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jeanmoreaux · 8 months

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do you guys ever think about how the story starts with andrew acting quickly slamming a random racquet into neil's stomach to keep him from running away and ends with andrew acting quickly breaking riko's arm with his racquet and then using it as a shield to protect neil. because i think about it all the time.

#aftg #andrew minyard #neil josten #andreil #you guys. the metaphor in that. representing how their relationship changed over the books. it's both a perfect juxtaposition AND parallel #i mean the first is andrew keeping neil from running. making him stay when neil doesn't want to.not caring whether or not neil lives or die #the second one is andrew protecting neil who stayed. it's andrew protecting neil because losing him would kill him.#also ofc additionally to that andrew seeing someone as a threat to a person he cares about and instantly reacting.#but the way andrew sees neil changes so drastically in between these two scenes (and over the three books)#neil's a threat in one and the most valuable thing to protect in the other 😭😭#and the symbolism of the racquet.#it being a random one that hurts neil in the beginning and then andrew's OWN racquet protecting him at the end...#I AM LOSING MY MIND I CANNOT GET OVER THIS 😭😭😭😭#mish reads aftg #<- rereads but we all know that by now i feel.

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