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xoxo, aftg

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do i look like him?

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I will forever love the "pass the ball to Andrew!" tactic the Foxes got going on. Better than asking him to shut down the goal. Because instead of forcing him to basically be the Savior And Salvation for the entire game, they include him in the actual plays and strategy all throughout. He's a part of the game. A part of the teamwork.

They recognize what he'll do with a pass. They pay attention to who he shoots to and why. They anticipate this and pass the ball to him. They include him. They don't relegate him to "stop them from scoring on us" and include him in "let's score on them".

I love when the entire team remembers Andrew.

I love when the entire team remembers that Andrew is a Fox.

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I’ve actually seen this post so many times now. But I just thought about if it played out like the Hannah Montana movie.

Browning has made it his personal mission to find something on Josten for some crime or another. Keeping an eye out on when he slips up. Browning’s son on the other hand idolizes Neil Josten. And so Browning has to listen to him talk about him all of the time and how cool and amazing he is and how it’d be great to meet him one day or even see a game. Neil has made his life increasingly harder by not causing problems but also disappearing from the tails placed on him. But alas. Browning finally gets a chance to take him down at his next exy match. It just so happens tho that Browning’s son had been personally invited by Neil or his agent or whatever to not only come to the game but to also sit front row or whatever and maybe even meet Neil afterwards. The son learns of his dad’s plan of trying to take down Neil and basically pouts him out of it.

Other stuff happens. Don’t know how close to canon it should be or if completely removed. But that’s a cool idea for anyone.

Headcanon that Agent Browning has an exy-obsessed kid who thinks Neil Josten is the coolest thing since sliced bread and won’t shut up about him

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I saw the tag result and immediately got defensive and then read the full thing and was like damn. Can’t even deny this.

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masterlist of aftg essays

mostly so I can find them - but you may as well have this too

Other Masterlists

Why aftg is well written by @feelingthedisaster

(the OG - symbolism, structure, and other examples of Nora's brilliance)

Numbers in aftg

(includes timelines for aftg events)

Plot insights

Parallels / exy positions by @atticusfinchismydog - also in the masterlist above but deserves special mention

Andrew’s protection was not physical by @awildtei

Andrew agreeing to go to the Hemmicks by @afurtivecake

The effect of cults by @cultpastorkevin

Why steal Wymack's painkillers by @i-did

Why Kevin needed to keep his distance by @cowbilover

What was Mary's plan by @your-local-mixed-race-bisexual

Fun lists

Jean’s awesome descriptions of everyone by @swampthingking

Unsung heroes of aftg by @problemduetest4life

Character insights *

(* many more are in the Masterlists at the top, this is for posts that don't fit otherwise)

Nathaniel / Neil - flip a coin by @neilljcsten

Neil as an uncanny creature by @sncwbaz

Andrew wanting to be known by @foxholecore

Andrew really nailed by @afurtivecake

Andrew and Kevin by @afurtivecake

Andrew and Roland by @afurtivecake

Andrew cursing Nicky by @afurtivecake (technically a fic but too perfect not to include)

Andrew and losing control by @palmettoshenanigans

Andrew and breaking the cycle by @palmettoshenanigans

Andrew's promise to Kevin by @coldsaturn

Kevin as the sun by @adaysgrace

Kevin as a bitch by @thatsnotevenmyname

Kevin as a temptation but never a connection by @jeanmoreaue and @afurtivecake

Kevin and Wymack by @fairvstairs

Kevin learning to live in the light by @odetojupiter

Understanding Aaron by @minyard-05

Aaron's need to feel normal by @interstellar-productions

Aaron and Andrew by @figuringthengsout

more Aaron and Andrew by @allforthegaymes

Neil through Aaron's eyes by @bloodfiresandabram

Dan as captain by @minyard-05

Riko hmm I wrote an essay on Riko

Nora's ec

The extra content (master link provided by @peggyrose19)

The ec link

on tumblr

Nora's now-deleted kandreil scenes (fyi scene breaks show as ".....")

How the fandom started and grew - by @coldsaturn

For writers generally

(because we all are, aren't we)

not aftg, but a list of most interesting essays

what emotion do you create from (quiz). I can send you the text of all 15 answers, if you're like me and want to see it all

Feel free to share others that you know of.

I'll keep a running list of anything else i think of in the reblog.

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Like. Broooo??? 👀

Oh my god my first wip Wednesday? With actual progress?? Aka mostly just Kev’s one eyeball but still lmao

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idk if i want jeanneil to be platonic or romantic or a secret third thing.

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Saw a license plate today. And we all know exactly where my mind went.

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@courtstow10

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anyway unless I change it in the final hour it's The Golden Raven

book 3 inherited the original title of book 2

moving my keyboard back to the other tower now, so g'night, my lovies, and thank you for all your support <333

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Neil to Jean at the end of tsc

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based on nora's tweet

jean dying in every draft except this one

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You know I get it.

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Just occurred to me that during the Revelation Scene, Neil says "you like me" instead of "you're attracted to me" and I'm wondering if it's because in his lil demisexual brain, the only way he could reasonably articulate his understanding of the situation wasn't "you wanna fuck me" but instead "you enjoy my existence" because "blowjob" held very little value or interest to him but "positive regard" absolutely did and I just-

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as much as aftg is so brutal as a series I still think that the fact that neil going to the nest didn't do jackshit to prevent the abuse andrew went through in rehab is actually fucking diabolical. it makes me want to cry whenever I think about it. the love was there and it didn't save anyone