#eric soh

[woosohn-archived]

he needs to pay for this.

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[justwinwin]

umm excuse me juyeon... that was hot

literally have rewatched juyeon’s part a billion times now

#ya’ll see the way he did the i’m a bad guy #the boyz #juyeon #kpop #billie eilish #kevin moon #jacob bae #hyunjae #nct #nct dream #wayv #nct127 #eric soh #hwall #sunwoo #changmin #deobi

[warmau]

☆ friends-to-lovers!eric au tw: quite a bit of angst and unrequited love, suggestive themes, breakups, and alcohol

"when we went to the history museum for our last trip of eighth grade, eric and i snuck off into the egypt exhibit. we were the only ones there and i had never seen eric so afraid - so raw and vulnerable and clinging onto me for dear life - he was taller than me back then, yet he felt so small like i should have held him my palm and closed my fingers. i wanted nothing more than to keep him safe."

eric doesn't understand how to convert improper fractions to mixed numbers and that's the real reason why he becomes your best friend in the tenderfoot walls of your sixth-grade classroom

you like math and eric gags when you say that

he has friends everywhere and you only really talk and hang out with two other people

it shouldn't work, but it does

you mumble divide the numerator by the denominator in the shy voice of someone who still has a curfew

eric goes "OH!" like you've just told him the secret to life

in high school you become more open and confident

eric helps a lot with that, he pulls you out from the shadows, and soon enough you aren't afraid of the light that shines brightly from other peoples attention

you still really like math and eric still really hates it

you spend all four years over at his place before math tests trying to teach him the entirety of a months curriculum in the span of two hours

it's enough that he doesn't flunk any of his core classes - but you admit that most of the studying is just an excuse to hang out and watch tv and talk about all the gossip that happens when you're sixteen and have nothing to lose

it's also in high school that you get your first boyfriend

and it's in high school that eric realizes

oh shit, im in love with them?

it happens over spring break, eric bikes past your house and stops to ask your parents if you're home

your mother touches his shoulder softly and singsongs about how you're out on a date with some boy you met at the mall

eric learns about changmin when class starts again and you have hearts in your eyes and people are gasping when you walk by in the halls because changmin is in the year above you and he's on the school's tennis team

eric doesn't think that's impressive, he's on the soccer team and he can skateboard

he says this to sunwoo who eats his lunch in total silence as eric runs his mouth a mile a minute about every little thing he doesn't seem to like about changmin

"have you ever even talked to him?"

sunwoo finally points out, mouth half full of rice, and eric scrunches up his nose just at the notion

"no."

"then how do you know he's all those horrible things?"

eric picks his board up and leaves his lunch on the table to stalk off in response

sunwoo rolls his eyes and reaches for the leftovers

the big green monster that eric doesn't yet understand completely is jealousy rages on for the month you date changmin

eric hates that he isn't happy for you like everyone else seems to be and he wishes he could actually feel something that isn't a thunderstorm of anger, shame, and loneliness

he gets told it's puberty - his body shakes its head and explains that heartbreak can be a fickle thing

"don't be stupid, sixteen-year-olds don't fall in love."

your friend says to you when eric passes you in the hall in tears

he doesn't stop the natural reaction to squeeze past all the mumbling bodies to get to you and wrap his hands around your wrists

"eric?"

your voice is small and he hasn't properly spoken to you since you and changmin became....whatever

he's been doing so fucking bad in math

"what happened?"

"changmin and i broke up......he broke up with me....i don't know what i did wrong?"

eric confronts changmin who is laughing with some other upperclassmen outside of the gym, eric is shorter but he has slightly more muscle

of course - he's never been in a fight in his life

and when he asks changmin, what the hell his problem is, changmin doesn't get all in his face like eric thinks he should - like boys do in movies

his eyes just soften a little and he tells eric that he likes you, he does, but it's just he likes someone else a little more

eric doesn't wrap his head around that answer - who could changmin, actually who could anyone in the world, like more than you?

you're smart and you're kind and you're always putting other people first and you have lips that look like they'd taste faintly of peaches and eric lays in bed every day thinking about what it would be like to touch them you know.......with the pad of his finger or with his own mouth

he stares at changmin and changmin smiles back like he knows something better than eric does

eric decides he still doesn't like him but he walks away from the situation because he knows you can't fault people for falling in and out of love

but seriously - who in this school even measures up to you? changmin must be out of his mind.

eric repeats the sentiment to you when he's sitting criss-cross on your bedroom floor and you're rolling your eyes and telling him to shut up and do problem number five on the trig worksheet

in what feels like the blink of an eye, you and eric enter your senior year, and eric decides he's going to do something about how he feels

sunwoo claps him on the back as they skate into the school parking lot

"finally gonna ask them ou-"

his words die in his mouth when eric slides himself into a full stop in front of a student who has been puppy dog eyes for him since they transferred here last semester

they giggle when eric says something, sunwoo doesn't like where this is going

eric kicks his board up into his right hand and offers his left to them, sunwoo really doesn't like where this is going

eric turns to his friend over their shoulder before the couple disappears into the school doors, he gives him a thumbs up and sunwoo flips him off

what a goddamn idiot

you hit it off with eric's significant other right away

they're bubbly and they want you to tell them all about eric and you love eric (as a friend) so you're ready to spill the secret to making him happy

except when they start asking about specifics you don't know exactly what to say

"what's his favorite food, color, game, band, etc. etc. etc."

you know all the answers but those aren't the things you want to let them know about eric

you want to talk about the face he makes when you roll over and try to wake him up after you both fall asleep in the summer sweetgrass after camp, all nose twitching and hands up to shield his eyes from the sun

you want to talk about how eric actually hates big empty spaces because it makes him feel like he's lost, you want to say

"when we went to the history museum for our last trip of eighth grade, eric and i snuck off into the egypt exhibit. we were the only ones there and i had never seen eric so afraid - so raw and vulnerable and clinging onto me for dear life - he was taller than me back then, yet he felt so small like i should have held him my palm and closed my fingers. i wanted nothing more than to keep him safe."

you don't know how to describe it in words

the closest you get is that you want to tell them about eric's soul

you want to tell them they're the luckiest person in the world

to be loved by eric sohn is something ... magical, exceptional, all the adjectives you can cram into a sentence

but you don't because as much as you find yourself itching to share these details, you also for some reason find yourself selfishly hoarding them

they feel special and they feel intimate and like they are yours

but you are happy eric is happy, or at least he looks it

looks blissful and beautiful when he leans in to kiss his partner's temple, holds his big hands around their waist, helps them skate around the school parking lot

and one afternoon when you seek him out to ask how he did on a math final you have been helping him prepare for

you stumble on something you probably would have been better off never seeing

eric has his back against the wall of the gym building, fist in his mouth and eyes blown out and you see parts of his skin you haven't seen since you were too young to feel shame

if you hadn't stopped yourself out of habit you think you might have been caught by him and his partner

but your hand had flown over your mouth and you'd tripped backward in shock

when your heart had stopped racing, you'd found yourself in front of your locker and staring into the empty space at the back

sure im surprised, who wouldn't be - seeing their best friend like that? but what's this other stupid feeling in my gut?

"-jealous"

you jump back and see sunwoo beside you, popping gum and giving you a blank and long blink

"h-huh?"

"that idiot eric snuck out in the middle of physics and left me to die in that boring lecture. im so jealous, i want to sneak around instead of calculating the-hey are you ok?"

you slam your locker shut and sunwoo clicks his tongue at you with even more suspicion than before

you can't form a response so you just give him an abstract gesture toward the library

he nods and just as you vanish, eric appears red-faced and sweating over his shoulder

he opens his mouth, but then looks at your locker and back at sunwoo

"wait were you talking to-"

"ah there's prince charming - you left your backpack in physics."

after the 'incident' you subconsciously start to avoid eric

eric notices and stares at you from over the shoulder of his significant other or sunwoo

tries to catch you before you leave after school and texts you with questions about his math homework

you respond with lackluster links to youtube videos on formulas or just the answer in hopes he'll get a hint and give you space

but eric just looks confused and hurt when you bump into him in the halls

it's not his fault he doesn't know why you're like this - stop expecting him to read your mind!

you tell yourself, but don't act on it. don't make the effort to explain or let eric back in.

before you know it, it's the day of prom and you go stiff when your parents ask if you're going with eric

"why would i be going with him, we're just friends?"

"can't friends go with each other?"

you don't see eric the entire day and you assume he's getting ready for a memorable night with his date

sunwoo slides into the seat beside you at lunch without eric's laughter following behind him

"are you going?"

he asks and you look down into your plate

"probably not."

"do you want to go with me?"

sunwoo shows up (to your relief) in a suit and your parents know him as 'eric's friend'.

you drive to the school in silence and when you park you want to just get in there, show your face, and leave

when sunwoo stops you

for a second your stomach drops and you think he's going to confess, or worse, tell you that he knows

knows about how you really feel about eric.

knows that you might have been all happy and cheerful when eric started dating and having his own love life and then how that was just a veneer for the fact that you are too scared to cross the barrier of friendship and love for someone like eric.

someone you think for some reason you just don't deserve.

instead, he does neither

"let's not dance too much. i get tired easily."

"o-ok."

it's crowded and loud and you don't like the way the bass is turned up on the speakers

sunwoo doesn't seem to be too interested in anything other than his phone and you can't help but instinctively look around for eric

you talk to some friends, dance with a group of other people who came stag and then you see him

he's sitting next to sunwoo with his head in his hands

you've seen eric through thick and thin, you've seen him bruised up in the hospital after falling off his skateboard - you've seen him screaming his head off at the top of a rollercoaster - you've seen him red all the way up to his ears after being caught in a prank

but you've never seen him ....... like that

you rush over, sunwoo gives you a tilt of the head - silent but enough to let you know something is seriously wrong

"eric?"

"i don't want to be here anymore."

he lifts his head and the glitter under his eyelashes is wet and sparkling - his tie is done up the wrong way

"what happened? did you - did something-"

you don't know if you should ask if he got dumped or if he and his partner had a fight

either way, your assumptions are all wrong because sunwoo mouths to you

"he broke up with them."

and suddenly you don't understand - if eric is the one who broke up with them, why is he the mess?

sunwoo adds

"they didn't take it well."

you help eric up and if he wasn't so haggard with emotion - you would have lost your breath

his hair is cut nicely, slicked back and a pair of small hoop earrings highlight the way he's grown into the sharp, marble-like cut of his jawline

his lips are open just a bit, and they look softer in the low lighting than you ever remember

he's wearing the suit he wore to a cousins wedding two years ago but it's been tailored or maybe he's also grown wider

your mind swims through thoughts that you pretend don't exist about how strong he feels under your hands

"let's go outside, ok?"

"are you mad at me?"

eric asks through it all and your eyes widen

"no. i was just - i was just stressed about college, but we'll talk about that later."

outside you wipe eric's cheek with your sleeve and he starts to smile a little bit again

"why'd you break up with them?"

your voice is small, but he hears you even over the music that comes from inside

"i don't love them."

"how did you know?"

eric stares at you without a word.

he used to have eyes like a puppy that's always asking for a snack or a kiss, now that he's older the warm brown is still welcoming but it doesn't feel pleading anymore

right now you feel seen in a way you wouldn't categorize as friendly and that fact alone makes your heart beat a little louder in your ears

this is the first time in your life that you feel like eric is going to kiss you

after being friends for so long you feel like you're swaying back and forth between excitement and dread

did you know you didn't love them because you actually love -

a loud sound breaks both your concentrations, it comes from inside, and for a second you think someone set off fireworks or knocked over a display

but it's just the dj playing an obnoxious soundbite to announce the crowning of prom king and queen

eric gets up and inhales and you follow, about to ask if he wants to go inside and see

but eric takes his phone out and tells you he's going to text sunwoo that he's leaving

and that he's taking his date with him

"your date?"

"sunwoo's date."

it clicks for you and you laugh when eric suggests a drive to your favorite fast food place

you spend prom eating greasy fries and talking to eric about which college acceptions he's looking forward to the most even though you pretty much already know

not like you and him haven't divulged your dreams of the future to each other a hundred times before

eric tells you that he learned a new trick on his board and that he finally unblocked your ex-boyfriend changmin on instagram

you ask what that's all about - and eric snorts that he just didn't like his vibe from the beginning but it turns out he's ok

he doesn't mention the fact that changmin had sent him a message last year when he was graduating asking if eric could promise to take care of you

eric hadn't answered but knew intuitively what changmin had meant by 'take care' of you

you balance one long fry over the radius of your cup of diet cola and make the cutest face when it falls right in instead

you had thought about eric kissing you back in the parking lot, but right in that second is when eric wants to kiss you the most

the night ends with nothing of the sort - just you and eric and happiness that seems to have slipped through the cracks these past couple of weeks

when eric drops you off, your parents are bright eyed at the sight of him and it makes you embarrassed

when you get to your room you close the door and fall backwards onto your bed

eric's big smile comes to mind and it makes your chest feel like a frenzy of butterflies

you close your eyes and that smile turns to the face you'd caught eric making behind the gym and you have to sit up to shake it off

your skin is hotter to the touch, but you force yourself to ignore it

you graduate soon. there are other things to worry about than having seen your best friend......well.

eric ends up getting into his first choice which he says is all thanks to you because he would have totally flunked the math portion of the entrance tests if he hadn't had you pushing him through the woes of trigonometry

you also want to say something about him being on the soccer team all four years of highschool, but you keep that to yourself as he showers you with praise

you get your first choice too, it's different from eric's, but it's only a two-hour train ride away

when you both ask sunwoo where he got in he tosses the letter and you and eric nearly scream because when was he going to tell everyone that he got into SNU? eric says he didn't even know he applied!

one of the other seniors invites everyone to a post-graduation party and you and eric go together to pick up your gowns

and it all seems to be .......... better

you and eric are both going off to your dream schools (single and ready for adventure!) and you still have this day to cement another memory you're sure you'll look back on when you're older

the only issue is with all the bursting bubbly excitement you feel a ghost of something follow you around

are we going to drift apart now that we won't see each other every day? will eric still be my best friend?

you look at him and you don't see that ghost or those questions or anything but positivity and light

so you tell the ghost to fuck off and let you enjoy the time you two have left

of course, eric has the same ghost and when he tries to tell it to fuck off it just sneers big and nasty in his face

are we going to drift apart now that we won't see each other every day? will i still be their best friend?

eric gets too drunk at the party and jumps into someone's pool with his cap still on

sunwoo and you fish him out, scolding him and laughing at the same time

eric kisses sunwoo's cheek and turns to kiss yours too, he gets you on the corner of the lips

and then

you're both in college and it starts happening

eric is still that outgoing, talkative, and inviting kid who was bad at math

except now he's older and more handsome and even better at talking and he's studying criminal justice so he doesn't need math anymore

but you revert to old ways a little bit too much and throw yourself into your major with as much force as you can

you pile on classes and you ignore flirtatious glances from your partners for projects or the campus barista

it doesn't really make sense why you're doing it - you know you can handle a social life if you wanted it, but something about a new environment with no one you know around makes you feel weird

eric's instagram is flooded with new faces and old ones because he attempts to keep up even though you don't even try

you look at a photo of him and sunwoo, meeting up on a weekend at a skating event and it just hurts

it's been hurting to look at eric for a while now

and one day you realize you have had an unread text from him that's been sitting in your messages for over two weeks

you delete it with a shaking hand

"hey, you're in my pre-requisite class for linear algebra right?"

you blink and realize the voice is directed toward you, so you turn your head and see a blindingly handsome smile beam down at you

"y-yes im in math 240."

"i knew you looked familiar! im haknyeon and ive been wanting to ask for your help since the first week i am super bad at math but i need linear algebra for my major and so i wanted to know-"

his words jumble together, foggy in your brain until he's repeating himself and you nod along out of instinct

"so you'll do it?!"

you open your mouth and he grins wider

"do-do what?"

"tutor me?"

for a moment you're transported back to the sixth grade where eric is handing you his fractions worksheet with a frown

something twinges inside of your heart and you are about to say sorry, i can't help you

when haknyeon leans forward and plucks a stray leaf that's fallen onto your shoulder and his touch is light and full of sweetness

"looks like fall is really here!"

"ill tutor you."

haknyeon is like eric in a lot of ways, they have this high strung energy and when they're in a room they tend to attract people like they're the sun

but they're different too

haknyeon has a bit more maturity and focus, he talks about growing up in a rural area and understanding the concept of hardwork that seems to fly over the heads of other people

he is also what you would call undiscovered

unlike eric who has been there for every major life event up until now, haknyeon knows nothing about you and you know nothing about him

he's also better at math then eric ever was and at some point, you even suspect he's dumbing himself down to drag out your study sessions

you briefly catch him looking at the line of your neck one day when the heat is up too high in the study hall so you shrug off the baggy sweater you usually wear

maybe he likes me?

you wonder when you're working on a late night paper and your phone lights up with a text

haknyeon: just checked my score for our math test - an 86, you're turning me into a genius!

you smile but before you can reply another text comes in

eric: hey - long time no talk, are you doing ok?

eric knows he's popular

he knows that the people who hang around him are sometimes, more often than not, trying to get his attention in other ways than just casual

he doesn't get a big head about it or anything, but he's also never been good at rejection so he spends a lot of time putting himself in big group situations, making friends with everyone, being equally as nice to everyone

and when sunwoo asks if he's dating someone when they meet up eric just laughs

"dude im not interested in that right now."

"you're a freshman in college - so don't lie to me."

"so are you!"

sunwoo raises an eyebrow and turns his phone around to reveal his lockscreen - it's a photo of him and his partner and eric tackles him almost off the park bench

"since when!"

"since last week - now get off of me and tell me why you're really not dating anyone."

eric peels himself off of his friend and his own phone, full of notifications and college emails is devoid of the one person he wants to hear of the most

eric doesn't have to say your name for sunwoo to know

"just tell them-"

"they haven't responded to me in almost a month......i guess childhood friendship really doesn't matter when you grow up."

sunwoo wants to argue, but he has nothing to prove otherwise, he hasn't talked to you either

"hey. if that's true then you gotta stop jerking off pathetically to someone who you think isn't ever gonna love you-"

"dude ew c'mon-"

"eric, seriously - are you going to move on?"

you and eric continue to float on without each other

he pretends the hole in his heart shaped just like you isn't there and you get closer and closer to someone that isn't him

your first post on instagram after a while is a photo haknyeon took of you outside of the library, it was the consequence of a bet

you're holding your test and his - it's the same score - you had bet he wouldn't be able to get it and he did

your losing punishment was making a post on public social media confessing that haknyeon was just as good at math as you were

eric hovers over the photo when it pops up on his refresh

you're scowling, but even eric can tell it's fake. whoever took this photo is someone you like being around

eric wants to double tap and leave a comment about how grumpy you look

but the confidence and free caring attitude he prides himself on seems to disappear

is the person you're with more than a friend? is he what you've been so busy with?

fall turns to winter which turns to spring which starts its slow crawl to summer and to a long break after your first year as a quote-unquote adult

you and haknyeon are still just friends, you still haven't responded to eric and eric has given up on trying to get a hold of you

then you get a call from someone unexpected

"sunwoo?"

"are you going to visit home during your break?"

"no...why?"

"oh."

there's a long pause and you somehow feel dejavu - transported back to the silent car ride to prom

it had always felt like sunwoo knew your secret, it had always felt like sunwoo would be the one to break the ice first

you don't even recognize your voice in your head as it starts to taunt again

wishing he'd say something about eric? want to know if eric is going to visit home? want to ask if eric has been ok? eric? eric? eric? why are you calling me sunwoo why isn't it-

"just wanted to ask. hope you've been good, are you and that guy on your instagram dating?"

"hak-haknyeon? no we're not."

sunwoo makes a noise on the end of the line and tells you it was nice hearing from you

neither of you bring up eric.

haknyeon shows up at your dorm with a duffel bag over his shoulder on the last day of classes

"want to come to the beach with my friends and i, we have a place for the week and we have an extra spot."

"an extra room?"

he scratches the back of his neck and shakes his head, "n-no you'd have to share with me."

something tells you this is the pivotal moment you have been praying for

something that will set the trajectory of your life that's been consumed with studying and loneliness to something better, something brighter, something sweeter

you want to fall in love with haknyeon, the little voice in your head pleas, so just say yes

but you don't. you lie and say you have plans with your family and haknyeon hangs his head in disappointment

as he waves and heads down the hall - you also realize that you aren't going to get a second chance

haknyeon - whether or not he likes you or not - is going to go to this beach vacation and wash you off of him in the rolling waves

someone else is going to come and steal his attention

"just like highschool."

you mutter and lock the door behind you

your cheeks are wet with tears before you can even process the fact that you've started to cry

eric's ears ring the entire time he's waiting in the airport

his parents and university soccer coach had agreed, without much of his consent. that it would be good for him to attend this soccer camp during the break from his studies

it's in germany and he's supposed to be going with three other teammates who are running late to board

he looks down at his shoes and the laces are mismatched, one is the original pair from these sneakers and the others are a way flashier neon purple

suddenly your voice fills his head

"hey, are you serious about going skating in sneakers without laces eric?!"

"they're not without laces - i just lost the laces off my left one but they're perfectly good sneakers and i haven't rubbed the soles off the bottom like i have with every other pair!"

"don't be stupid, if they fall off in the middle of a trick and you eat shit and end up in the hospital you're going to be bothering me for chicken soup. here take these."

"these are NEON purple!"

"just like your personality, here let me fix your sneakers-"

without thinking about it his feet start to move and he doesn't know where the nearest bus or train is that's going to take him where he wants to go

but it doesn't matter - he just knows that germany is not where he's supposed to be, at least not now, not when he thinks about what he's going to give up again

what he's been giving it up since he was a scraggly kid, since he couldn't do multiplication in his head and since he understood what it was like to watch his heart break over and over again

you are in the middle of packing your bag when someone knocks on your door again

you half assume it's going to be haknyeon again, or maybe a little part of you wants it to be him so you can have another shot at moving on

but when you open the door you forget to wipe your face and eric is meet with your puffy-eyed expression

"why are you crying?"

he blurts out and his backpack falls from his shoulders as you feel your throat go dry

"are you hurt? is there someone i should go kill?"

your trying to say something - force a word or even a hiccup up and out of your mouth

"i haven't seen you cry since you got second place in that math competition when we were fifteen, i didn't think-"

"eric?"

you say his name like it's foreign and eric thinks a knife would hurt less being lodged into his side

"hey, yeah it's me."

"why are you - why are you here?"

because i love you, i have loved you since i almost threw a punch at that kid changmin for daring to say there was anyone else in the world he could love that wasn't you.

"i don- i just-"

his eyes fall on your open suitcase

"are you going home for the break?"

"are you?"

"no, im supposed to be in germany."

you sound out the word germany in response and he just stands there in the doorframe too scared to go inside

this is your room - but it isn't your bedroom, the room that he knows and has been in a million times - this is different so it feels like he can't tread with ease

your body blocks his way and you don't show any intention of moving

so you both stand in limbo for a moment before you sniffle back whatever tears were left and go

"should we go somewhere to talk?"

it's the museum you went to when you were in the sixth grade, not that you and eric even really think about that fact - just that it's the closest thing near your university that you could think of

cafes felt too close and intimate, parks felt too expanse and strange

a museum was the perfect place - you and eric could talk, but not lean in too close and not raise your voices in fear of disturbing others

the issue though is that it's pretty much empty and the egypt exhibit is still the same

"im not scared anymore!" he jokes - pointing a hand at a wall of mannequins dressed as pharaohs "i just remembered that i was clinging onto you for dear life last time we were here."

you nod and look at your hands - you had been packing that bag to go home, you thought sunwoo had dropped a hint that eric would be there too

you had wanted to plan out what to say when you got there on the trip back

you wanted to be prepared, but as always he'd bulldozed that plan to shreds

and now it was kind of awkward, like picking at a fresh wound on your knee

"hey- can i ask you something."

"oh - sure?"

"why haven't you texted me back."

eric stops and so do you and you're in the part of the exhibit that's the darkest because it's overshadowed by a large sculptured pyramid

you can see shadows on half of his face - he looks sad and you wish you could do anything to make him laugh

"i just didn't want to bother you."

"bother me? you're my best friend-"

"we're not best friends anymore."

eric takes the hit that you don't mean to throw out, it just comes out because it's what you're feeling

"no-not that i don't want to be, it's just you moved on - so fast - became everything and more eric and im not like that. im not super great at new places, things, and people."

"i know."

he steps closer to you and there's a weight on your shoulders that feels gross and shameful but eric crouches forward a little like he's got some kind of weight on him too.

"you're shy and you sometimes self yourself short - you don't see yourself for everything you're worth so you avoid conversations and interactions that might turn out bad."

he says the words like a grown up and you almost can't believe it's really him

"i knew that when we were younger - and you knew it too, you knew that under all the class clown antics and open hearted idiocy i was also insecure and scared and..and bad at math."

"you were never an idiot eric - don't say that about yourself."

he swallows and his lips don't stretch into a smile like you thought they would

he looks at you and you think as much as it hurts in this moment, your blood boils at the sight of him

he's everything someone could dream of - all perfect lines and hard-earned slim muscule

"it feels like i was and like i am because maybe im not good at math or whatever but i also was never good at understanding my feelings and like an idiot i confused everything in my heart for - "

he stops himself and you bite your tongue because you don't know how that sentence is going to finish

"if i tell you how i feel, will you promise you'll tell me how you feel truthfully?"

"feel about what?"

"feel about you - if i tell you what ive really felt about you since i can remember, will you promise to tell me the truth and only the truth about what you've felt about me?"

someone scuttles by you two - pushes past and through the long exhibit hall before turning the corner and disappearing

it gives you the ten or so seconds to steady your breathing and agree

"i promise."

eric's phone rings in his pocket and his ringtone is still the same, the one he set for his mother

you guess she's probably calling to find out why he isn't in germany and you almost tell him to pause and pick up because she is his mother

but eric lets the call go silent and he looks at you again

"i have loved you for a long time - at one point i thought it was the way a friend loves someone, maybe even a brother but then i knew that it was different because i didn't want your help with fractions and i didn't want to be your buddy during camp i wanted to kiss you the way people kissed other people in movies. when i thought about someone else doing it, even sunwoo, i thought i would throw up - and i did once when you kissed that guy at one of those dances we had during the summer - not the point, but the point is-"

"i love you too. i knew when i saw you and your partner at the time behind the gym and they were giving you a-"

the blaring voice of the main desk comes on and over the museum speakers, it tells you there is fifteen minutes left before closing

eric seems paralyzed by your admission and you think you're a teenager again with the way your heart leaps in your throat

"oh."

"yeah. oh."

when eric kisses you for the first time there is so much force behind it that you're scared you're gonna topple over and ontop of the glasses cases full of ancient egyptian jewels

you have to clutch his shoulders and dig your nails in just to let him know that as excited as he is the museum is closing in fifteen - well fourteen minutes now and it'd be creepy to do anything more than talk in front of all these pharaohs

eric laughs so loud it echoes seemingly through the whole building, you two get an annoyed look from the guard at the door when you blunder out of there giggling and holding hands

you agree you two should go back to your hometown for the rest of the break, but before you do you head back to your dorm

and eric is kissing you again before you're even through the door

and when you ask in the middle, out of breath and hair a mess

"where did you learn to kiss like that?"

he grins

"i know you really well - did you think i wouldn't guess the ways in which you want to be loved too?"

it's the kind of line you think you'd both gag at if you heard it in a movie

but that just earns eric a swoon-worthy look and your hand back around his neck

sunwoo is not surprised to see you and eric all cuddled up close when you all meet up back in your hometown

he looks between you two and shakes his head

"it took you two so long, i thought i'd be waiting till we were in our fifties."

you and eric are too infatuated with each other to answer the snark with anything except

"hey sunwoo - you'll be at our wedding right?"

sunwoo groans, which just translates to

wouldn't miss it for the world, idiots.

#hahahhaha look at me jane austen in this bitch #the boyz au #eric soh au #eric au #the boyz eric #eric #they boyz imagines #the boyz reactions #tbz au #tbz scenarios #tbz imagines #eric x reader #idk...................um

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As is fitting for the New York Times, everybody labelled a “free thinker” in this article is one or two degrees of separation from billionaire dark money.

Lets start with the author. Bari Weiss made her fame leading a campus crusade against pro-Palestinian professors, as well as Arab professors in general, during her time at Columbia University. Weiss received heavy promotion from a number of dark money-financed groups tied to pro-Israel causes, especially Campus Watch, a project run by Daniel Pipes under the auspices of his Middle East Forum group. MEF has received tens of millions of dollars in funding from groups like Donors Capital Fund/Donors Trust (Koch Brothers), Abstraction Fund (Sears-Roebuck heiress), The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation (Rockwell Automation heir), the Shillman Foundation (Cognex Corp), and the Snider Foundation (Spectacor, owner of Philly sports teams, also financier of the Atlas Shrugged films). MEF in turn acts as a sort of go-between fund for pro-Israel groups like CAMERA, David Horowitz Freedom Center, the Gatestone Institute, and the Center for Security Policy, targeting donor money to these groups and allowing them to operate. Campus Watch was a particularly odious project, producing “dossiers” of the pro-Palestine activity of professors at campuses across the world and allowing targeted harassment and smears of them. After Columbia Professor Rashid Khalidi’s dossier was published, for instance, he received a number of threatening phone calls, including one that he recorded where the caller cited Campus Watch. Weiss’ career was largely built off the attention she received from this episode. 

Sitting at her dinner table are two major media personalities, Dave Rubin and Sam Harris, whose podcasts see a heavy rotation of guests associated with think tanks, charities, and organizations awash in dark money. They don’t tend to work for these organizations, but they do speak on their behalf from time to time. Rubin for instance does monthly interviews for Learn Liberty, a project of the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University. The university is practically owned by the Koch Brothers, who have given tens of millions of dollars to it. Until recently, Charles Koch was the IHS’ chairman of the board of directors, and it hosted the Charles G. Koch Summer Fellow Program, which placed interested students at right wing think tanks like the Cato Institute, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, and the National Taxpayers Union Foundation. It’s unknown how much money Rubin makes off this arrangement. Some of Rubin’s dark money guests include the aforementioned David Horowitz and his apprentice Ben Shapiro, the Freedom Center being a major dark money think tank in its own right, Christina Hoff Sommers, Dinesh D’Souza, and Ayaan Hirsi Ali of the neocon American Enterprise Institute, which exerted strong influence over the George W Bush Administration, Douglas Murray of the neocon Henry Jackson Society and author of Neoconservatism: Why We Need It, Maajid Nawaz of Quilliam, funded largely by Islamophobic billionaires and UK counter-intelligence, Dennis Prager, who writes for publications owned by Horowitz and Pipes, Lauren Southern of The Rebel Media, also funded by Pipes’ ME Forum, and Tommy Robinson of Quilliam, The Rebel Media, and even the Shillman Foundation directly. 

Harris ran his own slush fund of sorts, Project Reason, that solicited donations for pro-Atheist work but really just funded his PhD. He recently became a dark money donor himself with his $20,000 donation to Quilliam. Quilliam employs numerous people who worked with Pipes and dark money Islamophobe Frank Gaffney, like managing director Haras Rafiq and senior researcher Usama Hasan. It also works closely with the Henry Jackson Society. Quilliam’s employees Ghaffar Hussain and Raheem Kassam have worked for both simultaneously. Its major backer since UK counterintelligence stopped sending it money in 2011 is the John Templeton Foundation, criticized heavily in 2007 for the religious bent of its scientific funding by Harris. Harris’ podcast also has a number of dark money guests: Michael Weiss and Douglas Murray (thrice) from HJS has been on, James Kirchick of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and Brookings Institute, Maajid Nawaz of Quilliam, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Charles Murray, Anne Applebaum (twice) and David Frum (thrice) of the American Enterprise Institute, Fareed Zakaria of the New America Foundation, Ben Shapiro of the David Horowitz Freedom Center, Niall Ferguson of the Hoover Institution (and husband of Ayaan Hirsi Ali), Robin Hanson from the George Mason (Koch) University, Eliezer Yudkowsky who accidentally created the Dark Enlightenment, and Elon Musk’s lapdog Max Tegmark (twice). 

The third guest at the table, Eric Weinstein, is famous largely because the aforementioned people started talking about him and his brother. He’s been on Harris’ show twice, his brother once, and his brother was on Rubin’s show. He also works for Thiel Capital, run by dark money baron and Dark Enlightenment patron Peter Thiel. 

Really, I’ve already got this much and I’m not even past the second paragraph. And when we scroll down the article, we get a number of names already mentioned: Douglas Murray, Maajid Nawaz, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and even a full photograph of Christina Hoff Sommers. All of these people are making big money from billionaires and then pretending like they’re being harangued and silenced and collecting money from patreon type gigs. 

Nowadays Ms. Soh has a column for Playboy and picks up work as a freelance writer. But that hardly pays the bills. She’s planning to start a podcast soon and, like many members of the I.D.W., has a Patreon Account where “patrons” can support her work. These donations can add up. Mr. Rubin says his show makes at least $30,000 a month. And Mr. Peterson says he pulls in some $80,000 in fan donations each month. 

Somehow I doubt that work “hardly pays the bills”. And do we need another podcast?

The organizations that fund these people all have certain characteristics in common. A commitment to some form of Libertarian economics, pro-Israeli politics, a strong Islamophobic bent, and fear of being in the spotlight. The donors build up a layer of protection around themselves by shuffling money through front groups, like the Koch Brothers’ Donors Trust/Donors Capital Fund. Not only do they pay for academic work through think tanks, they also donate to certain universities heavily to bias research in their favour, which can then be cited by their think tanks and other publications. They also generally stay away from direct involvement in political campaigns. Instead, they tell politicians when they donate to pay attention to the dictates emanating from certain think tanks, which in turn determine the policy of those politicians. The Federalist Society, for instance, has prepared virtually every judge nominated by the Republican Party under both Trump and Bush. They act in coordinated fashion, which is why Bari Weiss had access to these people, why they had a flashy website nobody had ever heard of up for the article’s publication, and why Weiss already had an interview lined up on the TV show of a former Republican congressman and the daughter of a former Secretary of State before her article was published. As usual in the halls of media orthodoxy, where everything is the opposite of what it actually is, “free thought” is a giant corporate PR campaign in which everyone stays on message.

If you want to read about a few of these foundations, see here and click around on here and here. 

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Levidromes

A levidrome is a word that when spelled backwards makes another word. Well, at least not yet. It is not in the Oxford English Dictionary. Levi Budd is a six-year-old boy from British Columbia in Canada who has coined the term 'levidrome' after spotting that the word 'STOP' spells 'POTS' backwards. After realising that there is no such word in English for this phenomena, a social media campaign has started to get this word in popular usage (hence this post). I wrote a short Python script this morning that will pull all of the levidromes from a dictionary file. The full list is copied below.

aa ab aba abac abba abo abos abut acca ad ado ados ae aga agar agas agenes ah aha ahs aia aider air airts ajar aka al ala alan alif alma alula am ama amahs amas amen amene amir amis amla amman an ana anal anan anana anes anew anger animal animes anna annat anon ante apod araara arak arb arbas are ares arf aril arret arris arum arval aryl assam asses at ataata ate ates aua auks ava aval avel avid avo awa ay ayahs ba bac bacs bad bag bal bals ban bans bard barf bark bas bat bats bed beef ben bens bib bid big bin bins bird bis blub bo bob bobac bobak bod bog boh bok bon bonk boob boord bor bos bots bows boy bra braced brad brag braw bro brod bros bru bub bud bug bulb bun bunk buns bur burd burg bus but buts cab caba cabob cam camus cap card cares cep ceps cire cires cis cit cite cito civic clat cod cor cos cot cram cran crem cur da dab dace dad dag dah dahs dal dam dap daraf darb darg dart darts das daud daw daws day de deb debut decaf decal decarb dedal deed deem deen deens deep deeps deer dees deet deets def defer deffer deffo deg degami degged deid deified deifier deil deke deked del deled delf delis deliver delos dels deman demit demits den denier denies denim denis denned dennets dens depart deport depot depots derat derats dere dered deres deros derris dessert desserts deus devas devil devils devots dew dewans dewed dexes deys di dial dialer dials diaper dib did died dif dig dim din dinar diol diols diram dit div diva do dob doc dod dog doh dohs dol dom don dons doom door dop dopa dops dor dorb dormin dorp dorps dort dorter dos doser dot doy drab drac drail dram drap draps draw drawer draws dray drey drib drier droob drool drow drows drub duad dual dub dud duel duo dup dups ea ean eas eat ecad ecce ed edile edit ee eel eels een ef eh ehs eke eked elide elides elutes em eme emes emir emit emits emmets emong emos en ene enema enes enol enows er era ere ered eres ergo eric eros ervil eses esnes espial esse et eta etas etat etats eten etic etna euk eve even evil eviler evils ewe exul eye faced farad fe fed feeb feer fen fer fet fid fier fig fila fir fires fled flog flor flow fool fra frab fret fro gab gad gag gal gals gam gan gans gaps gar garb gas gat gateman gater gats gay ged gel gelder gem gen get gib gid gif gig gins gip girt girts git gnar gnat gnats gnaw gnaws gnome gnus gob god golf gon gons goog gorp gorps gos got grad gram grub gu gub gul gulp guls gum gums guns gup gups gur gut guv guy ha habus had hadedah hah hahs hajjah halalah hales hallah hallan halos han hap haram hay he heh henry hep her hey ho hob hod hoh hon hoo hoop hop hos huh hup id ikat imaged io iris iron is it itas iwi jar kabob kaiak kak kam kara kat kay kayak keek keel keels keep keet keets ken keps kier kips kirks kis kiths knaps knar knit knits knob knop knot knots know knub knuts kob kook kor korat kow krab krans kue la lab laced lacer lad laded laer lag lager laid laipse lair lam lamina lana langer lap lares larum las laud lava lavra leat leben led lee leek leep leeps leer lees leet leets leg leir lemel leper les let leud leva level lever levins levo lez liar liard liart lias lied lies lin lion lira lit live lived livre lobo lod loges loid lone loof looks loom loons loop loops loord loos loot looter loots lop los lotos lug luxe lyra ma mac macs mad madam maes mag mak mal malam mallam mals mam man map maps mar marah marc marcs mard marg marid marram marrum mart mas massa mat maws may me meed mees meet meets meg mem merc meter mets mew mho mid milks mils mim mined minim mips mir mis mm mo mod mom mon moo mood mool mools moops moor moos moot mop mor mos mot moy mu mug mum mura mural mures murram mus mut muton muts na naan nab nae nag nah nala nallah nam named namer nametag namma nan nana nap napas nappas naps naras narc narcs narks nas nat naw ne neb nebel ned nee need neep nef neg nek neks nelis nema nemas nep net nete nets neve neves new nib nid nil nimrod nip nips nis nit no nob nod nog noh noil nolos nom non nona nonet noo noon noop noops nori nos not notes notum now noy nu nub nun nur nus nut nuts nys oat ob oba obey obo obol od oda odas offed offer ogre oh ohm oho ohos oi oiks om on ono oo ooh oohs oom oon oop oor oot op oppo orb orf os otic otto oud ova ovel ow owt oxo oy pac pacer pad pah pal palp pals pam pan pans pap par pard part parts pas pat pats paw paws pay pec peed peek peel peels peen peep pees peh pelas pen peons pep per perp perts pets pig pin pins pip pir pis pit plap plug po pod poh pol pols pom ponk poo pooh pool pools poon poons poop poor poort poos poots pop port ports pos pot pots pow pows prat prep prod prog pud pug puh pullup pup pupils puris pus put puy radar rag raga rager rages raggas rail rait raj raja ram ramis rang ranid rank rap raps ras rast rat rats raw ray re real reaps rebus rebut recal recap recaps reccos redder redes redia redips redleg redraw redrawer reed reef reeks reel reels reens rees ref refed refer reffed reffo reflet reflow regal regar regna regnal regos reh reif reified reifier reik reiks reined reird reknit reknits reknot reknots relaid relit relive reliver reman remeet remit renies rennet rep repaid repaper repel repins repot repots res resat resod retag retem retool retrod retros revel reviled reviler reviver reward rewarder rewets rexes ria rial rias ribas riel rif rim rima rime rims rip rits rob roc rod rok rolf rom rones roo rood room rooms roop roops roots rosies rot rotator rotavator rotor rub ruc rucs rug rums run sab sabir sabra sad sadis sado sados sae sag saga sagas sagenes saggar sail sair sakis sal salep salles sallets sam sama samas samen san sanes sap sapan sappan saps sar saran saros sarus sat sate sati sav saved saw saz scab scam scares scot scram scran scur seals seam seat secret seder sedes sedile seed seeks seel seem seems seep seer sees segar segol seil seined seiner seis seisor seities sekos sel selah selahs seles sellas selles seme sememes semes semina sena senas sene senega senegas sennet senor sense ser sera serac seracs seral sere sered seres seric serif serons serres serum sese sesey sessa sesses set seta seton setule seven sexed sexer sexes sey seys sha shad shah shahs shakos shales shama shay shaya she shod shoo shtik si sib sic sidas sies sik sikas siled silen sim sima simar simis sin sined sinnet sip siri siris sirra sirred sirs sirup sis sit six skat skeer skees skeets sken skeps skier skio skips sklim skool skran skrans skrik skua slab slaes slag slaid slam slap sled slee sleek sleep sleeps sleer sleet sleets slim slipup slit slive slived sloid sloom sloop sloops sloot sloots slop slug smart smees smew smir smits smoor smoot smug smur smut smuts snab snag snap snaps snark snarks snaw snawed snaws sneb sned sneed sneer snib snig snip sniper snips snirt snit snivel snod snoep snog snool snoop snoops snoot snores snort snot snow snub snug so sob soba soc soccer sod soda sodas sog soger soh soho sokahs sokes sol solah soled solon solos som some son sonnet sool soom soop sop soras sorb sore sored sorter sos sotol sow soy spacer spaer spag spam span spank spans spar spard spart sparts spas spat spats spaw spaws spay spaz spec speed speel speels spek speks spets spider spik spiks spim spin spins spirt spirts spit spod spool spools spoom spoon spoons spoor spoots sports spot spots sprat sprits sprod sprog spud spug sris stab stag stang stap staps star stared start stat state stats staw staws steed steek steeks steel steels steem stellas stem stemme sten stenned step steps stet stets stew stewer stime stimed stims stink stinker stir stirps stob stonk stonker stool stools stoop stoops stoor stop stoped stoper stops stot stots stoved stow stows strad strap straps straw strep stressed stria strig strips strop strops strow struts stub stum stums stun stunk sturts sub subah suber succus sued sulu sulus sum sumac sun sung sup suras sus susus swad swam swang swans swap swaps sward swat swats sway swey swob swone swop sword swot swots syed syes syn ta tab tae tael taes tag tak taki taks talc tallat tam tan tang tanna tao tap taps tar tared tarok tarp tarps tart tas taser tat tate tats tav taw taws te teed teek teel teels teem teemer tef teg tel telfer ten tenet tenner tennes tennis tennos tenon terces terf terra terret tes tet tets tew ti tiar tic tid tide tig til tiler tils time timed timer tin tink tinker tins tip tips tirrit tis tit toc tocs tod tog tom ton tonk tonker tons too tool tools toom tooms toons toot top toped toper tops tor torot tort tot tots tow tows trad trail tram trams trap traped traps trat trats tressed trew trig trins trips trod trons troop trop troped trot trow tsar tub tuba tubed tuber tug tum tums tun tup tut two ug ulu ulus um umu un urb utu vas vat vav vid vug wad wan wang wans wap waps war warb ward warder warts was wat wats waw way wed wem wems wen wena wert wet wets wey wo wok wolf wolfer won wonk wons wop word wort worts wos wot wots wow xis ya yad yag yah yahs yak yam yap yaps yar yard yaw yaws yay yebo yeh yerd yes yeses yew yews yo yob yod yom yon yos yrneh yug yup zaps zas zel ziz zuz zzz

It is interesting to note that some levidromes are also palindromes. I wonder whether we need a new word to describe this phenomenon also?  Furthermore, there is no word in English for "a word that you make up in order to make another word make sense". I suggest: "emordivel" ?

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Rolled & Told #7 by Eric Thomas, Teline Guerra, Geoffrey Golden, Kat Kruger, MK Reed

About Rolled & Told #7: Our heroes must raid a labyrinth of a long-dead wizard to help a temple of pacifist monks! We're solving puzzles aplenty in this issue of Rolled & Told! Try not to get befuddled by these mystifying modules before reading up on imaginative nighttime encounters, solo role-playing, and much more! Written by: Eric Thomas, Teline Guerra, Geoffrey Golden, Kat Kruger, MK Reed Illustrated by: Wai Ming Soh, Wendy Xu, Tabby Freeman, Becca Farrow, Matt Martines, Kyle Latino, Tara Kurtzhals, Hari Conner, Sarah Yvonne Bollinger Targeted Age Group: Teens Buy the ebook Buy the Series Read the full article

#Action/Adventure #BeccaFarrow #EricThomas #Fantasy #GeoffreyGolden #HariConner #KatKruger #KyleLatino #MattMartines #MKReed #SarahYvonneBollinger #TabbyFreeman #TaraKurtzhals #TelineGuerra #WaiMingSoh #WendyXu

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People Making Comics in NJ 2017

NJ is such a sprawling suburban state that it’s difficult to coalesce one distinct comics scene but you can find some amazing folks making a range of comics at any of the (10+) comic conventions hosted here in the Garden State. This blog is my effort to help build and support that community, so with that in mind, here is a list of some people I found in/from NJ that are actively making/publishing comics.  -GR Lear

Frank Barbierie @fjbarb​ Twitter @atlasincognita

Tony Bourne - http://tonybourne.deviantart.com/?rnrd=63097  Twitter @BourneCreations

Ryan M. Brady - @camdenscomics​ Twitter @Ryan_M_Brady

Nick Caponi @sandiethecomic​ Twitter @nickcaponiart

Alexandra Glenn-Collins @aglennco​ Twitter @aglennco http://aglennco.com/

Claire Connelly @thinkillustration   Twitter @CkConnellyDraws   http://claireconnellycomics.com/_=_

Paige Connelly @thinkillustrationpaige​​ Twitter @PMCillustration

Mike Dawson - @mikedawwwson​   Twitter @mike_daws

J.M. Desantis -  Twitter @jmdesantis http://jmdesantis.com/

Kim Gaines - @kimm-katastrophe Twitter @kimkgaines

Naseed Gifted - @pbsoldier​ Twitter @PBSoldier

Darrell Goza - http://scriptgraphics.weebly.com/ Twitter @Nightray2002

Eric Grissom - @grissom​​ Twitter @egrissom

Fernando Jimenez @fjimenez856​ Twitter @F_JIMENEZ856

Nick Justus - @nickjustusart Twitter @nickjustusart

GR Lear - @unlimitedwondercomics​ Twitter @UnlimitedWonder

Matt Moses @hicandhoc​ Twitter @hicandhoc

On The Square Comics - http://www.onthesquarecomics.com/

J. Pagan - @realmsofnowhere Twitter @realmsofnowhere

Rickman - @rickmanart​​ Twitter @RickmanArt

Fernando Ruiz - Twitter @FernandoRuizArt

Erica Shultz - Twitter @EricaSchultz42  http://www.ericaschultzwrites.com/

Phil Sloan - @philsloan​​ Twitter @philsloan philsloan.carbonmade.com

Nicky Soh - @rockmaryrock​ Twitter @nickysoh07

Gavin Spector - Twitter - @sofcomics www.SOFcomics.com 

Whit Taylor - @whimsicalnobodycomics Twitter @WhitTaylorComix

John T. Trigonis - Twitter @Trigonis

Lauren R Weinstein -  @laurenrweinstein​​ Twitter @Vineshtein

Glen Whitmore - Twitter @glenn_whitmore

Charles Paul Wilson III - @cpwilsoniii​  Twitter @cpwilsoniii

Tim Yates - http://timyates.deviantart.com/

cc: @chucksuffel​ @eastsidemags​ @eastcoastcomicon​ @njcomics​ @vodkaoclock​

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Boadu, Hudson-Odoi join Kudus Mohammed on 2020 Golden Boy Award shortlist

Dutch born Ghanaian forward Myron Boadu, Chelsea winger Callum Hudson-Odoi and FC Nordsjaelland whizkid Mohammed Kudus have been shortlisted for the 2020 Golden Ball Award.  The trio have been in excellent form for their clubs in the 2019/20 season. Boadu scored 14 goals in the Dutch Eredivisie and provided 8 assists before the season was ended due to coronavirus. Hudson-Odoi returns to the Chelsea team for the rest of the campaign that has seen him create four assists and scored a goal in the Premier League. ] Kudus Mohammed, who earned his national team debut for Ghana last November, has netted 9 goals in 19 games for Danish side FC Nordsjaelland. Italian newspaper Tuttosport came up with the award in 2003 to reward the best young player (under the age of 21) in Europe. Dutchman Rafael van der Vaart was the first winner 17 years ago and the former Tottenham Hotspur man was followed by Wayne Rooney, Lionel Messi, Cesc Fabregas and Sergio Aguero. In recent times, Paul Pogba, Raheem Sterling, Kylian Mbappe and Matheus de Ligt have all won the award. Below is the complete list of players shortlisted for the award:  Maximilian James Aarons (Norwich), Abel Ruiz (Braga), Karim-David Adeyemi (RB Salzburg) Yacine Adli (Bordeaux), Lucien Agoumé (Inter Milan), Marley Ake (Marseille), Faustino Anjorin (Chelsea), Ethan Ampadu (RB Leipzig) Angel Gomes (Manchester United), Adil Aouchiche (PSG), Benoît Badiashile (Monaco, Mitchel Bakker (PSG), Myron Boadu (AZ), Eduardo Camavinga (Rennes), Rayan Cherki (OL), Facundo Colidio (Sint-Truiden), David Colina (Hajduk Split), Trae Bailey Coyle (Arsenal) Leon Dajaku (Bayern Munich), Jonathan David (La Gantoise), Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich), Karamoko Dembele (Celtic), Sergino Dest (Ajax), Tiago Djalo (Lille) Sebastiano Esposito (Inter Milan), Fabio Silva (FC Porto), Ansu Fati (FC Barcelona), Phil Foden (Manchester City), Lyle Foster (Circles Bruges, Monaco) Eric Garcia (Manchester City), James Garner (Manchester United), Zeljko Gavric (Red Star Belgrade), Lutsharel Geertruida (Feyenoord), Willem Geubbels (Monaco), Morgan Anthony Gibbs-White (Wolves) Bryan Salvatierra Gil (Leganés), Billy Gilmour (Chelsea), Claudio Gomes (PSV, Manchester City), Matias Gonçalo Ramos (Benfica), Lorenzo Gonzalez (St. Gallen) Amine Gouiri (Lyon), Ryan Gravenberch (Ajax), Mason Greenwood (Manchester United), Erling Braut Haland (Borussia Dortmund), Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea) Mohamed Amine Ihattaren (PSV), Curtis Jones (Liverpool), Ozan Muhammed Kabak (Schalke 04), Mamadou Kaly Sène (Juventus), Takefusa Kubo (Mallorca, Real Madrid), Dejan Kulusevski (Parma, Juventus), Diego Lainez (Betis), Yasser Larouci (Liverpool), Kang-in Lee (Valencia FC), Daniel Maldini (AC Milan) Felix Khonde Mambimbi (YB Bern), Antonio Marin (Dinamo Zagreb), Svetozar Markovic (Larisa), Alejandro José Méndez Marques (Juventus), Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), Loïc Mbe Soh (PSG) Juan Miranda (Schalke 04, FC Barcelona), Nehuén Pérez (Famalicão, Atlético de Madrid), Jean-Claude Junior Wa Dimbonda Ntenda (Juventus), Michael Obafemi (Southampton), Paulinho (Bayer Leverkusen), Strahinja Pavlovic (Partizan, AS Monaco), Pedro Neto (Wolves) Eduardo Quaresma (Sporting CP), Rafael Camacho (Sporting CP), Reinier (Real Madrid),Giovanni Reyna (Borussia Dortmund), Alessio Riccardi (AS Roma), Rodrygo (Real Madrid), Ionut-Casian Rus (CFR Cluj) Thomas Sabitzer (LASK), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), William Saliba (St Etienne), Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund), Ryan Sessegnon (Tottenham), Sergio Gomez (Borussia Dortmund) Oliver Skipp (Tottenham), Mathías Soulé (Juventus), Yukinari Sugawara (AZ), Dominik Szoboszlai (RB Salzburg), Tomás Tavarez (Benfica), Tetê (Shakhtar Donetsk), Tiago Lopes (FC Porto), Sandro Tonali (Brescia), Ferrán Torres (Valencia FC) Amad Diallo Traoré (Atalanta), Hamed Junior Traoré (Sassuolo), Lassina Traoré (Ajax), Heorhiy Tsitaishvili (Dynamo Kiev), Sepp van den Berg (Liverpool), Yari Verschaeren (Anderlecht), Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid), Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina) source: https://ghanasoccernet.com/

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Kudus Mohammed nominated for 2020 Golden Boy Award

Ghanaian youngster, Kudus Mohammed has been shortlisted for the 2020 Golden Boy Award.

The 19-year-old was named amongst the top 100 players under the age of 21 in Europe’s top leagues.

Italian outlet, Tuttosport came up with the award in 2003, to decide the best young player in Europe, playing in one of the top tier leagues, and it has become one of Europe's most prestigious awards.

And on Monday, the paper announced this year's list of 100, which will be whittled down over the coming months until the winner is announced.

The list comprising of Borussia Dortmund striker Erling Braut Haaland, Jadon Sancho, Curtis Jones, Alphonso Davies, Callum Hudson-Odoi and others.

Kudus, who plays for FC Nordsjaelland has been on a fine form scoring nine goals in his 24 matches this season.

His sterling output in the Danish SuperLiga earned him a call-up to the senior national team of Ghana where he scored on his debut for the senior national team of Ghana against South Africa in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations last November.

He has played for the Ghana U17 and U20 team.

Top European clubs have all expressed their interest in signing the youngster following his explosive performance at FC Nordsjaelland.

The top 20 will be the finalists and a jury will choose the winner out of them.

Here are the 100 nominees for the 2020 Golden Boy award:

• Maximilian James Aarons (Norwich)

• Abel Ruiz (Braga)

• Karim-David Adeyemi (RB Salzburg)

• Yacine Adli (Bordeaux)

• Lucien Agoumé (Inter Milan)

• Marley Ake (Marseille)

• Faustino Anjorin (Chelsea)

• Ethan Ampadu (RB Leipzig)

• Angel Gomes (Manchester United)

• Adil Aouchiche (PSG)

• Benoît Badiashile (Monaco)

• Mitchel Bakker (PSG)

• Myron Boadu (AZ)

• Eduardo Camavinga (Rennes)

• Rayan Cherki (OL)

• Facundo Colidio (Sint-Truiden)

• David Colina (Hajduk Split)

• Trae Bailey Coyle (Arsenal)

• Leon Dajaku (Bayern Munich)

• Jonathan David (La Gantoise)

• Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich)

• Karamoko Dembele (Celtic)

• Sergino Dest (Ajax)

• Tiago Djalo (Lille)

• Sebastiano Esposito (Inter Milan)

• Fabio Silva (FC Porto)

• Ansu Fati (FC Barcelona)

• Phil Foden (Manchester City)

• Lyle Foster (Circles Bruges, Monaco)

• Eric Garcia (Manchester City)

• James Garner (Manchester United

• Zeljko Gavric (Red Star Belgrade)

• Lutsharel Geertruida (Feyenoord)

• Willem Geubbels (Monaco)

• Morgan Anthony Gibbs-White (Wolves)

• Bryan Salvatierra Gil (Leganés)

• Billy Gilmour (Chelsea)

• Claudio Gomes (PSV, Manchester City)

• Matias Gonçalo Ramos (Benfica)

• Lorenzo Gonzalez (St. Gallen)

• Amine Gouiri (Lyon)

• Ryan Gravenberch (Ajax)

• Mason Greenwood (Manchester United)

• Erling Braut Haland (Borussia Dortmund)

• Callum Hudson-Odoi (Chelsea)

• Mohamed Amine Ihattaren (PSV)

• Curtis Jones (Liverpool)

• Ozan Muhammed Kabak (Schalke 04)

• Mamadou Kaly Sène (Juventus)

• Takefusa Kubo (Mallorca, Real Madrid)

• Mohammed Kudus (Nordsjaelland)

• Dejan Kulusevski (Parma, Juventus)

• Diego Lainez (Betis)

• Yasser Larouci (Liverpool)

• Kang-in Lee (Valencia FC)

• Daniel Maldini (AC Milan)

• Felix Khonde Mambimbi (YB Bern)

• Antonio Marin (Dinamo Zagreb)

• Svetozar Markovic (Larisa)

• Alejandro José Méndez Marques (Juventus)

• Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal)

• Loïc Mbe Soh (PSG)

• Juan Miranda (Schalke 04, FC Barcelona)

• Nehuén Pérez (Famalicão, Atlético de Madrid)

• Jean-Claude Junior Wa Dimbonda Ntenda (Juventus)

• Michael Obafemi (Southampton)

• Paulinho (Bayer Leverkusen)

• Strahinja Pavlovic (Partizan, AS Monaco)

• Pedro Neto (Wolves)

• Eduardo Quaresma (Sporting CP)

• Rafael Camacho (Sporting CP)

• Reinier (Real Madrid)

• Giovanni Reyna (Borussia Dortmund)

• Alessio Riccardi (AS Roma)

• Rodrygo (Real Madrid)

• Ionut-Casian Rus (CFR Cluj)

• Thomas Sabitzer (LASK)

• Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)

• William Saliba (St Etienne)

• Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund)

• Ryan Sessegnon (Tottenham)

• Sergio Gomez (Borussia Dortmund)

• Oliver Skipp (Tottenham)

• Mathías Soulé (Juventus)

• Yukinari Sugawara (AZ)

• Dominik Szoboszlai (RB Salzburg)

• Tomás Tavarez (Benfica)

• Tetê (Shakhtar Donetsk)

• Tiago Lopes (FC Porto)

• Sandro Tonali (Brescia)

• Ferrán Torres (Valencia FC)

• Amad Diallo Traoré (Atalanta)

• Hamed Junior Traoré (Sassuolo)

• Lassina Traoré (Ajax)

• Heorhiy Tsitaishvili (Dynamo Kyiv)

• Sepp van den Berg (Liverpool)

• Yari Verschaeren (Anderlecht)

• Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid)

• Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina)

The award's prestige partially comes from its list of winners, which proves that it's a pretty good yardstick for predicting who will be a star of the future.

Rafael van der Vaart was the first winner 17 years ago and the Dutchman was followed by Wayne Rooney, Lionel Messi, Cesc Fabregas and Sergio Aguero.

More recently Paul Pogba, Raheem Sterling, Kylian Mbappe and Matheus de Ligt have all won the award.

source: https://footballghana.com/

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