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Forgot a deeply important photo smh

top ten charlie looks

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claiming my @aftgtandn canon-divergence fest prompt: what if lola had partially blinded neil?

ao3 | full T&N collection 🔀💚 sorry for posting late after reveals!!! 🙇 no surprises lol these are my guys! thanks SOOO much to the t&n mods for the wonderful event!!!

click for the emotional support drawing i had to make to keep myself from losing it:

actor au lol 🥹

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POV: you're 14 and he has pretty green eyes, a hint of an irish accent, and shown you a modicum of kindness

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Ik the whole “everyone knows everyone” complaint about small towns is so old but it’s more than that. There’s literally no escaping who you are in that town. In a city you can always go to another neighborhood bar and meet 30 new people who don’t already know you but at home if I don’t have any friends it’s because I know everyone and none of them like me. I can’t escape who I am there, the Safeway cashier saw my 8th grade play, my English teacher’s wife works with my dad, my mom’s in bible study with my coworker. I’m trapped as a person I can’t be anymore, not because the town is boring.

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Girls when blue sargent

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Neil loves his name. One time he wrote his name in his notebook with a heart instead of a dot above the 'i'. Aaron caught him by looking over his shoulder and laughed so hard he almost passed out. Years later on the invitation for Katelyn and Aaron's wedding Neil's name is written with the heart. Andrew thinks it's just how Katelyn writes, but Neil knows that it's Aaron trying to piss him off.

"Why are you writing Neil's name with a heart?" Katelyn asks her fiancé as they are filling out the wedding invitations.

Aaron looks at her with a diabolical smile on his face. "It will piss him off, you'll see."

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I dont like Renee, she comes across as super fake to me. Maybe it's because I don't like religious characters but her whole sweet good girl thing gets on my nerves

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do yall think Neil ever comes to understand Mary’s situation. Like in the books he does not describe her kindly but obviously loves her very much, but you can tell he also kind of hates her. But do you ever think he comes to understand that she was likely sold to the butcher at a very young age and forced to have a son with an evil man, and then gave her life to protecting her son in every way she couldn’t while he resented her at every turn. Do you think Neil ever understands that.

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y'know what? we need more vicious/violent kevin in fics. like, he's quite violent in the books. he literally got into brawls with seth on multiple occasions. he's abrasive and rude and insensitive, he's definitely got into one fight with all of the og foxes (except renee) like it's inevitable. pls give me more violent kevin, feral kevin. he was raised a raven ffs

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assigning aftg characters equestrian sports just cause

neil- probably a showjumper. I would say eventing but I don't think he has the patience for dressage or the ability to split his focus between 3 events like that. I could also see him bronc riding if we're going a western route, which I almost think he'd like better because there's a bit more adrenaline, but do we consider that an equestrian sport?

andrew- either doesn't compete at all and just does like natural horsemanship, or cutting. I could see him just sitting like he's in a goddamn armchair while cutting, absolute insane seat. or sorting, similar but also playing that sort of goalie position too.

kevin- the snottiest eventer known to man. no words needed. He's been trying to convince andrew to do dressage for years because of his insane delicate and precise movements but alas.

Renee- team roper- she loves rodeo for the community aspect and her sport should reflect that. It's offensive and sporty enough to have that competitive edge she loves, but I feel like it's more fun and goodnatured compared to other events which she would enjoy.

Jean- this bitch is dressage and he's snooty about it. He sees jumpers as ungraceful and unrefined and willing to sacrifice equitation and horsemanship to get a good score.

aaron- he's very much giving your non-horsey boyfriend, but if I had to pick, probably something chill like cutting as well. idk something that has a more useful application.

katelyn just cause i was thinking about her- barrel racing absolutely. she loves that it's a girl's sport, she would love the flashy sparkly culture of fringe and sparkles. she 100% puts glitter and rhinestones on her horse's butt and has like million pairs of braided reins. u know who i'm talking about.

dan- torn between barrel racing becuase I think she would love the speed of it, or team roping because a) she loves that it's a team sport, and b) she loves that it's a male event.

Matt- bull rider. he's just a crazy enough bastard to have fun doing it.

allison- started as a flashy barrel racer (you know her matching tack sets go crazy) but bronc rides to prove she can.

seth- bronc rider. It's a little because it's macho, but it's more because it's fun.

nicky- does not compete. He just rides for pleasure and chills at the rodeo grounds w his friends. he will run gymkhana rounds tho, and he will beat you in poles.

jeremy- does not trust horses. something about the look in their eye throws him off. jean finds it slightly amusing.

catalina- BARREL RACER HELLO.

laila- eventer

wymack- retired steer wrestler, got a horn to the rib or something and retired.

idk lemme know if i missed anyone or u disagree or if anyone needs clarification on why.

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kevin day is a virgin because when would he have the time effort or patience to be caught lacking like that. also he hasn't seen his alleged girlfriend in like a year and doesn't seem to miss her in the slightest- and also neil who has an encyclopedic knowledge of kevin doesn't know they're dating, which is apparently public knowledge? this man couldn't care less about getting freaky unless there's a racquet involved smh

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Hold on yall realize the perfect court isn't...real, right?

Like that's the big tragedy here. The perfect court isn't a real team, they don't belong to any league. There's no tryouts and no recruiting and no contracts. It's made up. It's all made up.

That's why the Ravens spend years fighting for numbers Riko never even considered giving them. Why a 16 year old without a game to his name debuts with a number and why their biggest critic has one forced on him within two weeks in the Nest. They were never a mark of skill, despite the correlation. They were never an attainable goal, or even a reward for sufficient sycophanthy.

The perfect court was always and solely defined by Riko's total ownership of their lives. It's an abusive social circle invented by a pair of 10 year olds and perpetuated by cult dynamics and overpriced stadium merchandise.

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Renison makes no sense. I'm so happy it was not made cannon in TSC against everyone's whining. Renison fans bothering Nora with all this crap on twitter was one of cringiest fails in this fandom to date.

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neil josten the character that you are. auburn hair and ice blue eyes and a serial killer's smile. the capacity for both extreme cruelty and immense kindness. an honest liar, a brave runaway. someone who is born of two violent, dangerous, immoral people and desperately, desperately doesn't want to be like them (but is a little bit anyway). harsh and brutal and rough around the edges and at the same time so devoted and genuine despite it all. spent his entire life outrunning his past, cutting people loose for his own survival, and was ready to die for the people he called family. never does anything half-hearted (except maybe college, but that's actually completely valid) but throws himself into it and literally puts his life on the line all for the game. bargains for jean's safety and makes an effort to keep him alive and well despite barely knowing him at all. signed his own death warrant by staying at the foxhole court because he wanted to see kevin break free of r*ko and make it to the top (where he belongs). neil josten, who could've been so much more violent and bitter and evil, but remained true and good and would've held onto his integrity and the people he loved till the day that he died. neil josten the character that you are.

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it's always so fascinating and heartbreaking when a character in a story is simultaneously idolized and abused. a chosen prophet destined for martyrdom. a child prodigy forced to grow up too fast. a powerful warrior raised as nothing but a weapon. there's just something so uniquely messed up about singing someone's praises whilst destroying them.

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Seth Gordon: has the passion but not the talent

Andrew Minyard: has the talent but no the passion

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My Chemical Romance is doing a North American tour do you think Aaron Minyard is getting tickets?