Physically Im Here But Mentally Im In A Secluded Corner Of A Library In England, Curled Up In An Armchair

Physically I’m here but mentally I’m in a secluded corner of a library in england, curled up in an armchair working my way through reading an Agatha Christie book while sipping the hot coffee that i snuck in.

coronavirus preparedness starter pack

ronan: let’s play 21 questions you start

adam: uhh whats your favorite color

ronan: triangle, are you into guys

the ‘which one is andrew’ game

one day during the fox movie night, nicky suggests they watch some anime for a change

no one opposes

(neil: whats an anime?

allison: oh honey, now we NEED to do this)

and because they have TASTE, they decide the first anime is going to be the beloved ‘Ouran Highschool Host Club’

the upperclassmen + nicky are loving the nostalgia 

kevin and neil are having trouble understanding the appeal

and aaron and andrew are staying very silent the entire time

which is normal for them, but tonight it seemed almost nervous 

no one understood why they were so on edge UNTIL they get to the Scene

that’s right, the ‘which one is hikaru’ game scene

and everyone just slowly turns towards the twinyards with a “are you thinking what im thinking?” look

the twins do not make eye contact

matt: *clears throat* h-

andrew: no.

nicky: but-

aaron: absolutely not.

and then neil (who was still struggling to retain all this pop culture information) finally clicks into what everyone is talking about and goes

neil: oh hey! andrew, you and aaron should do that cause you guys are twins like the characters

andrew, almost immediately: fine.

aaron begrudgingly agrees after some puppy eyes and thinly veiled threats

and so it begins

they both change into similar outfits and aaron borrows a pair of armbands (the sole thing that helps basically everyone identify each brother)

bets are made for who would be the best at telling the difference

the popular vote is nicky because he has spent the most time with both of the twins, and the runner up is renee because she’s renee.

unsurprisingly enough, the game is pretty difficult.

everyone tries to play to see who can correctly identify each twin but no one seems to be able to get a streak going

(kevin: i can barely recognize you guys even with the armband difference, this is fucking unfair)

the highest score was renee with 4 points, but even she was having trouble with it

finally after the episode finishes in the background, neil tunes in and starts playing (he kept watching because he ended up becoming interested in the show and wanted to understand it like everyone else)

and he is on fire

every single time without fail, he’d step forward and inspect each one, and casually point to andrew

the rest of the foxes are going mad trying to figure out what it is that neil sees, that the rest just don’t

allison even tries to bribe neil into telling her, but he just shrugs and says “i just know, i guess”

eventually the night comes to a close and they all go back to their respective rooms

and as per usual, andrew and neil retreat to the roof for a bit

andrew looks like he has something to say, and neil is pretending not to notice

finally he cracks

andrew: what was it?

neil: what was what?

andrew: the difference.

and neil looks at him, the sweetest and most loving smile breaking out on his face, and says

neil: when i was looking at you two, you were the only one that looked back.

andrew turns away and just grumbles out a “201%”

bonus:

neil: also because your ass is nicer than his

andrew:

andrew: 301%

neil: but we were just at 201%?

andrew: that comment alone was worth an extra 100 points

I love Laurent’s line “You were born to rule, like I was”, because Laurent wasn’t really born to rule, Auguste was. And that’s a huge part of the tragedy of Laurent’s character, the fact that he feels like everybody’s second choice. And I don’t think it’s just a post-Auguste-death thing, you can see it in the way that he talks about Auguste, it’s way older than that. Auguste was the better fighter, the better man, the better ruler. And just because Laurent idolized his brother so much he always felt like what people turned to when they couldn’t get Auguste. And then he died and the unfit little brother had to fill in his place. Damen changes that once and for all, once Laurent finally decides to let him in (I love the bit when Laurent’s basically like “Auguste would have liked you and you would have liked him more than me” and Damen is having none of that, because really there is no version of Damen that wouldn’t have chosen Laurent, but I digress), but even before that happens we have this line that shows that Laurent is growing into himself enough to finally realize he might not be the second best, he might have been born for this too.

thinkin about them. missing them. ronan lynch and adam parrish.