#the steve

[kommandonuovidiavoli]

She's your problem now! Please help her!

[squidkola]

Dumb little sketch comic featuring Mac and Steve

Bonus doodle:

I swear I’m still in this fandom my brain just took a little detour lol

[delightful-dorks]

The Steve if he was forced to use more than 1% of his power

[bugtoonz]

can you draw your favorite knd villains?

I’m not sure if I have a favorite, so I went with one that I wish had more screen-time! ft. Cree

[roguephenon]

I : The Story Some Kids Tell

…do you ever feel it?

That childish urge to raise your hand?

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

(art by @pinkmeanschaos)

[numbuh]

[jazzyrazzy157]

Family Picture

(And Yes I’m accepting the headcanon that The Steve is related to Mr.Fizz)

[kidsnextdoor-doodles]

Knd text posts because I don’t want to draw

[kommandonuovidiavoli]

Doe Family Portrait.

[squidkola]

I havent posted KND stuff in a long time

Time to fix that lmao

Just a big ol doodle dump featuring Father, Lou, The Steve, and my OC Mac. There will 100% be more just because I got back into KND recently and its all Ive been able to draw.

[delightful-dorks]

+Bonus first sketch

[deadlymeteorz]

hi! question related the KND :3

What are your thoughts on the steve? do you believe in the theory that he was the former numbuh 100?

i think hes neat ^_^

i do believe in that theory! i think it would make sense for a supreme leader to take on another leadership role after decommissioning, since they'd likely feel drawn to it. also if they ever recommissioned him the shock from the knd members would be so worth it!

[roguephenon]

Thank you for opening my eyes to underrated dynamics I’ve never realised before like Steve and Cree…Someone who refuses to move on and forget and a guy who forgot everything but muscle memory. They’re that one cringe-y couple in the hallway. She can and has made him worse. And he’s like “well! her beautiful brown eyes have spoken. Lets terrorise some kids dudes ☝️“ Abby needs a good two root beers to get through an interaction with him. Kid and teen relations depend on whether or not the dating advice she gives him work. I liked your one shot of them and him showing up for her in that one chapter (man it’s crazy how I’m close to the end of the fic OOF) because up to that point, they had been the worst versions of themselves (kinda enabled each other too) and are finally reflecting on it and growing up in the right way. Which as I’ve come to read, is definitely one of the biggest themes of this work. Hope they get it right this time around like if not in a romantic way then at least in a platonic way because he seems to be the only one who gets her POV cuz he was always right there with her. That and the future double dates with 2/5 would be hilarious lmao. Anyways, what inspired you to include them into the narrative (great decision btw cuz u do it in a way where Cree is obviously not forgiven easily but isn’t completely hopeless either)? And what was the reason why it had to be Steve to meet Rachel in the previous chapter as well?

We love underrated character dynamics here, so happy to help spread the word :3

And yes! Growing up and learning to let go are definitely big themes I was aiming for. Along with other things lol

The first and obvious reason for including them is because I like them and think they’re fun characters! The Steve is a well of untapped potential given he’s the leader of the teen faction (which of course I have thoughts on but could go on forever) and he’s cool. Especially with my headcanon that he’s a decommissioned Numbuh 100 (also wow. I can’t believe how accepted that headcanon became in the fandom. It’s wild when so many adopt a silly idea you made up almost 14 years ago 😳).

But also I wanted to include them because of what they could represent: further exploration into Kid - Teen relations, how some things just went so wrong, and how to or to not move on from that.

Cree doesn’t show up physically until near the end, but I wanted her past and actions to be felt in the narrative. From all the stuff she did in the show to some stuff I added to the lore like her history with Rachel. Anger is a powerful and destructive thing and I feel like that drives Cree a lot.

It’s another facet to the commentary of growing up, but that presents change and change is scary. Especially to kids and especially-especially when it means that change may force them to give up something they’re not ready to part with. The Kids Next Door gave them all power and purpose to make a difference, so what do you do when it can’t do that anymore and you feel like it’s going to take it away from you?

With Cree I wanted to try and explore the peer pressure aspect of it (and the hinted outside manipulation that is alluded to be done by adults abusing their station over kids, ie, Father). To her, the her squad-mates decided she was becoming a monster, so why fight against what everyone’s already labeled you anyway? It’s exhausting and sometimes people just give in.

Steve is another facet of that. Someone who, even at his decommissioning and seeing his best friend become a traitor, deciding to still follow thru with what makes sense to him. Which is to undo the things that did more harm than good, then take ownership of enabling it by being decommissioning. Then as The Steve, he goes into the role because he is drawn to it, but doesn’t no why. He chooses to live in the present moment and go along for the ride, but eventually listens to his heart and gets off the ride. Not out of some noble reason or coercion, but because it wasn’t truly serving him and that’s not who he wanted to be.

Which goes into why it had to be Steve who talked to Rachel. They made tough choices, made sacrifices, and in the end, lost someone very dear to them because of their own self-perceived failings. Then in aftermath, they fell into self-destructive patterns. Steve let himself be towed the precipice long before Rachel did.

But in the end, he realized he still had to choice to either make the final step to fall…or turn around, walk away and face the unknown.

Steve learned he had the choice to not fear the fall. And without that fear that kept leading him on, he was free to decide if he really wanted to go thru with what he was doing. Rachel was at that precipice, so it had to be him to remind her that there was a choice.

Becuase there is always a choice. Steve didn’t know what Rachel was going to do, but he just wanted her to make sure the final choice to go thru with the fall or not was hers.

[starricandi-doodles]

Doodles of the Teens of KND