It’s 2 am and I have aftg social media headcanons
Enjoy whatever train wreck this becomes
So during Neil’s second year at Palmetto State, Wymack decides its in the team’s best interest to participate more online and with their fans on different social media platforms. Originally, this was just having a team-shared YouTube account and a team-shared Twitter account.
But because it’s the foxes, things went downhill pretty quickly.
First off, the only person trusted with the login info for both the YouTube and Twitter accounts was Dan, because Wymack thought (rightly) that if any of the other foxes got their hands on the public accounts, everything would go to shit. But Wymack underestimated the fox’s power to get what they want.
One night, after a good game that they won, the foxes are all sufficiently drunk, and Matt and Allison manage to wheedle the login information out of a very tipsy Dan.
The next day, all the foxes have access to the accounts, and things start going sideways from there.
It starts off small at first. A tweet roasting the Raven’s (Neil’s doing), a YouTube compilation of different fox’s eating it during games played over It’s a Hard Knock Life from Annie (courtesy of Nicky and Matt). Wymack doesn’t think much of it, just happy that his foxes are actually listening to him for once.
But soon enough it’s tweets that just say Jeremy Knox <3 (Kevin was drunk) and YouTube compilations titled Andrew Minyard and Neil Josten staring at each other for ten minutes and thirteen seconds (Andrew thought Nicky was behind it, but it was actually Renee the whole time).
Then, somehow, it gets worse.
After a particularly rough argument, Aaron goes dark on his personal twitter. Fans are, understandably, confused. But their confusion only grows when they go to check his alt and find twenty new posts. They’re all just baby pictures of Andrew.
Then a Vine account pops up (cause Vine was still alive back then). At first, people aren’t sure if it’s real or not, but after a particularly… worrying video (the camera starts on a very drunk Matt talking about how pretty Dan is before panning to the side, showing a clock that reads 3:29 am) fans are convinced that it’s actually being run by the foxes.
Then the betting starts.
The first bet is started by the upperclassmen, and it’s simply how long it will take before Neil activates his personal Twitter and replies to one of Kevin’s tweets. In the end, it only takes a week. The tweet was about exy (obviously). Neil responded simply with ‘You tell ‘em Queen.’
After Neil has established himself as a salty shit on Twitter, the bets continue.
How long until Andrew and Neil start fake arguing under one of Neil’s tweets. Two days.
How long before the Minyard-Josten rivalry comes to a head among fans. Three days, right after Neil calls Andrew a midget on his main an Andrew blocks him.
Things also happening on the side: Instagram accounts have been made. Dan posts mostly pictures of her and Matt, or her and the other girls. Matt only ever posts pictures of Dan. Instagram is abandoned shortly afterwards, however, when the app proclaims Aaron’s death for the third time (like what happened with Jack Manifold lmao). Sources vary on whether or not Andrew had anything to do with this.
Neil sometimes forgets he has Twitter, and he’ll open the app after weeks of ignoring it, post some cryptic shit, and leave the fans to scramble for a meaning to the most random sentences.
Neil Josten @/n.a.josten
What the fuck does ‘lit’ mean.
Neil Josten @/n.a.josten
I’m gonna start breaking shit.
Neil Josten @/n.a.josten
Guys please. What is a twink. Nicky won’t stop calling me it.
The foxes quickly become, if possible, even more well liked by there fans, simply for the amazing content they make on the regular. A YouTube video that’s just twenty minutes of Allison doing Renee’s makeup and them talking about women’s rights? Amazing. A vine that’s simply Andrew throwing an exy ball at the back of Kevin’s head and looking into the camera like he’s in the office? Fantastic.
It’s really far too late when Wymack realizes that his foxes have taken social media and ran with it, but he can’t really be mad at them, cause they just seem to be having so much fun with it. 10/10 for team bonding :)
exactly!! he was scared of her because she could see him!! and that was such a scary thing for him because he couldn't form attachments if he was going to run by october, then by spring. but because of this understanding i can see them becoming literally the best duo. like you know when you introduce someone to one of your friends to another friend and they end up becoming better friends with each other? that's EXACTLY what happened to andrew with neil and renee.
renee being on the ball about EVERYTHING neil likes and dislikes. "not everyone dislikes bee" "that's why i make you uncomfortable" "i'm not andrew's type because im a woman" etc etc. what a queen. she's literally neil's mentor. like what didn't she tell neil. nobody else noticed these things and obviously she hasn't survived this long by being ignorant to other people's emotions, but she just reads neil so well. it's probably incredibly disconcerting for neil to be so known by a stranger.
Everyone is so Kevjean this, Kevthea that, Kandriel there. How about Kevin shouldn’t be with anyone who is associated with exy? How about Kevin finds a person in a class who doesn’t really know anything about exy? How about Kevin being loved for who he is without the immediate expectation of greatness? He deserves to find his worth and be loved and heal and simply exist outside of the game. He is more than just his performance on the court.
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Can we talk about how unbelievably normal Kevin would've been if he wasn't the Son Of Exy? I mean seriously, even with that he's a history major. A history major. His mother died in a car crash, he was abused for over half his life, he ran away to live with his illegitimate father and yet he is still tries so hard to be normal. When Andrew gets at him for having no spine, it makes me so unspeakably mad because yes! of course he's scared! His abuser is chasing him across the country to his safe space and is torturing and killing his friends!
Kevin pretty much grew up in a cult and his response is to avoid confrontation with them because opening his mouth has always meant incurring Riko's wrath; it's better for everyone to take the path of least resistance- sit down, shut up and don't cause any problems. Kevin is pretty much the fawn response to Andrew's fight and Neil's flight and it's so annoying how critical of Kevin everyone was. He was trying his goddamn best and when Wymack literally had to tackle Kevin in his apartment to calm him down showed us how much pain and fear he was in, how much he had always been in.
He grew up in a cage and he never got the outlet Neil had when he ran, or when Andrew lashed out and got shipped somewhere else. Kevin Day deserved the life he was owed and he finally got it when he went to Palmetto. He finally got to play exy on his own terms, went pro, made the US Court AND got a family- Wymack, Abby, and Thea. Not only them, but the Foxes too. Neil and Andrew, Nicky, Aaron, Dan, Matt, Allison and Renee. He got everything he deserved in the end and yes that is the success story we all needed for him.
Here's your daily reminder that Neil canonically refers to the twins as "pint-sized" on Halloween
MUAHAHAHAHA SAVE ME YURI HANNIGRAM SAVE MEE
I love that Good Omens has these two doofus being completely put upon yet completely smitten about one another, like they’re both VERY. AWARE. of the other’s many faults and at the same time completely blind to them
like in Aziraphale’s eyes, Crowley’s the smoothest motherfucker that has lived on this planet, just look at him being smugly superior in that bathtub of holy water, just, “i am crowley, i am just slick“ Crowley has never looked smoother than when he’s not himself
and to Crowley Aziraphale’s simply this super brave, cool-as-a-cucumber, doesn’t-flinch-at-the-threat-of-violence, looks-adversity-in-the-face-and-doesn’t-back-down, willing-to-stand-up-alone-against-the-Host utter BADASS
and I can’t help but picture Aziraphale happily chatting with Anathema and just, he can’t help it, it’s just second nature to him, to speak so highly of Crowley’s intelligence and cunning, and Anathema just looks at the gangly red-haired dude being harassed by and screaming obscenities at a smol Dog in her yard and go wtf this motherfucker???
and Crowley while he’d be plenty more discreet about it would let it slip during a conversation that Aziraphale’s made of stern stuff, unflappable I tell you, the guy gave away his sword and then fucking lied to God about it, can you believe it??? meanwhile Aziraphale’s flailing and failing at the most basic magic tricks before Adam’s very (compassionate) eyes and Anathema feels like she needs a drink
and i live for this “beauty competence is in the eye of the beholder” thing
god neil chewing andrew out about being "violently self destructive" was the sexiest thing he did. in exites of all places. he actually cared for andrew so much and rebranded it as curiosity. boy you're in love with the short blond!!
the sad bit is that other people ruined everything andrew wanted for himself first. he botched the adoption to never see drake again. he didn't help officer higgins so he wouldn't have to confront his trauma and show it to everyone. he killed aaron's mother for his safety, but aaron made the deals with andrew and resents ANDREW for it. he doesn't like nicky's parents because they're insane and are hurting him! but nicky is pushy and tends to say off colour stuff andrew doesn't like, but nicky is family so andrew lets him stick around. he wants kevin to help him build a new life so badly but finds kevin like, the most annoying person ever. "are you afraid of your own happiness or do you honestly like being miserable all the time?" it's not his fault!!! he isn't ruining stuff, it was never going to be good anyways!!
people's refusal to work with andrew is what has always denied his happiness, not the other way around. he deserves more.
It Seems that someone here lost a bet
Anyway, saw this meme here somewhere and decided to redraw🧚🏽
NEIL YOU SWEET SUMMER CHILD. after nicky's little info dump about he felt like erik was strong enough for nicky to lean on for hours without him breaking a sweat, neil thinks about how he feels there is no one strong enough to shoulder his problems. except andrew. andrew stood his ground instead of being horrified at the truth. AND THEN IMMEDIATELY DISREGARDS IT WITH- and i quote- "but that didnt count, because andrew was andrew" NEIL YOU'RE HAVING GAY THOUGHTS LESS THAN HALFWAY THROUGH TRK SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UPPPPP
He/She Genderfluid and aroallo lesbian! reposting fandom shit because none of my friends are freaks like me
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