terms that jean uses for neil in the sunshine court:

tiny bastard

tedious malcontent

abominable cockroach

wayward child

rabid little Fox

wretched little runaway

ignorant child

miserable wretch

also i find it deeply funny that in tsc andrew is just kevin’s pet goalkeeper and kevin’s pet monster and “that creepy little goalkeeper” when he takes up soooo much space in aftg in literally every fucking scene. even when he isn’t physically present he’s taking up space on the page because neil won’t stop thinking about him. then u get inside jean’s head and he’s like yeah aaron minyard is uninteresting outside of his outstanding murder charge and andrew is also there

— the foxhole court (2013)

— the sunshine court (2024)

we're so back, aftg nation, let's gooo

the sunshine court aoughhh we're so back

can we all keep it together and promise that we're not going to go back to the "i love these dumpster fire books" mindset with aftg and with tsc when tsc comes out? i'm tired of y'all pretending the writing isn't good and like the character arcs and plot and subplots are bad when they're actually beautifully structured and they deserve our attention and our praise without a "but it's sooooo bad haha" being added to everything. these books are good. and if you can't admit to yourself that you're reading them because you like them and they're good then maybe you aren't ready to pick up the story that we've been waiting for for years.

list of my favorite things about jeremy knox:

he's an english major

he's a middle child

he says words like "heck" and "hecka" and "hecked"

his best friends are lesbians

barkbark von barkenstein

having different animal noises as ringtones for the trojans based on what position they play

uses a light racquet for more control over winning stick checks

bleached his entire head because he couldn't go through with frosted tips

"you are going to be my success story: jean moreau the person, not jean moreau of the perfect court."

gay

my final designs for both Jeremy and Jean!

(still not finished reading, i'm about 65% through!)

Wymack is just picking up traumatized kids and being like ok is anyone else gonna father them?? and doesn't wait for an answer just carries them around forever even if they're french

jeremy's sister blaming him for destroying their family vs. jean telling him "in no universe could you be anyone's villain"... i am unwell

I put in my notes on Kindle on the line of Wymack telling Jean he was never letting Moriyama/Riko touch him again, something about how protective Wymack is makes me love him so much. Like in this chapter Nora refers to the airport scene with Neil and Wymack and it just reminded me how strong and caring but not quite paternal yet still a father figure Wymack is for the Foxes and really any stray desolate child who comes to his door. He's so good. Obviously it'd be heartless to send Jean back, especially like this but even at all, but to be SO dedicated and to say it to Jean's face so blatantly and be like "fuck them fuck you I'm not letting them hurt you and you can hold me to it" it just makes my heart hurt? I love him sm.

Jean swallowed hard against everything he knew better than to say and managed a quiet, ​“I will burn the house down.”

There is something we need to address before The Sunshine Court drops in a few days, and that is the reality that at least 70% of whom Jean and Jeremy are as characters it is based purely on fanon from the past decade. Their canon appearances are limited in the trilogy, and their descriptions are superficial because Neil is not the best when talking about something that isn’t Exy or Andrew.

The reason this is important to mention is because the new book may change a lot about how we view them or the idea we had of them, and I have noticed a lot of the people in this fandom don’t like their fanon contradicted. Best example is how Nora explained Thea character and story and still people decided to ignore it and continue their fanon that Thea is an awful person.

Basically, what I am trying to say is leave your toxicity behind for this new book. It is okay if you don’t like it or didn’t enjoy it, but don’t come at others for not agreeing with you. Especially, don’t attack the author just because she didn’t follow 10 years of headcanons about a character. Just be open to the idea that the canon can and will differ from your own expectations.

Aftg book 4 getting announced was not on my 2023 bingo but I am excited beyond words nonetheless