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**The Monsters on a road trip**

Andrew: Where are we eating?

Nicky, Kevin, and Aaron: *yelling random fast food places from the backseat*

Neil: *quietly in the front seat* Can we get Taco Bell?

Andrew: *pulling into the nearest Taco Bell* I haven't had a Baha Blast in a while.

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i need to tell you something....when i see this post my heart actually stoped and then started racing post/167257432459/i-only-have-time-to-doodle-with-pencil-these-days and think i might had tachycardia

hehe thank you!

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andrew minyard, drumming on the back of the stadium seat in front of him during night practice: bored in the court and i’m in the court bored, bored in the court and i’m in the court bored, bored in the motherfucking in the court bored, and i’m bored in the motherfu–

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neil gathers the foxes around to tell them his final identity reveal,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

cake

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This is even funnier bc it’s a legit thing that def happens. When you’re driving to goal in girls’ lax, if you’re fast enough and someone’s oya, your legs move faster than your brain. He probs wouldn’t run into the goal side wall bc imma guess he does side arm powershots (based on mechanics of the game which are DUMB there’s no possible way Andrew blocks that many goals when he has a flat stick and the goal is frickin HUGE) but anyways back to my point, yes he has def tripped over his feet/ stick accidentally and also ran headfirst into a wall bc he was moving faster than he thought (trust me, personal experience ;()

Foxes get in fights on game nights really often, right?

So I'm 100% sure their fans make videos like: Kevin getting punched for 5 minutes straight.

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Wymack: Kevin for fuck's sake you're going to get carded

Kevin:

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aaron = talk shit & andrew = get hit. 

i feel like since this is gonna be a print included with the zine, i might as well post this here

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“He’s a really good laser tag partner. He’s tiny, so he’s allowed to push the kids”

— Matt, about Neil

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Neil doesn’t mention his past very much beyond that initial interview following Boston, but-

Reporter: How are you coping with the anger and betrayal some fans are expressing in response to your coming out with Minyard? I believe you’ve even received a few death threats over Twitter. Are you concerned?

Neil: *laughs out loud in sheer surprise* Look Joanna, I’m going to be real with you: I’ve outlived 100% of the people who have ever tried to kill me. I highly doubt some ‘betrayed’ Exy fan angrily tweeting me from their couch is going to change that statistic.

Reporter:

Reporter: How many-

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“Neil used his mother’s British accent when he was overseas and his father’s American accent when he was in the United States”

Okay trust me, i’m definitely all for Neil’s British accent and it’s one of my all time favorite headcanons. But. We’re all just sitting on the fact that Neil canonically has a Baltimore accent throughout the entire series???

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Fic Recs

​OF THE SAME STOCK

AND WE'LL BE RUNNING (BAND AU)

9 FOXES WALK INTO A BAR

STAR WARS

NO MOURNERS NO FUNERA​​LS

THOSE WHO BROKE US THE WEAPONS ONE (NEIL 5+1)

WINGS (BY FAIR MEANS OR FOWL)

CAMP FOXHOLE

A SWITCHBLADE IS MY PREFERRED WEAPON

BE NOT FISH NOR FOWL

WHERE EVERYTHING IS GOOD

ON THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF REALITY

TIME WILL TELL

DANGEROUS MAGICS

LIGHTNING ROD

THE SMALLEST EXY PLAYER, NOW SMALLER

WE MIGHT BE HOLLOW (BUT WE'RE BRAVE)

je reviens NUMB MY SKIN

doe and josten deductionists

we're kings of the killing

fear in a handful of dust

b99 au gluupor 

the first breath

the night is cold (but my heart is warm)

knives and spoons

first impressions

and we're dying with every breath we make

grey zone

the girl with blades for blood

bridge - mumuinc

touch me, love me, leave me

inevitability, like a car crash

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Aaron grinning to himself when overhearing college students call Andrew unattractive until he remembers they’re identical twins

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Betsy:

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The Worst TFC AU Idea:

Keeping Up With The Kardashians AU where the entire series is like a dramatic reality show

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The Foxhole Court >> B99 inspired opening

              “Coach, with all due respect we’re going to ignore everything you just said.”

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Rough-draft-ish timeline for book 1! BTW if you are visual like me, the closest we get to a calendar year for All For the Game is 2006/2007. It’s not 100% accurate, because not all of the dates match up perfectly throughout the whole series, but this is the closest one, with only a few dates off. It diverges in June, so I kept to the book for the rest of June because dates were easy to track; it meets back up with the calendar year in August and so far as I’ve checked sticks pretty close to it for the rest of the series?? The games do at least??

In the days that were too eventful (or I just typed too much for them), I underline the important parts tumblr removed my underlines?? i’ll think of something sorry!!, and for all of it I italicize direct quotes

The Foxhole Court Timeline - Rough Draft Edition

~Friday, April 7 (approx date): Wymack, Kevin, and Andrew come to Arizona to recruit Neil

Thursday, May 11: “Neil Josten” graduates HS

Friday, May 12: Andrew picks Neil up from the airport, he meets Nicky, Aaron, and Abby, sees the court for the first time, moves in with Wymack

Saturday, May 13: Andrew nearly stabs Nicky, Neil exhausts himself trying to score on Andrew

-it gets approximate again here bc it says 5 weeks should pass but only 4 do, so I’m using context to close out the gaps-

~Tuesday, May 30: Neil goes to the court at night for the first time & finds Andrew and Kevin there; Andrew shows Neil the knives hidden in his armbands, beautiful lines such as “exy is just slightly less boring than living is” and “I’m not a math problem” “I’ll still solve you” and “this was a dream he’d have to wake up from eventually” occur

~Wednesday, May 31: Wymack tells Kevin about the district transfer, tells Neil about the Moriyamas, Neil considers running but decides to stay until the match against the Ravens

Thursday, June 1: Raven’s district transfer effective

*Sunday, June 9: foxes move into Fox Tower, Matt offers to kick Kevin’s ass for Neil (and actually does until Andrew stops him), Dan and Renee give Neil tea and cookies like the princesses they are, Andrew goes through Neil’s stuff, Andrew admits for murder w/ no chill instance #1, Neil has a lot of panic attacks and fits of dissociation and decides again to stay because “one of us has to make it” and he’s decided to pick Kevin’s life over his

*Wednesday, June 12: Seth punches Kevin as soon as Andrew leaves for his meeting with Bee

*Friday, June 14: Columbia & all that that disaster entails

*Saturday, June 15: Neil hops out the window, calls Matt to ask him to watch his stuff, hitchhikes/walks home, tells Andrew half (most) of the truth, ends on “Hope was a dangerous and disquieting thing, but he thought perhaps he liked it.”

*Monday, June 17: Kevin comes to take Neil to night practice, but Matt and Seth send him away

*Tuesday, June 18: first night practice!!, “the master?” “Coach Moriyama”; Matt waits up for Neil like the precious and pure human he is

*Wednesday, June 19: Nicky asks Aaron (in German) if he thinks Neil will ever forgive them (it’s literally been 4 days, he needs to chill), and Neil realizes that Andrew didn’t tell the others he can speak German and wonders why

*Friday, June 21: ERC makes the official announcement about Edgar Allen’s district transfer; Seth says my person favorite of his lines: “Tell me, when’s the last time anyone cried for you?”

Wednesday, August 23: Team psych evals w Bee

Thursday, August 24: First day of classes, Matt wakes Neil up for practice and the following killer exchange happens: “I’m fine.” “You say that an awful lot.”

Friday, August 25: Game day, all of the upperclassmen take turns walking Neil to/from classes, Seth and Allison sit with him at lunch and tell him about the Renee/Andrew betting pool, Neil finds out Andrew goes sober on game nights, Nicky apologises for the Columbia thing 

GAME V BRECKENRIDGE JACKALS: Seth and Kevin fight on court 13 minutes into the game (no one took Nicky’s bet so he doesn’t win anything), Neil goes in at 20 minutes for Seth (”Hey Pinnocchio, time to run. This one’s for you.”), Matt punches Gorilla for Kevin and then runs and hides behind Andrew for safety (these nerds are such children I love them), Neil begins to feel a burning hatred for the jackals: “Gorilla had been trying to hurt Kevin’s hand his first day back on the court, which was unbelievably cruel. Neil hoped Matt had bruised some ribs with that punch.”; Neil scores his first goal!!; final score 7-9 loss (not bad tbh), and then the upperclassmen/Neil stay up all night partying like the nerds they are, I love these kids

Saturday, August 26: Kathy’s show, Neil’s 1st time on the bus, “Kevin’s smile was a brittle and bitter thing”; Kevin threatens to cut Neil off from night practices to force him to go on Kathy’s show (and Andrew laughs and calls Neil an idiot); “As complicated as Neil’s obsession with Kevin was, one truth was undeniable: he didn’t want Kevin to hate him.”; “I think of you as one half of a whole.” “At least I have room to stretch out now.” that is a SAVAGE BURN coming from Kevin wow; but then fuckface Riko appears, fuck him 5ever; “Renee was sitting sideways in Andrew’s lap, one foot braced against the ground to keep him from shoving her off”; Neil insults Riko on national television because “his temper couldn’t stomach any more of Riko’s cruelty”; Neil is actually afraid of Riko a little/lot because “Riko had the same stare that his father did: he looked at Neil and saw only flesh that knew how to bleed”; Andrew puts himself between Riko and Neil <3; back at home Andrew punches through his window; “Oh Neil, as unpredictable as he is unreal” wow Andrew you’re falling in love already aren’t you??; “running was only an option when no one was looking” & “You gave your game to Kevin. Give your back to me.”; Columbia: “Let Andrew buy you things if he wants to. He’s not usually the gift-giving type.” & “You’re one of us, which means we’ll never push you farther than you’re willing to go.” ; Andrew disappears for 30 minutes (so he goes and does the do with Roland in the back room!!!); Wymack calls with the news about Seth’s overdose (Andrew, Kevin, and Neil have too much chill about this news “keep up with the conversation” “what about the lineup” “that apathy doesn’t bode well for your sanity”); Andrew gives Neil the key

-end of book 1-

Book 1 covers 18 specific days days and spans ~5months

so @coldsaturn @glenflower and @unidentified-flying-outrage here’s the first draft!

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I don’t know why I picture Aaron as a fucking scene kid with ripped jeans and a skateboard but I do…