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my favourite scene of tsc is when cat saves jean from fans by asking him in french if he wants to fuck and jean is so shocked he just stops functioning and forgets to be an asshole long enough for them to drag him away. 10/10 problem solving from catalina alvarez

Foxes against humanity No.7

No.6<—-

OP, just know you are perfect!

It annoys me so much when people say AFTG is badly written, this post is just PERFECTION

Thank you!!

AFTG is Well Written: a Masterlist

Many people have said the book series All For The Game by Nora Sakavic is badly written. However, I believe it is not. To prove this, I made a compilation of posts that explain why the books are meticusly crafted and amazingly written.

*disclaimer: I'm not claiming the books are perfect or have no mistakes, it is impossible for any book to be that way, I'm just saying that it's not even half as bad some people claim it to be

Plot

Why The King's Men's plot structure is genius

In defense of AFTG crazy plot

Characters

MCs and trauma responses by @skydaemon

Mirrors of eachother by @sirandking

Riko and Neil parallels by @notlacrosse

Jean: Number, name and the narrative by @owlarchimedes

Metaphors/Symbolisms

Characters and their respective chess metaphor

Number symbolims in AFTG by @darkblueboxs with additions by @whydamnitwhy

Writing style

Conveying feelings by @lochenfreh

Here by @joejhang

The reason for the simplistic language by @afurtivecake

Neil/Nathaniel switch by @obsessing-over-fictionn

General

Here by deactivated account

The reason why people tend to think the book are bad by @thetamingofspike

Here by @the-foxhole-clutter

If I'm forgetting something or you know a post that could fit in this masterlist, share it pls!

so much love for the “minor” characters in all for the game. i’m talking dan’s sisters who showed up in custom PSU shirts for the finals, ride or dies like stephanie walker, the PSU soccer team who witnessed… a lot of shenanigans in the athletes dorm, “no bullshit on my watch” coach jimenez, the freshman trojan who’s fingers are covered in band aids, the bazonga line showing jean how to be human again. i love this world and ALL its fake people

unfortunately i cannot engage in andreil breakup and make up fics because i do not believe in andreil breaking up

Nora has confirmed that if Ichirou decided to kill Andrew, Neil would scape to Japan, work his way through the rankings of the real yakuza there(the OG Moriyamas, that stayed in Japan and dont keep relations with the USA Moriyamas), and once he got to the top, Neil would start to slowly dismantle the USA Moriyamas' empire brick by brick. Until he ultimately got to kill Ichirou (but only after making him watch his empire crumble and loose everyone around him)

The level of manipulation needed to rise to the top of one the biggest criminal organisations in the world just to get revange against someone like Ichirou is ABSURD

Literally a cold psycho fueled by anger and hatred

We are lucky he is fueled by his love for Andrew, stickball and his team

Neil could really have been a very suave criminal mastermind if he'd chosen to be. I'm rereading the kings men and the whole thing is basically just Neil gently manipulating people to do what he wants them to, and figuring out how to put anyone who won't come around to his way of thinking (Aaron) under pressure so that they just do what he wants. He wouldn't need to be as violent as his father, the guy just knows how to read people and figure out what they want, and what they can't afford to lose. He'd have them eating out of his hand if he wanted to do anything more than play stickball have boyfriend.

letter to theo by vincent van gogh

"The best followup for Jean's trilogy is this"

"No, a Kevin trilogy is better"

"Actually no, pre og trilogy is the way to go"

"Andrew's POV"

"The perfect court series is superior"

"Actually we don't need more books"

blah blah blah................................

Listen to me listen LISTEN, if Nora decides to write about this universe for the rest of her live and give us every single detail about the characters, MY BABIES until they retire or die happy and content of old age, I would follow her until the very end and every step and book of the way. I would eat up EVERY. SINGLE. THING. So give me whatever, nothing's too much and nothing's irrelevant or not wanted, I NEED IT TO KEEP LIVING DONT YOU UNDERSTAND

Duos that have the same vibe

Somebody must have already pointed this out, but I havent seen it yet, so I will anyways

But, this is literally almost the same dynamic and not only I love it, but I will die on this hill

We have:

- Short red head who is inexperienced at the beggining, constantly tells people that are better then him that he is gonna beat them (and in fact does beat them). Plays mostly on instinct and has a huge amount of potencial and talent

-Taller with black hair who has had problems in his previous team, is known for being rude, kind of bossy and constantly and blatantly tells people their technical faws. Plays with sharp precision and wits, also has a huge amount of talent

-Taller one becomes sort of a mentor figure to our shorty, but at the same time, they both are constantly competing with each other

-Become partners and push each other to the top of their potentials

-Both are completly obsessed with their sports, will practice non stop after practice hours

-Will argue with each other ALL THE TIME(thats basically their default mode), you will know things are serious if they stop talking to each other

hello i am here to say that if you have not read the EC about wymack recruiting dan you SHOULD, for multiple reasons but especially because this passage kills me and i want to talk about it with people

Wymack sitting at the funeral of Riko, the dude who was his estranged son’s codependent brother, who treated him as a pet and mentally and physically abused and tortured him for years. The same dude who also physically abused and orchestrated the gang rape of said estranged son’s best friend. Who then blackmailed one of your players, who knew your son from years back, and let Riko beat the shit out of him over Christmas break because he didn’t want his situation-ship to get hurt, who is your estranged brothers codependent bestie and protector - who riko also orchestrated the abuse of anyway. And then your team proceeded to beat him in the championships, where he tried to kill one said player before the other broke his arm and then his brother who runs the Japanese mafia killed him and framed it as a suicide. And now you sitting next to said estranged son, who people blame his death on, watching him grieve this absolute psychopath cause that’s just how much he fucked him up.

Wymack: *thank god this isn’t awkward or anything*

Look how far you’ve come

Literally about to crash out because it’s been THREE MONTHS and I just felt physical pain watching an andreil edit

I can just imagine the cold running down Andrew's spine as he heard Neil's cell phone ring, but no sign of Neil, just his bag and the phone there on the ground

He knew Neil would never willingly leave his things behind, even with all the chaos, he would never leave his bag there. As the realization Neil was probably taken settled in, Andrew stopped to listen to the lyrics of Neil's ringtone, right as it said

'Runaway train never coming back'

And at that moment Andrew knew his runaway train could really never come back. At this point he could be dead already. The thought almost made his heart stop. Neil was smart, he was a survivor, he could survive, he HAD to survive. Andrew cursed himself for the ringtone he had chosen as a way to spite Neil, but now just felt like another one of life's cruel ironies

'Wrong way on a one-way track'

Andrew tried to remember how to breath as he reminded himself thats how it was always supposed to end, he knew this would happen, it was indeed a one-way track, but...it was so early, so sudden. Why couldn't he have more time?? He thought, not knowing if it was about him, Neil or the both of them

Andrew's chest tightened, as a mist of anger and desperation builded up inside him. He felt like he would burst at any moment. It was like a giant hole had been carved on his chest. After so long feeling nothing, having so many feelings at once made him dizzy.

That was when another realization settled in: it had always been Neil all along. Somehow Andrew was dumb enough to fool himself into thinking he would be able to let go when the time came, that he was in control of the situation and Neil was nothing but a distraction, someone interesting to distract him from the fact his whole life felt like a bore. But it wasnt true anymore and it hadn't been for a long time, maybe it was never really true.

Andrew had indeed gone the wrong way a one way track. He knew how this was gonna end, and still he fell into Neil's gravity and allowed himself to be pushed closer and closer everyday. The phone finally stopped ringing, but the song kept playing on his head like a buzz

He looked around again, hoping to find those clueless stupid blue eyes looking at him, but there was nothing, no one. He felt like if he was falling as he stomach sank. It was right then and there he finally admitted something he already had known for a while: he didn't want to, in fact, he couldnt live without Neil. A world without him was just pure hell. Andrew needed Neil as much as he needed air or water

(This wasnt supposed to be almost a fic, but I got carried away while writing, lol. Forgive me for any mistakes, I typed it on my cellphone and english isnt my first language)

Do you ever think about how Andrew called Neil’s phone after he disappeared, but instead of Neil answering, it’s just ‘Runaway train never coming back’ playing on a loop… or are you normal?

"we need more unconventional relationships in media!"

you guys can't even handle andreil not saying "i love you" 🫩

Uhhh invincible seasom 3 spoilers. You should really watch it. It’s so much more than a funny superhero show

I’m still so not over Rex’s death in Invincible. His entire arc over seasons 1-3 was beautiful. When we first met him in 1, I hated him. He was funny but I hated him. By Season 3, he’s a kind, mature and caring guy. Yes he still says the wrong thing sometimes, but he apologizes and it’s clear to everyone that he’s trying. He lost a hand, took a bullet to the brain, thought his teammates were dead and kept fighting.

I remember hearing somewhere that your true last words aren’t the last words your mouth makes before you die, they’re the last thing anyone who doesn’t die with you hears. The last thing Rex says to anyone who isn’t the Mark he takes down with him is for BP, Rudy, and MG to pass on a message to Rae, apologizing for not helping her finish moving in. Season 1 Rex would never help someone move in, he’d never apologize, he’d never love someone, and I don’t think he would care about the feelings of a woman, or make a sacrifice like that. But when he saw it was his time to go, the first thing on his mind was Rae.

He got wounded earlier in the fight, he checks the wound, realizes he’s not making it out and makes peace with that. He gets close to the evil Mark and digs into his gaping chest wound to touch his own bone and turn himself into a bomb. Yeah, the evil Marks aren’t as strong as our Mark, but they’re still viltrumites. Rex is one of the only mother fuckers in the show to go toe to toe with a viltrumite and defeat them. Yeah he had to kill himself to do it. I don’t care, he still did it, and he did it with love in his heart.

In the show’s larger overarching theme of tackling toxic masculinity, Mark is shown rejecting toxic masculinity again and again, but Rex is already down there. He’s a piece of shit in Season 1, but he gets better. He’s there to show the audience that they can get better, if they’re shitty. He and Mark are effectively narrative foils in that regard. Rex is a child soldier who’s a piece of shit and learns to drop his toxic masculinity. Mark is the son of a loving couple, grew up almost normal and rejects it from the start. The other Marks? The bad ones? They didn’t have as good of an upbringing. They’re our Mark if he was more like Rex.

But Rex gets better. He meets one of those bad Marks, and he fucking takes him with him. The ultimate condemnation of that evil in them both. My glorious king Rex Splode

Yeah, I will definitely be joining that cliff jumping group, thanks

Andrew Minyard makes me wanna rip my heart out, seriously

girl who just remembered andrew was so used to not being cared about or seen that he genuinely thought he was hallucinating neil's behavior. who wants to join my jumping off a cliff party.

Im finally watching Invincible's third season, and let me tell yall, Mark would have such an easier time if the people he wants to protect stopped getting into the fights as he is trying to protect them

LIKE, DUDE, IF MARK CANT FIGHT SOMEONE FROM VILTRUM, YOU ALSO CANT

And then Mark is made to have to protect himself(not particularly succeeding at that) and, now, another dumb fucker who had the bright idea to help and just became on the brink of death weight

Big examples of this are Atom Eve trying to help in the fight against the alternate dimensions invicibles and Oliver trying to tackle that dude from Viltrum right after

Like, guys, YOU ARE NOT HELPING

(Also, Im obviously not refering to Atom Eve in that last fight, she absolutely rocked that, girl rebuilt her body and even before, she actually helped a lot)

renee walker (the living rainbow) who always has her nails painted a different color because color is such a beautiful thing, especially after you’ve been in the dark for so long

jean moreau, who starts painting his pinky nail whatever new color her nails are on their weekly skype call because it was 𝘩𝘦𝘳 color that pulled him out of the darkness, and the singular colored nail always reminds him of that rainbow he decided to live for

okay but imagine neil’s coach from millport following his freshman season with the foxes

like “oh my god my player was marked for perfect court!! why is he ginger now?” “WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE’S THE SON OF A SERIAL KILLER”

I love the fact that Neil had his ribs broken, Andrew had his collar bone broken and none of them got out of the court crying and screaming

Meanwhile, the little bitch, also known as Riko, tried to commit murder, got his arm broken and had to be carried out of the court while ugly crying and screaming, like the little bitch we all know he is

In sickness and in health, hm?

part 2

masterpost

script: @regulusmasamune

illustration: me! @oatmealdoodles

og:

DID RICK JUST CALL JASON THE SON OF JUNO?!?!

Oh my poor heart-

They way this ties perfectly with the fact that it was Hera/Juno who mourned him and not his own father….

He really was her boy🥹

can i have you for a moment please

We all stan David Wymack

Wymack took two teenagers who were so afraid of coaches and older men they flinched at his presence and loved them so hard they think of him as a father

Kevin at this moment: WHAT ARE YOU BOTH THINKING??? WHAT ABOUT YOUR CAREERS???

*proceeds in a half an hour long rant about how not only their Exy skills, but also their public image is important to make Court(and according to him both of their public images are already damaged enough)

*Neil tells him that if they are already damaged, then there is no problem in making it a little worse

*Andrew tells him to stfu

*Kevin shuts up, looking with discontet at the both of them

Kevin hates them (not really)

At first it was just an andreil sketch

There are two friendships in the books that would be epic but had the potential to destroy the world as we know it:

-Andrew and Alisson

-Neil and Aaron

The foxes are lucky they hate each other, bc if they became friends...

andrew and allison would’ve been too powerful if they had gotten along. they would go to the mall together and buy clothes for people who are not themselves that those people do not want and then get back to fox tower to give said people the clothes they do not want along with opinions that they also do not want. they know everyone’s business. they don’t care much about the emotional boundaries of others except yes they do. they’re mean in a way that’s fun if you fw them and very not fun if you don’t. they will be honest if you ask them if your club outfit is ugly. they will also be honest if you don’t ask them if your club outfit is ugly. they have very expensive cars in which they drive people around in silently. they are fueled by spite. they are blonde.

happy birthday to the twins ever <3

he’d forgotten how much he missed that smile.

Why do all the beautiful, colorful vintage bathrooms end up in the wrong hands. Come here. I would treasure you