#erin minyard

[jtl-fics]

Brain is currently locked on the insane dynamic of MTF Aaron Minyard (Erin Minyard) and FTM Neil Josten.

Neil: I'd let you have my tits, if I hadn't lost them on an interstate at some point.

Erin: I wouldn't want your tits anyways.

Neil: Yeah, who knows where they've been at this point.

Erin: I know where they've been and the answer is on you. That's the worst place they could have been.

[noe-clara69]

Could possibly be working on an aftg gender swap fic (aftg where everything is the same except Neil and the twinyards are girls)

Anyways, having difficulty figuring out what Neil’s name should be

Lmk if you have more ideas and I’ll make a new poll

[meggie-stardust]

secret relationship

new (to you) paring hold you like a weapon by GingerAlchemy | Gideon Nav/Harrowhark Nonagesimus | The Locked Tomb

high school/college AU

secret identity

long fic (>25,000 words) A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood* by gremble @abeautifulblog | Dadsona/Robert Small | Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator

time travel

rec'd by a friend in reference to motility, please proceed by vicariously kingly (pelted) | Neil Josten/Andrew Minyard | All For The Game | rec’d by @teenwerewoofs

bodyswap

mission fic

sports AU

daring rescue

future AU The Sorrows of Your Changing Face by BoroughKestrel | Steve Rogers/Tony Stark | The Avengers (Marvel Movies)

superpowers/no powers AU the age of iron, steam, and speed by ghostoftonantzin | Guillermo de la Cruz/Nandor the Relentless | What We Do in the Shadows (TV) l rec’d by @achaosmuppet

found family

fan art

short fic (<1000 words) Drabbles about visiting the Starless Sea by rororowyourboat @rosieposiepuddingnpie | Dorian/Zachary Ezra Rawlins | The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern

angst

under the influence

author's oldest fic

gen fic

fic with no comments yet When the Levee Breaks by schmevil | Tony Stark/Steve Rogers | Avengers (Comic)

multi-chapter fic

dressing up

werewolf AU

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*technically I didn't start this fic just for the summer reading bingo, but the last chapter just posted and so, I'm gonna count it. Fight me.

[side-effect-of-the-meds]

I have a feeling that Erin is actually a sword lesbian. Like, she has the knives, yes, but I think she would secretly really want a sword. And just imagine the power she would hold. She is powerful enough as she is, but her with a sword???? Hot. Ania would lose her shit if she saw her like that, like holy shit, is she allowed to do that??? How could she get any hotter???

For Halloween, Erin dresses up as She-ra for the sole purpose of having a sword to swing around. Kevin's lost a bet to her so now he's Swift Wind and has to carry her around for the whole night. Ania is Catra. Shes having the time of her life draping herself all over Erin the way Catra does. It DOES NOT make Erin feel things! No, sir. Not. At. All.

Aaron and Katelyn are dressed as a knight and princess respectively. The twins get into a sword fight on the dance floor at Eden's while Kate and Ania moon over their idiots. While both their swords are plastic, there's a bit of a sharp piece on his that ends up cutting Erin on her face. Catch him cleaning up the lil bitty cut as soon as they get home and plastering a too big bandage over it. He gives it a tiny smooch bc hes drunkity drunk drunk drunk and pets her hair while he apologizes. Katelyn may or may not have it all on video ;)

[side-effect-of-the-meds]

Erin??? Is that you!?!?!

[side-effect-of-the-meds]

Absolutely no one asked for my shitty Fem!Andreil doodles but I'm sad, gay, and lonely so here's Ania giving Erin a surprise smooch after a match with Matty

[forursmiles]

The foxes + Derry Girls

Neil:

Andrew:

Kevin:

Aaron:

Nicky:

Matt:

Dan:

Allison:

Renee:

Wymack:

Bonus:

Riko:

[abundance-ofemilys]

The Starless Sea, by Erin Morgenstern

Hozier’s Work Song

The King’s Men, by Nora Sakavic

busy thinking about the inherent tenderness of these tonight

[drawssj]

here’s some twins with their cleaning fishies requested by @kibumunnie 

happy new year, erin!

[iambecomeyourvillain]

I decided to make an about me post deal with it:

19.

Name [nickname]: people call me jes i don't have control over it anymore (my mutuals decided it don't blame me even though I thoroughly enjoy it)

pronouns: she/her

birthday? are you nosy like me? here: 13th October.

other Social media:

Instagram - @iambecomeyourvillain

Spotify? idk - here's a link

Fandoms:

Books (i keep forgetting to update actually):

series -

The Grishaverse Trilogy - Leigh Bardugo

All for the game - Nora Sakavic

The Sunshine Court - Nora Sakavic

Six of Crows Duology - Leigh Bardugo

Marauders

The Raven Cycle - Maggie Stiefvater

Percy Jackson & the Olympians - Rick Riordan

Heroes of Olympus - Rock Riordan

The Folk of the Air - Holly Black (READ IT READ IT READ IT)

The Infernal Devices - Cassandra Clare

These Violent Delights (not the sequel) - Chloe Gong

Red Queen (though I haven't finished it yet) - Victoria Aveyard

Carry On - Rainbow Rowell

Villains duology - V. E. Schwab (unfinished)

The Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins

Divergent - Veronica Roth

Harry Potter - that bitch of a woman

Royally Series - Emma Chase

Heartstopper - Alice Oseman

Throne of Glass - Sarah J. Maas

Crescent City - Sarah J. Maas

The Zodiac Academy - Caroline Peckham & Susanne Valenti (unfinished)

The Off-Campus series. (unfinished) - Elle Kennedy

someone find me the motivation to finish reading LOTR pLEASE

(sone of the) Standalones that I've read-

Red, White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston [READ IT READ IT READ IT]

The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller

Circe - Madeline Miller

The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern

The Starless Sea - Erin Morgenstern (if you mention it to me I'll die i love it so much)

The Hating Game - Sally Thorne

The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid (ouCh)

Ugly Love - Colleen Hoover (just.why)

Reminders Of Him - Colleen Hoover (the only good book this author ever wrote)

We Were Liars - E. Lockhart (WHY THE PAIN)

The Spanish Love Deception - Elena Armas (i'm sorry to myself for putting me through that)

The Love Hypothesis - Ali Hazelwood (*sigh*)

All the Bright Places- Jennifer Niven (fuckfuckfuck)

Books by Sophia Bennett (Love Song, The Look, You Don't Know Me)

Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell

On the Come up - Angie Thomas (it's sO GOOD READ IT)

The Sun is also a Star - Nicola Yoon

The Fault in our Stars - John Green

Turtle all the way down - John Green (unpopular opinion? this is better than tfios)

Tv series (i don't watch much unless I start binging randomly and finish the whole thing within a day or two)

The Vampire Diaries

The Originals

Brooklyn Nine Nine

Young Royals

Riverdale (unfinished)

Stranger Things

Girl Meets World

Lucifer (unfinished)

Supernatural (also unfinished)

[there's probably more than I'm forgetting]

Side blogs:

@iambecomeindecisive for shitposting (which I do on main anyway)

@sankt-milo which is treated like the GV's Milo blog

@too-close-to-helios [photography blog]

@jesper-hendriks [where I'm @crowtube's jesper as well]

@darling-fucking-god which is basically my dedication to the King and Queen of Elfhame

@minyards-junkie - i did it. aftg side blog. help

there's more that i don't even remember the names of

important crazy shit that's gone down on this blog

my playlists

[side-effect-of-the-meds]

It’s been eons since I’ve written and now I’m in my feels!!!!!

“She isn’t like us,” Kevin countered. “There’s more to [Erin] than Exy.” And then, in a voice so soft that Ania thought she’d imagined it, he added, “She’s more than just an investment. She’s my friend.”

[krekdon]

but imagine neil coming home to find andrew lying upside down on the couch with the kittens just climbing over him and not even caring because he is so tired of being ill and not being able to do anything so when neil comes through the door andrew beckons him to sit beside him and listen to his whining and pleads for neil to give him cuddles and stroke his head and just comfort him because he is too ill to function and neil is just like what the fuck because andrew is so adorable and he loves him so much

[side-effect-of-the-meds]

Erin trying to hide her feelings from Ania

[spacepanda7]

"I would have come for you. And if I couldn't walk, I'd crawl to you, and no matter how broken we were, we'd fight our way out together-knives drawn, pistols blazing. Because that's what we do. We never stop fighting." Kaz Brekker to Inej Ghafa, "Crooked Kingdom" by Leigh Bardugo

"Why do we breathe air? Because we love air? Because we don't want to suffocate. Why do we eat? Because we don't want to starve. How do I know I love her? Because I can sleep after I talk to her." Richard Campbell Gansey III about Blue Sargent, "The Raven King" by Maggie Stiefvater

"I hate you. You were supposed to be a side effect of the drugs... You are a pipe dream." Andrew Minyard to Neil Josten, "The King's Men" by Nora Sakavic

"You were the sun, and I was crashing into you. I'd wake up every morning and think, 'This will end in flames.'" Baz Pitch to Simon Snow, "Carry On" by Rainbow Rowell

"That is the man you face. He has more honour and integrity than any man I have ever met. He is dedicated to his people and his country. And I am proud to have been his lover." Prince Damen of Akielos about Prince Laurent of Vere, "Kings Rising" by C.S. Pacat

"I think you’re a fairy tale. I think you’re magical, and brave, and exquisite. And I hope you'll let me be in your story." Lazlo Strange to Sarai, "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor

"Mock me all you like. Whatever I imagined then, now it is I who would beg and grovel for a kind word from your lips... By you, I am forever undone." Cardan Greenbriar to Jude Duarte, "The Queen of Nothing" by Holly Black

"You're everything. You're... You're chaos and order and everything between. Like sunshine kept back by clouds. Like the entire world's imploded inside you, but all I see are the stars are sewn into your skin. You're filled with soft, dark music. I hear it all the time. Your music." Colton Bell to Danny Hart, "Timekeeper" by Tara Sim

"I feel like a campfire, like I could burn for days." Leah Burke about Abby Suso, "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli

"Like I’m losing my mind but in a slow, achingly beautiful sort of way." Dorian to Zachary Rawlins, "The Starless Sea" by Erin Morgenstern

"Let’s do it fucking for real. Let’s go all in. No more contract. No more safety net. You can break my heart. Do whatever you want with it." Peter Kavinsky to Lara Jean Covey, "P.S. I Still Love You" by Jenny Han

"Sometimes I think we're the same person...but we just got accidentally split into two before we were born." Aled Last to Frances Janvier, "Radio Silence" by Alice Oseman (they're platonically in love.)

"You make me want to live. Not survive; not exist. Live." Aelin Galathynius to Rowan Whitethorn, "Queen of Shadows" by Sarah J. Maas

"I have never known what to make of you. Not since the day we met. And it terrifies me. You terrify me. And the idea of you walking away again, vanishing from my life, that terrifies me most of all." Kell Maresh to Lila Bard, "A Conjuring of Light" by V. E. Schwab

"Everyone has a nightmare. Maybe I want you to be mine." Adrian Everhart to Nova Artino, "Supernova" by Marissa Meyer

Happy Valentines Day

[eponinemylove]

AFTG First Impressions

If you haven’t read aftg just glaze right over this post because I’m bouta spoil some shit and this is something you need to experience for yourself if you ever read the series

OK so let’s talk about first impressions, because there are a couple of things I immediately assumed when I listened to the books (and yes I never read the series, I listened to them on audiobooks, this is important) that were just so far off from what ended up happening that I thought it would be funny to share them

I THOUGHT KEVIN AND ANDREW WERE AN ESTABLISHED COUPLE. Like it’s not even that I thought that Kevin and Andrew might be having sex, which I know a couple of y’all picked up on too and are in the same boat, I actually believed that Andrew was Kevin’s boyfriend and everyone knew this. I thought that it was common knowledge in the exy world that they were openly and publicly dating. The reason I assumed this was because, in the first fucking chapter, they’re described as 1) Kevin having switched to PSU for the short goalkeeper and 2) Kevin never went anywhere without Andrew. This is c a n o n okay, sounds like a relationship to me. moving on.

So again, I listened to this on audiobooks. The audiobooks were voiced by a man. For the first couple of chapters I thought that Aaron was Erin, and I didn’t exactly piece together that he was a guy? Or even that he was the same person? This is just me being a little slow, but for a solid part of the first half of The Foxhole Court, I kind of thought of Aaron as two separate people: Aaron and Erin. I knew that Aaron was Andrew’s twin in the back of my mind, but then I forgot to make the connection that Erin was anything more than a sort of secondary character (like how y’all be doing my boy Seth) so I was just rolling with everything pretty much until around the time that Neil went to Columbia (yes this is how long it took, shut up) and I sat straight up, paused the book, and realized that I was a huge dumbass and that Erin wasn’t a fucking character at all, that I was thinking of AARON, who was the second short blonde maniac and not the maybe-female player that just chills with Andrew’s crowd

Also just me misunderstanding, but when they talked about going to Columbia pretty often I was like oh?? Oh shit. Y’all just be flying down to Columbia every other week, no problem? And then it’s mentioned that they’re from Columbia and i’m there like on god??? I though y’all were white? Ok I see you. It wasn’t until they were actually in the car driving I realized that they meant Columbia, South Carolina and not the country

Also a really minor thing but I thought Nicky was spelled Nicki. This wouldn’t have really changed anything, I just think that Nicki is a more feminine spelling and I was kinda excited about that being his name until I realized that realistically it wasn’t very likely. 

I definitely though that Kevin was going to be Neil’s love interest. He was the one who flew down to Millport to get Neil!! He was the one who decided they have to have him!! In the book’s summary or blurb or whatever it’s called, Kevin is the one Nora is vagueing about, his mysterious friend from the past who might jeopardize Neil’s whole secret but who he’s inexplicably drawn to!! And then I meet Andrew, again who I thought was Kevin’s established boyfriend, and I’m like ???? Is Neil going to have to break them up? Andrew isn’t going to like Neil very much. What’s happening

Ok no tea no shade, BUT. I mean honestly no offense, but how did y’all not pick up on Andreil? Look I KNOW I just said I thought Neil/Kevin was endgame. After like chapter 6 I realized my folly. Kevin was over here getting NO screen time, while Andrew was getting a lot of focus? Which isn’t exactly what pushed me over, but it got me reevaluating. And then Columbia happened and a bunch of other shit but—ok, do y’all remember the scene towards the end (I think) of The Foxhole Court? Chapter 14? I’ll quote it for you: 

“A group of people shouldered their way up to the bar counter at Neil’s back, pushing him into Andrew. Andrew didn’t budge beneath his weight. He was something solid to lean against, something violent and fierce and unmoving. Neil couldn’t remember what it felt like to have someone hold him up. It was terrifying and liberating all at once. His life was out of his control now; he was giving it up to Andrew and hoping Andrew would keep it safe.”

THAT SHOULD’VE BEEN YOUR FIRST MF CLUE. This is the exact moment I realized that Neil was going to end up catching feelings for Andrew, and, let’s be real, I’d already began to assume that Andrew would return them, because obviously. Look at everything that’s happened so far. He’s bought this boy clothes, kept his secrets, adopted him into his family, offered to fight off the mafia for him and??? otherwise completely obsessed over him thus far. The chemistry was there.

I think this pretty much goes without saying but I thought that first night at Columbia would’ve had a much bigger role than it did? Nicky literally kissed Neil against his will while Neil was roofied, and then the next thing Neil knows he’s waking up in bed with Nicky the next day? And sure he freaks out in the moment and for the next couple of days, but there isn’t a whole lot of follow through after that. It’s talked about a few times and then just... never again. I really thought that that would’ve torn a much bigger hole in Neil and Nicky’s relationship than it did

Do you know how much bullshit Andrew’s coming out scene was from my perspective??? Please refer back to the top of this post where I mention that from the first chapter of the first book and one of the first descriptions of Andrew Minyard that we get, I thought this boy was out and proud and dating Kevin Day. And then for Renee to have to break it to Neil in the SECOND BOOK that not only is Andrew not straight, but that no one else knows this about him, I about lost my shit. And then the scene sometime earlier where Kevin is advising Neil that if he is gay to stay in the closet bc it’s easier for pepople to think Neil’s straight??? As if deep down we all don’t know that Kevin himself is a raging bisexual?? Nora, I hate to tell you this, but no one was assuming that your characters are straight. I appreciate you calling out heteronormativity, but I can assure you that was absolutely not the case in your books.

I didn’t like Jean at first. I can admit it. I thought that he was one of Kevin’s asshole ex-teammates who wanted him to come back to the nest, and if not than he’d make him miserable. I have done a complete 180 and I love and respect Jean Moreau so much more now that I understand his character, but that was my initial assumption and I’m not proud of it

Alright I think that’s about it for this post. Feel free to add on with some of your first impressions from aftg, or if you make a separate post tag me in it!