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Neil & Andrew
A thank you for the writer of Deals With Devils, @toadlilyaus. Dialogue is based off a section in Chapter 41 (https://archiveofourown.org/works/47081227?view_full_work=true)
#aftg#aftg fanart#andreil#andrew minyard#neil josten#i cant draw buildings to save my life#if you squint its okay#neil will be the death of him#andrew minyard: gay disaster#deals with devils
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I think Andrew's desperation to live is a little overlooked in the fandom. It's not explicitly stated in the books, other than his SH scars, but I honestly think it is so important to understanding him and his motivations.
Did Andrew ever plan to live past graduation? Before Kevin came along and promised his life would have worth? Did he plan on disappearing when Aaron eventually walked away from him? Believing nobody would notice if he was gone?
He clung on purely for Aaron, to make sure Aaron had a bright future ahead and could go live without him. To make sure that Nicky could go back to Erik without worry.
Before Neil, Andrew didn't believe he had anything to live for. He made a very one sided deal with Kevin to find something, anything, to build his life around after graduation, believing his brother would leave him alone once again.
Because at the heart of it all, Andrew doesn't want to die. Not really.
Andrew has chronic depression and he is suicidal. He sits on the edges of roof tops to feel. He puts his life on the line again and again with little regard for his own safety. He makes promises that put him at a severe disadvantage.
His promises are what keeps him alive, what forces him to live. Dying would break his promise, and Andrew has suffered enough from broken promises.
He doesn't want to die. He wants to survive those who beat him down. He wants to move on. He wants to get better. He wants to live.
He just doesn't know how.
#i wonder if andrew saw himself in neil#death as the end but wanting to live#trying to live#because andrew tries so hard to live#i love him your honor#aftg#all for the game#andrew minyard#the foxhole court#kevin day#aaron minyard#twinyards#aftg andrew
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Rising from the dead to share this painting and then disappear again
I have spent over 90 hours of my life on this thing because I have had the brain rot for the last 2 years of my life (almost 20 if you count when I first read the comics) and it had to express itself somehow
Hope this dramatic bitch feels appreciated
(A Dream of Morpheus, handmade egg tempera on panel, 12x18 inches...if by any chance you'll be at SDCC or Gen Con, I'll be at booth 934/936 at the first one and Art Show #13 at the second one - come see the original, maybe get a print, or just yell/cry about Sandman with me?)
And here, have some more details - I had fun combining some favorite elements from both the comic and the show ♡
#sandman#morpheus#dream of the endless#egg tempera#traditional art#do I tag all the little guys?#that seems clunky#anyway obviously lucienne was gonna be in there because what a glow-up#and jessamy bc we stan#and my potato blorbo the corinthian#and my love hoberto#I liked him already from the comic and then immaculate casting happened#dark haired desire because I'm old enough to get the nagel reference#and show!death because 1 I like her and 2 I started this way before The News but I feel like I made a good choice#bc stepping away from Girls Neil Thinks Are Hot can't be a bad thing rn#not that it's the girls who need to be stepped away from but you get me#heavyhanded shakespeare metaphor: the painting
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neil telling andrew he wants to be the type of person that would go back for him after spending his life only looking out for himself and not knowing that in another life if he ended up in the nest he'd be the one person that never leaves jean
#not to mention making us think he doesn't give a fuck about jean#just to go and be a grounding presence for him when he learns of his sister's death#and to be the one to put an end to his abuser#neil from another pov is so special to me#love him SO MUCH#neil josten#jean moreau#andrew minyard#andreil#jeaneil#all for the game#aftg#the sunshine court#tsc
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"Kevin cares about nothing other than Exy"
*loads the gun*
#AND there is tons of canon evidence too#also how she then said that his death would have ruined the andreil dynamic#its kevins world and we live in it#he leaves such an impact on the people around him#gosh i love him#aftg#all for the game#the foxhole court#kevin day#the raven king#neil josten#the kings men#andrew minyard
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Okay so uhhh... visions came upon me and this was the result lol
Based on this absolute atrocity (affectionate... kind of)
[ID: A fourteen panel comic done in grayscale based on a Twitter thread from David Jenkins.
First panel: Neil Gaiman is surrounded by a crowd of fans, a bright spotlight is shining on top of him. One of the fans points a microphone in his direction and says "Mr. Gaiman! How would describe season two using only three words?"
Second panel: A close up shot of Neil, he smiles and says "Uhh... I'd say it's quiet, gentle, and romantic". "Romantic" is written in a flourished cursive font. There are little floating red hearts surrounding him.
Third panel: A shot of the crowd of fans saying "Awww" in unison, there are little hearts floating around. They find it adorable.
Fourth panel: A black screen titled "At David Jenkins' Twitter"
Fith panel: David Jenkins is sitting in table far away from the point of view, at the center of the image, a spotlight is shining on top of him. There is a crowd of fans forming a semi-circle around him, they are squished against one another, stoping at the little fence that is surrounding the table . A fan standing near the front says " I LOVE U... three words to describe season 2?"
Sixth panel: A close up shot of David Jenkins, he is sitting with both elbows proped up on the table, supporting his head with his hands. The harsh light is shining in on him, he looks serious and solemn. His head is tilted down but his eyes are looking directly at the camera, the whites of his eyes make a stark contrast against his shadowed figure. He says " Fucking sweet...".
Seventh panel: The shot is arranged in the same way as in fifth panel. David Jenkins is far away, sitting at his table , the fans are surrouding him in a semi-circle. The fan near the front replies "Give us one more word David"
Eight panel: A huge shock wave tilts the crowd back. All lights are out, except for the spotlight shining in on David Jenkins. David's arms are unnaturally elongated in a spider-like way, fiercely gripping the table with both hands.
Ninth panel: David lauches into the crowd. The point of view remains the same, but now his head is extremely close up the camera. He emphatically says "FUCKING"
Tenth panel: The scene is seen from the side, now we can see that David still remains sitting at his table, but his neck is extended in a long unnatural arch. He is directly looking at the fan from before, his head on top of them. The fan still has the microphone poiting in David's direction. A new spotlight is shining in on both of them. David says, "SWEET"
Eleventh panel: A close up shot of the crowd. The camera lies a little ways below David's head, only the bottom of it is visible. We see that the fan with the microphone is crouched and almost completely tilted back. The fan is looking directly at Jenkins. The crowd continues squished together, watching intently with shocked faces. David continues, saying "YOU"
Thirteenth panel: The shot is arranged in the same way as in the previous panel. David continues, saying "SLUTS". The letters are written in an emboldened font. The crowd is completely shocked, but also weirdly flattered, all of them are blushing.
Fourteenth panel: David Jenkins goes back to sitting at his table, in a movement similar to a metal spring coiling up again after being streched out. He is sitting far away from the camera, at the center of the image. The fans forming a semi-circle around him. They continue blushing, with some assorted murmurs of bafflement as in "oh my god", "dude what" and "why". /END ID]
#long neck david shall haunt me for eternity now#I don't regret creating him though#but he will also definetely appear in my nightmares#ofmd#our flag means death#ofmd s2#our flag mean death s2#david jenkins#ofmd meme#neil gaiman#good omens 2
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You know every single fandom ever has done the merman AU. There is a mountain of fanfiction and fanart out there for merman AUs. You think of a popular ship, I guarantee you there is merman AU fanworks of it.
OFMD just decided to bring the merman AU to canon for a hot moment. A bold move. A batshit crazy move. A fucking power move in my opinion. Anyone doubting this show was for fandom can no longer doubt it. Call it cringe or embarassing all you like, but I am so fucking impressed they did that. Amazing. 10/10 no notes. Sorry to any Kiwi's present but Rhys Darby makes for a very hunky merman too. They fully dedicated themselves to getting New Zealands funny uncle into a proper silicon merman tale, complete with pretty flowy fins and actual GLITTER and made him swim up to Taika Waititi underwater in a recreation of that scene from Splash. No one is doing it like them. I think the only way a show could top this is somehow bringing omegaverse to the silver screen... but that is perhaps a tad too far across the fandom/canon divide!
#ofmd#ofmd s2#ofmd s2 spoilers#blackbonnet#our flag means death#rhys darby#taika waititi#stede bonnet#edward teach#there is only one other person alive willing to cross these fandom boundaries#and that person is neil gaiman#i hope he watches ofmd and takes it as a challenge#the only way to top this is to put david tennant and michael sheen through just as much carnage in gos3#i dare him
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Neil “season 2 is quite, gentle and romantic” Gaiman walked so David “season 2 is fucking sweet, sluts” Jenkins could run.
#neil gaiman#david jenkins#ofmd#our flag means death#good omens#good omens 2#ofmd 2#our flag means death 2#I just saw that tweet by David and I immediately thought about Neil lol#he’s feral#good for him#mine
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we are so screwed
#neil have mercy#please#good omens#neil gaiman#david tennant#michael sheen#aziraphale#crowley#aziracrow#ineffable husbands#ineffable divorce#good omens season 2#good omens season 3#give me good omens 3 or give me death#i miss them please prime#quiet gentle and romantic?#i dont believe him anymore
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Aaron may not have an eidetic memory like Andrew does but he has a damn good one and he can remember anything he puts even the smallest amount of effort into remembering.
After everything that happened in Baltimore Aaron starts to note every small possibly important (and unimportant) medical fact about the foxes. And he’s not even totally conscious he’s doing it.
He consciously remembers Andrew and Nicky’s blood types. He knows Nicky’s allergic to penicillin and he knows Andrew doesn’t react well to doctors so it’s best for everyone if he can be administered some kind of sedative right away.
And then he thinks he should probably know this stuff for Kevin, and begrudgingly Neil, because they’re part of his strange little family that Andrew’s created. So he quickly and easily finds this information on them (because he’s a Minyard and he just knows how to find the things he needs to know). So he knows their blood types and he knows Kevin still feels residual pain in his left hand but doesn’t show it and try’s to ignore it. He knows Neil heals annoyingly quick from his all too common injuries but he also knows he aggravates those injuries easily by pushing himself too soon.
But it doesn’t stop there, there’s a small itch in the back of his head driving him to find out the important medical facts about the rest of the foxes. So he allows himself to remember their blood types and allergens and tells himself he needs to know incase of an emergency.
But he also notices that Matt has a high tolerance to pain medication whenever he’s being treated by Abby for an injury during practice or a game. And he notes the one type that works for him and keeps multiple bottles on him and in their room. (It’s also the only type that works for Kevin and works best for Neil so he stocks their room with it too)
And he notices that Allison is a slight germaphobe and applies hand sanitizer anytime she has to touch a public door handle or they go out to eat. So he opens as many doors for her as he can despite the confused look he gives her every time and he just glares right back at her. He keeps an extra mini bottle of hand sanitizer in his backpack for her as well and silently passes it to her when she’s forgotten hers.
He notices Dans chronic knee and lower back pain that Abby is constantly treating and how there’s always a rotating rainbow of colorful KT Tape on her. So he keeps an eye on Abby’s stock of tape and when a color is running low he casually mentions it to her to order more and then walks away.
He notices how Renee always picks at the scabs on her knuckles that result from her sparring with Andrew. He figures the wraps she has are getting old and silently leaves a new pair on the counter the next time he’s in the girls dorm, along with a box of bandaids and a tube of antiseptic ointment. He leaves a matching set of supplies in Andrew’s dorm as well just to be safe.
He doesn’t consciously realize that what he’s doing is protecting and taking care of the Foxes. But the others catch on and smile fondly at him because he’s letting himself care for them and become part of their family.
And the one time Dan mentions what he’s doing for them he looks at her like she’s crazy. He tells himself, and her, that that’s not what he’s doing, he’s just a future doctor and someone needs to take care of these injury prone idiot athletes and no one else besides him and Abby are going to do it right.
Aaron would definitely be so observant and acutely aware of the Foxes physical well beings despite him insisting he doesn’t care and hates them all. But he basically becomes Abby’s right hand man and teams second nurse because it’s good practice for his future and he knows them.
#doctor Aaron Minyard#Aaron showing his care in strange ways is canon to me#he doesn’t trust anyone else to properly take care of them#but their endless list of medical issues is also going to be the death of him#aaron minyard#aftg#aftg aaron#all for the game#andrew minyard#kevin day#neil josten#renee walker#alison reynolds#matt boyd#dan wilds#nicky hemmick
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yeah seth is an asshole and easily hate-able in aftg but also like, i LOVE fics where he is alive and kicking - even if they're canon compliant and he just like, got a career-ending injury and is now lurking around the fox's practices providing much needed comic relief.
(neil comes back from the nest : "didnt realise you were lucky the fucking leprechaun")
like for neil, andrew is his person, and matt is his best friend, but seth is a partner in creating uneccessary chaos
#seth gordon you had potential and that is what is sad about your death#yeah he was an asshole and a homophobe but also so was everyone else he was just direct about it#like i just want him on crutches from an acl tear or smthn yelling antagonizing shit from the sidelines#aftg#neil josten#andrew minyard#all for the game#seth gordon#lucky the leprachaun is the mascot for lucky charms btw
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i just know neil's ass thinks about his father or riko getting shot from time to time like some grounding memory and ends up with a freakish smile on his face (andrew's sad he's deprived of the visuals he'd have loved to see it too)
#they match each others freak your honor#heckin weirdos omg#ugh#like started out with thinking of his moms burning corpse and now he looks down at her in hell like haha mom did u see that? he died lmao#nathan wesninski loser L haha beat him up down there for me get his ass#like the book just transitioned from him visualising one persons death (depressing) to another persons death (celebration)#aftg#tfc#neil josten#andrew minyard#andreil
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NEIL ELLICE as HUNTER D-90
LOKI 2.02 "Breaking Brad"
#lokiedit#lokitvedit#marveledit#mcuedit#loki spoilers#loki series#hunter d-90#neil ellice#by vampgf#filmtvcentral#userangel#rey#*waves*#girl please put him in more scenes idc if he's a side character#the cropping will be the death of me
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Wymack, Bee, Nicky and Kevin are so underrated in regards to how fundamentally they helped Andrew. Without them Andrew would never have anyone to even take a chance at him. Without Wymack, he wouldn’t have college and exy, without nicky he wouldn’t even have a “home”, without Bee, Andrew’s mental state would have been way way worse, and without Kevin, Andrew wouldn’t have a purpose.
Neil may be the catalyst and Andrew’s main reason to actually live. But these four people (and Aaron) are Andrew’s cornerstones, his foundation, are what’s holding him up before Neil josten even existed.
#I’m so done with people disregarding these four/five people when they mention how Andrew healed#like yeah ofc we know neil is the main reason#but without any of these five people Andrew minyard would have been beyond help even with Neil#Andrew minyard cannot put his entire being in just one persons hands okay#also I rmb in the EC Nora Said that the two deaths Andrew wouldn’t survive after tkm is bees and Neil’s#Andrew minyard is Just so important to me I need him for my well-being#aftg#all for the game#tfc#the foxhole court#aftg series#aftg fandom#andrew minyard#aftg incorrect quotes#neil josten#andrew joseph minyard#aftg headcanon#aftg thoughts#tfc headcanon#aftg andrew#aftg andreil#aftg kevin#aftg fic#aftg trilogy#betsy dobson#David wymack#kevin day#nicky hemmick#aaron minyard#aftg nicky
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Okay, but if AFTG had been set in today’s day and age, Neil would one thousand percent learn how to use a phone just so he could send Riko Mafia boyfriend ASMR with the caption “this you?”
#neil josten#riko moriyama#neil has a death wish#Kevin cries when Neil shows him the messages#all for the game#aftg#andrew minyard#andreil#kevin day#the foxhole court#aaron minyard#allison reynolds#dan wilds#nicky hemmick#matt boyd#renee walker#my aftg
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Andrew Minyard moodboard of things he might send Neil
#as a reminder andrew is a terrible driver#neil conveniently leaves that out as he falls more in love with him#but lest we forget andrew almost killed the two of them in like chapter 2 of tfc#the moriyamas are coming but the true cause of death will be andrew in that maserati#andrew minyard#aftg#tfc
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