The lord giveth and the lord taketh it back now y’all. Two hops this time.
OKAY TUMBLR. IT'S TIME TO SETTLE THIS ONCE AND FOR ALL
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WE SHALL SEE WHICH ONE PREVAILS.
I love this so much, I’m gonna start saying “nuts” we need to bring it back
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"Oh exy doesn't make sense as a sport." "Oh the Nest is too unrealistic." You fools. Don't you see. Exy is a high contact sport that went from street games in backwater Japan to having dedicated stadiums at every college in America within twenty years. There's only one explanation.
Exy was an underground gambling turned money laundering scheme that went legit.
Think about it! Why would Tetsuji be in Japan when a larger yakuza family gave the Moriyamas the boot before he was born, if not to attempt to reestablish a hold. When he and Kayleigh create Exy, it's as an avenue for under the table gambling that isn't already regulated or controlled by another group.
Then exy gets popular, and they say actually, you need a bigger court. And thinner racquets. And better safeties and thicker armor and and and AND you can buy alllllllll that right over there. Capitalism at work.
And then it's fucking tulip fever baby. Every investor and entrepreneur wants a slice of this brand new sport. A whole new league of teams to own! Imagine! They can't throw money at it fast enough. Your state's department of education is suddenly forking over several million dollars for new equipment cause we gotta get the kids into SPORTS. Your university are proud to announce the construction of an exy stadium where they said they were gonna build a new Sciences building for like. A decade. The ERC have salaries in the millions before the first championship match.
By the time Tetsuji walks into the President of Edgar Allen's office and tells him he's building them a stadium, and he's gonna be the coach, and you're gonna stay out of my business, the President is just happy he didn't have to openly grovel for the privilege.
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do you ever think about how renee and neil had to endure their mother’s abusive partners that led to them falling into a bad life? or how they have trauma surrounding the ways that knives have been used to hurt them? or how they dyed their hair and changed their names and ran? or how they finally found a family in the foxes? or how they’re the heart of said family, the glue that holds the monsters and the upperclassmen together? or how they’re the only ones who andrew trusts? or how they’re more similar than they’d ever admit? because i do. i think about it a lot
All of the foxes think that Neil has a different accent because he’s picked up the habit of unconsciously mimicking the accent of whoever he’s talking to. When they finally figure this out, they ask Neil what his real accent sounds like, and the boy’s brain just kind of stalls for a second before he says, in a manner that suggests that he too has also just made this discovery and is now questioning his very existence, “I don’t know??”
Do you think that Neil ever gets worried that Andrew will actually get bored of him eventually?
Like maybe after practice one day he'll be rambling to Andrew about exy plays and how the practice could've gone better. He stops mid sentence as he realizes he has been talking about the same thing for five days now. He goes quiet as he searches his brain for a new thing to ramble about to keep Andrew interested. To keep himself interesting.
But then Andrew says, "keep going, I'm listening" and Neil's face lights up as he continues his rant.
Andrew doesn't really listen to the words Neil is saying, he just listens to Neil's voice because the sound of it is comforting and grounding. Andrew will never get bored of Neil or Neil's rants because he could never get bored his voice.
Headcannon that every year the foxes celebrate Neil’s birthday on a different day. Sometimes it’s 200 days after the last, sometimes it’s 400.And they would never tell Neil what day it was until the morning of, when they would barge into his bedroom with a cake with all matching birthday hats. Sometimes he’s even younger on his ‘birthday’. 20 one day and 18 the next.it becomes a running joke throughout college during press interviews.
“So neil how does it feel to have won the championship in your freshman year at only 19?”
“He was 16 actually.” - Matt
It trails into adulthood when they’re out of college and see eachother only on occasion. Hell get 6 random “HAPPY BIRTHDAY NEILS” when he wakes up and he knows he’s going to be bombarded for the whole day on social media. It gets to the point where neil genuinely forgets his actual birthday and although Andrew knows it, never tells him and watches him try to figure it out when asked about it.
A doctor after neil is thrown into the pexiglass during a game: age?
“I’m………….23..?” -neil
“He’s 21.” -Andrew
It confuses everyone to no end.
I love the Minyard-Josten rivalry as much as the next person, but I also love Andreil being the power couple that everyone is terrified of. Everyone knows about their relationship, how they've been together all through college, through Baltimore, and how they will Fuck You Up for each other. No one knows which of them is scarier, but they don't doubt that they are so in love and perfect for each other.
Something I've never seen pointed out in the aftg fandom is a certain aspec of the scene where Neil and Andrew are sleeping together in the cabin and Renee knocks on the door. We talk about how great it is that Neil reaches for a gun and hits Andrew's arm instead - something that will still protect him.
But can we appreciate that Andrew was asleep? Andrew who we see sleeping through a lot of different things from team meetings to bus rides, but will wake up violently when he's touched. When Renee knocks, its described as a tap of her nails. I don't see that actually waking Andrew, but Neil touching his arm in a desperate search for a gun? That would wake him up, but Andrew doesn't lash out at Neil. He just looks at him before getting out of bed.
Now, Andrew could have already been awake and Neil didn't know it or maybe a tap of nails did wake him, but I think Andrew was asleep. I think even then Andrew trusted Neil more than anyone knew. I think he kept reminding himself about Neil's presence before falling asleep (to the point he put his arm under Neil's pillow) so he wouldn't react violently when Neil inevitably shifted and touched him in his sleep. I think he used Neil's head on his arm as a grounding technique because he didn't want to risk hurting Neil when he was already so injured and he just likes being close to him. And I think this moment speaks volumes to Andrew's healing and just how much he loves his feral boyfriend.
Nicky: I can’t believe Neil ignored us all winter break! He better be dying.
Neil: Hey guys, sorry I ignored you all winter break. I was dying.
Nicky: I take it back I take it back I take it back I take it back.
I had to do this meme with Andreil...it's a good summary of their relationship in book 3 😂