#kevin makes it a rule

[sonicrainicorn]

Here's a fun, wholesome fact for the single dad au: Kevin and Dan always play the newest Zelda game together. It's tradition

[exyandcigarettesmoke]

Andrew Minyard runs a secret account on instagram where he just post douchey pictures of his car

[equallyshaw]

[palmettoshitposts]

which fox suggests uno as a team bonding exercise and which fox breaks the coffee table in the girls' dorm room over being ganged up on and getting a +12: discuss

[chaoticas-hell]

Kevin: what are you eating?

Andrew: almonds

Kevin: oh thank fuck you're finally eating healthy I hope you've finally- Andrew.

Andrew: hm?

Kevin: these are chocolate covered almonds

Andrew: they're still almonds

Neil: he's not wrong, Kevin

Kevin: I hate you both

[licorishh]

i love og soap too much. my stomach hurts. i don't feel good.

[high-queen-of-the-court]

my truth is that jean and kevin are actually two very fine men

[moonyspetwolf]

Okay so I’ve seen like 20 videos on tiktok of people saying they have no idea how exy is played so I’m gonna make a post about how I understand the rules. I’m not really an athlete but I know a bit about sports and I also coincidentally went to the same school that PSU is based on

(I haven’t read the books in like 5 years so if I’m wrong about something feel free to correct me)

First thing, exy is played inside, not outside. The game can’t work in an outdoor stadium and I’ll explain why in a minute. The stadium is like a combination basketball court and hockey rink. Wood flooring and plexiglass walls surrounding the court. There are two goals on each end.

Okay so the lineup. From what I remember there’s 4 positions you can play on an exy team: dealer, backliner, striker, and goalie.

Backliner is pretty straightforward just classic defense. They protect the goal and focus on the other team’s strikers. I think it’s similar to basketball where they’re assigned a mark (opposing striker) who they have to cover during the game. That doesn’t mean they’re not free to move or check other strikers either, but basically they try to stop the other team from scoring any goals. I’m not sure if it’s against the rules for them to make an attempt on a goal or not.

Strikers are similarly straightforward. They’re straight offense. Their job is to get as many goals as possible. They work against the opposing team’s backliner and shoot at the goal

The dealer is the most confusing position but I think they basically control possession of the ball, so I think their job is to get the ball from the other team and make sure it gets to their strikers. At the start of the game or after any breaks they’re the ones who deal the ball and try to pass to their teammates. Idk if they operate similar to backliners or not, like checking, tackling, etc.

The goalie is the same as any other sport- their job is to protect the goal. Goalies have special racket that are bigger and heavier than other players. They also wear special padding to protect them since they’re constantly getting exy balls chucked at them and often have to use parts of their body to block them.

(Side note: if exy balls are anything like lacrosse balls they seriously hurt to get hit with. They’re dense and heavy, when they work up enough speed it feels like getting hit by a slightly bouncy cannon ball)

From what I can remember, at any given time there are two backliners, two strikers, one dealer, and one goalie on the court for each team. Players are subbed in and out as needed (I might be remembering the numbers wrong, maybe they have 3 backliners at a time idk)

Exy is a high contact sport similar to lacrosse, so players are free to use physical force against each other. They can check, tackle, and basically do whatever it takes to get the ball. Just like in hockey, players often get into fights. Excessive use of violence can get them flagged by referees, but it’s by no means a gentle sport. Players go into it with the expectation of getting thrown around and bruised.

Players wear padding and helmets to protect themselves, but bruises, sprains, concussions, and broken bones aren’t uncommon within the sport.

There are some basic rules for how the game is played. Exy is kinda like lacrosse in that players pass the ball back and forth with their raquets. I don’t know a lot about all the rules of lacrosse but I know exy has a rule about possession that’s similar to basketball. In basketball a player has to dribble the ball while they’re moving, if they hold it in their hands without dribbling for too many steps it’s called traveling and it’s a foul. Exy is the same, a player can only be in possession of the ball for 10 (?) steps before they have to pass it. If they carry it farther than that it’s traveling (idk if there’s a special term for it in exy speak). There are ways for players to get around this. They can either pass the ball to a teammate after they’ve taken their 10 steps OR they can rebound it off a wall, catch it in their racquet, and keep moving. This is the reason exy has to be played inside and not outside, so that the players can use the walls. If it’s played outside they can’t rebound the ball and they have to rely strictly on passing back and forth, which isn’t always possible especially if a player is being heavily guarded. I’m not positive if this possession rule applies to all players or only strikers, but it would make sense for it to be all players.

I can’t remember if the books say anything about who is allowed to shoot at the goal. Obviously strikers can but I can’t remember if there are any rules saying backliners, dealers, and goalies can’t score points

The game is played in 2 halves, a total of 4 quarters. I’m not sure if the book ever says how long each quarter is but it’s probably safe to assume each is 15 minutes, so a total of 1 hour playing time. However with timeouts, breaks, penalty time and other interruptions games usually last far longer.

The foxes are a unique team because they’re much smaller than pretty much any other team in the league. They only have 9 players by the end of the year, so they can’t sub players in and out as easily. Most teams have upwards of 18 people so the players are usually on court for a much shorter time and have more time to rest between playing time. In the foxes vs. Trojans game, USC decided to play with the same size roster as the foxes meaning they rarely got to sub out players, which is why they were so exhausted by the end. Throwing yourself around a huge court at top speed for an hour is tiring.

That’s all I can think of at the moment, I’m not an expert and it’s been a while since I’ve read the books but I think exy is a pretty cool sport :)

[laurentsmadrecklessgambit]

currently thinking about how Jean is dating Kevin's celebrity crush and how he'll most definitely spend all of the NCAA final pissing Kevin off, but when USC finally win he'll be like "so ... you coming to the hotel with me and Jeremy?" and Kevin will want to punch him but he'll go anyway 🥰

[thehistorykev]

that's kevaaron, right?

[that-vampire-loser]

I don’t believe a single fox is straight (except for maybe Dan but even she’s a toss up)

[eyeslikefirefl1es]

Happy pride month Kevin Day I know what you are

[idkimtiredanddumb]

“It’s a made up sport” imagine for one second they were playing football imagine Kevin Fucking Day saying give me your game about fucking football or absolutely any other real sport I’m begging u to be ffr

[whattowritehere]

Kevin: sooo, some of your aliens can fly, right?

Ben, not sure where this is going: yeah...

Kevin: which means hypothetically you could backflip off the Empire State Building

Ben, eyes lighting up: yeah!

Gwen: NO!

[wannabewriterlol]

Andrew and Neil would be insufferable on Valentine’s Day. Every other day of the year their subtle, or try to be. But something about today breaks that seal and the foxes suffer through it.

[plutoslvr]

sorry i only delve into fanon if the things i say could be backed up by 3 different instances in canon