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>>> the perfect court the foxhole court the raven king the king's men the sunshine court the golden raven the broken cage >>> the queen's game

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Just had my first ever therapy session and it took me 15 minutes to mention Kevin Day. He is engraved on my brain, I fear.

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Realising the Ravens played Exy the way Tetsuji wanted and the Tojans the way Kayleigh wanted, and that’s why USC is Kevin’s favourite team.

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Ok, so I know we make a lot of jokes about how gay the Trojans are, but after reading tgr… that’s totally on purpose

There’s a reason that Rhemman respects Wymack so much, and it’s that they’re doing the same thing. Where Wymack has made a team that’s a haven for kids who need a second chance, Rhemman has made one that’s a safe space for queer athletes.

Rhemman’s quieter about it, in part because he can be, and in part for the safety of his kids, but it’s the same thing Wymack’s doing. And while he might not be as outspoken about it, he’s absolutely putting out the signals for those who might need to know. Just look at who his captains are. Jeremy, who’s had a lot of attention for being unsubtly gay. And Xavier, a trans man who has transitioned while vice-captain and isn’t trying to hide it.

And if his two captains weren’t a loud enough signal that his team was a safe space, you have the team’s reputation. They’re known for being nice to everyone. Anyone who joins this team knows what standards they’re going to be held to and can guess that bullying won’t be tolerated within the team. More than that, the team’s reputation doesn’t just mean safety at home, it also acts as a shield for its players. It’s well established that almost no one beefs with the Trojans and going after one of their players is a taboo. (Yes Jean is the exception here, but the more entrenched in the team he gets the more it’ll be true for him too).

Rhemman has gone out of his way to make a space as safe as possible for queer athletes. And for those who need it, he’ll show them it’s possible to live a happy fulfilled life by modeling it for them. Rhemman and Wymack are two sides of the same coin.

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jean learning xavier's lore (that he's trans): 👍

xavier learning parts of jean's lore:

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People mischaracterising everything Kevin said in TGR is gonna be the death of me. Seriously.

Even though he told Jeremy he cares about nothing else but a life of exy, later on, a discussion with Jean revealed that he still just REFUSES and is incapable of processing his own trauma. He uses exy as the one-way ticket to happiness because he has no idea how else to achieve it.

Kevin's discussion with Jeremy about Jean and the nest and Grayson showed that Kevin thinks very similarly still to how Jean thought (still thinks) about the Nest. That's just how the nest is. It's incredibly fucked up, but as Jean REPEATEDLY tells us, Kevin tried to defend him numerous times even if it didn't work. Kevin is an "oblivious fool". He didn't just accept the fact Jean was raped. He still hasn't given himself grace to process stuff, to process the "raven way". He is a CULT VICTIM. He still hears Riko's voice in his head, tormenting him. Even though Jean tells us time and time again how much Kevin also suffered, people still refuse to acknowledge it. Kevin was RAISED there from a much much younger age to the point he lost multiple elements of his own personality. This kind of shit isn't just solved, especially not when he has been stuck on other getaways to ignore his own trauma and doesn't really have anyone like Jean does to direct him otherwise.

He is mean and angry, but he is also gentle with Jean throughout the interview and doesn't push him beyond the point of breaking despite the whole mission to save face. Several interactions with Jean bring out snippets of the personality that's buried underneath several layers of trauma from the nest.

Also, remember Nora told us he has his own arc that spans across all books (back when this was supposed to be a duology) and told us to be 'patient' so I assume we are going to see more of Kevin in the third book and hopefully more of him starting his own healing journey. It was barely there in the main trilogy. In AFTG, his healing involved Exy. He still hasn't overcome his actual trauma, as we very clearly see.

Please read with your EYES OPEN, THANK YOU.

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i saw that miss nora

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Finished The Golden Raven.

10/10, would not recommend. I cried more times than I should have, and love those children more than everything.

I need more of these, right now, please.

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I am genuinely deleting all of my social media, because this year I won’t be able to read the new aftg book on a day of release.

If I see one spoiler I am gonna kms

Happy hunger games, anyway, ready to be traumatised.

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Uncle helping the cubs beat a hard level in Super Mario Land 🎄 Merry Christmas! Here's some foxes fankids, with headcanons under the cut ^^

🌟 notes:

• i only have names for the twins, andrea (aaron needed a Moment after admitting he wanted to name her that) and annelise (annie for short);

• all of the cubs know he doesn't like being touched;

• kevin got everyone (including the adult foxes, and including david, abby, stephanie and bee) the matching santa hats with cat fox ears;

• dan and matt's first child loves exy and captains his little league team;

• renee and allison adopt a little girl through unconventional ways. allison dresses her up in all sorts of little outfits;

• nicky and erik's kid is the newest addition to the bundle. it took a while for nicky to get over a lot of things from his time being the twins' guardian, and at first they wanted to adopt a baby, but after knowing this child they decided to keep him. he also gets a hat, but wants to show off his minecraft reindeer antlers a little longer;

• king fluffkins, andrew's daughter, is a rescued ragdoll mix runt from a breeder's litter who threw her away. if the breeder is never heard from again, neil doesn't know anything about it. she and her brother sir fat cat mccatterson ruin andrew's goth vibe.

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So when Neil Josten wants to keep a binder full of news clippings and pictures as a shrine to Kevin Day in a way to hold on to a good but tainted memory of his childhood and a life he can never have, no one complains. But when I, Riko Moriyama-

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arcane writers literally went oh you thought that was the jayvik divorce? ha, dumb bitch. here is the actual one

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I think, Andreil™️ chose the cats based on how ugly they were in a shelter. I can see Andrew walking into that place and pointing at the cat that makes everyone go what the actual fuck is that. And Neil just rolled with that.

One of them has to be black, have bold spots, chipped ear, always pukes randomly after eating too much dust in her hiding spot + the other one is orange, old, half blind, sheds like crazy and is very vocal. Both of them absolutely despise Kevin and unconditionally love chewing houseplants.

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22/10/24

oh, you practice? what? kissing boys?

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God knew that I would be unstoppable if I understood geometry, so he gave me brain that cannot remember literally anything math related to say its life🎉

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when i show up to the homoeroctic codepedent friendships competition but my opponent is kevin day