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never actually stopped to fully think about the fact that andrew locked aaron in the bathroom until he got clean. it's not specified what aaron was on or how much but it's heavily implied that he was using pretty heavily, not to mention we can probably guess it happened not more than a week after tilda's funeral, when the house was just nicky andrew and aaron. withdrawal would be killing him– panic attacks, headaches, dizziness, shakes, insomnia. how long did he scream and claw at the door until he gave up? did andrew say anything before he did it or did he just lock the door and leave? did nicky know? did nicky sit downstairs, listening to aaron pleading, trying to remind himself that it was for his own good, he needed to get clean and this was the fastest way to do it that would have less effect on his future. and andrew. did andrew barricade the door and then go about his day to day like nothing was happening? did he ignore the hoarse shouts into sobbed apologies into silence? did he sit outside the door, camped on the landing, listening to aaron mumble and mutter to himself when he thought nobody else could hear? did he listen for aaron falling asleep, and crack the door at night to check his brother's pulse? did he hear aaron murmur i'm sorry that first night and have to walk away? how many times did aaron say please and how long did andrew listen?

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Kevin Day is like “Please don’t kill yourself we have Exy to play.” And it’s worked like 2 times for some reason

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Just thinking about how Aaron said “minyards don’t get any higher than rock bottom” and then became a neurosurgeon and his brother became an Olympic athlete

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I knew poinsettias "faked" having big flowers by just turning some leaves red but I didn't know the real tiny flowers in the middle looked like such idiots

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Having alternate POVs gives a more rounded perspective of so many parts of aftg, but I think that Jean specifically gives a more in-depth view of Kevin which is deeply necessary to understand his character.

On multiple occasions throughout his narration, Neil comments on Kevin’s single-minded focus on Exy. This makes sense, because Exy is at the heart of Kevin and Neil’s relationship and is central to the overarching conflict of the books. Neil gives his game to Kevin, and Kevin takes that seriously. Moreover, Kevin has something to prove, to himself and to the world, and the success of the Foxes in their season is key to his success in proving his worth, so of course he’s focused on it. Also, Kevin just truly does love Exy: he’s spent his whole life working hard to get to where he is by the time the series begins, and he clearly did that because he cares just as much as he did it because it was expected—it makes sense that he loves the Trojans, because they play for love of the game, not just for the desire to win.

When Jean’s narration discussed Kevin, it agrees with all of these things: Kevin is fanatical and he loves the Trojans (even though his playing style is incongruous with theirs, as Jean points out) and he is arrogant, though not without cause. It also, however, gives peeks at a softer side of Kevin. Part of this is because so many interactions between Kevin and Jean are colored by Kevin’s guilt at leaving Jean behind, and the validity of Jean’s accusation that Kevin twisted the knife as he left, but regardless of the reason, Kevin lets his walls down ever so slightly when it comes to Jean, and while he’s still standoffish, it’s also evident how deeply he cares about the people he loves. Jean notices this side of him, though he doesn’t typically mention it outright, being justifiably angry with Kevin; he leans closest to admitting it when others criticize or doubt Kevin’s motivations, unwilling to let them misrepresent him.

Kevin Day is the ultimate fake idgaf-er. He has his people—Andrew, Neil, and Jean, but also the Foxes as a whole—and he sticks by them. He believes in them. His faith in Andrew keeps him going, his confidence in Neil gives him space to dream about the future, and his trust in Jean is what he falls back on (when he learns about the district change, when Neil is headed to the Nest),

Applying that lens to the original trilogy makes so many of Kevin’s actions stand out, even though Neil rarely flags them as significant or identifies them as a result of either his desire to show up Riko or his fear of retribution (which Neil sees as cowardice, while Jean intimately understands the way that bone-deep terror mixes with a cultivated, years-long habit of obedience to make a cage that is nearly impossible to escape).

In this light, Kevin’s love for the Trojans looks like a small act of defiance. His History major—of which Neil makes only a passing mention—gains weight as evidence of other passions strong enough to get Kevin to fight. Kevin’s plea for Neil to leave after he learns his identity, his decision to agree to train Neil every night, and his initial refusal to accept Neil’s choice to go to the Nest at Christmas are all highlighted, exemplifying how much he cares about Neil. Every act of defiance—every time Kevin stands up for or by the Foxes, each interview where he indicates he is where he wants to be, each moment he supports Neil instead of trying to change him—gain weight with Jean’s commentary on the trauma that comes from the Nest.

Kevin Day is an Exy player. He is arrogant and irritable and abrasive; he has built himself around his success. He has also built himself a net to fall back on out of the people he has chosen to have faith in, chooses to find worth in people the rest of the world has written off and fight for them to achieve the version of themselves everyone else has long stopped believing they could be. He is the Son of Kayleigh Day and David Wymack, and he takes after each of them in spite of growing up mostly apart from both of them.

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The remainder of the Winter Woodland Update!

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🦊 Andrew Minyard Animatic. an andrewmatic if u will. heed warnings yo

Characters from the All for the game series by @korakos 🦊

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in another universe they could be cats 🤏🏻

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katelyn and marissa's adventures in being normal cheerleaders for the world's most insane college sports team 🎉🎀🧡

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When you can’t get your exy raquet back because “it was used as a murder weapon.”

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Kathy’s show, canon divergent.

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”so possessive,” “of course I am, everything I own fits in one bag”🌀 6/6 Foxhole Court overlays.

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in universe aftg memes are so funny it gets me every single fucking time just imagine liking a sport but it turns out the mafia is involved and riko moriyama is literally a psycho and his brother killed him and seth gordon fucking died and aaron minyard killed someone and neil josten's dad is the butcher and kevin day has never been skiing and jean moreau was kidnapped from the ravens and then there's jeremy knox

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Gorgeous! And so exciting! One of my fave fandom artists getting $ and recognition for their talent!! Congratulations @oblivionsdream! 🙌

Finally getting to share the Crescent City puzzle that I was commissioned to design by the wonderful Reverie Puzzles on Insta

It features Hunt, Bryce, Ruhn, Tharion, Ithan, Hypaxia, Lidia, Danika, Lehabah, Syrinx and a messenger otter!

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random but that fic you reblogged made me think of this: do you think andrew had the same mentality neil had with kevin with aaron in which he thought like “one of us has to make it”? because everything he did for aaron’s sake seemed like he was really pushing for aaron to live a “normal” life (despite the whole katelyn/hurt behind the deal being broken

i love this ask. i loved thinking about it, thank you

i think it goes a little deeper than that. i think neil has always thought about surviving so it makes sense that he reached a “one of us” mentality. if not his mom, then him. if not him, then kevin.

for andrew i think he is more clingy. he’s not exactly gonna sacrifice himself to make sure aaron makes it. hes gonna drag aaron down with him bc he doesnt know how to let go (until tkm) neil and andrew are two different sides that both end up working bc neil and kevin end up making it and andrew learns that you dont have to hold on to someone so tight to keep them

also andrew didnt do it out of the goodness of his heart or bc he wanted to help anyone. he saw an opportunity to keep aaron close so he took it. he was going to force a family for himself whether they liked it or not

which is very not healthy

which is why i think andrew letting aaron out of his deal is more than just “i wanna be with neil.” its building relationships without promises bc in a shocking (to andrew) turn of events, he and neil survive past exy and kevin still talks to andrew and nicky still calls and aaron occasionally updates him and its okay

neil just happened to be there

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This has been bothering me for awhile so I’m just going to say it

Aftg is not fit for main stream media.

Anyone who has hopes for a “tv show” or anything of that nature, you have to realize this is an EXTREMELY flawed story that was lucky enough to have fallen into the right hands of a niche group of people. If aftg was left open to a wide audience it was be ripped to shreds, I’m sure Nora knows this, as well as most of the older fandom but still every once in a while I see a post on my dash about “trying to get Netflix to pick it up” (usually from younger or newer fans) but please for the love of god don’t push this. It will ruin aftg for everyone.

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Okay okay but andrew joseph minyard really refused to take anyone's shit, didn't he. No he won't smile, no he won't answer, no he won't play, no he won't sign with the best exy team in class A exy if he doesn't want to, fuck you very much. Andrew minyard will do what he wants with his life, and people will respect his personal autonomy or he will make them