Riko Moriyama - Tumblr Posts - Page 3
fuck it. im memorising the riko roast
Riko: who is your king nathaniel?
neil: my Lord, our God! can i get a amen bITCH
jean: AMEN BITCH
Okay, so, about that last sentence, I have a theory: even if he never had any romantic feelings for Kayleigh, Tetsuji still views their relationship as one of a kind. And why wouldn't he? They created together a sport from almost nothing, just the two of them at first, obsessing over their brainchild, their own little creation. In fact, he might even see exy as their child, theirs from start to finish.
So what do you think happens when she dies and he has to raise her other child? What was once an exciting sport, one he was passionate about, starts tasting like lies because maybe it wasn't all that special after all and he feels betrayed. So he tries to make Kevin (and Riko, by extension) into the living, breathing representation of exy, the only child he ever truly loved at some point (though I have to admit that even to me this theory seems a bit convoluted).
I think that in the end, that's all exy has become to him: a weapon
Tetsuji beating his own players with their exy racquets is so fucked by itself but when you consider that he is the one who literally designed and created those racquets 30 years ago, it feels chilling. To invent an entire sport and then have the ability to twist and distort it into something sinister while hiding behind being the best and brightest? I wonder if Tetsuji ever felt passion and excitement for exy. I wonder what changed.
neil josten is such a blessing he was literally on the verge of collapsing on court during their last game w the ravens and he Still had the audacity to call riko a worthless piece of shit like this boy could very well be dying of lack of air in his lungs and his last breath would be to tell riko to go fuck himself god bless honestly
Let Riko be King. Most coveted, most protected. He’ll sacrifice every piece he has to protect his throne. Whatever. Me? I’m going to be the deadliest piece on the board.
⇉ URL graphic @kevinsneil (want one?)
If we’re getting an audiobook, does that mean I can finally have the Great Riko Roast™️ as my ringtone and my alarm and my text tone and my
T H E ‘ P E R F E C T ’ C O U R T .
THE PERFECT COURT Riko was supposedly handpicking the future U.S National Team. He called it the “Perfect Court”. Riko Moriyama 01, Kevin Day 02, Nathaniel Wesninski 03 and Jean Moreau 04.
i just…….. i love the perfect court so much………….. except riko he can choke
off-meds andrew has literally no chill remember when neil was like
“seth overdosed?”
and andrew just went “keep up with the conversation”
like somebody died andrew
the year is 2006. you’re an avid fan of collegiate exy. kevin day recently transferred from the best team in the league to the worst after breaking his hand in a skiing accident. before the season starts, janie smalls attempts suicide. she’s a fox, so absolutely no one is surprised by this. however, this means that david wymack has to find a new striker. he picks up a neglected, unremarkable kid from millport. for some reason, this mysterious nobody thinks it’s okay to publicly humiliate riko moriyama, king of exy. apparently, neil josten and kevin day talk shit about riko all the time (this confuses you. kevin and riko are supposed to be best friends). not long after, seth gordon dies of an overdose. once again, it’s the foxes, so no one should be surprised, but something is… off. seth was clean, and it didn’t seem likely for him to throw it away. the foxes don’t get anyone to replace him. despite being short a player, they’re performing better than ever before. you don’t want to admit it, but neil josten can probably be credited with a lot of the foxes success. and something is off about that kid, too. he’s a 5’3 brunette with brown eyes, and then suddenly he’s not. he comes back from winter break with red hair and blue eyes, but more interesting than that is the number four tattooed onto his face, marked for the ravens, marked for the perfect court. the normal minyard twin murders someone in cold blood. neil josten is actually nathaniel wesninski. his father, the butcher of baltimore, tortures him and burns his tattoo off. the trojans throw away their shot at winning. kevin covers up his tattoo with a queen chess piece. he’s never been skiing, the theories behind what happened to his hand are endless. jean moreau transfers to the trojans. this isn’t helping with the abuse allegations. despite everything stacked against them, the foxes beat the ravens. the unhinged minyard twin shatters riko’s hand to stop him from murdering the mafia kid on live tv. for some reason, this is riko’s final straw and he kills himself. some people are blaming kevin, andrew, and neil, but you personally believe that it’s a tad bit dramatic to commit suicide after losing one game and breaking a hand. the rest of the ravens don’t seem to agree, as they’re all suddenly in the most fucked up game of “follow the leader” known to man. jean moreau is spotted being escorted from the foxes dorm room a bloody mess, but that’s only the beginning. one of the ravens stabs himself with a letter opener, another steps onto the subway tracks, and a third overdoses. it’s 2007, and you started saying that the ravens were in a cult as a joke, but you don’t know if it’s a joke anymore. you’re seriously starting to consider that your favorite sport was created solely as a front for the mafia
All For The Game Characters as dumb shit I said when I was drunk (pt. 1)
(these aren’t even funny I’m sorry)
Jeremy: “my only kink is love”
Renee: “it’s a fact that lesbians are immortal”
Neil: “a tram is a subway but like on top”
Andrew: “fuck off I am gay therefore I walk fucking fast”
Nicky: “once I move to New York and marry Timothée Chalamet it’s over for you bitches and you know it”
Neil in a “my kink is karma” t shirt
sorry not sorry for cuntifying Kevin
Neil and Kevin based on this tumblr post I made:
+ a bonus Andrew because I had space to fill
A little watercolour jean... Mabye i made him too pretty? Idk
if neil had gone to the ravens when he was supposed to he would be 10 years old. it would be 4 years without jean as a partner, 6 without officially being a part of the line up. what would he have suffered in riko's hands for that long? would neil's impassiveness on the day nathan killed that man in front of them have helped or worsen riko's attitude? his methods? was riko already practicing his various forms of torture at that age? neil would fight back, he would resist just as much as jean did, but would lola's teachings be enough? would his mother's?
Neil, on the bus back to Palmetto after the Ravens game: So you know how I promised not to lie to you guys anymore? Uh... Last night I was taken in front of Ichirou and watched him blow Riko's brains out. Also Tetsuji is stepping down as coach. That's really going to affect their next season. We'll have to train to beat the Trojans in the final next year
Everyone else: .... Neil
Also I earlier that year a heavy weighted strikers racquet just like Riko’s was used to murder a man (looking at you Aaron)
just thinking about how it's probably pretty niche exy knowledge to be aware of the kinds of racquets each player used, especially regarding the weight and how it affects their game. That being said, a casual exy viewer probably saw Riko gear up to hit Neil and didn't understand the gravity of the situation until they saw what andrew's goalie stick did to Riko's arm. Like people in-universe probably tried to preach about Andrew's over-reacting, but it would be easier to counter with the weight of Andrew's racquet not being all that heavier than Riko's, who uses a heavy weighted racquet.
aftg twitter things 😜