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goddammit.
honkin kevin.
Kevin dersert bluffs…
⬆️kevin dsret bluffss…..
hes soo silly to me!!! ive made a design i like better…
hes so insectoid to me…
Kevin dersert bluffs…
⬆️kevin dsret bluffss…..
love picking my own book for English assignments. because i chose It Devours! and now i get to say im doing homework when really im going feral over any mention of kevin at all
WAIT KEVIN NO DONT KILL KEVIN
AAAAAA KEVINS BACK
not a huge fan of digital art.. its hard.
but sometimes i think hrmm… kevin
and then he appear.
I clolred him
not a huge fan of digital art.. its hard.
but sometimes i think hrmm… kevin
and then he appear.
he is holding a knife.
i have SO MANY thoughts about todays episode
i know the you are my sunshine part was an opening gag, but imagine cecil singing that to estaban??? my heart????
THEY GOT RID OF THE ARBY’S??!!???? NOOOOOOOO!!
is mother lauren activity manipulating people??? do they just accept her??
“‘This just won’t do,’” yes kevin tell them
“‘Oh geez,’ Carlos was overheard to comment.” carlos is so seltzer water flavored/pos
Yay the cool book teens are back!!!
DID THEY KILL OFF KEVIN. IS THAT WHAT JUST HAPPENED.
HOMOPHOBIA!!! THIS IS HOMOPHOBIA!!! THEY DID NOT JUST DO THAT TO ME IN THE MONTH OF GAY PEOPLE!!!!
WHAT ABOUT CHARLES?? WHAT ABOUT DONAVAN?? HOW WILL THEY TAKE THIS SITUATION???
i refuse to accept this. kevin will be back i take no critism.
“I would say good night, Night Vale…But if a tree falls in the forest, you know?” this goes SO HARD and also i’m going to go lie down now
Kevin : Hello!! I am so happy to finally be on the air with you all in Night Vale!!!
me, vibrating furiously : where the fuck is Cecil
wtnv x faith drawing
Kevin would eat John I think
some recent doodles (context for the last one is NOT what you think, it's my friend's oc, he's an alien slug)
CHUBBY BILL CIPHER LIVES IN MY HEAD RENT FREE
also kiss your double!
huge sucker for Kevin Desert Bluffs and Violet head of Hiram McDaniels angst
if you know any good fics please tell me, I need stuff to read 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
how do you feel about the fact that 'sanguine' means both 'bloody' and 'optimistic'
THERAPIST: this isn't exactly what i meant when i suggested changing your mindset
ME, WEARING THE BIGGEST, FOULEST GRIN YOU CAN IMAGINE AND CLUTCHING A THESAURUS IN MY BLOOD-DRENCHED HANDS:
MY KEVIN AND CECIL HEADCANONS LETS GOOOOOOO
[From left to right: Kevin before strex, Kevin after strex, and Ceci!]
Actually hold on I can't sleep so let me tell you what I think about Kevin, the smiling god, Strexcorp, and how it all ties together.
(rant incoming)
So! The podcast of WTNV contradicts itself sometimes as to who founded the congregation of the smiling god, and I find it interesting! (I'll try to to source my findings but I'm kinda trash at that so sorry in advance.)
First things first, it was before strex for sure. This is confirmed by the episode with past Kevin and I think a priest of the congregation actually? He talks about smiling, uses friendly language, and overall seems like a happy guy pre-strex in a somewhat similar fashion to during-strex Kevin. Personally I love the contrast, but that's not the point whoops. And after his disconnect with strex, there are still many! people that worship the smiling god.
Here's what I think, and take it with a grain of salt because I hadn't read any of the books or seen the live shows (wiki fandom is my best friend on this), but it seems like the corruption of a religion to further a social/political goal on strex's part.
I refuse to get too political on this but my thoughts on this was the OG religion was positive and harmless, centered around a more spiritual belief of goodwill, optimism, and respecting life (maybe the energy of every living thing via blood and bones and the beauty of just... Life and living thing? Only to turn into a blood and bone fixation? Hm.) Smiling has been proven to help your brain make happy chemicals, and laughing is literally contagious! I read a post that while science is Night Vale's religion, religion is Desert Bluff's science, and I agree. It makes sense that a guy like pre-strex Kevin (as little as I know him) would understand and appreciate these values. Hell, I even think cutting a gaslow smile into yourself could've been an original thing, some religions are like that man, especially not surprising in WTNV.
Strex is obviously sadistic, faux-friendly, manipulative and gaslighting, etc etc etc. It wouldn't be the first time a company or group would use and corrupt a popular religion to seize control, and brainwashing is how cults work! That mixed with torture and meds, no wonder strex employees were so loyal. And they most likely used his own religion (albeit an essentially bastardized version) to condition him. By telling him pain is good (yikes) and "crushing the weak" to paraphrase Kevin himself is all part of this religion HE FOUNDED, they could've easily twisted their own virtues into his. Despite being a prophet, I don't think Kevin has had contact with it for a while now.
However, the smiling god is obviously malevolent, I am not sure about that bit. It either drive him just a bit mad upon first meeting it (valid tbh), it killed him but didn't?? because what is logic in night vale honestly, or somehow tricked him into believing it was a more benevolent presence. Or, maybe he worshipped it because why not, Cecil was totally ready to adhere to the demands of the glow cloud, the distant prince, all of them due to a healthy dose of terror and cosmic fear. Kevin might've gotten luck of the draw.
A thing I don't know yet that's driving me crazy is Kevin met the smiling god via oak door the first time, and it makes me wonder if the desert otherworld is it's domain or something?? And dbt is there now, just thinkin' thoughts about that.
He's shown to be a bit controlling, opinionated and stubborn even before strex (only heartless people don't like cats, Cecil!) and I think strex amplified these traits to terribly negative proportions. As well as using his own trauma, maybe? He compares his father to a thing always watching (in the walls, I think?), the sun to an overbearing father, let's not even mention the burning hot caramel situation. If his father was strict and abusive, it might be easier to say "hey, wasn't that actually a good thing? All that pain, what a great dad!" And turn his brain into a functional positive feedback loop.
Sorry for the whole essay, ack, but I've been thinking about this way too much lately. To summarize, smiling god came first via Kevin, Strex ruined everything as per usual, and religion and science and this podcast are soooo flipping interesting!!!! Okay thanks for coming to my Ted talk, Mothy out
Some art from a TMA + WTNV AU I’m making. (Person on the left is an OC, person on the right is Kevin from WNTV)
i keep being caught off guard today /pos
My animatic of Kevin
The sound was made by my bf, so enjoy
If you’ve been following me for a while, you might remember this Kevin that I drew way back in 2021. I’ve been meaning to redraw it for a WHILE now, and was finally happy with one of those redraw sketches today!
As always, art is free to use as icons as long as you credit me properly!