you are a pipedream

all for the game

[thematicallycoherent]

All for the game cover redesigns,, because the original book covers are pretty ugly ngl

[karasawr]

but baby when the lights are low…

[foxerice]

is this accurate

[foxerice]

alright.

[neilnothingjosten]

Neil doesn’t know how to whistle, Andrew does though. So one sleepless night when they are in bed, arms and legs tangled together Andrew tries to teach Neil how to whistle. In the low light where the shadows dance thickly across his skin and mark him more darkness than man. You hear softly the little whistle noises from Andrew and small breaths of air as Neil tries (very poorly) to whistle.

Cut to Kevin throwing a pillow at them and yelling

[cryptidradish]

Oh my god all I can picture is practice the next day.

The others notice Kevin glaring at Andrew and Neil, bags under his eyes.

“Some assholes,” he replied to Matt when he asked, sending a pointed look at Neil and Andrew where they were talking near the goal, “wouldn’t keep it down last night while I was trying to sleep.”

Allison and Nicky looked like Christmas came early. “Oh my god, Kevin got sexiled.”

“Wait.., while you were in the room?”

Aaron turned to leave, but Kevin looked startled. “What?” He realized a second later. “Oh, no not that. Andrew was trying to teach Neil how to whistle and they wouldn’t shut up.”

“Ok that’s oddly cute.” Allison admitted. Matt and Nicky can’t keep the smiles off their faces.

Neil glanced over from across the court at exactly the wrong time to find half his team staring at him and Andrew, grinning like idiots.

[lnmei]

recolored foxes sleepover scene…

[agapantoblu]

The Foxes and College Yearbook Quotes:

Andrew Minyard: “Fuck Stickball and fuck Josten”

Just to piss Kevin off. Poor Day’s brain fried for a second and he went “Wait, are you changing sport?! What the fuck, Andrew! What is this stickball?! What did they promise you?!” Wymack had to be the one to tell him. 

Neil smiled at the quote as if he was looking at a little fluffy kitten; he got his percentage raised for that.

Kevin Day: “Be the Queen on your chessboard. Kings never get too far.”

The poor kid spent weeks polishing his quote and now Foxes spend most of their times after reading it fake-bowing in front of him.

Jean sends him a picture when Renee shows it to him; it’s just his own face with an arched eyebrow. Kevin answers “Fuck you”, but he smiles seeing Jeremy making faces in the background.

Neil Josten: “Ohana means family, and family means no one gets abandoned or forgotten - Lilo and Her Weird Alien Dog” 

The upperclassmen cried.

It took them a week to realize Neil honestly thought the name of the movie was “Lilo and Her Weird Alien Dog” because that’s what Andrew told him.

Aaron Minyard: “Two chemists go into a restaurant. The first one says -I think I’ll have an H2O.- The second one says -I think I’ll have an H2O too- and he died.”

he actually wanted to write “Fuck you, Andrew” but Katelyn glared at him until he changed it. 

Andrew gets it, but refuses to laugh on principle.

Nicky Hemmick: “I’m GGG: Getting Gayer and German”.

He employed Erik’s help, but the man is a sap and only offered romantic/sentimental quotes, so he had to find something on his own. 

He fought the whole editorial department to have his quote in rainbow colors and he won.

Danielle Wilds: “I wear steel-ettos to better kick you in the balls.”

It may or may not be a reference to a certain Raven and a certain banquets and she may or may not take a picture of the quote “@” him on twitter.

Allison, Matt and Nicky all high five her when they read it.

Allison Reynolds: “Pretty hurts, steals your money and burns your house.”

She fucking loves the Wonder Woman movie, so her other option was “Men are unnecessary for pleasure.”

But after Raven fans trashed her cars she wanted to make a statement, that she could hit back thrice as hard. 

Matt Boyd: “Danielle Wilds, would you make me the honor of taking me as your Proud Trophy Husband?”

Yup. He honest to God asked her like that. They had actually talked about it already, stuff like “What if I asked you to get married?”, “Now?!”, “No! More dramatically and stuff, but yeah… Would you say yes?”, “Make it more dramatic than Aaron and Katelyn and we have a deal.”

He brought Dan the yearbook and then knelt when she was distracted reading so when she lifted her eyes there he was, with a ring and blushing to the roots of his hair. Nicky filmed everything.

Renee Walker: “To be kind and to be helpless are two different matters.”

Nicky finds it adorable, while Neil and Andrew read it for the threat it is and their smiles are creepy and dark for a moment there. Allison looks proud.

Jean retweets the picture of the quote and adds “@Alvarez, this is why you don’t fight her”. It’s the first tweet ever in which he “@”s someone and the Trojans are so proud they collectively send Renee flowers.

[fondfoxes]

what do you mean they get worse? like within the series?

i mean like the events of the books get darker as they progress, in my opinion - not that they get worse in quality lmao,, i just feel that as u learn more about the characters (especially andrew for me) the series becomes increasingly more somber but not necessarily in a bad way; in fact i think the books get better the more we dO know about the characters and i personally like the final book most because of this. just that more events happen in graphic detail later on (i.e. neil torture scene) in the books, specifically the last. again, i probably worded it wrong but i definitely find the books more intriguing as they continue, rather than offputting due to the darker material, but i can see how that can be the opposite for some people y’know... anyway just my opinion sorry for the rant!

[whatmack]

can u believe aftg was so absurd that bargaining 3 people’s lives to the mafia was the GOOD ending

[aymmidumps]

Oh, brother of mine. Where have you been all my life? 

[jeni182]

My favorite thing about the AFTG fandom is how we all just decided things as a cohesive unit with no discussion/argument:

- Matt and Dan are black and beautiful

- Renee is an Asian angel

- Kevin Day is bisexual fight any one of us if you disagree

- Jeremy Knox is a beautiful ray of gay sunshine

- Neil and Andrew absolutely say I love you and get married despite the author confirming that this is never a thing (maybe this one is just me I love my bb bois)

- Jean and Jeremy get it on during Jean’s time with the Trojans and I will not be convinced otherwise

We are truly a blessed fandom. Please add to this list so we may all bask in the glory together.

[jerbearknox]

kevin: [breathes]

andrew:

[blankinsidecards]

This is unrealistic because Andrew isn’t tall enough to lean on a fridge like that

[jerbearknox]

it’s a mini fridge

[autumnalpalmetto-deactivated202]

His first year pro someone asks Andrew what it’s like to be the most successful Minyard and his response is “Aaron and his Fiancé both got into one of the most prestigious med schools in the country, if anything I’m the least successful Minyard”

[nightreadfox]

Someone from Aaron’s class goes up to him with a phone on record and tells him that his brother just called him the most successful Minyard, how does he feel? Aaron stares at the camera, unimpressed, and says “Andrew and his fiancé have two olympic gold medals between them. He can fuck off with the modesty.”

[rainbowd00dles]

i found an old wip in my art folder so i cleaned it up and made it andreil bc i needed it 

[neljostns]

[jsteneil]

I love the moment everyone discovers the Maserati, because Andrew did not have to play along with Matt’s admiration. Andrew’s words are always measured and important: he didn’t have to say anything to Matt’s “What are you doing with a Maserati”. But he does say something, and he lets Matt look inside–interrupting his movement to close the door– even though he’s already in the driver’s seat, which means that Matt is leaning over him inside the car. And then, he starts it up when Matt asks! And Matt isn’t even part of his “family”. 

Like, he’s so bad at pretending he doesn’t feel anything when he just went and bought himself a freaking Maserati!!

[fondfoxes]

hot damn girl you're hella cute 😩 my poor bi heart

aaah thank u !

[minyardjostenrivalry]

okay so my athletic department occasionally requires us to do community service and I’m trying to imagine the foxes having to go out and read to elementary schoolers like we did 

half the team tries to play sick. wymack is not a merciful god. he does not allow them to escape so easily. 

they have to go out in groups of 3 and let me tell you there are varying levels of success like the matt/dan/allison group is great. the kids love them, they’re really good at reading the stories with a lot of expression, and a bunch of the girls talk about how they wanna be like dan or allison when they grow up (they’re totally convinced matt plays football for some reason, though. they keep asking him how long he’s played football and what position he plays in football and if he’s good at football). 

the nicky/kevin/aaron group succeeds mainly because the kids who are already in exy little leagues recognize and worship kevin so that’s a fair amount of the class hanging on his every word, and also because Nicky’s a great storyteller and does voices for the characters and sound effects and everything. (aaron stays quiet for the most part, although he does give really good answers to the kids’ questions. mostly he’s just bitter that they didn’t go the same day as the vixens so he had to actually be in a group with his teammates)

the andrew/neil/renee group is a little rough. they love renee’s hair and generally like her well enough but they keep asking if neil or andrew is her boyfriend, and the first time they see neil they whip out the brutal childhood honesty and it’s “what happened to your face?” “ewwww.” he tries to ignore it, because they’re kids, they didn’t grow up the way he did, they’re not used to people with so many scars, but it’s still not pleasant. andrew’s self control is good enough to keep him from fighting a literal child, but he does send one or two of the loudest ones a Look that strikes the fear of god into their hearts. they mostly let renee read. it’s probably for the best, really.