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and since we're all already here, i hope you're ready to look at some more rugby players because i have an even more important message to share, so put your swimming goggles on and grab a snack cause this is gonna be a rant.

strongman-physique andrew might be underrepresented in this fandom, but i've seen little to no drawings of the aftg women being as big as i know many contact sport athletes to be. and that shit bothers me because i know precisely what absolute beasts these bigger girls are on the pitch.

so, have a look at marlie packer, hannah botterman, and portia woodman-wickliffe.

note that all of these women play(ed) for top-ranking national teams. they're world-class athletes in a sport where players need to be strong, fast, agile, and explosive - much like exy! you wanna know why they look like they could pick you up and carry you for the length of a marathon or throw you across half a football pitch? because they could. end of story.

you'd like to imagine the aftg girls as highly feminine? you better not think femininity and muscularity or big size are contradictory. women like michaela blyde or ilona maher are living proof!

and i'm not even done.

let's get one thing out of the way first. you do not NEED to be muscular or heavy to be strong. in a sport like exy (or rugby), sometimes being quick and agile will give you a bigger advantage than mass ever could - take neil as a canon example and, if you're interested, someone like anne-cécile ciofani as a real-world one.

the question is: does that really make sense for the positions the fox girls play?

renee is a goalkeeper; a position in which she'll have to do little to no running but a LOT of strength-based swinging of a massive raquet. so, and this is a very important point to me as a sapphic girl, renee's shoulders and back are probably MASSIVE (see ilona maher).

dan and allison play dealer. from what i can gather from the game scenes in the books and my general understanding of team contact sports, dealers are confronted with a lot of collisions since usually, none of the players in the middle of the field want to actually make it to the goal. instead, players will likely focus on quickly relaying the ball to each other or the attacking line to overwhelm the other team's defense and - if they themselves are playing defense - perform a lot of body-checks to win the ball and/or prevent quick passes. in these cases, weight and the strength that comes with it ARE an advantage.

and i know people have a hard enough time already accepting that women can build muscle, but that isn't even my point here. because get this: in the context of strength and speed, muscle works best with a certain amount of body fat. everyone has to find their own balance here, but generally, having too low a body fat percentage decreases speed, power, and muscle growth. that's a high price to pay for athletes like these three girls just for being skinny or ripped.

in conclusion, i think it's more than realistic for the fox girls to be heavier athletes. draw them however you like to draw them (trust me, i'll eat any art of them right up), but i know many people aren't really into sports or have never even thought about drawing the fox girls a little broader. so, if that's you, let this be your sign to give it a try!!!

andrew has the build of a rugby prop, change my mind

okay so i've been seeing a lot of great andrew art recently and i loooove that people are finally drawing him with a more chubby/broad body.

buttttt hear me out here. as a rugby player. i'm used to seeing heavy athletes. and let me tell you, don't be afraid to take it even further!!!! and i'm definitely not judging anyone here, i can't draw for shit and i love the art in this fandom.

just take a look at this:

you see those shoulders? those forearms? that NECK? this is what pure strength looks like, people.

imagine the POWER of an andrew with this build running to smash riko's arm. JUST IMAGINE

so what i'm saying is. don't be afraid to draw heavy athletes, and DEFINITELY don't be afraid to draw heavy andrew. you know this fandom needs it. (and by this fandom i mean me, i definitely need that)

(btw the athletes i've included here are nepo laulala, joe marler, and adam jones)

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Neil: *roasts Riko*

Riko: isn’t ur dad a literal axe murderer

Neil: what? are you upset that my dad spent eight years looking for me while urs doesn’t even know you exist?

Riko:

Jean:

Literally everyone else sitting at the table:

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Andrew is hardwired by nature to have henchmen. He’s that stony-faced don at the back of the club whose underlings stop and frisk anyone who tries to approach. Nicky and Renee handle his communications; Aaron and Kevin follow wherever he goes. Even Neil has to tag along and carry his knives when he goes to shake down his brother's girlfriend. It's like, 'Yes, you are my arm candy and soulmate, but you will also be required to assume henchman duties at various times and without notice'.

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using team bonding to rule out potential banksy suspects you are safe, jeremy knox.

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Bikers vs Surfers but it’s the Foxes vs Trojans game 🙂‍↕️🙌

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Listen I love the "the-foxes-are-oblivious-to-andreil-even -though-it's-very-obvious" fics like any girl, but I just finished rereading the series (again) and the amount of side eye neil didn't realize he was getting from wymack Kevin and Matt after almost any interaction of him and andrew is A LOT

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andrew has the build of a rugby prop, change my mind

okay so i've been seeing a lot of great andrew art recently and i loooove that people are finally drawing him with a more chubby/broad body.

buttttt hear me out here. as a rugby player. i'm used to seeing heavy athletes. and let me tell you, don't be afraid to take it even further!!!! and i'm definitely not judging anyone here, i can't draw for shit and i love the art in this fandom.

just take a look at this:

you see those shoulders? those forearms? that NECK? this is what pure strength looks like, people.

imagine the POWER of an andrew with this build running to smash riko's arm. JUST IMAGINE

so what i'm saying is. don't be afraid to draw heavy athletes, and DEFINITELY don't be afraid to draw heavy andrew. you know this fandom needs it. (and by this fandom i mean me, i definitely need that)

(btw the athletes i've included here are nepo laulala, joe marler, and adam jones)

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a friend recently introduced me to the all for the game series and you know

you know

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give your back to me

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neil is so funny cause hes like “no.. i cant start a fight.. it doesnt match my fake personality ive put on for everyone…” and then proceeds to call kevin a deadweight hasbeen cripple

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kevjean but it's that scene from jennifers body

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foxes power point night

dan: foxes interview moments ranked on a scale of "tetsuji moriyama should resign" to "did you know i've never been skiing"

kevin: USC trojans best plays ranked 30th to 1st

andrew: why kevin should be banned from powerpoint night (1 slide, picture of kevin's title slide captioned 'seriously'

matt: neil's top ten freshman year moments (#1: picture of him punching riko at the winter banquet. cue long suffering andrew 'you did what.')

aaron: why alkaline water is BULLSHIT and how to spot other health-related pyramid schemes, kevin

seth: best foxes fights and who won (he's tallying everybody's points)

allison: neil's most 'wtf is that' outfits and what i would put him in instead (neil: why me?)

nicky: action movie protagonists that are secretly gay

renee: best places to conceal a knife on your person (andrew is taking notes)

neil: various sports and why exy is better

wymack: how many years of my life expectancy i have lost to each of you (every time your name is mentioned you have to drink)

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Neil asking Andrew to shut down the goal during the game with the Bearcats, Andrew saying he won't do it for free, Neil promising him anything in a desperate bid.

Andrew immediately begins kicking ass going above and beyond to make sure the Bearcats don't score.

I wonder what he originally wanted from Neil that made him play so hard. Like my dude, Andrew, buddy, were you gonna make him promise to never wear jorts again?? What was it, what made that man become an exy god??? WHAT WAS HE GONNA ASK FOR????

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can I just log in

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pov: you're neil josten waking up in hospital after almost being murdered by your father

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My boys. My babies. My children. I gave birth to them.