I never met Kevin before; I never even had a chance to see him in person. The only way that I truly knew Kevin was through Ares because that's the only way I ever saw him. But according to people who've met him or people who knew him personally, they would say that he was possibly the nicest person that you could ever meet. Kevin had a great impact on me through his role as Ares. I simply loved his character. He brought so much life to Ares and I truly think that if Kevin had not taken the role of Ares, then my love for the character would not be there. For me, I saw Kevin as Ares and he did such an awesome job of taking on that role. He was able to express every kind of emotion you could think of and he would do it with great enthusiasm and passion. I don't think that any other man could have played Ares as well as Kevin did. In my eyes, Kevin was the greatest actor that I have ever seen; so many other actors don't seem to have the impact on me that Kevin did. To me, no one else can even compare to the great man and actor that Kevin was. I will miss Kevin greatly. He was a great man, a great actor, and to young to die. He was at the prime of his life--he had opportunities for a monumental carrier and he had a loving family--his life could have been considered almost perfect. It's still hard to believe that he's really gone. I was devastated when I got the news that he had passed away and sometimes, it still feels like it is all just a bad dream. But it isn't and life goes on and I know that there are thousands of people out there, apart from his family and friends that miss him too. Kevin Smith will never be forgotten. He will live on in my heart and in my thoughts forever. As long as Ares lives on, Kevin will never die. I know that Kevin is in a better place and that he will always be looking down on us, his fans, and he'll always be watching over his wife and his three young sons. In that way, he'll never be completely gone. He will live on in the memories of those who loved him most. Just remembering him is the greatest gift that I and everyone else can give him. As Gabrielle once said on Xena: Warrior Princess "when the living think of the dead, the dead can hear their thoughts" and I believe that this is true. Wherever Kevin is right now, he can hear us thinking of him and as long as we continue to think of him, his memory will never fade. He'll always be here in our hearts. In 2003, a NZ news station aired an hour-long tribute to Kevin, remembering him and his life a year after the horriable tragedy. You can view this TV special (in five parts) on YouTube by clicking the links below. Kevin Smith Tribute TV Special || Part 1 || Part 2 || Part 3 || Part 4 || Part 5 || In 2005, at the Official 10th Anniversery Xena Convention in Burbank, California, a music video tribute was played during the event. For those of you who were not present at this convention, or if you would simply like to watch it again, you can watch the video on YouTube. It's a beautiful video--makes me tear up every time I watch it or even hear the song. Kevin Smith Video Tribute These are some wallpapers and other graphics that I created in honor of him. Click the image to see a larger version.
These are two poems that I wrote for him shortly after his death.
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Kevin Smith was a wonderfully talented actor who was known most widely for his portray of Ares, God of War on the television series Xena: Warrior Princess and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. He won the hearts of thousands of female fans because of his dashing good looks but apart from his looks and his talent as an actor, he was a very kind, caring, funny, and charming man to be around, or at least that's what I've always heard.
