Just wanted to let you know, I'm officially hooked on wanted to know more about AFTG, thanks to you!
OMFG ASH I CAN'T BELIEVE MY OUT OF PROPOTION OBSEESSED POSTING (AKA UNITENTIONAL BRAINWASH) WORKED
Aftg is one of the best things that happend to me recently ngl and IT'S PERFECT for Captive Prince Fans. (Which if I am not completely wrong you are). THAT SAID, the same as capri, this is a series, trageted toward Mature Audiance. And I really can't tell you if you are going to be fine with the content that's going to be there (I have a 16 years old moot who is a big fan of the series while she is underage so like...) BUT I want you to know that this is going to be WORSE than capri. While Pacat uses very lyrical (I think this is the right word) literary launguage and Damen is a very...Avoidant narrator sometimes, Nora Sakavic (The autor of aftg) uses a VERY direct method, and Neil, the Narrator can be VERY DIRECT, plus the other characters do not spare us with their discriptaions sometimes.
I personally, as a writer and and an artist myself find a lot of value in this method because, as some people find it toxic, I belive it is just a a raw pure way to presue feeling. And DAMN does it work. Triggers everywhere. Suffering. Torture. (But it worth it I swear!) So as much as I enjoy it I invite you to stop at any point of the series if it is too much for you.
(Here is the TW list or smth although there are probably more)
Soooooo WHAT IS AFTG? All For the Game is a series revolving around a made-up sports that reminds of Lacrosse, and features some of the very traumatized players of Class I NCAA (american shit you can look up the meanig of it)- Exy!
There are two trilogies, one- The Foxhole Court, is finished for years, and the other, The Sunshine Court (that happens in the same world but occur after the first trilogy and follows different characters) is ongoing with 2 books out.
I will talk about the first trilogy and I advise you to do what I didn't and block #tsc spoilers and #tgr spoilers. Even after you finished tfc.
The main Characters- Tfc follows Neil Josten a Player in the team Palmetto State University Foxes and a Runaway from his Mafia Boss father. There are also the other Foxes, and their Coach, David Whymack (the best father figure to exist) with more extra focus on Andrew Minyard and Kevin Day out of the Foxes.
Neil is a phatological lair, who's in the same time very sassy and says all the shit he wants to. He uses Exy as a lifeline and although he is not good at the beginig of the trilogy he is eager to improve (like any sports anime protagonist but with trauma). Neil is not his birth name- and he uses a fake appearance too, all to escape his murderus father. Why does he put himself in the spotlight? He has his reasons don't worry about it. He is also a demisexual king is and very dense. It's pure comedy when it comes to it, I promise. He is also a...specific Narrator. We get full reviews of games but don't know most of the characters' skin, hair, and eye colours.
All of the foxes are coming from broken houses and has severe family issues. Love those kids.
The setting- 2006/7, South Carolaina. Real world setting. Real world darkness.
Also I want to warn you what I didn't Know- THE AMERICAN YAKUZA IS INVOLVED. I AM REPEATING, THE AMERICAN YAKUZA IS INVOLVED. A lot of cruelity is ahead of you.
Despite all of the glimpses of the depression I presented to you there is no pure angst. I promise. There is sadness, and cruelity, unfairness, evil, and BAD people doing BAD deeds but- It's gling to be okey. Aftg is not a tragedy and everything that happens happens for a plot reason. A lot of character devolpment. Heartwarming moments. And sadness. The drak side of humans kinda shit.
Anything else? I love queer media. That actually feels queer- like different, unconected, unique.
Andddd hope there aren't too many typos and spelling (and grammer lol) mistakes.
In case you survived this far (hopefully I didn't scare you at the beginning) here is a post with links to where you can read the books <3 Can't wait for you to fall in love with those dumb children!
