#neil josten i love u

[kevindavidday]

i'm convinced stuart doesn't believe in neil's facade of normalcy one bit. he's properly met neil all of thrice since mary ran: once to save his life. again at an exy match where neil immediately told him to take a hit out on proust and smiled like his father when he watched riko die. and the third time he meets neil, the kids asking for another hit out on a raven. completely out the blue. you truly take the man out of the city not the city out the man huh neil josten you will never not be a wesninski

[coffeekoe]

[ninyard]

fox tweets (the q&a) (inspired by @minyard-05)

[crunch-barr]

neil. neeyo …

[sadlad03]

first art of 2024 lol

[blue-jos10]

‘wow dr minyard how are you so calm and patient even with the insane ones?’

‘i’ve had practice.’

[two-longing-loves]

i love neil josten because right off the bat, the very first para of tfc he starts telling us HARDCORE backstory. he does not hold back.

[shuutingstar]

can’t believe Kevin has chemistry with two separate couples who have their own books centred around them — and Kevin plays a big part in both of their lives — and this guy ends up with Thea. THEA.

[everyonesadoptivedad]

sketch dump from one of my favorite moments :> ✨

((done listening to this ))

[aftg-rot]

who is humanising who? 😤

[spilledcoffeeonthefloor]

Nore giving us this extra contents like we weren't already so fucking deep.

everyday i swim through this huge ocean of emotions i have towards aftg and after these ECs i think I'll just let myself drown and die.

[kevindavidday]

"first you steal andrew's car, then you steal his girl..." on god i know andreil confirmation hit matt boyd like a freight truck

[codename-adler]

adler ok i'm thinking about the aftg show again and like. because we'd have more time than with a movie, maybe the first part is expanded a little bit like instead of it starting with neil post-game at millport straight into wymack recruiting him maybe it starts with the game day instead like a montage of neil squatting in the empty house he mentions and heading to school, maybe he passes a paper stand or something that mentions kevin signing with the foxes, and then we see him blending into the background at millport, then exy practice, then stuff about the game etc etc because that opens the world a little bit, it introduces the audience to the sport and gives an idea of how it's played, and showing tiny little details about neil's life– him running, his living situation, etc– helps create curiosity around his character and solidify him as the protagonist whilst keeping it vague enough to make the audience want to know what's up with this guy, you know?

anyway here's my song pitch for this little opening bit

good LORD this is FIRE omg.

letting go of that very first shot being Neil Josten let his cigarette burn to the filter without taking a drag is going to be really hard for me because it is the best opening line in the history of ever. i think it would translate well onto the screen as well.

HOWEVER. i *could* be persuaded by your pitch... take all of that beauty, with that banger, AND THEN: stop the music as Neil Josten let his cigarette burn to the filter without taking a drag.

abrupt cut-off. complete silence. shaky camera shot. the night and the wind rushing in. the electric pitch noise of the outside stadium lights. stars above. the creaking of the metallic bleachers. smoke flowing and flowing and flowing. the burning orange cherry gets closer and closer to Neil's fingers. he never takes a drag. he's looking up at the sky, the lights, he's closing his eyes, he doesn't move. he breathes in. breathes out. that's all you can hear. in. out. again. the cigarette's cherry is too close to his fingers now. he takes a big inhale. he stubs out the butt on the bench. when the cigarette connects with the bench, the screen turns completely black with the sound of stadium lights shutting off deafeningly. we never hear Neil exhale.

[dykekarkat]

loved the new aftg extra stories however...not enough of my boy i miss my boy neil josten please come home

[funsizedshark]

it's about second chances, neil. second, third, fourth, whatever, as long as you get at least one more than what anyone else wanted to give you.

[tfc minimalist book cover redesign because my reread left me jn shambles]

[neilsracquet]

this was all so andreil no one can tell me messermoon has not read aftg i know they have