@karmiky how could you hide this in the tags of your reblog omfg i’m CACKLING💀💀
aftg but every time the foxes travel anywhere, Medicated Andrew™ sings “the wheels on the bus” nonstop until he passes out
okay you know what, andrew may have killed his mom but at least he’s a generous tipper. murder? excusable. tipping 5% at a restaurant? well now we’re gonna have to excuse another murder
i love that andreil didn’t try to hide their (“not-”)relationship from anyone, they just didn’t bother telling people. they didn’t try to deny their attraction or the fact that they’d been hooking up, and they didn’t panic when they were outed. their reaction was basically “yeah, and?”, and they they just went on with their lives and nothing changed. they’re so perfect for each other and it’s so pure and i can go on about this forever but
it’s funny to think that kevin was completely oblivious while watching exy in the bedroom when neil and andrew were making out right outside the door. BUT it’s even funnier to imagine that since he likely already knew andreil was a thing/not-a-thing and he heard the nicky leave, he was just,, sitting in there and trying so hard to focus on the game while turning his headphones to max volume and internally screaming at himself not to leave the room
the foxes as taylor swift albums
this post is dedicated to @unholy-goddess oddess (because i know she’ll love it, and because she helped me place a few foxes) and to @andrewssock (because i know they’ll hate it xoxo)
the first three are tentative but there’s more and more good proof the farther along you get, so just bear with me
1- debut: aaron
aaron gets debut mainly because of the longing-for-things-you-can’t-have and i’m-absolutely-in-love-with-you vibes, but also partly because of the slightly judgemental aspect of the album
lyrics that remind me of him:
- i’m only me when i’m with you, from “i’m only me when i’m with you”
- and i don’t try to hide my tears/ my secrets or my deepest fears/ through it all nobody gets me like you do, from “i’m only me when i’m with you”
2- fearless: dan
first off, just because of the name of the album lmao. the love songs are also great for her and matt, discovering yourself and ending up better off than you were when you were a teenager, and the underlying theme of friendship, loyalty, and desperate love all fit dan.
lyrics that remind me of her:
- don’t forget to look before you fall/ but i’ve found time can heal most anything/ and you just might find out who you’re supposed to be, from “fifteen”
- this love is difficult/ but it’s real, from love story
3- speak now: matt
he’s so in love with dan and that’s the driving reason behind this placement, but also the standing up for yourself bits are very fitting
lyrics that remind me of him:
- you’re the kind of reckless that should send me running/ but i kinda know that i won’t get far, from “sparks fly”
- long live the walls we crashed through/ how the kingdom lights shine just for me and you, from “long live”
4- red: allison
my beloved. the whole reason i even thought of this post in the first place. i was listening to starlight and it fit so well and then i listened to the rest of the album (for the millionth time) and it all clicked into place for her. this one is very much about glamour (and its beauty and struggles), off-and-on-again relationships, and the highs and lows of being a (beautiful) young adult. allison vibes all around
lyrics that remind me of her:
- the whole place was dressed to the nines/ and we were dancing, dancing/ like we’re made of starlight, from “starlight”
- and they still tell the legend of how you disappeared/ how you took the money and your dignity and got the hell out, from “lucky one”
- the entirety of “i knew you were trouble” and “we are never ever getting back together”
5- reputation: andrew
i have no doubt in my mind that this is andrew’s album. for a second i did consider neil, but he actively avoided having a reputation whereas andrew’s is all people think of when they hear about him. also i think he’d appreciate the beat drops
lyrics that remind me of him:
- i don’t regret it one bit/ ‘cause he had it coming, from “i did something bad”
- maybe i got mine/ but you’ll all get yours, from “look what you made me do”
- for you i would cross the line and don’t blame me, love made me crazy/ if it doesn’t you ain’t doing it right, from “don’t blame me”
6- 1989: neil
debated this for about 2 seconds, at which point i remembered the song “i know places” exists. the overall album atmosphere of big cities and hiding and faded memories fits neil to a t.
lyrics that remind me of him:
- they are the hunters, we are the foxes/ and we run/ baby, i know places we won’t be found and/ they’ll be chasing their tails trying to track us down, from “i know places”
- nothing lasts forever/ but this is gonna take me down, from “wildest dreams”
- but when the sun came up, i was looking at you, from “out of the woods”
7- lover: nicky
it’s an album about loving someone from abroad, with a mix of euphoric songs and hopeless songs and honestly i think this is just perfect for nicky. it was one of the easiest ones to place
lyrics that remind me of him:
- i like shiny things but i’d marry you with paper rings, from “paper rings”
- have i known you twenty seconds or twenty years?, from “lover”
- something gave you the nerve/ to touch my hand/ it’s nice to have a friend, from “it’s nice to have a friend”
8- folklore: renee
literally listen to any song and you’ll know what i mean
lyrics that remind me of her:
- i just wanted you to know/ that this is me trying, from “this is me trying”
- only twenty minutes to sleep/ but you dream of some epiphany/ just one single glimpse of relief/ to make some sense of what you’ve seen, from “epiphany”
9- evermore: kevin
unholy-goddess and i both actually originally thought fearless for kevin, but some of the songs in evermore are just too perfect of a fit to ignore, so he gets my favourite album. what is most reminiscent of kevin in this album is the exhaustion and the discovery of one’s own worth. it’s best related to him if you listen to it thinking of him looking back on his time with the ravens. also it’s literally called evermore
lyrics that remind me of him:
- i know my love should be celebrated/ but you tolerate it, from “tolerate it”
- there’ll be happiness after you/ but there was happiness because of you too/ both of these things can be true/ there is happiness/ past the blood and bruise, from “happiness”
- tell me, when did your winning smile/ begin to look like a smirk?/ when did all our lessons start to look like weapons pointed at my deepest hurt, from “happiness”
- i don’t need your “closure”/ your “closure”/ don’t treat me like some situation that needs to be handled/ i’m fine with my spite/ and my tears/ and my beers and my candles, from “closure”
- and i fell from the pedestal/ right down the rabbit hole/ long story short, it was a bad time, from “long story short”
i honestly don’t think anyone besides heidi will get this far, but whoever is reading this, i truly do love and appreciate you <3
“are we? friends?” crushes my heart EVERY TIME, like - neil had never had a friend in his life. there’s no way he got close to anyone in little leagues or on the run. the person he was closest to regularly beat him - and he saw no problem w that.
neil had no idea what constituted a friend, but then there was nicky, with his smiles and friendliness and exuberance, there were people that he actually cared about and that cared about him, and he didn’t know what to call it, didn’t know how to deal with it, didn’t know it was even possible for him to have friends, like normal people do, like people without butchers for fathers do.
the little stray finally found a home, and he would tear the world apart for his makeshift family of friends.
nicky has such a big heart and prioritizes everyone else over himself and i feel like we don’t talk about it enough. he’s the type of person who soothes the foxes during their panic attacks. he’s the type of person who will leave the only place that truly feels like home behind to go look after two difficult teens. he’s the type of person who will sit next to a crying stranger in the hallway and comfort them however they need (talking, distracting, joking, quiet support) without expecting anything in return
erik showed him joy and love and acceptance. i think nicky made it his goal to do the same for everyone he even remotely cares about
neil “i’m fine” josten telling wymack after coming back from evermore that no, no, he’s not alright just... pierces my heart every time i think about it. you can really see how much neil’s grown by how he finally begins to trust someone other than himself or his mom. he puts himself in such a vulnerable position when he reaches out, especially by asking for help from an older man (given his past). and the way that wymack drops everything during winter break to immediately rush to the airport, i just-
do you think neil josten likes garlic bread
the hemmicks ask andrew to lead the prayer one (1) time at a “family dinner” and he goes “rub a dub dub, thanks for the grub, yay god”. they never ask him to say grace again
i have so many emotions about One Riko Moriyama, because on one hand i hate him so much but in the other hand, every single time he appeared in the book i just...loved it. cause he added this tension and always progressed the plot. it was just so good yknow? like he’s a little bastard and if he were real i’d hate his guts on i instinct but as a character/ piece of fiction, i find him really interesting to think about. anyways:your thoughts? not just on this but like, riko in general?
(sorry for such a long ask ┌(-.-)┐)
riko moriyama is a little bitch and i hate him, but i absolutely agree with that. he’s a terrible person and i was almost as excited as neil when he died, but i also absolutely loved the almost feral side of neil he brought out. riko prompted so many iconic lines, and i was genuinely excited when i got to scenes that had him in them. that could be because i’m a sucker for angst
overall, i hate riko in terms of actual qualities. he wasn’t even a villain i could sympathize with, because he just genuinely enjoyed causing pain and terror for no other reason than that it was fun. but i loved the added angst and drama he brought to the series, it definitely enhanced some of aftg’s best qualities and made it that much more interesting
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