Humans have this concept where if a woman pushes out two children at the same time we generously let them share the date of birth instead of making them fight for who has the right to claim it, so sadly humanity did not get to witness baby andrew and baby aaron fight for who would be the rightful owner of the day
I really think just dismissing neil as stupid is a disservice to his character because…..he really isnt? He’s not even really an idiot around people he’s just literally never encountered people that dont want to hurt him b4 and is working off of practically no base of reference.
Not to mention mary definitely conditioned him to be codependant and believe he’s completely useless on his own. Like he’s a deeply traumatised teenager who’s been raised his whole life to believe he needs somone to tell him what to do because he’s worthless on his own and I think that colours a hell of a lot of how he thinks of his own competence outside of exy.
Also neil makes stupid decisions not bc he doesnt know how to make better safer ones bc he does he just doesnt want to. Neil Josten is not dependent on Andrew for survival in the slightest. Andrew gave neil an anchor and a key but neil could have and would have survived on his own. He stays with andrew because he wants to certainly not because he needs to and I think that was a first (seconds rlly bc yknow Nicky) for andrew to have someone stay and keep staying just cos they want to spend time with him.
Just yeah neil makes stupid choices and isnt great in non hostile situations but he’s not stupid ya feel?