#perfect court andrew minyard

[dysfunctionalcreature]

Riko getting cucked by kandrew is this anything

[5a-alf]

It's so satisfying to know that Riko, out of all the people that were supposed to be in the perfect court, was the worst player overall (if the others played at full potential).

Like, we know for a fact he was worse than Kevin, that's explicit.

Then we have Neil, who is like... both an amazing striker AND backliner just by having trained for it for the grand total of like...2 years. He knows both roles and plays them top of the line. He is also always the fastest player on the court, and has enough endurance to play full games... he is so well rounded it's scary.

Andrew is just...out of the league when it comes to ability. He is out of any chart canonically. He just never tries -but when he does? To be able to choose how many shots he wants to let go through, to again play full games and letting only what 16 shots in out of HUNDREDS against the ravens?? He is overpowered, nora gave him depression because if he had the passion to play frfr he'd be court by like 19. No college needed.

Jean is able to be one of the best backliners while playing with broken fingers, broken/bruised ribs, being 2 years younger than everyone else, sleep deprived, tortured...the list goes on. He is still out there blowing everyone out of left field. He is big and coordinated, steady on his feet. And unmovable object. In saner and safer conditions he'll shine so hard the fans will need sunglasses. He's harder to point down as objectively better than Riko but like,, you see my point. Even if they were to be equal players he'd still win in the physique department, making him overall better.

Just. I love this.

[owlarchimedes]

"Matt grinned like he thought Neil was joking and left." - the kings men

NEIL THE MAN THAT YOU ARE I feel like we as a fandom don't talk about this enough. Neil's casually sending out hits against abusers (Proust, Grayson), and admitting to wanting to murder Riko and the foxes are like, "ha, good one buddy!"

He's a feral little gremlin and I think the only people who see Neil clearly are Andrew, Kevin, and Jean

[sadboyjacinter]

everyone talks abt neil if he was "nathaniel" and a part of the perfect court but the REAL perfect court would have been:

riko moriyama (#1)

kevin day (#2)

nathaniel wesninski (#3)

jean moreau (#4)

andrew minyard. (#5)

LIKE !? the most insane lineup that uve ever seen. they would walk onto a court and be the scariest group uve ever witnessed omg?? and if they let neil and andrew play w the aggression the ravens were taught? they would be killing ppl on the court!

[fairylwt]

andreil is not an “i can fix him” situation. they were both like “goddamn he is insane and i want him just like that”

[joejhang]

thinking about the perfect court tonight. or the would-be perfect court lineup: riko moriyama (01), kevin day (02), nathaniel wesninski (03) and jean moreau (04). something about neil and jean being "misplaced forever partners". how neil would've been so staunchly loyal and protective and devoted to jean and how jean would've had someone as brave and fierce and bold as neil to rely on in the nest. kevin and jean living out the reality of the broken perfect court for years, being abused and battered and how jean said they'd bent over backwards to prevent the other ravens from noticing riko's treatment of them. how it was about pride and dignity and self-preservation. thinking about how kevin went to the nest brokenhearted but jean went to the nest angry. thinking about the miserable years they spent at each other's side, tending each other's wounds, murmuring in quiet french, jean watching and wanting kevin silently and kevin only having eyes for the court. riko toeing the line with kevin between "beloved brother" and "punching bag". how neil josten's number (10) is the inverse of riko's number (01). how in a previous draft andrew says kevin loves neil because of how similar neil is to riko. how jean's ideal perfect court number would've been 4 and 4 means death in japanese, and in every other draft jean kills himself. thinking about that alternate universe where kevin and nathaniel and jean all coexist under riko's heavy hand. how they'd look out for and protect and care about each other in the bloodstained walls of evermore, united under the cruel thumb of the master and his deranged nephew. something about how in another world, andrew would've been a part of that lineup. how jean said the perfect court was in dire need of a goalkeeper, and andrew was worthy to fill that role. thinking about how jean was certain kevin would die after the finals game, that riko would kill him and the master would kill riko, and then it would only be him, neil and andrew, and how they'd rebuild the perfect court with just the three of them. thinking about how desperately the other ravens strived to be given neil's 4, and how much that number cost jean and how in the end it came to nothing. and jeremy thinking he wants to know what it was for. the perfect court. the tragedy that could've been.

[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)

[cubbyyyy]

i love the idea of andrew and neil sharing clothes. everytime i see fanart of them wearing each others jerseys i could die happily. i need it like air and i miss it like a lung if i don’t see it long enough. it’s giving me life and a reason to move forward in one. when i die i want it printed on my stone.

it just feels like a silent love letter.

[kevindavidday]

thinking of andrews meds induced manic smile versus neil's inherent nathaniel smile again. i will think about this tomorrow also.

[leroiestmortvivelareine]

How did i miss the fact that Jean caught his first sight of Renee - entranced, dazzled - while holding Andrew's hand.

It's like a goalie pincer movement

and

Riko

was

pissed

[saintofsacrilege]

can we talk about how wild it is that andrew and neil were both supposed to be ravens and members of the perfect court?? alongside KEVIN??? and JEAN???? i know it’s literally the entire point but that’s an INSANE lineup omg

now i can’t stop thinking about how shit would go down at the nest when andreil inevitably started interrupting neil and jean’s status as partners…

[deeppenguinstudent]

Indirectly, everyone in the perfect court was the cause of rikos downfall. Neil being the one who informed ichirou and indirectly telling him to get rid of riko and also being the one who was quite literally blocking every single advancement as a backliner. Kevin being the one to get the last point in the last second and finally proving he is better than riko. Jean leaving the Ravens making their defense line crumble and he was technically the one who helped Neil in the Nest and probably trained him as a backliner so riko doesn't punish them both.

Also bonus: Andrew who broke his hand.

I just think it's so symbolic that the people who riko tried so hard to get under his thumb was the cause of his downfall.

[5a-alf]

Riko's sociopathic stare vs Kevin's autism stare vs Andrew’s manic eyes vs Jean's empty ones (depression)

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[purpleshadow-star]

It's kind of funny (heartbreaking) that there were multiple Ravens who wanted a number, to the point where some tried to manipulate Jean into helping them one way or another, but none of them would have been next in line. No matter what they did, there was always someone ahead of them on the list. Someone who wasn't even on the team. That someone wasn't Neil. Neil was a surprise to everyone, including Riko. That someone was Andrew.

Kevin might have had to beg Riko to go visit Andrew, and Riko might have laughed at Kevin and dismissed Andrew when Andrew turned him down, but make no mistake, if Andrew had accepted and had become a Raven, he would have taken that #4 spot within his first year.

If we're being real, Andrew had more of a chance at becoming part of the perfect Court than any of those Ravens ever had. Even Jean thinks of Andrew as one of them.

The other Ravens never stood a chance.

[cryptidkreates]

every time andreil is drawn with eye bags an angel gets their wings

[fairylwt]

i can’t begin to explain how absolutely hysterical it makes me that andrew canonically smiles when only neil is around because he’d never be able to get that relaxed when others are present