#neil at school

[detectivebambam]

honestly I think Andrew is just weird. i think his brain just never shuts off, and he's always thinking bizarre thoughts. being off the meds gives him a filter, that's all. it's not like the medication created those weird thoughts for him, it just caused him to voice them. as neil and andrew spend more time alone together, he becomes more comfortable just speaking his thoughts out loud to neil. at first he was like "andrew wtf" but now he's just unphased. see:

andrew: do you think mermaid tails are a gradient or a direct cutoff

neil: what

andrew: at what point when you're eating a mermaid does it stop being sushi and become cannibalism

neil:

anyway andrew is just a little freak and i love him

[dvrcos]

Aaron getting into medical school and leaving exy behind at Palmetto. He makes some friends, of course, and he doesn’t feel the need to mention to any of them that he’s family friends with multiple professional exy players, including the son of exy himself Kevin Day. He’s moved on from exy and while he’s proud of the Foxes he doesn’t want to be known for it while starting this new adventure.

But obviously he’s not gonna cut ties with the Foxes, so he continues to text them and call them and he’ll be included in some of their social media posts and occasionally he’ll post something with them in it. And his new classmates and friends start to catch on that he’s the Aaron Minyard, former starting backliner for the Palmetto State Foxes NCAA champions, brother of one of the best goalkeepers in the league and close friend of many other professional players.

And Aaron absolutely dreads it when they connect all the dots. Like he refuses to acknowledge that he knows them. People will ask him like “omg do you really know the Kevin Day?” or “is all that stuff about Neil Josten true?” or “are you actually Andrew Minyards twin?” and he’ll just deadpan stare at them and just go “who?” Even worse when someone tries to treat him like a celebrity or ask him about his time as a Fox and he just gives them the most disgusted stare until they eventually walk away.

Yet he’ll keep posting with them he even increases how much he posts with them because he proud of them because he thinks it’s hilarious to watch people get pissed off at him for pretending not to know who they are and then turning around and posting a picture of himself at their games or on their annual vacations.

And when Kevin signs with the team that’s located in the same city that Aaron’s in they start hanging out all the time. They’ll go out to a bar and his classmates are shocked that this kid from their anatomy class is taking shots with Kevin Day. Aaron will just ask them “who” when they confront him and immediately turn back to Kevin to continue their conversation.

Idk just something about Aaron being this random med school kid with 3 of the best professional Exy players trailing him is my favorite thing. Also him being proud of his foxes and showing it in his own asshole way

[bisexualdisasterjeanmoreau]

Do you guys think that Kevin, Neil, Andrew, and Renee fly out for Jean’s first game against the Ravens?

Like I don’t think they’d make a big deal of it or anything but Kevin texts him a few days beforehand to let him know they’re coming, Jean tells them not to but Kevin says they already bought the tickets (he also texts Jeremy later and asks him to check in with Jean about them coming to make sure he doesn’t actually not want them there).

They get seats behind the Trojans’ bench but make no attempt to communicate with Jean before the game, besides a small wave from Renee. It’s a gesture Jean understands clear as day: we’re here only if you need us.

[deelil4h]

I’m so back w media au ‼️

[wearepeace]

“Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.” ― Neil Armstrong

[joytri]

boarding school aesthetic

[ineffablecastielsstuff]

Hi Tumblr void!

Anyone any input on using Good Omens for lessons in school? Or The Graveyard Book? Or Coraline? Which age group is best for those books? I'd love to read a Neil Gaiman book with my class but I feel like I need more input to make a case for it with my boss... Any experience or tips you like to share will be appreciated! 😊

[friskisawesome]

TO INDEED BE A GOD

[one-time-i-dreamt]

Before the final in my Spanish class, we got to ride a rollercoaster together as a treat, I guess. Our cart took a wrong turn and we ended up in a facility in Antarctica where we met Neil Gaiman and Bill Nye.

[aftgscenes]

Everyday I thank god (Nora) that aftg is set in college and not high school

[capnkerfufflez]

snuck mr Neil Cicierega into a class assignment

[dramaticlacrosse]

the good, the bad and the gorgeous

[moonagedaydreamsofrhiannon]

my 79 year old english teacher just came out to me as bisexual and i am so aghast i can’t tell anyone bc i don’t wanna out him but i NEED TO TALK ABOUT THIS

i was talking about dead poets society and walt whitman and then he just says “you know i had a gay lover when i was younger and we drove across europe together on the back of a motorcycle” EXCUSE ME??????????

[pamelaandersonsgaurd]

⭑ School starts soon I might just dieee!! ⭑😪😪

[sweaty-toothed-mad-woman]

Neil is a damn good liar

we see it a few times. the most noteable is when he tells Mr Keating that his father was gonna let him do the play, but another time that I think is important is when his father spawns in his room and Neil lies immediately

it’s kind of heartbreaking, really. his dad shows up, and Neil’s immediate reaction is to lie. he withheld the truth from his father and got caught, so the only way he could explain himself was to try and tell a lie. it’s literally the first thing he does. he says “I was gonna surprise you” even though he knew damn well he was hoping his father wouldn’t figure out he was doing the play. Neil is good at lying on his feet. he does it right here: now maybe he had that excuse planned out for in case Mr Perry did find out, but he obviously wasn’t expecting it, you can see it in his face when he first walks into the room and Mr Perry is there. so either he had a lie planned—which is a whole other thing that nobody should have to do, especially with their parents—or he was able to come up with a relatively believable lie on the spot. in my opinion it’s the latter, bc I feel like he grew up in a household where that skill is necessary in order to stay out of serious trouble.

in the scene where Neil is talking to Mr Keating, he lies and says that his father is letting him do the play. now he knows that if he says that his father is super excited then Mr Keating won’t believe him. so instead he backs it up with believable evidence, facts that are twisted to support what he is saying. at some point in his life, Mr Perry DID tell Neil to keep up his grades. Mr Perry is NOT happy with the fact that Neil is in the play. these are all facts that Neil says to make the lie—that Mr Perry is letting him do the play—more believable. this kinda shit comes from experience believe me. he has been having to lie his entire life for various reasons, whether it’s coming up with excuses for why he was out later than he should’ve been or why he didn’t do well on a test or why a vase is broken in the living room or anything in between, so that he doesn’t experience SEVERE consequences. he’s had to lie to his parents for so long that it’s practically a second nature, and nobody should have to deal with that.

in conclusion, Neil needs a hug.

[bazookaboi]

More school doodles but now it’s just badly drawn camp camp fanart.