all for the game – Page 5 – Nothing but My Aching Soul

nakasomethingkun:

ok so like we know that neil is a multi-lingual who can learn new languages like nobody’s business right. and in canon he knows english french german and spanish, and in the extra content we find out that he learns russian with andrew later on. so like after he’s fluent in russian he decides to learn japanese bc he figures it’ll come in handy when he’s dealing with the moriyamas and whatever but mostly he does it because he wants to terrorize kevin. like

one day kevin is bitching and cursing in japanese during practice and neil just slides in beside him and says, in japanese, “you shouldn’t swear so much, kevin” and kevin blinks and just. doesn’t know who he wants to punch more, himself or neil

after he gets over the shock of neil knowing japanese, he rolls with it ok so w/e it just means that they can communicate in another language now

and andrew is Suffering because now kevin and neil can argue about Exy in english, french, AND japanese

kevin and neil going over progress reports about the freshmen’s training with wymack and kevin saying “everything is going according to keikaku”. neil, turning to wymack, “keikaku means plan”

kevin accidentally telling neil, in slurred japanese when he’s had a bottle vodka, that he’s actually a closet weeb in addition to being a history nerd

watching anime w/o subtitles together and criticizing and rating the anime they watch on a scale of how much of a mistake each one is. miyazaki did not retire for all the boob and panty shots

“one day they’ll make an Exy anime, i just know it.” “kiss kiss bang your head on the plexiglass”

misspelling エクシ (e-ku-shi) as エクツ (e-ku-tsu) and kevin complaining about neil’s incompetence for an hour

“kevin does thea know about all of your waifus”

kevin’s favorite j-pop singers are all Johnny’s boy-bands and one day he plays the songs because now neil can appreciate his taste in japanese songs as well and then nicky googles the bands and sees that they all consist of pretty boys and nicky is just kev,, sweetie,, ,

ok so like we know that neil is a multi-lingual who can learn new languages like nobody’s business right. and in canon he knows english french german and spanish, and in the extra content we find out that he learns russian with andrew later on. so like after he’s fluent in russian he decides to learn japanese bc he figures it’ll come in handy when he’s dealing with the moriyamas and whatever but mostly he does it because he wants to terrorize kevin. like

one day kevin is bitching and cursing in japanese during practice and neil just slides in beside him and says, in japanese, “you shouldn’t swear so much, kevin” and kevin blinks and just. doesn’t know who he wants to punch more, himself or neil
after he gets over the shock of neil knowing japanese, he rolls with it ok so w/e it just means that they can communicate in another language now
and andrew is Suffering because now kevin and neil can argue about Exy in english, french, AND japanese
kevin and neil going over progress reports about the freshmen’s training with wymack and kevin saying “everything is going according to keikaku”. neil, turning to wymack, “keikaku means plan”
kevin accidentally telling neil, in slurred japanese when he’s had a bottle vodka, that he’s actually a closet weeb in addition to being a history nerd
watching anime w/o subtitles together and criticizing and rating the anime they watch on a scale of how much of a mistake each one is. miyazaki did not retire for all the boob and panty shots
“one day they’ll make an Exy anime, i just know it.” “kiss kiss bang your head on the plexiglass”
misspelling エクシ (e-ku-shi) as エクツ (e-ku-tsu) and kevin complaining about neil’s incompetence for an hour
“kevin does thea know about all of your waifus”
kevin’s favorite j-pop singers are all Johnny’s boy-bands and one day he plays the songs because now neil can appreciate his taste in japanese songs as well and then nicky googles the bands and sees that they all consist of pretty boys and nicky is just kev,, sweetie,, ,

for a man who does not want anything, andrew sure does own a lot of things. his expensive car, the house in columbia, stylish clothes, a shitty flip phone, neil josten,,

i was on the bus yesterday re-reading tfc and when i came across the lines “you aren’t going anywhere. you’re staying here” and “what would it take to make you stay?” ofc i knew that they’re parallels to what happens in tkm in that Hotel Scene™ but i was just wondering if when andrew tells neil that the first time, is he re-assuring neil or himself? because like, we know that andrew thinks neil is “unreal”, that he’s a pipe dream and a side effect of the drugs, so when he says “you’re not going anywhere” that first time in tfc, i wonder if it’s more for himself than it is for neil and for their deal. andrew has been trying to keep this one thing, this person that seems too good and interesting to be true, since the beginning, even though he knows that this could be a problem and idk where i was going with this but i just wanted you guys to know that andrew minyard makes me cry everyday

edit to add: remember when neil told andrew in tkm that he’s not a pipe dream and that he’s not going anywhere? yeah. i die every time

can i take a moment to say how much i appreciate the fact that neil josten is canonically demisexual? i love that sakavic took the pains in affirming that yes, neil is in a relationship with a guy, but it doesn’t automatically make him gay. (remember how neil asserts that he does not swing, and just because he likes andrew, does not mean he swings). idk, i just wanted to point this out since i just. i sometimes cringe when ppl make posts about how “lol neil is SO gay just look at how thirsty he is for andrew”. i mean, i know that ppl are just having fun with it and mean no harm but idk, i just get tired of having ace-spec ppl get erased. we already get little to no representation as it is so

(in case you’re still not convinced, nora sakavic has explicitly stated that neil belongs in the asexual spectrum)