do you think anyone ever starts making connections between Kayleigh’s car crash and tetsuji? I can’t imagine that no questions are raised once he is fired for abuse and running a cult years after his best friend happens to die in a car accident that leaves the exy fortune and Kevin day solely to him…
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aftg as faroeste caboclo
this one is very special to me and i put a lot of thought into it. hugs and kisses to all brazilian aftg stans. fora bolsonaro.
non-brazilians: this is your daily reminder that usa is not the only country in the world! fuck europe! fuck usa! latin cultures have SO MUCH to add to our silly little fanfics
(BASED IN THIS SONG)
maria lúcia and joão being nathan's parents, poc from the northeast's hinterlands that migrate to the capital in search of a better life for themselves but when joão meets criminal organizations there he starts creating his reputation. in the 60s/70s, brazil's capital (brasília) is inaugurated and a lot of people are migrating like joão but also people like the moriyamas who had been in são paulo fighting against the military dictatorship and are now trying to extend their power to a new center. consider that maria lúcia's son (nathan) is actually joão's and not jeremias' so, before all of them dying, jeremias had already figured it out… yes, jeremias, deeper in crime than joão, gave nathan to the moriyamas. so nathan gained a new surname (wesninski) like foster kids yk (andrew being andrew doe). let's say this happened at the end of the 60s. the moriyamas raise nathan surrounded by blood and nathan wants to honor his father, joão, so eventually he goes to são paulo's favelas (slum?) to fight the military. but when he is finally 17 (like middle-80s if my awful math is right), japan grows stronger aaaand an USA ally in the cold war so the moriyamas receive the opportunity to allocate in the USA and nathan thinks WELL WHY NOT LETS FUCKING GOOO. nathan still has roots in the moriyama family and they make him a deal: they will help him to consolidate in the other country AND with his own people/gang if nathan keeps doing their dirty job. some months after this, they make another deal offering mary hatford, a rich wife for nathan and a british alliance for the yakuza! in 1988, neil happens. but nathan sees himself in the boy so it just increases his fury and he gives neil what the world gave to him in his childhood and entire life. he remembers the corruption he saw in brazil and takes revenge using the same poison. he thinks of maria lúcia protecting him when mary runs. he thinks of joão's father dying
with a soldier's shot when he is arrested. he thinks of jeremias and thinks that a gun is a coward's weapon, so he chooses blades that are capable of cutting anyone and are always straightforward. and at each cut he smiles. and then he is the butcher. moriyamas' empire grows and nathan is always by their side. and he regrets nothing.
bonus: tetsuji and kayleigh created exy in japan but the idea came from brazil's peripheral communities and shantytowns games!
bonus2: stuart hatford is miliciano (i really dont know how to explain this but br people will probably get it)
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More AFTG Twitter updates because Nora likes torturing me
- Thea will make an appearance but Nora is aware she’s universally hated… so there’s that
- Blond Jeremy
- Auburn Neil. Auburn. Not ginger
- Neil gives Andrew the first cheek kiss and the first forehead kiss (mostly because Andrew can’t reach Neil’s)
- she really likes the bond between Jean and Neil and hopes to explore that to some degree. She says their experiences laid the groundwork for an enduring friendship and they have a very special kind of intimacy
- there will be flashbacks to Jean’s abuse in TSC
- if andreil ever got married Neil would pick Matt as his best man and Andrew would pick Kevin
- Andrew still pampers Neil with gifts and clothes even after Neil learns some fashion sense
- the marriage between Mary and Nathan was arranged
- Ichirou is 24 in TKM, 25 in TSC
- Kevin likes Hamilton and Andrew knows the Le Miserables songs because he heard them once
- Kevin does indeed appear in TSC
- Renee has a few scenes in TSC
- Jeremy’s family makes an appearance in TSC
- she hopes TSC will be a standalone
- the twins got on the horses in TKM with kiddie stools
- when the newbies start bothering Neil post TKM, Matt starts checking them so hard they see stars and denies he’s being overly aggressive when he’s confronted by Wymack
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Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library, Toronto, 1973-77.
Architect: Raymond Moriyama
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in universe aftg memes are so funny it gets me every single fucking time just imagine liking a sport but it turns out the mafia is involved and riko moriyama is literally a psycho and his brother killed him and seth gordon fucking died and aaron minyard killed someone and neil josten's dad is the butcher and kevin day has never been skiing and jean moreau was kidnapped from the ravens and then there's jeremy knox
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Riko, Ichirou & "The importance of sibling bonds" ✨️
No one asked for it, but I needed to draw this scene 💅
Idk why. (Maybe because it's loaded 👀 with so many emotions)
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“Riko still believes he can win his father's attention with his fame. If the lord does not recover, Riko will take his anger and grief out on everyone around him."
Neil considered that, then said, "Good thing you're not there anymore."
"Jean still is," Kevin answered.
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