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jtl-fics · 1 year

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I wonder what happened to the Wesninski house in Baltimore. It was definitely roped off as a crime scene for a long time but eventually it had to go somewhere and Neil’s the only beneficiary it could really go to.

Do you think it enters his custody and there are plenty of people who want to buy it, either because it’s a nice house or because ‘it’s the BUTCHER’S house’ and they want to turn it into a tourist attraction. Neil’s getting bombarded with real estate, city planning, victims advocacy, etc.

Maybe it’s only Neil’s 3rd year that he gets possession of it and he’s already stressed because it’s his 1st year as a captain and he needs to show the Moriyamas and the professional teams that he is worth investing in.

Maybe Andrew sees all of this and reaches out. Maybe all of the OG Foxes brave Baltimore one more time and maybe they spend all of Spring Break destroying every single nice thing that house ever had. For the Foxes it’s just fun to break shit, for Neil it’s destroying and rejecting his father’s legacy, he’s desecrating his father’s grave, it’s the most cathartic thing he’s ever done in his entire life and that includes telling Riko off his freshman year. They shatter chandeliers, furniture, appliances (the gas is well and truly turned off), watches, jewelry, clothes, plates, glasses, and anything they can find and destroy.

Allison has a running tab on who has done the most in property damage. The one who wins is Matt because he brought his own sledgehammer to the party.

Maybe the Foxes help Neil destroy his father’s legacy but also...maybe Dan grabs pictures of Nathaniel smiling at the camera with a missing tooth.

Maybe Nicky finds a recipe book hand written from Nathaniel’s maternal grandmother hoping her grandson will like them and it is set aside to be saved.

Maybe Matt finds a hidden corner where Nathaniel had drawn on the wall in crayon and he cuts out that chunk of drywall.

Maybe Aaron finds some letters Mary wrote to Stuart about what a good boy Nathaniel is and he pockets them.

Maybe Renee finds a stuffed animal with a missing eye and carries it to safety.

Maybe Kevin finds a set of child Exy equipment that goes into the Maserati.

Maybe Allison finds children’s clothes that have been sewn back together because the person who wore them loved them so much so she puts them in her purse.

Maybe Andrew finds a tiny bloody hand print in the basement and Andrew’s hand eclipses the hand of the bleeding child who left it and Andrew doesn’t forget things but the thought is easier when Neil’s hands engulf his when they hold them later that night.

Maybe the Foxes go and save every piece of Nathaniel they can from that house. Nathan can rot there, Neil is having the house demolished in a week and then he’ll sell the land to the Baltimore parks department.

But maybe Nathaniel’s grave is somewhere else. Maybe they let him rest somewhere other than Baltimore. Maybe Neil can’t take anything they had saved from that house yet so Nathaniel’s memories rest with them until Neil can take it.

#If you have ever read my 'Beware' fic you know I'm weird about Nathaniel #I think he deserves a softer end than being buried in Baltimore #But that's besides the point #I might elaborate on this idea in 'Beware'#Nathaniel Wesninski #Neil Josten #AFTG #AFTG Fics #Andreil #The Palmetto State Foxes #My fics #Nathan Wesninski #All for the Game #In a Masterpost

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honey-fia · 15 days

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So Neil is the same exact copy of his father right? And he thinks that his smile looks like his father's which is why he doesn't smile as much, right? But what if, his smile is like...Mary?

He doesn't notice, that his lip curls down in the same upside down frowny smile that Mary gave him rarely when he made an impressive shot.

He doesn't notice, that his tongue touches his upper tooth the same way Mary's did when SHE made an impossible kill.

He also doesn't notice, that they both had genuine twinning bunny teeth smiles but Neil's never seen that on Mary's face cause, the last time she did smile that genuinely was when neil was born.

He doesn't notice it when he smiles. But Stuart Hatford does.

Because he's seen his sister's every smile.

#his smile is also really sexy #i see mary as a sexy women ngl #aftg shitpost #the foxhole court #aftg #neil josten #mary hatford #stuart hatford #aftg fics

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fortheloveofexy · 1 year

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Top 5 vs Personal 5

List your top 5 fics ranked by kudos on AO3. are you surprised by what's most popular to your readers? then provide your ranking of your personal top 5 fics, and tag a few fellow writers!

Thanks for the tag @mostlymaudlin ! tagging @jingerhead @paradoxolotl @exy-shmexy @storiesnstardust

Top 5 (by Kudos):

1. Call Me By Your Name (3.9k, andreil)

Basically, Neil calls Andrew “baby” in his sleep once, so Andrew gets flustered and then secretly tries out different pet names for Neil.

This one... honestly really surprised me with how popular it got. It’s my most kudos’d fic by a long shot (2,378 kudos??? insanity). It’s a short little thing, entirely focused around andreil and pet names. To be honest, I have mixed feelings about this one being the top fic, because it’s one of my oldest fics and I don’t really love the prose now. I don’t really understand why it got so popular out of everything I wrote bc it’s never anyone’s favorite fic when I ask, but I’m glad so many enjoyed it!

2. Sweet Enough To Eat (3.1k, andreil)

Andrew experiencing cute aggression. That’s basically the whole premise lol.

Anyway, this one is my oldest fic, so I assume that’s why it’s so popular. It’s cute, sweet even! I still like it to this day. Not much else to say about it though.

3. May We Meet Again (10.7k, andreil)

The first installment of the Artist Neil AU.

To be honest, I don’t like it anymore. That whole AU has problems with pacing, and some characterization issues too. Plus, looking back at the art now makes me cringe so hard. The only reason it’s still up is bc I know a lot of people really like it. Sometimes I think about revising the whole thing but I still remember how big of an undertaking it was when I first wrote it and made all the art for it, so I probably won’t.

4. The Marks We Make (41.3k, andreil)

A (mostly) canon rewrite from Andrew’s POV with a soulmate AU twist.

This the first multichapter fic I ever wrote, and one of the earliest fics I ever published, so I’m not surprised it’s high on the list. There are some things I like about this one, and some I would do differently. Writing this fic helped me make some of my first friends in the fandom though, so it was very much worth it.

5. Yes Or No? (35.5k, andreil)

sub andrew & Dom Neil pwp - need I say more?.

This one truly surprised me. It was meant to be a one-shot experiment, something I wrote as an exploration of my own boundaries and limits. BDSM fics are often triggering for me, so I generally avoid them, but I wanted to write a BDSM fic that I would be able to enjoy and to explore BDSM from a safe distance.

However, given how much the fandom seemed to be against Andrew submitting (and sometimes even just bottoming) at the time, I worried I might end up getting hate for writing it. To my surprise, I did not, and so many commenters asked that I continue it that I ended up turning it into a whole series.

I’m quite proud of it still - it might just be a smut fic to most people, but it will always be more than just a smut fic to me.

I do hate the last 3 paragraphs of the main fic though. I was on a kick where I thought incorporating references to fic titles and canon lines into my writing was clever and fun, but now I just cringe when I look at it. Ahh well, maybe someday I’ll change it and tell nobody. Create a little Berenstein/Berenstain Bears moment :)

Top 5 (Personal Ranking):

1. More Than Words (32.9k, ongoing, neon friendship)

Neil and Aaron meet as kids and become best friends, long before Aaron learns his mother’s secret - he has a long lost twin brother.

I cannot gush enough about the love I have for this fic, this whole story. I can’t talk about it here because I have some insane twists planned (iykyk) but just know this fic is my baby and this story will be my magnum opus once it’s done. I love writing Neil and Aaron’s friendship, I love writing Aaron’s POV, I love the plans I have these boys. It’s still ongoing so I understand why it’s not higher up in the kudos ranking, but I’m hopeful that will change once I actually finish it.

2. A Quiet Self-Destruction (2.6k, andreil)

A character study on Andrew’s experience with depression, and how Neil helps him through his bad days.

I wrote this to comfort myself during one of my own depression spells. It still brings me a bit of hope on dark days. For that, I will always love it.

3. Scribbles and Sticky Notes (11.7k, andreil)

Neil retires from Exy, with heaps of fluff, soft Andreil, wholesome Twinyards, hurt/comfort, MCD and angst.

Hands down, this is the saddest fic I’ve ever written, and I’m quite proud of that fact. I think the pacing is really good, and the gut punches are quite successful (while being foreshadowed quite nicely). The characterization is also spot on, I think. It’s got MCD though, which I think is probably why it’s not more popular.

4. The Past, Stained Red (4.4k, andreil)

Part 3 of the Artist Neil AU. Andrew has a surprise run-in with a ghost from his past, and finally gets some closure.

This is the only fic of the Artist Neil AU that I actually still like. It’s well-paced, well-characterized, and I still like the art. Mostly, though, I viciously loved writing Andrew getting to close the door on Cass, and I loved writing him acknowledging the harm she did to him as a foster parent. He couldn’t see it as a child, but as an adult? He sees her clearly, in all her failure. It was extremely cathartic to write that.

5. Catdrew Meowyard (1.4k, andreil)

Andrew suddenly has cat ears and a tail. Nobody questions it. Shenanigans ensue.

This is such a silly little fic. I wrote it as a joke and I still love it dearly, even though it’s very dumb. It’s just very fun to write and to read, and it’s perfect for when I want to blow off steam and write some crack.

#aftg #andreil #all for the game #the foxhole court #aftg fics #aftg fanfics #andrew minyard #neil josten #fic recs #aftg fanfic #andreil fanfic #andreil fic #aftg fic #fanfic

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exy-shmexy · 7 months

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU @fortheloveofexy ! I hope you have an absolutely fantastic day full of all the things you enjoy and that you can get all the Bean cuddles 🥳

I also hope you will enjoy this humble gift of Andreil being a bit silly but ultimately great cat dads 🐱

LOVE YOU 🧡

Read here hehe

#just andreil being silly goofy so I hope you like it #🥰🧡#andrew minyard #neil josten #andreil #aftg #all for the game #aftg fics

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crystalmethsthings · 1 year

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FIC TUMBLR, I NEED YOU!!!!

A long time ago, I read a detective au. Andrew was a detective (cop?) and the foxes were in his precinct. Neil is his husband and also a mob boss (crime lord? criminal? idk, he’s involved with crime in some way). The foxes are curious about Andrew’s husband so they go over his house for “work” and Neil answers the door in boxers and a shirt (i think). He has one of the cats in his arms (the cat tried to run out of the house). One of them calls Andrew (it might be Neil) and Neil gives them what they came for. Later, when Neil goes to the precinct for whatever reason and he sees Dan (?) looking at some cases. He points out who did it and she looks at him and makes a joke about Neil trading information for not being reported as a criminal and Neil just looks at her and implies that that’s how Andrew solves all his cases. I don’t remember how it ends but i’m pretty sure (?) that it’s a one chapter fic part of a series. I NEED HELP. I DONT REMEMBER WHAT ITS CALLED. IM COUNTING ON YOU GUYS 🤞

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nanatsuyu · 1 year

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A not-really-friends-but-the-benefits-are-still-there Andreil fic where they have a one night stand and Andrew navigates his feelings around Neil being the exception to every rule he's ever made for himself when it comes to hook-ups.

60k+ in progress | M | tags to be updated

blueberry pancakes on ao3

#aftg #aftg fics #andreil #andrew minyard #neil josten #my writing

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andylantsov · 1 year

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List of AFTG Fics that I will be reading.. sometime

(Thank you for this image, pinterest)

Part 2 but this is not a proper official series

1. Different roads by frankelled

2. Lemonade by trubenblack

3. A Study In De-escalation by cleopatras

4. Go Team! by @bazookajo94

5. Out in the Black by @gluupor

6. Haloalkanes and Haloarenes chapter from ncert

7. Aidan Minyard by OddlyBookish

8. Friday Night Big Screen by @annawrites (moonix)

9. what a chatty creature by nanatsuyu

10. Neil Crashes a Dinner Party by Carryonhowell

11. Tooth and Nail by AlrightDarlin (WhoopsOK)

12. Fake It 'Till You Make It by demesh (and then more stuff from this link)

Masterlist

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ladyminyard · 2 years

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reading aftg fics is my comfort zone and i think that says a lot about my mental health

#aftg #andreil #aftg fics #im queer and mentally unstable

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knickknacksandallthat · 3 months

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Master Fic List

Hey, hey lovies!

So if you've seen me re-posting some older fics, it's because I've been putting together a little something neat on the side. (Or at least I think it's neat - we'll see how y'all feel 😅)

On my blog, you'll now find a link called My Works. Once you go into it, you can now peruse all of my AFTG fics available on AO3 but you can also filter them by pairing, universe, pov, length, rating, or series. (See the following screenshot below). The plan is to add more fics in the future, as I continue to write more.

Obviously, you can check them all out on AO3 too, complete with tags, etc. But I thought this might be another fun way to experience it. 😁

So...yeah. Enjoy!

#yay fics!#let me just nerd out a bit on this #I had a lot of fun putting together so I hope others have fun playing with it #aftg fics #my works #masterlist #all for the game #aftg #the foxhole court

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jtl-fics · 1 year

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Fluent Freshman - Part 03

In the Fluent Freshman AU I could see a moment where Andrew kind of misses having Renee around. She was a nice quiet support for him during her time at Palmetto and now she’s graduated. Bee suggests that Andrew try and make a new friend, he can try with someone on the team even.

Andrew, initially, thinks it’s a stupid idea. He real hates pretty much every sophomore (Jack’s group) and pretty much all of the new freshmen irritate him since they’re always trying to steal Neil’s attention with all their fucking problems. The only freshman that he has no opinion on (and therefore is miles and miles ahead of everyone else) is the quiet one that he glowered at pretty early on for staring at Neil’s scars.

Except now, with the knowledge that the kid is a foreign language major, he was probably just trying to figure out what language him and Neil were talking in since the kid isn’t phased at all when Neil absentmindedly used his shirt to wipe away sweat on his face. Everyone else had LOOKED but the kid had just continued on as if it were nothing.

Nicky likes him a fair bit and has assured both Andrew and Neil, after the fourth time the kid power walked away from them, that he’s not homophobic just due to circumstances public displays of affection make him deeply uncomfortable. The Foxes have pasts and if the kid isn’t going to make it their problem then Andrew isn’t about to get irritated over it.

(Nicky doesn’t elaborate that those circumstances being that he understands that Andrew is telling Neil all the places (geographical locations) that he wants to kiss Neil and where he’d do it. He’s really not a prude but how did watching Cars 2 result in this level of dirty talk?! He’s just trying to actually get to see these movies everyone keeps referencing so that he can join in on the conversation)

The kid’s quiet company the few times Andrew’s been in it and Neil has been making some slow progress on getting the kid to open up. Andrew knows that the kid has his own weekly meetings with Betsy and he’s not about to pry.

(It’s social anxiety and stress related. No he has not told Betsy about the whole Russian situation because she’d be mad at him right? Everyone keeps telling him that Betsy and Andrew Minyard are close and that Andrew is her favorite even if she can’t admit to having something like that. She’s nice but what if she gets mad about it and tells Wymack that he’s not fit mentally to be on the team? Then what? He can’t afford college without a sports scholarship. Oh god- Betsy spends a lot of time walking him through stress relief and not worst case scenario-ing every interaction)

Andrew figures that if nothing else this kid is fine with sitting in stony silence. If it doesn’t work then w/e he tried.

So, to Fluent Freshman’s absolute horror and dismay, Andrew Minyard starts to hang around him even when Captain Neil ISN’T AROUND. He becomes unbeatable at Poker and fluent in Japanese if not fully literate.

Once it’s just Andrew and Fluent Freshman sitting in absolute silence for an hour. This might be the nicest time Andrew’s had with someone not part of his family since Renee left. “You ever consider learning Russian?” Andrew asks.

Fluent Freshman’s award winning performance starts here.

“No, I have never considered taking Russian classes here.” He responds turning a page in his book on Esperanto (he thinks it’d be fun) because why take a class for a language he’s already fluent in. He’s bad at lying but he’s GREAT at just not saying the truth.

Andrew doesn’t say anything in response and they continue to sit in silence until Fluent Freshman has to get up and go quietly have a panic attack.

Everyone, except Nicky, all think that Fluent Freshman’s the second coming of Andrew’s general apathy. Bee is proud of Andrew for willingly sitting next to someone in almost complete silence. Andrew says it helps that there’s someone else like him (Bee is confused because Fluent Freshman is known to bring his own brown paper bag to hyper-ventilate into but she says nothing.)

Only Nicky knows the full extent. Fluent Freshman is doing breathing exercises, taking pepto bismol to help his stress related stomach ulcer, and considering using his art gen-ed for theater so that he can commit to this bit better.

Fluent Freshman kind of gets used to Andrew’s quiet company until one day they’re an hour and a half into their usual absolute silence when Fluent Freshman gets up to grab something Andrew looks at him and goes “Hey wanna learn how to use a knife?” And Fluent Freshman stiffens up and straight up faints.

#Fluent Freshman AU #He wakes up 20 minutes later to Andrew holding one of Kevin's sweat socks under his nose #Like they're smelling salts #Andrew asks if they need to go to the hospital #FF looks down and sees that all his blood is still in his body 'No I'm good'#Andrew brings it up to Neil in earshot of Nicky #Who is a bro and also thinks this is kind of hilarious #He was the only one not even kind of aware of Andreil happening #So he's excited to be the only one aware of FF's secret #'He has a big test and a stress ulcer so it was probably related to that.'#Andrew comes to their next 2-3 hours of silent company with a whole tub of 'good for ulcer' foods #FF wonders if they are all poisoned but is too awkward to decline them. He eats the probiotic yogurt and hopes that his death will be swift #AFTG #AFTG shitpost #AFTG OC #Andreil #Nicky Hemmick #Andrew Minyard #Neil Josten #AFTG fics #My Fics #In a Masterpost #FF - Pt. 03

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allforthe-gay · 1 year

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so there's this fic i was reading like a bajillion years ago where Neil and Andrew are married and they're like ten years older than they were in the books and they adopt these twins named Natalie and Paige and it's Really beautiful and Amazing and over a hundred chapters the last time i saw it—ahem, a bajillion years ago—and if you know about it PLEASE save a life and put the link in the comments or reblogs or whatever <3

#aftg #aftg fic #andreil #neil josten #andrew minyard #all for the game #aftg fics #[dying voice] heeelp meeeeee

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fortheloveofexy · 1 year

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💌 for the asks!

💌share something with us about an up-and-coming work (WIP) that has you excited!

HEHEHE thank you for giving me a chance to talk about merdrew because I am SO EXCITED for this fic!!

Not only did I interview an aquarist from Georgia Aquarium while researching for this fic, but the actual setting itself is based on the whale shark tanks at the Georgia Aquarium! I may even be taking a trip down to Atlanta sometime in the upcoming months to see the exhibit in person (which will be really helpful for writing the renison spin-off I already have planned).

Anyway!! What I'm most excited for in this fic is the elements of magical realism that are baked into the plot. It's a merfolk fic, so there are of course some fantastical elements, but I've taken a lot of care to ground it firmly in reality (hence all the research).

I really think this fic is something special, and I can't wait to share it with you all :) here's a little sneak peek for you, as a treat!

#aftg #all for the game #the foxhole court #andrew minyard #andreil #neil josten #merdrew #mermay #asks #ask crow #wip #aftg fics #wip fic #mermaid au #aftg fanfic #andreil fanfic

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neil-minyard-josten · 10 months

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guess who's back to reading aftg fanfiction

ME THAT'S WHO

#aftg #all for the game #neil josten #andrew minyard #kevin day #aaron minyard #allison reynolds #dan wilds #matt boyd #renee walker #nicky hemmick #david wymack #abby winfield #betsy dobson #the foxes #aftg fanfiction #aftg fanfic #aftg fics

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ace-ephalopod · 2 months

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Aftg crazy stupid love au

#aftg #aftg fics #aftg crazy stupid love au #my fics #ao3 #Andriel #sethvin #seventh #David Wymack #dadmack #Andrew minyard #Neil josten #Seth Gordon #Kevin day #Kayleigh day

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thekricks0krickass · 1 year

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wait a minute but hear me out

An AFTG six of Crows AU???

why is not talked about yet?????

Neil as Kaz (cuz lets face it no one else can be Kaz other than our red headed gremlin)

Andrew as Inej ( the silent walking thing, the abused thing everything checks out)

Nicky as Jesper

Aaron as Mathias

Kevin as Wylan ( ig we’d have to change up him a bit, but still everything checks out, mom died/ thought mom was dead, very badly hurt by someone close, ran off to join a group of misfits)

Van Eck as Tetsuji

I mean you’d think Andrew would be a more appropriate choice for Kaz but the thing is Andrew has literally no thirst for revenge like Kaz and he only hurts someone when they pose a direct threat to him or people he loves , Neil on the other hand as has no problem watching Riko be killed, on the flip side he’s happy to see Riko dead

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andylantsov · 1 year

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Another List of AFTG fics to read.. in a while

Part 5 probably.

DUDE- Take care, kornspiracy

List begins henceforth:

my heart, new by @syrenhug

long way up by @annawrites

To Keep Him Safe by EmeraldWaves (their twitter)

For The Dancing & The Dreaming by Tidalst

Two Scoops of Happiness (To Go) by @iamagentcoop

set the lights by Stjosten

The Gaslights Burn Brightly by @strongqueercharacters

Lately I been, I been losing sleep by @blogaboutyafavbirdboys and @jojen-hewitt

The Shoulder of Orion by ringenthusiast (Deadist) (their twitter: @pseudo_aaron)

Prioritise Pleasure by Anonymous and Watergaw

Stay Where I Can Reach by emry_stars (It's a locked work)

Fast Enough by kornspiracy

does the dog die at the end? by @stillmadaboutpetra

Masterlist linked here.

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