Gentle Hands And Harsh Words

As soon as the brick hit him in the head he picked it up and started whacking people with it. You can’t call that innocent.

"neil is innocent and doesn't know when andrew is flirting with him-"

WRONG ❌

once neil figured out how to play along he was a fucking menace do you not remember this????

Breaking news 🦊 (full drawing + inspo below!)

ai does not belong in creative spaces. period.

mr. pipe dream and his 5’0 goalkeeper boyfriend. whatever

hey friendly reminder that exy is just a coping mechanism for kevin. the same way neil goes on runs so he doesn’t ACTUALLY run away. the same way jean distracts himself with a million different hobbies so he doesn’t have to think about his past.

i’m sick of seeing people talk about “the only thing kevin loved is exy”…untrue. he plays constantly because it’s the only thing he knows HOW to do. playing well was the reason he survived the nest, and it’s the only thing he had left when he finally ran away. he’s strict with neil’s training because for him, it was be great or don’t play at all. the same thing as helping your partner play well so you both succeed. for him, teaching exy is something intimate, almost.

so does he love it? sure, maybe. his mom created it after all. but you can’t look at his relationship with andrew—someone he trusted to keep him safe even though the people he trusted before only ended up hurting him. with neil—who he taught to play well so they could succeed together, even though he knew neil couldn’t stay. with wymack—who’s team he joined and made great so everyone would start giving wymack the appreciation he deserves instead of saying his team is a publicity stunt. with abby—the first (parental?) figure to treat him kindly since his mother died. you can’t look at his relationship with all of them and try to convince me he doesn’t care. not when he stayed and built all of those bonds.

Making posts about aftg is so funny because the characters live lives of such epic proportion that I feel like I have to first name last name them. I'm not calling the self-proclaimed queen of a fictional sport kevin. That is Kevin Day. The name just has weight. Neil Josten went to great lengths to claim his damn name. Jean Moreau is taking active steps daily to shift the meaning that his name holds positively. Jeremy Knox existed for years in collective imagination, yes for his personality, but also, I'm sure, it's cause that name is just weighty.

But then there's Andrew, who is so important to the fandom that he lives in a different realm of notoriety in my head. I just say, Andrew. Like one just says Zendaya.

kevin day collecting homoerotic situationships to go play at the olympics with him one day

oh it…

The way his hand is bigger than her entire thigh…I am unwell

I am a grown ass adult and I still get nausea when I feel like I'm in trouble. They're gonna send me to the principals office and take away my toys for a week. Can you just fucking kill me instead of making me stew in my fucking anxiety

neil getting “pipedream” tattooed on his hip, where andrew kisses him