#tbom headcanon

[moesasaur]

Why I love the headcanon that Kevin’s Father is The Mission President

Mini essay on me thinking way too deeply into this than I should be:

Firstly, I need to make it clear that traditionally, Price’s Dad, Joseph Smith, Jesus and The Mission President are played by the same guy, with the Original Broadway Cast having Lewis Cleale in all these roles.

I feel like it makes sense. Kevin’s Father being The Mission President would explain Kevin’s dedication to the church, since he grew up with TMP as his father. He would’ve been close to TMP and likely had more insight to the church than the other elders at the missionary training centre did. Kevin is dedicated to the church because he is dedicated to making his father proud. The whole mormon thing comes easier to him due to him being raised in a hyper religious setting, more so than the other elders did. It also proves an explanation for why the other elders look up to him so much and see him as the “kindest most deserving elder”. Maybe they want to get closer to him because they know about his connections with TMP, or maybe they just know how their parents always talk about Kevin Price being the perfect son, knowing he is the son of TMP. It would also explain Arnold’s Father saying that Kevin is a son any father would be proud to have. He has expectations put on him by his peers and other adults due to him being the son of TMP, and even with little insight into what Kevin is really like, other adults already put him on such a high pedestal due to his father.

It also brings a whole new outlook on Jesus and Joseph Smith. It is shown that Jesus and Joseph Smith in the musical are just how Kevin perceives them to be, especially in SMHD where Jesus is clearly Kevin’s own interpretation, and in AAP where Kevin is the one telling the story of Joseph Smith. Both of those characters looking suspiciously like his dad would make lots of sense. He looks up to his dad, and he sees his dad like some sort of prophet, especially due to his role in the church. It’s also funny to think that SMHD is about Kevin’s worst fears and guilts, and that being scolded by Jesus looking suspiciously like his father is one of his worst fears.

His fathers connections to the church would also benefit him on his mission. Maybe it’s possible that instead of heavenly father having a hand in everything, it is in fact Kevin’s dad. It’s reasonable to think that since Kevin’s Dad is the Mission President, it is possible he chose specifically to send Kevin to Uganda. Maybe he wants Kevin as far away as possible, or maybe he just trusts his son with this mission more than anyone else. This would make most sense towards the end of Act 1, when Kevin is reminded of the Mission President and makes the decision to go and talk to him about getting a transfer. He is scared, he just saw a man get shot, and he wants to go and beg his dad to let him go home. Why else would he go straight to TMP without even considering it? Would he not know how hard it is to get a transfer, and would he not be embarrassed that him, the perfect mormon boy, is begging for a transfer? It’s his father, so he feels somewhat more comfortable going to him and begging for a way out.

Anyway I think that’s it. This is much less of a theory and more of a “wow! this headcanon makes so much sense” I’ve never seen this hc in any fics, or even mentioned within the fandom, and I only started to think about it once I was listing out different casts to attach to recordings. I hope this makes at least a little bit of sense

Sorry it’s not a drawing post by the way, I am just in such a writing mood rn

also as long as you don’t know me IRL feel free to dm me for my ao3 account‼️‼️

[real-odark]

noel and elder mckinley meeting

sure you can have one but theres nowhere to plug it in :(

[musinerd]

chubby elder church. that's it, that's the whole post.

[cheesymorgue]

not a drawing req but i’d love to hear any mcpriceley/churchtarts hcs you have :)

I don't really ship churchtarts tbf and they're not fully fleshed out in my mind yet as characters so this is just mcpriceley, sorry :')

• When Kevin is upset or sad or wtv, Connor makes him a funny snack or dinner or lunch with shapes and stuff and serves it on a kid tray (Kevin owns a few Disney ones, he also probably doesn't have any real food once he lives alone)

• Connor isn't super into animated movies but Kevin only watches those (nearly), so they can never pick a movie in time. After like 10 failed movie dates they set up a jar in which they put an equal amount of movies each and randomly pick. Sometimes they settle for a Disney live action or the Spongebob Musical (they watched it way too many times)

• this is just for Kevin but I want him to be a huge Donald Duck fan. But i feel like for the longest time he'd lie and say his favourite is Mickey. (He sleeps with a old but very well loved Donald plushie and Connor teased him for the longest time about it when he discovered it)

• the first time Connor tried to take one of their kisses a little further (like touching and ...yknow. dirty stuff 🤯) Kevin got scared and panicked and started crying so Connor panicked as well and felt so bad and couldn't get Kevin to talk or stop crying so he started to cry out of panic too. He wanted to run away but he didn't have it in his heart to leave Kevin crying like this without knowing why so he calmed himself down and awkwardly calmed Kevin too. Then they talked it out and how Kevin really didn't want to do that kinda stuff and how he was sorry and if Connor wanted to leave him it was fine but Connor hugged him and told him it was ok and stuff and they could make it work anyway and yeah basically

• When Connor is on ironing duty he likes to slide notes in Kevin's shirt's pocket except one time he accidentally puts it in Poptarts' pocket and ofc it's one of the most ridiculously cheesy ones so Chris makes fun of Connor, teases him and references the note for the next 2 weeks

Also the first time Connor decides to slide a note, it's just a slightly flirty one (they're not dating or anything yet). When Kevin finds it he's in the kitchen making coffee while Church and Davis finish their breakfast, he finds it so nice and just goes (to the two elders) "Aw this note is sweet! Does Elder McKinley always make them for everyone?" and the elders just exchange a weird look and ask Kevin what note ? so Kevin just shows them and they both start laughing and Kevin's just there super confused so he takes the note back and they're like "He certainly does not make them for everyone". Later before bed he tells Arnold about it like "Elder McKinley put this note in my pocket and it's really nice but Elder Church and Elder Davis just laughed at it and said they did not get one. Did you? I don't think it's really nice of Elder McKinley to pick favourites..." and Arnold looks at the note and after a few minutes he just goes "uhm Kevin, I think Elder McKinley really has ONE favourite...and it's you" - "Aw man, but YOU are my best friend... this is awkward, i can't have TWO!" - "No, Kevin, I mean-" and that's it because Kevin is soooo oblivious it hurts

That's it for now!! Feel like that's already a lot lol sorry!!

[sgtprophet]

yeah yeah we have all seen the mcpriceley meeting up at midnight trope but you guys are sleeping on the idea of naba and arnold binge watching the star wars movies in the middle of the night

[phierecycled]

5yo Connor McKinley in the front I cannot deal

[othystt]

hi i can't choose one character or one headcanon so here are multiple

kevin is an aries and his birthday is march 26th because that is the day joseph smith had his first prophetic vision and when kevin found that information out he went ballistic because that for sure furthered his belief that he's destined to be the next prophet

arnold has asthma and is allergic to bees, pollen, nuts and shellfish. he carries everything (epipen, allergy meds, inhaler, etc) in an R2-D2 fanny pack

nabulungi and connor are very good friends (THIS IS CANON YOU CANT CHANGE MY MIND. THEYRE BESTIES)

connor hates wearing ties actually. he finds them too restricting but wears them because it pleases everyone else and he's expected to (this is definitely not a metaphor for being gay)

kevin and arnold had to get their travel vaccines to go to uganda together and arnold is used to going to the doctor a lot and had no problem getting the shots and was chatting the nurses up a storm but kevin was very uncomfortable and was squirming around the whole time (he does not like needles)

and finally for a bonus: in your helldream you become what you hate/fear about yourself the most

hello book of mormon fandom reblog this with a headcanon about your favourite character if you're still alive please and thank you. i need friends

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REDOING THIS BECAUSE NEW THINGS HAVE ARISEN

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DNI LIST:

<14 and >20

Homophobes (including "because of my religion")

Transphobes (including TERFS/TRANSCUM/ TRANSMED and anti-neos/xenos)

Racists

Aroace exclusionists

Conservatives/Pro-Trump

Proshippers/Comshippers

Ableists/Eugenics

Anti-Recovery

Pro-ED/SH accounts

Zoophiles

Pedophiles/MAPS

DDLG and variants

Discourse accounts

Bodyshamers

Fakeclaimers/Anti-Self Diagnoses (I'm not self diagnosed but I was self-suspecting for a very long time)

Generally hateful people

More info under the cut >>>

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General Information:

Blair/Kevin/Tim/Alyx/Stellar/Novah/Nebula (in order of preference

AuDHD, BPD, PTSD, Social Anxiety, Major Depressive Disorder (all dx’d)

Transmasc Genderfluid AroAceflux Bisexual

He/Neos/Void/Eye/Echo

Hellenistic Pagan

Therian/Otherkin

Fictionkin/Copinglink

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Fandoms:

The Magnus Archives

The Magnus Protocol

Hannibal

Welcome to Night Vale

Tower 4

The Mechanisms

Good Omens

Black Monday

The Marvin Trilogy

Book of Mormon

Doctor Who

House MD

The Boys In The Band

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Top Kins (fictionkin and copinglink):

Timothy Stoker (TMA)

Blair Pfaff (Black Monday)

Whizzer Brown (Falsettos)

Connor McKinley (TBOM)

Will Graham (Hannibal)

Cecil Palmer (WTNV)

Gunpowder Tim (The Mechs)

Aziraphale (Good Omens)

Emory (The Boys In The Band)

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Theriotypes:

Tuxedo Cat (English Shorthair)

European Fallow Deer

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Tags:

novah-speaks : General rambling of my own design

novah-rants : Rants about general things, can be both /j and /srs

novah-cries : Vents, usually /srs

novah-headcanons : Fandom headcanons for the silly blorbos I love dearly

novah-reposts : Things I repost

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This blog will probably consist of fandom reposts, opinions, rants, and other silly material to that effect. Feel free to ask me questions about my headcanons or other things, I live to talk about my interests and such.

Regards to the hellsite,

Blair <3

[officialfroggie]

i feel like you, me the Kevin Anon and jingles and the tbom trio rn. anyway time for me to share my helldream headcanons

so in helldreams you become your greatest fear. connor becomes flamboyant; he wears tight clothing and has his boa, etc. kevin becomes a horrible mormon; he drinks coffee and dances with the demons and destroys copies of the book of mormon. poptarts becomes sick; hes shaky and nauseous and weak and vomits. church is battered and bruised and barely holding on by a thread. arnold doesnt have helldreams hes fine.

YEAHH TBOM TRIO💪 keeping the tbom fandom alive one post at a time

oh my god . im eating a calzone rn you cant do this to me. im so sad now

also, if connor looks as he does in kevins hell dream in his own, do the hell dream versions of eachother regularly appear in their dreams? (does this make sense.) like Evil Mormon Kevin in connors dream, Battered Church in poptarts's, etc etc. i think that could be interesting to explore

[iaminjail]

mcpriceley in a nutshell

[michsmeesh]

davis and gale aka he/they solidarity

they're about to crash a wedding

[heuffopla]

Some Book of Mormon doodles cause even after All this time. It is STILL my hyperfixation fhfhj (also the lil guy making a peace sign was my first design for Elder Neeley! Look at him go) (for the people following who haven’t watched this musical.... please do?)

Also for the older fans, I remade my bom blog : @elderblob

[iantomckay]

The Book of Mormon Ugandan HC master list

This is a master list made by me, @paladinofmoonlight and @vi-writes-bom

We had a lot of fun writing all these HC’s and we’re probably gonna come up with even more, so without further ado here’s the list

Sadaka: She loves creating pictures and drawings, and loves to sing; she also draws small doodles on paper and in the dirt wherever she can. As well as looking after the family’s goats, she is quite fond of animals and helps take care of the chickens after the butcher is killed. Good friends with Naba - very protective of her whenever danger is around, grew up with her and was there for her when she struggled with the loss of her mother.

She is Gotswana’s daughter, and they have a bit of a rocky relationship. They often don't get along and she has trouble trusting him after he nearly cut her clit off even though he says he was trying to stop her from being killed by the General. She tries to distance herself from him by swearing less, and being softer and kinder in general. She is very open and friendly to people she likes and often flirts to show her affection.

Ghali: He loves his bike and he loves dogs. He wants to pet all of the dogs. Rides his bike everywhere. Good at tinkering and fixing things. Has great taste in shorts. Collects rocks and arranges them in his yard/room in different patterns + arrangements. Naba’s best friend since childhood, they make little flower crowns for every Elder that goes to District 9. He was pretty much raised by Mafala since his mother and father neglected him since he was very young.

Gotswana: Probably owns one of if not the only generator in the village. Swears a LOT. He has a rocky relationship with his daughter, Sadaka, after the he tried to cut off her clit, but he tries his best to make up for it. He made a necklace out of rocks with Naba’s help for his daughter’s birthday. He really enjoys playing chess with Mafala and Ghali, in general he just loves board games. He owns 2 board games for himself, Backgammon and Sorry. He didn’t know the rules until the Elders showed up and taught him. He beats almost everyone in Backgammon.

Mafala: He often worries about Nabulungi and her future especially if he’s not going to be around to protect her and the majority of the people she knows will die of AIDS. Ever since her momma died he has tried to let her be a child, but also trying to teach her how to fend/protect herself. His biggest wish is for Naba to have a better life and for her to get out of Kitguli and get an education.

He loves books, once when his wife was still alive her and Naba went to market and found a book for him, it’s his favorite book. He loves to read for Naba even now that she’s a big girl.

He knows most of his books by heart and will often quote them.

Often makes really bad dad jokes and laugh at his own jokes.

He owns a chess board, but he’s not really sure about the rules, so he made up his own. One of the Elders tried to teach him how to play it properly, but he’d rather stick to his own rules. He often plays against Ghali and Gotswana.

He keeps a journal, it helps him organize his thoughts and it will give Naba a piece of him when he’s gone. He sometimes writes small letters/notes to his wife even though she is not there anymore

Nabulungi: Has a chicken called Dembe, she loves to walk around with it on her head. Babysits the kids in the village. The kids love her and she loves them, they are like her mini army. She plays soccer with them and Ghali. She loves stargazing, because she thinks if she looks hard enough she can almost see her mother looking down to her. She often sings up to the stars when she misses her mom. She has an abacus she loves to play around with because her mother gave it to her and it helped her learn basic math when she was a kid

Kalimba: She is super strong. She’s the big momma everyone is afraid of, she always steps in when people are fighting, and when she brings out The Slipper™ everyone just stops what they’re doing and apologizes to her. Everyone in the village respects her. She’s quite crafty, and makes pots out of clay and gives them to the other people in the village. She has an amazing sense of humor.

Middala: He/she is very excited when the Elders arrive and he/she wants to know everything about what is cool and modern, meaning he/she develops a close friendship with Arnold. They bond over Arnold describing entire sci-fi movies to him/her and acting them out and Arnold teaches him/her things like white boy dancing and dabbing. He/she has trouble with English sometimes and switches to a mix of Swahili when he/she is super excited about something.

Mutumbo: After the preachings of Arnold come to the village he slowly learns to break away from the harmful traditions of his family and learn to do better while finding his own beliefs. He has so much fun performing the pageant he becomes one of the biggest preachers of the book of Arnold, passionate about trying to teach people how to be better and becoming a really good speaker as a result. He becomes a strong leader figure and likes to give motivational talks for the others when things seem tough to inspire them to be strong.

Asmeret: Although she is quite young she already has a baby of her own to look after, and sometimes the others see her as too immature or carefree with it. She gives off the impression of a tough, loud and rude exterior, but beneath that she can be extremely soft and caring when she needs to be. She has helped Naba out a lot when she was growing up almost like a big sister, teaching her to be tough and not let the world get to her.

Kimbay: She has gone through some of the biggest struggles among the villagers. On top of having AIDs, her husband was killed right before her eyes and she has trouble teaching with very little resources. However, she has developed a strong optimistic attitude and never lets the kids see if she’s sad. She always says that things will get better and never gives up. She is very motherly and nurturing, and as her family has been broken by the loss of her husband she is always willing to take in others who also feel like they are missing family such as Naba. When Naba was younger she helped raise her a lot and teach her things and Naba views her like a mother. She taught Naba how to say ‘hasa diga eebowai’ at a very young age to help make her laugh when she was sad and Mafala was very annoyed.

Ship HCs

Ghali/Michaels: Ghali fell in love with Michaels the second he laid eyes on him, so naturally he focused all of his confused feelings into intricate gifts for the young elder, as one does. Michaels eventually noticed Ghali’s Obvious Pining and started to slowly but surely warm up to the young Kitguli boy.

Davis/Sadaka/Zelder: Zelder and Davis both developed feelings for Sadaka very soon after arriving, thinking she was completely gorgeous and loving her kind and funny nature. Davis was braver and made the first move, both of them bonding over their love of animals. Zelder was upset upon thinking they only had feelings for each other but over time both of them began to fall for him as well and eventually the three form a healthy and happy poly relationship.

[prettyshowtunes]

Kevin Price (The Book Of Mormon) with a bi flag theme.

If you want me to do a character with a certain pride flag, I’ll do it! It is 20gayteen after all.

[all-american-prostate]

Daily Headcanon #4

idk at some point they run a sideblog together and kevin goes away on a trip and leAVES CONNOR TO RUN IT ALONE :(

[phierecycled]

All the missionaries wearing ties with African patterns on it in the Hello reprise at the end of BoM is my favourite little detail in the show