#I'm sorry that they're all Neil andrew nicky allison or kevin

[mapbottakeamap]

Random out of context things my friends have said as incorrect aftg quotes

"Wow look at this idiot, making out with another man" - Andrew

"Drinking milk is like gay people" - nicky

“The voices in my head aren’t loud enough” - Neil

(Making a dumb ur mom joke but with dad) “I had fun with your father 😏" - Nicky “That’s impossible my father never has fun” - Neil

“That’s where we string the lesbians up” - Allison

“Threatening inanimate objects always works.” - Allison

“Oh my mom’s alive” - Andrew

“I can’t be trusted around tampons, they’re too edible” - Seth

“The only thing that’s gay is gay itself” - Kevin

“I’m gonna throw this out like my parents threw away my dreams.” - Alison

“I’m the straightest gay alive” - Kevin

“I identify as normal” - Neil

“Stop judging his hobby, he just wants to commit arson” - Neil

“WE ARE INVENTING GAY MARRIAGE.” - Nicky

“Your lungs become crunchy when you die”- Neil

“That implies that there is a herosexual way to complete world domination. It’s called being a politician” - Allison

“Dies in a heterosexual way” - Seth

“Can we kiss—what—is that a normal thing to ask?” - Kevin

“You are so paranoid, I’m gonna bash your head into the wall” - Andrew

*in a tired voice* "Do not recreate tragic events from American history" - Wymack

[jtl-fics]

In honor of April Fools day I will talk a bit about an AU with my favorite fool - (Redacted) Smith that I will probably never write fully but have thought about a bunch of scenes for.

I call it 2 Fluent Freshmen.

Due to a clerical error at both the school and during the local government's push to digitize their documents Smith is noted down as being 2 years older than he actually is and (perhaps a clerical error or maybe no teacher can say if they've had him in class or not) Smith also has enough credits to graduate. Gran has passed away early and there's nothing for him in Washington other than more anxiety.

Wymack & Dan come to Smith when he is 16 and Smith takes the chance to escape from his family IMMEDIATELY. Sure the Foxes are the worst team and sure there's some drama going on with Kevin Day having joined them after his injury but a full ride scholarship is a full ride scholarship!

Smith is rooming with 2 upperclassmen and his only other fellow freshman - Neil Josten. He is not hiding the fact that he can speak Russian, he is hiding the fact that he is 16. Smith ends up pretty close to Seth and Allison due to sharing a dorm / position respectively and just doing his best not to get to close to crazy Andrew Minyard. He does get a bit close with Neil but it's not something he's trying to do.

He's trying to keep his head down and get through the year.

It's a little hard when he is sat on the couch with the Kathy Ferdinand show. It's a lot harder when Riko Moriyama shows up and doesn't realize he's there and just...sits in Smith's lap?? Smith remains as blank faced as ever and what the fuck is Riko supposed to do? ADMIT HE FUCKED UP?

Do you know how hard it is to intimidate someone when you're sitting in the lap of some dude? The answer is VERY. Kevin can't take him seriously at all, especially after Smith made a comment that Riko's ass was bony.

Riko goes after them the same but Smith doesn't really get that his anger is at Kevin. "Hey, I'm sorry I called your butt bony on national television. That was rude of me. You should try some squats though." and like what the fuck is Riko supposed to say in the face of some dude genuinely apologizing to him.

It buys enough time that no one is grabbed or slammed.

Seth and Allison drag him out to the bar that night and after a few minutes sitting with Allison Smith realizes that he actually does have to pee and oh god someone's trying to assault Seth! Smith calls upon the powers of Gracie Hart and Seth has a black eye and a concussion but he graduates.

Neil wants Smith to come with him to the Thanksgiving because Neil has latched on a bit. Smith ends up going and also ends up going upstairs to go to the bathroom because oh god he cannot handle Nicky's parents hearing him take an anxiety shit. He's making his way to the end of the hall and sees a penny on the ground so he bends over to grab it.

And Drake Spears is unbalanced from missing his swing and falls right out the open window to the ground below where he breaks his neck. Naturally, Andrew is watching this scene unfold from the stairs and just starts to laugh his ass off. Smith turns around after flipping the penny over (it was tails side up and therefore not lucky) unaware of what has happened.

Smith asks if Andrew wants to use the bathroom. Andrew insists that Smith goes on ahead. The Hemmicks keep asking if they saw anyone upstairs and Smith has no idea what they're talking about, Andrew does but plays dumb out of spite. A day later it's wild that Nicky's parents got arrested. Like they seemed so normal, how did they kill someone and dump him in the side garden??

The Winter Banquet happens and well...it's dark. It's dark and Neil has brown hair and brown eyes and Smith has brown hair and brown eyes. Riko is not the best at judging heights so he calls Smith to threaten him and tell him that he's joining the Ravens for a Winter Break training camp. Jean is doing the most anyone has ever done not to laugh right now.

Riko only realizes his mistake when he's finished threatening Smith with his father and Smith ruins it. Smith is elated to have somewhere to stay over winter break. He can't mention he has nowhere to go so he'd thought he'd spend the break homeless. Now here comes Riko Moriyama inviting him to a camp where room and board will be provided?

What a nice guy. To thank him Smith compliments the gains he's noticed on Riko's ass. "The squats are really helping you, or are you doing something else?" he asks.

What the fuck is Riko supposed to do? ADMIT THAT HE FUCKED UP? Tell Smith that he's been doing squats and leg lifts before asking that he hand the tickets back and go get Neil???

Fuck that.

He'll just turn Smith against the Foxes and-

Well Riko kept talking about Smith's dead dad and so Smith may have a slight misunderstanding about the full scope of this training camp. He may think that there is some sort of seance element to it at this point and he's kind of excited at the idea of talking to his dad. "I've never spoken to a dead man before, this will be fun." and it's delivered flatly with no expression.

Riko starts to wonder if maybe Smith is the Butcher's son? Did the Butcher have two sons? He's sweating all the sudden.

It does not help that Smith brings a Ouija board to camp or that his dad was a legit Butcher before he died so Riko's tentative questioning only sends him further into an anxious mess about if Nathan had twins and Riko, due to being kept away from the family business, might just not be aware of it?

Smith has a nice Christmas break.

The last scene I've got dinging around in the noggin is in Binghamton. Smith has been left behind at many a stadium at this point. There's a solid and fast rule.

Neil cannot get on the bus without Smith. They are buddies. This is the buddy system. So when the riot starts and Neil seems to be getting pulled away in the crowd?

Well Smith grabs his hand and pulls him towards the bus, "Buddy system."

The bus starts and they're on their way shortly after. Neil's an anxious wreck but that next morning he wakes up to the news that the Butcher of Baltimore died in an FBI raid the night before as well as his men.

Smith watches the news with Neil, "Wow, that's scary." as he sips some orange juice.

[stabbyfoxandrew]

just any aftg fics you’ve enjoyed in the last month or so!!! im not picky, they can be whatever ship whatever au or content :) curious and in the mood to read something new……

okay! :D gonna go grab some stuff from my ao3 history. cut because it got long

kandreil:

game changer by peaceoutofthepieces

andreil come to visit kevin in his new apartment and he feels weird about it. but then...

Scrambled by klovnen

kevin gets a concussion!! so sad so good. his bfs take care of him. <3

it's worth a little blood to get your arms free by wyverning

kevin and neil start fucking around but they both really want andrew! (i haven't finished this one yet because it wasn't done when i read it but it is not and i'm hyped to see what happens)

If We Gotta Go (Gotta Go Tonight) by queer_lovebot

andreil teach kevin how to drive and it's so sweet TWT <333

stuck between your teeth like cotton candy by memeyoozi (vernonsgf)

this one is (for now) a two part series!!!! it's pre-kandreil iirc and the second part is MORE of kevin going insane because he's in love with andreil? i need to reread this one. but this writer is amazin

kevjean:

teenage dream by kevjean

kevin comes to california for a visit and he's packing! jean sucks the strap (it's pink/ i'm glad you're not colorblind) it's amazing i have a bouquet of flowers for ao3 user kevjean!!!

andreil:

Caretaking 101: When to Surrender a Sweatshirt by williams_strawberries

mein gott... i've been thinking about this fic for months. andrew thinks neil's about to run away but he's actually built himself a nest for his heat in the tower's basement. it's soooo TwT you'll see what i mean go read it. (no actual smut, just has the abo elements!)

i only need the working of my hands by allyasavedtheday

AMNESIA ANDREW!!! the man who remembers everything forgets what's most important. and has to re-learn who neil is. showstopping... amazing increbdile <- so good my stupid ass forgot how to spell!

keremy:

once in a lifetime by kevjean

jeremy is a popstar and kevin is his biggest fan! they fuck backstage and it's glorious!!! GLORIOUS!!! ao3 user kevjean... i love you<333

kevseth:

Baby Pink by noNic02

ok. this one... made me insane(r). it's not for everyone for sure... but kevin and seth are secretly fucking and kevin wears allison's clothes (kevin is having a lot of gender thoughts in here too... an egg...)

misc:

a detachment and a passive disinterest by memeyoozi (vernonsgf)

not sure where to put this one... kevin is in heat and needs dicked down. nicky volunteers! hooray! but also kevin wants andreil so bad he's insane! (they're all insane your honor) but it's so good? ty sister dayurno for showing me this...

sorry for the terrible formatting i've never really done this before? (i don't think anyhow?) anyway! go read all these okay! ❤️

[knickknacksandallthat]

wait so do the foxes actually think kerejean is a thing?

or do they still think its just sex, cause kev never actually explained it

LMAO anon - this is a fabulous question! And I feel like, in true Fox fashion, Kevin hasn't answered it.

AKA the Foxes, while Kevin was at the hospital checking up on his dad the next morning, were definitely taking bets on what the hell just happened.

Boyd: *stuffing his mouth full of bagel* Dude, no way. They're banging. You see that possessive move by Moreau? Man was practically announcing to the room how they're bumping baguettes now.

Aaron: bumping baguettes? what the actual fuck, boyd?

Dan: *banging spoon on table* I will not allow stereotyping at this breakfast table! Observation allowed, withdraw the metaphor.

Matt: Withdrawn. Sorry, your honor.

Dan: Don't let it happen again.

Nicky: *on Kevin's laptop which the Foxes definitely found and powered up without asking* Okay, nope. Not enough. Those Trojans are the literal definition of touchy-feely, and they definitely turned Jean once he got there. So I need some facts - does Kev have a hickey? Are they wearing each other's clothes? Did you find a used condom in the bathroom trash can?

Aaron: I am NOT fucking digging through their trash, Nicky! Are you kidding me?

Nicky: *shrugging* You want proof? I'm just offering the method.

Allison: Nope, I'm calling it right here, right now. It's the whole enchilada. The big L, sex - the works.

Dan: Evidence?

Allison: Are you kidding me? Have any of you even been watching them? Neil, tell them.

Neil: *without looking up from his bowl of cereal* no.

Allison: See? That's proof right there. Neil would be denying it if it wasn't.

(Neil scowls at her.)

Aaron: okay, not that I'm buying into this whole "they're dating" thing, but they did sleep in the same bedroom last night.

Andrew: So did you, me, and Nicky for two plus years in college. Are you saying we all slept with him?

Allison: I don't know. Did you?

(Now Andrew glares at her.)

Aaron: *rolls eyes* That was different, Andrew.

Nicky: Well, I know I sure as hell didn't because lord knows I tried. That boy is the king of snacks and he let me starve. For years.

Dan: All right, so it sounds like we've got three categories: it's nothing, they're fucking, or they're an item now. Show of hands? Just raise the number of which choice you believe it is and I'll mark 'em down.

Katelyn: you guys are the weirdest bunch to eat breakfast with.

[starrycassi]

Posted this yesterday with a fever (already went to the doctors. Got a 48 hour rest because it's apparently viral) but I see the vision of fever induced me.

Consider:

There's only 10 of them because they only admit in the best of the best. Coach Wymack is a bitter man who lost the loves of his life (Kayleigh) and turned all his grief into rage. He raised their son to keep his late love's legacy alive. Kevin will be the best. There is no other option. He takes kids from underprivileged families on purpose, knowing damn well that manipulating them is way easier, especially when he can just throw money at their problems until they have no one to turn to but him. The underdog stunt is a great marketing tactic, after all. He doesn't care about great techniques and amazing maneuvers — that can be taught. He wants the more vicious, ravenous and blood-thirsty players out there. Spirit is innate, and he's willing to polish it.

Danielle Wilds and Kevin Day as captain and vice captain: Obsessive, ruthless. Stopping at nothing and for no one. Raised as brothers (Wymack took Dan in much earlier here, bear with me) they fight with each other as often as they do with anyone else. Dan is of the mentality that is she managed to do it with her disadvantages, then everyone else should be able to. Kevin is still Kevin minus the redemption arc. He is constantly trying to cut Dan at the knees and vice versa. Their sibling bonding time consists of wacking each other in the head with the racquets as hard as possible.

Andrew Minyard: They get him to agree in the same way that they did the first time around — through his family. This time around, however, there are way more vague threats about flimsy planes to Germany and unexpected car crashes. Wymack encourages Andrew's violence as long as it's not going to damage their chances at winning. Yada yada we've all read nest Andrew fics. Basically that.

Nicky, Matt and Aaron: Still haven't figured out exactly what'll do with them. I know Aaron has in fact killed a man but they are like the most likely to call the cops in this whole thing. Thinking of the bitter for the things they've endured, eager to prove themselves angle.

Do take into account that Wymack isn't torturing his players for fun in her. He IS torturing them, but only when they "misbehave gravely". It's more of an economical violence situation, and he does let all of his players take a go at each other. There's no actual hierarchy outside of the field so if they want to gang up and beat the shit out of Kevin, it ain't his problem. As long as they don't do something rash like, idk, break his hand.

Renee is the trickiest one. She'd have to be taken in before Stephanie ever did, technically still being Natalie. But, you know, if she did, I'm sore that nothing would stop this woman from decking Andrew in the face. That's how they become friends. Street recognizes street.

Allison and Seth... I can just see them letting power get to their heads. Definitely. Again, both have something to prove.

Neil: I'm sorry but this man is a NIGHTMARE. Whole team scared of him low-key. Only read he isn't a captain or vice is because he refused to be. Absolutely ape shit child. Threatens to kill his teammates at least once a day.

I know that I would have to bend and mold various aspects of their personalities and backgrounds for this to work but guys hear me out okay. They're all evil. They're all punching each other in the eyes. They very blatantly tell the press that their trainings include balls flying to the face because "that's how it's done in real games, you imbeciles". Listen to me please please -

Ia there like any after swap aus? Like all the foxes as ravens? I know that there's some individual ones but I wanna see a whole reverse au or whatever

If there isn't one I might just have to write it myself atp

[thespineoftherighteous]

aftg show bloopers like

the scene where Neil throws the glass at Aaron (it's not glass glass, it's that softish, breakable material used in filmmaking that looks like glass) and Aaron's actor ducks too late so it hits him straight in the face. nobody moves for a second (they're still rolling) until Neil's actor moves toward him going "oh my god I'm so sorry" and everyone starts laughing and Aaron's actor is like I'm fine dw

Allison's actress tripping in her heels during what's supposed to be a badass entrance and she drags herself out to redo the take, cursing the shoes

so many bits of the cast just pretending to club each other over the head with their racquets

Coach's actor accidentally switches up a whole bunch of words while shooting one of his inspirational speeches. but he just keeps talking as though he didn't just passionately tell the kids to "get out on that floor and- court- show them how real a Fox floors- plays...after tonight they will- they will not ever discriminate- underestimate you again" and you can hear the Foxes' actors quietly break character one by one in the background

Andrew's actor pulling out a knife to threaten someone but then dropping it and jumping back from it

just. the monsters all piled in the car for a scene and they're all in the zone, waiting for "Action" to be called when something happens and they all crack up in sync

Andrew and Neil's actors on an actual roof, trying to shoot an Andreil Moment but an airplane flies over and they have to wait for it to pass because audio. so in the blooper these two guys are just standing very close to each other, Andrew's hand fisted in Neil's hoodie, staring up at the airplane urging it to get out of the way

in one scene Dan's actress kisses Matt on the cheek as a goodbye before she leaves the room, and right after she does Neil's actor jumps up to kiss his cheek too

they're shooting a night practice scene and Kevin's actor keeps missing the mark and it's just a bunch of two second clips of him on set of the court, groaning and swearing and oof-ing. after he misses the action for like the tenth time he just turns to make direct eye contact with the camera, his face comically blank

(in the background you can hear Neil's actor go "thank goodness for editing and all that magic, eh?")

Andrew's actor forgets his line during the scene where the Foxes meet the Ravens at the banquet. he gets to the "Jean. Jean Valjean" line and then completely blanks, going "Jean Valjean. hello Jean Valjean. I'm supposed to say something to you now Jean Valjean. i do not remember what"

the actors for Aaron, Kevin, Andrew and Nicky all being crammed onto that couch in the lounge the way the monsters actually do and falling asleep on each other in between takes

Neil's actor is British who speaks in an American accent but one time accidentally lets the accent slip during a scene where he uses the phrase "strongest goalkeeper". he cuts himself off and it's silent for a beat and then he softly repeats "goalkeeper" to himself in an exaggeratedly British accent and cracks everyone up. Kevin's actor, who himself naturally has an Irish accent, goes "this is South Carolina, love"

it's a night shoot and it's cold and Aaron's actor steals Andrew's actor's (his brother) scarf going "how come you get a scarf and i don't. Aaron is getting the scarf for this scene"

Kevin and Neil's actors doing a scene where they get all up in each other's faces. and then start leaning in too much and make as though they're going to start kissing

just a solid two minutes of Neil and Andrew's actors fighting bugs away from their faces throughout various rooftop scenes

Nicky's actor being the mf king of improvised one-liners (in true Nicky fashion) and just constantly causing EVERYONE to break cause his quips are so random

not really a blooper but they're behind the camera, waiting for something to be set up, and Renee's actress has an acoustic guitar and she and some of the others make up really bad jingles for all the characters

Dan's actress is most likely to fumble her lines or trip over her tongue and she always does like a weird dance to shake herself out

Aaron's actor looking straight into the camera with a shiner blooming over half his face due to a badly executed "fight" scene: let it be known. here on the set of All for the Game, i do my own stunts

(his brother in the background: you DORK. Aaron's actor: shut up or I'm telling Mom you punched me in the face)

Kevin's actor doing a scene (perhaps that one on the bus in tfc) where he's downing alcohol and he's expecting the director to call cut at a certain point or tell him when he can stop drinking but that doesn't happen so he just kind of confusedly chugs the whole bottle and then the director goes "you didn't need to do all that but we got it thanks" and Kevin's like ?? but Neil's actor, who's in the scene, is stood there with his eyebrows raised, very impressed, going "oh my god that was amazing"

Dan's actress slipping on a line and then banging her head against the chest of Matt's actor in frustration and he just rubs her back, grinning

not a blooper but Neil's actor recites the Riko roast flawlessly and as soon as they call "Cut" on it he gets a little sitting ovation from everyone. even Riko's actor is like yeah okay shutting the fuck up and leaving you alone now

Neil's actor actually struggling to get the seal off the ice cream container in that one scene. he fake-struggles with it for a few moments and then starts actually struggling and looks over to the production people and goes "the bloody thing is actually not coming off"

so many bloopers of various cast members having too much fun hitting others upside the head like they do in the books

Andrew's actor accidentally spilling the tray of drinks at Eden's

Allison's actress being the one who can make others break character without getting caught herself

Matt's actor being the one who makes everyone, including himself, break character but doesn't get in trouble because literally everyone is cracking up

however. when they get into Moods, especially during night shoots, and they have scenes together, Matt and Neil's actors are IMPOSSIBLE. to work together. they just cannot control themselves. everyone hates them

see also: Kevin and Matt's actors. Nicky and Allison's. terrible pairings for long days.

there's a scene with coach and the monsters and after like the fifth time they restart coach turns to look at the camera and pours himself a drink using the prop alcohol while going "parenting....is tough"

anyway. call this an au of an au

[itslegendarylynn]

Things overheard in the Fox Tower

Aaron Minyard: FIGHT ME

Neil Josten: *appears out of nowhere and fucking decks him*

[theravenkin]

some random assorted aftg social media hcs that have no context and i don't feel like fleshing out:

kevin starts posting slightly pretentious pics on instagram of whatever stack of history books he's reading at the moment with his aesthetic desk and coffee or tea. he always captions them with very pretentious quotes from historical figures or athletes. somehow, nobody calls him out on his bullshit (which thank god, because this is the only way he can feel like he has any semblance of control over his life)

nicky posts on his instagram story any time he and kevin hang out (which is frequently, fight me), and it's always a selfie where kevin is caught off guard but still looks frustratingly photogenic. sometimes nicky will get one where he's giving kevin a kiss on the cheek and kevin is rolling his eyes but accepting it (with love in his heart, that boy needs some affection). most of the selfies are when they get overpriced iced coffee together on saturday mornings <3

at some point allison posts a gorgeous photo of her looking glam and flawless as always and it's captioned "@kehlani if you need a bitch lmk. i can babysit."

nicky starts doing instagram livestreams before games, like before their home games, on long bus drives to away games, etc. they're really popular and gain the team a lot of new fans. he and dan will answer questions mostly, but sometimes nicky will go interview the others. he'll ask aaron to tell the people what it's like being a pre-med major as he dozed off over his textbook, and he'll gravely warn the viewers against attempting a stem major at all. "do something easy, like history. right kevin?" kevin wasn't paying attention and just looks up like, huh? it's hilarious and he doesn't live it down for a while.

nicky will go interview neil and andrew, too.

"and what are you two doing, neil?"

"well, andrew is doing something on his phone instead of paying attention to me, so i'm annoying him until he pays attention to me. :)"

"you could come hang out with us instead, we'd pay attention to you!!"

"eh, no thanks. annoying andrew is a lot of fun."

"fair enough"

neil downloads instagram, snapchat, and twitter at his teammates' urgings. his first post on instagram is on his story, a black background that just says "my friends told me to do instagram so why not". first post on twitter is the same. he doesn't really understand snap until he gets bored in class one time and starts sending random pictures to andrew, then dan, then matt, and then he's basically using it all the time. he also snaps andrew while he's alone in the dorm and andrew's in class--nothing dirty, get your mind out of the gutter--but just pics from their bed, wearing andrews hoodie, teasing him by telling him how bored he is all by himself

andrew pretends he doesn't fall for it but he totally stares at the pictures for full minutes before responding

neil gets a bunch of followers really quick and he's like why

his first actual post on instagram is of him and some of the other foxes dressed up for the first banquet of his sophomore year. there's one where him and andrew are standing in their sharp suits with their arms around each other's waists; they aren't looking at the camera, but at each other, almost nose to nose. andrew is leveling neil with a dark glare and neil is looking right back at him with a blinding smile. it's not even sarcastic or anything, it looks genuinely joyful (and if you squint, very in love).

(sorry i know the last one almost spoils the minyard-josten rivalry hcs, but just bear with me)

if y'all have any more hc prompts please send them my way!!! i love these <3

[palmett-hoes]

okay! aftg by locations pt.2

where are the foxes from?

i really wanted to do this one because i feel like people don't know a lot of these, especially dan and renee, because the references to where they're from are super super quick in the canon

(pt.1: places in canon)

again, some of these might seem a little silly for americans, but there a lot of non-american aftg fans and i don't want to make any assumptions about what they may or may not know about american geography

also sorry for the pictures being so small i had to splice them together to make image limit

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neil

somewhat easier and addressed in pt1. neil is from baltimore, maryland

i think it would be way too complicated to map, but a list of places neil mentions having been on the run: britain, germany, austria, switzerland, france, greece, lebanon, dubai (UAE), canada. this list may not be exhaustive, if you can find any other places neil mentions he ran through let me know

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andrew

andrew is from oakland, california, which is right next to the more well-known city of San Francisco, and part of the area known as the Bay Area

andrew lived in oakland until he was about 16, when he relocated to columbia, south carolina to live with tilda and aaron

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aaron

aaron also grew up in the bay area, the same as andrew, though he grew up in san jose, which is slightly south of oakland

aaron lived in san jose until he was 14, when his mom moved them to columbia

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nicky

now nicky was born and raised in columbia, south carolina. he then spent his senior year of high school in germany (so he was 17) , and then moved there for the next couple years after he graduated. if my math and memory check out, he came back to columbia at 19 or 20 to take over the guardianship of the twins

it's not ever specified where he lived when he lived with the klose family but he mentions that during canon erik was working in stuttgart. it's very possible the whole family is there too

EDIT: @enifmiimfine found a correction that the klose family was actually located in berlin when nicky stayed with them during his high school exchange year, so big thanks for that!!

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kevin

it's not specified where kevin lived with his mom, but once she died he moved into the nest. edgar allan university is in west virginia, and we can assume it's close to charleston because that's the airport they send neil through over winter break

we also know he traveled at least a decent amount for games and various teams and publicity events

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dan

dan is from north dakota and lived there until she left for college.

it's not specified what city she's from, though we know she lived in a trailer park so we can assume she lived in a suburban or rural area rather than an urban one

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renee

renee was born in detroit, michigan and lived there until her mid-teens, including time in juvie and time in foster care

after she was adopted by stephanie walker she moved to north dakota, to somewhere relatively close to dan's town. wymack recruited them from the same game, where their high school teams were facing off against each other

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matt

matt is from new york, and because he takes the foxes to nyc over their winter break we can assume he's from there rather than somewhere more upstate

he mostly lived with his father growing up because his mom was very mobile due to her job as a boxer, though she took time off to help him through rehab as a teenager, and it's not stated whether they left the city during this time

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seth

seth is from birmingham, alabama

now this one isn't actually mentioned in canon. i got it from the wiki, which isn't 100% reliable. i have to assume this is from the ec

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allison

allison has no mentioned locations to my knowledge. her parents are billionaire luxury resort owners so we can assume they have multiple houses all over the world. allison may have moved around a lot growing up

we know she chose a particular public school to attend to play exy, but to my knowledge we don't know where that school was located

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and that's where everyone is from!!! when i'm developing the foxes i focus a lot on their backstories and where each of them are from plays a big part in that. but then i often get the sense that people don't know a lot of these so here they are, use as you will

[thespineoftherighteous]

more show bloopers

they're (the monsters' actors) are doing a car scene and Neil and Aaron's actors together decide to turn on the seat heater of Kevin's actor, all the way up, just to get him to say "bloody hell my arse is on fire"

then it becomes like a running gag, especially between the twins' actors, to unsuspectingly turn on each other's seat warmers uncomfortably high

Neil's actor accidentally confuses the twins:

Neil, speaking to Aaron's actor: look Andrew-

Aaron's actor: *gently and seamlessly turns Neil's actor by the shoulders to face Andrew*

Neil's actor: look Andrew-

Andrew's actor: hi!

not a blooper but Dan's actress is tiny, the smallest person in the cast, (the twins' actors are 5'7-- it's the best thing that could've ever happened to them) which has no significance except for the fact that this girl can and will fall asleep ANYWHERE and the cast has loads of evidence of her knocked in every possible location on set

a scene on the bus where Andrew's actor is walking towards the very back, where Andrew sits, except some of the prop luggage/exy equipment is sticking out into the aisle of the bus and he trips over it face-first and just. disappears completely from the frame. one second he and the camera are moving in sync and the next he's just. gone. flat on the floor.

(Aaron's actor almost pisses himself laughing)

they're shooting a deleted scene of Renee and Andrew sparring together and at one point Andrew's actor just cracks up and Renee's actress is like ?? and he goes "your sound effects." and explains to her how every time she throws a punch she makes like a "whoosh" or "pow" noise and she goes "!!! i didn't even realize??"

on set of the locker room and Kevin's actor is sat in Kevin's stall being spontaneously serenaded by Matt's actor

that scene in tfc where the monsters take Neil shopping and Nicky is talking to him as he pulls out clothes for Neil to try on. except every so often Nicky's actor pulls out the most ludicrous article of clothing and offers it to Neil's actor with a straight face. at one point he holds a lime green mesh bralette that was also a turtleneck and had stirrups (??) up as if to see if it'd fit Neil and Neil's actor just loses it. while he's clutching a clothes rack trying to catch his breath and the people behind the camera are trying to train their hysterics, Nicky's actor turns to the camera, still holding the bralette and goes "where the hell did y'all even find this? i don't think even Nicky could pull this off" *eyes Kevin's actor* "buuuut if anyone could surely it-"

Neil's actor climbing off the top bunk bed except he misses a step and tumbles gracelessly to the ground

Allison's actress nails Aaron's actor right in the face with her ponytail in a scene where they're getting ready for a game and psyching themselves up. he wasn't even going to let it ruin the take but six seconds later she stops and turns and goes "did i just hit you?" and he's like "yep" and she grins and goes "so sorry babe"

Renee's actress is having trouble with a line and by the fifth time they have to restart she's cussing up a storm and Matt's actor pretends to be shocked and goes "Natalie Renee Walker. you're better than that" and she turns to look at the camera and goes "he just learned my full name this morning. if you can't tell"

the scene where Neil puts Andrew's hand under his shirt but Coach's actor pulls a look-into-the-camera- like-hes-on-the-office with a "y'all seeing this shit?" expression so they have to start over

see also about that scene: they're in the middle of a take and Andrew's actor randomly and without changing his Andrew-expression goes "are you flexing your abs right now?" and Neil's actor goes "sorry I'm nervous..you can feel that?" and he goes "yeah" and there's a beat of silence of presumably Neil's actor just flexing his abs. Andrew's actor goes "that's impressive. hot" Neil's actor goes "thanks man"

they're shooting a scene in the lounge and Allison's actress is in the middle of a line when she notices a real picture of the boys being idiots on the set photo wall and starts giggling and goes "sorry sorry i had never seen that one..caught me off guard. okay let's go again.."

it's not even supposed to be a blooper but they didn't know they were rolling so there's a blooper of Neil's actor telling Aaron's actor "you're 5 and I'm 10. I'm twice the man you'll ever be. bitch"

the scene where Kevin shows up with the queen on his face except Andrew's actor thought they were still rehearsing so when he appears in the doorway to the bedroom after hearing Kevin and Neil making noise it's with a blanket wrapped around his shoulders the way he had been doing throughout rehearsals

(they ended up keeping that in the scene. Andrew first appears wrapped up in his blanket, all tired and shit. he realizes what's going on and starts to become more alert and as he walks towards Kevin to inspect his face, he lets the blanket fall to the ground. it's grand and dramatic and all, but so is Andrew)

a whole bunch of clips stitched together of when they filmed the Foxes working out in the gym. in the show it's a brief montage but there's loads of unseen content of the cast just fooling around- dancing to music on the speakers and flexing ridiculously and exaggeratedly lifting weights and shit

the scene in the car where Andrew elbows Neil hard in the ribs but in this blooper Aaron's actor joins in and it becomes both twins just pretending to beat Neil's actor up

(Kevin's and Nicky's actors in the front seats are just staring ahead, driving like nothing's happening and shaking their heads going "kids")

Dan's actress keeps laughing during a scene where Dan and Matt kiss and during one take where she's trying to calm herself down by putting her forehead on his shoulder you can hear Allison's actress in the background go "i can do it instead if you want" and Matt's actor smirks at the camera over Dan's head and Allison's actress goes "bitch not you I meant me kiss her"

just. one scene where Neil barges into a room (as he does) but the actor underestimates the set so when he throws the door open it quickly rebounds to smack him, full-body..as the door slowly swings back open you can see him crumpled on the floor in the doorway clutching his elbow

Andrew and Neil's actors are about to do a scene and suddenly you hear a loud "pucker up boyssss" in the background. it's from Allison's actress (who didn't even need to be on set that day) and Neil's actor glances over at her, grins and goes "what are you even doing here. get out. leave" and she just sits in his production chair and settles in to watch

if you look closely you can find a stray exy ball here and there in places where they shouldn't be. that's because most of the cast (but especially Matt, Kevin and Renee's actors) like to nick exy balls from the set of the court and toss them around in between takes..and apparently leave them all over the place

not a blooper but. the cast went through a lot of intimacy training before they started filming (for both like aggressive and soft intimacy) and they're all naturally very close as well, so whenever they shoot a scene where one of them has to pretend to hurt another (physically/emotionally/etc) they always make sure to check in with them in between takes and once they've finished to make sure they're okay

they're shooting on set of the lounge a scene that's supposed to be right before afternoon practice and at one point Coach's actor tells Aaron to get the cart of racquets (i forgot what it's called in the books) and so Aaron's actor gets up and moves out of frame while Coach's actor keeps talking. and all of a sudden there's this earth shattering crash that makes everyone flinch HARD. and then you hear Aaron's actor (who literally was only supposed to take the cart and roll it across the room in the background of the shot) say "i am SO sorry" in the most horrified whisper

Coach's actor eating shit while walking off the bus

Kevin's and Andrew's actors need to do a bit in a scene where they turn their heads at the same time to look very intensely at each other (as per Kandrew) and they simply cannot do it without cracking up it's terrible

Andrew and Neil's actors are on the rooftop and they're supposed to be staring at each other, all intense. but then there's this huge, awkward, horrifying sound from somewhere below and at first it looks like they'll be able to stay professional and just ignore it. but then Neil's actor bows his head to his shoulder and puts his fist to his mouth to try to contain himself and they have to restart ("sorry sorry. but just...did something just..die?")

Kevin and Neil's actors have to get all up in each other's faces but then, practically nose to nose, Neil's actor goes "i don't remember my line" "mhm" "you have lovely eyes" "thanks mate" "we should start over" "let's." ..THEN they back down

Dan's actress pointing her exy stick at the camera "hi I'm Captain Dan Wilds and YOU [wink] are watching Disney channel" *does very shitty drawing of the Disney logo*

Coach's actor forgets which of the Foxes he's supposed to be addressing so he just says "you little shits" and it ends up sticking throughout the whole series because it's so in character

they have to restart the scene where all the Foxes first meet so many times that by the twentieth time Seth's actor goes "I'm fucking concerned-" Nicky's actor jumps in with "yeah sweetie we know"

and cut

[thespineoftherighteous]

not to be demanding but if i don't read a part 3 and 4 and 5 i will die (it's my bday can i get a lil present sometime uwu)

i loved what you write what does it feel like to be you

firstly. !!HAPPY BIRTHDAYYYYY!! cheers and blessings and happy returns etc....everyone say happy birthday anon

probably won't do a full part 3 (or 4 or 5) for a minute just so people don't get bored of me. BUT because it's your birthday here's a couple. just for you.

Neil's actor keeps tripping on the word "auditorium" ("the autido- the auritor- the ortidorti-") and by the fifth ruined take he throws his hands up and goes "i dropped out of actual college okay. I've never had to say autid- this word before"

Allison's actress is supposed to rip her helmet off to tell some dick on the team they're playing against to square up but it gets caught on her hair and "ow. oWW. owowowow. [Dan's actress goes over to help her get untangled] owww. [*glances at the camera which is still rolling*] nah nah cut the cameras this is not very badass" she finally gets free and then turns to her opponent as if that didn't happen and goes "so yeah. you cunt"

it's supposed to be a literally like ten second shot of Neil walking across the campus (to show him being an Actual Student) but there's this pigeon that without fail starts to chase Neil's actor every single time they start rolling

(literally just picture Neil's actor, with his backpack on and shit, looking over his shoulder and doing like a sliding, vaguely frantic run across the frame of the camera to get away from this very territorial pigeon)

the monsters are all piled in the car as per when suddenly Kevin's actor's phone starts ringing (a traditional ringtone.. classical music etc). and while he's apologizing ("i forgot i had it on me") and trying to turn it off you can hear Nicky's actor go "ugh get him tf off the aux"

a scene where Andrew threatens Nicky with a knife except Andrew's actor forgets and gets to the threatening part too early. so they still have a few more lines to go but he pulls out the knife and backs Nicky's actor against the wall. then Nicky's actor whispers "what are you doing, not yet" and Andrew's actor pulls away and goes "oh god yeah sorry...guess I'm just excited" "to stAB me-"