Yurio’s Brain Dump

aftg & trc brainrot immaculate vibes as always

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LESSONS IN CARTOGRAPHY GOT FUCKING WHAT

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Neil after buying Andrew’s car:

Sugar daddy isn’t a career, it’s a calling.

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Current favorite Andreil AU:

A Mewment Like This by @fuzzballsheltiepants on AO3

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“like he’s had a fever for as long as he can remember but his pulse is too tired to race”

@ravenvsfox EXCUSE ME this sentence had no right being that devastatingly poetic. absolutely dastardly

Anyways go read the fic it’s gorgeous

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Neil has definitely fallen off the treadmill once or twice during a team workout because he was staring at Andrew’s arms.

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Can I please reiterate my bulked arms / soft tummy Andrew headcanon

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Nothing but doodles today

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Kevneil height difference KEVNEIL HEIGHT DIFFERENCE kevneil hei—

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College is slowly killing me

Send me all your AFTG fic recs 😭🙏🏻

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PSA FOR ALL RAVEN CYCLE ENJOYERS

from your local welsh history enthusiast:)

the raven cycle is a very popular piece of media, the book series taking off extremely well in America in the mid 2010s till up until now. people cant get enough it and rightfully so with a compelling plot, lovable and relatable characters, and a deep dive into both history and the unknown. however there are some things that need discussing.

the raven cycle is heavily embedded in welsh culture and folklore as many of you already know. it explores ancient magic (heavily linked to some historic Celtic practices and belief systems) and looks into the mysterious ‘death’ of the last native prince of Wales (Cymru). and its a good book, though its historical accuracy is almost not there at all. but that’s the fun of a book right? 

well, it depends.

for many fans of this book, you may know nothing about welsh history or the context behind it. I can bet many of you didnt even know Wales (Cymru) was a country before reading it, and I cant blame you there’s no reason you should have. but Maggie Stiefvater is an author who WROTE this series, so she should have done the research, not a random account on the internet telling you what’s up.

what am I talking about in particular you may ask?

I am talking about the name Maggie gave to the dead prince ‘Owen Glendower’

for those who do not know welsh history, he was based off a very real prince ‘Owain Glyndŵr’

so what’s the significance of this name change? when I first read the books (I swear it was a fever dream), I didnt even realise that Glendower was supposed to be the very important figure in welsh history.

she changed his name from Glyndŵr -> Glendower

reason why this is a problem you may ask? Maggie has used the anglicised, English version of his name. and why is this fucked up you may ask? because it was the English who murdered him. not only that but using his, and other traditional names inappropriately and inconsiderately too. welsh (Cymraeg), the language, was banned (Welsh Not), shamed and scorned, seen as the inferior language to English, quoting that “The native gibberish is usually prattled throughout the whole of Taphydom…. so that (if the stars prove lucky) there may be some glimmering hopes that the British language may be quite extinct and may be Englished out of Wales.” this is common rhetoric in many English attitudes towards welsh people and the language as a whole.

here are some exerts of anti welsh propaganda and dictations that still exist today against Cymru and Cymraeg as a language.

“Nowhere was the spirit of conquest and of racial superiority so vigorously and selfishly kept alive as in the English boroughs.” (referring to welsh racial inferiority)

"the worst and most formidable district in the kingdom.” (revering to South Wales)

“I would sooner go to hell than to Wales.”

“From the earliest times the Welsh have been looked upon as an unclean people. It is thus that they have preserved their racial integrity. Their sons and daughters rarely mate with human-kind except their own blood relations….. I often think that we can trace almost all the disasters of English history to the influence of Wales.”

keeping the traditional namesakes alive is very important to welsh culture and heritage but Anglicisation of the name for the sake of making it ‘easier’ for a predominately American audience does not sit right with me. so much culture has been taken away already and it is a thing of much pride in the communities. it may not seem like a big deal but trust me on this.

Glyndŵr means valley of water.

but I dont know what the fuck ‘glendower’ means.

changing anyones name to make it ‘easier’ for someone else is fucked up. anyone can pronounce Glyndŵr and if you cant, look it up. 

Owain is not Owen. Glyndŵr is not Glendower.

most people probably won’t be aware of this or the reasons why altering traditional names shouldn’t have happened and that is fine, it is Maggies fault for constantly maintaining the usage of the westernised version of it. but please for gods sake know that changing names to suit an anglicised, Western American narrative only ever does harm.

going forward, try using his actual name to honour not just the fictional character that you have grown used to but as the prince that Maggie has taken her story from and ran with it. 

for reference ‘Owain Glyndŵr’ is pronounced ow•ine glin•duor

thank you for taking the time to read this and I hope you have learned something:)

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the welsh roll over in their graves every time another ignorant teenager mispronounces their beautiful language

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well, this fic isn’t going to write itself, but i’m going to wait a bit longer to make sure. 

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Just recalled all the fics I promised to write last year. Not a single one happened but maybe it’ll write itself this year :)

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A baby Andrew and Betsy “Bee” Dobson. Like what if instead of Cass Bee had adopted Andrew…sob

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Yes this is all very emotional and im sobbing while typing but THE CROCS. THE. CROCS.

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AFTG Headcanon

Andrew benches a LOT. This is canon. He loves lifting and his arms, chest, and shoulders are JACKED. However, he HATES abs. He has upper abs as a result of benching, but he will never be caught dead doing crunches (they are even borderline triggering).

So I present to you: jacked upper body Andrew with soft tummy <3

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Had a dream last night that I was playing soccer with Neil Josten and Kevin Day was sitting to the side criticizing our technique. It was great

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the feminine urge to angstily smoke out the window like Andrew Minyard except my dorm windows don’t open. and smoking is prohibited. and any kind of fire starter isn’t allowed in the dorm. fuck

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Headcanon: Andrew shops in the kids section because… well you know why

This could go one of two ways

Andrew shopping in the Target kids section and scarring some little child that dared to make eye contact with him.

Andrew hyping up some little boy who’s mother yelled at him for wanting a pink sparkle shirt.

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“You don't think he's crazy now?"

"Crazy, nah," Nicky said. "Soulless, perhaps.”

Okay can we talk about how important this is? Everyone thought Andrew was insane on AND off his meds, but Nicky knew he wasn’t. He didn’t understand everything that drove Andrew’s decisions, but he knew that when he wasn’t drugged to the gills, he knew exactly what he was doing and his brain was sharper than ever.

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No thoughts, just Neil’s orange bandana

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does anyone else just really not vibe with the 5 +1 fic format? no hate if that’s your thing, I think my brain just goes “math? in this economy?” and gives up before I can ever start reading