From The Ashes Chapter 4 Is Out!

“From the Ashes” Chapter 4 is out!

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Here’s a snippet from the chapter! >:]

Andrew Minyard is such a fascinating character to me. Like, I really grew to love him so much throughout the books.

And I know it has been pointed out before, but it really does sting when you think about how anyone who doesn’t know Andrew might think that he doesn’t care about anything or anyone. But then there he is making deals and promises with the people he holds dear. All in an attempt to stay tethered to them. He thinks that simply being around them every day isn’t enough, that he needs to prove his worth, his usefulness, in order to be kept around.

In that way it makes sense why he couldn’t understand why Neil wanted to terminate their deal. Because Andrew didn’t think Neil would stay. BUT HE DID!! <3333

Both Andrew and Neil are so very dear to me I could sit and analyse them as characters for HOURS

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I’ve been reading so much Aftg fanfiction lately that I’ve genuinely been forgetting what is and isn’t actually canon…

Like did Andrew actually take out the car lighter from the Maserati because of what happened to Neil or did I read that in a fanfic??

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