My Religion Is Kevin Offering To Watch Neil So He Can Drink On Thanksgiving. In French. And Then Nicky

Allison 100% can speak French and just doesn't say anything because she loves the drama neil and kevin say when they think no one can understand them

Despite having more teammates, Neil still regularly plays full games bc he knows he can and likes to. Wymack let's him bc it's one of the only sure-fire ways to get that boy worn out enough to chill. His stamina is out of this world by the time he goes pro and his team doesn't know how to handle him bc pros have way bigger teams and there's no way a rookie is going to get that much play time (not to mention, you just don't do full games that's ridiculous)

But like

What are they supposed to DO with him

He runs circles around them at practice despite being there long before and after official times. He's been caught multiple times by himself late at night. And when he's not on the court, he's on the bench running his mouth.

His coach reaches out to the coach of another team, one he thinks might be able to give some advice. But Kevin's coach just says "oh god i was going to call and ask YOU wtf to do he's going to decimate my team"

They conference in a third coach who is not much help bc the only thing David Wymack says after laughing himself breathless is "good fucking luck" and he hangs up

when neil was going to save andrew at the hemmick's house, he knew exactly what kind of wood the door was, and how easy it would be to break through. that's what kind of guy he is. neil doesn't win fights, but he is damn good at a getaway. this is a really good example about how all of neil's knowledge is really selective because of his upbringing. we need more survivalist neil because he shows all these traits in the books, another example is when he hitchhiked from columbia to palmetto. please stop ignoring this because i want to see batshit insane neil on the run fics right now thx

NEIL YOU SWEET SUMMER CHILD. after nicky's little info dump about he felt like erik was strong enough for nicky to lean on for hours without him breaking a sweat, neil thinks about how he feels there is no one strong enough to shoulder his problems. except andrew. andrew stood his ground instead of being horrified at the truth. AND THEN IMMEDIATELY DISREGARDS IT WITH- and i quote- "but that didnt count, because andrew was andrew" NEIL YOU'RE HAVING GAY THOUGHTS LESS THAN HALFWAY THROUGH TRK SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UPPPPP

Why do fanfic writers randomly make characters korean. And it is always the whitest characters ever. Like I read a fic where someone made the twinyards half korean or some shit and it's like. Tilda was probably a racist. I swear to you I have read multiple fics where Keith Kogane was made korean. He's literally japanese. just don't do it? it's not only forced diversity, it's just randomly making your faves korean because you have an east asian fetish. This has been a PSA.

Thinking about Nicholas Esteban Hemmick, who for some reason did improv classes. Who would literally clap back at anyone in less than a second. School mascot thrusts at him? He thrusts right back. Some fans heckling the foxes? He didn't even hesitate to heckle back. Wymack had to stop him. He was literally so unhinged. what the hell. What a little shitster.

Marketing degree? Please go to hell. Thinking about how he overcompensated his personality to be even brighter and bubblier to balance out the twins doom and gloom. Thinking about him going to conversion therapy. Thinking about his future husband saving his life. Thinking about his black hair (that everyone forgets for some reason?) Thinking about how he was an overdramatic useless gay bastard on the court. If he wasn't so flashy he would be a better player and he literally gave no fucks.

who let this man outside. I love him.

rising from my grave to bring you this in light of recent developments

no.1: dickieboy oldman

First impressions: he's nothing like me. he's a weird narrator, unreliable and all this account take on this dreamlike take of what happened. i mean seriously, his account of everything is almost a decade after the events and it's idealised and confusing, chock full of timeskips.

But. he's an incredibly written unreliable narrator. he leaves out key details, (like the fact he was drunk off his ass half the time) (or on drugs) and just really. he lets his own bias get in the way of everything. he still loves bunny and charles (charles somewhat less because he actually hurt someone he "cared" about) because he's a white man from california in the eighties. he doesn't care that they're but abusive hateful people because their prejudices don't actively hurt him. even though they harmed his friends.

and furthermore he kind of indulges in the same prejudices. he feels violent urges towards camilla (though it was really a passing remark and he doesnt act on them as charles does) and his internalised homophobia inhibits his relationship with francis whenever he's confronted with francis' gayness all over again. (although francis was flirting with him the entire time. so that may be a moot point.) so yeah. he's definitely a narrator alright.

the way he interacts with people is interesting because he feels the urge to lie about. well. everything to do with his past. and so he doesn't really HAVE a relationship with people until they realise he's penniless. which they notice pretty quickly. (even bunny does) (ie making fun of his offbrand ties etc etc) as the people around him spend mroe time with him and realise that Richard Papen is actually poor, they start treating him like a person.

Richard has a very distinct and interesting way of interacting with his friends individually. he builds up a distinct way to build rapport with each of them. (reassuring charles that he is liked, listening to francis and taking him to the doctors etc) because not only does he have a deep seated need to be like, BUT he wants these people to stick with him for life. he wants them to want him.

but onto the reason i wrote this. hes fuckin gay. the way he describes men is just out of this world. henry is described like he's a god. francis is beautiful and untouchable. charles is an all american dream. and camilla. is constantly described as boyish and looking exactly like charles. which means he's attracted to charles by proxy. he literally kisses francis back in the kitchen. he would've got on his knees for henry had he the chance. he was literally a charles apologist. he was so repressed it hurts my heart. he just didn't like women the way he described men. he wanted to grow old with francis in the countryside. camilla was the closest he was going to get to a man.

he's toeing the line between bicon and gay bastard but god does he walk it hard. he does it for us. i love and hate his junkie ass.

GAY RIGHTS ASSHOLES !!

Yes, Spain!!!!

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"No one asked you"

The King's Men - Chapter Nine

Oh this took a while, but I'm glad people stuck with me for this one because I'm really happy with it!

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