means of both freedom and control for kevin. I'm just thinking about how distinctly his dialogue changes in canon when he's talking to Riko. Because of course Kevin would seek comfort in silence over the risk of being forced back into that same role of carefully choosing his words at risk of ruin. And Andrew thinking he physically ruined Kevin's vocal chords - my god - the angst potential! Is there any difference in languages? Like kevin being able to speak in french or Japanese but not in english? Anyways now i'm stuck in a loop of thinking about Kevin's relationship with language so thank you for that i guess :/

I KNOW RIGHT!!!! ahhhh gnat you're always so smart and you always get it... its just so right..........!!!!! kevin being forced into japanese at a young age, losing his irish accent/gaeilge, then also thrusted into the us and assimilating as well as possible in both japanese and american culture.... i think a lot of people forget kevin is also an adopted son!!!!!! he wasnt just physically different from riko and tetsuji, but also totally different culture-wise!!! it must've been so hard for a little boy his age....... it's so easy to forget kevin isn't even american in the first place because i'm not sure even he himself remembers it..... ahh.... poor baby...

and about different languages hmmm such a good question! i think japanese is definitely off-limits and increasingly hard to even think in, let alone speak it. it was the language he shared with riko and what he mostly used to speak to the master, so it's somewhat even worse than english. but french.......... ohhh..... i think it's really.... french is the language jean taught him and the language of friendship and the language of being a teenage boy so i really don't know if kevin could let up on it... i'm not sure he'd be fine saying anything at all — it's too hard to even get a laugh out, talking feels too big a task —, but perhaps it's easier if jean is the one he'd be talking to..... i think it'd be clipped and an audible struggle, but yes, kevin would be able to communicate in french! it's just that it feels a lot harder than usual, so it'd be all short sentences, and so exhausting he'd still go back to signing after a few minutes! kind of like when people can walk with crutches but still need wheelchairs when they get tired :)

but in the same vein, i think talking in french with neil would be really hard, and kevin wouldn't do it because he wouldn't think it's worth the effort. not because he doesn't want to talk to neil, but because they're really argument-prone so any kind of verbal communiaction would just extend and extend, so...... in a way signing feels easier, even if it's harder to get kevin's intent across. neil is a bit of a special case though because i really can't imagine kevin ever being afraid of talking to him, so it's more upsetting than anything when he opens his mouth and he just can't get anything out to neil. at some point neil just insists they use sign instead because he can see how visibly distressed kevin gets when he tries to talk and nothing comes out

[knickknacksandallthat]

"oh i'm glad jake had a good time at least" should not have been my take away from That Convo, but homeboy did nothing but shoot his shot. good for him.

🤣🤣🤣 omg anon I can totally get behind this. Jake, in fact, did nothing wrong. Dude totally had his "if you could sleep with one celebrity in the world" moment (had his "holy f*cking sh*t I'm hooking up with THE Kevin Day" moment) and is planning to tell this story to his grandkids lmao. It was consensual, Kevin was hot as hell, and he had no further plans of grandeur - he knew it was a one night thing. This guy was out to have a good time, and a good time he had.

Only crime he committed was *maybe* paying a little more attention to his partner but he'd hardly be the first. 😜

(Now if he can just figure out why Moreau keeps giving him the cold shoulder...)

[kandibatz]

was thinkin of a shitpost and then just started unironically making hcs about these mfs playing minecraft

[ybcpatrick]

well i certainly wasn't expecting any of THAT but i'm not mad at it! so WOOO

[whatever-dude]

.....the only time I will ever agree with anything tda says

[roscoehamiltons]

icb we have news of the haas boys renewing before lewis’ contract extension got announced

[ladystoneboobs]

(@atopvisenyashill) #i was thinking about like. how crazy and confusing that must be for a child.#all your uncles and aunt love you and your brother loves you#and everyone tells you that you’re smart and skilled and mayve you can’t physically keep up but a man can be a scholar and still be#A Real Man but then you turn to your literal own father and he fucking hates you and calls you a demon every day of your life.#what does that do to a little boy.#nothing good clearly!!

The funny thing about Tywin is that he is literally the only one out of his siblings that doesn't actually like Tyrion.

Gerion was of course his favorite uncle. Tygett always treated him kindly, as Tyrion recalls when Tyrek goes missing. Kevan kisses him on the cheek (actual physical affection!) and praises him for his deeds during the battle of the blackwater. Even Genna considers him to be just like Tywin, whom she confirms she loves and goes on to describe as the sort of man who comes around only once in a thousand years.

Every one of Tywin's siblings actually likes Tyrion and can see his worth. Tywin is just blinded by his hatred and ableism.

[am-i-the-asshole-official]

AITA for yelling at my sister for being disgusting?

I (19M) have been dating my boyfriend (20M) for 6 months now. I currently live at home with my mom (50F) and my sister (15F) while I'm at a local college.

My boyfriend, obviously, is gay. We are both gay. My mom was supportive when I came out and my sister was too.

When I started dating my boyfriend (Kev), my sister got a little obsessed with him. It just seemed like a weird teenage sister thing at the time, but it turns out according to my mom that she actually has a crush on him. Which... weird, but again, a little sister thing. It's not going anywhere. I've told Kev about it and he thinks it's a little uncomfortable, but he can deal with it. If she kept it to herself I wouldn't mind it, but she fucking doesn't. She constantly wants to hang out with us whenever he's over, never giving us a moment's peace.

Last time Kev was here, we were in my room and she walked in on us making out (without knocking, btw :/) and huffed before slamming the door. After he left a few hours later, she came into my room again to talk to me.

She proceeded to tell me, to my absolute fucking shock, that Kev wasn't gay and I was abusing him by not letting him leave me. I didn't even know what to say, so I just asked her what made her think he wasn't. She said he was obviously into her instead and was using me to see her.

I completely fucking lost it. Months of borderline harassment towards my boyfriend and that's fucking why? I told her that her creeping on him and making him feel uncomfortable didn't count as interest, and that she was a horrible person and an awful sister. I told her to stay the fuck away from my boyfriend, and if she ever brings him up again I'll kick her ass.

She started crying and ran off into her room, but I don't fucking care. I'm sick of having to act like she never does anything wrong. She essentially called my boyfriend a fucking pedophile and called me an abuser. I'm sick of it.

My mom said Kev isn't allowed back at our place until I apologize to my sister. I said good, I don't want my creep of a sister around him, and we can just hang out at his apartment anyway. I'm spending pretty much all my time at school and his place. As time passes though, I keep wondering if I overreacted. She's 15 but it's still so disgusting. I just couldn't take it anymore.

AITA?