#sons of the forest kelvin

[kelvinlover]

[riviclouds]

💫 Fun Fact! 💫 Using your repair tool, you can gently and harmlessly nudge your Kelvin into a less challenging area if he gets stuck.

[lesterven]

Working 6 days straight. First day off since last Sunday. I've missed Kelvin.

*Edit: I forgot his bloody ears, I fixed it now.

[goremet-chef]

1st of all thanks os much for the support on my last post 😭 that shit had me blushing and going teehee so thanks for that KJSDFS

heres some selfship stuff with cicero and kelvin because i literally needed to draw him more, he is my babygurl

ALSO! i finished chapter 2 of hear no evil, so heres the link to that if you wanna check it out! its a lot longer than the 1st chapter but thats just how i roll babyyy

[kodiakjester]

its been a rough few weeks! but things are getting better. I can only hope it'll continue to get better. finally had some time to play sotf, and they updated Kelvin's sleeping animations. he looks so cozy, so I had to draw him :]

[hoosegowcayuse]

I want to post more of my yaps on here actually. I have art I promise. I’ll probably put it below here but for now I was thinking about sons of the forest and how they did the companion/follower thing SO well.

Games where you kinda have to fuck around on your own usually have the most annoying companions because—odds are—if you spend time around them long enough—they are going to say the same. damn. things.

fallout 4 was kind of a nightmare for me after I had a certain person following me for a while (except nick valentine he was an exception I felt too bad for him to be annoyed). and usually followers don’t really do anything for you besides carry your stuff and shoot people for you. It’s very basic. or maybe JUST MAYBE they’re essential for a quest. That also might be a me thing—maybe people don’t get tired of them. I definitely had least favorite people to bring along with me.

But kelvin and virginia are probably the best companions i’ve ever seen in a game. and they both have their own unique behaviors. and also reasons why neither of them really talk (I haven’t gotten far enough into the game to know why virginia doesn’t talk—but I assume it’s a normal reason that makes sense)

Virginia follows you at a distance, hangs around when she wants, but also goes out and does her own thing. when you go on an excursion she’s kinda in your general area but she’s not up your ass. and she brings you things when you’re in one place for a while (aloe 🙏🙏🙏)

And I love that you kinda have to win over her trust over a period of time. you could totally chase her off if you wanted so she’d never bother you but I don’t know anyone who would want to do that. In a place where literally nothing is welcoming it’s nice to see a friendly face—even if she’s killing rabbits and eating them whole in front of you. she’s so mythical to me.

and kelvin of course everyone likes. and he is VERY helpful in a game with so much grinding. you can make him do the boring tasks and he takes his own breaks inbetween. sometimes he just comes up to you for things to do when he’s been on one of his breaks for too long. and after he finishes something he goes “👍” I love it thank you Kelvin. He doesn’t stray too far from the area you’re in unlike virginia which I’m thankful for because I’m so afraid of him dying. That’s kinda my only issue—if you could even call it that. I will literally reload my save and lose hours of progress if one of them dies.

anyways here’s some sons of the forest (also ocs with @mostanimalshavearmsandlegs he has the cool hand guy)

[kelvinenjoyer]

What a stupid fucking question that is

[a-bucket-of-trash]

Kelvin “military analysis” - Sons of the Forest

First rant: Everyone talk about how sad is that Kelvin is not entering to a cave with us, but dude... there is a good reason. He is DEAF, right? So his main way to avoid dangers is by SIGHT. Hell, he point the damn mutants way easier than us.

How in hell he will do anything inside a cave if WE BARELY CAN SEE SHIT? Half of the times inside caves, we have to HEAR the mutants because is dark af. Now, if the main Kelvin’s sense is his eyes, he, in a cave, will be not only full useless but also dangerous for him and to us.

Kelvin inside a cave is like he being deaf AND blind. Go and play in a cave with mutants, deaf and blind, without weapons, and see how long you will last.

He stay outside because is the logic action. He is not enough braindead to enter in a cave.

But now, what matters: what kind of soldier is Kelvin?

Someone point that in the opening, Fisheye and us are looking the info in the pc as Kelvin is chilling listening to music.

My theory is: Squads tend to have different “specialities” with different skills, which come extremely handy in a situation like in the game.  

Fisheye have part of his face covered. Usually, members of the Infantry would cover their faces to protect their identity in front of strangers. He is covered inside the helicopter can maybe be a hint of he being a “stranger” with any other member of the team (just like others members are covered too).

We don’t know if we are covered or not, but our skills on combat and weapons could be a hint that we are also Infantry. Plus, that both, as Infantry, be learning about the mission in the flight, at minutes to “deploy” is just a way to say “We are just muscles and guns, as soon we know how the subjects look, the rest don’t matter. We are here to shoot, kill and leave to our respective previous squads”. We are basic fight dogs.

Also, very high chances their (and our) names (Fisheye and Kelvin) are not real names, but codenames (Military call signs) based in the NATO phonetic alphabet (Each codename of each member start with a different letter to make it easier. F is Fisher, K is Kelvin, which it can be used in the trackers, so we can spot more easily the different members of the squad in the island).

Interesting fact, in some places, like the United Kingdom military, these letters also can tell what specialities they have. Fisheye use the F of Foxtrot/ Foxhound, this last one used to sign Infantry.

As also internet says about Kelvin: “His true name is speculated to be Robert, as he often appears in the game files as Rob or Robbie and in the game console as Robby.”

But our boy “Kelvin” is uncovered and chilling. That mean 2 basic things:

1 - Uncovered units are the ones who had to interact face to face with civilians. High chances he is one in charge of mediate with the Pufftons.

2 - He is not paying attention to the info in the pc, neither to the audible orders. The only reason to him to don’t pay attention is the fact that HE KNOWS the info. We are a militar squad rescuing a rich family, they will get the best of the best, so they will not get a lazy random Kelvin in the team. He is useful to the mision. He chills because he know the Pufftons already, knows the map (since he is not looking at it), and he knows the orders. Is not a civilian, or he wouldn’t have militar clothes, neither the previous info, neither will using the K Tag.

Now let’s add the fact that he doesn’t fight in the game, at all. He aims, run, hide, but don’t fight. But he do gather a lot, run fast, fish where is no fishes (lol) and find sticks in the nowhere.  

Putting his highly possible brain injury a little aside (which not only made him temporarily deaf and mute, but also could reduce a lot his capabilities), we can now speculate that his specialty is not in combat, is not from the Infantry because he don’t fight (not even as a instinct, many soldiers keep their fight reflex even after years out the field).

His skills in gather and build, carring logs for hours, even with his brain damage, can be a hint that his basic training was as Quartermaster. Hear this definition: The Quartermaster Corps officer plans and directs the activities of Army units and organizations engaged in the acquisition, receipt, storage, preservation, and issue of equipment, repair parts, fortification/construction material, subsistence, petroleum products, water, and other general supplies.

And his “chilling instead watch the info” can be a hint that he is now from some branch related to Intelligence or Logistics.

So, my theory is: Robert ak Kelvin - Logistics Quartermaster Officer with a Degree in Brain Injury.

And I love him.

[skaithis]

I just saw Kelvin and if I will not hold his hand in 5 seconds, I will cause mayhem

[margothe3rd]

He is my new man. 👀✨

[kelvinlover]

me carrying my girlfriend to the river because she got bloody again

[cheesestick-lover]

Um guyz⁉️🐕

[lesterven]

I have a lot of ideas to draw, but I have no juice to do any of it. Trying to naturally get some juice back. Sketches

[faburhys]

Silly little man who walks into fire and demolishes treehouses just because he can

[fromthehouseofgerber]

Haven’t drawn the guy in a bit, here’s a Kelvin (plus fisheye)

Happy sotf 1.0 release!

[goremet-chef]

guys :]

the dynamic i have for the story im writing with them, theyre fun i like them

also the mutants!!!!!! love this game teehee,,,,,,

(fisheye wonderful design from @fromthehouseofgerber he draws him so good its crazy)