Recreated the image from earlier. I feel bad for everyone in this photo right now. Especially Gamey. I know he loves you. Also the black dragon or whatever on the right is what harmed you.
just saw a post talking about how important it was for drake to be killed with neil’s heavy racqet so that we would understand the gravity of riko trying to hit neil after the foxes won the final game, because riko also used a heavy racquet. like riko would’ve actually killed neil right there on national television, not just maim or injure, like dead.
one of my favorite things about aftg is that in any given conversation not related to about, like, three things (exy, Andrew, and the mafia) Neil is just. entirely checked out. he was there for the first sentence of that conversation and immediately clocked out once he realized there would be no Stick Ball Talk.
Reminder that when Neil learned how Renne and Wymack lost their biological parents to prison fights/murder and he was jealous that no one would just kill his dad while in prison.
I just KNOW that Andrew also agreed to Kevin's deal not only because Kevin day was the first person to tell him he's worth something; but also because he was part hot; I love Andrew to death and I'm not trying to discredit him or Anything but it's hilarious to think about that; at one point after meeting Neil in his inner monologue he's like :stop offering deals to pretty boys with issues and bringing whole ass Yakuza on your ass Andrew.... all for the gay indeed the spoilers I saw from the sunshine court legitimizes this assumption apperanlty
Everything about the hotel-Baltimore scene is pure perfection.
If I wouldn't have shipped andreil from the start, that would’ve been my moment. I can’t even explain how much that scene means to me - how much andreil means to me.
Neil instantly asking where Andrew is once he’s in the room.
Andrew crashing into it.
Andrew and Neil talking and talking and talking as if the room wasn’t full of other people.
Andrew checking Neils bruises. Neil checking Andrews bruises. Both fiercely protective.
No one being dared to touch them in this moment. Not the police, not Abby , no one.
It’s the most intense, intimate moment in the whole series imo. I think I never read a scene that felt as intimate as this one.
So much anger but never directed towards each other.
Neil made Andrew lose control. Neil, the only person who saw Andrew, who actually saw that Andrew was in control the whole time while everyone thought he was an uncontrollable monster. Neil said before he wants to see him lose control - he isn’t afraid of him, never was, never will. Andrews bottomless anger is never directed towards him and that’s what makes all the difference.
The foxes are not to be forgotten - the way Andrew invited them into the fight when he realized Neil could be taken away - how everyone was ready to start a riot instantly - they have each others back, always. The way they all patiently waited to get answers, respected Neils decision to speak in german first but still being on his side is everything. Neil didn’t have to convince them to be on his side again, didn’t have to offer answers first, they always were with him without a doubt. Answers can come later.