#coach tetsuji moriyama

[violets-and-books]

Tetsuji: These are my Ravens. They are pedigree Exy players, each hand-picked and reared to perfection. They don't lose because they're too afraid to

Wymack: These are my Foxes, I found half of them feral by the side of the road, I'm pretty sure two of the blonde ones have rabies and they can shoot better than your Ravens can

Tetsuji: Wha-

Kevin: *scores a goal*

[litrallymadlad]

NEIL.

[cultpastorkevin]

what if they were dogs this or what if they were cats that

my inner horsegirl demands respect so without further ado here is the AFTG cast as horses

Andrew and Aaron: Fjord

Nicky: American Saddlebred (homozygous pinto)

Neil: Kiger Mustang (buckskin)

Kevin: Thoroughbred (chestnut)

Dan: Marwari (bay)

Matt: Friesian (black)

Allison: Akhal-Teke (perlino)

Seth: Tennessee Walker (blue roan)

Renee: Morgan (palomino dapple)

Riko: Thoroughbred (black)

Thea: Mangalarga Marchador (grey)

Jean: Andalusian (black)

Jeremy: Appaloosa (palomino blanket)

Wymack: Rhenish German Coldblood (chestnut)

Abby: American Quarter Horse (tobiano)

Bee: Silesian (grey)

Kayleigh: Arabian (dapple grey)

Ichirou: Holsteiner (grey)

Tetsuji: Trakehner (grey)

[lazy-to-an-l]

Wymack and Rhemann get along for very clear reasons. I can't wait for these two (and the other Trojan staff) to make Jean re-evaluate his entire being and the adults around him. I can't wait for the moment that they do not have to be fictional to Jean, that their care doesn't have to be him "reading too much into things". I can't wait for them to forcibly change Jeans entire view on coaches and authority figures by standing by him whole heartedly. They may be grumpy, and blunt, and so very stubborn but they will take care of every member on their team to the best of their abilities.

[5a-alf]

Thinking about what honorifics people used on Riko while speaking to him in japanese. The master probably used -kun, never something like -chan ecc not even as a very young kid.

He and kevin then started living together at like 8/9, and are the same age, so it should be -kun BUT i can see either Riko demanding -san from the start, or later on.

From jean he'd ask for something even higher, like -sama. Would he have to switch it out for something else when the Master is also present?

The master would be referred to as -sama too, for obvious reasons.

I only have a vague knowledge of japanese though so if someone with more knowledge wants to express an opinion please add on.

Would there be a difference in how riko referred to the master vs other people? (Think maybe like, subordinates of the moriyama family). What would these subordinates use on Riko? Would they have to use something else on Tetsuji when Kengo is present, or can they both be sama?

[chryseiswriting-blog]

Hey Coach Wymack, did you know the girl you were seeing was best friends with a member of the Yakuza and a bona fide psychopath?

Just curious.

[exy-conspiracies]

I don't believe David Wymack is actually Kevin Day's father. It's always been obvious to me that Coach Moriyama is his actual father. It just makes sense that the two creators of exy would have a child together, especially since you can clearly see how in love Kayleigh Day was with Coach Moriyama in any of the videos and images of them together. I think his mom kept it a secret to not interfere with Coach Moriyama's career and burden him with having to raise another child when he was already taking care of Riko. Then when she died she probably had it in her will for Kevin to go to his father. Obviously they weren't open about it because all of this is kind of scandalous.

Deniers will ask why Kevin would claim Wymack to be his father, but it seems obvious to me. Teen rebellion. After he broke his arm and Coach Moriyama decided it would be better for his son's health to not try to keep playing, Kevin clearly became resentful of his father and Riko. He's jealous of Riko and couldn't accept that Coach Moriyama was just looking out for his health and safety. So like a pouty child he ran away and began making up all these slanderous stories about his family, lying about his injury, and to top it all off disowning his real dad by claiming some stranger to be his father.

I say good riddance to kevin leaving if this is how he acts, but poor Riko and Coach Moriyama don't deserve having to be the target of his breakdown.

I resent people who are this ungrateful towards their family and i can't wait to see Kevin's face of regret when his family's team beats the dysfunctional mess he replaced them with into the ground in the finals.

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[andrewmsaidso]

it’s so sad to think about as seemingly happy of an ending kevin got, yk how he’ll go on to be the best player ever and everything but his reign will be over really quickly bc the long term affects of everything that happened in the nest would 100% force him into early retirement (whether it be an injury or just true, genuine tiredness)

[broken-heart-raven-queen]

You know what I'm thinking about now??

Kayleigh Day and her ties with the Moriyama mafia. Because there's no way that she just met Tetsuji one day and created a sport that became famous world wide and it was pure luck.

I bet se was into some sketchy business too and maybe Wymack knew about this... ohhh the posibilities.

[murdockbuckley]

are there any aftg rock band au fics? because i am thinking many thoughts about that right now

[feelingthedisaster]

i need to know what position wymack used to play

[foxholecore]

The way that because of Andrew, we understand how hard to say please it is for most of the characters. It hurt each time Jean said please. But it really hit me how often we saw several characters say please, knowing it was the only way to give ground and potentially receive what they need. Because they understood the importance of what it was they were asking for, despite how hard it was to give that ground.

But mostly, I think about Wymack saying please to Tetsuji for Jean. The way he had to give way to a man he knew was abusive and awful, to protect a boy put through hell and worse. And that really takes me out.

Is it just me, or did you, too, feel extremely uncomfortable and flinched or cringed every. single. time. you read Jean saying please in the sunshine court?

[jeanmoreautemple]

Thea Muldani: a rant

I feel weird about Thea but I can’t really put into words exactly why? So I’m writing down some things I’ve thought.

I honestly didn’t think much about her before TSC, like she was okay (I wish she’d been introduced earlier tho or that she hadn’t graduated already so she was a recurrent Raven player or something).

After reading the extra content I wasn’t bothered about the age gap between her and Kevin but yes a little bit about the fact that Kevin was fourteen when they first met + the -you fuck like a virgin, maybe some practice will make you better at it- comment that Nora included. It was uuhh weird but the rest of the Kevthea story was okay, and Thea is 100% not a groomer. Plus, Nora technically deleted the extra content so in theory nothing there is canon yet.

Now in TSC we get her sole appearance in TKM from Jean’s POV, who has known her since he was fourteen (like Kevin- this is important to keep in mind). The scene starts out cute! We find out she took him under her wing and even had nicknames for him like Paris and her little duckling🥰. So the fourteen year boy that just arrived from france with broken English looked up to her, Thea was ~21 at this point.

We know Jean is going through HELL during this time:

And we also know the Moriyamas were always particularly cruel with Jean, getting more physical him than with Kevin. Even though It’s said that Riko would torture Jean and Kevin (broken hand incident) in private, hence the other Ravens not knowing the whole picture, how can a fourteen year old kid hide such pain? But apparently , as we later find out, Thea was too deep into the Evermore raven cult mindset that she didn’t find anything strange about the coach and Rikk’s behavior towards Jean.

At 15 Jean is given a number and place in the perfect court, but only at 16 joins the lineup. He gets a lot of hate, especially from the other defensemen, whom Thea works with:

Although the Ravens are know for being extremely violent training, at least in the court Thea must have noticed that the defense line were especially brutal to Jean. Or SOMETHING.

But here comes the worst part: during this same year Riko forces Jean to sleep with 5 defensemen. By the time Jean is a junior most of these have graduated which means they were 20 or older. So Thea had been playing with each of these guys for at least 2 years (except for Grayson), she knew them.

They went on to joke and talk about the whole ordeal as Jean paying for his perfect court number. Thea also being in the defense line could have heard all of this first hand, we don’t know. But It’s so widely talked about that it reaches Tetsuji and we do know Thea witnessed Jean’s punishment:

Coincidentally Thea starts a sexual and emotional relationship with Kevin this year (it’s her last too).

So here’s the part that made me dislike Thea very much. In TKM she goes to Kevin demanding answers, Kevin then brings her to Jean, who is looking like this:

It’s been three years since she graduated but she’s still wearing her Raven number in a necklace, and when she sees Jean’s state in TSC she comments how if Kevin hadn’t said anything she’d think it normal:

By now it’s clear she at 26 is still 100% brainwashed, but this next line of hers cemented it:

YOUR OLD TRICKS ?!

So let’s break that down:

1. The immigrant kid (16!) she watched over for two years from age 14 to 16 suddenly starts having sex with members of HER (23!) defense line who are all around her age and openly hate him for 5 consecutive nights and she doesn’t suspect anything?

2. Said defensemen then brag and shame Jean afterwards calling him a whore, which leads to Jean getting beaten half to dead by their coach and still nothing?

3. Years later she recalls the incident as Jean being up to his little tricks and being rightfully beaten to a pulp?!!!!

I can’t. I know she’s also a cult victim but no. It was super common for Ravens to have hate sex with each other but her being close to Kevin (and somewhat Jean) during the time Jean’s (a 16 year old!) assaults were happening and still remaining this clueless… I’m sure she must be lovable for both Kevin and Jean to respect and care for her so much but her one scene convinced me she’s way too deep into the Raven spirit and her presence around Kevin and Jean would be just so harmful.

But I have to give credit when it’s due, apparently after some hours with Kevin and 7 years later she believes her King broke Kevin’s hand:

In conclusion:

Thea is absolutely no groomer but if one takes a look at her attitude towards Jean’s sexual history when he was 16 and how her relationship with Kevin was happening simultaneously, her you fuck like a virgin, maybe some practice will make you better at it and tell me you weren’t up to your old tricks comment combo, it all makes me dislike her. Cause you’d think someone who at 22-23 was dating a boy who had just turned legal would be careful or mature enough to choose her wording better when talking about the sexual activity between a boy close in age to her own boyfriend with people around HER age, but nope. The fact that Kevin married her, has a child and lives happily ever after with her seems unbelievable to me.

PS: Her and Kevin’s (we don’t know if he believes Riko) apparent ignorance or lack of suspicion of Jean’s freshman year assault was the most hurtful part of TSC tbh (not counting Elodie). Imagine having the closest people to you misunderstand/ believe lies about such a traumatic event. I guess this is why Nora didn’t include a Andrew POV, I would have died or wanted to kill Nicky and Aaron for not looking deeper into Andrew’s attitude.

[embraceweird]

Maybe this is "attitude problem" Josten corrupting me but I want to watch Jeremy's perfect smile crack in an interview

After hearing about all the Ravens returning from the nest and living with Jean, I would love to watch Captain Sunshine himself tear into Tetsuji Moriyama and the rest of the Raven's coaching staff for how they've treated their players

Come on Jeremy, aren't you tired of being nice all the time? Don't you just want to go apeshit!

[afurtivecake]

It's pretty fucked up how terrifying Tetsuji is in the eyes of the Ravens. Kevin is really practiced at deflecting, at lying and at just keeping his mouth shut in general. He doesn't slip up on anything and blurt out sensitive information like Jean does. AND YET. The first time he talks about Tetsuji with Neil, he slips up and calls him "the master." Save for the one time on Kathy's show when he calls him "Coach Moriyama," Kevin ALWAYS says "the master" around the Foxes (and Jeremy). How hard must Tetsuji have insisted upon being addressed properly that even Kevin can't kick the habit after a whole year away from the Nest.

(Also, it's hilarious how the Trojans react to hearing "the master" with a resounding and appropriately vehement "What the FUCK" but Neil's thought process is just like, "Hm. Weird and probably meant to be a secret, but ok.")