#kevin day

[pixelated-homunculus]

I think one of the saddest things about Kevin Day is why he left the nest in the first place. Like, let’s be real, it’s Kevin. Kevin who has been raised with nothing but a sport his mother made, Kevin whose entire world revolves around it, Kevin who almost certainly internalized the idea that if he wasn’t the best at Exy he wasn’t worth anything, Kevin who would not survive without Exy.

He didn’t leave because Riko hurt him. It’s probably not the first time Riko’s hurt him. And Kevin’s smart. He’s seen what Riko’s done to others. He knows Riko’s not above hurting him too, even if they see each other as “brothers”. No, Kevin didn’t leave the nest because of that. In any other world, any other scenario, he would have stayed. Would have sucked up any other injury. But it wasn’t any other injury. It was his dominant arm. The one thing he needed to keep on being the best, to keep playing the sport he’s centered his entire life around, the sport that’s a living, breathing reminder of his mother’s legacy. It’s a sad truth, but Kevin would be nothing without Exy. It’s said quite bluntly that he would not survive without it in his life. It’s shown in every action. In the way he keeps pushing his body to be as good as it was even after his injury.

And sure, he healed. He regained his skill with his dominant hand.

He survived.

But if he hadn’t? If he never managed to heal to that degree? Never managed to hit those milestones. Kevin Day would not have survived.

[risha-png]

Heyy I'm back! Those were the best two weeks and two days of 2025 for me so far. Now I gotta lock back in.. Sigh. Have these warm-ups as a salut haha

Also! Tune in for kevjean thursday next week mes amours <3

[falafels]

kevin day not only are u irish but literally the most catholic guy ever. nobody is doing guilt-ridden like you. nobody is doing fucked up strained relationships where you isolate yourself from anybody who could care about you before they get the chance to decide you’re not worth it like you. nobody is doing biblical daddy issues like you. nobody is doing connections to the dead because fuck, at least they can’t tell you you’re not enough like you. nobody is doing homoeroticism that’s just love wearing a mask of extreme shame and guilt and self-loathing like you. he’s even a drunk like come the fuck on. praying on your knees like it doesn’t even matter you’re getting god’s voicemail. you deserve it, right? right? please..

[rainbowd00dles]

"This has nothing to do with you," Riko said. "Stop being so selfish," Neil said, and Kathy gaped at him. Kevin pinched his arm in warning, but Neil shrugged him off. "If Kevin's dream has always been to be the best on the court, what right do you have to take it away from him. Why would you ask him to settle for less? The foxes are giving him a chance to play whereas you'd relegate him to the sidelines. He has no reason to transfer back."

[phyiro]

[agathah]

THIS SCENE KAJSJSJSJSNE

[hamrikaa]

Kevin & Wymack ~

[casszanova]

Fem kevjean doodle

[patitojus]

i’m baaack another day another 20 minute kevin day sketch from that one tweet i saw

[aceofspades42]

This what I imagine happened when Kevin left the nest

[peaceoutofthepieces]

"andrew minyard isn't soft" like he doesn't delicately check over kevin's injury any time it might be aggravated and didn't painstakingly tape over all of neil's bandages so they'd stay dry in the shower

[lorasx]

why don’t we talk about jeremy sending a ‘long and heartfelt’ letter to kevin after his hand was broken

[ohsleepie]

Kerejean motorcycle outfit doodles <3

[catwithabirthdayhat]

neil was probably bewildered, even andrew might have stopped being nonchalant for a second

And the law school saga continues. Because not Jean and Kevin having a super important interview but Jeremy going to law school is more important 😂🤣.

[lepainsad]

If the 16-year-old doesn’t speak up, there’s no crime, right?

Came across this post:

What makes this argument deeply disturbing is the way it rationalizes Thea’s dismissal of Jean’s trauma through a combination of victim-blaming, legal technicalities (a whole paragraph dedicated to the age of consent in West Virginia vs. California), and emotional deflection—all while somehow spinning her response as compassionate (? It shifts the responsibility onto Jean for not speaking up, and ignores the weight of context, power dynamics, and obvious signs of distress. And yet, at the end Thea is framed as the one showing care. It’s a masterclass in institutional gaslighting disguised as nuance. Which is so raven of OP.

1. “No crime unless Jean speaks up”

This is perhaps the most jarring part. Are we really suggesting that unless a survivor explicitly says “I was raped,” there’s no wrongdoing to be acknowledged? Is OP seriously shifting the burden of proof and moral responsibility onto the traumatized, minor party? When said traumatized party was 16 and Thea’s own eyes were 22 going 23 at the time of the events? Yes, Kevin later echoes similar language in TGR, but let’s not forget: Kevin was raised in a cult from the age of eight. His judgement and inability to call abuse what it is isn’t a moral compass.

2. Rape as a legal technicality

This argument brings up the age of consent across state lines to defend Thea’s supposed ignorance, which centers legality over ethics—Jean being 16 and passed around by adult teammates (most the same age as Thea) shouldn’t be morally ambiguous just because it may not meet statutory definitions.

The argument tries to defend Thea’s ignorance by citing the age of consent in West Virginia (16) vs. California (18), as if statutory definitions were the only metric for harm. But this isn’t just a legal issue—it’s an ethical one. Jean was 16, passed around by adults Thea’s age, in a violent cult environment where he clearly showed signs of distress. The whole ordeal shouldn’t be morally ambiguous just because it may not meet statutory definitions.

And it’s ironic: we talk all the time about how brainwashed Thea was into normalizing all kinds of abuse for the sake of stickball—but now we’re supposed to believe she was well-versed in legal nuances and clear-headed enough to clock the implications of Virginian consent law? You can’t have it both ways.

3. Excusing Thea’s comment based on Jean’s own silence!!!!!

Yes, Jean says “they were just mistakes” and that he liked it—but we’re also told he came to practice with bite marks, sobbed through the night, and carried visible pain. Again: he was sixteen. Using a traumatized kid’s own minimization to justify a 22–23-year-old’s dismissal—especially in a setting where vulnerability is punished—is deeply unsettling. No, Thea wasn’t obligated to be Jean’s protector. But the fact that years later, outside the Nest, she still chose to interpret his silence and suffering through a phrase like “old tricks”—which implies manipulation, cunning, and blame—is absolutely worth examining.

4. “Old tricks” is rebranded as compassion ???

Framing her comment and “tired tone” as compassionate rather than apathetic or cruel is revisionist. “Old tricks” in this context refers to Jean being sexually exploited as a minor in a tone that implies scheming. If Thea really, to quote the post, “ had no reason to see a victim but every reason to see a struggling teen she cared about making bad choices” , why refer to it that way? You don’t call a 16-year-old getting passed around by your peers “old tricks” unless you’re trying to frame his abuse as his own manipulation.

English is not my first language but quick search gave me these definitions:

Cambridge Dictionary: “If someone is up to their old tricks, they are behaving in the bad or dishonest way that they used to in the past.”

Collins Dictionary: “If you say that someone is up to their old tricks, you mean that they are behaving in a dishonest or unpleasant way, as they often did in the past.”

Also, to claim this is compassionate compared to the current Ravens is a stretch and a low bar.

5. Apparently we are praising Thea for not being worse

The post tries to frame Thea’s restraint—as in, the fact that she didn’t mock or assault Jean—as somehow virtuous. But we actually have no confirmation that she didn’t join in the mocking. Jean never says either way. And if anything, her wording years later in TSC (“old tricks”) and her praise of Tetsuji’s legacy in TGR suggest she likely followed his lead back then when he shamed and punished Jean for being a whore. Her stance was most likely not as neutral / bystander as some of you make it up to be.

And her behavior in TSC and TGR certainly doesn’t read as compassionate. She:

Threatens to break Jean’s ribs unless he talks

Calls him “Paris” while he’s visibly upset

Only shows concern when she’s not getting what she wants and is told to go away

And continues to uphold Raven ideology, pledging loyalty to Tetsuji even after everything.

In short, the defense post reads less like a nuanced analysis and more like a masterclass in institutional gaslighting—an elaborate attempt to justify an adult character’s apathy toward a minor everyone in the Nest knew was being specifically targeted and tortured (as Jean himself says). It’s so raven of OP. It prioritizes Thea’s emotional comfort over Jean’s trauma and reframes her dismissiveness as empathy. That’s what makes it so deeply unsettling.

P.S. For perspective, here are some photos of actual 16-year-old actors. Take a look and ask yourself—would it not be jarring to see a 22- or 23-year-old adult sleeping with someone who looks like that? Don't you “oh but Tom Holland and Thomas Sangster look way too young for their age”, because Jean himself said that the other ravens were “so much smaller bigger and stronger”, so he might have as well been a Tom Holland type.