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rainbow-0bsidian · 2 years

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up for interpretation on ao3

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“What are you doing here?” Aaron asked, eyes narrowed. He was expecting Esther, or Elsbeth, or someone. The blonde one. Neil ignored him.

“Je m'appelle Neil,” he continued.

“Neil’s a translator—“

“—Un interprète.”

Potato-potato.

General // Aaron + Neil (background Andrew/Neil) // 1402 words.

#aftg fanfic #pov Aaron Minyard #Neil josten #interpreter!neil #doctor Minyard #hospital setting #based on a couple of conflated true stories #powered by insomnia #it’s true tho #what Aaron says #you should listen to him

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thoushaltnotlive · 26 days

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*Post-canon, In some random vegas hotelroom at 4am*

Kevin slurring, still drunk AND hungover: Where the fuck were you?

Andrew and Neil, drunk, just stumbled in: We got married.

Kevin: Greeeat. Do you have some advil?

*Years later at an og foxes meet-up*

Dan: So, when are you guys planing on setteling down? Marrige, Kids, anything?

Others: *Discussing ect ect…*

Matt: And you Neilio, will you guys ever take the vowes?

Andrew, deadpan: We've been married for x years.

Aaron: What.

Nicky, very dramatically: My own cousin, how could you.

Allison, slammin at the table: Renee did you know about this?!

Renee: Don't look at me, this is news to me as well. Also Congratulations.

Neil: Thanks Renee :)

Allison: Don't you dare "Thanks" us. Were you going to tell no one?! Did you think you could take it to your grave?? What the fuck.

Neil, rolling his eyes: You never asked. Also we literally told Kevin the day of.

Aaron: What.

Kevin: Oh, I tought I hallucinated that, good to know I guess.

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emry-stars-art · 1 year

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I still need practice, but digital coloring is getting a little easier 💕

#I have so many soft emotions rn #I need to get them all out in the form of lots of fluff #and what better than a monster cuddle pile #sorry I’m still tired rn #lookin at them is not helping 😭😴#fan art #my art #aftg #all for the game #neil josten #andrew minyard #kevin day #aaron minyard #nicky hemmick #the monsters #cuddles #and yes. you can say this is kevaaron if your heart so desires #andreil #okay onto actual work

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ionlydrinkhotwater · 28 days

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OK but I really love how unhinged Neil comes off in other people's POV cause looking back at the first three novels he was so damn weird

Take what happened in Colombia

Imagine what Andrew was thinking

Holy crap this binder WTF?!?! OK he's sus as hell I've gotta test him, I'm gonna mess with the tags when I refold his clothes but like...I doubt even he's THAT crazy

*Neil barges in and starts shouting in FRENCH*

OK so he IS that crazy (and French?!)

OK I'm gonna spike his drink and get some answers in a minute just gonna leave him with Aaron and Nicky for a sec while I satisfy my Gay panic this runaway has inspired in me with Roland and then I'll just...WTF DID HE JUST PAY A GUY TO KNOCK HIM OUT?!

OK I'm gonna pick up some breakfast and when I get back to the house I can interrogate the....OK ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME THIS DUBIOUS TWINK CRAWLED OUT OF THE BATHROOM WINDOW?!

OK so he's not around let's get back to Palmetto he probably got a ride from one of the upperclassmen

OK he didn't...did he run away? I guess that makes some sens... OK wait he HITCHHIKED?! THE FUCK?!

OK THIS ASSHOLE SPEAKS GERMAN TOO?!

OK he's on the run from the mob...there are a lot of holes in this story but at this point I'm gonna take his word for it that he's isn't a danger to my people cause I don't have the energy to continue to pursue this anymore. This fucking guy is more unhinged than what I was prepared to deal with this weekend.

#aftg #all for the game #tsc #the sunshine court #neil josten #andrew minyard #andrew was more tired than Neil was after that weekend 🤣#you won the batttle kind of andrew but neil won that war #not to shade nicky and aaron but wingus and dingus were not the ones you should have left neil with TWICE #also its cracker dust not truth serum it was a weird plan to start with and nicky and aaron were more high and more drunk than neil was #they were not the ones who should have been left in charge #also by letting neil out of sight for all those hours he hitchhiked let him come up with a plausible lie #that held up until BALTIMORE #like my dude you had the binder you should have hid it and threatened to burn a page wverytime neil lied #cause if the money was from riko paying neil to be a mole he would NOT want it burned #and what hes gonna go to the cops about his ill gotten cash and fake ids? you could have had him andrew #ps i imagine neil saying all of this to Andrew when that first time in Colombia is ever brought up #just critiquing his methods #andrew isnt one for regret but neil picking holes in his plan and pointing out what HE would have done makes him feel pretty damn close #he probably finds it annoyingly attractive too tho

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odetojupiter · 25 days

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so, we know that abuse and victim responses to abuse are very central to aftg, but what i find interesting is how other characters respond to the victim’s reactions, especially when it comes to mourning their abuser. there’s something about kevin mourning riko, aaron mourning tilda, neil mourning mary, andrew mourning cass, thats so important to me because it really truly highlights how even when people are united through similar traumas, the differences in their situations makes it impossible to fully understand the relationship a person has to their abuser. neil, aaron, and andrew are united through the abuse, neglect, or - what the fuck is the word i’m thinking of? permit? condone? i mean, knowingly allowing it to happen and not intervening - stemming from a maternal figure. but neil can’t understand why andrew would hold on to cass for so long - he refused to let her go until aaron came into the picture. and andrew can’t understand why aaron would mourn for tilda, potentially viewing aaron’s grief as a betrayal of their promise. and they all ridicule kevin for his reactions to riko. of course, neil and andrew are also abused by riko, but they still can’t understand the complicated relationship between kevin and riko because, at the end of the day, they just weren’t there.

i mean this is primarily an observation but i really love how trauma and trauma response is depicted as nuanced, complex and overall just difficult to understand from an outsider perspective in the books. it reads as really real, and though it can be frustrating when a character doesn’t understand a different character’s response, you have to understand that their perception of said character’s response is warped by their own experience of abuse.

andrew bounced from home to home, never had stability, so obviously he held tight on to the first mother-figure that didn’t outright hurt him. his self-worth was probably low enough that he thought living with drake was a fine price to pay to keep cass.

neil only ever had his mother, and he’d willingly accept her harsh hands because he believed she was just keeping him safe from the very real dangers that were closing in on them.

aaron was dealing with an addiction, and so was his mother; he was equally dependent on her to avoid withdrawal as he was scared of her anger.

i don’t really have a point anymore but you get what i’m saying

#or maybe this doesn’t make sense at all #idk i am struggling with words today #but genuinely i love how there’s no perfect ‘therapy friend’ in the series because it’s so unrealistic when someone is dealing with trauma #and somehow someone with a completely different upbringing understands them perfectly and always says exactly what the character needs #to hear #it’s something you see in fiction too much #the way these characters share certain experiences but aren’t 100% united in their responses to trauma #makes them feel so real #even if it means they say the wrong things sometimes #aftg #all for the game #neil josten #andrew minyard #kevin day #aaron minyard #i do indeed ramble on too much ik what ur thinking

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tkachukisms · 1 month

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happy saturday caturday everyone. sadly this doesn't work because there isn't a cats game today but if you look into your soul there can be! | yeah these are all going to be max images now. I'm also unsure how we got here, yeah

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fallenstarzz · 6 months

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Who do you guys think was Kateaaron's real biggest hater: Andrew or the Vixens groupchat

#there is NO WAY they approved of him for like. at LEAST the first six months #like I dont know what I would do if my friend (who is a solid 10) said she was dating someone. and when I ask who #she says oh Aaron Minyard. you know the rude cold unnaproachable guy in my biochem class. the one who has no friends.#and also I can't be seen with him in public or his attempted murderer brother is going to beat me up #I could not see a friend going through that in silence. AND HE'S NOT EVEN TALL. KATELYN WHATS THE EXCUSE HERE #katelyn mackenzie #aaron minyard #all for the game #aftg #kateaaron

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chaoticas-hell · 8 months

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Anyone else wonder what was going through Kevin's mind in the Columbia house's kitchen when his life was pressumingly traded for a few seconds of feeling Neil up? Cause I do

#like Kevin doesnt know German #all he sees is Andrew feeling Neil's chest up then saying Neil will be in charge of Kevin #I need to know what was going through his head #aftg #all for the game #andrew minyard #neil josten #andreil #kevin day #aaron minyard #aftg kevin #david wymack #the raven king #trk

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joanofexys · 29 days

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I think what bugs me the most about what happened today other than the fact that I was the one getting vagued is the fact that the conversation got warped into one that is about morality and not simply theorizing on The Ravens and how The Nest works

my original post essentially said two things:

The Ravens are victims and to erase that because they don't fit the model of the perfect victim and some have even become abusers erases all nuance from that portion of Jean and Kevin's lives and the surrounding discussion

Cults are weird. I grew up in one. And it is very easy to manipulated by one and to feel trapped and to also be completely in the dark about what is happening in a cult even when you're in the heart of it

I did not say anyone had to forgive the Ravens (they're fictional characters. fake people. that wasn't even on my mind) or that any of them are by any means good people. i also didn't say that they were all oblivious or that there weren't some of them that were abusive. I also never made this a conversation about morality and whether or not the Ravens are good or bad people for staying in a cult.

For some reason that got warped into what we are currently discussing and involved some highly insensitive language surrounding cult victims including things being said like it's not crazy to expect people to walk away from things like scholarships, financial security, or career security if it means being complacent in abuse and that it's "just basic morals".

And I'm sorry for getting personal on this but as a cult survivor I think that's one of the most upsetting and insensitive things I have heard come from these conversations today.

It doesn't matter what x thing is whether it's money or food or housing or a career. In a cult they use whatever it is you need and make you dependent on them for it. Also with the Ravens in particular keep in mind it wasn't simply being complacent in abuse. They were being abused.

If you have been in a similar situation, if you are grappling with the guilt of leaving a cult or anything like a cult, know that you are not a moral failure for having stayed for as long as you did. You are not moral failure for staying for whatever reason you did. It is not just basic morals when it comes to living in a cult. Morality becomes warped and the concept of what is immoral and moral is something completely different and that is intentional.

It doesn't matter whether you think the Ravens were aware of Riko's abuse or not. Having differing opinions on that is completely okay. What you don't get to do is turn it into a conversation about morality where you then get to insult cult survivors like we're evil people for not walking away at the first red flag because we needed something. Because we were in survival mode and we weren't able to focus on other people.

We still don't have all the details on how the Ravens function or the type of abuse players even outside of the perfect court face other than it was extreme. It's fun to theorize. And it's okay if people disagree. But if you can't be mindful about where your opinion switches from theory to some huge declaration of moral high ground then you've lost the fucking plot.

I would love to talk more about the Ravens and my theories on them. I would love to talk more about how cults work and why I think it's possible they were completely unaware of Riko's abuse. There's a lot of nuance in those conversations and I would love to take the time to treat them with the care they deserve. I'm also still incredibly upset by a lot of the things said today and I can acknowledge that this is a topic that is very personal to me. So this is me opening up that can of worms (again) and I'm more than happy to have those conversations and answer questions but please be patient with me because if it isn't already obvious this is a topic that is incredibly sensitive to me

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taakiitoo · 11 months

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#aaron paul #breaking bad #jesse pinkman #fanart #heisenberg #comics #my artwork #idk what to say #yo

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shadowofaghost5 · 11 months

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Give it up for everybody’s favourite street rat!!!

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Fanart of Aaron from Fox’s Tounge and Kirin’s Bone, an incredible book by @muffinlance

I worked hard on this an am incredibly proud of how it turned out. If you wanna hear about the process, feel free to check out me rambling in the tags.

#fox’s tongue and kirin’s bone #fanart #i really wasn’t sure how this would work out because i rarely ever draw book characters? But I drew this guy Once and that was it #I went ‘yeah that’s my boy. that works’#i mostly went with what i envisioned though i did check the first chapter again to see if it said anything contradicting my design #and it did say Aaron had short hair but you know what? I really want him to have a little ponytail #I think he deserves a little ponytail #so i kept the ponytail #i was originally going to draw him with his silly little coat and add a heck ton of details #but the pose didn’t work out #There’s always next time!#with his current clothes his sash i guess is the most important part?#in the first chapter it talks about Aaron’s knife had been clad in black&gold previously #I assume in reference to the Man #Though I might be wrong #i binge-read the book in like three days #the details have escaped me #but yeah I did the sash with those colors because I thought it’d be cool #anyways i believe that’s most of it #i also have a bunch of doodles i made for warmup before this #that i’m also going to share at some point #i hope you like it!

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softhairedhotch · 4 months

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don't get me wrong i love hotch being all Daddy n stuff (within reason) but i can't stand it when he babies the reader/oc in fics WHEN THEY'RE ON A CASE. brother he would not be like "oh my poor baby needs a break? :( oh come here sweet one come sit on daddy's lap" like he is at WORK he's gonna look you dead in the eye and go "what, you can't handle a day of paperwork? you sure you're fit for this job?" or he's gonna be like "a child just died, focus and do your work" like 💀💀💀 if you're personally going through shit then yeah he'll take it easy on you, but if you're doing work and think "im gonna not do it/i ain't gonna bother/i'll take it easy today bc the boss is my boyfriend" that man is gonna immediately be like "who said i'm gonna give you special treatment?" LMFAO

#he would be like that out of work!!! just not on a case #don't get me wrong ooc isn't bad #i just really like tryna keep characters true to themselves #write what you want guys i ain't saying to stop #aaron hotchner #criminal minds

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totopopopo · 4 months

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They pointed a gun at Aaron. When there was a self immolation in December, the authorities spoke about it as if it was a form of antisemitism.

I have said it before. I will say it again.

It is an act of despair and feeling like nothing else you can do will be heard. Nobody burns themselves alive out of hatred.

Nobody.

I truly believe it was an act of grief. it was an act of fury. but i want to stress that it was not an act of hopelessness. like i said before, it was not just suicide, it was a calculated political act made by a determined man of sound mind and body who decided to use his death to send a message. he burned himself in front of the embassy in uniform because he knew that in the eyes of the US government, his life was worth more than the lives of Palestinians. His death was a deliberate attempt to call attention to the deaths of the thousands upon thousands of innocent people in Gaza. the point is that every death an inhumane brutal unconscionable horrific end to a real human life. the point is to disturb. the point is to be seen and heard and felt. he died screaming for Palestine.

like i said in another post, I took a class violent and nonviolent protests as an undergrad, and we talked a LOT about self immolation, and the work / thought / motives / grief / anger that goes into something like that. I’m gonna link a few articles if anyone is interested, I know it’s a really heavy subject but I also think its important to understand the role the act of self immolation has played in the history of protest:

this is about religious activists (both quakers and buddhists) who self immolated in protest of the Vietnam War

this is about the terminology we use to talk about self-immolation (specifically about the self immolation of tibetans in Protest of Chinese occupation) and about the objectives of political self immolators

and lastly, i am telling EVERYONE to read Weird John Brown: Divine Violence and the Limits of Ethics by Ted A. Smith. it’s not about self immolation, but it is about the use of violence in systemic oppression and resistance and deals with the question of Who Defines What Violence Is (spoiler alert: the state defines what violence is, and the definition will always stretch to include the actions of the resistance and exclude the actions of the state). it is a really in depth and succinct examinations of the mechanisms of state sanctioned violence, and its HUGELY relevant to everything that’s been happening. PLEASE read it. everybody should read it. i don’t have a link to a pdf but im sure you can find one, or get it from a library or bookstore. it’s worth having, honestly. go read it.

#free palestine #self immolation #aaron bushnell #abolish the police #okay idc if you skim what I wrote in this post but it would b cool if u could reblog this post for the links cause i do want people to see #and maybe read the articles / check out the book even if they don’t read what i have to say #what i have to say isn’t actually as important

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emry-stars-art · 10 months

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I’m imaging the cuddles you were describing and AWWWWWW I can’t stop smiling that’s so sweet 🥹❤️❤️

Mer cuddles mer cuddles mer cuddles (and a potential Nicky, I’m testing designs as both manta ray and like ribbon eel or something)

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problemduetest4life · 2 months

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Say what you want about Nicky but he is seriously the strongest soldier. Mans gave up his whole life to take care of his two cousins, one of which is openly homophobic and the other being Andrew Minyard. That's love bitch.

#say what you want about nicky means yes do hold him accountable for his actions #but also i acknowledge his sacrifices #like damn #i dont know a lot of ppl who would do that #also lets not start the aaron homophobia discourse #pls #aftg #all for the game #nicky hemmick #aaron minyard #andrew minyard

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deadliestpieceontheboard · 1 year

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i think katelyn is the one who proposes to aaron and i have a list of reasons why but number one is that i think he deserves that

#i will in fact elaborate further #just not right now #also i think it would be cute #and like what andrew's gonna do you know #aaron just had to say yes that wasn't even on him #i think it's also when he fully accepts their relationship #he sees she's really committed to his brother #nicky cries #aftg #all for the game #the foxhole court #tfc #aaron minyard #katelyn aftg #i cry with her tag every time im sorry gilrboss no last name for you #kateaaron

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