#it fits tsc so well

[ofyoursilentreverie]

the fact that nora sakavic only made up some of the teams in aftg makes me laugh so much because what do you mean the usc trojans came to my college to play a game and i watched them. even the ravens - sure they're called the edgar allan ravens, but the baltimore ravens are a real team and the fact that it's baltimore + ravens makes me laugh - i see people walking around wearing team sweatshirts and all i can think about is aftg

[wikitpowers]

i miss our sherlock and watson more and more every day :( please come back to us soon :(

art: @cassandrajean <3

[embroideredlove]

false god, dress, dancing with our hands tied (quite literally) and you are in love are songs I can only associate with the dark artifices

[the-inner-musings-of-a-worm]

the exit by conan gray but it’s jean talking to neil and kevin

I can't hate you for gettin' everything we wanted

I just thought that I would be part of it

I was movin' into your apartment

When you met someone, she's from your hometown

You hate the East Coast, it's where you live now

Impossible to understand how you're not comin' back

But I can't say it out loud

Feels like we had matching wounds

But mine's still black and bruised

And yours is perfectly fine

Feels like we buried alive

Something that never died

So, God, it hurt when I found out

[luvbug724]

obsessed w jeanee Actually. she drove hours in the middle of the night for him. she organised a heist for him. she blackmails a university for him. she was willing to break into the nest w brute force for him. she was willing to rob a hardware store to do it. she seriously contemplates climbing over barbed wire fences to get to him. she handles diversions and distractions with grace for him. she has the invasive curiosity to want to know all abt his little knick knacks. she resorts to violence when someone tries to stop her from getting to him. she prays for him. she talks to him softly when the only feeling in the room is rage. she pushes his hair out of his face. she checks his pulse obsessively. YEAH………… are we all seeing this rn

its so wonderful to me too because like this is RENEE. renee, who is a bad person trying very hard to be good. there was a post going around maybe a month ago how empathy for everyone circles back around into empathy for no one i can't remember any of the specifics but it rlly did something for how i see renee because shes a protector. its defensive. its safe. she knows the limits, she knows the point of no return because shes been to rock bottom and clawed her way up but she's willing to do whatever she needs to to get jean out of the nest.

there is a big difference between cradling allison when andrew hurts her vs actively threatening eau, going on the offense to make sure jean leaves safe with her. there's something insane to me abt how a few months of texting and calling jean could push her to that point, the point where she needed to be talked down off the ledge before the plan was more natalie than renee because this was something she absolutely could not fuck up. she knew that her efforts would be worthless if she didn't create a plan that couldn't backfire, because the punishment for jean trying to leave and failing (and i'm sure that message to renee would be used against him) or leaving and coming back would be 1000x worse than whatever they could do to him from a distance.

and then when she has him in his arms and she knows he's going to be safe, he'll be okay as long as she can get him to abby, she can let herself be kind again.

[helenofblackthorns]

Helen (Alessa) Penhallow Blackthorn

“The sun had dipped to touch the edge of the horizon. It was a massive glowing ball of orange and red now, illuminating the ocean with bands of metallic gold.”

courage; sacrifice; love; hatred; anger; aggression; passion; war; warning; danger; sexuality; excitement; good luck; confidence; frustration

[jeanmoreaux]

Thanks for all the replies re aftg!!!! Damn I’m hyped!!! I hope it won’t be too long before we can read it, I feel like Nora wouldn’t announce anything unless it was a sure go

Also I completely agree that’s what makes aftg (tbh The Foxhole Court sounds more well-suited as the series title for me personally!! But anyways)— so compelling to me. A life after trauma, the after. So many stories take us through the grinder and just end and make it look like all is said and done once you’ve experienced the storm, but what about life after the storms that come our way? Dealing with the damage it caused?

we get a good reminder with Nora’s stories that it’s not so simple as overcoming an obstacle; more so enduring after all these trials and tribulations and still …wanting to live? can’t always relate to this)

ANYWAY sorry I get so sidetracked I’m so excited!! And I’m not a jerejean shipper but the energy y’all putting out makes me so happy I love this fandom lmao

hddjjdjdjdjd no no you Get it. you Understand. everything you’re saying about the after and dealing with the fallout and still wanting to life…. yeah…. exactly. i think TSC is a very sure thing, she wouldn’t tell us about it otherwise considering she clearly stated in the past that she had no intentions of revisiting the universe in any capacity. AND YET here we are. also djjdjsjs let’s be honest the jerejean thing would be nice but i do not expect it. i guess we’ll have to wait and see.

[garvalhaminho]

outing myself as a micro-bangs livvy defender btw

[toytulini]

I do just want to point out, the mosquito things she mentioned probably arent necessary, if you have adequate surface agitation (like from the fountains that are in there) then mosquitoes shouldnt be able to nest in there?

[wikitpowers]

whoever it was that said lucie herondale would be famous on ao3, i hope u know i love you 🫶🏻

[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.

[xasafi]

First of all...

Hell yeah! TSC will have two books (and most likely two POVs - Jean's obviously, and it seems like Jeremy's POV is also confirmed!) YES!

Now, onto the... other stuff Nora posted.

"TSC1 has made me sadder than all 3 books of aftg" Ouch. How am I supposed to survive this?!

"but he needs to be an autumn baby, fall is for dying things" Yo, what the fuck Nora? WHAT. THE. FUCK.

It seems like TSC will indeed explore the relationship between Neil and Jean and I couldn't be happier! This is all I wanted (well, this and Jerejean but we all know which one was more likely to happen...)

Also, Jeaneil had been making-out in the Nest in previous drafts before Nora realized Neil is ace? Wow. Okay, okay. I'm fine.

Spicy scenes in TSC2? Um. I have mixed feelings about this, tbh.

"if yall were genuinely sane you wouldn't have liked aftg yes???" Well, yes. That is correct.

We got a short description of Andreil from Jean's POV?! Dreams do come true, thank you Nora.

Andrew is the older twin apparently. I kinda liked the idea that Aaron was the older one but honestly, it fits.

In most drafts Neil kissed Andrew first? Oh, wow. This is interesting.

Nora said once again that to her Andreil are versatile in bed. Yes, yes. We love to see it.

Andrew's future without Neil would have been "empty & meaningless". Oh god... I'm so glad they found each other and were able to stay together because holy fuck.

Neil would totally buy all the Fox merchandise. Yup, that's our #1 Foxes fan.

Andreil learning Russian or ASL together? My heart.

Nora claims that she would only do small changes in extra content... Does this mean no Jerejean? :(

Andrew used to hook-up with Renee after sparring in previous drafts before Nora made him gay?! WTF. Nope, I'm not even gonna acknowledge that. I didn't see it, this is not true, nope. NOPE.

"one day ppl will learn to stop asking me questions" I'm afraid we won't, even if we don't always like the answers.

Soo...

Can the spring come faster?

[wikitpowers]

WOW HOLD UP I FUCKING LOVE THIS! LIKE THE AMOUNT OF TWP ART WE HAVE BEEN GETTING IN THIS FANDOM RECENTLY IS MINDBLOWING LIKE YA'LL ARE SO TALENTED AND COOL I APPRECIATE U <3

(AND THIS DRU WILL BE MY DOWNFALL.)

dru blackthorn <3 read the tlkof sampler and i'm so excited for tlkof. the bookstore employees are scared and asking me to leave because "it's not 2026 yet" but i'm simply too excited

[someonelookingpraediti]

Bookshelf Tours All for the Game

I had to rearrange my shelves recently - my CD collection was lined up on top of my laundry bin, but it just got too big, and needed a full shelf. It was the perfect opportunity to make an "All for the Game" shelf, and finally have them all lined up together!

1. This is the Italian version, and it's a gorgeous hardback omnibus edition! It's the only hardback edition I've found (so far - I can't wait for the Rainbow Crate editions!) and it's also the only omnibus edition I've seen.

2. These are the French editions. The covers are really cool, and the titles translate to "Well Hidden Secrets", "Never Give Up", and "A Reason to Live". Honestly, I love that. Such cool titles!

3. The "Pipe Dream" fanzine by @llstarcasterll is so, so cool! It's full of the most gorgeous artwork, so is totally worth buying if you can get your hands on it. If I was flush with cash, I'd buy like, six of them, so I could pull them apart and put the pictures on my wall, in my diary, in my scrapbook.

4. The Spanish covers use the same artwork as the French ones, so I probably didn't need both, but I'm obsessive. These ones have the advantage of having really awesome chapter heading art.

5. These are the Russian editions. The artwork is, I believe, by @kiiakostet. This is some of my absolute favourite AFTG artwork, and I wish they were available as dustjackets for the English editions.

6. And speaking of dustjackets: These replacement jackets are by @llstarcasterll. They're beautiful, and I love how the spines look! I'm really looking forward to getting the "Raven Cycle" and "The Sunshine Court" jackets by the same artist. No idea where they'll go, though, the shelf is full!

7. And these are the @ouijacine jackets! I also have the prints of the artwork framed on my "All for the Game" art wall, so with this book facing outwards, it just looks like I'm super obsessed with this particular artwork. Oh wait. I am.

8. The originals. The ugly, terribly designed English language originals. I love them so much. These copies are messy and well-thumbed, and stuffed to bursting with colour co-ordinated page tabs. They are more annotation than book, at this point.

9. Ok. Technically, this isn't AFTG. But these copies of "The Raven Cycle" get a space on the shelf because the jackets are also designed by @ouijacine. Also, it makes the book stack sit at the exact perfect height.

10a. Special mention for the shelves above and below. The shelf above is my "Leigh Bardugo" collection, including some collector's editions, those gorgeous Illumicrate editions of the Nikolai duology, several beautiful copies of the Alex Stern books, and "The Familiar", which I still haven't read.

10b. The shelf below is the reason for the rearrange. I needed a long shelf, and a ridiculously tall one. These are my BTS albums. Yeah, I'm that person now. I actually still have a fair few to get, so there's a chance I'm going to overfill this shelf too. You can just see a couple of my boys peeping out over the top of the CDs, in flip photo form. I want to get one for each of the members, but weverse shipping is fucking extortionate.

At the moment, these all fit perfectly on this shelf, but with the many editions of the TSC duology I'm going to be buying, and the Rainbow Crate hardback editions? Yeah, I'm gonna need a bigger shelf.

[thousandstories]

hey do u hv fic recs ?

i do! disclaimer that these are only a few of many amazing fics in this fandom. (also check individual works for content warnings.) i went pretty much exclusively from my bookmarks on ao3 as that's just where i save my favourites- i've tagged the authors if i know their tumblrs but otherwise check out their ao3 profiles <3

Heaven Is Not Fit by bloodofkingsonmytrousers / @you-know-i-get-itt (Jean/Renee / Jean & Renee, Time Loop AU)

honestly everything gia writes is incredible but this is one of my favourites. jeanee timeloop au with incredible twists & turns and an insane amount of emotion. i'd say more but if any fic deserves a spoiler-free reading experience it's this one. 100/10 ruined me for a month and counting.

anytime, always by kevjean (Kevin/Jean, Canon Compliant- Post-Canon)

post-canon, professional exy players kevin/jean where kevin's still trying to work through the trauma of his earlier years and jean seems to have made a lot more progress in healing (spoiler alert, they've both got stuff to work through). featuring biker jean, minor breaking-and-entering, and some lovely OCs. absolutely adore this fic.

we carry our own weight by wyverning / @wyverningx (Jeremy/Jean, Canon Divergence)

insanely well-done text-fic where jeremy messages the wrong number and finds himself regularly texting jean. it follows canon so well, the amount of research that goes into depicting the events is amazing. i don't want to give spoilers but the author really uses the medium to their advantage & everyone is so in-character (seriously, the jeremy dialogue especially feels like something straight from tsc). it's part of a series & it's excellent.

take yourself home by moonix (Neil/Andrew, No Exy AU)

amazing no-exy au where aaron only finds out andrew exists when tilda dies from non-car-murder-related causes. what follows is a mad race among his friends (the foxes) to track his twin down. i haven't really summarised the plot because spoilers, but it's excellent: the andrew POV is so well-written & his interactions with the various characters are perfect.

eyes wide open by jaylocked (Jeremy/Jean, No Exy AU)

love this one. despite being written several years pre-tsc, the characterisations are still absolutely amazing (not that them being different would be a deal-breaker, but it's still so impressive how the author took the hints of their personalities from the original aftg books and reached such a similar destination.) also jean has a service dog called napoleon & he's perfect (and jeremy's a high school english teacher!)

Lavender for Luck by Mercey / @merceyca (Kevin/Neil/Andrew, Witch AU)

please everyone read this, i need someone to talk about it with. practical magic/witch au where kevin escapes from the raven coven with jean and ends up being found by andrew and neil. kandreil shenanigans ensue. featuring neil having heartwrenchingly-fitting powers, andrew being insanely powerful, and riko getting a deserved fate. also jean is a cat and it works so well. (and while i was getting the link for this fic i saw the author's made it part of a wider series (though it's the only work at the moment) so that's my day made.)

[wikitpowers]

RAGNOR WAS NOT HAVING IT😭😭😭

but dragging catarina and ragnor to a disco is so on brand for magnus my lord i love him

the one time magnus invited catarina and ragnor to a crazy disco he was throwing in his apartment - let’s just say not everyone was that impressed…😅

characters by @cassandraclare 🪩