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heated rivalry meets andreil (or the other way around idk)

The narrative draws a lot of parallels between Jeremy and Riko. We find out that Jeremy is yet another neglected son of an absentee father, younger brother to a "preferred son," who clings onto the family name of the father who abandoned him as the last shred of proof of their connection. We find out that Jeremy's family can operate the same levers of power that the Moriyamas can, with their police connections, their wealth and their political influence. Because of that upbringing, Jeremy, like Riko, shows a viciousness that's rooted in hurting people from a position of power. Both Jeremy and Riko are PR-savvy, well-regarded captains of top exy teams whose teams are deeply loyal to them. Both of them have been handed one Jean Moreau on a leash to handle as they please. Both of them have been responsible for ruining lives, and both got away with it to sit down at a banquet and throw that fact in their enemies' faces.

In the banquet scene in TGR, it's Connors and Lander who come looking for trouble, but it's Jeremy who has the actual power to make plausible threats. All Connors and Lander really do is wave around some pixy sticks and try to threaten Jeremy with bad memories. Jeremy is the one who can boast about destroying someone's life with his family's power, the same way that Riko boasted about having Seth killed. Like Riko, Jeremy is the one at the banquet who poses the real threat. Jeremy's POV in that chapter frames Jeremy as the villainous captain of a well-regarded team because in Jeremy's view of himself, he IS the villain of his story.

he’ll live!

not sure about aaron and kevin, though