Willow

Always above you, in some way.. how much can you allow to lie to yourself about his motives?

i think aaron and neil’s feelings towards their respective mothers is somewhat comparable (and even that is pretty nuanced), but i think andrew’s hatred of tilda is a lot more straightforward than his hatred of mary. bc at some point he’d have to come to terms with the rather obvious fact that the one of the people he loves (hates) the most in the world is alive bc the worst thing that ever happened to him happened to mary hatford. andrew is a very black and white thinker and mary is a person he can't exactly fit into one or the other the same way he can with people he doesn't have similar experiences to.

andrew values consent and condemns abuse, but is willing to inflict harmful and abusive acts on others if it means he can protect the people he wants to. that is exactly what mary did to neil. and i think the nuances and differences can be discussed and debated, but i don't think andrew would consider that. bc, as mentioned, he is a very black and white thinker.

"She wanted the right to be her own person. She wanted to prove herself on the court. And for some reason she wanted Seth despite his many issues and rude affection.

I accidentally made the font a size too large so this bad boy is CHUNKY 😂 so I gotta fix that.

Red Rabbits: Season 2 by bloodydamnit, jeni182 (available on ao3)

Art by @evyltalks

Printed and handbound for personal use.

fans from all over gather to watch every us game, even if they're rooting for another country. this is kevin day's last time playing with the us court. no more gold medals after this one. his retirement from the nel is likely coming soon too. he's already the oldest player there, even if he's still producing. they watch, and the gold medal game for exy is the most watched event of the entire olympics - 35 million people coming together to watch kevin day's final stand. and he takes home the gold with the us one last time, because of course he does.

four years later, exy fans are preparing for their first olympics without kevin day in 20 years or so, and then there's a press release that shocks them all. kevin day is going to play at the olympics... for ireland. he claims that will be his "final olympics. period", but he's doing his last one with ireland. his birth country. something he's doing for his mother. and his younger self.

he takes to the court in those colours for the first time and all of the exy world is emotional. kevin day, wearing the same colours his mother used to play with. kevin day, who's known for the number 2 on his back, changing his number this once so that it's the same one his mom wore. photos comparing them go viral, and kevin saves every single one. he plays every game for her, a quiet dedication before he steps on to the court. and when he wins gold, he dedicates that to her too.

And

There's this old ass polish meme that goes like

'Andrzeju, nie denerwuj się'

'JAK MAM SIĘ NIE DENERWOWAĆ?!'

It basically means

'Andrew, don't be mad'

'HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO NOT BE MAD?!'

Neil Josten would never use AI. He’d call you stupid for making yourself trackable.

Andrew Minyard would never use AI. He’d call you lazy for asking Grok anything.

Kevin Day would never use AI. He’d think you inept for needing Gemini to make you a workout routine.

Aaron Minyard would never use AI. He’d call you a waste of academic space for writing an essay with ChatGPT.

Nicky Hemmick would never use AI. He’d pity the fact you need a robot to tell you how to text your crush.

Dan Wilds would never use AI. She’d lose faith in humanity if she saw you use AI to make porn out of random people online.

Renee Walker would never use AI. She’d be confused why you’d ever ask an emotionless machine to make art.

Matt Boyd would never use AI. He’d feel bad you’ve lost all ability to think or recognize your own feelings enough you need chatgpt to write your diary entry for you.

Allison Reynolds would never use AI. She’d stare at you in disbelief if she heard you asked a screen to pick an outfit for you.

Jean Moreau would never use AI. He’d call you a mushed-brain idiot, end of sentence.