#kadsey

[farshootingstar]

The silliest boy is finally done and we finally get a cover of a guy without creepy eyes going on. I thought I would get some sleep before finishing this cover and stuff, but my body said no and Bear (my cat) is judging me hard over it.

Here's Kadsey's playlist for all the Main Squeezies! I'm not going to lie, this particular playlist is a weird one and I won't blame anyone for questioning my tastes here. I did what I could and certain biases are showing. You'll definitely notice I feel a stronger need to explain myself on this playlist, so buckle in for the long haul if you want to understand these weird choices I've made.

When I saw dubstep was listed as a favorite genre of Kadsey's (complete with a pic of Skrillex), I knew without question what the first song would be. It just had to be Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites by Skrillex.

The second song, the one that tends to be more about character vibes, sort of is and isn't when it comes to Kadsey. I gave him the song Spoiled little brat by underscores, since I liked the hyperpop vibe of it and that it definitely has references to e-celeb culture. Also, I can't help clowning on Kadsey just a little bit because of certain events in REBOOT (well, one specific one, but no spoilers in this section). Incredibly, I think this is the first song in one of the playlists to mention taking a picture. Took long enough! :p

Spoiler cut below, as usual.

The next couple of songs are some bangers to dance to. Also, the starting example of my Jamiroquai bias, since I think Kadsey would also like some acid jazz on occasion. Yeah, though: Canned Heat, Eat Sleep Dance, and Move Your Feet are all a ton of fun. I particularly have fond memories of Move Your Feet as a song I would sometimes play on Dance Dance Revolution.

One of the distinctly odd ones is next and I absolutely feel like I need to justify myself on why I put the song Skiptracing by Mild High Club in here. It's very chill, so I think it makes a good breather in general, but also I couldn't help thinking of this song for Kadsey chilling with Ashton. Don't know why I get that mental image, but I feel like this song could fit for Kadsey realizing he loves the guy. Is that kind of weird? I mentally debated over this inclusion for a while, but ultimately put it in the playlist. I can just sort of imagine they were hanging out, generally vibing, and Kadsey had a spark of realization. Also, it's interesting that the song is called Skiptracing when there's no actual mention of skiptracing to be had (skiptracing is basically tracking down someone's whereabouts, particularly when it's someone on the run, if I recall right). I guess I should trust my instincts, since I picked up on the crush in the first game but brushed it off by thinking that was stupidly presumptuous. Clearly, I was Boo-Boo the Fool all along. The next song, Mine by Slayyyter, kind of piggybacks off of that crush aspect I mentioned.

Since I kind of think the crush stuff in general probably started before the whole "discovering the code" business, I put in Virtual Insanity next to somewhat cover that event. I don't think Kadsey would feel so condemning towards the whole thing- since he was always more moderate with messing with the code for pranks and so just saw it as a little fun- but things do start going downhill sometime after that. It doesn't seem to right away, though, so I tossed in Bangarang next for some extra fun.

Digital Love and Meet Her at the Loveparade are the selections kind of around where things start going wrong and the player makes an entrance. I feel like Digital Love can be especially apt for Kadsey's awkward position in the weird love polygon going on, since he has an unrequited crush on Ashton, Ashino has an unrequited crush on Kadsey, and how the player feels can be a bit of a mystery (personally, I'm cool with being Main Squeezie Numero Dos). On a side note, I recommend checking out Interstella 5555 (an anime movie/music video that was made for Daft Punk's Discovery album, which Digital Love is from). And hey, Meet Her at the Loveparade is our second Radio Edit version song and instrumental track in the playlists, two things that both showed up in Ashton's playlist previously. Does it mean anything? No, but it's kind of fun to note.

I'll admit, when I saw there was a Skrillex Remix of the song SICKO MODE, I was just like "YES" and slapped it in. I just think it's neat. The energy kind of fits in around the time Ashton starts murking everyone and leads us into a strange little choice...

Yes, I did put in an EDM cover of Total Eclipse of the Heart in this playlist. Consider it my own little jape.

The next one has a title and artist name that I can't type at all. I mean, just look at the playlist. That's a nightmare to puzzle out. Anyway, it's an atmospheric song I chose for when Kadsey's stuck out in the void that is the recycle bin after Ashton got the drop on him in the first game. Poor guy had a really bad time.

Luckily, he at least gets back out of that particular situation soon enough, leading us to World's end Rhapsody and Hysterical Us. Little side trivia, but I decided to try looking up what lyrics were in World's end Rhapsody and what I found didn't look like what I was hearing, so I carefully listened to it for a while and I think it changes part of the way through and people tend not to notice because of how repetitive it is. It sounds like it starts as "Check it out, baby. You're gonna find, that I love you." and changes after the instrumental break to "Oh, baby. (Don't tease me.) Check it out, baby. You don't know why, I love you." and then back again. I found that interesting and I'll fully admit I put this song in because I really miss Nujabes (gone too soon). I feel like Hysterical Us is a bit more straightforward in terms of being "Wow, that was terrible and we're all kind of traumatized, huh?"

D.A.N.C.E. is when we start getting into more stuff to dance to, though I can never shake the feeling that this song sounds a bit desperate. Hence it being in the general area it is.

Give Me Back My Man- Party Mix is another one I knew I'd have to include. I always had a feeling I'd stick in a B-52's song somewhere, though I could totally imagine someone predicting something like Love Shack, Rock Lobster, or maybe something like Your Own Private Idaho. Nope, though. When I saw there was a Party Mix of a song as tragic as Give Me Back My Man, I knew it would be the pick. Also, I like the slightly more aggressive guitar in this version. Fortunately, Kadsey's not stuck with futile efforts in the search of someone lost and very likely dead (the song heavily hints that the man in question is at the bottom of the sea), so there's more coming.

Next up is Space Cowboy both because I wanted something chill but fun and also because it's totally a weed anthem. I headcanon that Kadsey occasionally tries a little and I will hear nothing to the contrary. Skiptracing also had one little mention of marijuana in it. I guess we can also take the whole song being about the return of the space cowboy to also potentially reference getting Ashton back, especially with the line "Everything is good, oh, and green. Say, I'm red again." Come on, it may be a weed reference, but it also fits.

And, if we need something more straightforward, then there's About Damn Time. I really wanted a happy song in there about getting through some shit and this felt right. We could all use some more Lizzo positivity, please and thanks.

Last of my Jamiroquai bias shows up with the song Seven Sunny Days in June, the other song regarding Kadsey's crush. They've been friends too long for it to be a thing, but it is some closure. Also, I just realized that so far, Kadsey has the most songs with references to drinking. That's kind of funny since, in an answer to a fan question on everyone's favorite alcoholic drinks, it's pointed out that Kadsey has been banned from drinking by the entire group.

Next up is Sandstorm and DARE, both as a fun little treat. Besides, if you're going to have EDM in a playlist, then Sandstorm is one of the most obvious picks to go for. I am not immune to the practical meme that is Darude Sandstorm.

Interestingly enough, Skiptracing has a very short and even softer cover by Luna Li called skiptracing lullaby and I decided to stick that in at the end as a fun reprise. Never really had the opportunity to put in some form of reprise in the playlists. So far, what happens at the end of REBOOT is still unknown, but I really hope things turn alright for Kadsey. That dude's been through a lot.

Next up will be Vincent and, surprisingly, I have even more to say on that one since several songs are classical pieces.

[i-just-wanna-write-fanfic]

Heyyyy, I saw you did yandere headcanons for Ashino, and i was wondering if I could request the same for Kadsey?

EEEE! YAS!!! YES YES YES YES!!!

NOTES/WARNINGS Non-yancharacter portrayed as yan! gay man. blue and pink " are kadds. I SCARED MYSELF

Yₒᵤ'ᵣₑ ₛₒ ₘᵤ𝒸ₕ ₗᵢₖₑ ₕᵢₘ… ᵢ ₘᵢₛₛ ₕᵢₘ… ₚₗₑₐₛₑ… ₛₜₐᵧ 𝓌ᵢₜₕ ₘₑ…

We'll do this how we did Ashino.

He thought you were gonna be LAMMEEEEEEE

Like everyone else.

you either would bug him, (that would make you lame) or just be boring (even more lame.)

But.. you were different.

In a way he liked.

you reminded him of a friend he had.

Don't worry about it, he just moved.

No it wasn't that much of a bond STOP ASKIN-

Now, this goes two ways

1: he's still in the game.

He likes to fool with you, he thinks it's soooo funny.

He likes to do it even more if he can see/hear you giggle when he does. that is, if he can use your mic(s) and cam(s).

Your voice is so lovely to him, the best song he could ever listen to.

And you're one of the prettiest people he's ever seen, man, woman, or something else.

He doesn't stalk! no, never. He just looks through all your stuff and spies on you! That's it! and.. maybe tries to use your mic almost every day to hear your voice.

That's not stalking!

Right?

2: You're both in the same universe.

He never noticed you before. And you hardly watched any of his content, but it did soon grow on you.

You soon became sort of a fan, someone, he could, and would, call a "Kadiack"...

You never got the appeal of the name, but it was fun to say, for a made-up word.

One day, you decided to go to one of his fan meet-ups. And it was fun! you even got to talk to him!

He loved you. You were perfect! You reminded him of someone.. so much... It hurt.

Someone he knew he couldn't have.

And you were even better!

Cute... With such a cute voice, you even had cute interests..

He'd let you ramble, he wasn't mad when you'd get quiet.

You thought he was nice.

But after that meeting, you noticed him in your town more and more often.

I mean, of course, you would, you did see his new video declaring his move to [insert town name here].

But it was... Uncanny how much you saw him, it was almost every day, and the only days you didn't see him were the days he was filming REALLY hard to make or big videos for his fans.

I mean, it was cool.

Until he started to approach you randomly.

and you got...

mail. from him.

you never told him where you lived. You had no idea how he founc out. You just thought he might have seen you walk home one day when he was going somewhere.. yeah. that.

why would he of all people stalk you?

he's too famous for that.

and he was.

he spent days making room in his schedule to "visit" [aka stalk] you.

But it was alllways worth it!

seeing you is his favorite part of the day, and if he can't see you one day, he'll see you even longer the next!

one day he courts you.

He looks nicer than normal, and he looks shy, but hearing that he likes you makes you more shocked than you've ever been- like- EVER!!!

He's a household name and you're just y/n!

Now, if you accept his offer he's over the moon!

yippee!11

happi endiing!!1

yahoo!!1

Now if you reject him....

You haven't seen him post in days. Nor have you seen it. It's even more uncanny and creepy than when you'd see him everyday.

you never feel alone. You haven't for a while. you don't know what worng with you. Maybe not seeing him is just making you paranoid, maybe it's just the change. yeah. that's it.

even if you feel watched 24/7.

One day he invites you over. Feeling bad, you accept.

Entering his home is... odd. You thought he'd have a big ass house.

But he just lives in a studio apartment. It's oddly cozy and yet so him.

You were having such nice time.

then you asked where the bathroom is. He told you. You made your way there, and after leaving it, feeling much better, you notice the room across, the door cracked open and something falling from it. You go to pick it up before you realize, it's...

It's yours. You open the door. It's a normal closet.

besides the massive shrine to you.

His voice can be heard behind you, he sounds weary, scared, desperate, even.

"Yₒᵤ'ᵣₑ ₛₒ ₘᵤ𝒸ₕ ₗᵢₖₑ ₕᵢₘ… ᵢ ₘᵢₛₛ ₕᵢₘ… ₚₗₑₐₛₑ… ₛₜₐᵧ 𝓌ᵢₜₕ ₘₑ…"

"ᴰᴼᴺ'ᵀ ᴸᴱᴬⱽᴱ ᴹᴱ."

[vivixrocks]

After months I am finally finished

[deathernoia]

damn ok kadsey

[rivergoddess77]

Lmaooo, i thought it'd be funny to draw this part of Ashino's double date portion where hes mad about not finding Kadsey. i know it's lazy, but i just wanna make some stuff for this fandom! Ashino and 'Picture Perfect Boyfriend' are the creations of the lovely @espoirduvide !! <3

[xxalicebearxx]

I finally made Kadsey Kadsington from Picture Perfect Boyfriend ☆(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*

Let me know what you guys think

(Kadsey Kadsington belongs to @espoirduvide)

[lovelywhiteroses]

Could we have a scenario where Ashino is jealous of Ashton for being able to have both Kadsey and MC, like, a little sad while cuddling his pillow and his toys. I need to make him suffer in one way or another.

✨🌹Um…. Anon… I’m not too sure that��s appropriate. Why do you want him to suffer? Are you alright?🌹���

😰

[kristella-lav]

Route Kadsey is route threesomes. And I don't mind!

[ori578]

lmao, in the morning I got the idea to draw an evil version of Kadsey (or a fell version? in general, I don’t know what to call it) but I like this little sketch

P.S - it's cigarettes in his pocket

👾

[farshootingstar]

Yup! I have so much brainrot over this game lately and I've been noticing similar things while working on the playlists and art I've made of them.

Spoiler cut as well, of course.

I can't help but see Ashton as the Manipulate, Mansplain, Malewife meme.

Ashino, on the other hand, is definitely Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss.

In all seriousness, they're such an interesting contrast to each other, since they're practically warped reflections. I think that's a big reason why they hate each other so much in particular.

I need to go back through stuff to check some dialogue options later, but it kind of reminds me of how different their dates are at Café Rose.

Ashton plays up the sensitive nerd persona and has to bolster up his confidence by getting rid of the competition before speaking more freely. I also think it's interesting that, no matter what, Ashton always kills Vincent first. Part of that is probably restraints on the narrative and programming but I can't help but interpret that it presumably means that Ashton saw him as the biggest threat, despite John being stronger and Kadsey being aware of the AI situation. Funny that he always chooses the character that kind of sees Ashino as a rival.

On the other hand, Ashino plays up the golden boy reputation he has. A lot of the stuff he mentions is about his many accomplishments, including showing you a picture that's vaguely a selfie but way more focused on his trophy collection, and also mentions things like volunteering at the café and having a friendly rapport with the wait staff. He's also very willing to steamroll you in the conversation, even before the other shoe drops; something Ashton only did once he murdered all of the other date options.

Diverting back to the wait staff thing I mentioned earlier, I can't help but have noticed that Ashino's entire conversation with the waitress is done solely through narration and no direct dialogue. Even Ashino calling her by name is simply described, so we never even "hear" an actual name at all. I can't help but wonder if Ashino thought it would be a bore, to hear about some incidental NPC despite using it to show a considerate side, but of course she still gets a line in the narration about you and him making a cute couple. In Ashton's date, the waitress was described in less detail (aside from having the whole customer service facade going), but is someone we indirectly interact with and simply stays out of the way otherwise.

Even the picture events are interesting in contrast. They're not candid shots either way, but Ashton prompts you to take pictures yourself with a disposable camera he provides while Ashino simply hands you pictures that are even more posed (even a shameless thirst trap, which Ashton would never dare on his date).

That kind of leads into the fact that Ashton allows us a bit more freedom on the date, for what it is, while Ashino firmly keeps us on rails. Ashino in particular has that really weird conflict going on in his date where he tries being amicable for a while and coming off like he really wants to impress, but he also hands us all of the unlockable pictures through the one date then hits the brakes to tell us there's no way he'd love someone like us and we might as well go on the other dates (very Flowey move there, wanting us to work to the True End and closer to a certain secret goal of his). It reminds me of a question someone posed about how Ashino would react if the player says they love him, which would mostly be smugly brushing it off as a little teasing attempt in front of us, but freak out in private that it couldn't possibly be true because he's not "real". Ashton seems to see the whole being an AI thing as only being a temporary nuisance, but also brushes off killing his friends because they're all shallow constructs (at least that's what he claims, but I think that's more to assuage his guilt).

As one last brief aside, I find it hilarious that, from what I've tried of the dialogue branches in Ashino's date so far, if you say you hate dogs, he looks genuinely put out for once and also ends up complaining about you being like Kadsey for not seeing a good thing right in front of you. The only Kadsey comparison I got from playing the date the way I wanted to was blurting out the "Baby, don't hurt me." line because it was just too obvious for me not to choose that.

Did anyone else notice how different yet similar Ashino and Ashton are? Not only in how similar they look but also like how they act and what they want.

this part has some spoilers for picture perfect boyfriend:REBOOT, so don't read if you want to learn what happens by yourself.

For example, they might have both said things similar or identical to each other(although very few) but their idea of what would be an ideal domestic life are very much almost the exact same, settle down with their loved one, get a pet or two, have a family(aka children) and be able to take care of their partner, Of course there's the whole "plans" thing they have going on that involves MC in one way or another and perhaps the fact that they kinda want the player to be theirs (in a sense). There are also times where they act like the other, small mannerisms like getting excited talking about their interests or having a "strange little hobby",it's honestly baffling how two people that so different can be so similar while hating each other's guts at the same time.

That aside, there's still very obvious differences between the two other than there appearance and personalities, I believe they're most different when they're either,

Being irrational or The way they deal with the world around them.

Ashton likes being invisible, he likes being able to do his thing without anyone bothering him but he's also competitive and impulsive, we can see that quite clearly in the first game despite the fact that he had a "plan" for keeping the player close to him, he still acted according to his feelings, he didn't think about what would happen later on if something were to go wrong like the player just closed the game. We can also see that at the end of the game he lashes out after pushing for only a little bit and gets himself himself killed on accident. But in the second game he says that he wants to do better, that he wants to be be better, for you, he would never hurt you(at least on purpose).

Ashino on the other hand, does everything he can to have his plan work, he needs to stand out from the crowd and he needs to have the world around him, he isn't competitive like Ashton but he's still willing to hurt or manipulate others to win, including the whole human race AND Kadsey, the person who he claims to love the MOST out of everyone, going as far to basically threaten to reboot or possibly kill him in order to get to him. Despite thinking he would never be loved by a "real" person, he confesses to wanting to the player to be his, threatening he's going to find them and see them very soon.

Thank you for coming to my Ted talk, good bye.

And see you soon <3

[kittylovers4ever]

drawing stuff

[farshootingstar]

Decided to post this a little early for fun, since I’ll be plugging away at a little side thing for a bit between some other stuff I’m working on. I thought it would be fun to do a little comic based on a scene from Picture Perfect Boyfriend REBOOT by @espoirduvide. Namely, it’s one of Kadsey’s endings, hence trying to draw him.

I actually realized part of the way through that I… have no clue what sort of shoes he wears or what his natural hair color is, so I guess we’re getting extra headcanon stuff from me. He strikes me as a “canvas shoes or flip-flops” sort of guy and I know which is better for a carnival date. Making him blond was mostly an act of mercy because hair bleaching to dye sucks. Simplified his hair as well, since the comic is going to be black and white and drawing individual hair sections that distinctly every time would probably kill me.

(EDIT: I saw his shoes now in some old art and I did surprisingly well for not knowing what the heck he was wearing.)

The other character on here is my interpretation of the MC, who goes by Star in my playthrough. Since there’s a degree of separation between the player and the presence they have in the game, I decided it would be fun to sprinkle some accessory choices of mine into the design. Probably the easiest to pick out is the sunflower-shaped wooden hair fork I added. Also, despite not being the biggest fan of drawing devices, they need a camera for the scene (and since MC is regarded as a photographer in several character routes).

[i-just-wanna-write-fanfic]

ermmm... well... could you do some kadsey from ppb x reader ? please, asking for a friend

tehe yes I willlllll uvu

NOTES/WARNINGS I didn't know what you wanted, so I did HCs tehe not Yan so no warnings ig lmao

KADSEY X READER HCS!

HE IS SO FUCKING ANNOYING

but in a cute way

Will bug you all the time

"So like what should we do today"

"I have no ideas for content help meeee...."

"ASHTONS COMING OVER HES COMING OVER HES COMING OVER HELP ME CLEAN UP"

Will ask if you're ok with poly relationships....

for no reason at all...

Will constantly bug you for affection and hover over you ALL. THE. TIME.

He is so fucking clingy it isn't even funny.

let him dye your hair

he wont do anything silly

pormis

If you ignore him he WILL cry.

after a few months of dating, he asks you a big question

"Hey [stupid nickname]? remember when I asked if you're ok with poly relationships?"

"yes, Kadds?"

"Welll......" you look at him like he drank all the milk again.

"Do you think you'd be ok with Ashton joining our uh... thing? Like him dating both of us? I wanna ask him..."

now you look at him like (0.o)

"war?"

No matter how you respond he will respect that and will stay with you (most likely) because while he does really like Ash too, he values your love a whole lot more.

unless you yell at him.

And are mean about it.

then he's gone.

END NOTES he is so silly and so gay i think i did good

[vivixrocks]

Uncanny PPB doodles

[deathernoia]

why is kadsey s mouth so big i feel like he's gonna steal all the food in my fridge and hide it all on his mouth at once

[whydoesthiskeephappening1121]

@huyosumi

Please appreciate this it took me way too long to make- 👏👏