#and then kevin of course

[offtopicstevie]

Totally get the criticism and the theories etc but maybe factor in that Haas is synonymous with a few big things, primarily their CNC machine, not just racing. You know. If you want. No big deal otherwise.

[hauntingsunshine14]

so like kevin day right?

I need kevin to be like the green brothers of the exy-verse. Like people know him either from the prolific history yt channel he runs (he saves people taking any hist class, is worshipped by apush students during exam szn) OR from being the best exy striker to ever play the game.

then I need all the tweets going 'wtf is kevin day doing teaching on yt in my apush class?? I thought he was an exy player??'

or

' why does my cousin have a poster of kevin day in exy gear? I see that guy every time my hist prof has a hangover and puts on youtube??'

anyways,

kevin day wins a kids choice award or a streamy or something and he receives some very confused calls from the foxes.

[foxstens]

matt dropping everything to get gorilla off of kevin

dan checking on kevin when gorilla tried to hurt his hand

the upperclassmen keeping an eye on kevin during the fall and winter banquets

kevin spending the winter break with nicky, aaron, and matt

nicky hiding behind kevin, nicky and kevin squabbling over food

kevin and aaron clacking sticks and renee hugging kevin after the catamounts match

[artofalyksandr]

So what if I’m the monster lurking deep below?

Had this concept lurking in my head since like April so I finally did something about it to avoid thinking about The Horrors™️

[thepriceofsurvival]

I’m sorry but the codependency between Cat, Laila and Jeremy is so odd to me. Like the fact that Jeremy told Cat and Laila about Jean being assaulted at Evermore during his freshman year without his say-so?

And Jeremy was so wrong for getting Kevin to confess something that could cost him his life and then not telling him Cat and Laila was in the room? Like WHY. Why are you incapable of keeping a single secret to the point you betray people’s trust like that. Jeremy I love you but what the fuck.

[asavt]

leshy freaking cat

The fact that we all (or almost all) took one look at the yellow cat and went "yeah sure lets go with that" will never not be hilarious to me.

[nemmet]

world’s greatest vampire hunters!! 💪🧅

[imsodishy]

God I wish Mickey had been around during the throuple era. Like, "Hi, I'm Kev. And this is my wife Vee. And that's our girlfriend Svetlana. And that's our girlfriend's gay husband, Mickey. And those are our three children."

imagine the four of them working at the alibi during that stint where it was a hipster bar? the debates going on about what the deal with the bartenders' polycule is... and how that one red head fits into it.

[dickganseysbitch]

if i was neil at the banquet and jean asked "what was your name again? alex? stefan? chris?" id straight up say "actually is nathaniel" just to fuck with them it would first show im not afraid of them and it takes away the edge that they felt like 'haha we discovered who you are stop hiding' like 'bitch i aint hiding' and even if the foxes were like 'wtf' id just be like '??? what did you think neil stands for its obviously a nickname' because at this point why even try to hide it riko already knows and it would ruin his mood if neil didnt give a fuck also just saying his first name is nathaniel doesnt necessarily expose that he is the butchers son to anyone else

[shouts-into-the-void]

[biblicalhorror]

Okayyyyy yeah also let's talk about Tammy. I didn't know how I felt about her for awhile because she did very much feel like the Disposable Black Girlfriend, but I'm seeing people saying she's an "abuser" or God forbid "just as bad as Kevin" and that's just. Not at all true.

Yes, Tammy is controlling. She doesn't seem to really like Patty for who she is, and kind of seems to want to change her into someone else instead. HOWEVER, I think we need to look at the whole character to understand WHY she's like that. I don't think she's controlling Patty for personal gain or for the sake of manipulating her. I think she's lonely and desperate for companionship, which leads to her ignoring/pushing past the obvious incompatibility in her relationship with Patty.

Here's what we know about Tammy:

1. She seems to be the only black person in the Worcester social circle. She also mentions frequently how she's surrounded entirely by white men at work.

2. She is also the only openly lgbt person in the area, other than Patty, who is still not exactly out and proud.

3. She describes her entire job as "making excuses for" and "cleaning up after" the men at her job, particularly her partner (whose name I am unfortunately forgetting, does anyone remember?), who even had her plant evidence for him on at least one occasion.

4. Despite being very competent and good at her job, the white men around her keep failing upwards (she mentions a few times that people beneath her keep getting promoted) while she remains stagnant in her career. There doesn't seem to be any explanation for this other than the fact that she is a black lesbian in an extremely white, conservative community.

Basically, Tammy seems like someone who has been taught (like many black women) that she will have to work much harder than everyone else to get ahead in any capacity. She is also likely very, very lonely. She doesn't seem to have any friends outside of work, which isn't surprising given the above. It seems like she doesn't exactly have a ton of prospects, dating-wise, other than Patty. In my opinion, it's really no wonder that she clung to Patty so desperately and immediately and tried to forcibly mold her into someone who could be compatible. She's tough, smart, organized, direct, manipulative, no-nonsense and controlling because, well, she had to be. And she ends up trying to "rein in" Patty because, in her mind, what's the other option? She ends up alone, surrounded by men who force her to cover for their antics and don't care if she lives or dies.

I'm not saying her behavior is healthy. But it comes from an entirely different place than Kevin's abuse, or Chuck's, or even Neil's. And it's also not uncommon. In real life, I know many queer women (specifically small-town lesbians) who end up in relationship dynamics just like that over and over again because they start dating someone who doesn't quite fit, and they compensate for it by trying to force a connection instead of accepting loneliness and isolation. I have a lot of sympathy for Tammy. And I wish the show had taken more care to establish the abuse she faced from her coworkers off-camera.

[ohfallingdisco]

They left Kevin and Wymack in West Virginia for Riko’s funeral.

How much strength would it have taken Andrew to get on the bus without them? How much trust, from Neil? How did Dan find the courage to leave Wymack behind, whom her entire future was modeled after? What was running through Aaron and Nicky’s heads, who had spent every day for two years in Kevin’s mess? Matt and Renee and Allison, driving away without two of the ten that made them the Foxes?

How terrified do you think Kevin was? Walking freely back into the belly of the beast, flaunting a Queen tattoo to a dead boy’s King. Taking his father with him—his father, who now knew who he was, and that the Moriyamas were to blame for the years of silence. Walking to the front, to pay respects to “The Master,” to commiserate a loss he can’t regret. How many hours did he spend on the phone, texting Andrew?

But, “Maybe it’s not about him,” Renee told Jean. “Maybe you’re mourning the wreckage he made of your life. You’re allowed to grieve what he took from you.” Perhaps Kevin heard something similar. Maybe his father told him something similar.

Maybe it was never about him. Maybe the shaking and the panic, in the dead of night, were never about him. The King had wronged the Queen, and she was bound to take her place in his stead. Maybe Kevin needed to stay to find a better version of himself, in the wreckage of who he was.

[foxstens]

like father like son??

[thepriceofsurvival]

What is Jean Moreau’s love language?

Is it acts of service?

Is that why he holds onto the postcards and why he despises how Kevin only showed guilt not anger and didn’t sacrifice himself for Jean (and also why Jean hated how easy it was to fall into Kevin’s bystander role with Neil)

Like, the postcards and the necklace and the shirt from Jeremy are all gifts, but I feel like it represents acts of service more than anything.

Kevin taking the time to pick out postcards and magnets reminding him of Jean and writing him things. (And also why Jean taught him French)

Renee giving him a token of her faith (her reason for still being here) and of course being the one who saved him (he always hated himself for this, never her)

Jeremy (and the girls) wanting to buy him more and different clothes, because he is not a Raven anymore and they want to help him carve out his own identity.

[pianokantzart]

Man, I can not wait to hear Kevin Afghani voice act in a Luigi's Mansion game 🙏🙏🙏