those are my emotional support codependant gays

this might be a controversial opinion but. i have seen the song “we’ll never have sex” by leith ross on one too many andreil playlists. in fact, i don’t think it should be on any andreil playlists. to be clear, this is not a judgement of the song itself. it’s a beautiful song, and i’ve been moved to tears while listening to it. however, that song features someone expressing their desire to engage in physical intimacy that is not building up to sex, and how appreciative they are that their partner is happy to do that. when people associate this song with andreil, i assume it’s in reference to andrew’s complicated relationship with sex and the patience with which neil is willing to navigate it. but the lyrics of the song are antithetical to canon in two major ways. first off, andrew is touch-averse, and doesn’t engage in much non-sexual physical intimacy (i know people have been making the case lately that he actually is tactile because he is sometimes tactile with neil….and no. to reference my goat @andrewminyard-josten again, andrew’s behavior toward neil cannot be used as metric for his general behavior, because neil is an exception to it. and even then, we do not see him asking neil to engage in non-sexual physical intimacy). second, it’s not that andrew doesn’t want to have sex, it’s that his trauma makes it difficult for him— which is a very important distinction. the beauty of him and neil’s relationship is that for the first time, he trusts someone enough to try to push his own boundaries, to work up to having sex in the way most people can. there’s a critical moment at the end of tkm when, upon learning the true extent of andrew's sexual trauma, neil asks how he can stand to do anything physical with him, and andrew, displeased to be having this conversation, explains that it's because he trusts neil to respect a "no." all this to say, i think in a scenario like the one this song evokes, aka neil reassuring andrew that their relationship would not be endangered if he never wanted to have sex, andrew would be genuinely offended. because like. yes. but that's not the case here. the best thing neil can (and does) do for andrew is to trust him to know his own desires, to treat him as the autonomous sexual being that he is.

andrew and neil getting so hype about kevin covering his tattoo that they have to make out for the rest of the night has gotta be the craziest thing to survive from the kandreil drafts

just remembered andrew and kevins height difference and started laughing to myself like a crazy person

Andrew minyard thinking he could take on the mafia is so 19 year boy of him

guys the point is "reflect on how you have learned bigotry through exposure and you parrot it in your own works and in the fandoms you engage with without self awareness" not "tell me, specifically, what random motifs you think are evil"

on the flipside, to everyone adding notes about hooked noses, turbans + headscarves, nonwhite features and cultural clothing in general, mental and physical disorders, and surely others I've missed in recollection: you are entirely right and should say it.

finding out kevin has a gf gotta be like top three most unbelievable reveals in history

genuinely if i was into neil josten i would be humiliated by it too. the man wears jorts. he's never picked up a social cue in his life and the only thing he thinks about is stick ball. he smokes but he actually doesn't and he's ginger and he's got mommy issues and the most punchable face a man has ever worn. he doesn't even pick up on any of your cool smooth lines nor does he care how sexy your car is. he's british. when you're talking he says things like 'i could draw on you with a marker' and when you're gone he says you're all that matters. andrew was right to hate him this would be a fucking devastating thing to discover about yourself.

I think the scariest thing about Zombie stage isn't that it's people not aliens. I feel the scariest part is the lack of humanity in the main cast. In Alien stage we saw the characters anguish and fight against there torment. But instead of screaming or fighting Mizi just smiles and sings. Completely empty a husk of a person a Zombie. It will be interesting and terrifying to see this to happen to a character like Till who's rebellion is a key part of their character. Or Ivan not caring about protecting Till when they go against each other just watching Till be chopped up