my friend just asked me for fashion advice and i sent her 3 links to “things women love to wear that men hate” articles. i hope i’ve done my service well.
for the lesbians out there who don’t want men hitting on them but still want to attract girls, here are things women like that men hate. almost all of these are featured on multiple articles.
•wedge sneakers
•open-side shirts
•bright lipstick
•high waisted pants or skirts
•pantsuits
•hair bows
•oversized sweaters
•uneven dresses
•peplums
•big sunglasses
•rompers
•overalls
•bangles
•leather pants
•flip flops
•crop tops
•baggy pants
•chokers
•lace-up tops
•strapless shirts or dresses
•bold floral prints
•clothes with ruffles
!!!!
Why are men so boring, every one of these is a goddamn Look.
im sorry but??? if you remove all these what’s left??????
i mean, i’m usually all for ignoring what’s ‘canon’ outside the books (stuff the author says, mostly) but nora has said straight-up that he’s demi and also…it fits? like, neil SAYS he doesn’t swing, and also his entire relationship with andrew screams ace spec/demisexuality even without considering anything nora says. so, that’s what i think
i also feel like saying he’s gay with internalised homophobia is also a terrible cliche straight-person-headcanon lmao
Also, consider that he while he had qualms about kissing Andrew because he felt like he was ignoring what his mother told him about relationships in general, and he was worried about putting him at risk, he had literally zero concerns about the fact that Andrew was a guy. He even said it didn’t matter that he was a man.
Neil makes it clear in so many ways that he’s not particularly interested in sex before Andrew. He refers to masturbating as being like eating, something he took care of because he had to not because he particularly wanted to or enjoyed it. If someone wants to headcanon Neil as gay/demi, that’s fine, but ignoring the demi/ace spectrum aspect of him is a crime when there is so little demi/ace rep out there.
I’m legit just about to fall asleep and honestly it is so many other ppls fault for getting me thinking about Andrew and Neil and marriage BUT:
• Neil texts Kevin 911
• Kevin arrives out of breath and panicked
• Neil’s holding a cat and Andrew is smoking
• “can you be a witness?”
• “Jesus Christ. What did you do. Where’s the body”
• “no Kevin just sign your name here – yeah just there – ok now me – now Andrew – k done. You can go now.”
• Kevin’s literally all the way home before he realizes he has no idea what he just signed up to
• kind of chalks it up to an out of body experience
• says nothing about it for literally a month until he sees Neil and Andrew’s hands
• the ring on Andrew’s finger is black and kind of wide
• Neil’s is slim and silver and kind of uneven
• Kevin’s like “what the fuck are those?”
• Nicky: “oh yeah they got married. Told no one”
• Neil just looks at him like ////????//
• “Kevin you were THERE? Your name is literally on the marriage certificate”
• Kevin has to go for a long walk
26. How do their friends feel about their relationship? Their families?
Their friends i.e. the Foxes, after TKM, are kind of certain that what they have is serious and not just a fling, but they (namely: Dan, Matt, Nicky) are sometimes left wondering still because Neil and Andrew are an unconventional couple, and I think that they find that hard to grasp, y’know? Plus, Andrew and Neil are very private people. Their relationship is an open secret that they don’t try to hide but it’s theirs and nobody else’s business; they don’t really give a fuck about what other people think tbh. Renee and Bee, who are arguably closest to Andrew aside from Neil, understand that his feelings are Legit and his thing with Neil is long-term and they’re very happy for him. Kevin doesn’t care as long as it’s not detrimental to their future career, but really? He’s silently grateful that they found each other because of the effects they’ve had on each other’s lives – Andrew with a newfound purpose (re: Kevin’s promise to him), and Neil with something besides Exy to lean on. Also the two of them make a formidable pair on court and Kevin respects that
29. How do they handle disasters or emergencies? Minor injuries? Sickness?
How does Andrew Minyard deal with Neil Death Magnet Josten, you ask? With profound patience and love, of course. Luckily for Andrew, he never has to deal with the all-consuming fear that was the Baltimore incident ever again, but he does have to deal with Neil being reckless on court and getting injuries now and then, like a sprained ankle or a concussion. These are handled in the typical Andrew fashion: calm and brisk, but very attentive and meticulous. The biggest hurdle is keeping Neil in bed, tbh. Andrew claims that he never gets sick, but one time he got down with a nasty flu and Neil treated it like he would treat any life-threatening wound and not with the kind of care that he would ever expend on himself – and Andrew was. Touched, really, even through the fever that left him rather scattered and more than a little vulnerable. He doesn’t get injuries very much on the court because of the nature of his position, but when he gets scratches and bruises/shiners from a sparring session with Renee, he lets Neil clean and dress the wounds. He low-key loves the trust and intimacy that comes with it :’)
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