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Aftg couples doodle yay 🎀

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he’s an asshole. he’s the kindest friend you will ever have. hes an alcoholic health freak. he’s a heartless machine that only cares about playing stickball and has little interest in real people. he will make outstanding efforts to never ever ever have to be alone for even one second. he’s half of a duo. he wishes he could stand on his own. he mourns a man that no one else on earth loved (even though no one on earth has been as hurt by that man as him). he knows you will die and he does nothing to even attempt to stop it– he still makes sure your remaining time is the best time anyone’s ever had. he leaves you even though he’s all you have, but he never stops sending you postcards, he never stops trying to save you. he promises you he will find you a purpose in life, and he always finds it. he always finds it.

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If I were to say that the same person who showed Jean these tiny acts of kindness—

aka the same person who they themselves did:

and was happy with themselves, but also saw how Jean hesitates with food due to his years as a raven and so they adapted from:

immediately to this:

and were understanding enough to say this:

could help Jean eventually get to a point of this:

Well, what then? What happens if Cody, who is a close friend of Jean’s in-canon, is the one who helps him get over his… issues?

Something like this ‘double birthday bash’ and sure Cody devours the cake because Jean won’t eat it but they do get Jean to try a tiny bit of a corner of said cake?

Something like Cody helping Jean take baby steps towards acceptance of the things that are scary while also offering Jean the ‘things’ aka healthy fruits & veggies that Jean finds ‘safe’?

Cody ‘give-and-take’ Winter?

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Look how far you’ve come

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so what if they are misplaced forever partners??? i don't care, it didn't alter my brain chemistry at all!!!!!

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real question but how is andreil even real. like how are they real they shouldn’t even be real. but they are??? omg????

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femme hitchhiker serial killer and butch trucker serial killer anyone???

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everything in its right place? yeah i sure hope so doctor aaron minyard

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Jean about Neil and Kevin basically: I am intrinsically linked to them, they are me and I am them in some way, I would trust them with my life and would go to the ends of the earth if they asked me to, our fates and souls are intertwined, they are my Achilles heel and I could and would not exist in a world without them in it.

Also Jean: ew no, they’re not my friends, have you met them? Insufferable and annoying.

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saw way too many cool hair styles andrew could have ok!! some andreils for the soul

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as soon as andrew kissed him neil turn into a FLIRT. like the marker line, the soulless line, and “i am nothing” line?? when did mr. “i don’t swing” take a masterclass in flirting??

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the really great thing about all for the game is that you can binge it all in two days and then never stop thinking about it

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Here's a quick Cody

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ohh summer neil in the passenger seat

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thinking about an article i read recently about how one of the reasons former athletes struggle during retirement is that, somewhat paradoxically, they find it difficult to adjust to life without constant surveillance and examination (and by extension the imposition of alternating praise/punishment) by coaches and other staff members and it is this loss of constant supervision that makes them feel unfocused, and at a loss on how to navigate the non-sports world.

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My beloveds