#moriyama brothers

[foxesscramble]

but it's riko and kevin

but it's mary and abram

but it's riko and ichirou

"one of us has to make it"

but its seth and matt

but it's andrew and aaron

but it's dan and her stage sisters

but it's seth and allison

but it's neil and kevin

but its kevin and jean

but it's wymack and the foxes

but it's neil and jean

but it's nicky and the twins

but it's dan and neil

but it's renee and andrew

but–

[moontrader-arts]

Perfect court as horsemen of the Apocalypse

I don’t know why but for me this AU makes sense

Tell me if you want foxes in this universe

Riko as the Conquest (first)

Kevin as the War (second)

Jean as the Famine (third)

And Nathaniel as the Death (fourth)

[capcavan]

[broken-heart-raven-queen]

What if... the last tought of Riko was that Ichirou killed him because he lost (and Andrew broke his arm) and he could never be number 1 again??

[slidetoleft]

y'all ever think about how kevin's side of the dorm in the nest was left untouched for over a year, ready for him to return to at any moment?

[afurtivecake]

I don't know how much thought or choice Kayleigh Day put into deciding to leave Kevin to Tetsuji, but what if she chose Tetsuji not just because he's her close friend whom she trusts, but because of Riko? What if she saw how good Riko seemed to be at getting Kevin to do something other than play with his toys by himself - usually by dragging him off to pass around exy balls instead? Or how responsible he was for making sure Kevin got a share of everything during meal times and finished everything on his plate, even the vegetables? Or how mature Riko was for never crying when he got hurt and how he seemed to be able to get Kevin to stop crying when he tripped just by telling him to? What if she saw how good Riko seemed to be with Kevin and didn't want Kevin to be alone if she were gone? She wouldn't have known that Riko's interest in exy was something Tetsuji was insisting upon rather than simply encouraging. That Riko's fixation on what they ate wasn't just a child insisting upon fairness at the table but a habit formed from strict diet control. Or that not crying when hurt wasn't the sign of an emotionally well-adjusted child but a response to being habitually punished for showing any weakness. What if she asked Tetsuji to care for Kevin with hopes that Kevin would have Riko by his side to push him out of his comfort zone, to watch out for him and to be there for him if she couldn't be?

[frobby]

the most unbelievable thing about blue exorcist to me is that rin didnt know about shiemi's existence at all. Like not at all?? I get yukio being able to lie and lead a double life but he never mentioned his childhood friend that he tutors like once a week? He was never in a situation where he was like 'oh i heard this from shiemi' not even a slip up??? Not even once??????? I feel like when rin met shiemi he shoulda known OF her at least.

[saywhatyouwillbut]

i love all of you wonderful aftg creators making social media aus and in-universe memes, choosing to completely ignore the fact that exy rpf would 100% exist

[ffroppydisk]

I wonder how Kevin grieved Riko.

Because he did. He must have. They had grown up together and yes, he might hate him for all he's done to him (and Jean, and then Andrew, and Neil, and...) but he was his brother.

Don't you think that at least in the first years, things were at least slightly better?

Do you think Kevin has happy or happier memories from his childhood or is it all bad?

Do you think Kevin and Riko have had inside jokes at some point? Do you think that not too long after Riko's death, Kevin realised that the other half of those inside jokes is gone and there's no one else left to laugh at it but him? Because he can't explain the joke to anyone, they wouldn't understand. Perhaps Jean would or could, but Kevin is not selfish and he will not share inside jokes he and Riko had and that Jean had been left out from. It's unfair. So even those bits of nice memories get stained. Tainted forever.

Do you think Kevin ever subconsciously seems out Riko for something they used to do together and was theirs, only to realise again that he's not there? And not in a way that can be changed, you know. And not always in a negative way, for Kevin's fear for the king had infiltrated so deeply into his heart and head it sometimes felt like nothing but reassurance that Riko was not there anymore. But still. He had been his partner, for better and for worse, for a decade. A child born the same year they were partnered up would be in middle school, would be having thoughts, would be the same age they were when they partnered up.

Do you think Kevin ever cries about it? With Bee, or in his room, or Wymack, or in the lockers after night practice when Neil can't see him.

Do you think Kevin ever let himself feel the grief without feeling guilty about being relieved?

Do you think Kevin ever grieved Riko even before he was dead, grieving the Riko he had been when they were kids?

I don't know, I just think Kevin's grief is so, so, so deeply intricate.

[lucky-slice]

low key i think to deny Riko's trauma is to deny his narrative importance in the story.

like Riko's trauma related to his father parallels neil's. His concept of brotherhood adds complexity to Andrew and Aaron's relationship. He acts not just as an antagonist but as a foil to other character's relationship to trauma and violence.

to solely view riko through the lense of his actions is to miss the point. He is a character in a story, not a real breathing human being.

[kevindavidday]

do you think kayleigh day, aka the princess diana of exy, was the first woman who was kind to riko when he was a boy?

[leeahl]

I'm going back to the blue Exorcist fandom because a new season has come out and honestly i'm already tired of the fandom. All of Yukio's hate is produced more out of "he's mean to Rin😭😔" than any other personal reasons. Fuck off from him, he tried to commit suicide three times. He's 16 for fucks sake.

he is not a universal evil, he is not a bad person, he is just a teenage boy who is traumatized and broken. and there's no shit "but rin—" no, no rin anymore. For Yukio, this has always been a big trigger, he needs his own personal comfort and not the throwing of his brothers in his face.

And that's OKAY. just because Rin loves him doesn't mean that Yukio feels loved. It's terrible to blame people for like "you cant see how I love you, you ungrateful shit". Yukio had a purpose in life that was built to copy his father and his goals, Yukio lost everything when he found out the truth and his moral compass went astray. He is in terrible confusion, in fear and misunderstanding, he cannot explain his feelings and deal with them himself, he feels absolutely alone. his fake identity is starting to crack at the seams and it's physically painful because this "mask" has grown into his skin. even if he is surrounded by people who can help him, he does not see it, he does not feel safe and understands that he will not be understood at the level he wanted.

Seriously, he could have done a ton of shit and I'm still going to defend him because he's acting like this not because he's just an asshole, but because he's in pain and we all get angry when it hurts. especially if it hurts all the time. especially if you're tired, but you can't sleep it off because it's not your body that's tired. It's your soul.

Im stand with my cancelled husband :((((

ps. His bro too, i saw last chapters.

[capcavan]

Riko vs Ichirou

HELP THIS IS SO FUNNY ANd THEY BOTH GO TO THE SAME BUSINES MEETING

[chryseiswriting-blog]

I need someone to draw the day Kevin met Riko, the day he thought he was getting a brother and instead got an owner and a leash that he would wear for the rest of his life, even after the monster was long dead.

Just two kids with dead mums, absent fathers, and very different ideas of the path ahead.

[kevin-winfield]

Imagine an aftg alternative universe with roman numeral tattoos... Riko's meeting with Ichirou, he puts down the gun to go grab a marker.

He transforms the one to a two; he goes back to get the gun.

[tigtree]

now if i said precanon riko and kevin….