PREACH THE TRUTH BAMBAM
this is low-key why I have so many issues rereading the first book like I know the Eden scene doesn't happen in chapter 3 or 4 (idk which chapter) but I know that in 4 the jokes start getting made by nicky and you'd think that after Andrew threatens him with a knife for the jokes he'd cut it out but no he doesn't like granted andrew wasn't fuly in the right for drugging neil and then leaving him alone but he did trust his cousin to not do that shit and andrew had his valid reasons for what he did but I just couldn't hop on the nicky bang wagon don't get me does his character get better sure but I just can't like him because of it I know that (if I remember neil does forgive him although I'm pretty sure nicky never apologised for it corrsct me if I'm wrong been a bit since I've read the books) but like I wouldn't forgive that shit at all in fact I'd get violent I'd start throwing punches
Hiii !!! I hope this ask finds you well <3 I don't know if this has already been mentioned somewhere ( in which case I'm really really sorry but ) can you tell me why you hate Nicky ?
do not apologize!
Andrew told Nicky to watch Neil the first time they took him to Eden's. the drugging I understand, since they thought he was a rat. Nicky, however, decided to go a step further and sexually assault Neil.
a lot of the time with Nicky, people say that they would've forgiven him if they were Neil. great. i wouldn't, and don't. i think what he's done for the twins is great, i hope he has a great life with Erik, but because of what he did to Neil, I do not like him at all.
he also made a lot of "jokes" about raping Kevin and Neil, which just put him further down on my list.
hope that answers your question okay!
see I agree I need to see this played out in person like get me on a court with 8 other people to play a fake sport that's just took up my life
If I ever meet 8+ people who have read AFTG and are just as obsessed with it, I'm gonna find an abandoned basketball court and we're going to play mini Exy with whatever we can, okay? I want to see how it would function in real life. I want to see how much skill these people have. I mean, I need to know how good Andrew is that he blocks almost every goal and Kevin can play with a bad hand and scores like it's no one's business and Neil just gets past his marks and scores like. How. I gotta know.
I'm a hands on learner what can I say?
whipped coffee and tea with like 4 or 5 teaspoons of sugar
that's so damn weird like are they on about the same andrew like the one who didn't trust neil at all and thought he was a fucking mole like that andrew
I've said it before and I'll say it again but Andrew going after Nicky for his rape jokes towards Neil was a response to his trauma not that he thought Neil was a babe
so update on wbfe uhhhhh I haven't upadt2d the outline for like a month or two idfk and I don't understand shit of what I've written because it was always at like 1 am and uhhhhh I can't remember shit I gotta like reread all the layouts and stuff I'm gonna write the prologue idc I need something written uhhh will I ever post if maybe would yall wanna read if Idk idc either I yap on here fhats why thisbacc be here for me yapping about random shit uhhhh I will update later with more info ig
so true like I hate how people fault for her for it because added to it her father was actively telling her that rhaenyra would have to put alicents own flesh and blood to the sword and then rhaenyra has bastards (not blaming her she need heirs) but it just strengthen alicents fear of her own being killed.
so without a doubt I would to conspire to put one my sons on the throne most likely a smart one who's not stupid but obvi the lords wanted the first born son so yeah I'd do it what mother (or parent or father) wouldn't want their child to sit the throne and rule like I fucking would like hell yeah make me the queen mother idc how history wanna portray me if I got one of my own kids on the throne than fuck me with a chainsaw I'd be living
Not gonna lie.
If my bitch ass husband had me give birth to four children. And three of them being boys and not naming any of them his heirs no matter how much he cried and complained about wanting a son.
Yeah I would have taken the throne and put my son on it.
PREACH BAMBAM
like I can get how the line can get taken out of context but like it was the 2000s from what I remember from cousins I've had tell me it wasn't all that great for lgbtq+ people, plus what Kevin said does make sense from the state of it being a sport team and a college 1 thingy at that as well as the fact that they'd be in the public eye and under scrutiny for things like ik we don't fully know how the exy fans reacted to Neil going for riko but like we can just tell that from what the raven fans did kost likely no one liked him.
and like "it's easier to remain heterosexual" the whole wording of that is like to me he doesn't care what you do with other people about your personal relationships however going I the public eye it would be easy to play off being straight like going with paparazzi today they are invasive with what they do to people in the public eye like imagine the backlash from homophobic people if they find out one of their favourite footballers/soccer players are gay it wouldn't go down well, so Kevin was being very caring on suggesting it he wasn't demanding that neil remain straight Kevin couldn't really care less about Neil's swing situation he wasn't really raised to care relationships anyway If I remember correctly so yeah.
Kevin was being a good teammate and giving a suggestion that he believes/believed (irk if it changed) would help neil in the long run plus he says this like before finding out who neil is (if I recall correctly) so he was saying it while also having hopes that neil would go pro
biggest pet peeve rn is people taking "it's easier to remain heterosexual" entirely out of context. no, Kevin was not on his high horse about the fact that he's straight. no, he was not telling Neil that being gay is wrong. i am holding you so gently by the shoulders.
"you know better than anyone how prejudiced people can be" (to nicky) literally said not 2 seconds after the first line
he's just looking out for him cuz he knows that his career is gonna be that much harder if he dates a man like i don't-
on god, he may have had zero PREPARATION but he was smart like if they did as he said they would have already won the fucking war like listen to the guy I know he's shit but he's smart your ment to listen to your king not undermind him the only dumb thing he did was replace otto as hand because otto would have agreed with every one of his takes like I need daeron to be trying to push for aegons ideas I really do I need a smart duo
Let's see, Aegon was right about...
1. Considering smallfolk
2. Securing Harrenhal before Daemon builds an army
3. Securing Grover Tully's support after Lucerys' death
4. Burning Gullet's blocade sooner
5. Wanting a dragon to accompany Criston and Gwayne (they could've killed Moondancer and captured Baela)
And STILL many people are saying he was a dumb king! Even with him not recieving any preparation, his ideas would've eliminated the biggest problems that the Greens are facing now.
Stole this for this fandom bc some pEOPLE need to hear this today.
hi uhhh I'm aroace ghost rat ting here, 19 years I use any pronouns as icba to care what you use should clarify that I'm a massive bitch
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