From The Ashes Chapter 2 Is Out!!

“From The Ashes” Chapter 2 is out!!

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(Basically the “Neil finally gets therapy” chapter LMAO)

Here’s a little snippet from the chapter:

As I’m reading tsc I find it so funny how Wymack gave Jean an envelope of money and was like “Please…I beg of you…buy literally ANYTHING to wear that isn’t like, a couple outfits you infinitely cycle through I’m NOT doing this again.”

He is so real for that LMAO he already has his hands full with the foxes (which include ex mafia kids, twins with at least one murder each under their belts, etc.)

I hope he gets to take a long vacation after what he’s been putting up with, it’s what he DESERVES.

To me, it's fascinating how hell-bent Andrew is about protecting his people; people he didn't even know about for half his life. He gave up Cass - the one good thing he thought he could have - in a second when he found out about Aaron. He moved in with Nicky; a strange, older man who he had never met before, because Nicky could give a home to his brother (tbh I don't think Andrew even thought about himself in that scenario). He took in Kevin, and later on, Neil. And all that for what? For someone to keep near, someone to see him as useful, as important. Someone to give him purpose.

Oh right, this was supposed to be a question. Thoughts?

Oooooo honestly that’s a really great question! My memory of the exact timeline might be a bit all over the place so I could be wrong or misremembering, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it had something to do with Andrew immediately suspecting that their bio mom (Tilda I think her name was?) was abusing Aaron.

I think there’s a possibility that Andrew was able to see parts of himself in Aaron, no matter how much he might deny it.

I think that, for the first time, Andrew met someone who was at least somewhat familiar with the pain he himself had endured and decided that keeping Aaron safe above all else, was more important than his possible future with Cass. The fact that they were brothers probably added to that sentiment, but Andrew would’ve probably made the same decision even if they weren’t.

And from there Andrew attempted to carve out a home for himself surrounded by the people he chose to let in.

Maybe during that time he started to understand that he could have some semblance of a family without Cass, without having to endure what he did in order to keep her. Maybe he was so determined to keep his chosen family that he felt he needed to prove his worth in order to make them stay?

Sorry this got kinda long but I really enjoyed thinking of an answer for this! :DD

Currently reading tsc and every exy team really does embody their own separate genres, huh? LMAO

I remember I saw a post that described this perfectly and now I can’t stop thinking about it.

It’s especially funny when the Ravens “mafia thriller” type genre overlaps with the Trojans. Like, as Jeremy is getting to know Jean and everything that happened in the Nest, he really is in a constant state of:

Jeremy: “guys it’s just a fun sport pls stop trying to murder each other over it-“

So was anyone gonna tell me that we’re not only getting a second tsc book BUT A THIRD

I feel like I have ascended to a higher plain of existence

Jean Moreau and Jeremy Knox getting the main character treatment they DESERVE with their very own trilogy

Nora Sakavic is SPOILING US FR

I have finally given in and written my first Aftg fic!!

Bit of shameless self plug, but if you wanna read about some hurt/comfort with a side of soft Andreil (and Neil finally getting some therapy) then you’ve come to the right place!

Not sure yet how many chapters it’ll have, but the next one will be posted very soon :DD