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#1 jean moreau fan || amanda || 20+ ll she/her

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renee and marissa need a support group for other women traumatized by exy players. allison could probably sneak in there too. even katelyn!

if i had someone do to me what the foxes did to them i would probably becomes president of PSU to then disband the exy team and then cancel their scholarships. they’re stronger than me.

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in the pre-banquet scene in which jeremy gets jean to look at him while he’s shirtless he’s not only saying, “look at me,” but he’s also saying “look at my body. there’s something useful. i’m hot. please make me feel like there’s one good thing about me.”

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i wonder how hot roland was for andrew to stand him w that personality

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jean and aaron both are experts at the art of insulting people. (see “one word is seldom rude enough to make a point” and aaron’s whole cabin interaction with neil.) had they met and had a conversation they would’ve insulted the whole ncaa league that they would’ve been forced to disband.

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jean moreau using exy games as sensory videos is so dear to me

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the respect everyone has for jeremy is insane. at least with everyone besides the wildcats, he can manage to command a room with only words. even with the foxes, who communicate with punches and insults, jeremy can be a natural leader. his easygoing and nonthreatening demeanor is still able to rule in a sport of violence.

that is a it jerejean works. in a world of violence, even when both of them have experienced severe abuse, their genuine kindness and gentleness is what survives. aftg isn’t a story of sports, it’s a story of how kindness can change people, even when surrounded by anything but.

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jean at the banquets is such a different jean than the one that exists when neil is in the nest/tsc. the jean at the banquet is a boy completely outside his element, being controlled by a sadistic kid with a power complex. however, as soon as he can, he becomes soft. once paired with neil in the nest he takes care of him, and as soon as he is shown that he is safe in california he turns into a little lover boy. he’s so soft at heart and no matter who tries to take it, he holds onto this kindness.

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in tkm neil thinks “If Jean wasn't willing to fight back, if he had nothing to fight for, there was nothing anyone could do for him.” jean was hopeless, renee offered a hand, but he still wasn’t strong enough to take it. renee hauling his ass out of the nest still didn’t even give him something to fight for. he knew that renee and him would never work out at that point in their life. not even his “freedom” gives him enough hope. at that point, to him, any life with the moriyama’s is one that is filled with control and entrapment. the only reason why he even lived was a promise made to kevin years ago.

it is only when he is thrown into a life in california that he’s truly given something to fight for. it is only when he met jeremy, cat and laila that he had any semblance of hope for the future. there were tendrils of this hope shown in tsc, but in tgr this hope for the future flourishes. the garden, tanner, jeremy, his cooking, and more all make him plan for the future, a luxury that he never got to have in the nest.

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Riko saw his brother right before he died not his father. Just a little correction!

oh yes!!! party foul on my part!! changing rn

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kevin’s book is rikos chance to become a truly complex villain.

in the original trilogy the only complex characterization he had at the time of death, when he finally saw his brother moments before his death. neil had one view of riko and it’s that he’s a piece of shit.

in jean’s trilogy this changes a tiny bit, but at the end of the day 99% of riko’s actions came from aggression and hatred. the only bit of humanization that we really see is that riko couldn’t attack wymack due to his own fucked up daddy issues. jean’s view of riko is resentful, and hatred.

however, when kevin’s trilogy comes up, riko as a character will transform. while riko’s relationships with the other characters are fairly clear cut as negative, it’s clear that kevin has more complex feelings and had a bit more of a complex relationship with him. their relationship was codependent, full of hatred, loathing, admiration, jealousy and just about every other complicated feeling one can think of. just kevin’s very reaction to his reappearance at kathy’s show, every time he speaks out against him, and even his death shows that he is terrified and hates riko, but

a villain that falls flat is a villain that doesn’t seem to have much of a complicated backstory or motives, and in the original series that is what riko is. riko is only focused on being the best and we barely get a glimpse of why. we faintly understand that it’s to get his father’s attention, but that is about it. riko’s complexity is slowly growing and will explode in kevin’s books, showing a whole new side to a character that the fandom hates.

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can’t wait for jeremy and neil to finally talk about jean. neil is naturally going to see through jeremy as a fellow (reformed) liar and wonder what he’s hiding. jeremy just knows that neil and jean had a complicated relationship and jean broke down after mysteriously disappearing with neil for a day. they both fiercely want to protect jean and will go through great lengths to do so.

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thinking about jeremy and jean practicing french on the bus. whispered conjugations and vocabulary. jeremy giggling over jean’s accents and jean smiling over jeremy’s earnest attempts at his home language.

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adi is such a pure spot in jean’s life. he only represents the best of what jean truly wants. a free and quiet life with someone he loves.

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seth being used as a pawn kills me. neil doesn’t mourn his death so my first read i didn’t feel for it but once i read the ec my heart broke. he was good deep down and was going to try to change the world. he didn’t deserve to die in the cruel chess game riko made.

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the way that jean shows love is attention. he mirrors attention and respect that people show to him. he labels the food in the fridge, he helps with cooking, his kisses cat’s head and braids laila’s hair. he knows he can’t vocalize his feelings the same easy way most trojans can but that doesn’t mean it’s not there. he refuses to suppress the softest side of himself now.

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modern au of tfc where everything is the same except instead of neil’s binder he has pinterest boards for kevin and riko

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the concept of jeremy learning french for jean is so incredibly sweet because he is doing it for jean. i know kevin learned french too but it seemed necessary in the best, to have something for them and a way to keep a secret. however with jeremy french isn’t a shield, but instead letting walls down. learning takes effort and consistency and everything that jean never had.