Andreil dynamic in TRK is so so special to me because you have Neil (guy who didn’t trust Andrew until three days ago and doesn’t even really like him all that much yet) going “joining the war on Andrew Minyard on the side of Andrew Minyard” and he was DEAD serious about it
as a fandom i think we moved on from "and my father comes to all my games, that is enough" far too quickly.
Lil rough Neil Josten with a camera. What do you think he's taking a photo of?
the fact that kevin and jean have so much riding on this interview & it’s so high-stress yet they’re both like “and in equally distressing news, Jeremy is applying to law school” is so funny
rereading the foxhole court is so funny. like Andrew took one look at Neil and was like "idk what the fuck this kid is so paranoid for but he should not be planning to flee for his life. his ass should be in the CLUB"
Neil Josten:
head canon that one nicky makes those embroidery string friendship bracelets for all the monsters and they all roll their eyes and scoff but wear them until they basically disintegrate off of their wrists
I feel like the aftg fandom has just swung hard from one mischaracterization of Neil to another.
Yes, Neil is not an innocent little soft-boy like a lot of fans made him out to be pre-TSC, but he isn't some cold, calculated badass either.
He took out a hit on Grayson over Thai food. He doodles fox paws in his notebooks and hates vegetables. He insults FBI agents' parking jobs and he spent a bus ride staring over the back of his seat making heart eyes at his boyfriend. He manipulated the agents while eating takeout in the interrogation room. He canonically internally panics and overthinks the entire time he's attempting to manipulate anyone. He uses people's family trauma to manipulate them. He misses his mom.
Neil Abram Josten is a multifaceted character