a sprinkle of sugar

kevin day has my heart ˙˖°🥍 ༘ ⋆｡˚

[starwhale37]

Kevin Day and his golden boys

[redstonedust]

your blorbos don't have to be romantic to love each other (#platonic love wins) but also they don't have to love each other to be romantic. ship those characters as a loveless marriage. make their feelings tragically one-sided with no hope of change. put them in a dead end relationship that they both know needs to end but neither are willing to admit it yet. more bad ships forever. its enrichment for me.

[all-the-jellyfish]

I was just as surprised as Neil to find out the Andrew and Kevin were not infact a thing. Like hello??? Some people act like Neil was so oblivious for that take but like have you SEEN Kevin and Andrew?? They’re so fucking gay for each other dude. Kevin is not straight. Theres literallly no way. If only Nora didn’t take out the polycule but change almost nothing about their relationship.. sigh..

[wormnextdoor]

i love queerplatonic relationships where one of them is aroace and the other isn't. i love when the allo character has a crush that fades over time. i love when they don't care what they are to each other as long as they're together. i love when romance is an option that they don't choose. i love when both aros and allos feel fulfilled without romance or sex.

[ravioliet]

god's weakest soldier is scrolling tumblr instead of being productive or participating in any of their hobbies

[unspeakablesublime]

Shipping Kevin is so fun because it’s like every ship emphasizes something different about his character.

Kevaaron? Nerdy Kevin

Kevneil? Exy Kevin

Kandrew? Prissy Kevin (affectionate)

Keremy? Flustered Kevin (also Exy Kevin)

Kevjean? Angsty Kevin (also Exy Kevin)

[tinmate]

"[Riko] reached for Neil, but Kevin caught his arm to stop him. Riko slammed his elbow back into Kevin's face without missing a beat" -The Foxhole Court, Page 227

This quote is so telling to me. I think that a lot of the fandom assumes that either:

A: Kevin wasn't abused "as badly" (which is not an accurate or appropriate way to talk about abuse but that's another topic for another time)

B: His abuse was psychological/emotional

But just because his injuries didn't scar, doesn't mean he wasn't physically abused as well. There are lots of injuries that can be easily explained away in a violent, full contact sport. Riko doesn't even hesitate to hit Kevin. His so-called brother. A person that he, at one point, had genuine care for. This kind of violence is casual, instinctual, natural to him. This screams physical abuse that has been normalized.

Kevin was one hundred thousand percent physically abused and, for me, this passage proves it.

[iwriteonthisone]

Hey so did you know that these takes can all be true at the same time?

1) Kevin was valid for keeping Neil's secret from Andrew.

2) Andrew was valid for his reaction to that (Neil was in MORTAL DANGER and Andrew was powerless and terrified and grieving and his best friend KNEW ABOUT IT AND DIDN'T TELL HIM *UNTIL* ANDREW WAS SCARED AND PETRIFIED AND POWERLESS AND GRIEVING).

3) Kevin DID NOT deserve that reaction (He has been mourning Neil since the moment he got to know the real him!!! In his mind, there was nothing that he could do against the might of the literal japanese mafia. Nathan Wesninski HIMSELF had fucking cops in the palm of his hands AND the approval of said japanese mafia to take Neil and do WHATEVER. And you think a 20 year old Andrew Minyard would have saved him? They would have died together!!! They had all already lost the fucking battle before it even started, and Kevin was the first to know. If not for Stuart Hatford's coincidental assasination plan, Neil Josten would have been a dead man point blank period).

So like... it's completely valid to say that you would choke someone too if you were in Andrew's place, but also, the someone wouldn't have deserved it. You still would though because feelings are irrational and, being Andrew, you have grown up your entire life knowing, deep to your core, that violence is the only way that people have ever listened to you. Has a "no", or even a "Please no" ever helped?

And being Kevin, this is terrible on all sides. You were powerless from the start. You lost your mother, had only her sport for a token, and instead got raised by vile people who abused you using that sport. And then you left. And then they followed you. And you knew this was it. You knew your best friend could not simply handle this fact, and you knew he would hurt you over it, but you did it anyway because what's better? A dead Andrew who tried or an alive Andrew who's betrayed?

You guys do realise that similar logic was used with Jean right? Kevin knew that Jean was going through fucking hell, but he still wanted an ALIVE Jean. That's why he did it all, even though he knew Jean would hate him for it. "Kevin wasn't there for Jean" Kevin sent Jean to the trojans. What would Jean have done if he stayed with Kevin? Watched him wallow in his own alcoholism? Kevin wasn't equipped to help Jean, and he fucking knew it. He sent him to people who could. And was he wrong?

Basically, the discourse over this scene is fucking insane lmfao like it doesn't need to be had. Both characters were valid, they both had their own points of view, and they both STILL love each other to bits by the way. Why are we fighting over something that has Been coexisting?

[funtropy]

riko doesn’t understand ethics. he never does anything that would be considered a moral good just to feel good about it, because he simply doesn’t

scoring a goal feels good. drinking water after a drill feels good. an orgasm feels good

looking at the sky, when the amount of space above you is enormous, feels good

when pain stops, it feels good

doing something for others doesn’t intrinsically feel good. doing something for kevin does, though

kevin is nice to look at when he’s happy with something you’ve done for him. he smiles, and he glows, and his eyes sparkle, and he stares at you, and you feel warm all over. he might even crush you in his arms, and while it’s hard not to fight it on instinct, staying still is worth it

making kevin happy becomes challenging with time because what does the thing clashes with what the family wants from riko. with what he’s supposed to be. with what he inevitably is

moments of kevin’s happiness become few and far between, and they seem to only occur when he briefly forgets himself. unfortunately, there’s no way for riko to survive and make him happy at the same time

maybe he will be once riko’s dead

[chuvstvovanje]

I think Kevin and Andrew get the same kind of treatment that Matt Damon and Ben Affleck get when it comes to the media. Everyone thinks there is something going on. The more invested rpf girlies that write fanfiction are in constant debate over how to portray Neil. As an obstecle to their love? A toxic ex? A too overbearing best friend? Their adopted child/pet? The person selling them to One Direction? There is just an overabundance of possabilities.

[funtropy]

riko doesn’t understand ethics. he never does anything that would be considered a moral good just to feel good about it, because he simply doesn’t

scoring a goal feels good. drinking water after a drill feels good. an orgasm feels good

looking at the sky, when the amount of space above you is enormous, feels good

when pain stops, it feels good

doing something for others doesn’t intrinsically feel good. doing something for kevin does, though

kevin is nice to look at when he’s happy with something you’ve done for him. he smiles, and he glows, and his eyes sparkle, and he stares at you, and you feel warm all over. he might even crush you in his arms, and while it’s hard not to fight it on instinct, staying still is worth it

making kevin happy becomes challenging with time because what does the thing clashes with what the family wants from riko. with what he’s supposed to be. with what he inevitably is

moments of kevin’s happiness become few and far between, and they seem to only occur when he briefly forgets himself. unfortunately, there’s no way for riko to survive and make him happy at the same time

maybe he will be once riko’s dead

[koihoi]

Your Kevneil artwork is giving me life!

Thank you!!

[m1stl3t03]

aftg sketch dump

[hopefulrunaways]

it's still the 22nd where I am so HAPPY BIRTHDAY KEVIN DAY

[butchandrew]

for ur kevneil stalker indulgence: kevin dismissing a vague question at some point during evening team practice and neil barely reacting but by night practice is clearly agitated. takes almost blowing his shoulders out on andrew's goal again for kevin to get a near-spat that's not when you got that scar and to be momentarily caught off guard before doubling down on how dare You of all people be offended by a lie? and why the fuck have you been keeping tabs? feeling deeply uncomfortable in a way he can never acknowledge so has to cling to the reasons for neil's obsession and place his worth in exy once again but it feels less defensive when he knows that's why neil's watching Now. getting up in his face nonetheless, the squaring up to be mitigated only moments before physical violence by kevin's irritation at a thick tobacco smoke blown in their direction. or something. hold on i need to exit this go back to your post that prompted it and reevaluate where is the exit bu

YESSSSSS!!!!!!!!

I love the idea Kevin slowly realizes how fucked and obsessive Neil was about him (Hero worship and jealousy and the what if of a whole other life) and then being freaked out because it feels good to have someone fixate on him like that. He spent more than half his life as the center of Riko's entire world (negative), it almost feels like coming home to have someone know him so well and so intimately.

They're winding each other up all night and Neil cannot keep his eyes off him, and Kevin is about to cancel night practice until Neil FINALLY snaps like you said. It pours out of him and Kevin is like ??? because he barely remembers that scar. Who cares!! But Neil is so obviously upset and pissed about it and each time he checks him after it there's teeth.

And Andrew "Has known about the stalker binder for well over a year now" Minyard is just watching.

Usually they get it out of their system but it lingers for days afterward and Kevin begins peppering Neil with questions about himself. About himself after leaving Edgar Allan and yep, he knows that too. Some of it there's an explanation, "What shampoo do I use?" "What cologne is my favorite" because they have been living in each other's pocket for a year. But what about "How did I lose my molar?" "What's my blood type" etc etc

And of course things have to eventual break and it's Kevin being bent over the edge of his bed and Neil rutting against him talking about what it was like to watch him live a life like he did. His anger over him settling for second when Neil always knew he was better than Riko. That he records this all too, the angle Kevin likes to be jerked off, the tilt of his hips to make that sound, it all goes into a journal tucked away somewhere. As memorized as Kevin's stats from his debut year to what flavor he likes at Sweetie's (pistachio.)

And of course, as always, Andrew is watching.

[dayurno]

Tik tok most rancid place i know, why did i see a non ironic "kevin thought Andrew's only worth was to play exy" take? Media literacy is really that dead? I cant do this anymore, open the schools i beg. Sorry it just blaffed me so bad i had to tell someone.

its not true but if kevin day did do that i would still support him because im a bad person

[falafels]

wish i could pet kevin day like a rescue cat. buddy it is going to be ok i promise u i know u are going to be scared the whole time but u are my little babey. stop biting me