#the palmetto state

[oldlinetrad]

Presidents House - 1770. The College of Charleston. Charleston, SC.

[heartshapedcaskett]

Came here chasing the past. Marlboro County, South Carolina

[shutterandsentence]

Actual photo of my feelings about 70-degree October days! A little bit beachy, a little bit spooky! :-)

Photo: Hilton Head, South Carolina

[iromyshop]

before paint and resin... el naturale

[ultimate-marysue]

Okay, I might be pulling this out of my ass but since that finals match was in Evermore that means the foxes should have been wearing their white away jerseys. Which means: the final match was a game of chess.

Not only are they wearing white, but they have first serve (Dan won the coin toss), and near the end the Foxes' king (Neil, because this is a battle between Riko and Neil) changes positions with the tower (Matt, a defenseman that towers over most people) creating the illusion of a castling.

And right there at the end, Riko attempts to kill Neil because they're in front of each other, but that's not how kings work. In the time it takes him to take that step, Andrew closes the gap and strikes. Check mate.

[froggisarethebest]

no but imagine being the Palmetto State track team coach and learning about this kid who can run a mile in four minutes and so you go and check it out but surprise surprise the exy coach from the shit exy team has him already so you try to negotiate for the player because he might be the fastest kid you’ve ever seen but the exy coach keeps saying no and no and so you watch this kid that can RUN THE MILE IN FOUR MINUTES become the fastest exy player in history and you’re sobbing falling to your knees because you could’ve had him in the track team winning you gold medals in the olympics but instead you just stare from your campus office as this redhead short exy obsessed kid runs laps around the entire uni campus for hours on end without getting tired and just wishes all hell on exy

[bloodfiresandabram]

personally a huge fan of fics where the foxes seem to forget that neil is a genuinely dangerous person because neil lets himself laugh and smile, where the foxes continue to assume that andrew is the bigger threat, except for aaron.

fics where the foxes are like “dude why do you hate neil so much” and aaron is like “because he’s an idiot and he’s not safe to be around and if he could very easily hurt my brother” and the foxes are all like bro what? have u seen him? he’s currently napping on the floor in the corner with a fox plushie??? babey??

and then some shit happens and neil pulls the wesninski mafia upbringing out of his ass to defend andrew in one way or another and there’s a multi layered realization

one layer is the foxes, seeing neil as the deadly threat that he’s capable of being, reminding themselves that he chooses to be gentle and to laugh and to smile, but that he is more than capable of drawing blood without even a flinch

the other layer is aaron seeing neil bring out his dangerous potential for the sake of fighting for andrew and having to finally admit that maybe there’s no reason to hate him

just like i love fics where neil is allowed to be soft and gentle and warm, he deserves to have that—but also i love fics where the sharp edges of himself make other people bleed

[dykekarkat]

i do believe in neil's ability to cry on command, and this is not like an ugly cry it's like the most beautiful cinematic movie perfect crying ever seen. it was like the second thing mary taught him while on the run because crying children are extremely sympathetic + u gotta start the manipulating gene young. anyway i think he starts using it to run cons on the foxes during his second year. Most affected are matt and nicky (andrew is adamant that he's not affected but he almost always indulges him), least affected are dan and aaron. renee thinks its funny + allison is just extremely jealous and annoyed because he does it better than her (neil loves dunking on her w this). in my vision the first time this happens it's because the foxes bet that neil can't get the press to shut up without tearing them to shreds, and neils like ugh whatever bets are stupid but this is his Pride on the line. so he waits for someone to ask something suitably insensitive and then just bursts into gorgeous photogenic tears and the foxes are freaking out and the reporter is like oh my god im a horrible person and quits his job and then they get into the locker room and neil just. flips the switch. and everyones like ohhhhhh you bastard. you're evil. also kevin and renee are the only ones to win the bet

[little2nerdy]

i don’t think people realize how well neil’s demisexuality is written. you can see his emotional connection to andrew change and grow as he learns andrew’s motivations and boundaires long before you can see his attraction to andrew appear.

i think the best example is how neil describes andrew in tkm. he never really thinks about it in detail at all and then all of a sudden “andrew looked as he always had, and neil knew his face as well as he knew every iteration of his own. despite that, something seemed different. maybe it was the sunlight streaming through the window, making andrew’s pale hair shine brighter and his hazel eyes seem almost gold. whatever it was, it was disorienting.”

demisexuality sometimes feels like a switch gets flipped out of nowhere. and andrew flipped neil’s switch because neil trusted him. trust and safety and boundary respect was literally the turn on.

[hamrikaa]

Happy pride month 🧡

This is one of my pieces for the aftg pride zine ✨️

You can find the zine under @aftgpridezine and @/aftg_zine on twitter!!!

There are awesome fics and a lot of beautiful art in there ���

I made another little illustration that'll be available as a print with the physical zine, as well as other stunning merch by amazing artists 👀

And if you didn't already know I liked kevaaron– you know now.

[rainynovaside]

due for some rainbows..

[oldlinetrad]

College of Charleston - Charleston, SC.

[allfor-thegames]

i love the idea of the foxes post canon watching kevin do or say something or make an expression that is so reminiscent of wymack they're like "oh yea, coach is for sure his dad, look at him."

i equally love the idea of the foxes watching neil do or say something and being like "oh yea, his dad was for sure a serial killer, look at him."

[er-the-surgeon]

Neil Josten really spent his entire life on the run, then said “fuck it” just so he could shit talk a guy on TV. A true hater

[iromyshop]

once had a family and if I remember correctly two kids and their parents I was in Wynwood 2nd Ave... the dad says "let me take a video I will make you famous I have a huge following" - my reply "I already am famous every store I go into they know me for giving roses, no videos and photos please this is an 'in the moment' live art experience'"

and in the photo a natural sunlight photograph of one of my most recent pieces. Handmade leaf roses, arcylic paint maybe a little oil paint and art resin. This will go hundreds of years I once saw in downtown Charleston SC a piece of the same leaf used for the roses nearly 100 years old still going strong. Meaning if the roses without paint and resin can go a hundred years... well it's 'blue chip' artwork folks... enjoy! Thanks for being here! -Joey

[codename-adler]

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