writerjayne

[writerjayne]

Just imagine you are a new PSU Fox and you are terrified of the vice captain, like you are absolutely certain that if you were left alone with this man you wouldn’t survive. Yet miraculously all of your upper class men just laugh when you bring it up. Sure, Neil Josten is pretty scary looking, they all know what he’s capable of, but apparently he “has a good heart.” You find that extremely hard to believe because you love exy you love exy but this man eat sleeps and breathes the court even more than you do. Bottom line he terrifies you. And then you accidentally stumble into the film room in the bowels of the stadium and there is your terrifying vice captain curled up in—holy shit Andrew Minyard? The mob-legacy scar covered cold blooded killer on the court Neil Josten is being cradled in the arms of Andrew Minyard? Your world view? Shattered. Your sanity? Gone. Your life expectancy? Exactly 0.

[writerjayne]

I can't stop thinking about vampire hunter Neil.

Neil, who is both Wesninski and Hatford, two of the oldest vampire hunting clans to still exist. Neil, who was taught the art of the hunt by his mother, but the only thing he learned from his father was brutality and fear.

Neil, whose father turned traitor and gave himself to the Moriyama coven, becoming a vampire in pursuit of power. Neil, who was going to be turned too, whose mother took him and ran before that could happen

Neil, who's never stopped moving. never stayed in one place too long, never settled anywhere. Who's killed more vampires and thralls than he can count, most of whom were acting on his father's orders. Neil, who sleeps with a stake under his pillow and keeps silver bullets in the chamber.

Neil, whose bullets are blessed and who carries holy water, who believes in God and hates Him, blames Him, but will use whatever tools are at his disposal to take down a vampire, faith and belief be damned.

Neil, whose mother kept him alive until she was bitten, whose mother ordered him to kill her before she turned. Neil, who was taught to trust no one, vampire or human. Neil, who couldn't bring himself to keep running after Mary was gone, who wanted nothing more than to stand still for once, just to see what it was like.

Neil, who met a vampire that offered him protection, whose old friend convinced him to stay. Neil, who fits right in with this coven of misfits, this family. Neil, who realizes that not all vampires are monsters, who knows that humans can be monsters too.

Neil, who sees how Andrew takes people in, how he keeps them safe and shields them, and wonders who is shielding you? Neil, who sees what no one else does, who understands how terrified Andrew is of being left behind.

Neil, who shares his knowledge of hunting vampires, bit by bit, teaching his new family how to defend themselves. Neil, who finally has a place, a home. Who is, for the first time in his life, happy.

Neil, who risks everything to protect his family. Neil, who hands himself over to Riko, knowing he'll be turned and enslaved for eternity, that he won't be able to escape like Kevin did. Neil, who by some miracle, escapes anyway, with Riko dead and his humanity still intact.

Neil, who gives Andrew his heart and his blood and everything he has, and Andrew giving his in return. Neil, who will never become a vampire but will stay with Andrew forever, or for however long forever lasts.

[writerjayne]

All of this yes it hurts my soul!

And to add to it: Neil's middle name, Abram. Abram or Abraham ties Judaism, Christianity and Islam together. Neil ties together The Moriyamas, the Foxes and His father group in Baltimore (and the FBI kinda). But also that is a reoccurring theme of Neil's character: he brings people together, for better or worse. The foxes, the twins, Jean and the Trojans, Kevin and Wymack and I'm sure more I cant think of now

Thinking about the minyards middle name in reference to the Bible

Joseph being the favorite son who was sold and Andrew ending up in foster care and Joseph was assaulted by potiphar’s wife and no one believed him and Andrew having no one believe him

Micheal being a protector archangel he’s a guardian and a healer and Aaron wants to be a doctor , also him being Andrew protector by ‘slaying’ drake with a raquet the same way one would with a sword. A lot like the one Micheal carries

[writerjayne]

aftg is great cuz a character’s perceived attractiveness doesn’t automatically dominate the narrative surrounding them. like yeah we know neil, kevin, and allison are objectively super hot. who cares. here’s the REAL tea and spoiler alert: it involves a “bastard sport” that the author made up and also the mafia

[writerjayne]

I.... Am going to keep my mouth shut

You’re married to your phone background/lockscreen how fucked are you

[writerjayne]

It doesn't happen often but like,,, sometimes people say Aaron is the only "normal" Fox and I'm all like... did yall forget the abusive mother??? The underaged drug addiction??? The matricide??? The forced sobriety speedrun??? The discovery of a long lost twin in juvie??? Aaron is NOT the "normal" Fox because none of them bitches are

[writerjayne]

Friendly reminder that fan-made content (fanart, fanfic, fanvids, etc) are:

extremely time consuming. Remember someone actually took time out of their life to create that, time they could’ve used to, idk, sleep, for example

entertainment you’re consuming for free. I can’t stress this enough: you’re enjoying someone else’s craft for free. You paid exactly zero money to look at/read/watch it.

S H A R E D  with you, not made for you. This is the most important point: someone created that, put it online and you found it. No one forced you to consume that fanwork, you C H O S E  to do it. 

Whenever you feel like leaving a mean comment, anonymous hate or make a ~clever post about how ‘lol look at all of these overused tropes every fic writer crams into their fics’ remember you’re being a dick to someone who shared their work with you. You’re not being funny, you’re not being edgy, you’re not being brave for calling something out - you’re being a dick.

[writerjayne]

The things we do for fanfiction

I want so badly to be a "make it up it's fiction" type of author but I'm really the "do research to make this as ACCURATE as possible type of writer". Case in point: I DID MATH ON THE COUNTER AT WORK TO FIGURE OUT HOW MANY EXTRA MONTHS OF TRAINING NEIL WOULD HAVE IF HE WAS WITH THE RAVENS FOR 3 MONTHS (a minor detail in the AU I'm doing)

y'all don't know me but I DONT DO MATH. I am not a math person, never have been and yet not only did I do math I WAS RIGHT in my initial guess. So below is the math ft. One of my kids at work who also fandoms and helped with the math

It won't let me flip it so apologies

[writerjayne]

Reblogging for the aftg tags and to add: it's not hard to have a list of crimes longer than you are tall when you're 5' Andrew Minyard and 5'3 Neil Josten

folks on tumblr will be like “oh my sweet baby, my darling” whole time it’s a grown adult with a list of crimes longer than they are tall

[writerjayne]

Out-context things Overheard in FOX Tower (or on campus) Pt. 3

These quotes all come from my friends, coworkers or myself so if they seem crazy just know I did not make them up

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Nicky *singing dramatically*: When I was a young warthoooog!

Neil (Misheard) *With concern*: When you were a young boy whore???

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Allison : Oh you're ACTUALLY laying on the floor

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Kevin *Very distressed*: I'm past my prime!

Aaron: you're like 19!!

Kevin *even more distressed*: I'm 20!

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Nicky: You can't spell cilantro in your head?

Neil: I can't spell cilantro with a pen!!

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Dan: You grab my ass cause it's available: I hit you in the head!

Matt *while fending off smacks from a paper towel roll*: I LIKE grabbing your ass, are you saying you like hitting me in the head??

Dan: With a paper towel roll? Yes

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Kevin: I may be drunk, but I'm right!

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Neil : Can I end my suffering if I don't kill myself?

Andrew :NO, you're gonna find some loophole to die!

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Wymack: I have plenty of chill bones, I just never get the opportunity to use them!

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Neil: You know if you think about it toothpaste is just soap for your bones

Matt: ...are you high?

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Nicky: Well I fucking rolled off the bed, like a hoe-

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Aaron: I am the typo in the group chat

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Dan: Scolding men is so much fun when you have authority!

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Allison: Listen, I don't approve of men, but when they get slapped for grabbing a titty and say 'worth it'... I get it.

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Aaron: What is this, ethically sourced canabalism??

Neil: Reduce, reuse, recycle!

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Neil: Mama took away all my sexuality

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Andrew *to Renee*: Girl we are gay! Just not with each other!

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Renee: If something's free, you're the product.

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Nicky: We like collecting DILFs!

Kevin *deadpan*: stay away from my father.

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*Pick a Fox*: I'm doing my best but my best ain't great

[writerjayne]

[writerjayne]

ok i need people who are happy about the tiktok ban to understand your opinion should actually have nothing to do with the fact that it’s tiktok. like you can hate tiktok. but supporting the ban is supporting censorship, full stop.

like, i fucking hate twitter. it’s a hellhole. would i celebrate if it went bankrupt and shutdown? probably! would i celebrate if the GOVERNMENT BANNED IT? ABSOLUTELY FUCKING NOT. because the government SHOULD NOT be making decisions about how and what people are allowed to talk about on the internet. ever.

“i don’t like the precedent but im happy if it’s just tiktok” stfu and think for a second if they only ban tiktok and nothing else ever that’s still censorship

[writerjayne]

As a fic writer, i need every reader to know that:

I don’t care if your comment is coherent. I know what you mean and i love you

I don’t care if you ramble. I read every word and i love you

I don’t care if you leave a comment on a fic from four years ago or leave comments/kudos on like ten of my fics in one go. This isn’t IG, pls stalk my AO3. I love you

I don’t care if you mention the same thing in your comment that four other people have already mentioned. It’s actually really useful to know what resonated with people and I love everyone who takes the time to tell me they liked a particular turn of phrase

I don’t mind if your comment is super long or just a couple of sentences, i love them all

I love you

[writerjayne]

to those of you who are moving here from tiktok, from someone whos used both tiktok and tumbr for years...

1. DO NOT censor your posts

dont censor sex, abuse, suicide, dont censor it. we dont have censors like tiktok does, you wont be banned for talking about these things and tagging them properly helps people avoid them (also, we dont have shadowbanning here)

2. we dont really have an algorithm

you follow who you follow, and you see posts from who you follow or what you search. the 'for you page' is basically useless here. this also brings me to my next two points

3. dont crosstag

we get it, on tiktok you have to crosstag for reach, but thats not really a thing here. just tag your posts properly (also posters often leave more info about the post in the tags!! and when you reblog stuff you can leave your own notes in the tags, kind of like the old "repost comments" on tiktok)

4. dont expect to go viral/be famous

"viral" isnt really a thing on here (at least not for the average blogger). your posts will probably get 2-10 likes and you wont get nearly as many followers than on tiktok. thats just how tumblr is

5. blocking is your best friend

tiktok is VERY discussion based, and while tumblr is much more discussion based than other social medias, its still not a good place for ragebait/discourse. dont interact, itll make your experience worse in the end, just block and move on

6. you cant go into someone elses house and start rearranging their furniture

this is tumblr, not tiktok. dont diss old tumblr users for how they use the site or try to change them, thats like going into someone elses house and trying to rearrange their furniture. we've been here longer and we're familiar with the site and its culture, either find your niche, adapt, or find a different app

[writerjayne]

post canon where andreil are still on different teams and their relationship gets outed except the general public / most ppl are convinced it's fake or a pr stunt (or smth idk work with me). so andrew pulls out his twitter that he's posted on like Twice (both times contractually obligated) and drops a photo of neil looking like he just got fucked within an inch of his life and then deletes it 5 mins later. internet in an uproar.

[writerjayne]

there's something about neil and the ease with which he withstands torture but is fully undone by simple pleasure. 2 weeks in the nest that he can barely remember but his refusal to bend to riko and tetsuji is Easy for him. not even the slightest temptation to sign their contract because pain is something so easily endured. neil kisses andrew and it is the worst thing and best thing that ever happens to him. his father and lola and his mother trained him to endure a million different kinds of pain to survive but it's andrew kissing him that neil decides to die for. he has noo defenses against andrew's touch it breaks him down in a way all the pain and torture was never able to do. makes you think huh.

[writerjayne]

thinking about Nicky putting himself and the twins up in a hotel before he got the Columbia house. one with two rooms and 4 beds and he still chooses to sleep on the shitty pull out couch because Aaron gets antsy sharing private space and he knows Andrew would kill him for the suggestion

and its expensive, and he cant afford it, but there's a small kitchen and the twins have comfortable beds and they have those double chocolate muffins that Andrew likes every morning.

and its so much better than living with his parents. sure its incredibly expensive and slightly uncomfortable but anything is better than him living with his father, Andrew living with someone who didn't believe him, and Aaron not being fed his fathers bullshit.

they're safe, they're comfortable and that's all Nicky could ask for