I Think It's Really Important That Connor Shows Up In Kevin's Helldream And Is Depicted To Laugh At Him

i think it's really important that connor shows up in kevin's helldream and is depicted to laugh at him and taunt him. for example:

he is depicted as if saying "aww, gonna cry about it?" after arnold comes through scolding kevin for leaving him.

disregarding all the sexual references and gay allegories seen throughout the dream, this can also be seen as one. not only has connor appeared, but he has appeared to flaunt around tauntingly and laugh and sneer at kevin for all his flaws and sins he's committed.

you can look at this in the sense that, even if we as humans like someone (whether it be platonically or romantically) subconsciously and we are not aware of these feelings, we will still feel the need to impress them and do our best at everything around them to get their attention and approval. kevin already does this with everyone because of how his ego has been fueled and his need that everyone thinks he is the best, so imagine how it would be for someone he—even subconsciously—has feelings for. he would desperately want their approval and would go out of his way to make himself look even better than usual.

connor appearing in the dream only to combat these subconscious needs and male fun of kevin and jeer at him (and of course, provide extra gay allegories, etc etc) makes a lot of sense looking at it this way and mirrors this, because kevin having these feelings/gay thoughts would feel wrong to him, therefore there would be a lot of other things (like this) to show he is struggling internally with how he feels

anyway those are my morning thoughts. it's 6:30 am and i need to get dressed