Making posts about aftg is so funny because the characters live lives of such epic proportion that I feel like I have to first name last name them. I'm not calling the self-proclaimed queen of a fictional sport kevin. That is Kevin Day. The name just has weight. Neil Josten went to great lengths to claim his damn name. Jean Moreau is taking active steps daily to shift the meaning that his name holds positively. Jeremy Knox existed for years in collective imagination, yes for his personality, but also, I'm sure, it's cause that name is just weighty.
But then there's Andrew, who is so important to the fandom that he lives in a different realm of notoriety in my head. I just say, Andrew. Like one just says Zendaya.
Swiss: *walks into the ghoul common room* Sup, heteros? Dewdrop: *stops making out with Aether* The fuck did you just call me?!
Yeah you could say I’m doing numbers on tumblr. And that numbers? One
i am him. he is me. we are one.
Rain, standing outside of Dew's bedroom: "Dew took a shower an hour ago, so there's a nonzero chance that when I open this door, he's going to be buck ass naked, so just be prepared for that." Swiss, confused: "If he showered an hour ago, why would he still be naked?" Rain: "He gets distracted, okay?" Swiss: "Too distracted to put on pants??"
This is the most surface level thought about Even In Arcadia but I really appreciate that the songs are long.
Artists are writing shorter and shorter songs to compete in the attention economy and are even writing based around a short snippet they hope will go viral on TikTok.
The shortest song on Even In Arcadia is Past Self at 3:35. A full 5 songs are over 6 minutes long.
Sleep Token, who *had* that taste of viral TikTok fame themselves, looked at current trends in music and went "hmm. No thank you."
AND IF YOURE DEADSET ON THE IDEA THAT YOURE ANNOYING THEN KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU FOR IT
I interrupt your regularly scheduled scrolling to remind you: YOU DESERVE LOVE AND YOU'RE NOT ANNOYING!
neil’s not allowed to talk to the press anymore bc the last time he did they asked him his thoughts about trojan v foxes games and he says “i think any games with the foxes and trojans competing against each other should be legally classified as gay porn”
Andrew “your neck fetish is not attractive” Minyard grabbing Neil’s neck every other time they talk
He’s so pretty omg
just let me know that you're mine
neil being rail thin at the beginning of tfc and gaining weight throughout the series so important to me...physical evidence of his healing process and increased comfort at the foxhole...
I’m literally started a reread today and I was like “omg what? Neil is this bad?” I couldn’t stop laughing
funniest indicator of neil’s exy progression (& his development into his bitch self) is him going from ”nicky and aaron are sooo good! i can’t believe I get to play exy with them!” in tfc to being like ”nicky fucking sucks at exy and if i ever have to see aaron again it will be too soon” in tkm
Sleep Token, Ghost, Starwars, BooksThe only things in this life I care about.
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