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wingedshoes · 2 years

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neil josten is who percy jackson would've been if pjo wasn't a middle grade series

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jetblackromance · 4 months

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Christmas aftg headcanon:

The upperclassmen have a collaborative Christmas playlist that they blast every single day starting December 1st.

Andrew keeps stealing their phones and adds anti-christmas songs to it whenever he's got the chance:

And

And of course

#andrew minyard #andrew's taste in music is the best #all for the game series #aftg #all for the game #nora sakavic #the foxhole court #the raven king #the king's men #anti christmas #music #Spotify

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rosalinesurvived · 1 year

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May I present:

The Nest is a freaky gothic shitstorm of a place and there is nothing freakier than the thought of Kevin and Riko being in a sexual relationship (as it was in Nora's OG drafts) as the two say that they grew up as brothers and that on Kevin's (And Jean definitely) sides it most likely translated into r*pe. I bring this up because when Kevin crowned himself Queen Andrew says: "Hell hath no fury". The full quote of that is: "Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned". The meaning of that quote is that "there is no greater anger than that of a woman who has been rejected in love." Kevin and Riko. Except Riko's "love" was uncondition, abuse, unfair and he ended up breaking Kevin's pride and his hand and damaging Kevin's true beloved ones. Kevin crowning himself Queen was him entering the gates of

"LET ME SHOW THIS BITCH WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A WOMAN IS SCORNED"

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ashereadsstuff · 4 months

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My Books of 2023 Part 1

My goal for the year was 50 books, and I have read 60-ish. I'm not really sure, to be honest. The storygraph considers manga as books, while Goodreads does not. Goodreads considers fanfictions to be actual books, while The Storygraph does not. I, however, consider both to be books, even if they are somewhat not traditional. Here's all of them:

The Delve | By: Dan Fitzgerald

Assorted Wildness | By: Gyeja

Semantic Error | By: Soori Jeo

KinnPorsche Vol 1 | By: Daemi

An Innocent Puppy Meets a Two-Faced Cat | By: Niyama

BL Motel | By: Uhrin

Scared to Live (But I'm Scared to Die) | By: Major_816

Gwen & Art Are Not in Love | By: Lex Croucher

Fence Comics Vol 1 - 5 | By: C.S. Pacat

Striking Distance (Fence Vol 1) | By: Sarah Rees Brennan

Disarmed (Fence Vol 2) | By: Sarah Rees Brennan

Superior | By: Jessica Lack

How to Tame Your Vampire Vol 1 | By: Anni Lee

Fangirl, Vol 1: The Manga | By: Rainbow Rowell

The Vegetarian | By: Han Kang

Every Heart a Doorway (Vol 2) | By: Seanan McGuire

The Leather Boys | By: Gillian Freeman

The Love Hypothesis | By: Ali Hazelwood

All for the Game | By: Nora Sakavic

I think Our Son Is Gay Vol 1-4 | By: Okura

Unexpecting | By: Jen Bailey

Little Distractions | By: K.G. Brightwell

The Hunger Games | By: Suzanne Collins

Ander & Santi Were Here | By: Jonny Garza Villa

Tell Me What Really Happened | By: Chelsea Sedoti

TharnType | By: Khun Mame

Help Me, Uncle! | By: 4E

I Caught Him Getting Off Online! | By: Fujita

Anti - Alpha Series | By: Waka Okuda

Anti Platonic | By: Yupopo Orishima

The Untimely Undeath of Imogen Madrigal | By: Grayson Daly

Epic of Helinthia | By: MJ Pankey

Gender is Really Strange | By: Teddy goetz

Puzzle for Two | By: Josh Lanyon

The Covenant Sacrifice | By: Lee Allen Howard

Yours for the Taking | By: Gabrielle Korn

Her Dark Wings | By: Melinda Salisbury

Cursebreakers | By: Madeleine Nakamura

Kiss Me Liar | By: Zing

My Bias Is Showing?! | By: Nabit

Day Off | By: Dailygreens

Dress Him Up | By: Cheese Carp Bread

Burns | By: Ra-yuan

Aesthetics of Unpleasantness | By: SS

A Trace of You | By: AG

The Proper Way to Write Love | By: Ogeretsu Tanaka

Hands Up Me! | By: Chwesong

Leash Me Up | By: Yp

Why Is it You? | Nansae

Lookism | Taejun Park

Baby Sugar Succubus | Sakana Tojou

When the Glow Lights the Woods | By: Eule Grey

My Younger Childhood Friend is Just My Type | By: Hagi Fukuhara

#Dude I didn't know I read so many BLs #Manhwa #Manga #book reviews #ashe reads stuff #2023 Books Read

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wondereads · 1 year

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Personal Review (02/13/23)

The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic

Summary

Neil Josten loves nothing more than Exy, a relatively new sport that's taking the world by storm. So much so that when the infamous Palmetto State Foxes offer him a spot on their team he accepts, even though the spotlight is the last place he should be. With a vengeful mafia boss father on his trail and teammates that seem more suited to psych wards than the court, it's not his best decision, but it may turn out to be worth it in the end.

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God, the plot of this book. It's so hard to explain. Neil ran away from his mafia boss father, The Butcher, with his mom years ago. She died in their initial escape, and he's been friendless, homeless, and miserable since. Despite knowing his father in hunting him down, Neil makes the excellent decision of playing for the most infamous Exy college team out there. Sakavic really sells how obsessed he is with this sport because literally any sane person would be out of there, especially considering the way his teammates treat him.

Anyway, most of the book is Neil trying to figure out his teammates while training his ass off while also realizing he's in much deeper than he thought. This book reads less like book one and more like part one as pretty much...nothing happens? And yet everything happens because these people are crazy and somehow Exy is well-known for being primarily enjoyed by members of the mafia. The mafia part of the story seems to serve one purpose: making it feasible that the most batshit insane things happen in the lives of fancy lacrosse players. For example, major character Kevin Day used to play for the Ravens with his adoptive brother Riko, who happens to be a part of the yakuza. Riko breaks Kevin's hand and Kevin escapes to the Foxes where most of the conflict is caused by his history with Riko and the Ravens. When I tell you people are getting drugged, murdered, and threatened on live television, I am not exaggerating. It has virtually no coherency, but at least it's fairly compelling. Bonus points for a crazy development at the end.

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Neil, the main character, is an absolute idiot. It is somewhat forgivable by the virtue that the story makes no efforts to make him seem like anything else. He's an Exy-obsessed fanatic who is willing to risk exposure and all the implied torture to follow to play on a college team that isn't even that good—in fact, they're infamously bad. While I liked the (crazy, twisted, toxic) relationships he was building with the other characters, I wish he had more autonomy instead of just doing what the other characters demanded of him.

Speaking of, not all the batshit in this book comes from the mafia; Andrew Minyard is sometimes more antagonistic than they are. Constantly on anti-psychotics (going off them will get him thrown in jail), in a codependent relationship with Exy superstar Kevin Day, and has a habit of drugging people to get them to spill their secrets, Andrew is one of the craziest written characters I have ever encountered. He does so much morally reprehensible stuff that he'll do something only morally questionable and it's like he's saved an orphan. Same thing as the plot; not very well written but interesting nonetheless.

Completing the trifecta is Kevin Day, Andrew's constant companion. He's the catalyst for most of the conflict in this book, and he was apparently childhood friends with Neil, who is now obsessed with him, almost as much as he is with Exy. The three of them are a recipe for disaster, but it's the kind you can't tear your eyes away from. Do with that what you will, because even I'm not sure how I feel about it. I will say that each character seems to have a distinct, clear personality; it was rare I got characters mixed up. Even Andrew and Aaron, identical twins, are very easy to distinguish.

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This book is self-published and, unfortunately, it shows. As crazy and attention-grabbing as the plot and characters are, it can't hide the mediocre, sometimes outright bad, writing. In fact, sometimes it exacerbates it. With how this book jumps from shocking moment to shocking moment and the fluctuation between incredibly slow and almost-too-fast, it's jarring and not entirely enjoyable for the reader. It feels like Sakavic wanted to write a bunch of different tropes and set-ups, and instead of writing a few different books she decided to shove them all into one. The character backstories in particular feel like trauma upon trauma just piled on top of each other, leading to a list of trigger warnings a mile long. As such, the whole book feels very cobbled-together and poorly written.

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Would I say I liked this book? Probably not. Am I intrigued? Absolutely. Despite the writing being not very good at all and a plot that is held together by the most frayed, worn strings of logic in existence, this is an attention-grabbing book. In all honesty, I will never recommend this series to anyone ever because it is truly bad, but I will probably read the rest of the trilogy. Why? I really couldn't tell you. I am undeniably interested in this book, mainly the character relationships. However, I cannot in good conscience recommend it to anyone. So concludes the most chaotic review I've ever written.

The Author

Nora Sakavic: The Foxhole Court was her debut novel, also wrote Elysium, has a Tumblr account under the name of @/korakos

The Reviewer

My name is Wonderose; I try to post a review every week, and I do themed recommendations every once in a while. I take suggestions! Check out my about me post for more!

#books #review #the foxhole court #all for the game #nora sakavic #young adult #contemporary fiction #sports fiction #exy #mafia

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opossum-gender · 1 year

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Mania, Anti-psychotics, and All for the Game

Now, I want to put a disclaimer here because I am a pharmacy technician STUDENT, and the subject of antipsychotics isn’t covered very well due to institutional bias. That said, I am nothing if not dedicated to research.

Now, Nora Sakavic did not do the level of research one would argue was necessary for the subjects she tackled in All for the Game, however I am deeply insane and upon writing a roleswap au, wanted to dissect why Andrew’s mysterious meds in canon would induce the manic state it did in canon.

It’s implied multiple times throughout the series, specifically through the convictions of other characters, that Andrew is put on a court-ordered antipsychotic primarily for aggression. As luck would have it (or perhaps Nora did some cursory research) there are many antipsychotics that tackle aggression, however they also work to mitigate symptoms of bipolar disorder, (with the exception of Clozapine) especially in relation to mania, which initially ruled out an anti-psychotic medication as the culprit behind Andrew’s manic state in books one and two.

Next I looked to anti-depressants, where I came away with a little more success. I almost instantly stumbled on the term “Antidepressant-Associated Hypomania”

Now this is of course a wonderful solution to Andrew’s canonical symptoms, however, it does little to support that the meds were court ordered, since depression alone would not explain Andrew’s aggression to the court system. Fortunately the use of an antidepressant with an anti-psychotic is not uncommon. So I broadened my search.

Now the combination of olanzapine and fluoxetine is FDA approved, and was the first one I investigated. In regards to Olanzapine inducing mania I found this:

While very rare, Olanzapine could theoretically induce a manic/hypomanic state. Of the other Antipsychotics listed I had more luck with Quetiapine:

Naturally this isn’t airtight evidence, but for the sake of fanfiction of a novel that did far less research than was required to be convincing, it was enough. Especially as I had far more luck with the antidepressants.

Now Fluoxetine in the aforementioned olanzapine and fluoxetine combo therapy is notably low on the list. However, Quetiapine is also approved for combo therapy with antidepressants:

(far from the best source I know, but the chart it provides is helpful and backed up)

In this specific case, Phenelzine, which is listed as high on the chart for Antidepressant-Associated Hypomania. Now as serotonin syndrome is listed as a risk I went and looked for contraindications and duplicate therapy between Quetiapine and Phenelzine.

The combination obviously isn’t ideal, however its no different from that of olanzapine and fluoxetine.

As Andrew’s medication was not beneficial for him whatsoever, I wasn’t overly concerned about the plethora of side effects, especially as his meds were a “punishment” handed down from the court system, and not prescribed with his benefit in mind. Its also a medication combination that, in the eyes of the court system, would take care of Andrew’s apathy and aggression.

In conclusion, the combination of Quetiapine and Phenelzine could, in theory cause the manic symptoms seen in canon, though Quetiapine, notably doesn’t suffer efficacy from nicotine like other Antipsychotics.

Slightly disappointing as I was particularly attached to the idea cigarettes providing a brief respite and clarity from the drugs, without the debilitating withdrawal symptoms.

Now Olanzapine would be affected by Nicotine, though nowhere near the way Clozapine would be affected by Nicotine.

As clozapine doesn’t work narratively the way i’d like (the antipsychotic is known for being the preferable treatment and Andrew would rather suffer withdrawal repeatedly than deal with the effects of the canon drugs) I will sadly have to save that interpretation for canon where real-world pharmacology holds little bearing.

#aftg #the controversial topic of Andrew's meds #pharmacology #question mark?#in which I take fanfiction too seriously for the umpteenth time

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bergsbergcountysheriff · 3 years

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no more YA mlm books written by fetishizing cishet white women. society has progressed past the need for YA mlm books written by fetishizing cishet white women

#i say this as somebody who has read A LOT of those books and enjoyed many of them #i get so excited and then i learn about the author and its just 😔#most of the books im thinkinv of the characters r all white too ://#in conclusion. adam silvera supremacy #is it bad if i tag this with the authors im thinking of #anti nora sakavic #anti rainbow rowell #ive heard rumors ab others but i dont have a ton of evidence ?? idk who to tag #ya novels #mlm books #idk #my posts

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alectology-archive · 3 years

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Who are your top 5 most problematic authors? I don't want to spend my money on people who aren't morally right!

Hmm it’s difficult to say “top 5″, but since I’m still seeing people obsessing over HP and twilight of all things, I especially want to emphasise: please do NOT support JK Ratling and Stephenie Meyer under any circumstances.

Apart from them, I’ll name a couple others: Nora Suckavik (the author of the infamous All For the Game series which is highkey racist and problematic), Casserole Clare (she’s done some really shady stuff in the past), Kiera Cass (conservative, posted nothing about blm), Mackenzi Lee (bad behaviour, signing books authored by other people without their consent), Maggie Stiefvater (go through the anti tag. even her own fandom acknowledges that she’s shitty), Jay Kristoff (writing explicit sex scenes featuring minors) and Rainbow Rowell (very racist asian rep, fetishisation of mlm relationships). There may be more but I can’t think of anyone at the moment.

Also sarah janet and shelby mahurin. Putting explicit sex in YA books and defending it is not okay. Besides their books are very problematic.

#idk these are just the people I know #asks #anon asks #anti stephenie meyer #anti nora sakavic #anti cassandra clare #Anti kiera cass #anti mackenzi lee #anti maggie stiefvater #anti jay kristoff #anti rainbow rowell #authors behaving badly

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sringvenkas-moved · 4 years

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cassandra clare 🤝 nora sakavic fetishizing mlm and hating wlw

#whew #i hate them both <3 #salma.txt #do i tag this as anything #anti cassandra clare #anti nora sakavic

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nightphans · 4 years

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nora really made nicky take in the twins despite having had the perfect life in germany after finALLY escaping his toxic home , which just shows how compassionate and kind he is. then disregarded all that , in favour of making him the flamboyant, ‘i can turn you gay’ predatory gay stereotype huh

#nicky klose #my boy went through CONVERSION THERAPY #HE LITERALLY LEFT HIS ‘HAPPY ENDING’ DREAM LIFE TO TAKE CARE OF TWO KIDS #ONE WHO HE DIDNT EVEN KNOW #JUST TO HELP THEM ESCAPE THE CLUTCHES OF HIS PARENTS BECAUSE HE COULDNT #aftg #all for the game #the foxhole court #nicky hemmick #anti nora sakavic

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wingedshoes · 3 years

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neil: gaslight

andrew: gatekeep

kevin: girlboss

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bekaraar · 4 years

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You know, it’s really annoying because idk but the fact that Neil just signed away Kevin’s and jean’s life is something I will not get over

It’s Kevin’s life and jean’s not neils. It just doesn’t sit right with me idk

#aftg #kandreil #or rather #kerejean #andreil #andrew minyard #tfc #the foxhole court #tkm #the raven king #trk #the kings men #the king's men #neil josten #anti Nora sakavic #kevin day #jean moreau #jerejean #jay speaks

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cosettepontmercys · 4 years

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while we’re talking about nora’s fetishization of mlm can we also talk about how she’s a self-proclaimed “japanophile” + "riko’s japanese genes had betrayed him" + how like ... almost all (? i think? ) of the canononically characters of color in aftg are “villains”

#post: literature #lit: all for the game #anti nora sakavic #tagging this so i can go back to it later when im more coherent

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daystens-archive · 4 years

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listen. i don't give a fuck. neil and andrew cuddle and hug and call each other pet names. out of character you say? i Do Not Care. if the author can contradict every character trait therefore writing them as out of character herself i can write a goddamn fic of neil playing with andrew's hair and andrew calling neil baby and who's gonna stop me? god?

#ppl are rlly out there bitching about ooc andrew when he says One (1) endearment #as if the biggest ooc moment for andrew isn't in the king's men right There #oh you think andrew Promises Are Worth More Than My Life minyard would choke kevin for a ginger boner?#poser #anyway soft andreil rights #aftg #tfc #all for the game #the foxhole court #anti nora sakavic #i Guess #also #tw swearing #andrew will fucking blush like a strawberry if i want him to #what do y'all think a relationship IS #saying andreil isn't a Conventional Relationship™™#has the same energy as oh im not like other girls #get over urselves we are all dumb and we want love #including traumatized bastards as such #y'all are like. tw love and affection #most of my tags are just afterthoughts i cannot add to the post bc yall have already rb it and i think its very sexy of me #tam.txt

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dogsyears · 4 years

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while we’re talking about nora, can we talk about how she made kevin, who grew up being abused and manipulated by the ravens, have a girlfriend that was still very proudly a raven and embodied every toxic trait the ravens stood for?? and they met when she was like 18 and he was like 14??

#like what was up with that #why the fuck would kevin date that embodied the abusive environment he grew up in??#anti nora sakavic #aftg

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allforthehaters · 3 years

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because it had small text: nora sakavic blatantly fetishizes mlm and hates wlw. she’s literally homophobic

#aftg crit #anti nora sakavic #zoey.txt

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