#kelevra

So this is a little tidbit I hoped to include in the Salem story line around the time when Kel first let Harry know about why he left his birth planet, but it never really found an organic way in. Seeing as there’s a lot of discussion about Kel’s culture and past right now, it seemed like a good time to mention it just as a fun fact.

Kelevra is actually Hebrew for “bad dog”, a “name” Kel acquired during a time period when his host was a dog and decided to keep it. Kel has had many names in his life and would have had no issue with changing it again once he managed to get a human host. He had every opportunity to tell UNIT he wanted a different name on his I.D. after Harry pointed out his name sounded stupid and fake (he could have even taken his host’s name and just gone by Tom), but he didn’t.

So why decide to have everyone call him Bad Dog all the time? In Kel’s mind it suits him. He left his birth planet because he didn’t agree with the freedoms he was expected to give up. He wanted to live his life his way and do what he wanted to do, not what his parents or society wanted for him.

Kel, who can read the activity of anything living, including dogs, is well aware that misbehaving dogs aren’t actually “misbehaving”. They’re simply doing what they want and don’t understand why they can’t or shouldn’t. People yell at dogs and call them bad for not sitting down when they’re told, for feeding themselves, for moving when they “aren’t supposed to”, and all sorts of things that aren’t inherently bad. It’s not actually a dog’s morality or actions that get them labeled as bad, but their failure to bend to the will of someone else.

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Sundaymorning

Kel in chapter twenty-two of God’s of War: 

“Harry was trembling ever so slightly. He was doing rather well at suppressing it—always so uncomfortable showing weakness—but it was there. It must have been at least a few hours since he’d dressed in dry clothes, been fed, and sat in front of the fire, but the chill of the river clearly ran deep. His fingers were ever so clumsy as he worked at the buttons of his shirt, but Kel couldn’t see any discolouration to indicate frostbite. He looked at the beds carefully again and chose the one nearest the window, quickly pulling his shirt over his head without unbuttoning it so that he could toss it onto the bed to claim it as his own before Harry did.”

Kel purposly picked the bed closest to the window as he knew it would be colder and was trying to keep Harry warm. 

Chapter 11 in Kel’s notes:

“Camera surveillance shows Noble awake at 0200, evidence of distress, crying. Signal surveillance indicates depressive episode/anxiety. Consider discreet treatment. Don’t do that.”

Thought about trying to treat the Doctor for his depression.  

Then later:

‘Noble: Signal suggests thirst and hunger pangs. Does not appear to have left room all morning—failing to care for self.

Camera surveillance shows Harkness and Tyler heading for kitchens.

Heating system in Sleeping Quarters 2C activated. Locked.

Noble approached to ask about heating, concerned for Mott. Suggested he get icepacks from the kitchens until heating system corrected. Sensed agitation but conversation ended without incident. Noble headed to kitchens.

Heating system in Sleeping Quarters 2C unlocked, deactivated. Air conditioning system activated and temperature set. Mott showing only mild signs of distress.

Camera surveillance shows Noble talking with Harkness and Tyler in the kitchens. All three appear distressed. Audio disabled with Nista present, but Harkness has put a plate in front of Noble. Appears to be telling him to eat. Interference successful.“

So Kel saw The Doctor hadn’t let the room wince yesterday while his husband was sleeping and was suffering from hunger and thirst pains, but would not leave the room for himself, only if Harry needed him to. 

So Kel turns the heating up,  and the Doctor goes searching for ice packs for Harry, and as soon as the Doctor leaves the room he turns off the heating as he doesn’t want Harry getting too hot.  He check the signals, to make sure Harry is alright, and then watches the Doctor go to the kitchen and ends up eating.  'interference successful’ he writes. Getting the Doctor food.  

And the things with the ferns,  going to all that effort to monitor the emotional well being of the people involved in Torch Wood. 

Okay.

I never questioned why Kel was a Doctor before (as their are some pretty horrible Doctors out there)  and I just thought he was a creepy psychopath. 

 Now I am doubting it. 

I think he might have actually become a Doctor as he actually enjoys helping people.

I never considered that: Kel being a Doctor as he actually does care about other people and shows concern for them.

He is not as cold and icey and creepy as the other characters might assume is he? 

Dear Odette,

To be perfectly fair, the ferns were more to keep an eye on who might be infected and what it does to them rather than just looking out for people’s emotional well-being, but the rest is quite true. If you really look throughout the story, Kel is quite regularly taking steps to care for other members of the team.

After J.J. attacked Jack in his office, Kel went to get Kevin (leaving in the middle of trying to stop Harry from linking with Edmund) to send him to give J.J. the emotional support he needed. There was the slightly more obvious time when he hugged Ganbri and sent him home because he could tell he was starting to have a panic attack. He also deactivated Annie’s teleport to force her into going to Ganbri’s house because he could see that Ganbri was going through another panic attack then. Him being a troll when James arrived wasn’t random either--he did that because the family were fighting with each other and it gave them someone else to focus their anger on. He got sent to Salem while attempting to save Harry and then refused to let go when Harry fought him so that he wouldn’t be alone, and made him a salve to ease the pain from his fracture. Hell, even when he was drunk as a skunk, he was more concerned with everyone else.