anon just say you don't know how cults work, like it's not that hard to say just say you don't get how they work its quite simple, if you won't shot on any of the other ravens and only Thea than that's very strange going with she's the only canonical black character,
i wanna agree with you on thea and i understand she went through the raven's cult and i recognize that trauma/experience but she considered, Jean —who was underage when it started— being used sexually and I'm even willing to be she knew he didn't ask for it because she's not stupid and has been in the team long enough, "old tricks." to me that's shitty. And her overall attitude is much too dismissive/demanding for someone that didn't involve herself to help and just get answers to understand a situation she didn't even plan to BE involved with.
She's a fine character, well written for the little importance and screentime given, but she's detestable to me and I cannot respect her beyond "I see you're a survivor and a fine player, for that I respect you."
That and their relationship (hers and Kevins) is the most undeveloped/boring of them so I have a natural bias against them as a couple too but that's obvious now
alright people this is the last time we're doing this.
the nest is a cult. thea was in that cult for five years. thea did not get out earlier, like kevin did. thea was subject to brainwashing and abuse. thea was isolated from essentially anybody who wasn't a raven. thea was 18 when she got there. thea would have known nothing but the nest and become desensitized to the abuse that happened there. she would have looked past and ignored what the master told her to ignore because that is how cults work. that is how brainwashing works.
if you think her attitude is "too demanding" when she wants an explanation for kevin ignoring her for almost two years, read the book again. consider why the only canonical black character in it is "detestable" to you.
me with all my wips when I only have a prologue written for we'll be fine eventually and just haven't written the first chapter
OMG OMG QUEEN MOTHER WYMACK
I need this in art I'm being so fr I need a queen wymack fanart
Barbie as The Princess and the Pauper AU but make it Twinyards
i think about a version of aftg where andrew had to chase after neil and actually catch him in order to keep him. like i imagine a scene where neil's paranoia gets triggered so he runs away and andrew chases after him, not used to the effort so his legs burn and chest hurts but neil is right in front of him, arms length. his knees ache, threatening to buckle but that firey hair in front of him urges him forward. he's about to give up, wonder what makes him even run after this thorn on his side but then neil's looking over his shoulder. eyes wide and blue, shocked for all they're worth and then neil's stumbling.
he falls and stares up at andrew's hunch figure over him amazed. no one has ever caught up to him, no one's ever tried. but here they were, eye to eye with neither one clear what causes the stand still. unsure of why andrew chased and unsure of why neil stayed.
beautiful. wonderful. no notes.
so we're talking baltimore, right? if neil found out lola and romero came for him and instead of going, he did what his mother taught him to do. he dropped everything and ran. he ran even though his muscles ached from the game and he ran away from the best year of his life because maybe for a fleeting second he thinks his mother is waiting for him he thinks she's going to be there when he turns the corner, she's going to give him a new passport and a new name and they're going to escape like they always do and no, maybe she's behind him, maybe she's calling his name, maybe he can hear her, why is he running from her, he needs to stay with her, he has to stay with his mother, he needs to keep her safe just like she kept him safe. for a moment he is alex and stefan and chris and nathaniel and all twenty-two names when he turns around for just a second, and it's not her, and it's not his father either.
the hands that catch hold of him don't hold weapons. andrew stops him from running and he says his name and suddenly neil isn't anybody other than neil, and for one fleeting moment he wonders if he dreamed it, if he could stay here for real. andrew looks scared, but his grip is firm and his voice insistent when he says "you're staying."
for a second neil thinks he can. for a second he wants to.
then he glances over andrew's shoulder, and the past he's spent nine years running from is standing right there.
all he can say is "you have to let me go."
THANK YOU
"happy 19th birthday junior"
it's my birthday tada
SNIPPIT 1 FOR UHHH the fic that has no name the full chapter 1 isn't written yet I just wanted to get the snippit out
so the snippit is basically when neil has the racquet slammed into his gut its not all that good written as its a snippit for a reason so enjoy:
Elio had his ear pressed to the bathroom/stall door hearing the locker room door get pushed open hoping it was his mommy and not anymore of the people who were already in the outside room, he didn’t hear the other give the signal to come out of hiding but worry was gnawing at his gut rubbing at his arm faster.
The boy was snapped out of his worry at the sound of someone hitting the floor and the sound of a gruff mans voice chastising someone, Elio pushed open the bathroom/stall door rushing around the corner slightly seeing Neil on the ground trying to take gasps of air, he seemed to have not noticed that Elio had came out from where he was hiding until the toddler{small boy} had rushed to grab onto one of his arms causing the short blonde to pause at what he was saying “well that’s interesting.” the blonde had mentioned a strange smile on his face. “Anyways if he was nice coach he wouldn’t be any use to us, would he?”
Elio noticed that his mommy had put a arm around his middle the boy didn’t share the same care for exy as Neil did having no interest in the sport other than watching the older one play and seem more alive.
I don't know if the bathrooms/stalls in the Millport locker were stalls in a room with a door or just stalls so uhh yeah
while I wait for 15 hours for the votes to be done (I'm impatient I'm trying to be patient it's just 15 hours idc if it isn't on point its technically 15 hours) here are some facts about elio
number one: elio has curly hair, like 3A-3C curly hair depending on if its cared for
number two: elio has no concept of gender (this is due to having been raised on the run)
number three: like how neil upped his age by a year elios age is upped by a year as well (he was orginal born in 2002 the day and month are the same)
number four: between Christmas and January Allison decided to work on elios hair getting it back to its natural state (the sketch/drawing I'm doing has his natural hair so yay)
number five: elio can't swim at all he also has a fear of the water
number six: when elio was a infant (and even now because he's short for his age) neil used to cary neil on his front with one of those baby wrap things under baggy shirts ad sweaters
number seven: before baltimore, the girls had taken elio out with them and he had picked out a yellow dress with sunflowers all over it (letting this kid explore his gender which is more than I can say for all my other kid ocs in general)
number eight: elio did try to take the racoon home with the foxes when it came time to leave the cabins it took about five minutes into the drive for aaron to point out the noise from the boot
number nine: Kevin had tried to get elio into exy but it didn't go over well as elio had just started furiously signing in ASL to the point that even neil struggled to keep up
number ten: the monsters dorm room cupboards have at least about 2 massive tubs of strawberry milk (nesquik cuz I think that was the cheapest at the time, it's basically just the cheapest one okay I'm not good at prices)
my nickname by my close friends is ghost (I get called it more than my name) and I do random things (i got rid of the h because it sounds more like how I say if)
what made u guys pick ur url's !
IVE FINSISHED THE KINGS MAN GIYS OMG THAT WAS SO FUCKING LONG BUT LIKE JESUS CHRIST I LOVE THIS SERIES SO MUCH I ALMOST FORGOT HOW MUCH, Jeremy there like 😊 when handing over the list of his teams players for the match like omg you go boy you radiating sunshine engery, rikos death the way ichiro cradles rikos cheek like the thoughts that would have been going through his head (he's a bad person don't get me wrong he's awful but like to only meet his brother when his brother wants to kill him is somthing)
'now he couldn't help but smile and pull andrew in, this was everything he wanted, everything he needed and Neil was never letting go.' LIKE OMG WAY TO FUCKING END THE BOOK, I'm never gonna shut up eved again I was like simmering in this series for years never again I'm gonna be so annoying that I will not apologise for it because woooo fun
I wish I was your girl Jayce 🧎♀️
i loved him and found him fine since s1 but as soon as i saw that beard i was going insane, i didnt want to blink whenever he was on screen, i needed to savour every second of screen time this man had
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hi uhhh I'm aroace ghost rat ting here, 19 years I use any pronouns as icba to care what you use should clarify that I'm a massive bitch
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