The Corner Of The Basement

This is where I live, except for when I want to be dramatic, then I go upstairs and bother the entire house hold. I think my parents prefer it when I stay in the basement. I know my siblings do, they are very vocal and creative in how they tell me to go back to my corner.

[idkimtiredanddumb]

My favourite thing about Kevin Day as a character (… ok one of ) is that any and every headcannon / theory about his sexuality as well as any ship with him is so so easily believable and deeply possible and I can totally see it

[andrewminyardapologist]

If anyone has ever written an aftg fic that's like a parody of "My parents sold me to one direction" but it's "My Parents Sold Me to The Yakuza" And it's Neil Josten putting his "amber hair into a messy bun" and "using brown contacts to hide his big blue orbs."

He gets put into his room in the nest and his roommate is....

"KEVIN DAY??!!!"

Please let me know if this exists.

[stop-being-the-rabbit]

my favourite thing about all for the game has got to be the fact that the guy who spent three years in juvie, killed his mother and is on court-ordered mood stabilisers and the child of a serial killer who spent most of his life on the run and is also a pathological liar somehow manage to have the healthiest relationship i have ever read in a piece of media. literally wild

[walkingcorpse03]

did nora ever confirm the new book is jerejean? or am i gonna open the sunshine court and find a renee and jean love story

[neilsracquet]

i think about this comment everyday

[genyasafinsmissingeye]

Andrew Minyard in The Foxhole Court: Haha I’m so crazy. I’m practically a sociopath! Haha I’ll stab you and won’t feel bad about it

Andrew Minyard in The Kings Men: They don’t know I’m neurodivergent

[sugaroto]

Yknow, I always found the "Why don't you like girls?" "Because they're soft" "some of the strongest people I know are women" Scene funny af because Neil literally just asked Nicky "why r u gay?" So of course the answer would be something... like that? You know Nicky says they're soft and explains that they have so many curves and stuff and he likes his masculine Erik that he can hold onto etc etc,

But Neil is having his war flashbacks about his mom and Dan and Allison and Renee and he's like "women are strong" 🎵THIS IS MODERN FEMINISM TALKING ~🎵

And Nicky is like um I meant their bodies? Like literally?

And it just hit me, how Neil didn't even consider that, because of his demisexuality

He asks a gay man why he's gay and when he says why he doesn't like girls Neil is thinking of all their great accomplishments and strong characters, he doesn't think anything about their appearances, they're beautiful/hot etc he thinks about how Allison was ready to play while she was still grieving and his mom on the run all those years and I don't remember what he thought of Dan and Renee cause it's 4am but he thought something

Like he literally asked why are you gay but didn't even thought the answer would be connected to bodies and attraction he thought Nicky was talking about, like personalities and stuff

Do yall realize how demisexual that is of him?

[andrew-minyards-flirting-skills]

neil: trust fall

andrew, across the room: im not going to catch you

neil: im falling

andrew diving to catch him: wAIT-

[groupielove21]

Neil Josten in one pic

[neilsracquet]

andrew to himself after agreeing to stop flinging balls at the foxes if neil took his shirt off

[iheartexy-deactivated20250309]

Explaining AFTG to anyone is literally impossible so I’ve basically given up. How do you casually say: “Yeah, it’s basically a trilogy about these fucked up college students who play this made up sport and also everyone’s gay and very traumatized and the yakuza is a central part of the story because a branch of their family basically made up the sport with some irish chick who died but she’s literally irrelevant so don’t mind her also did I mention it reads like a fanfiction and it’s actually horrible don’t read it but I love it”

[aftgficrec]

Any fic about neil roasting interviewers? i just love it but can't find it :(

We do love our sassy Neil! For a twist, Andrew takes up the mantle in ‘Something About The Sunshine’ here, and they both mess with the press in ‘coin toss universe’ here - A

Also see…

‘ask me no questions (and i might not cuss you out)’ here

‘Fighting Heavy Shoulders’ here

‘What it’s like (dating Andrew)’ here

‘but you ain't got my number (no, you can't pin me down)’ here

‘freeze frame’ and ‘I can picture you in my heart’ here

‘In Which Neil Josten is a PR Nightmare’ here

‘Neil’s second year in the pros’ part 2 here

‘Yes, Coach’ here

‘i got so fucking romantic (i apologize, lemme light your cigarette)’ and ‘So Fucking Romantic (The Social Media Remix)’ here

‘Clickbait’ here

‘Please tell me it’s just the fandom freaking out’ here

‘Back to the Start’ here

‘faking it’ here

‘Surreal but Nice’ here

‘Black as is the Raven, He’ll Get a Partner’ ch 16, 18, 26, 29, & especially 30 here

‘neil x andrew & coming out?’ here

‘Signing on the Line’ here

Nightmare On Film by 5a5b5p5 [Rated T, 5287 Words, Complete, AFTG Winter Exchange 2020]

“Josten,” Andrew snaps the moment Neil picks up the phone, “are you trying to get me fired?”

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Neil Josten: PR Nightmare VS Andrew Minyard: PR Agent

tw: panic attacks

Casual Affair by back2beesness [Not Rated, (we say T), 4775 Words, Complete, 2020]

Neil and Andrew decide to pretend to be casually hooking up so that their team won't make them come out to the press. It goes about as well as you'd expect.

tw: involuntary outing

call it what you want (our truth not your's) by maisy_daisy [Rated G, 934 Words, Complete, 2020]

There are rumors circulating in the NCAA Exy circle. The press wants answers. Neil and Andrew? Couldn't be less straightforward. Or straight.

Let's make things interesting by Nico4undead [Rated T, 39408 Words, Incomplete, Updated April 2021]

This is probably going to be really long. Basically, Andreil, after they both join a pro Exy team. Neil suggests they make things a little more interesting and don't necessarily tell anyone about their relationship, just act as they usually would. Cue the Minyard/Josten rivalry and basically just Andrew and Neil being little shits and thoroughly enjoying making everyone think they can't stand each other.

tw: implied/referenced torture, tw: implied/referenced rape/noncon, tw: homophobia, tw: homophobic slur, tw: ptsd, tw: blood

Fandom Fun Posts

Neil in interviews + Wymack meme by @madnesstothismethod   |||   Wymack reacts to Neil on press duty meme by @rerunningg   |||   hey coach I’ll take press duty meme by @whatmack   |||   Neil after trying to stay quiet during press duty meme by @play-exy-be-sexy   |||   [after press duty] by @palmettios   |||   *when Neil is on press duty* by @bookworms-lair, @superfluous-banality   |||   Kevin, literally every time Neil has press duty meme by @aftgisspacejam (tw: alcohol)   |||   So I got kicked off press duty because apparently I'm a "liability" by @justrandomstuf   |||   Neil you are banned from press duty by @ronanlyncx   |||    every time neil abram josten tm opens his terrible no good mouth in front of reporters by @annawrites   |||   neil: (roasts a reporter after a game) meme by @foxerice   |||   neil with reporters book 1 vs book 3 by @sapphicsith   |||   Wymack: *to neil after press duty* by @thepalmettofoxes   |||   you have to apologize to the reporters by @cowpants147   |||   Neil aggressively roasting a reporter by @whatareyoudoingwithamaserati   |||   journalists on press duty with Neil Josten meme and Let’s talk about Ichirou Moriyama’s guilty pleasure by @opheliagreif

Art

let_neil_say_fuck.jpg art by @tldms201

Matt looking at Neil about to ruin a reporter’s life art by @hi-raethia

character development comic by @orionsboots

“What do you have to say?” comic by @shihoran

Reporters: So what do you think about Riko Moriyama’s statement art by @jamieboya

Not to worry, I have a permit art by @verdiris

someone save the press they dont know what theyre in for art by @thisisstupidart

feral neil animation by @c-dragon-art

[theusernobodynotices]

What is a strop and why is everyone in it?

[marauderstars]

Not thinking about how Sirius died before he ever found out what Regulus did in The Cave and never knew his brother gave his life to try and bring Voldemort down.

[michidreamer]

Me entering the Marauders' fandom:

You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself start shipping Harry Potter's dad and his godfather's brother.

[loserboyfriendrjl]

list of things that the marauders fandom made up: a summary

the marauders naming themselves the marauders. there is no evidence for it, and on the map, it is written the marauder's map. the marauder is a synonym of some sorts to rascal, raider

james "fleamont" potter and sirius "orion" black. remus (john) is the only one who has a canon middle name, actually

on that note, lily's middle name. jean, jane, jolene. the only (canon) thing we know about it is that it starts with a j

the personalities of sirius black, james potter, peter pettigrew, remus lupin, lily evans, (characters that have been given little backstory), barty crouch, mary macdonald, (characters that have been mentioned once or twice or, on barty's case, given almost little to no backstory) marlene mckinnon, dorcas meadowes, regulus black, pandora lovegood (literally dead when the series started)

their relationships with each other and the ways that they interact (enemies to lovers dorlene, best friends to lovers marylily, the very exact dynamics between the marauders and other characters, even the dynamic between the black brothers)

grant chapman

all the other marauders era character ocs

almost all of the ships (besides jily and fralice): wolfstar, jegulus, jegulily, nobleflower, marylily, marylene, dorlene, dorlily, pandorcas, rosekiller the list goes on and on

the idea that the prank has been something dramatic that had put a strain on their relationship. sirius seems to be showing no remorse about it whatsoever, remus seems very unbothered

the fact that sirius had long hair before azkaban, too. (he canonically has short hair. moody, in the order picture, described him as "sirius, before he had long hair.")

remus' scars. they are, not once, mentioned or described in canon

remus being a casanova. once again, no canon evidence. the only one of them who seems to have been interesting to the hogwarts population was sirius, who seemed "uninterested"

james and sirius being "dumb". they're one of the only characters in the series, along with hermione granger and a few others, who are described as "exceptionally bright" and "exceptionally smart"

pretty much the whole lore

[macaulaytwins]

part 2