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And in the United States, this starts young. I've seen teachers tell a Kazakhstani parent that she should tell her kid to speak English INSTEAD. The kid was 2 and a half. A friend's five year old told him "Dad this is America we dont speak Chinese". If you don't teach your kid your native language this country will wrest all pride and heritage from them by force. An occasional visit or two to the home country will not stop the bleeding.

I see you're a DND/bg3 fan 👀

May I ask what class you think the AFTG characters in the forgotten realms would be and why? 🥺👉👈

(who's your favorite BG3 character)

- Lore 🤗

THANK YOU!!!🥹🥹💜💜

I am actually doing a TOP SECRET [REDACTED] project where I am drawing something similar to this!

IF we're going off of my real and honest opinions, I have seen many people assign dwarf to the Minyards and Changeling to Neil, and bard to nicky HOWEVER! as someone who has played with so many specific options.... these are my thoughts >:3

Disclaimer: this would be SOLELY stat based, not as much physically relevant.

Neil: He's a tiefling (probably 1/2 halfling). He's a fighter (battle master) Bard (college of eloquence). Everyone says he's a changeling rogue but that's just not true, he's versatile, not stealthy. He's fast because he can walk his way into and out of anywhere, people SEE him--they just don't recognize him. His fighting style is dueling.

Kevin: He might be a half-elf (moon elf or aevendrow). Paladin fs, oath of the crown turned oathbreaker maybe reinstated into a different oath after his recovery. He's the face of redemption to everyone.

Andrew: Half-elf. (tilda Sun Elf, dad halfling?) DEFINITELY a rogue assassin.

Putting the rest under read/see more ↓

No shade I love that you're doing it based on genuine stats than just like vibes and DND stereotypes. These are so good let me dissect.

BARD-FIGHTER NEIL 🙌🙌🙌 No I agree I don't like rouge for him. Not the vibes. (Also can we imagine Neil with tiefling eyes 🤩)

Paladin Kevin intrigues me 👀 If I'm being entirely honest I see Kevin as a bard cause of the persona he has to put on. He would have a great man behind the mask aesthetic but the idea of such a changing oath for him as a Paladin is cool 😎

Assassin Andrew is the one people get right >>>

Love Aaron and patron just vibing. 100% on the cleric. Also the twinyards being half elves. Not belonging anywhere particular in society. It's perfect 😭

I LOVE HIM AS A WILD MAGIC USER YES YES YES IT'S PERFECT. Genasi are such an interesting concept I vibe with it

MONK RENEE >>> Monk's are so badass she deserves it. And I love gnome cause like the color for hair. Love it love it love it.

I also saw Allison as a high elf so I'm intrigued by you saying githyanki 👀 I also fw her being a college of swords bard. Love it for her.

Love Barbarian Dan. Tbh I don't know much about githyanki outside bg3 but Dan gives me githyanki vibes but dwarves are underrated tbh.

We love DPS Matt. He does give nature vibes, oddly enough. I could see him being a warlock who has to break a pact with his patron, also.

Do you have the new packs yet??? I haven't bought EBN or AA yettttt

Incoming very long sims rant!!

I do nottt! I have all the build Kits, all the expansions (minus the two new ones from this year) and MOST of the gamepacks (except batuu, even though I love starwars).

No I have just about the same! (I need to get more kits but that's what savings are for).

No I'm a big fan of lilsimsie I saw that EA caved. I hope they live the game as is. I don't want to give money to that kind of corporation so I do sales + creator codes too. As long as the game stays the same and they let the sims team do what they've been doing I can live with it (don't have to like it though 😭)

LITERALLY THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME. Moved computers and my saves were gone 😭😭😭 Sometimes it's good to start fresh, I suppose. I had too many saves before now I feel a lot better with more organized files.

I'm not the best at building but I enjoy doing it when I have the urge (thank goodness for the gallery though. She saves me 🙏). Do you do build challenges? 👀

I feel like we talked and then just like stopped I'm so sorry 😭

I want you opinion cause cause I'm thinking of starting a new AFTG AU but like unsure yk 👀

Here me out. Cause I've seen this floating around but like sort of with different interpretations: Neil and Andrew meet in Juvie ☝️

Thoughts? Feelings? 👀 Please no one understands my AFTG AU brainrot

I knowwww I'm sorry too!! I try and reach out, but then I get anxious and never end up saying anything. And then I take forever to answer cus I read and reread what I wrote (I added that on my third reread lol).

Ok, first of all. Starting a new AU is always a good idea. Always.

Still, I really like that particular idea. I think there's a lot of diferent ways to do it and all of them are really interesting. I haven't actually read a lot of fics about it though.

I kinda like the idea that Mary puts Neil in prison for a bit to be able to move better on her own and distract Nathan or lead him away and then she goes back to pick him up. Kinda like a twisted version of daycare.

Inside Neil meets Andrew and though he knows he shouldn't he hangs around him. They talk and bond. There are a lot of lies between them, especially on Neil's side, but I imagine Neil has never been as close to truthful with anyone before as he is with Andrew (aside from Mary). I imagine Neil takes the opportunity to play exy inside, or maybe he just practices a little. Andrew of course, notices (this has absolutely nothing to do with Andrew's decision to co rinse playing exy, not at all).

Neil has to leave and they don't see each other again. Andrew pretends Neil didn't matter at all, but when one day Kevin forces him to watch the audition tape of the newest fox he immediately recognices Neil and insists on going with to pick him up.

I imagine the monsters, and everyone else too, have no idea what to do with the whole situation. They clearly have something going on (and of course Andrew and Neil don't really tell anyone else what the hell is going on). I imagine Andrew to be a bit angry about the whole situation and Neil is struggling even more with the idea of leaving Andrew again).

There're lots of ways to play this and I think all of them are awesome. Tbf I think aftg is awesome so it's no surprise.

How were you thinking of going at it?? I'm really curious to see your version of this AU, I'm sure it'll be great.

Hehe, I'm glad you think so. I used to start new AUs all the time in this one fandom I was in and then would slowly drop them and sort of get lost but I only have two going on rn and neither of them are aftg and I'm in an AFTG mood soooo 🤭

Me neither! I've only seen the idea floating around! I should ask the AFTG fanfic rec blog if they have any Juvie AUs

Omg I didn't even think about Mary doing it to hide Neil from Nathan 👀👀 That's such a good idea. I was thinking like yk how they would stop all the time? Maybe Neil tried to snag smth and he wasn't as careful as he should've been (cause he's younger) or somebody asked him where his parents were and he was kind of resistant and when they called the police he ran away, so he ends up getting caught and Mary can't get him out of it this time so she's like working sort of on the side to get him out before Nathan finds out.

Hehe yeah I had a similar thought. Although I couldn't decide who'd be there first but I thought Andrew cause I think he spent a while there anyway in canon. (Ofc not he's just doing it cause he's bored obviouslyyyyyy 🤭😂)

I'm glad you mentioned this cause I actually didn't really have anything planned for when they got out and I couldn't decide if they met again before the foxes cause like it feels a little coincidental but I wasn't sure.

I'm imagining Neil being like furiously loyal to Andrew and it's like how he was when they were in Juvie and Andrew is struggling with it so much, Aaron only has so much context, and the rest of the foxes are COMPLETELY in the dark. You're right Andrew would be pissed but I think like in a "I hate you" (not actually) sort of way.

Hehe fairrrr. There's a lot of alternatives. Maybe I should play around with it. See what works best. Cause I suppose it would change how they handle Neil getting kidnapped 🤔 I mean, in theory, if he and Andrew had a stronger connection sooner it's possible he wouldn't get taken at all so I could mess with that.

Aw 🥺 Thank you! I'll definitely let you know what I end up doing once I have a plan. I just wanted to brainstorm with somebody it's been rattling around in my head for a while it was driving me crazy 😂

Ohhhhh, I hadn't thought as far as Neil's kidnapping, but now I can't stop. I think it would definitely change things. Maybe Neil tells Andrew about the countdown, and they are both helplessly stuck watching the date get closer and closer. How would the promise to protect Neil work out? How awful would it be for Andrew to see Neil leave him again? Maybe he refuses to let Neil go on his own, and they get taken together. The angst potential in that is brutal.

And now I can't stop thinking about how this AU would affect Thanksgiving or Neil's Christmas break at the Nest. Ohhhh I really should stop going down that route. I'm hurting my own feelings.

And yeah, I would love to read whatever ideas you come up with.

Screaming crying throwing up thinking of Andrew freaking out trying to figure something out once he finds out about the count down. I'm thinking once the initial tension and anger gets resolved they're like attached at the hip sort of childhood friends style even before they're romantically involved but once Neil gets the countdown there's not even going to class alone cause I'm thinking they still make the promise. Omg omg you're right there's so many open possibilities with that. Ugh the idea of them getting taken together is very complicated but you're right the angst is 🤌

AHHHHHH YOU'RE SO RIGHT. STYGIA I'M CHANGING EVERYTHING ☝️ /hj

I feel like we talked and then just like stopped I'm so sorry 😭

I want you opinion cause cause I'm thinking of starting a new AFTG AU but like unsure yk 👀

Here me out. Cause I've seen this floating around but like sort of with different interpretations: Neil and Andrew meet in Juvie ☝️

Thoughts? Feelings? 👀 Please no one understands my AFTG AU brainrot

I knowwww I'm sorry too!! I try and reach out, but then I get anxious and never end up saying anything. And then I take forever to answer cus I read and reread what I wrote (I added that on my third reread lol).

Ok, first of all. Starting a new AU is always a good idea. Always.

Still, I really like that particular idea. I think there's a lot of diferent ways to do it and all of them are really interesting. I haven't actually read a lot of fics about it though.

I kinda like the idea that Mary puts Neil in prison for a bit to be able to move better on her own and distract Nathan or lead him away and then she goes back to pick him up. Kinda like a twisted version of daycare.

Inside Neil meets Andrew and though he knows he shouldn't he hangs around him. They talk and bond. There are a lot of lies between them, especially on Neil's side, but I imagine Neil has never been as close to truthful with anyone before as he is with Andrew (aside from Mary). I imagine Neil takes the opportunity to play exy inside, or maybe he just practices a little. Andrew of course, notices (this has absolutely nothing to do with Andrew's decision to co rinse playing exy, not at all).

Neil has to leave and they don't see each other again. Andrew pretends Neil didn't matter at all, but when one day Kevin forces him to watch the audition tape of the newest fox he immediately recognices Neil and insists on going with to pick him up.

I imagine the monsters, and everyone else too, have no idea what to do with the whole situation. They clearly have something going on (and of course Andrew and Neil don't really tell anyone else what the hell is going on). I imagine Andrew to be a bit angry about the whole situation and Neil is struggling even more with the idea of leaving Andrew again).

There're lots of ways to play this and I think all of them are awesome. Tbf I think aftg is awesome so it's no surprise.

How were you thinking of going at it?? I'm really curious to see your version of this AU, I'm sure it'll be great.

Hehe, I'm glad you think so. I used to start new AUs all the time in this one fandom I was in and then would slowly drop them and sort of get lost but I only have two going on rn and neither of them are aftg and I'm in an AFTG mood soooo 🤭

Me neither! I've only seen the idea floating around! I should ask the AFTG fanfic rec blog if they have any Juvie AUs

Omg I didn't even think about Mary doing it to hide Neil from Nathan 👀👀 That's such a good idea. I was thinking like yk how they would stop all the time? Maybe Neil tried to snag smth and he wasn't as careful as he should've been (cause he's younger) or somebody asked him where his parents were and he was kind of resistant and when they called the police he ran away, so he ends up getting caught and Mary can't get him out of it this time so she's like working sort of on the side to get him out before Nathan finds out.

Hehe yeah I had a similar thought. Although I couldn't decide who'd be there first but I thought Andrew cause I think he spent a while there anyway in canon. (Ofc not he's just doing it cause he's bored obviouslyyyyyy 🤭😂)

I'm glad you mentioned this cause I actually didn't really have anything planned for when they got out and I couldn't decide if they met again before the foxes cause like it feels a little coincidental but I wasn't sure.

I'm imagining Neil being like furiously loyal to Andrew and it's like how he was when they were in Juvie and Andrew is struggling with it so much, Aaron only has so much context, and the rest of the foxes are COMPLETELY in the dark. You're right Andrew would be pissed but I think like in a "I hate you" (not actually) sort of way.

Hehe fairrrr. There's a lot of alternatives. Maybe I should play around with it. See what works best. Cause I suppose it would change how they handle Neil getting kidnapped 🤔 I mean, in theory, if he and Andrew had a stronger connection sooner it's possible he wouldn't get taken at all so I could mess with that.

Aw 🥺 Thank you! I'll definitely let you know what I end up doing once I have a plan. I just wanted to brainstorm with somebody it's been rattling around in my head for a while it was driving me crazy 😂