#THREE books of Jerejean

[corvidsandfoxes]

We're going to get the best slow-burn that ever slow-burned, mark my words

[lightlytoastedcashews]

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[chryseiswriting-blog]

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[borbealis]

ok guys. keeping above tweet in mind do we think jerejean will be canon by the end of book 2 yes or no

this may not be anything but i'm curious!

[ganseybois]

jean moreau’s thirty reasons to stay alive (cause I'm having feelings about my old fic and tsc)

he is gone

sunrises

jeremy reading to me

caramilk chocolate

the feel of the sun

dogs

i am reading books again

riko cant touch me anymore

jeremy when he tries to speak french

i have not gotten any injuries that are not related to exy in a year

pumpkin spice lattes

trojan team

kevin day and i are slowly becoming friends once more

renee calls every three days

i have come to realize i like the smell of lilies. my dorm with jeremy is filled with them now. he took it a little out of hand. i smiled.

i still cannot go anywhere alone but jeremy always comes with me. he says it will get easier. i find myself believing him. 

every day is hard but i am breathing and thats enough of a reason

graduation

jeremy asking to hold my hand

yes means yes now, and no means no 

the trojans taking camping trips so we could see the stars

baths after practice

when i sprained my hand, jeremy allowed me to sit out the next day to heal

i get to heal

i cant stop looking at jeremys smile

i am not number three anymore. it is just a number. i am more than a number. the trojans know that.

jeremy talking in his sleep

kevin and i have been talking regularly, and he is happy. that is a good reason.

game nights with the Trojans

Then, written over and over again, the words spiralling over each other until they were darkened so much it looked like bold print, was the final line:

   30. him.  jeremy knox. jeremy knox. jeremy knox. 

[kevindayscrown]

People saying jerejean shouldn't become canon in book cause Jean isn't ready are the same people who didn't seem to care at all that Andreil became canon right after Andrew came back from Easthaven.

Not saying it's not valid to believe people should heal before they commit to sth but there's a lot more nuisance to it and using this argument to disguise your distaste for Jerejean when we've gotten book 1 OUT OF THREE ain't it

[kelari-talks]

head-canons i have for tsc (mostly jerejean)

jean is unbelievably good at art.

cat, laila and jeremy leave sticky notes on the fridge and most are/include drawings of the most random shit

jeremy usually draws barkbark

jean takes note of this and for a couple of months just ignores it.

that was until jeremy draws a ridiculously bad portrait of jean, next to months old drawings of laila and cat

the next day jeremy wakes up and finds a yellow sticky note stuck to the fridge. its a remarkable drawing of jeremy, not by himself or either of the girls

needless to say he keeps the sticky note of himself forever and goes out with cat to get jean a sketch book.

jean thinks its stupid and a waste of time. this goes on for another two months before he is benched for being a little too rough during scrimmages. this turns into a very bored jean on the bleachers with nothing but a pencil and math notebook

one picture of jeremy turns into two. then three. then renee and her bright hair. so on and so forth

he ends up drawing quite a lot and of course his flat mates try to get a peek every chance they get.

jean doesnt care so much as its he is usually drawing scenery when around watching eyes

that was untill jeremy menages to sneak up on the french man sitting at his desk and sees a picture of himself.

he was a VERY happy camper that day and begs jean to let him have the picture

jean takes his book and leaves the room.

another artistic trait from jean is his surprising like of his pottery class.

jeremy is awful at it. thank go he pursued exy.

jean is again, unbelivably good at it. he has never been have to express any artistic talent in the nest so this is a weird, new feeling he finally doesnt resent

everything jean makes jeremy wants to keep. before they know it their cupboard is full of hand made mugs, cups, bowls etc.

jean thinks nothing of it at first. then he wakes up to see his flat mates in the kitchen with jeans hand made plates and mugs filled with coffee and food

for the first time in his life he feels like he is truly appreciated and somewhat wanted, at least a part of him

cat and laila try it out and make each other something for their anniversary. cat makes a dish for lailas jewelry and lila makes a very wonky vase

cat regularly has flowers in it either in the kitchen or living room

once jeremys birthday rolls around the girls drag jean out o get the birthday boy a gift

jean ends their trip empty handed as he slowly feels pressure (he doesnt quite understand) to find something for his friend

once the day before jeremys 23rd birthday rolls around, cat and laila make him a redvelvet cake with bright yellow frosting and make jean pipe on a simple barkbark drawing ontop

(it did not turn out as good as they expected)

jeremy still loves it.

as jean is getting ready for bed jeremy walks into their room to find a small box on his bed. opening it he finds a red and gold metal yo-yo and a beautifully detailed portrait of himself. the same one he asked to keep months prior, but now fully finished.

once jean is back in the room hes greeted with a tight hug from the shorter man and a very happy 'thank you'

for the rest of the evening jeremy is trying all sorts of tricks on his new yo-yo as jean watches. a soft smile onhis lips every time jeremy gets it tangled and swears to himself.

[neilljcsten]

from @jeaanmoreau's prompt: kevjean or jerejean or jeanee maybe halloween theme

Renee never regretted pulling Jean out of The Nest. If anything, she regretted not acting sooner, damn the consequences the rest of the Foxes would've faced. She knew though, that Jean wasn't ready to leave. Not until Riko beat him half to death and left Jean to stitch himself back together for the thousandth time.

Nor did she regret sending Jean to The Trojans. The Foxes were chaotic at the best of times and downright caustic at the worst of times; Jean needed somewhere with more warmth and patience than any of Wymack's crew could offer. USC seemed like the best option and Jeremy, Renne knew, had enough darkness in him to understand Jean but enough light to help guide him back to life.

What Renee did regret was the seven hour flight from Palmetto to USC and the fact her book was sitting on her bed in the dorms, rather than in her carry on. The Foxes had a stroke of luck with their schedule this year and were game free on Halloween weekend. The Trojans were in the same posistion and after a quick call with Jean, she had booked a flight out for the weekend.

She hadn't told Kevin she was going - his relationship with Jean was a work in progress - but she did tell Neil. Neil's protectiveness of Jean didn't surprise her; she had heard enough about the Raven's partner system and Neil's past to know about the misplaced bond between them. That, and the fact the last unexpected visitor of Jean's ended up dead at Neil's request, she figured it was prudent to give Neil a heads up.

Her cab pulled up outside of a cozy looking apartment in USC's student district. She texted Jean to let him know she was there and headed in, suitcase rolling behind her. Cat opened the door before she could knock, pulling her into a warm hug.

"Thank you for him. For getting him out. Thank you." She whispered in Renee's ear. Cat stepped away quickly and gestured for Renee to follow. It was clear the apartment was well loved. Photos of teammates adorned the walls and there was a chore chart on the fridge. Jeremy and Jean were in the kitchen cooking dinner under Lalia's watchful eye. Renee stood in the doorway, soaking it in.

The two stood beside each other, chopping and prepping food seamlessly. Brief touches passed between them as they moved ingridients back and forth. Conversation flowed easily with Lalia cutting in every so often, earning a soft smile from Jean when she did.

Too absorbed in their cooking to notice Renee's arrival, Cat cleared her throat to grab their attention.

"Hello Jean-Yves," Renne said. She felt her face splitting in two, her happiness at the scene before her threatening to overwhelm her. Healing was hard and ugly but it was always worth it. She was proof of it and soon Jean would be too.

"Renee Walker," Jean replied, "I think that this visit to my home will go better than the last - no?" Jeremey, Cat, and Lalia froze at Jean's joke but Renee let out in a startled laugh. Maybe Jean would've been okay with the Foxes after all.

"I don't think it could go worse. I brought the stuff for our costumes you asked for. Want to come see?" Jeremy and Jean put down what they were working on, Cat and Lalia stepping in to finish up the recipie.

It had been hard to explain to Allison why she needed to find three costumes, not just two, but her friend had been happy to help once she grasped why. Allison knew about Jean and Renee, but unlikle the rest of the team, she also knew about Jean, Renee, and Jeremy. The three of them had more so fallen into the relationship than planned it, each of them finding something in the others that kept drawing them back in.

Jean took Renee's suitcase and Jeremy grabbed her hand to pull her back to their bedroom. She exchanged a quick kiss with both of them, satisifed that they would have time for more later. For now there were more pressing matters at hand - namely, figuring out whose costume was whose. Renee and Jeremy had kept the costumes a secret from Jean in the hope it would stop him from stressing out about his first Halloween outside of The Nest. It had worked but now was the moment of truth. He looked down at his own costume and the dyed pom poms that Katelyn had leant Renee for the weekend, and then at the other's costumes. They wore the same outfit in different colours.

"What are we supposed to be? Colourblind cheerleaders?" Jean scoffed.

"Babe sometimes I forget how little you know," Jeremy laughed. "Cat and Lalia will get it - go ask them." The trio went back out to the kitchen.

"Oh my god. You're the Powerpuff girls." Cat exclaimed.

"Let me guess," Lalia added, "Renne, you're Blossom; Jeremy, you're Bubbles; and Jean - you're Buttercup." When Jean stared back in confusion, Cat and Lalia dove into explaining the Powerpuff Girls' superpowers.

It felt a little bit like fate, Renee thought, that she ended up here with two men that reflected the two halves of her heart. Sunshine and night; blind faith and realism. She was the midpoint between their two poles and they kept her centered. Lalia took a quick photo of them in their costumes and Renee sent it off to Neil. Once it delivered, she turned her phone off and rejoined the group; she wanted to be present for every moment the weekend brought her.

[calixcem]

Some post Tsc thoughts! spoilers under the cut :)

I have so many annotations in this book. (668 to be exact), so im just grazing the surface of everything with this one sooo part 1 perhaps?

-Kevin and jean. Jeans unrequited crush on kevin. I need to know more about this and I hope Nora delves into the semantics in the next book.

-Also how this relates to Kevin day famously saying it was easier to be straight. I figured this was a common thought among the ravens or at least Riko’s court,but Jean doesn't mention it once throughout the entire book. He brings up his attraction towards men multiple times ,and there was never any denying it. It was just something he accepted, so how did Kevin get the idea that it was easier to be straight and Jean didn't? Did Jean ever think this way and eventually changed it down the line or what?

-Im a sucker for found family and Nora really delivered with this one. Laila,Cat, and Jeremy are making it known to Jean that they’ll always be there and genuinely want to help him. The dynamic between all of them is so tender and I think it’ll be so healing for Jean. 

-Also I hope we see more of the floozy squad in the next book! 

-I need them to convince Jean to try boba at some point, and i really hope his relationship with food gets better. I really love that he’s cooking with cat and I really hope it develops into one of his hobbies outside of Exy. Let this boy live a little!

-speaking of hobbies: Cat teaching Jean how to ride a motorcycle?? I just feel like it would be beneficial(not to Jeremy’s heart but thats ok) 

-This specific moment with cat and jean 

she ran down to the tide to rinse it off with childish glee. Jean obediently inspected it when she brought it back, and she tucked it into his breast pocket with a cheerful “For you!”

Small things like this just really show how much they care about him.

- What’s up with Jeremy's family?? I really want to know what happened to where Jeremy “tore them apart” like what was the scandal his freshman year??? It was mentioned briefly but then Jeremy just decided it wasn't worth mentioning again considering all that was going on? The biggest “im fine” in history fr. Also when Cat is telling Jean about everyone’s siblings she mentions how when you go over 4 kids there's bound to be one asshole, but she only listed 4. So did one of his siblings die?? I might be reading too far into this but! Or it could be that one of them cut off all ties to the family after something happened? I don't know but I’m excited to read more about it in the next book!

Jeremy has—three. One sister, two brothers. The older brother’s an absolute tool, but there’s bound to be a jerk or two once you pass four kids.” Jean idly wondered what she’d changed at the last minute and why,

- The constant touches everyone gives Jean to ground him and make him feel loved just makes me so happy. 

- also jean constantly touching jeremy’s chin to get his attention??? Hello? 

A hand on his chin startled him into looking up. When he met Jean’s eyes, Jean only said, “Focus on what’s important.” “I am,” Jeremy said. Jean opened his mouth, closed it again, and let go of Jeremy without a word. Jeremy snagged his arm when he started to turn away. “Who did this to you?”

This line in particular really hit me.

-just jerejean in general honestly. The way Jeremy genuinely cares about him and wanting to help him heal 

You are going to be my success story: Jean Moreau the person, not Jean Moreau of the perfect Court.

“Will you help me?” he asked. “Anything you need.” “A blank check is a dangerous thing to offer.” “Try me,” Jeremy said. “I can afford it.”

-neil. Bro was just being a menace and seeing him from an outsiders pov makes me realize just how unhinged he seems to everyone. But him ordering that hit on Grayson without a second thought? Iconic. As everyone else is saying he dropped by to serve cunt and then left. 

-Jean dropping the most poetic line about Neil and Andrew’s relationship and then just not thinking about it ever again is so wild lmao.

Jean noticed how Andrew and Neil moved like they were caught in each other’s gravity, in each other’s space more than they were out of it, cigarette smoke and matching armbands and lingering looks when one fell out of orbit for too long.

-The parallels between Jean and Neil and how they dealt with things. I don't know if you can really call some of them parallels but they are connected in my head bro. 

-JEANS SISTER. Oh this shit hurts from the faint memory we get to the end when we find out that she's dead??? Nora you're paying for my therapy oh my god. And when Jean is mourning her the snippet of the memory of stitching up her dress that she’d get caught in the blackberry bushes???? He genuinely loved her and just when he’d be getting to a point to where he’d feel safe enough to try to get in contact with her again to find out his parents sold her off and she died because of it???? Yeah bitch burn your family to the ground. I hope we get more memories with her in them. 

[kevinsdsy]

i truly can't ever forget or heal from what is Neil Josten and Andrew Minyard. If they were so beautiful in the first three books, what the fuck is Jeremy Knox and Jean Moreau? How will they tear my brain and heart apart to leave a scar right next to Andreil's???? How will we see the tender care from Jeremy to Jean? The understanding gaze and reliability from Jean to Jeremy?

There's a lot of valid criticism for these books and the way some things are written but, one thing I know is that Nora can write immaculate dynamics and I'm so worried but excited for how she'll tug on my heartstrings in TSC2, i have many many thoughts for Jerejean and I know she'll make them hurt at the same time they'll heal..

andreil's dynamic is truly my roman empire, like it's forreal so perfectly done omg they're so personal to me fr

i'm genuinely so excited to see what nora will do with jerejean and how their dynamic will be in tsc2 it makes me go crazy to even think about how we're going to perceive canon jerejean soon- genuinely never thought i would see this day

[jeanvaljeancheri]

Here are my two favourite jerejean fics as well as other favourites of mine, all in no particular order!

My two all time fav jerejean fics

Chasing the Night to See the Stars

Jean Moreau comes to the Trojans a broken man. The Trojans, for their part, decide that broken does not mean unlovable.

I have so much to say about this fic, I almost added screenshots of the notes I took while reading (seriously I genuinely had to hold myself back 😭)

Like coach Rhemann? The books? And Galaxy's watch? How am I ever supposed to move on from this.

Sixteen hours

started out with a kiss, how did it end up like this (affectionate)

Jean and Jeremy secretly start dating in their final year at USC.

I don't even know how to describe this fic. Their love is just so delicate and gentle and caring and soft and everything.

The ski trip actually owns my heart.

Other favs

A Little Illumination

Jean's a lonely firefighter, and Jeremy teaches kindergarten. Everyone learns something about themselves.

The Care and Keeping of Jean Moreau

Don’t panic. Call Kevin Day.

Jean has always been something of a black box. Whereas Riko Moriyama and Kevin Day spent so much of their childhoods at Evermore in the spotlight, the details of Jean Moreau’s personal life have been kept largely in the dark. In post-game interviews, he’s always blended into the monolith of Ravens standing behind Riko. But until Kevin called a couple weeks ago, you thought you at least had a general impression of Jean Moreau: an absolute nightmare of a backliner, with the ruthless ambition and arrogance expected of any Raven — especially one marked for Riko’s so-called Perfect Court.

The person waiting for you in baggage claim at LAX is like someone else entirely.

Do’s and don’ts for rehabilitating an ex-Raven, by Jeremy Knox.

love looks better in colour

"Colours, like features, follow the changes of the emotions."

Jeremy Knox is twelve years old when his soulmark appears. Nothing after that is easy.

a bicycle made for two (or three)

The other hindrance was due to the fact that Santa had been very generous this year, which left Jean standing on a patch of sidewalk he’d kicked clear himself, holding his four year old daughter’s hand and wondering how he was going to get all of their stuff plus the Pink Unicorn Princess Dream House up four flights of stairs without something breaking.

Golden State

"Yeah … about that …" Jean is glaring down at his phone like it is covered in slugs, lips curled downwards. "Kevin texted. He is bringing Neil Josten with him."

"What?" Jeremy blinks, taken aback. "Why?"

Jean shrugs, shoulders stiff. "He didn’t say. Just ..." he hands his phone over, opened to a thread of messages. The last one is from an hour earlier. Jean had asked about the time Kevin’s flight comes in, the answer is a curt

Saturday, 2.30pm. Neil is coming too.

Or, Two ex-Ravens, a Fox and a Trojan meet up for Vacation. They have a lot of things to work through, but maybe it will turn out better than they expect.

Becoming A Sugar Baby To The Husband Of My All-Time Favorite Exy Player?!??

Jeremy Knox, otherwise known as… Jean Moreau’s accidental sugar baby?

After sustaining an injury on the court, Jeremy opts to take a semester break to studying abroad in France. There, he’s taken under the wing of Jean Moreau, otherwise known as exy star Kevin Day’s best-kept secret: his husband.

Sooo this is actually kerejean but I couldn't resist adding it on :)

[problemduetest4life]

your own fanfics are so 10/10 so im curious for the aftg asks #2 favorite fanfics??

Let me give you three of my faves!

The Later Parade by hourafterhour

Kevjean post-canon complete one-shot. It takes place when Kevin and Jean are playing professional Exy. Oh my god. This fic changed my life. It's incredibly written. It's tragic. It's hopeful. It showed my the beauty of well done OCs and it's what ultimately made me not afraid to include OCs in my own writing. I seriously cannot recommend it enough!

we carry our own weight by wyverning

A complete multichapter Jerejean "wrong number" texting fic. It starts after Kevin's hand gets broken. Almost like an insider look at the canon. Lots of pining and slowburn. I think it tackles the difficult parts of AFTG and TSC with such grace and understanding. Just an all around good read.

This Time, With Feeling by Ocean_Adjacent

A multichapter Jerejean fic that's still updating (will be back this fall!). It was started pre-TSC so it works within the canon of the first three books. It includes unique POV's between Jeremy or Jean POV chapters. It's very easy to get wrapped up in these new characters stories, even if just for a chapter, and then when it's over you realize how much your understanding of the whole fic has grown. Definitely have had "staring at a blank wall to process" moments from reading this fic.

per usual, I recommend going over tags before reading!

[moreau29]

a little rant abt kevjean

saw this post by @back2beesness and i have about a billion thoughts so i'll make a separate post instead of making an excessively long addition

disclaimer: these are simply my very personal opinions and feelings on them and you do not have to agree !

i've never shipped it. not in the way that i wanted them to get together. but not because i doubted they ever loved eachother (romantic or platonic). i just don't think it'd be good for anyone from the nest to be in a relationship. this is one of the reasons i cannot stand thea and kevin but that's a different rant for another time

nora confirming in the sunshine court that jean loved kevin absolutely shattered my heart. i always kind of assumed he did. it was a headcanon, if you will. but having that confirmed was a fucking gut-punch like none other. i'm not religious but i pray for anyone who ever has and ever will fall for Kevin Eyes-For-Nothing-But-The-Court Day.

when i first finished the first three books, before entering the fandom space, i liked jeanee. they were cute enough, but i knew almost nothing about jean yet. they were that one couple that just,, made sense. i could see it happening and i didn't hate it. she's her superhero, you know ? then i entered the fandom space. i was reminded very abruptly of jean's transfer to USC. to jeremy knox. i never looked back; not really.

i quickly found out abt the infamous (now removed) "extra content". i read all of it. now, i know the fandom has long been very split on whether we want to take anything from the extra content as canon, but jean's section ? oh man. it was confirmed jeanee wouldn't be endgame and at that point i was long moved on from them. i was shoulders-deep in jerejean already. but jean's section ?

holy fuck. it cemented my opinion that no one from the nest, especially jean, should ever be in a relationship with another raven. he deserves to cut any and all ties to that place and never look back.

he can't do that. he'll most likely never be truly free from the moriyamas for as long as he lives. not unless someone takes out the entire family. and he doesn't want to let go of kevin. he's moved on from wanting him in the way he once did, but they can still be sort-of-friends.

i still keep thinking about what could've been. if it weren't for the moriyamas, for riko (for renee and jeremy). could they have been more than sort-of-friends ?

[artemisiamezzanotte]

Just finished The King's Men and completed the AFTG Trilogy.

Unsurprisingly, this book made me cry. The emotional growth that Neil goes through in these three books is awe-inspiring. The fact that at each point when he is in danger or thinks he might lose it all he keeps telling himself that he had more than he ever thought he could just about broke my shrivelled little heart.

The way he is so careful and respectful of Andrew's boundaries is true love and we need more relationships written like this.

I love Neil Josten, he will always have a little piece of my heart. ❤️

So yes, 10/10. Need to read something else now to give myself a chance recover emotionally.

Also, if this reaches anyone in the know, is The Sunshine Court out already or when is it being released? because I keep jetting hit with all this Jerejean fanart on Insta and I'm wondering what book are artists basing this on?

[wyverningx]

:) three :) jerejean :) books :)

[kiss2012]

tsc thoughts under the cut cause i finished

i literally cannot wrap my thoughts around my overall opinion of it i feel like i absolutely need to reread it first

but also i need to reread tfc because I MISS TFC SO BAD ➡️ girl who reread it last may. i do think i spoke tsc into existence by doing this because i hadn’t looked at the trilogy since 2019 and then all of a sudden i decided to reread and found that unfortunately they still make me batshit crazy. what is in those books.

however i do like tfc better 🤷🏽‍♀️ so if i did reread tfc after this and read tsc again i would just want to read tfc again

this is not fair to say at all because tfc is a whole trilogy and this was only book 1. and i rlly need to start saying aftg instead of tfc cause it’s getting confusing because like i do think tsc is better than tfc (the first book). however i just…like aftg better? i feel like it’s more fun which is probably a weird thing to say considering it’s a lot More than tsc is. and obviously this book was more about jean’s recovery. but more happens in aftg. idk we’ll see tho

i do love jean and the trojans but i miss neil and the foxes every page. i feel like it’s harder to connect to the trojans because there r so many of them. and idk sports so the three coaches is probably normal for a team of this size i really wouldn’t know lol but i couldn’t keep the coaches straight in my head either

point is the foxes r my everything 4ever. i love jean jeremy cat and laila and i see what she was trying to do by introducing the floozy line (cute name) however i dont really have a strong feeling about them because we met them for like 5 minutes

i do love nabil tho why is he not part of the floozy line :(((((

i think cat and laila were absolutely perfect. they’re given a lot of depth especially cat and they’re so important to me. they’re better here than in fanon i think but i feel like fanon did get their personalities and relationship down mostly right. apart from cat not just being called alvarez LMAO bless neil only calling her that and fanon having no choice but to do the same because no one agreed on one single name. i remember sara was one that i saw a lot but i like catalina way way better i love cat <3 i love laila <3 their friendship with jeremy <3

an evening breeze rainbows open roads friends 😭😭😭😭😭😭

bi jean is so dear to me

also jean rooming with cat and laila (and then jean) literally perfect omg. no one ever put that in fics but i think it was the best thing to do. sorry for having to compare tsc to fanon im not trying to say one is better than the other at all but what you have to understand is how many fics about jean post tkm are out there and how many of them i read so my mind is going to go there. i wasn’t rlly obsessed with jerejean but i was (and am) a jerejean girl. and i had (have lmao) very high standards for fic so i stand by a lot of those fics WHILE still standing by everything tsc is

by which i mean i cannot get poc jean out of my head thanks to that one fic where he is moroccan. in that same fic jeremy was also spanish and i sort of adopted that into my image of them so i am trying to let go of it but i mean even the hatfords being pakistani still lives in my head despite how unlikely it is. and most of the time i pictured jeremy with golden hair (sometimes curls) so even though i think nora’s compromise being to have naturally brown-haired jeremy bleaching his hair is hilarious and iconic. sort of impossible for me not to picture him with golden hair.

however when jean was all startled and went “blond” when he saw jeremy’s hair. reader i died

english major jeremy is still a gift to me personally

kevin bargaining and arguing for his history major..my baby…the mentions of kevin and kevin’s actual appearances in tsc are everything. the postcards and magnets…kill me

every time neil showed up i lost my mind i love him SO MUCH!!!

see my problem is i wish the foxes showed up more even though it makes no sense for them to. i want kevin jeremy and jean in a room together. i will kill for jean and allison interaction especially if they talk about renee (yes i am holding onto renison still). i want jeremy and cat and matt and dan to hang out. i need laila to meet andrew. i need more renee I LOVE RENEE we did get a good amount of her though i think. she was everything.

genuinely think the way jean and renee was handled here was so perfect. i totally see the merit of it if they end the series together. i also see why jean might end the series without being with anyone romantically. but narratively i cant help but feel jerejean is what makes the most sense. the reason i liked them in the first place is their narrative appeal. and they were genuinely so good in this. so. idk. can’t think about that too much.

i have some problems with the writing like i did with the og series but um the thing is i cannot view these books objectively because they impacted me so much at a young age. i will say i wish tsc could have had a professional editor lol.

i also have some issues with the pacing tho because i did not expect it to end there at all? im so glad she started it where she did but when it ended i was like WAIT WHAT

i have a feeling the reason riko did what he did with the backliners is because he saw jean looking at kevin. could be wrong here but judging from how often jean talks about learning his lesson about looking at guys too long. well.

the main thing for me is that i don’t see how we’re going to get to championships in 2 books if this book only covered till the summer. you could argue exy games arent that important for jean’s story but i do think they are insanely important for jeremy’s story. and if he’s a pov character i want more about him!! that man is keeping his issues locked up (I NEED TO KNOW WHAT THEY R) but we can tell he loves exy and he needs to win his last year

my memory of the extra content is so dim and some of it i have voluntarily chosen to forget or just not consider plus i think some of it will/has changed. but i think i remember reading that trojans win for their last year and i Need that to happen. cause in my head it went: foxes win neil’s first year and trojans win neil’s second year and jeremy’s last year. idc for the rest i want neil to have won championships twice or at least once as captain so that’s what happens in my head.

like i need more about jeremy teaching jean to love exy again and more about jeremy’s apparently complicated family issues with exy???? jeremy let me in.

anywayy. this book feels like a fever dream and im going insane