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• it’s a huge group scene of both the Foxes and the Ravens and Nicky’s actor says something to crack everyone up and Riko’s actor puts the back of his hand up to his mouth to cover his chuckle and it’s the most out of character thing ever
• Matt’s actor is supposed to glance up at someone coming into the room but makes direct eye contact with the camera
• Dan’s actress trips on this one line so many times to the point where she throws up her hands and goes “just recast me”
• remember that Andrew’s actor has to smile manically for a huge chunk of the show. so there are sooo many times when- especially in like very tense/aggressive situations- he turns to someone with this massive dead grin on his face while dropping the most intimidating lines. if you think there aren’t SO many bloopers of the others breaking because of that…
• Neil’s actor is doing a scene in a classroom where he’s supposed to be zoned out staring out the window and you can see the shift in his face when he goes from acting zoned out to actually intently staring out the window. and he squints outside for a good second and then whispers: there’s a pigeon fighting a dog out there.
• Andrew and Kevin are supposed to be in a heated conversation in which Andrew uses Kevin’s full name. but Andrew’s actor accidentally says “Kevin DAD” instead and cracks everyone up
• then from somewhere in the background one of the others goes “more like Kevin DADDY” and everyone groans and Kevin’s actor goes “hush up now”
• Andrew’s actor has his exy racquet slung over his shoulder (as per Andrew) and in the scene he turns away from someone after a conversation but in one take he accidentally smacks his brother in the face with the racquet
• one of the monsters commenting on how squished the four of them are on the couch and the other three collectively push against him together to make him as uncomfortable as possible
• Seth’s actor has to swear a lot and after one particularly profanity-laden line, Nicky’s actor raises his eyebrows and looks down, shaking his head, and goes “naughty naughty boy”
• it’s a group scene and it’s all serious and shit but then Reene’s and Dan’s actors happen to look up at the exact same time and make eye contact but because it’s so unexpected and their faces are all furrowed they immediately break (and then pointedly avoid eye contact for the rest of the takes)
• the camera’s rolling but they’re just fooling around and Matt’s actor (who can beatbox) and Neil’s actor (who can’t rap but does so anyway) put on a little performance and wrap it up with a “much love *finger hearts* album dropping next month checkity check it” (Renee’s actress applauds)
• and from then on it’s a (very serious) running gag for the rest of the show that the two of them are a hip-hop duo. the entire cast plugs them in interviews and on their social medias and on set etc etc
• just. Andrew’s actor pretending to stab everyone all the time (he admits at one point that he very frequently is threatened with having his prop knives confiscated)
• it’s a scene where Neil’s actor jogs over to join Andrew but on his way he trips. badly. properly eats shit. but it’s fine, he just pops back up very professional and makes it to his mark. neither actor cracks up but then they’re also? not saying their lines? their faces are straight but you can tell that they’re putting their entire energy into not laughing and it’s pure silence for like ten seconds and then both them and everyone behind the camera start dying. Andrew’s actor is in tears
• Katelyn’s and Aaron’s actors are making out and her hair gets in his face so when he tries to say something he starts plucking at his mouth and he’s like “hair” and she’s like “oh shit sorry sorry” and then they’re both trying to help him and he’s like “don’t worry about it. tastes like strawberries”
• Allison’s actress pretending to give the camera a tour of the girls’ apartment but it’s in character so she’s just lightly roasting Dan and Renee
• also. it’s not a blooper but a few of the actors giving a tour of the photos wall (most of which is real pictures of the cast) and they end up getting lost in the memories and forget to actually address the camera. it turns into them just pulling each other and other members of the cast around going “look look do you remember this day” and wow that’s cute as shit
• coach’s actor is in a scene with the monsters but he forgets which twin he’s supposed to address so after he says most of his line he stops abruptly because he doesn’t know which name to finish his sentence with and there’s a pause until Aaron’s actor goes “…Aaron…” and Coach’s actor goes “YEAH. Aaron”
• Dan’s and Neil’s actors just finished having a heart to heart and the scene is supposed to end with her giving him a small reassuring smile while he looks conflicted but appreciative. except there’s no “cut” so they’re looking at each other for a good minute until they both slowly look over to the camera in sync with their eyebrows raised and start giggling
• the twins’ actors are Canadian and regularly make fun of each other when they accidentally put an “eh?” at the end of their lines
• Matt’s actor is always moving or dancing and there’s. plenty of footage of him going from serious to goofily breaking out into a dance the second someone calls cut
• (the edits.)
• it’s a running gag that Dan’s and Nicky’s actors are cursed so that when they have scenes together props break. pictures fall off the walls, racquets fall apart, buttons pop off costumes etc etc
• it’s a scene where the monsters are having a conversation outside, right next to the car because they’re about to leave somewhere. and after they’ve shot the conversation Aaron’s actor jokingly goes “SHOTGUN” and proceeds to scuffle with Neil’s actor in the parking lot over the seat
• a scene of Neil’s actor doing homework in the dorm but the notebook he’s “using” has been around for months and has acquired scribbles and doodles and shit from the whole cast. after they call cut he holds up the notebook to the camera to show all the nonsense and, in his normal accent, says “can you believe this kid. what a slacker” which becomes a meme
• Allison’s actress powerwalks into a scene but once she gets to her mark she completely forgets to say her line and then goes “oh- shit. i was so focused on not tripping in these fucking heels. forgot to talk” as she goes back to redo the take
• Renee’s actress is Australian and there’s this one blooper where she’s sparring with Andrew’s actor and he accidentally trips over her foot. she plays it off like it was intentional and goes “yeah bitch. Aussie power”
• Andrew’s actor leaning on his racquet and then his brother kicks it out so that he falls completely
• they’re shooting outside and a truck passing by in the background honks its horn, ruining the take, and Dan’s actress turns in it’s direction and goes “do you WANT TO FIGHT? HOLD ME BACK, [Matt’s actor], HOLD ME”
• God bless

• they're (the monsters' actors) are doing a car scene and Neil and Aaron's actors together decide to turn on the seat heater of Kevin's actor, all the way up, just to get him to say "bloody hell my arse is on fire"
• then it becomes like a running gag, especially between the twins' actors, to unsuspectingly turn on each other's seat warmers uncomfortably high
• Neil's actor accidentally confuses the twins:

Neil, speaking to Aaron's actor: look Andrew-

Aaron's actor: *gently and seamlessly turns Neil's actor by the shoulders to face Andrew*

Neil's actor: look Andrew-

Andrew's actor: hi!

• not a blooper but Dan's actress is tiny, the smallest person in the cast, (the twins' actors are 5'7-- it's the best thing that could've ever happened to them) which has no significance except for the fact that this girl can and will fall asleep ANYWHERE and the cast has loads of evidence of her knocked in every possible location on set
• a scene on the bus where Andrew's actor is walking towards the very back, where Andrew sits, except some of the prop luggage/exy equipment is sticking out into the aisle of the bus and he trips over it face-first and just. disappears completely from the frame. one second he and the camera are moving in sync and the next he's just. gone. flat on the floor.
• (Aaron's actor almost pisses himself laughing)
• they're shooting a deleted scene of Renee and Andrew sparring together and at one point Andrew's actor just cracks up and Renee's actress is like ?? and he goes "your sound effects." and explains to her how every time she throws a punch she makes like a "whoosh" or "pow" noise and she goes "!!! i didn't even realize??"
• on set of the locker room and Kevin's actor is sat in Kevin's stall being spontaneously serenaded by Matt's actor
• that scene in tfc where the monsters take Neil shopping and Nicky is talking to him as he pulls out clothes for Neil to try on. except every so often Nicky's actor pulls out the most ludicrous article of clothing and offers it to Neil's actor with a straight face. at one point he holds a lime green mesh bralette that was also a turtleneck and had stirrups (??) up as if to see if it'd fit Neil and Neil's actor just loses it. while he's clutching a clothes rack trying to catch his breath and the people behind the camera are trying to train their hysterics, Nicky's actor turns to the camera, still holding the bralette and goes "where the hell did y'all even find this? i don't think even Nicky could pull this off" *eyes Kevin's actor* "buuuut if anyone could surely it-"
• Neil's actor climbing off the top bunk bed except he misses a step and tumbles gracelessly to the ground
• Allison's actress nails Aaron's actor right in the face with her ponytail in a scene where they're getting ready for a game and psyching themselves up. he wasn't even going to let it ruin the take but six seconds later she stops and turns and goes "did i just hit you?" and he's like "yep" and she grins and goes "so sorry babe"
• Renee's actress is having trouble with a line and by the fifth time they have to restart she's cussing up a storm and Matt's actor pretends to be shocked and goes "Natalie Renee Walker. you're better than that" and she turns to look at the camera and goes "he just learned my full name this morning. if you can't tell"
• the scene where Neil puts Andrew's hand under his shirt but Coach's actor pulls a look-into-the-camera- like-hes-on-the-office with a "y'all seeing this shit?" expression so they have to start over
• see also about that scene: they're in the middle of a take and Andrew's actor randomly and without changing his Andrew-expression goes "are you flexing your abs right now?" and Neil's actor goes "sorry I'm nervous..you can feel that?" and he goes "yeah" and there's a beat of silence of presumably Neil's actor just flexing his abs. Andrew's actor goes "that's impressive. hot" Neil's actor goes "thanks man"
• they're shooting a scene in the lounge and Allison's actress is in the middle of a line when she notices a real picture of the boys being idiots on the set photo wall and starts giggling and goes "sorry sorry i had never seen that one..caught me off guard. okay let's go again.."
• it's not even supposed to be a blooper but they didn't know they were rolling so there's a blooper of Neil's actor telling Aaron's actor "you're 5 and I'm 10. I'm twice the man you'll ever be. bitch"
• the scene where Kevin shows up with the queen on his face except Andrew's actor thought they were still rehearsing so when he appears in the doorway to the bedroom after hearing Kevin and Neil making noise it's with a blanket wrapped around his shoulders the way he had been doing throughout rehearsals
• (they ended up keeping that in the scene. Andrew first appears wrapped up in his blanket, all tired and shit. he realizes what's going on and starts to become more alert and as he walks towards Kevin to inspect his face, he lets the blanket fall to the ground. it's grand and dramatic and all, but so is Andrew)
• a whole bunch of clips stitched together of when they filmed the Foxes working out in the gym. in the show it's a brief montage but there's loads of unseen content of the cast just fooling around- dancing to music on the speakers and flexing ridiculously and exaggeratedly lifting weights and shit
• the scene in the car where Andrew elbows Neil hard in the ribs but in this blooper Aaron's actor joins in and it becomes both twins just pretending to beat Neil's actor up
• (Kevin's and Nicky's actors in the front seats are just staring ahead, driving like nothing's happening and shaking their heads going "kids")
• Dan's actress keeps laughing during a scene where Dan and Matt kiss and during one take where she's trying to calm herself down by putting her forehead on his shoulder you can hear Allison's actress in the background go "i can do it instead if you want" and Matt's actor smirks at the camera over Dan's head and Allison's actress goes "bitch not you I meant me kiss her"
• just. one scene where Neil barges into a room (as he does) but the actor underestimates the set so when he throws the door open it quickly rebounds to smack him, full-body..as the door slowly swings back open you can see him crumpled on the floor in the doorway clutching his elbow
• Andrew and Neil's actors are about to do a scene and suddenly you hear a loud "pucker up boyssss" in the background. it's from Allison's actress (who didn't even need to be on set that day) and Neil's actor glances over at her, grins and goes "what are you even doing here. get out. leave" and she just sits in his production chair and settles in to watch
• if you look closely you can find a stray exy ball here and there in places where they shouldn't be. that's because most of the cast (but especially Matt, Kevin and Renee's actors) like to nick exy balls from the set of the court and toss them around in between takes..and apparently leave them all over the place
• not a blooper but. the cast went through a lot of intimacy training before they started filming (for both like aggressive and soft intimacy) and they're all naturally very close as well, so whenever they shoot a scene where one of them has to pretend to hurt another (physically/emotionally/etc) they always make sure to check in with them in between takes and once they've finished to make sure they're okay
• they're shooting on set of the lounge a scene that's supposed to be right before afternoon practice and at one point Coach's actor tells Aaron to get the cart of racquets (i forgot what it's called in the books) and so Aaron's actor gets up and moves out of frame while Coach's actor keeps talking. and all of a sudden there's this earth shattering crash that makes everyone flinch HARD. and then you hear Aaron's actor (who literally was only supposed to take the cart and roll it across the room in the background of the shot) say "i am SO sorry" in the most horrified whisper
• Coach's actor eating shit while walking off the bus
• Kevin's and Andrew's actors need to do a bit in a scene where they turn their heads at the same time to look very intensely at each other (as per Kandrew) and they simply cannot do it without cracking up it's terrible
• Andrew and Neil's actors are on the rooftop and they're supposed to be staring at each other, all intense. but then there's this huge, awkward, horrifying sound from somewhere below and at first it looks like they'll be able to stay professional and just ignore it. but then Neil's actor bows his head to his shoulder and puts his fist to his mouth to try to contain himself and they have to restart ("sorry sorry. but just...did something just..die?")
• Kevin and Neil's actors have to get all up in each other's faces but then, practically nose to nose, Neil's actor goes "i don't remember my line" "mhm" "you have lovely eyes" "thanks mate" "we should start over" "let's." ..THEN they back down
• Dan's actress pointing her exy stick at the camera "hi I'm Captain Dan Wilds and YOU [wink] are watching Disney channel" *does very shitty drawing of the Disney logo*
• Coach's actor forgets which of the Foxes he's supposed to be addressing so he just says "you little shits" and it ends up sticking throughout the whole series because it's so in character
• they have to restart the scene where all the Foxes first meet so many times that by the twentieth time Seth's actor goes "I'm fucking concerned-" Nicky's actor jumps in with "yeah sweetie we know"
• and cut

• the scene where Neil throws the glass at Aaron (it's not glass glass, it's that softish, breakable material used in filmmaking that looks like glass) and Aaron's actor ducks too late so it hits him straight in the face. nobody moves for a second (they're still rolling) until Neil's actor moves toward him going "oh my god I'm so sorry" and everyone starts laughing and Aaron's actor is like I'm fine dw
• Allison's actress tripping in her heels during what's supposed to be a badass entrance and she drags herself out to redo the take, cursing the shoes
• so many bits of the cast just pretending to club each other over the head with their racquets
• Coach's actor accidentally switches up a whole bunch of words while shooting one of his inspirational speeches. but he just keeps talking as though he didn't just passionately tell the kids to "get out on that floor and- court- show them how real a Fox floors- plays...after tonight they will- they will not ever discriminate- underestimate you again" and you can hear the Foxes' actors quietly break character one by one in the background
• Andrew's actor pulling out a knife to threaten someone but then dropping it and jumping back from it
• just. the monsters all piled in the car for a scene and they're all in the zone, waiting for "Action" to be called when something happens and they all crack up in sync
• Andrew and Neil's actors on an actual roof, trying to shoot an Andreil Moment but an airplane flies over and they have to wait for it to pass because audio. so in the blooper these two guys are just standing very close to each other, Andrew's hand fisted in Neil's hoodie, staring up at the airplane urging it to get out of the way
• in one scene Dan's actress kisses Matt on the cheek as a goodbye before she leaves the room, and right after she does Neil's actor jumps up to kiss his cheek too
• they're shooting a night practice scene and Kevin's actor keeps missing the mark and it's just a bunch of two second clips of him on set of the court, groaning and swearing and oof-ing. after he misses the action for like the tenth time he just turns to make direct eye contact with the camera, his face comically blank
• (in the background you can hear Neil's actor go "thank goodness for editing and all that magic, eh?")
• Andrew's actor forgets his line during the scene where the Foxes meet the Ravens at the banquet. he gets to the "Jean. Jean Valjean" line and then completely blanks, going "Jean Valjean. hello Jean Valjean. I'm supposed to say something to you now Jean Valjean. i do not remember what"
• the actors for Aaron, Kevin, Andrew and Nicky all being crammed onto that couch in the lounge the way the monsters actually do and falling asleep on each other in between takes
• Neil's actor is British who speaks in an American accent but one time accidentally lets the accent slip during a scene where he uses the phrase "strongest goalkeeper". he cuts himself off and it's silent for a beat and then he softly repeats "goalkeeper" to himself in an exaggeratedly British accent and cracks everyone up. Kevin's actor, who himself naturally has an Irish accent, goes "this is South Carolina, love"
• it's a night shoot and it's cold and Aaron's actor steals Andrew's actor's (his brother) scarf going "how come you get a scarf and i don't. Aaron is getting the scarf for this scene"
• Kevin and Neil's actors doing a scene where they get all up in each other's faces. and then start leaning in too much and make as though they're going to start kissing
• just a solid two minutes of Neil and Andrew's actors fighting bugs away from their faces throughout various rooftop scenes
• Nicky's actor being the mf king of improvised one-liners (in true Nicky fashion) and just constantly causing EVERYONE to break cause his quips are so random
• not really a blooper but they're behind the camera, waiting for something to be set up, and Renee's actress has an acoustic guitar and she and some of the others make up really bad jingles for all the characters
• Dan's actress is most likely to fumble her lines or trip over her tongue and she always does like a weird dance to shake herself out
• Aaron's actor looking straight into the camera with a shiner blooming over half his face due to a badly executed "fight" scene: let it be known. here on the set of All for the Game, i do my own stunts
• (his brother in the background: you DORK. Aaron's actor: shut up or I'm telling Mom you punched me in the face)
• Kevin's actor doing a scene (perhaps that one on the bus in tfc) where he's downing alcohol and he's expecting the director to call cut at a certain point or tell him when he can stop drinking but that doesn't happen so he just kind of confusedly chugs the whole bottle and then the director goes "you didn't need to do all that but we got it thanks" and Kevin's like ?? but Neil's actor, who's in the scene, is stood there with his eyebrows raised, very impressed, going "oh my god that was amazing"
• Dan's actress slipping on a line and then banging her head against the chest of Matt's actor in frustration and he just rubs her back, grinning
• not a blooper but Neil's actor recites the Riko roast flawlessly and as soon as they call "Cut" on it he gets a little sitting ovation from everyone. even Riko's actor is like yeah okay shutting the fuck up and leaving you alone now
• Neil's actor actually struggling to get the seal off the ice cream container in that one scene. he fake-struggles with it for a few moments and then starts actually struggling and looks over to the production people and goes "the bloody thing is actually not coming off"
• so many bloopers of various cast members having too much fun hitting others upside the head like they do in the books
• Andrew's actor accidentally spilling the tray of drinks at Eden's
• Allison's actress being the one who can make others break character without getting caught herself
• Matt's actor being the one who makes everyone, including himself, break character but doesn't get in trouble because literally everyone is cracking up
• however. when they get into Moods, especially during night shoots, and they have scenes together, Matt and Neil's actors are IMPOSSIBLE. to work together. they just cannot control themselves. everyone hates them
• see also: Kevin and Matt's actors. Nicky and Allison's. terrible pairings for long days.
• there's a scene with coach and the monsters and after like the fifth time they restart coach turns to look at the camera and pours himself a drink using the prop alcohol while going "parenting....is tough"
• anyway. call this an au of an au

• they would never ever do a legit press release with a joint statement because once a nightmare to the media always a nightmare to the media
• it does become pretty obvious that they’re living together at some point so a reporter tries to get an explicit confirmation of their relationship from neil
• reporter: “so you guys are roommates? you must spend a lot of time together. cooking, cleaning…?”
• neil, unbothered: “well i mean we do more than just that, but yeah-”
• this clip is repeated over and over again all over the internet and most of the comments are exy fans replying with memes like WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN
• someone tries to ask kevin of all people about it and the expression of sheer disappointment he makes is enough to send the reporter packing
• he later posts a wildly passive aggressive tweet that goes something along the lines of “Was unaware of the fact tabloid journalists are now allowed in exy press events.” 
• matt retweets with “GET EM KEV”
• when renee is asked she just smiles and replies: “they are very close” 
• “close what?” “they’re just close” “close friends or partners?” “they’re very close :)”
• a fan sneaks photos of them shopping in petsmart together and it circulates all over twitter because that means they’re not only roommates, but they’re cat dads
• and then the next weekend they’re photographed at a farmer’s market, and after that it’s a restaurant, and then neil (just to fuck around some more) posts a pic of andrew sitting on their balcony during golden hour with no caption
• most exy fans are 100% convinced they’re dating, while others are like “oh maybe they’re just buds. best buds. doing best buds things” 
• allison, scrolling on her phone and reading these takes: “they’re writing about you two like you’re gay people from ye olden days”
• (context: historians tend to claim very obviously gay historical figures were just “Really Good Friends”)
• this back and forth goes on for a while
• and then. the day comes. 
• andrew and neil’s pro team have made it to the finals of the championship match, and naturally all the players have to sit for a press conference before the big game
• both of their publication teams (who REALLY deserve a vacation) warn them that someone’s probably going to try and explicitly bring it up
• they get through the whole 60 minutes without anything going wrong until their coach asks if anyone has any questions left
• this guy raises his hand and neil almost rolls his eyes because he can just tell from the vibes what’s about to happen
• “andrew, i feel like i’ve gotta address the elephant in the room here. it’s been almost two years, and the speculation over the true relationship between you and your teammate neil josten has been dragging on.”
• andrew looks disinterested as always, but neil does notice he’s sitting so that he can speak easily into the microphone
• reporter: “are your or are you not in a romantic relationship?” 
• andrew: “can i ask what company you’re from first?” 
• reporter: “the daily manhattan”
• andrew: “so you’re telling me you flew across the country to come here today and ask me if i’m gay?” 
• the whole room goes dead silent
• their coach and the coordinators are silently debating whether they should end it there or give some kind of non-answer while neil is wildly torn between laughing or making a remark that would definitely give wymack a heart attack
• he’s about to go with the remark route when andrew, in the flattest voice over, says: “well, i am.” 
• one of their teammates: “why am i gasping i already knew that”
• and then while everyone else in the room is spluttering, andrew sips the rest of his water, casually tosses the plastic bottle into the recycling bin by the door, and adds: “and yes, neil josten and i are in a relationship.”
• this moment in particular is especially chaotic because the camera men have absolutely no idea who/where they’re supposed to be focusing on so there’s just all these random close-ups being smashed together and lots of panicked swiveling around
• the reporters have exploded and are clamoring over each other to try and get more info but it’s so loud that you can’t understand anyone
• neil is kinda smirking at andrew, who is now Over It™ and currently looking for places to eat on his phone without a care in the world
• their teammates are split pretty evenly between “wait. wait. did that really just happen? no way. what. wHAT-” and “lol that really just happened”
• meanwhile at home the other foxes were watching live and they think this is the funniest thing that’s ever happened in their lives
• which is how wymack gets about 10 different calls simultaneously
• “WYMACK YOU HAVE TO TURN ON THE TV-” “i already saw–nicky what the hell is so goddamn funny??” “THEY REALLY JUST-” “NICKY THE MORE YOU LAUGH THE MORE YOU ENCOURAGE THEM” “I KNOW”
• whereas his call with aaron goes something like: “wymack, you saw.” “yes i saw.” *deep sigh* *deep sigh*
• nicky later tweets a clip with: “not sure if this is the office or real life…either way #gayrights” 
• wymack also gets texted a super blurry photo from matt of dan cry laughing on the couch next to kevin, who was visiting them, but looks like he’s currently regretting every life decision he’s ever made
• (i like to think that perhaps sometime later, wymack goes out for drinks with neil and andrew’s coach + publicity teams. just to like, apologize. and probably complain together)
• obviously exy stan twitter absolutely loses their shit
• the crowd is even crazier than usual at the final championship match, but andrew and neil play as usual and win
• afterward their team does a fan event, where neil overhears some 14 year old with a pride pin on their backpack joking to their friends about how “i’m glad they won, because if they didn’t it would’ve been homophobia”
• he bursts out laughing and makes that kid’s whole year