Sometimes I sit and wonder about the paralels in AFTG and I go like "Woooow Nora's brain" yk?
So here are some of them:
•Jean and Andrew both having suicidal ideations, being number 3, not showing their emotions on the outside but feeling so much on the inside (AND letting people think they doesn't care), protecting Kevin (and others in general) and not accepting help until the situation is critical.
•Andrew and Riko both being separated from their families at birth and creating one by force, Andrew doing it mostly for others while Riko did it for himself.
•Renee and Neil growing up in mafia/gang enviroment and scaping it, the whole Nathaniel/Nathalie thing.
•Matt and Aaron growing up with neglecful parents and them being the reason of their addictions (to similar things also) and being "helped" with that by Andrew's questionable means.
•Nicky and Allison being shunned by their parents for being themselves, forgetting all the other things they did to make them proud and loved.
•Seth and Neil trying to blend in (in different ways but still), dealing with jelousy and then Seth dying his last year with the Foxes and Neil who thought he was gonna die his first year surviving.
There are much more but I can't think of all of them now and didn't write them the last time I thought about this. For me it's awsome how maybe a little desition, a person, a moment... can turn you in an entire different person and this books show that SOOO WELL!!
nothing can top the feeling of finishing a series or a book and finally allowing yourself to look through the tag, the edits and fanart
so many iconic important secondhand foxes moments in TGR. i’m thinking…
AARON DRIVING THE MAS??!!
Kevin bringing Andrew to California
Matt Boyd rushing the goal with Aaron to stop the Ravens from killing Andrew
Neil with two broken ribs is better than Neil dead
Andrew clocked Jeremy IMMEDIATELY lmaoo
Agent Browning: "I hate this sport. Explain to me why they’re all like this."
Kevin kneeling by Neil the whole time he’s in pain on the Court
Aaron kicking Kevin’s thigh as reassurance and/or an order to follow
Kevin telling Jean how Abby helped him !!
Neil being utterly insufferable to the freshmen, by all accounts
Neil answering Jean’s call with ‘Neil.’ Letting Jeremy’s go to voicemail.
Abby getting a second opinion on whether Andrew needs surgery…
Dan getting red-carded for decking the Ravens
Renee laughing at Andrew’s joke that the cameras couldn’t hear
The whole team being depressed when Aaron’s on trial
Wymack calling Jean to check on him after the fire
Kevin clocking Renee’s cross necklace
Kevin telling Neil on camera that he’s the least honest person he knows
Aaron chauffeuring hurt Andrew and Neil to go see Wymack
Twinyards & Neil interrupting Kevin and Thea’s interview by screeching up in the Mas
Katelyn respectfully not coming to the trial on the day Andrew testified
Nicky getting into a violent screaming match with his parents outside the courthouse
Andrew stepping in to protect Kevin but letting him stand up for himself when he said he could
Renee subtly telling the reporters to fuck off and talk to the right Ravens
Kevin and Neil joint press conference. Andrew and Renee together.
Kevin in actual anguish when Neil was hurt during the game
Andrew needing to know if Grayson had hurt Neil
Andrew asking if Neil killed Grayson
Kevin and Andrew both getting mad at Neil for going to see Jean alone
Dan running to defend Neil (after checking on Matt in the goal)
Andrew going outside with Jean during the interview
Kevin playing stylist for Jean’s first interview
Aaron trusting Andrew enough to deny a jury at his trial
Kevin mentioning Wymack canceled practice after Aaron won his trial
Jean casually referencing Andreil and Jeremy having no clue
Wymack calling the Foxes his kids
Betsy being there for Andrew at the trial when he testified
The upperclassmen having a bet whether Neil or Jack would fight the other first
The Foxes not having to deal with the Ravens at the banquet
Aaron getting cleared of all charges
idk smth about them reminds me of the other
Minuscule fox pile 🦊 🧡 🦊
I’m happy I finally finished this comic X3 (took me about half month, haha). I’m sorry I didn’t include Rak and the others, but I’m not sorry for creating this.
Before you read, I’m warning you, this will hurt I think? So yea…uh…get yourself ready. (If you’re not, then I suggest you to scroll past this long post and come back when you are ready.)
I hope you will enjoy it as much as I was <3
MY BROTHER, MY KILLER
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this is amazing
[Judgement intensifies]
no sorry i just heard ‘everyone’s gay’ and immediately watched it, i wasn’t aware that i would get so invested in the plot that it would take over my life.
oh team natsu how i love u
I know this is not new information, but I've seen a fresh wave of people confused about what the fuck Andrew planned to do as a 5'0 man with a knife against the literal mafia, so.
I think the fact that neither Neil nor Kevin lost their faith in Andrew’s ability to protect them after he was attacked by Drake (unable to stand his ground against a single man with a bottle, let alone the Yakuza/Nathan with their guns) is the best proof we have that the deal was never about physical protection. This is confirmed by the way Neil never expects Andrew to save him from his father, in fact cuts him loose before Baltimore as soon as danger is truly near.
Andrew is a pretty self-aware character, and he wouldn't make promises he knows he can't possibly see through, so I think he knows what Kevin and Neil also know: what they need from him, and thus what he promises, is not physical protection.
To Kevin, he promises safety from the Moriyamas, and the way we see him enact that safety (at Kathy's show, at the banquet) shows exactly what it's about: when Riko starts getting into your head, when he makes you doubt yourself, makes you think maybe you should go back to Evermore, I won't let you. I will get you away from him, I will treat him like he's just some dude to remind you that you can face him without kneeling. I will be your spine until you find your own, I will stand my ground for you until you can do it yourself.
That's why the scene when Kevin gets to the dorm with his tattoo and Andrew's eyes show so much feeling is huge not just for Kevin but for Andrew: because that was the whole point of their deal, Kevin has found his spine, Andrew bought him the space and time to do it.
To Neil, he promises safety from the people hunting him down, and that means: I will give you something to build a life around (keys, drives to nightly exy practices, someone to lean on, someone who will listen without flinching). When you feel like running, I will be someone you can call to come pick you up. When you forget, I will remind you who you are: Neil Abram Josten.
Andrew stands between Kevin and Riko and between Neil and his father not as an impenetrable wall but as an obstacle in their vision: not shield but focal point.
(Makes me think of that scene in The Haunting of Hill House, Hugh holding Steven's neck to keep him from looking at the ghosts, saying, Look at me, just look at me, keep your eyes on me. That's what Andrew’s constantly doing --even literally, when Kevin is spiralling after Wymack tells the team about the district change and Andrew makes him look away from his broken hand and up at him).