#accepted by all courts

[californiatrafficschools]

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[linecrosser]

so, i saw This Post by @moreau29 and... yes. all the yes. headcanon accepted.

[doesephs]

cosplay as an exy goalpost, it’s the only way they’d ever hit on you

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

All cards on the table.

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[deklo]

my interpretation of adoptive bee :’)

pls don’t repost!

[chillmayo]

as a jeaneil truther since day 1, tsc confirming how they were so perfect for each other, nora confirming neil wouldn't have ever left jean, seeing neil order a hit on a man after one comment from jean, neil getting jean to realize his worth even just a little bit even if it's just because elodie is a moreau too, jean getting rid of the notebooks and slowly accepting the trojans as his friends. they just fit so well and neil understands jean so well. i need the jeaneil partners raven au nowwwww.

[joanofexys]

pssst friendly reminder that the only canon label we have for Neil's sexuality is demi (aspec) and that he's otherwise unlabeled. hc what you want but stop trying to push it as canon or putting it over his only canon label.

i'm tired of seeing y'all erase aspecness as a valid sexuality and always feeling the need to pair it with another identity as if aspec people aren't valid just identifying as aspec and also erasing us from the conversation entirely

[my-name-is-apollo]

Why is Hera so hostile to Leto in a manner that she isn't with the other lovers of Zeus? I can't think of any other woman who was targeted so much by Hera. One could say she didn't want Leto to give birth because her children would be a competition to Hera's children, but why bother her even after she had already given birth? Is it because Leto herself is also a threat to Hera?

Sort of I guess?

I don't think Leto would ever be a threat to Hera's role as the queen of the gods but Hera might see her as a competitor for Zeus' affection, even though I think Zeus would not marry someone else and replace Hera.

The twins are definitely a big reason why Hera begrudged Leto - it is outright stated in the Callimachus Hymn to Delos that the reason Hera especially targeted Leto was because she was told that Apollo would be dearer to Zeus than Ares is. Zeus is very proud of Artemis as well. As he himself puts it, he doesn't mind facing Hera's wrath for children like her.

But the continued hatred even after the birth of the twins (like sending Tityus to rape Leto) could have been for different reasons. This wasn't like one of those affairs Zeus would have with mortal women where he'd leave them behind once the child is conceived. Neither could Hera, despite her many attempts, get rid of Leto like she did with the other lovers. Not only did Leto give Zeus children that he loves dearly, she also stayed on Olympus despite Hera's hatred towards her (which isn't directed to any of Zeus' other divine mistresses, btw). It might have also been because Leto herself is dear to Zeus, if the way she's treated on Olympus is any proof. In the Homeric hymn to Apollo, Leto stands next to Zeus - in the Olympian assembly - to welcome their son. Hera is completely absent from the scene, as if Leto had taken her place even if temporarily. Now you could say this is because Apollo himself is such a powerful and glorious son in a way that no other son of Zeus is, so of course Leto would get such an honor (the hymn itself presents it this way).

But here's another instance - in the Iliad, when Hera goes to seduce Zeus, he is obviously very smitten but before getting into the action, he lists some of his lovers (I believe these were his favorite lovers, as a lot of others are not mentioned):

"for never has such desire for goddess or mortal woman so gripped and overwhelmed my heart, not even when I was seized by love for Ixion’s wife, who gave birth to Peirithous the gods’ rival in wisdom; or for Acrisius’ daughter, slim-ankled Danaë, who bore Perseus, greatest of warriors; or for the far-famed daughter of Phoenix, who gave me Minos and godlike Rhadamanthus; or for Semele mother of Dionysus, who brings men joy; or for Alcmene at Thebes, whose son was lion-hearted Heracles; or for Demeter of the lovely tresses; or for glorious Leto; or even for you yourself, as this love and sweet desire for you grips me now.’ (Book 14, trans. A. T. Murray)

Notice how when talking about most of them, he also mentions the children they bore to him but when Demeter and Leto are mentioned, he doesn't bring up their children at all despite them being some of the most accomplished kids of his. What's more, he takes Leto's name just before Hera's. I mean, this is an interpretation but it looks like not only did Zeus love Leto the most out of all his mistresses - giving her a place second to that of his wife, but also his love for her wasn't necessarily only because she gave him two amazing children.

Nonnus does something similar in the Dionysiaca (but this time Zeus is enamored with Persephone instead of Hera) but more notably, when Typhoeus attacks Olympus and Zeus is discouraged, Nike takes the form of Leto to encourage him and it's pretty telling of what Leto meant to Zeus.

One interesting similarity between Hera and Leto is that they both had a giant try to rape them. Porphyrion tried to violate Hera (Zeus inspired him to do this) and Tityus tried to violate Leto (upon Hera's order). Though both of them were killed, only Tityus got an eternal punishment in Tartarus of having his liver/heart eaten out by vultures so Zeus seems to have taken a greater offense at Tityus trying to assault Leto.

Again, I don't think Zeus would ever take anyone other than Hera as his permanent wife - she is irreplaceable to him. There's an entire myth about Hera leaving him and Zeus winning her back. Their relationship is obviously complex and involves all kinds of emotions including love and hate. But Leto is continually dear to him as well and that's something Hera can't do much about.

[joejhang]

r.i.p. neil josten you would've hated the way this fandom characterises you

[kevindayscrown]

Jean was so important to Kevin, I will not accept otherwise.

Were they friends? I feel like in this context, defining 'friendship' is nearly impossible. Maybe they weren't friends in the traditional sense of the word, but they used to be 'really close' as Nicky also put it. I think calling them 'friends' actually diminishes the type of relationship they had and how important it used to be for both of them.

A lot of people villanise Kevin, say that he knew Jean was in love with him or had a crush and was using it against him.

Rest in peace reading comprehension.

The respect Jean has for Kevin (even if he doesn't show it directly to his face), how Kevin tried to make up for leaving by making sure Jean is safe, giving permission to Bee to share everything with Jean to make it easier, showing vulnerability to Jeremy so he can help him with Jean, learning French to a fluency level in secret

Jean's jersey being 29, with 2 standing for Kevin's number

PLEASE BE SO FOR REAL there's no way, they were so important to each other

[habitina]

i don't know how many people have already said this but personally, the switch from nathaniel to neil in the sunshine court had me tearing up a little

[dxxtruction]

So in replies to this I've made I think some big brain connections?? The constant associations with the sun and Louis is really working and gelling in my brain especially with the finale moments of s2.

The 'sun king' thing is very reminiscent of the actual sun king of history Louis xiv, and the way he constructed his daily life like it was theatre. The way meals are served the way they are, and everything feels very rehearsed and scheduled. The fact said historical figure lived for 77 years, as did his relationship with Armand. He's not this historical figure though - hint budge wink nod, he cant be the ones Armand wants him to be, including the same Louis he used to love - he's our Louis. And he's not been allowed to fully be himself in this environment where it's been largely fake and manipulative. (Again to the point of Louis XIV, the theatrics were established to protect him and make it plainly aware of his position as king. But there was a common conception that whoever was closest to the king - typically the king's mistress. Controlled the king. You can probably catch what I'm laying down here.)

Just also the way that when he fully has himself he has the sun, because he just is the sun in a metaphorical sense. Arriving to himself he now the light at the end of this tunnel of darkness. The literal sun still holds a deadliness to him, but it holds no power over him to walk into anymore. He doesn't miss it. If he feels an inclination to it at all it's only to prove a point. He's at a place by the end of this that he doesn't need anyone but himself, and knows it, and can finally be free from control over his person.

There's other associations with it too, like taking up photography. A medium reliant on light to do. How that doesn't pan out for him, but what does is documenting. Him, taking on a path to document, to bring about the light - the truth - hidden in the image of his memories. It's through light that he can be destroyed but it's through light that he reconciles with himself and becomes whole.

The night is all his, because he's mastered the light. He owns it.

[afurtivecake]

Promises, contracts and deals are pretty central to AFTG. To people like Jean, Neil, Andrew and Kevin who have spent their entire lives in one state of uncertainty or another, these exchanges are absolute and iron-clad. They've grown up around people who could turn on them at any moment, living in situations that could go bad in the blink of an eye. They can't just trust that things will be alright and believe that there will be a way out, not like normal people can.

So when they do make promises, what they're really promising is a sense of stability. They're saying that even if the world goes to hell in a handbag, this one thing between us will not change -- I will behave in this predetermined way so long as you behave in this predetermined way. It creates something in their future that is certain and predictable for them to hold on to and to believe in.

So when Andrew says he'll protect Kevin and Neil from whoever is coming after them in exchange for them staying, it's not necessarily literal protection. What's really being promised here is that when everything goes to shit (because it's not a matter of 'if', it's a matter of when), Andrew will have their backs and won't throw them to the wolves for anything. In exchange, they will stay by his side. And that's a kind of certainty and stability they've never really had or been given in their lives.

It's kind of the only form of trust they are able to place in people other than themselves. So yeah they take it deadly seriously. More seriously than other people would. And it means that people who understand this, who take their promises and deals seriously and who honour their promises (Wymack, Renee, Jeremy, Betsy) are the ones they trust.

Simply put, when you are brought up to have trust issues, promises are life and death because having a promise broken FEELS like death. It feels like the absolute end of any possible relationship. So the fact that they are out there making promises at all shows that they WANT to form these relationships with people; they just need others to prove that they're willing to meet them at their level of sincerity.

[deadliestpieceontheboard]

i think katelyn is the one who proposes to aaron and i have a list of reasons why but number one is that i think he deserves that

[onlinecasualty]

do they? not have? water bottles? no this is important. how do these kids consume water on the daily? they are d1 athletes i refuse to think they all just patiently wait in line to use a fountain during practices and games. and i dont even want to think about how little water neil consumes on the run if he doesnt have a water bottle

[fortheloveofexy]

I would like to believe that Andrew has immaculately manicured nails but the realist in me knows that his nail polish is constantly chipped, his cuticles are a mess and theres always bits of dirt under his fingernails. He uses cheap black nail polish from the dollar store. He doesn't even take the old polish off when he eventually gets around to painting them again, he just paints right on top of the old shit and skips the top coat completely. If he accidentally gets any polish on his skin, he just fucking leaves it there.