#stuart hatford

[romantichopelessly]

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.

[iwriteonthisone]

We're halfway through the big 2026 and people STILL choose to misunderstand Kevin Day, so I'm going to ask you guys to look at it in another way:

Neil grew up under his father's influence, and therefore, he learned to fear him. He also grew up under his mother's influence- also fears her, and simultaneously, loves and misses her like no other. Her baby boy is her number one defender. She literally died for him, after all, and kept him alive, and fought for him, and ensured that no matter what, he would know to survive and how to endure. (Even though she did so in the most fucked up ways possible). Now, Neil eventually learned to overcome his fear of his mother (a good while after her death btw. He was still scared of her view of him even after she died) and does whatever he wishes now. However, has he gotten over Nathan? Nope. He fought everyone readily until it came to his father. Then, he froze, shook, sobbed, and begged. Now, does anyone blame Neil for this? No, and rightfully so.

Now keep in mind: Nathan Wesninski was fucking terrified of the Moriyamas. Nathan Wesninski who mutilated people and cut off their limbs in front of his son. Nathan Wesninski who chased his family to the ends of the world. Nathan Wesninski who still chose to run his mouth seconds before Stuart Hatford killed him. Yeah, that guy. He's fucking scared of the Moriyamas.

Now: who do you think grew up under the Moriyamas since he was like eight? The same people who killed his mother right before taking him in btw. The same people that let their son keep HANDCUFFS ON KEVIN'S BED. The same people who threatened Neil by using examples of Kevin's time in there. "I'm going to love hurting you, like I loved hurting Kevin." HELLO?? And now you're all mad because Kevin had panic attacks and meltdowns at the prospect of facing those people again. That Kevin couldn't throw himself into their clutches the way Neil had. But let me tell you this: Neil didn't know the full details of the Moriyamas' abuse. Do you know whose abuse he knew the full details about though? Nathan Wesninski. And did he choose to eventually leave the Foxes so his father's wrath wouldn't risk them too? Hmm. And we don't blame Neil for wanting to stay, so do not blame Kevin for the pain that the Moriyamas inflicted on everyone. Not his fault. Especially don't blame him for not standing up to them for the sake of his friends. Not his fault either, and unpopular opinion: self-sacrifice is not cute and should not be expected. It's okay to want to live. You're human.

[annoyinglandmagazine]

After reading the iconic ‘putting out a hit on a napkin in a Thai restaurant’ scene I have a headcanon that since none of the foxes or anyone they’re close to are likely to trust law enforcement with literally anything, ever, they eventually catch on that if you get Neil on to a problem shit gets done quickly.

Neil has a lot of methods and a lot of contacts but the quickest way often boils down to him just calling his uncle. And it gets sorted out in a few hours. Interactions like:

‘Someone I know is having trouble getting a visa to the EU because of some minor arson and aggravated assault charges, apparently it might take six months even if he’s found innocent- which he isn’t, but they were asking for it- could you-

‘When do you need it?’

‘For the 22nd’

‘I can have it there by Tuesday’

‘Cool.’

You might think the head of one of Europe’s major crime families would get kind of irritated at being used as a college student’s ’I know a guy’ for pretty much anything but he’s kind of happy so long as his nephew’s talking to him.

And doing the minor stuff reliably means he gets told the names of people who’ve somehow wronged Neil (or his friends but to Neil it’s the same thing) so he can personally organise their deaths or extreme intimidation, which he enjoys doing, a lot.

He also likes that Neil’s getting more comfortable with having a mafia family to sort out problems for him and with crime in general because it shows that he’s a Hatford, really. Nathan may have put him off it but he’d be great at this if he ever wanted to pick it up as a fallback, Mary’s genes didn’t skip a generation at all.

So it gets to the point where one of the foxes find their car dented and their gut instinct isn’t to go to the police station, it’s to get Neil to call his Uncle Stuart before their thought process catches up with them and they go to a mechanic .

He’s like their alternative to calling the cops because he can do anything they can do but faster and without asking any questions. Also if someone’s a problem there will definitely be retribution of a major scale. At bare minimum they are suddenly in serious trouble with the IRS for tax fraud to the point of jail time.

The Trojans don’t understand why Jean calls Neil instead of 911 when things go wrong but it seems to work so they leave it at that.

[r-inijhinix]

Imagine being Stuart Hatford and thinking for the better part of a decade your sister and her son are dead. Your god damn sister.

And then you learn - surprise! - they were not dead, they were just lying low, but then your sister actually dies and her son's idea of "lying low" is playing college stickball on national television and pissing off both the FBI and the Japanese mafia. Then you finally kill your nephew's psychopath father and reconnect with him only to figure out he's a package deal:

He comes with a murderous boyfriend (because, apparently, in the time he was on the fucking run, a college athlete, and evading the Yakuza's wrath he managed to get one of those) and a traumatized French Boy

You and the traumatized French Boy bond over dead sisters

It all comes full circle

[nyaar0n]

bebe nathaniel

bonus:

[minyard-05]

ideal AFTG cast is all of the athletes are complete nobodies, never done film or tv or acted in anything much more than a high school play and then like. stuart hatford is played by mads mikkelsen and we say nothing about it

(inspired by @codename-adler)

[solflowers-and-solace]

We got a barely not pornographic description of exy rackets and an exy court but lord forbid we want to know what Seth or Stuart look like and he’d think us crazy to ask for a description of his mother

Just saying

[codename-adler]

45.

do these still bring joy or am i about to get marie kondoed

*no trojans (except cat) here bc ya girl is reading tgr tonite

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