#jeremy knox core

[joejhang]

obsessed with the way nora wrote jeremy. avoidant narration style paired with bone-deep self-loathing and an outward perception of him as sunshine personified. drawing a sun in the sand, smiling into his coffee, "would it kill you to fuck someone who respects you?", stealing roses from his hookup, falling asleep behind the wheel, playing with a yoyo, coming back to the hotel with bruises around his neck, smiling "slow and satisfied" at his phone, not being able to focus on his lsat books, chronic fatigue, i tried to be good, am i no good? smoking outside the banquet, kissing jabberwocky, blaming himself for noah's death, jean's shitty reputation, zane's attack, handcuffed to a family that resents him, see-through smiles, writing down every time his father would call him, collecting speeding tickets in high school. jeremy knox i want to claw open your skull and dump the contents of your brain onto the page.

[everyonesadoptivedad]

something something height difference something?

[zombiecowboy65]

Rip Jeremy Knox you would’ve loved being the internets white boy of the month every month

[illfindtruenorth]

after jeremy graduates and before he signs on with a pro team, he changes his last name. he cant stand the idea of having "knox" on his back the rest of his career, and now's the time-- sure, he may be a big player in the college league, but its in the pro sphere he's really going to make a name for himself.

and he changes it to dermott.

Laila is his sister, the closest thing he has left to a family. she was the first person to tell him she loves him after his freshman year, she's been his rock, his shoulder to lean on, his protector.

when jean and jeremy get married, he legally changes it to dermott-moreau, but still publicly goes by dermontt. after they both retire, maybe they go public with it, but they get to choose if they want to or not. there isnt any rumors or scandals, they only come out as a couple because they feel safe to do so.

[softkostyk]

not to be dramatic but a canon scene where jean wears jeremy’s jersey (or viceversa, I’m not picky) would heal my soul

[rederiss]

is that pic giving bambi jeremy knox vibes or i’m just insane

… *giggle*

Cody was right. Jeremy is as bright as a broken lightbulb but we all love him so so much. Stay you Jeremy. Stay you.

[billdenbrough]

SKINNED KNEES & OPEN PALMS

aftg · jerejean · 7.4k, t. high school au · multiple / outsider pov · ensemble cast · kevin just wants them to pass history · 3+1 things for @jamelslivres, as part of the @aftgexchange

“Hey, soldier,” Jeremy says, sliding into the space Andrew left. Jean looks at him, and swallows. “Soldier?” Jeremy smiles, small and bashful and with just a peek of teeth. Jean resists the urge to poke at his canines. “Y’know, wounded soldier, coming back from war,” he says, then bumps their shoulders together, gesturing down at his knee. “You hurt your knee, right?” “Does that make you the loyal wife awaiting his return from the war?” Allison asks archly, glancing over from Renee, Dan and Seth to look at Jeremy. Jean doesn’t think he can cope with an answer to that question, so he quickly says to Jeremy, “Sort of.”

Jean gets a mysterious injury, Jeremy is distracted, Katelyn is shipping, Allison is scheming, the lacrosse team has too many group chats, and Kevin just wants to study for their midterm.

or: three times someone waited for jerejean to make a move, and one time they finally did.

read on ao3

[saintofsacrilege]

tbh i think that scoring a protective wattpad boyfriend with mafia ties is secretly jeremy’s biggest goal in life

Jean being like a protective wattpad bf throwing ppl into cars and shit for Jeremy had got me spinning like a ballerina

[jeanmoreautemple]

Jeremy Knox and Renee Walker core

Jean has a type

[joejhang]

my unasked-for input in the jeremy discourse

been seeing a lot of jeremy knox discussion as of late while mindlessly scrolling thru the aftg tag so i've decided it's time to step in. spoilers ahead continue at ur own risk.

the main criticism of jeremy i've seen in the fandom is the way he treats/deals with jean's situation. a lot of people think he's just not doing a good job and can be insensitive or thoughtless at times. i'd like to counter this by saying: he's doing his best, and he's actually doing pretty well.

the aftg fandom at large has this superiority issue where they seem to always know the right thing and the right way to go. i'm gonna remind y'all that we are very used to the foxes and andreil, and the trojans are a totally different environment to the one we've been acclimatised to. the foxes are not well-adjusted AT ALL and to an outsider's eye the way they deal with each other is probably really cruel and rude at times. it works for them because they're in similar positions in life and have no time for politeness and courtesy, and the only way for them to work together is to work out all the fights and issues head-on, with little concern for hurt feelings. it works for them, but that doesn't mean it's the best or only way to go for anyone else.

jeremy may have an untold backstory of his own, but i think we can all agree that he's much more well-adjusted than jean, who has been living in an abusive cult environment for years. the trojans and jeremy are completely unfamiliar to jean, but so is jean to jeremy. jeremy has no idea the full extent of jean's past and history of abuse, so you can imagine his shock and horror when he finally begins to realise the ugly details of what happened to him.

there's a lot of emphasis on action and reaction in the way the fandom sees characters and relationships, but not a lot on intention. i think, no matter the mistakes jeremy makes, his intentions are good. he wants to support jean and help him in his healing journey. was it wrong of him to tell cat and laila what happened in jean's freshman year without his permission? yes, of course. but i think people need to consider that jeremy is literally only human. he's a 22 year old boy who has unresolved issues of his own that's just trying to do the best he can with what he has. he shouldn't have talked about jean's past without his consent, but it's important to know that he didn't do it with malicious intent or just to gossip. he probably genuinely thought it was the right way to go to let cat and laila know, so they can help jean better by knowing what happened. it wasn't the right thing to do, but honestly i think people in the fandom are more pressed about it than jean is. jean remarks on it and seems a bit annoyed, both with himself for telling jeremy and jeremy for telling the girls, but he doesn't hold it against jeremy and clearly still trusts him. jean knows that jeremy wants the best for him, and is doing his best, and the fandom should remember that too.

i think a lot of the issues the fandom has w jeremy and also jerejean is that they seem to think jeremy is going to "heal" jean. i cannot explain how much this take boils my blood because people can't "heal" other people. healing is a complicated and long process that requires, yes, help from others, but also changes in perspective, environment and core belief. jeremy alone is not going to fix jean and make him good as new, and that attitude towards them is unhelpful when analysing the narrative. jean's slow journey of healing comes from the combination of: a huge change in environment (the mob mindset of the raven's nest -> the sunshine court), a support network (jeremy, cat, laila, wymack, the trojans, occasionally kevin and neil), a change in mindset (both towards exy as a sport and towards relationships with others and a relationship with himself) and simply time. no one person can heal another, and no matter how large a role jeremy plays in jean's healing, he knows he can't do it on his own. so do the other people around jean. it's why cat takes him on a motorbike ride, just to let him relax and see the world. it's why renee doesn't get jean to stay with her, because she knows how good the trojans will be for him. jeremy is not going to heal jean, but he can definitely help him with it.

the last and arguably most important thing is this: jean trusts jeremy. y'all can talk about how jean is traumatised and unfamiliar with the world outside the nest but i swear to god this fandom babies and uwufies him to unbelievable extents. jean may be unspeakably traumatised and at the end of his rope, but he is an adult, and he does have agency. he understands that jeremy cares about him and his wellbeing, and he trusts jeremy. jeremy isn't perfect. he's inevitably going to make mistakes and do questionable things along the way, but i don't think he's at all impeding jean's healing or growth, and he is doing everything with genuine good intentions. one person's definition of the "right" thing to do is not objective and all-encompassing. jeremy may do things that offend you, and that you would hate, but everyone has a different opinion on these things. do you guys remember the conversation between andreil after dr*ke's attack, when neil pushes andrew just to see him crack? if u think about it on an objective level, it was wrong, even cruel, to press someone about their history of trauma after a horribly traumatic event has just happened to them. but andrew doesn't hold it against neil, and doesn't even seem all that bothered by it. i think the aftg fandom would do well to look at things and events that happen in the books in context and stop thinking that there is only one right answer to every question and only one correct solution in every situation. just because something would be a no-go for you, doesn't mean it would be for everyone, and that goes for fictional characters as much as it goes for real life.

anyway i just find it so interesting how critical and quick to judge people are when it comes to jeremy, when, objectively, the foxes and even andreil have done probably more pressing and objectively "wrong" things to each other. if u read the series back, there are a lot of times when they push and challenge each other's boundaries, but there's an understanding that that is the best way for them to engage with each other. it would do everyone a lot of good to apply the same attitude to the sunshine court, considering how vastly different of a context this new series is in.

[kevinsdsy]

ALL FOR THE GAME

core four’s playlists + kevin’s playlist & pinterest boards | he’d forgotten any other language existed | calculating | kevin’s rare smile + jean one day | terrifying | kevjean | matt & nabil | cult | rest in peace kevin day & jean moreau | you won’t see it again until you leave

( FOXES )

hottest kevin day ever looked | so personal (and tender) | caught in each other’s gravity | he can watch | buddy system | aaron minyard | andrew & renee | happy pride kevin day! + kissing boys and girls | kevin day w bandaids | heights | kevin with robin | andreil | although he’s not a soft person, his actions and feelings are | nathaniel knew wymack wasn’t talking to him or andrew | friends | neil would have given up on the foxes years ago | what for? | coach wymack after a bad performance | kevneil vs haikyuu!! fanart

( TROJANS )

jean buying a small gift for kevin ? | close enough | rip jean moreau | why is he french? | the smiths | jeremy’s favourite band + declan mckenna & wallows | finally | damon albarn as jeremy knox (ft. gifs) | girls & boys | nora about tsc & jean moreau | are you in france?

( MOODBOARDS )

laila dermott | cat alvarez | nabil mahmoud | the floozys

[inafieldofstarflowers]

so funn thank you for the tag :)

no pressure tags! @lady-forest-1142 @you-know-i-get-itt @ronanlyxch & anyone who wants to join in

tag game!! ♡

rb this with the first 5 songs from your On Repeat playlist on Spotify

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[zombiecowboy65]

Was gonna do a word analysis of the word hungry in relation to Jeremy and his hookups but damn every fucking person in this book is starving. Leo’s hungry kisses faser’s hungry smile faser’s hungry embrace Jean’s hungry knot like ok . Everyone’s hungry and Jeremy’s the meal. 😭 and then we can’t forget the look Jean gives that damn bike 😭 Don’t even know what to say now . Maybe something like there’s a diff between playing with ur food and eating it? Something like not taking it for granted ? We do have the metaphor of Jean treating a peach like a prized possession. Are u with me . Do I sound crazy

[crisisthegirl]

i’m sorry but

JEREMY KNOX! Jeremy Knox, you have some family shit going on that i need to know about immediately or i will combust. i know the shit is deep and you’re semi-traumatized to the core. what in the happy-family-trauma is going on ?

[longspacerat]

jeremy knox core drinking lethal levels of caffeine just to try and focus on my english homework (it’s not working i’m thinking about jean moreau)

[riseriseleo]

i am in desperate need of knowledge. JEREMY KNOX WHAT IS YOUR DEAL. WHY DO YOU JUST NOT TALK. WHAT IS YOUR TRAUMATIC BACKSTORY AM I NOT AT A HIGH ENOUGH FRIENDSHIP LEVEL TO UNLOCK IT PLEASE I NEED TO KNOW.

the way neil was cold and factual and jean just kind of dumped it but we get absolutely NOTHING from jeremy is giving damian steph and dick core tbh. damian being 'yes i was raised by an assassin cult. what of it.' steph reminiscing on how shitty her dad was and being all sad-happy about it. dick pasting a smile on and having 'run away deny deny deny' playing in his mind on repeat. jeremy and dick would get along actually i think. someone remind me to talk about the few reincarnation ideas i have for birdflash + andreil someday.

anyway i got sidetracked JEREMY WHAT IS YOUR DEAL.