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jeremy knox with a tooth gap…jeremy knox with a tooth gap save me…

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i thought about bringing tkm to read while i’m in baltimore this week, but i didn’t and now i’m sad

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posted an unrequited marlene/lily one-shot. angst with a little bit of humor, no comfort. this was 100% a vent fic. ~6,500 words

(TW: underage drinking, hangover, mention of throwing up, cheating)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/66022282

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Jesper is “Good Kid” coded, Inej is “My Grand Plan” coded, and Kaz is “Another Terrible Day” coded

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rereading six of crows at seventeen is such a strange experience. like on one hand i relate to these characters, but on the other they’re out here committing intense crimes and pulling off impossible heists while i’m writing fan fiction in my room and struggling to get through the school year with my sanity intact. like.

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school is a rough one because of this. important lecture? SNOOZE! a test i really need to be comprehending the questions for so i don’t fail? ASLEEP! trying to get my homework done? ZZZZZ.

me 🤝 jeremy knox

constantly trying not to fall asleep in the middle of a task

(and failing)

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i loved that series with the:

found family who commits crimes

animal motif

gangs!

ginger runaway with a shitty father 

knife person

perceived heartless psychopath who’s actually just pining over someone else in the group

girl who is religious and tries to stay faithful even while she is being/has been a gang member

blonde person 

one who came from a fucked up almost-cult that has Court in the name and is now trying to change their mentality after meeting the very types of people they’ve been conditioned against

gay

kidnapping and torture by previously mentioned shitty father

so many traumas. like, more than should be in a single series.

such as a trauma associated with water

plus mommy issues, daddy issues, AND sibling issues, so familial abandonment in general

definitely a lotttt of gore

and drugs

possibly the worst pickup lines in existence (calling your girl an investment 🤝 calling your man a hallucination)

black birds

dead group member

underdogs who go on to absolutely obliterate everyone else in their respective careers

overall a bunch of traumatized college-aged kids going out and doing some sketchy insane shit while forging deep connections with each other

am i talking about six of crows or all for the game

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Making posts about aftg is so funny because the characters live lives of such epic proportion that I feel like I have to first name last name them. I'm not calling the self-proclaimed queen of a fictional sport kevin. That is Kevin Day. The name just has weight. Neil Josten went to great lengths to claim his damn name. Jean Moreau is taking active steps daily to shift the meaning that his name holds positively. Jeremy Knox existed for years in collective imagination, yes for his personality, but also, I'm sure, it's cause that name is just weighty.

But then there's Andrew, who is so important to the fandom that he lives in a different realm of notoriety in my head. I just say, Andrew. Like one just says Zendaya.

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Sex is good and all, but have you guys ever had a fic update while you were re-reading it?

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The real plot of aftg was the slow shift from Andrew and Kevin co-parenting Neil, to Andrew and Neil co-parenting Kevin.

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calling them about overworking themselves when he has been known to FALL ASLEEP DRIVING HOME

Jeremy learning about how the ravens tend to have lifelong physical issues and immediately trying to call kevin and neil to tell them to stop night practices because they're gonna die from exhaustion or something oh jeremy :((((((

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Book smart, street smart, and the secret third thing: wilds smart

Can't necessarily read books, people, or situations, but leave that mf in the wilderness for three hours and they've found four pretty good camp-building sites, a source of potable water, and a badger's nest.

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guys have we thought about an aftg band au. specifically with andreil. because i’ve been thinking about it. a lot.

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me: I write for myself, not validation

also me after posting a fic *refreshes ao3 every five minutes*

(two things can be true)

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"If you use em dash in your works, it makes them look AI generated. No real human uses em dash."

Imaging thinking actual human writers are Not Real because they use... professional writing in their works.

Imagine thinking millions of people who have been using em dash way before AI becomes a thing are all robots.

REBLOG IF YOU'RE A HUMAN AND YOU USE EM DASH

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soft andrew minyard is my weak point

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They're so married