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temporary pinned post while i set this blog up:
- 25 / lesbian
- long time aftg fan and tumblr user but the special interest is kicking my ass rn so i’ve finally caved and made a sideblog
- main @happywastedyears and tlt blog @wifegideonnav
- my ao3
now that im doing aftg cover thoughts apparently: i think my main problem is that there’s basically no genre or tone signaling. but as i think more on it, aftg as a whole is kind of a blind box anyway, so that is at least appropriate lol. i guess i just wish they had a little more oomph to them yk. something distinctive and memorable as a visual artistic theme and motif, rather than just foxpaw.png etc. im spoiled by coming from the locked tomb series, whose covers have bespoke paintings that can and do just hang on my wall in a frame by themselves, but i think book covers in general are often a missed opportunity to enhance the story as a whole (and ofc i know that authors often don’t have control over what their covers look like, and that sucks). anyway anything’s better than the audiobook covers i think we can agree on that
you definitely should not judge aftg by its covers bc they suck but you know what nora fucking nailed first impression wise? the series name. All these assholes do in these books is literally For The Game
THEY SUCK??? okay, wait, I need to find my people, because I know I’m not the only one who feels this way. but honestly… nowadays, after seeing so many gorgeous covers with intricate artwork (which are absolutely stunning, don’t get me wrong), coming across something this minimalist feels incredibly refreshing. a simple illustration against a clean white background just stands out in the best way. when you’re used to covers full of details until there’s barely an inch of empty space left, a design that leaves 60% of the page white almost feels unfinished? or call it whatever you want. but that’s EXACTLY WHAT CATCHES YOUR EYE. I don't know, but THIS particular cover is exactly what I'd want to wave around as I walk down the street, showing it to everyone and saying, "DO YOU FEEL THIS VIBE????" that’s exactly what makes it memorable. I genuinely love these covers. Nora, thank you so much for making them exactly the way they are!!!
dkshd ok you’re right i shouldn’t have said sucks. and i think they do work perfectly fine in the context of what the books are; it advertises quite plainly that these are not standard professionally published novels. i just think they’re boring, and while that’s fine, because it’s what’s inside the book that counts, they feel like a placeholder. you can have a simple book cover that has more thought and intention put into it. tfc is obviously the worst offender, and i think the later books are a bit better. but taste is subjective and i certainly didn’t mean to shit on nora/her creative choices!
oops! I forgot to mention that my post wasn't specifically directed at your comment!! I didn't want it to seem like I was starting a comparison between two different ideas.. I just added my thoughts on the issue, heh. but I get what you mean!!
gotcha haha no problem!
you definitely should not judge aftg by its covers bc they suck but you know what nora fucking nailed first impression wise? the series name. All these assholes do in these books is literally For The Game
THEY SUCK??? okay, wait, I need to find my people, because I know I’m not the only one who feels this way. but honestly… nowadays, after seeing so many gorgeous covers with intricate artwork (which are absolutely stunning, don’t get me wrong), coming across something this minimalist feels incredibly refreshing. a simple illustration against a clean white background just stands out in the best way. when you’re used to covers full of details until there’s barely an inch of empty space left, a design that leaves 60% of the page white almost feels unfinished? or call it whatever you want. but that’s EXACTLY WHAT CATCHES YOUR EYE. I don't know, but THIS particular cover is exactly what I'd want to wave around as I walk down the street, showing it to everyone and saying, "DO YOU FEEL THIS VIBE????" that’s exactly what makes it memorable. I genuinely love these covers. Nora, thank you so much for making them exactly the way they are!!!
dkshd ok you’re right i shouldn’t have said sucks. and i think they do work perfectly fine in the context of what the books are; it advertises quite plainly that these are not standard professionally published novels. i just think they’re boring, and while that’s fine, because it’s what’s inside the book that counts, they feel like a placeholder. you can have a simple book cover that has more thought and intention put into it. tfc is obviously the worst offender, and i think the later books are a bit better. but taste is subjective and i certainly didn’t mean to shit on nora/her creative choices!
you definitely should not judge aftg by its covers bc they suck but you know what nora fucking nailed first impression wise? the series name. All these assholes do in these books is literally For The Game
while i am interested by the existence and story of Amalia Day as a character, and i would love to see her explored, the belief that i hold deep in my heart is that if thea muldani got pregnant she would abort that thing
andrew 'doesn't-mean-i-wouldn't-blow-you' minyard really came back from the baltimore fiasco with one (1) thought in mind: almost lost the fucking idiot, this mf could actually really just die anytime anywhere, can't afford to procrastinate any longer, must give blowjob asap, top priority, no further delay tolerated, regrets not optional
so much to chew on w how joint suffering Makes People after they get out of it. this is especially juicy to me if the Characters were introduced to each other as a direct result of the horrors. you learned everything about me at my worst and against my will so how do i get better again if you’re watching. there’s no one else in the world who understands a fraction of what you know of me. i see your wounds beneath your shirt. you know how i scream. your face is in all of my nightmares. if anyone tried to take you from me i would be undone. no notes !
NOBODY is doing it like him
has anyone ever considered how jeremy's outfit to pick up jean from the airport was literally this
like what do you MEAN he was wearing "blinding gold shorts" and we all just ignored that part to focus on the fact that jean knows jeremy's legs
jean <3
I wish people would not write the Nicky assaulting neil scene when they do canon rewrites bc each time it just doesn't go anywhere or ever get resolved i start to wonder why they even wrote it
Hi there,
Answer under the Read More b/c this is about Fanfic & not Canon!
you know what I will stay silent no longer. the biggest missed opportunity in the original TFC trilogy is Neil’s binder not becoming vital in the end. it was so well set up and then led to nothing. Neil has a binder with information about his father and codes for contacts that he can use to get him out of dire circumstances (specifically Stuart’s number). Neil is obsessed with hiding and securing this binder. Neil grows to trust Andrew and just a couple of scenes before Binghamton, tells Andrew about Stuart existing. what SHOULD have happened next is that out of paranoia over the countdown, Neil takes his binder with him to the game in his duffle. gets kidnapped. Andrew finds the bag and remembers that Neil dropped that Stuart’s number is somewhere in that binder. Andrew breaks the code (which uses Neil’s birth name, which only Andrew (and Kevin) knows). THAT’S what get’s Stuart to intervene and save Neil. Not the fact that Stuart just randomly happened to be working with the FBI that night to take down Nathan.
the difference between Neil and Jean to me is that (for the most part) Neil is confident in himself and knows he deserves a better life (even if he thinks it’s not attainable) but he doubts that him and his exy skills are worthy of the court — whereas Jean is so confident in his exy skills and his worth on the court (he knows he’s great) but he does not think he deserves anything off it.
they truly are two sides of the same coin.
kevin offering to talk to both neil and jean about the nest because when he got out he didn’t have that same luxury…. he wants to make sure they know they have a safe space with him and give them the opportunity to talk… oh kevin my baby i love you..
lmfao anything you want to tell us @korakos
All for the game series worldbuilding boldly asserting that the top four collegiate teams in this coed ultimate frisbee-racquetball-lacrosse hybrid that is also universally and internationally popular btw are 1) EVIL GOTH YAKUZA-RUN organized crime team run out of a horrifying labirynth of human rights abuses in fuckinggggg Charleston West Virginia whose starting lineup are all international human trafficking victims 2) not-clemson-for-copyright-reasons, a team that exclusively recruits world-class athletes of this definitely expensive boutique sport from broken homes. 3) anachronistically-woke ultra gay team who has unlocked therapy-speak, groupchats, emojis, nonbinary people, and boba tea technologies in 2006 because of their good sportsmanship and 4) Pennsylvania State University (we are)