#aaron minyard is a little shit

[jostenjorts]

Neil: What does “ily” mean

Aaron: I’m leaving you

[detectivebambam]

hey btw Wymack recruiting people no one else bothers to look at also means recruiting the two incredibly good players who are considered "too short".

fyi.

YOU CAN ONLY PUT 30 TAGS???

[lesbiansfor-blackbeard]

aaron and neil call/facetime jean all the time to settle dumb debates and help with random homework they could do themselves ('i dont speak german aaron why did you call me?' 'you're european that has to count for something') and it annoys him so much

[faithless-hoaxx]

Ok but Neil had more to say about his fucking Freshman Composition teacher than he did his father after he died. Like, I'm fairly sure all we got from that was "My uncle had him executed" and "I didn't think it would be that easy"

(Also I like to think Neil is a total bitch about English going forward)

(Like, his teacher will be talking about "where art thou Romeo" and an essay on the themes and symbolisms in Macbeth or some shit and he'll be furiously jotting down "thy should die" in the margins)

(Kevin reviews his notes and is all "that's not proper grammar" because he's a history and literature nerd)

(And Neil is just So Done because he has the yakuza and his homicidal father to worry about - why tf is Shakespeare causing more problems than that)

(So he's just like "go fucketh thy selfeth")

(Right up until Andrew talks to him about Shakespearean curses and he's like "oh!!?" and pulls out "More of your conversation would infect my brain, you starvelling, elf-skin, dried neat’s-tongue, bull’s-pizzle, stock-fish" on some unsuspecting interviewer that made one too many missteps)

(He tells Aaron "Away, you three-inch fool!" whenever he's being particularly insufferable)

(Neil may never be able to write about Shakespeare, but it's not like Shakespeare would be able to recite the Riko Roast)

[ofsunshineandfoxes]

I think if there wasn’t so much shit between Aaron and Andrew, Aaron and Neil would honestly be friends. Like they’re not b/c Aaron’s not allowed to have friends and then because he’s got issues with Andrew liking Neil better and Neil understanding Andrew more (not even going down the homophobia rabbit hole) but without Andrew in the picture I think they’d get along.

Neil’s main reasons for hating Aaron are that he thinks he’s stupid and selfish for not understanding Andrew and winding up in the situation they’re in, otherwise they mostly ignore each other. But i think there’s a world in which they’re friends. Like Neil would appreciate Aaron’s absolute apathy towards him. Aaron gives no shits about how crazy Neil’s backstory is, he’s curious sometimes but he never asks and I think that would create a kind of safe space for Neil. Everyone else wants answers out of him and explanations but Aaron never pushes and yeah it’s partly cause he doesn’t care, but partly just because he’s seen enough already.

And Neil would be so good for him, I mean he’s already trying to fix him, and he always calls him on his bullshit which I think he frankly needs and I think Aaron could appreciate it if it wasn’t all set against the backdrop of Andrew. Plus they could totally bond/understand each others weird abusive mother issues

[bisexualchaosdemon]

One day, the Foxes make a game out of trying to tell the twins apart — Some of them are pretty good at it, but Neil is right instantly, every single time.

Finally, the Foxes ask how he kept getting it right.

Neil just shrugs and says, "I looked."

[dvrcos]

Kevin and Aaron would be the most judgmental duo/couple ever. Like they always got something to say about everything and everyone and that something is at least a 10 minute analysis on all of their thoughts that they only share with eachother, I’m talking the most elite shit talk.

They’re the type to have a 2 hour debrief after every single social event. They would purposely split up during an event to have more to talk about afterwards.

And don’t get me started on those twos resting bitch faces. It’s chronic and intense. The foxes would have multiple photos of them next to each other, with the most judgmental expressions, they’re not even trying to hide it. Like they’re both on the bench together during a game and press cameras pan over to them and catch their expressions in 4K. It’s so bad they ask Kevin why they were so mad during the post match press and he has to make some shit up on the spot to save their asses.

And you see Aaron has always had a resting bitch face, he’s never hid his judgement really. Kevin, however, is just as judgmental but keeps it from showing on his face. Until he starts spending more time with Aaron and his rbf rubs off on Kevin and now they both share matching bitch faces.

Best part is, their expressions are the only thing that gives it away that they’re being judgmental assholes. They don’t vocalize any of it unless it’s just the two of them so the Foxes never know what exactly they’re judging, they just see their expressions and the look they share when they both see something.

[the-rubies-that-i-gave-up]

Aaron was just as obsessive protective over Nicky as Andrew was to him btw. If you even care.

[swampthingking]

andrew minyard listens to metal

the first time he played spiritbox (holy roller) in the car nicky was absolutely horrified. he wasn’t surprised, but seeing your headcannon come to life is jarring so i empathize with him

[stabbyfoxandrew]

happy wednesday! hope you're staying warm! <3

WIP Wednesday (1/17) || Arsonist Neil / Firefighter Andrew AU (Part 87.5)

Aaron presses the eject button and the TV screen goes back to blue when the tray pops out. Andrew watches as he takes the disc out and turns around with a look on his face. Aaron clears his throat and waves the disc around.

“I thought it would be like that movie Nicky made us go to that one time. Ya know, the one with the grizzly bear and the little goat, or whatever it was.”

“The bear and the little goat…” Andrew repeats, confused.

It takes a moment, but memories of high school come flooding into his head and Andrew recalls the night Nicky dragged them both out on an adventure to the movies. But on the way there, the two of them started arguing. Nicky decided since they were acting like babies, they could watch a baby movie. Instead of one of the horror movies that they were arguing about. It was called Open Season and it was about a pet grizzly getting turned out into the wild for the first time.

It was a fitting, but also unjust punishment. For Aaron, anyway. You see, Andrew had still been medicated back then and… Well, he found it hilarious. He remembers cackling at every joke and flipping off an actual seven year old when she looked at him funny. Andrew cringes internally.

"It was a deer. Not a goat." Andrew says finally. "And it wasn't that good."

“I know it wasn't. But you really liked it." Aaron says, confused.

“I was high off my ass on anti-psychotics.” Andrew says, matter-of-factly. “I thought watching the bathroom faucet drip was fun back then.”

“Oh.” Aaron’s expression crumbles like wet sand. “I thought… Uh. Anyway, happy birthday.”

“Mm. Thanks. You too.” Andrew says, crossing his arms. “What are we doing for Christmas? Waterboarding practice? You can go first."

“It wasn’t that bad!” Aaron insists.

“It was.”

“Okay, it was.”

[josten4exy]

andrew and aaron both being assholes is hilarious to me because with siblings there's like a 20 percent chance of you ends up being like a total sweetheart while the others are extreme bitches but these guys are both out here being dicks 24/7 if i was trapped in a room with them i'd take the riko ending because there's no way i'm getting out of that without life lasting trauma

[intrenalcrisisnerd]

Gonna gwt hate for this bur I head cannan that Aaron and Katelyn have Twins, 1 both and 1 girl, and aaron names them Natalie and Nathaniel..... because he's a little shit and because he can.

[kazoo-the-demjin]

Umpopular opinion but guys Aaron isn't bad at exy at all. He's a fine fucking player- it's not like Wymack would draft two average players on the team just because they have a scary + scarily good at exy brother.

Even Neil gets it-

[neiljostenaftg]

Aaron and Neil in that one scene.

[deadliestpieceontheboard]

The Minyard-Hemmick Columbia House

OK so @codename-adler made a post about the Columbia House DAYS ago and so I finally finished my project of building it on The Sims (and creating the psu custom content for it hihi).

Even pre-2008 crash and with Eric's help, I don't see Nicky being able to afford a very big or fancy house. From his perspective, this is a place for him to take care of the twins for 2-ish years and leave it with a payable mortgage for for their adult life, staying for college was a happy surprise. So the whole place is very 90s-Tilda's-stuff-and-second-hand-essential, with ugly carpet and even uglier popcorn ceiling.

Quick overview of the floor plan: the kitchen has a view of the stairs per post-Drake scene, Nicky's bedroom where Neil wakes up from his first trip to Eden's is downstairs just like the bathroom he runs away from.

Here we have the common area. I think between Nicky's childhood home stolen leftovers, Aaron's stuff from his mom and Andrew history in foster homes, they just keep a lot of shit in boxes that never got properly moved in. Special notes for the Eden's poster above the kitchen table and the recliner+couch that Kevin and Neil sleep at.

The infamous desperation-is-a-valuable-lubricant window in Nicky's/downstairs bathroom, and a tiny hallway for cleaning stuff.

Nicky's room is obviously a mess. I built it as if it was meant to be used as a laundry room or storage, which is why there's no built-in wardrobe nor carpet, and why Nicky insisted he took it to give the twins more comfort. (he also wanted a bathroom for himself)

Upstairs there's nothing but the twins' mugshots taped to the wall and yet another box of leftover stuff. Their shared bathroom is very simple, but I don't think they can fully see their faces in the mirror.

Finally, the twins' bedrooms. Aaron's has a little more personality, since he wanted space for a desk and therefore got the bigger room. Andrew still isn't used to decorating his own space and doesn't care much about it, but he thought the no smoking sign was hilarious.

[joejhang]

andrew minyard.

finally andrew is getting the essay treatment from me. i love this man and i just needed to yap about him. spoilers ahead and continue at ur own risk.

people (both within the series and in the fandom) like to think of andrew as super unemotional and stoic. i don't think people realise it but the whole "andrew is soulless" mindset has bled into the fandom, and the way people write and talk about him really makes me think they do just consider andrew to be extremely cold and unreachable as a person. i lowkey find this funny because andrew's not even that monstrous or difficult or stone cold he's literally just bipolar (canonically) with some clinical depression in there. like???

and it's weird because people like to think of andrew as super out of control and violent and yes, he was unpredictable when he was on his drugs and he does still play by his own rules, but he honestly rarely incites any violence? i can't really think of a single instance he's been violent for no reason. he punched matt for hitting kevin. he choked allison for slapping aaron. he choked kevin for lying to him and also because he was understandably panicked and angry about neil being taken from him. what i find interesting is that when one-dimensional booktok men and the stereotypical book boyfriends do this typa shit it's seen as cute and protective and bf material but when andrew does it he's seen as violent, out of control and emotionless. and what also doesn't make sense is when people see his ability to inflict fear and violence on people (usually retaliatory but whatever) they consider it to be proof of his inability to feel emotion, but it seems to me that it's proof of the opposite? all of his violent and "out of control" moments to me are literally displays of how much he cares.

andrew is such an acts of service show don't tell kinda person and you'd have to be pretty blind (or biased) to not be able to see how his actions reflect his thoughts and emotions. he agreed to everything neil asked of him because he was interested in and a little (a lot) in love with him. he agreed to let kevin stay and protect him from the literal mafia because kevin believed in him and believed he was worth something and was willing to be patient and give him something to live for. he's friends with and hangs out with renee because she's kind and honest and genuine with him and isn't immediately dead-set against him because he doesn't fit into the conventional values of what a guy is supposed to act like.

does he have problems and flaws? yes, absolutely. many of his issues do stem from his existing trauma and the biases he's developed from that, but he's working through them, with other people's help, and it's so bizarre when people in the fandom talk about him like he's so far gone and to "rehabilitate" him would be a miracle when...he's literally already in the process of healing?? and he's not resistant to it at all?? before neil even shows up, he's seeing and talking to betsy, he's doing things (in his own way, sure) to try and patch up his relationship with aaron, he's protecting the people he cares about, he isn't honestly as self-sabotaging and self-destructive as he says he is. betsy is right when she says that he's done exceptionally well despite everything the world and his life have tried to throw at him.

people like to accuse aftg of demonising mental illness and people like andrew but i actually think the aftg fandom does that a lot more than the actual books. i think anyone with critical thinking can see that despite the nickname, andrew isn't a monster at all, and i think anyone that really knows him in the novel would see that too. and people in the fandom still write him like a sociopath even though it's explicitly stated he isn't, he literally has bipolar disorder, and it's funny and ironic to me because the fandom is like the general public in aftg, and the fandom (at least to me) demonises andrew a hell of a lot more than the actual books do.

andrew isn't the emotionless, stony, cold, unreachable, violent monster the fandom seems to think he is. i think he does have some problems expressing his emotions and probably has some issues coming to terms with a lot of them, but i think he definitely experiences the full range of emotions and they show themselves pretty frequently, intentional or not.