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Since I saw a few people theorize on what an hypothetical aftg live action show could look like... imagine THIS scene, on a screen.

Like- everything in the room is quiet except for the noise of Jean's fork scraping the food into the box. And then when he's done it's the sound of AGRESSIVE slurping from Neil. There's no liquid in the cup anymore so it's just that grating noise from the straw that happens when you try to get the very last drops of your juice. And it drags way longer than it should.

And then the agents just sigh loudly and are visually frustrated and PISSED.

The comedic potential. The POTENTIAL.

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Exposing my age here but anyone else remember candy cigarettes? Because I do. And there’s a certain group of fictional college athletes with a certain smoker amongst them who may be leaving himself open to pranks by way of candy cigarettes.

Maybe it starts after Andrew pisses Aaron off in one of their sessions with Bee and Aaron replaces all his cigarettes with candy ones in retaliation. And Andrew tries to pull it off like jokes on you I like candy.

But that just opens the door to prank gate in fox tower

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why why why won't they take this man at face value

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“give Andrew Minyard a pet/plant to take care of” what do you think Kevin Day was.

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All For The Game themed Valentine's cards:

(Part 2/2) (there's also TSC ones but I can only include 10 photos in one post)

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All For The Game themed Valentine's cards:

(Part 1/2) (there's also TSC ones but I can only include 10 photos in one post)

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The Sunshine Court themed Valentine's cards:

(Part 2 /2) (there's also AFTG ones but I can only include 10 photos in one post)

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jean being the one to welcome neil to the nest versus neil being the one to do the same for jean in palmetto something something misplaced forever partners something something

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what if you were a university athlete for a sport you didn’t really care about, just trying to get through your stressful biomed degree, when in your second year the one and only freshman recruit to the team is some asshole with barely any experience who is pretty transparently lying about just about everything about him. but somehow your teammates like him and he even worms his way into your twin brother’s inner circle which, okay, fine, you can try your best to ignore him. except this guy will not stop causing problem after scandal after incident, and he doesn’t stop there, no, he starts meddling with your personal life and your relationships for the sake of the sport you dgaf about. by now this weird little freak you can’t seem to get away from is the bane of your existence, and you think it can’t possibly get any worse — but then, after all this, you gradually come to the horrifying realization that your aforementioned twin brother, who everyone including yourself assumed was incapable of feeling anything positive towards anyone, especially a pathological liar with ties to the mafia, is madly in love with this freshman and possibly has been for months. now picture you are aaron minyard

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The Sunshine Court themed Valentine's cards:

(Part 1/2) (there's also AFTG ones but I can only include 10 photos in one post)

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Neil: *realizes he’s receiving an ominous countdown*

Also Neil: I have Spanish homework to do, a team to unite, exy to play, a championship to win and Andrew to kiss delete

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Jean: Jeremy shouldn’t frown, his face is made for smiling

Jean 1 chapter later: Neil shouldn’t smile, his face is NOT meant for that

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I think my favourite element of the writing in aftg is how Riko's downfall is utterly, entirely, beautifully self-inflicted.

Riko is power hungry, a glory seeker, jealous, cruel, vindictive and unable to share the spotlight. His worst actions and features come back to haunt him over and over in a way that is *incredibly* satisfying from a readers' perspective.

-Riko breaks Kevin's hand. Kevin leaves to become one of the foxes' best players, training them into a team worthy of finals and bringing them to victory with the game's final point

-Riko moves the Ravens to the southern district, placing his team directly in the path of the team that will eventually beat him

-Riko terrorises Kevin on the Kathy Ferdinand show, angering Neil into taking a stand against him (...which causes Andrew to re-evaluate Neil's worth, which leads to their deal, which leads to Neil staying with the Foxes...and so on)

-Riko kills Seth, who becomes a driving force for members of the team, particularly Alison, to beat the Ravens

-Riko setting Drake on Andrew further angers the Foxes and motivates them to beat him; Aaron in particular.

-This also results in Andrew sobering up sooner than he otherwise would have, arguably making him a stronger player and helping the Foxes reach finals

-Kidnapping Neil over Christmas break and forcing him to play as a backliner gives Neil an intensive course in Raven teamwork, drills, etc. Which Neil then teaches to the Foxes.

-Oh, and my favourite. They force Neil to play as a backliner against Riko. The very move which Neil then uses to block Riko from scoring in the final. Fantastic. Ten out of (jos)ten.

-Incidentally, beating the shit out of Neil and putting him in a different position causes the Ravens to vastly misunderstand/underestimate how Neil's abilities as a player have developed

-Forcing Neil into his natural appearance and helping his father find him leads to the most unifying moment for the Foxes of the entire series; the Foxes rally around Neil, and finally become one functioning, dedicated unit.

-and god, just when it seems like it couldn't get any better; Riko destroys Jean, taking one of his team's best players off the court before the match can even begin

Riko set almost every moment of his team's defeat into motion months before their match even began; the consequences of his cruelty not only weaken the ravens but fashion an opposing team which is stronger, more unified, and more determined than ever to beat Riko.

And it doesn't end with the match; Riko attempts to kill Neil, serving Ichirou all the justification he needs to dispose of his brother on a silver platter.

Riko Moriyama's fate is self-inflicted from start to finish, in the most deeply satisfying way possible.

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I see people saying their predictions for The golden raven but my only prediction is that it will traumatise me

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Wish AFTG was real so I could watch compilations of Jean bodying bitches on the court whenever I wanted

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what do you think wymack was doing when neil called him on new years eve? when he asked if neil was okay and neil said "no, no I'm not," do you think wymack had to let that sink in for a quick moment, or do you think he was already on his way out the door before the phone call ended?