#the dream pack

[aglionbyacademia]

"And what is it my dog needs?" is a sentence I think about daily tbh

[f0x-meets-w0lf]

contrary to what's expected of them by nearly everyone in henrietta, skov and swan clean up their act just enough to fumble their way into their mid-20's. they begin to build a decent life for themselves — in part it's out of necessity, in another part for their own good, and lastly to honor their beloved late friends. they've been made acutely aware of life's delicate nature, and with no dream-thief-king left to remedy their mortality as he once did for his favorite forgery, they treat their existences accordingly.

they still enjoy getting rowdy from time to time, of course; skov is still too much of a stoner for his own good, while swan's in grad school and has always been the one to take his education most seriously, so he's more sparing about it (which isn't to say he's at all immune to a lazy-limbed heavy-lidded blue-haired boy sprawled out on their bed, his mouth holding secondhand smoke and the promise of hazy, handsy makeouts).

for the most part, though, their days are more relaxed, and they luxuriate in the simple things: the small intimacies of their joined morning routines, cooking a meal together, going to the gym or the park or the library. they treasure their time spent chatting and cuddling and kissing on their couch; jiang comes by, sometimes, to spend time with them and bask in their collective warmth, abundant with joy and comfort and love that they extend beyond the veil in the hopes it might reach k and proko. it feels good.

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Joseph Kavinsky core

[ketavinsky]

a gaunt and wild face.

happy year of the dragon, everybody; here's kavinsky and his. i miss this little guy dearly.

slightly more lunar new year appropriate colour variants under the cut

[colonel--sarge]

THE DREAM PACK AS DESCRIBED IN THE DREAM THIEVES

Joseph kavinsky

- gold chain necklace (pg 26)

- refugee's face (hollow eyed and innocent) (pg 26)

- long nose (pg 49)

- hollowed out heavy-lidded eyes (pg 49)

- dark, arched eyebrows (pg 49)

- spiked hair (pg 49)

- a small earring (pg 49)

- chain around his neck (pg 49)

- white tank top (pg 49)

- always moving (pg 49)

- "something erratic and vulgar about the full line of his lips" (pg 49)

- lives in a "hellish affluent subdivision" (pg 95)

- screws up the shift from third to fourth (pg 97)

- "hummed with a restless, unpredictable energy" (pg 180)

- "...erasing the ribs from his concave torso" (pg 211)

- "with his hollow cheeks, he was a ghoul in this light" (pg 212)

- "...was late, as always" (pg 266)

- wears white-rimmed sunglasses (pg 267)

- "...wore a white tank top, and his exposed shoulder was raw and beautiful as a corpse" (pg 268)

- "...the vein-covered peaks of kavinsky's knuckles..." (pg 284)

- his father: rich and powerful and Bulgarian, lived in Jersey where he was possibly a mobster (pg 313)

- his mother: tanned and fit and make with non-factory-standard parts, lived in the suburban mansion with kavinsky (pg 313)

- the rumor was: his mothers nasal septum had been eaten away by cocaine and his fathers patriarchal instinct had died when kavinsky tried to kill him (pg 313)

- "is it true that you tried to kill your father?"(said by ronan) "I never try to do anything, man. i do what i mean to" (kavinsky's response) (pg 313)

- "he tried to kill me" (talking about his father) (pg 314)

-  "his eyes glittered. he had no irises. just black and white" (pg 314)

- "the line of this smile was ugly and lascivious" (pg 314)

- "his already keen expression sharpened when he saw Ronan's dream object" (pg 315)

- heavy-lidded eyes (pg 315)

- "he was too high for food to be very interesting as anything besides a concept" (pg 317)

- "my favorite forgery is prokopenko" (pg 369)

- "...with that slow, despicable laugh in his voice" (pg 403)

- "I got away with dear old dad. and prokopenko. and no offense to your brother, but they were a lot more complicated" (pg 403)

- wears cargo pants (pg 411)

- "kavinsky looked at ronan, his eyes dead" (pg 412)

- his last words: "the worlds a nightmare" (pg 425)

- "he crumpled to his knees and then slumped gracelessly off the car" (pg 425)

- "but he had been dying since ronan met him." (pg 425)

prokopenko 

- one shoulder crooked and higher than the other (pg 214)

- ears like wing nuts (pg 214)

- has a matching Golf with Swan (pg 268)

skov

- drives an rx-7 (pg 268)

swan

- has a matching Golf with proko (pg 268)

Jiang 

- drives a Supra (pg 268)

BONUS!

nicknames that kavinsky has called ronan

- sweetheart (pg 284)

- rain man (pg 299)

- princess (pg 309)

- sailor (pg 312)

- sweetie (pg 409)

[sunkissedandkissable]

Bad day.

[mossynebula]

Im coming out as a filthy poly gangsey and poly dream gang shipper. And perhaps. Even a gangsey and dream pack poly shipper. Im sorry everyone.

[liith-ium]

Not a day goes by where I don’t think about Joey K and his boys 💕

[ilya-prokopenko]

everyone is all “oh kavinsky and his pack of dogs. oh kavinsky is so dog coded.”

wrong!

i think kavinsky is rat coded. he’s just some guy. a minor annoyance at best. kinda greasy. an acquired taste. squeaks probably. grimy thief. (loving) the dream pack is his rat pack. cmon guys

[plantaagomaajor]

thinking about Kavinsky, who's almost convinced himself that he's God, only realizing just how powerless he is when Proko dies and he can't do anything about it. oh, he can dream copy after copy after copy but none of them are quite right. none of them are Proko.

no matter how powerful Kavinsky is, he can never do the one thing that he wishes for the most. Proko, the real Proko, Kavinsky's Proko, is gone forever

[ravensonravens]

Dammit, Joseph, that's not the answer!!!

Had to get this silly idea out of my brain. 🤷‍♂️

((Edit: I did not give him tattoos at first, but it's corrected now! 😭))

[f0x-meets-w0lf]

considering you've all been so delightful and encouraging... have a swan/skov little preview :')

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The Dream Pack’s side hustle

[knoxprox]

god, i bet Kavinsky and the pack threw absolutely killer Halloween parties

[crushpdf]

Ultimate TRC Playlist

twenty-one character and ship playlists, songs always being added

[sunkissedandkissable]

Joseph Kavinsky thoughts:

I REALLY love the idea that his birthday *is* July 4th.

I don't see his family as being too patriotic for any part of their American heritage, whatever that may be, so it has no significance in that sense. But it embodies so many of K's favorite things: freedom, sick-ass fireworks, celebration/connection with people/an excuse to get wasted and let yourself get lost in the feeling of it all. (Again, without the hyper/gross/gaudy American patriotism--the *actual* concepts).

But it's also bittersweet, because it's when he came into the world, and his parents don't view it as anything special. It's a reminder that no matter how much of an effort he makes to surround himself with people, to make himself the life of the party, he's still fundamentally alone. Not understood.

And my god, I'm a sucker for angst, so Kavinsky going out in a blaze of glory on the day of his birth--and consequently, the day of his death...it's just too painful and good.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk. 😔