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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

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cheers to more tsc 🥂

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Sometimes I lie awake at night thinking about how in the shower scene, Andrew took off his armbands. He wasn’t scared of getting them wet or anything; he was literally wearing the rest of his clothes, but he knew that he was seeing Neil’s scars so he let Neil see his

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random thought: hunger games au where andrew won his games after volunteering for his brother, was kept by the capitol as a mentor and the year after the tributes from his district are neil and jean. Thoughts

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I love aftg because you can put together any number of characters under a microscope and find all sorts of parallels and perpendiculars, but I always come back to Riko and Neil as foils.

01 and 10. Two sides of the same coin.

Riko, the boy who was put in the spotlight desperate to be seen, to be recognized; and Neil, the boy who had to be hidden to survive when he wanted to simply live.

Two boys born to powerful men from violent families who’d inherit very little of that power.

Riko pulls whatever he can to become as cruel as the world he grew up in. He keeps the cycle of violence churning because he wants to be apart of it, wants to belong, no matter how he has to get there. He yearns for the power that would deem him worthy.

Meanwhile Neil uses whatever advantages he has to make the world less cruel, to right whatever injustices he can in unconventional ways. Ichirou was right, he’ll always be a Wesninski at heart, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. He uses it to protect himself and his friends. He doesn’t want power or what comes with it, but the knowledge he has is a useful tool and he’s self aware enough to recognize that.

Both Riko and Neil have been dealt shitty hands. Riko chooses to let it dictate his life and bluffs his way out of all his chips, while Neil knows when to just fold and accept good for good enough.

And the thing is, either could’ve been the other in a different world, under different circumstances. Who would Riko be if he had a Mary or Wymack to care about him? What would become of a Nathaniel who grew up in Evermore as a pet or one raised by the butcher?

Flip the coin again. heads or tails, which one will it be?

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The way I screamed out “you’re a bitch” at the ass crack of dawn. Why would she do this? I’m sobbing just thinking about Jean and Elodie.