#Shit Exi Says

[cozza-frenzy]

DISCORD DJ SET - SATURDAY APRIL 22ND, 1 PM CST/7 PM BST!

BET YOU GUYS DIDN’T KNOW I COULD DJ, DIDYA?? Well, I can! And I’m gonna be STREAMING for about an hour - starting 1 PM CST / 7 PM BST, on the Discord server I help run! My sets have absolutely nothing to do with the fandom that brings us all together... but we have fun in all kinds of ways here! Consider this your formal invitation to TERRY’S MERRY UNBIRTHDAY BASH! Expect crazy tunes,one crazy toon, and an unbirthday cake finale!!! Here’s the invite link to the server! We’re open to ALL - doesn’t matter if you know the podcast or not! Just react to the rules, and mention in intros that you’re here for the DJ Set!

[cozza-frenzy]

THEN MAKE ROOM. Do it anyway! Life seems small, dull and painful when you're scared people might think you're silly - and when you feel like you're not allowed to be you, you'll waste all your energy on trying to be literally anything else. There are too many people who are so opposed to joy that they'd rather tear someone else down for being too happy than try to assess why they're so miserable themselves. And needless to say, fuck that. Throw your middle fingers up at people's expectations. Go be as much you as you possibly can. As long as you're not doing any harm to yourself and others then you have nothing to be scared of. And even if people do judge you? Either they'll go back to forgetting you ever existed like you forget most strangers on the street ever existed, or you'll live rent-free in their head forever while they stew in jealousy over what they won't allow themselves to have.

It’s so hard being a silly goose in this anti-whimsy society

[exyconfessions]

GUYS I JUST SAW NEIL AND AAROPN HOLY SHIT

so they had this massive argument (about andrew i think?) behind the med block (i was taking a smoke but they couldn’t see me) and aaron just fucking swung at him. he dodged but like it was an actual physical altercation type thing.

nothing i can do so i just wait till they’re gone and think nothing more of it but then an hour later im in the dorm A and my room faces the fox tower so i have a pretty clear view of its roof. i’m taking a smoke out the window and look up to the tower by chance and see them sitting on the edge, making out?????? like hardcore full on absolutely devouring each other. ngl it was kinda hot but the point is i think aaron and neil are hate fucking holy shit

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[feelingthedisaster]

okay, being 100% honest, dont pull a josten and lie to me

if exy and all the aftg stuff was real, would you actually like exy? if someone mentioned kevin day/neil josten/etc, would you recognize their names?

and if the answer is yes, would you be a hater, a stan, indiffent?

remember, you cant lie

[cozza-frenzy]

Autistic, neutral about tone indicators, with some input. The server I help run skews heavily towards autistic and ND folks - generally we stick to a few "basic" tone tags that are used to alleviate confusion and provide reassurance. They're completely optional for folks to use, if they want to, and can be useful for communicating intent. The most common ones are: /j - Joking /s - Sarcastic /lh - Lighthearted (often interchangable with /j but used more for mild self-depreciation, like me being like "fuck me I'm old") /nm - Not Mad (useful for us admins, especially when dealing with folks who have rejection sensitive dysphoria) And since we're a mixed-age server you occasionally see /plat (platonic) after an "I love you", just so nobody thinks there's anything inappropriate going on. I've heard certain places enforce the use of these tags, so if that's the case then I can see why people don't like them...

PLEASE reblog for a bigger sample size! I know everyone says this, but my blog gets very little interaction, so any reblog helps!

[excelsior9173]

do we think the “go ahead and wrap your arms around me” is genuine or a taunt?

i think one of my fave things about this band is that every song has chimeric interpretations to me. somedays they seem so full of yearning and others it’s soured to venom.

i hear emergence differently every time i listen. those rap verses definitely are aggressive, but then you contrast with the pre-chorus/chorus it goes back and forth in my mind lol

[let-them-sing-of-others]

look i know everyone here likes andreil but i’m 44% in and whatever’s going on with kevin and andrew is way more interesting to me…. “please” / “you know how much i hate that word” IM???? you can’t just SAY that

[cozza-frenzy]

Thanks for the support!!

Over 50 notes on that neos post and here I was afraid of getting hate mail! I love you guys, and I love my neos! It really does give me euphoria to have something so personal, something that really says something about me as soon as someone says it. Fact is, I love to make people smile and laugh - I love being my authentic silly self, and I love sharing the joy I feel from that with others. It can be hard for me to express that because a lot of people associate stoicism, cynicism, and emotional restraint with maturity. Being an extreme extrovert and being autistic, there's a tendency for people to see the way I am as "child-like" - at best that means they don't take me seriously, and at worst it means they're threatened by my existence. So I guess using toon/toons/toonself - making the living cartoon character I always have been a part of my very self - is a way for me to reclaim that and everything it means. The joy of being me; and the terror and confusion certain people feel when they're confronted with the impossible, with someone who is weird and likes it. I'm throwing those expectations back in their faces like a custard pie, and I've got an endless supply of whipped cream and cherries. And if that feels threatening to you? Oh buddy, you haven't even seen the HALF of it.

[louisapennyfeather2021]

I think I'm starting to understand how Nora was able to create Exy.

My Tumblr feed from my mutuals is a mix of Hockey, F1, and Pro Wrestling right now and the silly voice in my head is trying to think of the most unhinged crossover of these three events.

Now I'm not saying it'd be a partnered sporting event on a twisting ice track with sponsored teams where body slamming someone is legal and you win a belt and a title with the theatrics of wrestling, but I'm starting to understand the concept of creating a sport with limited rules and so much violence it's concerning🫡

[froggisarethebest]

no but imagine being the Palmetto State track team coach and learning about this kid who can run a mile in four minutes and so you go and check it out but surprise surprise the exy coach from the shit exy team has him already so you try to negotiate for the player because he might be the fastest kid you’ve ever seen but the exy coach keeps saying no and no and so you watch this kid that can RUN THE MILE IN FOUR MINUTES become the fastest exy player in history and you’re sobbing falling to your knees because you could’ve had him in the track team winning you gold medals in the olympics but instead you just stare from your campus office as this redhead short exy obsessed kid runs laps around the entire uni campus for hours on end without getting tired and just wishes all hell on exy

[joejhang]

andrew is so real for thinking neil is a hallucination cos now that we have outsider pov on him it's actually insane that he's a real person. like this is neil josten: he's the prettiest boy you've ever met. he's the runaway son of a serial killer. he has a million dollars but is afraid of spending money. he folds his clothes a specific way so he can tell when someone's gone through his stuff. he keeps a stalker's journal on the two greatest exy players of all time. he wears coloured contacts and they're brown. he paid a busboy $100 to knock him out cold. he insulted a celebrity athlete on live tv after trying to keep a low profile. he says he's trying to stay alive while running towards death like it's a race. he mouths off to the mafia. he respects your boundaries and is the first person ever to take you at face value and not consider you an out of control psychopath. he orders hits on your abusers. he has the most electric blue eyes you've ever seen. he looks great in clubbing clothes but dresses like he's homeless. he insults someone for their "intricate and endless daddy issues" while his father is a convicted mobster and serial killer. he didn't give a fuck when his teammate was killed. everyone seems to like him even though it's clear he's hiding a million secrets. he doesn't catch on to the many many hints you're giving him. he calls you out not for being a danger to others but for being a danger to yourself. he thinks you should be protected as well as trusting you to protect him (and you think, how can someone be a victim and a protector?). he doesn't give a flying fuck what literally anyone thinks about him. he comes back from being waterboarded and tortured and abused for weeks (to protect you) and is still as feisty and bitchy as before. except now he's a redhead and has many more scars. he is possibly the first person to ever make the active decision to protect you. he's willing to put himself in harm's way again and again and again so he won't lose you. he always has a cigarette but he never smokes. he says "you're not actually a sociopath are you?" and "the next time someone calls you soulless i might have to fight them". even though he's messy and a little oblivious he's sees you. he might be the only person to ever want you off your drugs. he wants to see you lose control, is aware that you're not out of control, you're actually so controlled and restrained all of the time and he wants to see you feel something, he wants you to be angry, be angry at him. he riles you up on purpose to see you show emotion, feel something. he's a runner and yet he's still possibly the bravest person you've ever met. he gets kidnapped and comes back even more bruised and battered than before and he's still a mouthy little shit who bitches at the press and cuts deals with the yakuza. he's most of the reason why the worst team in the nation ends up winning championships. he shoves a guy clean off his feet because they body checked you. he punched celebrity athlete riko moriyama in public, for you. he threatens him, for you. he's almost killed on live tv. he mouths off to the fbi. he watches the (second) best exy player in the world get shot. he also watches his father, notorious serial killer and gangster, get shot in front of him. and he laughs. he smiles. he kisses you and is never gonna run again and he's free and he wants to be with you, he wants you.

[foxgloveinspace]

helloooooo!!!!

i was scrolling facebook earlier today and saw a sleep token group discussing who they thought was oldest/youngest in the band and it was interesting! everyone seems to interpret each of them differently which is fun lol.

but i did see someone discussing what they were pretty sure were *actual* ages of the guys. not overly bothered, it was still respectful of the anonymity and honestly not that far off from my guesses but now i’m spiralling

because now i’m thinking about how old that person said vessel is, and how old the band itself is, and coming to the horrific realization that vessel went through a lot of horrible shit at a very young age. like he couldn’t have been much older than i am now when the band started and i cannot imagine experiencing anything half as painful as what he writes in his songs- i’m still a baby! lol. i’m very in my feels about it and it’s also partly because i watched barbie tonight and was not prepared to feel existential over a movie about dolls 😂

but yeah. that’s been my night lmao. existential crises and crippling empathetic heartache for a man i’ve never met lol

I spent way to much trying to think of how to respond to this haha.

I think I came to that realization not long after finding Sleep Token. Vessel’s always felt around 4/5 years older then me, and in the older performances he felt like a younger person (I hope that line makes since).

It’s always a bit emotionally stressful to remember tho. That Vessel was probably only around 20 (or maybe even younger) while going through all the shit he’s been through.

[excelsior9173]

oh my god i wanted to post this earlier but then ✨trauma✨ happened and i needed a break-

was at my moms to recover mentally from said trauma and we were sitting quietly while i got cuddles from the cats when all of a sudden my mom says “wow what a photo” and proceeds to send me a link on facebook

i open it expecting some like, pretty landscape shot or something- y’know something breathtaking because of nature and shit. figured she was sharing something she thought would help settle me…

MY MOM IS REALLY OUT HERE SENDING ME PHOTOS OF VESSEL. SHES THIRSTING NOW TOO. WE HAD A WHOLE CONVO ABOUT HOW ATTRACTIVE HE IS BECAUSE OF THE WHOLE DARK/OTHERWORLDLY VIBE (to be fair this is the same mom who when we got a peek at vessel’s jaw in the new mask took one look and said “he has a nice jawline. i like nice jawlines” i shouldn’t have been so caught off guard lmao)

[dcvina-claires]

the year is 2006. you’re an avid fan of collegiate exy. kevin day recently transferred from the best team in the league to the worst after breaking his hand in a skiing accident. before the season starts, janie smalls attempts suicide. she’s a fox, so absolutely no one is surprised by this. however, this means that david wymack has to find a new striker. he picks up a neglected, unremarkable kid from millport. for some reason, this mysterious nobody thinks it’s okay to publicly humiliate riko moriyama, king of exy. apparently, neil josten and kevin day talk shit about riko all the time (this confuses you. kevin and riko are supposed to be best friends). not long after, seth gordon dies of an overdose. once again, it’s the foxes, so no one should be surprised, but something is… off. seth was clean, and it didn’t seem likely for him to throw it away. the foxes don’t get anyone to replace him. despite being short a player, they’re performing better than ever before. you don’t want to admit it, but neil josten can probably be credited with a lot of the foxes success. and something is off about that kid, too. he’s a 5’3 brunette with brown eyes, and then suddenly he’s not. he comes back from winter break with red hair and blue eyes, but more interesting than that is the number four tattooed onto his face, marked for the ravens, marked for the perfect court. the normal minyard twin murders someone in cold blood. neil josten is actually nathaniel wesninski. his father, the butcher of baltimore, tortures him and burns his tattoo off. the trojans throw away their shot at winning. kevin covers up his tattoo with a queen chess piece. he’s never been skiing, the theories behind what happened to his hand are endless. jean moreau transfers to the trojans. this isn’t helping with the abuse allegations. despite everything stacked against them, the foxes beat the ravens. the unhinged minyard twin shatters riko’s hand to stop him from murdering the mafia kid on live tv. for some reason, this is riko’s final straw and he kills himself. some people are blaming kevin, andrew, and neil, but you personally believe that it’s a tad bit dramatic to commit suicide after losing one game and breaking a hand. the rest of the ravens don’t seem to agree, as they’re all suddenly in the most fucked up game of “follow the leader” known to man. jean moreau is spotted being escorted from the foxes dorm room a bloody mess, but that’s only the beginning. one of the ravens stabs himself with a letter opener, another steps onto the subway tracks, and a third overdoses. it’s 2007, and you started saying that the ravens were in a cult as a joke, but you don’t know if it’s a joke anymore. you’re seriously starting to consider that your favorite sport was created solely as a front for the mafia

[spilledcoffeeonthefloor]

Fans making a youtube video with the title:

"Neil josten when Andrew"

and it's like:

*reporter: Neil Josten! people say Andrew m-

Neil: nope, imma stop u right there. you bring Andrew up again and we're having a big problem here. I'm tired of your never ending self made drama about my teammates.

*reporter, Again: Neil Josten! there has been rumors about your current goalie Andr-

Neil: there has been rumors about your mother as well, actually! people say his son doesn't have a better job to do than making a shit amount of money out of people's private life.

*camera on Neil staring at Andrew in a middle of a warm up before a match.

*camera on Kevin talking to Neil, Neil literally zoning out, then turning his head around and looking for something. kevin sighs, then points toward Andrew in the corner. Neil's face lighting up

*camera on Neil looking at Andrew in the goal when he's standing out for the game and doing a "Andrew smile" soft and proud and literally heart eyes.

*camera on Neil punching a stricker for shoving Aaron.

*camera on Neil turning toward Andrew everytime he scores.

*more Neil staring at Andrew

*another stricker yells something at Andrew mid game,

Neil punching the guy in the guts, twice, walking toward the referrer, snatching a red card before the referrer could even offer it, and punching the stricker dude twice more

*reporter: Neil josten, your goalie Minyard did an excellent performance at this game, do-

Neil: OH MY GOD, RIGHT????? like, wow that was amazing. he is amazing. I've been obsessed with exy since i was a kid, and I've seen really, really great things in exy, but this? that defense? that was the greatest thing I've ever seen. he didn't let a single goal in. like-*endless yapping*

*reporter: Neil josten, how's playing with Minyard?

Neil: good, he keeps me on my knees.

Neil:....

Neil: TOES. HE KEEPS ME ON MY TOES.

*Camera on Neil laughing so hard at something Andrew said with complete deadpan

*a tweet that says "i wish Andrew Minyard would bench press me" and has a "liked by Neil josten" above it.

*Camera on Neil threatening a nurse at the hospital to let her see Andrew, who was hurt mid game.

then again, camera on Neil shouting "ok then I'm buying the fucking hospital"

*Camera on Wymack trying to prevent Neil from buying the hospital

*reporter: Neil josten you look fabulous tonight! can you tell us what brand you're wearing?

Neil: i have not a single idea, Andrew picked it up

reporter: you just wear whatever he picks up for you..?

Neil: yuP.

*Foxes on tv in a quiz show, camera on Neil taking Andrew's coffee mug, taking a sip, put two sugar cubes in it, blowing it a bit to cool down then handing it to Andrew and turning to the host: excuse me what were you saying?

[cowpants147]

I neeedddd more Foxes on TikTok content! Them doing their own versions of trending videos and challenges like the "dress up as something that starts with your first initial challeneg"

Allison, looking ethereal dressed like a literal Greek God, glammed to the heavens: I'm Allison, I'm dressed as Aphrodite and it's the onw year anniversary of my boyfriends death so I better be the drunkest tonight.

Renee, wearing a real leather F1 jacket/jumpsuit that Allison for some reason has in her closet with a blow up steering wheel in her hand: I'm Renee, I'm a race car driver and I think Nicky might be the drunkest.

Andrew, dressed exactly the same as normal but has a stethoscope around his neck and a piece of paper saying "Aaron" duct taped to his chest just stares into the camera for 30 seconds until it's obvious Allison will not be leaving without an answer: when Kevin starts puking I'm leaving.

Once everyone has given their answer the video enda with a pic of Nicky and Kevin passed out in a bathtub together.

Or the Trauma Dump Candy salad video which goes off the rails immediately and PSU makes them take down 3 hours after posting

"Hiiiiiii, I'm Nicky and I'm a gay teenage father of two and I brought Nerd Cluster Gummies"

"I'm Aaron and instead of going to rehab my evil doppelganger locked me in a bathroom w a blanket and a weeks worth of canned food and I brought Reeces"

"I'm Allison and my parents didn't even yell at my brother when he got expelled from boarding school for having coke in his room but I got kicked out of the house when I showed up to my deb ball with a black eye and a busted lip after playing (and winning) an exy game. They didn't even ask if I was OK. And I brought cherry flavoured Twizzlers"

"I'm Neil ans whenever I burn something while cooking I have a panic attack cause I start to think about burning my mother dead body in a ditch on the beach and I brought ... Andrew what are these called? Oh, I brought sour patch kids"

"I'm Kevin, I grew up in a cult and I brought raisins" except he's body tackled by a blonde blur before he gets a chance to dump the raisins into the bowl.

Them posting stupid shit to popular sounds:

Aaron, sat on the couch, study notes laid out around him, energy drink cans littering the place: I want to sit back and enjoy my my evening when all of a sudden ...

Camera flashes across the room to Neil just minding his own business: ... I hear this aggravating, grating voice

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The "My Shalya" sound over clips of Neil absolutely violating people.

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Zoom up of Kevin in full Queen Day sttess mode on the sidelines of practice with the sound "yes I'm a drama queen, but it's not by choice" playing over it and when it gets the "it's genetic" part the video zooms out to show Wymaxk next to him with the exact hand on hip, stressed look on his face

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Renee doing the "actually I do cuss a little" sound while she's getting her gear on to spar with Andrew and when it reaches the "probably fuck" portion of the audio the clip switches to her taking Andrew downnnn. And then there's a beat drop just cause.

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Another edit of Neil but with the "am I the drama? I don't think I'm drama" sound.

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Upperclassmen scrolling through news articles or flipping through sports news channels rhag are reporting on them while miming along to "is this fucking play about us"

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Some teammates, probably upperclasmen, definitely Nicky also miming along to "I'm sorry, not everybody fits in the bad bitch genre, it's a genre, not everybody fits on the he roster" while dressed in full exy uniform, with the caption "when you're coach only recruits the most traumatised bitches"

And forcing teammates to do "day in the life" "what i eat in a day as a member of the most fucked up exy team" and "ootd" videos.

Andrew (bribed with alcohol, ice cream and ten dollars) does a What I Eat in a Day as depressed mother of 3 whose forced to play stickball. There's no sound, its just the picture carousel style w block letters next to pics of his food:

Breakfast is a massive mug of hot chocolate with half a can of squirty cream and marshmallows.

Breakfast 2 is a big bowl of whatever sugary flavour cereal that's overflowing w E Numbers and almost illegal food dye you guys have in the US.

Snack 1 is a chocolate bar.

Lunch is a slice of pizza, fries and then there's a hand forcing salad onto his plate. Andrew adds a note to this pic saying "I'm allergic to green, Kevin's trying to kill me"

Snack 2 is a an energy drink and a cigarette

Dinner is a pint of ice cream

Midnight snack is just a pic of Neil which Andrew thinks is an obvious coming out without coming out vibe but everyone is immediately worried about Neil's safety and there endals up being a Reddit thread about Andrew being a cannibal.

Then they post a follow up video of Kevin reacting to this and he just watches on in despair saying "no. no. Andrew you have a nutritionist!"