So I’ve seen a lot of people talk about a aftg marauders au and I’ve thought a lot about it too—

The way I see it an aftg marauders au could go 2 ways (mainly in regards to the black brothers)

OPTION 1) Of course the parallels between Kevin and Jean and Sirius and Regulus are glaring in which case

Kevin-Sirius, Jean-Regulus, The twinyards-Evan+Pandora, Neil-Barty, Jeremy-James, Nicky-Andromeda, Dan+Matt-Dorcas+Marlene, Renee-Alice, Allison-Narcissa, Layla+Cat-Mary+Lily, Seth-Lucius, Wymack-Monty, Ichirou+Riko-Rodolphus+Rabastan, Tetsuji-Riddle

OPTION 2) However!! The parallels between the Black Brothers and the Twinyards are also glaring!! (Sirius would kill Walburga for Regulus and queue black brothers coldwar) in which case

Andrew-Sirius, Aaron-Regulus, Nicky-Andromeda (works that Andy is cousins with the Black bros and the Rosiers), Kevin-James, Wymack-Monty, Neil-Remus, Jean-Barty, Jeremy-Evan, Renee-Mary, Allison-Lily, Dan-Alice, Matt-Frank, Seth-Snape, Layla+Cat-Dorcas+Marlene, Ichirou+Riko-Rodolphus+Rabastan, Tetsuji-Riddle

I drew the shitpost I made about Jean sassing Kevin. Hope u enjoy.

Riko Moriyama when I catch you

Riko Moriyama when I catch you

Riko Moriyama when I catch you

RIKO MORIYAMA WHEN I CATCH YOU-

Okay yes we know that Andrew sprinted, dashed, HURTLED even, when he saw Neil on his knees even after blocking 150 + attempts on his goal because he loves that man. But also-

It had been Andrew’s idea to put Neil against Riko in the first place.

For Andrew it was reach Riko or die. (Die knowing that his contributing to exy ended Neil’s life.)

So American (Jerejean’s version be like)

Jeremy: he laughs at all my jokes

Jean: *puts bark bark back in the living room*

Jeremy: and he says I’m so american

Jean: annoyingly so

Jeremy: oh god it’s just not fair of him to make me feel this much

Jean: then what should I do, Jeremy? (In his accent that makes jeremy swoon)

Jeremy: I’ll go anywhere he goes

Jean: yes because you’re my partner, you have to

Jeremy: and he says I’m so American

Jean: yes, as we’ve established 🙄

Jeremy: oh god I’m gonna marry him if he keeps this shit up

Jean: ok but before we combine bank accounts you should know where 80% of my salary is gonna go yearly 😳

Jeremy: I might just be in la-la-la-la-loveeee

Jean: *calls kevin in a panic*

i was joking about Kevin stringing along Andrew, Neil, and Jean in each of their own ways, but after some thought I actually think it’s like Kevin taking after his father almost. like Wymack obv takes in people who deserve second chances and Kevin is following in those footsteps in his own way by promising Andrew, Neil, and Jean different things to give them a reason to keep living.

i just think it’s sad how often Kevin gets written off for being fuckin dialed in on exy (and like he is) but he genuinely does care for people and his motivation for helping those three is pretty altruistic

I finished The Sunshine Court the other day and the hyper fixation is hitting, so here’s some evidence gathering for the question of what the fuck is going on with the Knox family—

Cat trips up when telling Jean how many siblings Jeremy has, tripping between the words ‘has’ and ‘3’ in a way that leaves Jean unsure what she’d had to change. This might be because of Jeremy’s boundary setting around calling his step-relatives relatives—maybe something about Cat almost not including a step sibling in the count but correcting herself because they’re in public and the Knoxs have that whole ‘public facing unity’ thing going on—but, that feels like it would be a really out of character punch for Cat to pull, especially right before insulting Bryson. I think it’s much more likely that a Knox sibling is either dead or gone—so either Cat tripped over ‘3’ and Jeremy had/has a fourth sibling, or Cat tripped over ‘has’ and there’s something going on with the other Knox brother that makes Cat double think using the present tense. But--

In the same section, when she insults Bryson, Cat says that there's bound to be a jerk or two once you pass four kids. So, my money is on there being another Knox sibling we haven't heard about yet

There are a lot of emotionally charged reactions to the way Jean talks about the Ravens/his past in the book, so this moment in chapter ten doesn't get a lot of focus from Jean's pov, but Jeremy has a big reaction to Jean’s off-hand speculation about whether or not Grayson will kill himself. Jeremy bites back at that so hard that Cat winches. (But, that’s all she does. Cat doesn’t seem confused about the reaction at all.) This reaction from Jeremy especially stands out next to how deliberately patient Jeremy tries to be with biting back his first reaction to most of the wild information Jean keeps dropping on him. This might be a misread or a jumped-to conclusion on my part, but it feels like suicide, specifically, might be a soft spot for Jeremy. But, since Grayson is Lucas' brother, it's equally possible that, if there's a nerve being hit here, it's sibling death.

(This bit is more blind speculation on my part, but something about the impressive amount of self control Jeremy has when receiving distressing information from Jean feels like it's going to be important. Compared to Cat and Laila needing to be calmed down/stopped from reacting multiple times when getting new Jean Lore, it’s really notable how many of Jeremy’s own initial reactions we watch him bury on page—he does react to a lot, of course, but compared to the baseline regular/not in-the-know-about-the-mafia-shit characters, Jeremy manages himself weirdly well. He seems to have an amount of practice in emotional self control that is notable, is what I'm saying, especially in scenes like the conversation in the book store where he keeps clenching his knuckles white and almost snapping coat hangers and just. Carrying on the conversation until an emotion like concern or shock stops him in his tracks. Combined with that line Cat has about how Jeremy is living proof that “the right therapist can be life changing”, my money’s on Jeremy having had some serious anger issues at some point; probably high school, considering what he says when explaining the trojans’ good sportsmenship to Jean—)

On Jean’s first night living with the trojans, Jeremy has a little monologue about how he wasn't 'born trojan’ and how his high school team encouraged competitive attitudes and insults just as badly as any other team. That monologue gets interrupted by a line about how Jeremy “clapped his hands together as if crushing his past self between the two.” That feels loaded, even if it's not out and out confirmation that Jeremy was involved in a toxic level of competitiveness/antagonism. There's something about high school Jeremy that Jeremy really doesn't like.

Whatever the big, family destroying event was, Annalise’s scene implies that it happened/came to a head at the fall banquet of Jeremy’s freshman year. (That probably means that, if any other Knox siblings were directly involved in the event, they would have needed to be invited to the banquet; either as a player or a guest.)

Annalise. Annalise has big beef with exy, and with Jeremy playing exy. Jeremy doesn’t just say that she stopped coming to his games, he says that she has gone out of her way to forget everything she ever learned about the game. That might just be hyperbole for hyperbole’s sake, but, given the fact that Jeremy says she hasn’t forgiven him for still playing the game, I feel like some of Annalise’s baggage here isn’t just that Jeremy happened to be at an exy banquet when the bad thing happened—it feels like she’s placing a share of the blame on the sport itself.

So, in terms of out and out conclusions to draw: something happened in the fall of Jeremy’s freshman year of college. This nebulous thing severed the family badly, and is also the reason that the entire sport of exy is dead to Jeremy’s sister. The Knox family lost a sibling (unless you assume that it’s specifically Jeremy’s friend group that considers him to have one less sibling, which is possible since it’s only Cat we see trip, but seems less likely to me). Finally, given Jeremy’s reaction to the Wayne/Grayson conversation, I’d be willing to bet there’s also a suicide/death at play.

(Blind guess I’m making: I think it's possible that maybe a Knox sibling killed themself because of exy. Maybe due to not getting accepted to a top rank school when their brother made it onto the second ranked school in the country off of the same high school team, maybe because of Jeremy hitting the collegent level and out performing them, maybe in part fueled by some residual animosity from a high school rivalry between themself and Jeremy. Whatever the case, it would have needed to happen in the aftermath of an altercation/argument between them and Jeremy at the fall banquet for the way Jeremy time-stamps it to make sense.

But, this is a blind guess on the heels of a first read through of the book--a book where Jeremy is going out of his way to not think about important information--so this is probably way off base. Given the way his family reacts to small things like Jeremy dying his own hair, any number of small scandals at the banquet could have been enough for them to blame him for 'breaking the family apart'.)

(Also, fully unrelated Jeremy fact that I couldn’t fit anywhere else: Jeremy’s dad is in the military and maybe alive? Given the fact that Jeremy will not call his step-grandfather his grandfather, I’m assuming his line about his dad having been stationed in Europe a few times is about his biological father, and I don’t know why he’d pick the word stationed if it wasn’t a military thing.

The way Jeremy cuts himself off in that same line is really weird, too. It’s not a period, it trails off weirdly and he shrugs. What’s that about, Jeremy?

Anyway, hope the fact that Jeremy’s dad was stationed in Europe a few times doesn’t come up in the plot line about a European crime family’s activities being investigated and possibly publicized.)

Just thinking about how Jean Moreau is one of the best backliners in Class I exy but I don’t think anyone has even seen his peek potential yet

Just thinking about how Neil is able to match Riko at every turn with his speed at the Final Raven v Foxes match and he catches Riko by surprise since Riko is not expecting Neil in top form as when Neil was at the nest he only got on the court after being beat and his physical condition only got worse as the weeks progressed.

So just thinking that about how Jean has never played an Exy game not in pain. He is one of the best even while always playing in pain somewhere on his body. So I can’t wait to see Jean realize what he can do when he finally gets to play when he’s not in pain.

And for everyone to realize that they’ve seen Jean Moreau play but they haven’t seen Jean Moreau play

jeremy !!! jeremy tell me why you avoid cops and why your sister said you destroyed your family !!! tell me why you hate your stepfather and why you avoid your brother !!!! tell me why you have problems with money and why you're in therapy and why any mention of your family upsets you !!!!!! do you not want jean to call you 'knox' bc you want to be a good captain/his friend or do you have problems with your surname??????? tell me why you're forced to live at home and why you still playing exy is unforgivable to your sister !!!!! tell me what happened at the fall banquet !!!!!!!! what broke your family in half jeremy !!!!!!! STOP AVOIDING ME JEREMY ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

I can't wait for Jean to tell Kevin "have a winning day" before smacking the ball out of his net and sending it to Jeremy.

Can you imagine the violence???

Is this a bad time to admit that Jeremy Knox = Jeremy from Phineas and Ferb in my head? Went into TSC expecting to have this unintentional wire cross sorted out but I kinda still feel that it’s valid tbh…

Lucas : Mentions Kevin Day

Jean Moreau : Hefting his racquet with murderous intent

I am Jean Moreau. I will endure.

Just wanted to thank @korakos for sharing The Sunshine Court with us. It is everything I didn’t know I needed. ❤️‍🩹

Clockwork Princess did not break me

You know what broke me? Queen of Air and Darkness.

E v e r y t h i n g that happened destroyed a bit of my soul.

So we talk about how old we all are gonna be when TWP finally comes out!!

But can we talk about how old irl the tmi gang is gonna be 😭

Like my baby boy Rafe Lightwood-Bane will be NINETEEN IN 2026

And Max will be sixteen

Malec will be the parents of angsty teens 😭

And Tavvy will be older then Julian and Emma are in TWP

will never get over how DIFFERENT kevin is in tsc compared to the rest of aftg

neil put kevin on a pedestal at first. he was everything neil wanted to be, but he was terrifying because he was a symbol of the past. and then as time went on, neil saw him as cold, and bitchy, and a coward. but he was still Kevin Day™️. And kevin promised to teach him every night but he was still an asshole with a one track mind and a fear of riko.

but jeans pov, oh my GOD jeans pov of kevin. sure he’s resentful. he’s angry that he was left behind the first time kevin had felt pain at rikos hands when jean had been ENDURING for years, and “slit his throat on the way out”. but even then, kevin is so gentle with him. he holds his hands and grabs his face and tells jean to trust neil. he’s the beautiful boy who asked jean to teach him french in secret. he sends him post cards and brings him back magnets. he made jean promise to stay alive, because he couldn’t lose him.

both jean and neil are in awe of kevin’s prowess, but it’s so easy to see kevin as an exy obsessed douche through neil’s eyes, meanwhile you put him in front of jean and he turns so unbelievably soft.

If I ever get my shit together I'm writing a fix it fic where Jean and Neil pull up to the restaurant where Stuart is and Elodie is sitting next to him unharmed and safe