Where Every Scroll is a New Adventure
I love when AFTG fanart has Neil's eyes looking like this:
Brb, I need to reread about a chaotically mouthy runaway with the survival instincts of a literal goldfish that finds his high-key disfunctional, yet loyal and trusting, family through a sport he has more love and dedication for than, like, his own life.
Brb, I need to reread about a chaotically mouthy runaway with the survival instincts of a literal goldfish that finds his high-key disfunctional yet loyal and trusting family through a sport he has more love and dedication for than, like, his own life.
This reminds me of Neil Abram Josten.
so the new aftg oc is Neil's younger sibling they were about 2 years old when Mary took neil and them on the run (I say about 2 because neil was 10 when he and his mom went on the run in 98 and the unnamed oc (finding names is so fucking hard) was born somewhere between 96 and 97 so yeah, so as of the start of tfc the oc would be about 9-10 and then in tkm would be about 10-11 if that makes sense to people (I'm legit reading on timelines so that this makes sense from a fic point of view and like Mary died at 38 putting neil at 17 and the oc at like 8-9 depending on what month I have this kid born, I do have a drawing already done using a base/reference from mellon_soup so I will post that after I find a name for this kid, if you lot wanna give name recs you can
you're so right !!! prison guard andrew breaking out prisoner neil and they run away together fic now !!!
i feel like we as a fandom do not take advantage of the fact that andrew did a criminal justice major and told everyone it was for the meme. i genuinely believe he was going to go out there and change the world and make it better, even if it was just a little bit. i mean can you imagine? CRIMINAL LAWYER andrew minyard. OFFICER minyard. DETECTIVE minyard. SHERIFF minyard! BODYGUARD andrew minyard!!! the possibilities!!
ok i get this But the thing is that neil wouldn't have been Who He Is if he'd been raised in the nest yf like he probably would have ended up in precisely the same position as jean if he'd been there all his life like he was intended to be so in order for him to bring jean the hope he ultimately ended up providing he needed to get out and grow up precisely the way he did, in this essay i will
Had to sit down because,, Neil is Jean’s misplaced forever partner. He got ONE hint at what Grayson did and got rid of him for good. Imagine how different things would’ve been for Jean if Neil had always been by his side. You know what Neil would’ve brought to the nest? Hope.