Richard denialist

Andrew: I don't

Nicky: You do

Andrew: I don't

While Neil hesitates, weighing his options, Andrew appears beside Nicky — and something just clicks in his mind. He remembers what Nicky said about Exy not being able to replace his whole world. And he’s thinking about that while looking at ANDREW, AAAAAAA

Andrew became something important to Neil in such a short time, just like Neil did for Andrew. What amazes me the most is how Andrew started trusting Neil enough to let him touch him. And I love that with Neil’s arrival in his life, all the principles and rules that Mary had so carefully instilled in Andrew fell apart in just a few months.

Sorry, I just have a love hate obsession with these kids. They completely throw me off balance. 🤲🏼🥹

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Меня до глубины души трогает момент десятой главы, когда Ники просит Нила поехать вместе с ним за мороженным в магазин. Перед Нилом стоит выбор: посмотреть ещё одну игру «Диких Котов» или всё же уделить внимание чем-то кроме экси.

Пока Нил шатается на весах, рядом с Ники появляется Эндрю и в голове что-то щелкает. Он вспоминает слова Ники про то, что экси не заменит ему весь мир. И он об этом думает смотря НА ЭНДРЮ, ВААААААА

Для Нила Эндрю стал чем-то важным за столь короткий период, как Нил для Эндрю. Меня особенно поражает то как Эндрю начал доверять Нилу настолько, что позволил к себе прикоснуться. И мне нравится, что с приходом в жизнь Нила Эндрю все принципы и наставления, что так усердно выращивала в нем Мэри сломались за жалкие несколько месяцев.

Andrew my boy was not just giving instructions, he was actively playing, aiming to keep like 5 promises at the time, trying to keep his best friend alive while impressing his boyfriend.

in which universe the ravens thought they stood a chance?

“Who said ‘please’ that made you hate the word so much?”

Andrew gazed at him in silence for a minute. “I did.”

Neil didnt know what answer he’d been expecting but this wasn’t it. He felt like a pop to his chest, sharp and startling. He opened his mouth to say something, anything, but what could he possible say to something like that?

Andrew tolerated his blanks stare only for a couple seconds before waving this all off as inconsequential and uninteresting. “He said I would stop if I said it.”

“You believed him,” Neil guessed.

“I was seven,” Andrew said. “I believed him.”

First time meeting Andrew: "Andrew Minyard didn't look like much in person, blonde and five feet even."

I know there’s the infamous “I don’t swing” line but the reason Neil doesn’t is because he was never allowed too and he said it himself.

Which speaks to more to me about his mother’s control than Neil not being personally interested in anyone.

And yeah he’s oblivious to people being attracted to him including Andrew until it’s literally spelled out to him. But that’s a pretty standard trope for his kind of character.

Granted I’m not demisexual myself so you know maybe I’m missing something but I just never got that vibe from him.

I’ve seen people talk about how Kevin feels aromantic coded and that Andrew gives of ace vibes and I can see where those comes from.

For me it's in the way his perspective and internal voice doesn't even notice other people as potential sexual nor romantic partners. He sees people as traits rather than bodies I think.

For example, the most obvious one, the whole conversation with Nicky abt women being soft. Nicky is like: their BODIES but Neil is: their PSYCHE, their DETERMINATION, their MINDSET.

I love how this applies with Andrew too. He's like: Andrew is strong enough for me to RELAY ON HIM, he can PROTECT. Andrew's personality is SAFE.

I don't remember how the scene at Eden's goes word by word, but someone pushes him again Andrew's chest and Neil's first thought is: He can hold me like a wall would, he's not necessarily thinking: uhh, kinky