#and maaaybe if the crows do approve of said boyfriend they give him some shiny stone or trinket

[shadow-in-your-head]

ooh pls the idea of the cult going together to protect the animals is just so funny to me!!

murdering many innocent people and sacrificimg a goat with the purpose of summoning a demon and overthrowing god?? yes, sign me up! but our leader hurting a poor little innocent puppy? get your criminal ass out of here you absolute monster!! (they're right tbh lol. I'd totally betray my cult leader if they kicked my dogs)

there would be at least ONE dog trying to bite kenneth's head off his body every single day, and it's probably a really small dog like a chihuahua or miniature pinscher. these guys are VICIOUS.

i'm completely sure kenneth now has a permanent fear of every single dog that exists in nockfell, he knows they're all out to get him, he just doesn't know when!

travis having his own emotional support doggie!! imagine him walking around in a bad mental health day with a huge ass black lab or a golden retriever mix by his side to make him feel better, or one that was specifically trained to recognize panic attacks and mental breakdowns and alert people around that 'hey!! he needs help ASAP!!'

all the support dogs directly disobeying travis's orders and dragging travis by the leash, some of them going as far as biting travis's ankles and bark at him like he is some sheep getting herded only for them all to stop in the front of a mental health clinic and give travis puppy eyes.

travis is like "did...did you guys just tell me I need professional help?" and he swears he saw some of them nodding at his question.

needless to say, he ended up going to therapy because of his dogs.

awwee, yes yes yes!! sal knows travis is no therapist, but his effort of making sal less scared of his dogs would touch him so much! he would definitely be more attached to the smaller breeds and cuter looking dogs than the bigger and scarier ones, but he did manage to pet some pitbull puppies and the tongue bath he got after was so worth it!

larry will probably need some more time to warm up to the dogs and the dogs definitely wouldn't forget larry's screams at his favorite human so easily. but maybe the thought that at least he isn't that screwed compared to kenneth comforts him a bit. he knows that if all those funky guys had to choose between him and father phelps they would all go for the old man instead of him. ya know, "at least i'm not THAT guy" kinda thinking.

YES YES YES!! travis singing his fur babies lullabies every night and lulling injured animals to sleep, maybe even singing to baby animals who somehow got separated or lost their mother!! (which could lead into some of them trying to nurse on travis's shirt, like it happened with one cat I had!!)

and I just KNOW he either gave the bunny to one of his friends or fostered it until it had a good home. it was very likely an abandoned pet or injured enough that it wouldn't survive well in the wild. he also named the rabbit prince phillip, because why not?

and in exchange for that I give you: travis singing 'remember me' while cradling a puppy he is going to give away to a trusted friend, crying like a baby because he got way too attached and doesn't want to part with it just yet.

travis dressing up the cats as he sings aristocats songs to all of them while maple and ashley record everything that's going on because it was just too precious to not record. those animals will get the comfiest, most gorgeous outfits the world has ever seen!! and travis is in there too, his grumpy face as he, dressed as snow white and holding a cat dressed up as a bunny, surrounded by as a bunch of kittens and puppies and birds is the most blessed scene everyone has ever witnessed in the past century. everyone got their own copy of the photo, even travis!!

oh shoot shoot shoot!! if the dogs get into the house then it's over for kenneth! the man won't know peace anymore, the dogs would absolutely take advantage of that fear to have their way around the house and act like the spoiled boys they are. getting up on the couch, eating kenneth's food, stealing his clothes, any act of mischief you can think if has been done by those sly puppies! after all what will kenneth do? scream at them?

(here lies kenneth phelps, had his cult and respect completely destroyed by his gay twink son, his two husbands and a pack of dogs)

and said boyfriend absolutely knows that! at this point travis's reputation with the animals has gotten around and everyone knows not to mess with their protege! you fuck up you get eaten or pecked to death, simple as that.

"we can't be together, my love. the dogs do not approve of our relationship."

the crows will probably be a WHOLE other business. these guys mate for life, and they will want to make sure the special someone travis chose will be the one for him.

the crows watching over whoever travis has his eyes on, seeing how he acts with other people and how they treat the other animals. imagine you just happen to turn around and see at least 10 crows stalking your every move and silently judging you.

HEADCANON:

I see narwhal's headcanons of travis having bird friends and wolf friends and having an entire murder of crows and introduce: travis also having the secret habit of feeding stray animals in town and having earned the friendship of dogs, cats and even the local raccoons and possums.

imagine travis is just chilling with his friends and the local stray mixed with a 'dangerous' dog breed approaches travis and tries to play.

sal is terrified cause cynophobia, larry is jumping on his bro to protect him from a potential aggressive dog while the others try to shoo him away and meanwhile travis is like "hi there buddy!!" and tries to get the dog to chase his arm.

dog acts like a total baby while everyone is collectively going "AYO WHAT THE FUCK."

they lure the dog away with some treats travis kept in his pocket and then find out he has been trying to gain that dog's trust for three months and that was the first time they ever played.

see also: the local dogs getting suspicious of kenneth and barking whenever they catch sight of him walking by, one day they see him hitting travis in the face and all hell breaks lose as they chase father phelps into the church. they got special treats from travis and the gang for the whole weekend!

he has one particular cat he really likes and considers to be his favorite, a sweet lil' calico he named joy.

he also has other cats he likes the company of, it's not uncommon for the gang to see travis absolutely SURROUNDED by cats and other animals if they look for him.

the raccoons trashing up the area near the church and travis finding them adorable and keeping them around with cat food and fruit.

the dogs also defend travis a lot, one time when larry found out travis was feeding the dogs he slapped a treat out of his hand and started yelling at the blond because he thought he was poisoning them all, last thing larry knew he was being chased onto a tree by at least 4 medium sized and large dogs with a screaming travis behind them telling them all to stop. he never messed with travis again after that, not with the pack around at least.