fFUCK um. listen these are off the top of my head but this was fun to think about!!
–Most Dog –
Matt (catch him in the back yard covered in mud playing tug-of-war with the frisbee with the big ol’ dog he and Dan have and Dan’s like….I see no difference)
Allison (just tell me she wouldn’t have one of those little tiny dogs à la Paris Hilton)
Abby (likes taking a dog out on morning walks!! probably fosters Guiding Eye dogs)
Dan (very seriously, while rubbing the dog’s belly: the patriarchy is an invasive and harmful establishment. are you listening, Socks? I need you in the fight to tear it down)
Wymack (you’d think he’d be closer to the top for how much he complains about cats but shhh he’s a softie) (dogs will always have his heart though bc he had a dog as a kid and they were…his only friend, especially at home, for a while)
Aaron (doesn’t super care but won’t be on the same side as Andrew) (did want a dog growing up tho haha u can guess how that idea went over)
Nicky (he’ll love any animal that will let him pet them)
Kevin (on the one hand: dogs can play catch. On the other hand: you don’t have to pick up cat poop from the side of the road. Also, with his schedule, a cat would be easier)
Bee (cats are quieter and cleaner. she’s got a rescue cat already, the cat is very skittish and Andrew, Wymack, and Matt are the only Foxes besides her who the cat will come out for)
Renee (though she says she likes them equally, of course. Secretly likes rabbits and iguanas better than both but tries to love all animals the same)
Seth(he and Allison fought about it, naturally) (this was not something Seth could admit to his father. Quick question why are men….like that,)
Neil (Immediately tries to adopt every stray cat he sees) (definitely is that cat parent who gets the fancy scratching post and the fancy wet food) (he’s never had another creature to take care of in quite this way and he’s nervous but he loves them)
Andrew (yeah even MORE than Neil, though you didn’t hear that from me)
@twinyardsappreciationweek Day 4: Today is about winning, so let’s celebrate lucky streaks, acceptance speeches, and every victory in between, big or small. It’s also about finish lines and new beginnings.
while reading the All For The Game series, sometimes I think Neil and the Foxes are like crazy but then Jean goes and says shit like ‘we run on sixteen hour days, ignorant child’ likee CULT ALERT
For the languages it’s not so much “haha I forgot to switch back” because from what I’ve read that doesn’t really happen, it’s like you’ve said– they’re thinking in a language, or something makes sense in one language more than another….or the forget a word in English and Kevin’s like “the…la bibliothèque. La bibliothèque!!! The place!!! 図書館!! La bibliothèque!
And accents are a weird thing bc they stick around YEAH LIKE THAT at least in my experience??? I always get accent hangover.
Also consider: Aaron and Andrew learned German from an American high school + Nicky’s conversations so they’ve probably got some…unique ways of pronouncing and phrasing things. Erik has to bite his tongue to keep from laughing at them, they’re trying to be so angry and intimidating but their accents are adorable
addition bc i grew up in a bilingual household and i am also bilingual:
andrew’s squad constantly walks into practice and says hello in a different language. sometimes neil and kevin forget that not everyone can understand french so they’ll turn to andrew while they’re arguing and he’s just like ??? neil wakes up and thinks in a different language on his run and then greets matt in it, who drops his coffee every time neil reveals ANOTHER language he speaks.
when neil and andrew start learning russian, they speak it around others just to fuck with them, but eventually they just use it interspersed with english and their teams are just. very confused.
BONUS: one time both neil AND kevin forget how to say a word in english so they text jean who doesn’t respond, and then halfway through practice kevin shouts out “GRAPEFRUIT!”, which makes neil scream/groan in sudden realization, and the freshman scream because they’re suddenly worried that perhaps KEVIN DAY has become unhinged. nicky tries to learn french, but all the articles are screwing with him, and after saying “im horny to see the prostitute” (je suis excité pour voir fille) he gives up.
Nothing but My Aching Soul 