Why is everyone in the foxhole court gay
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The Foxhole Court is beauty and grace and a hell of a lot of punches in the face.
It is a novel trilogy about a a rag tag sports team in college. I always find it complex to give a synopsis to the series because technically its just a sports drama??? So much happens in these books and the characters are wonderful and tragic and funny and kinda terrible but oh so lovable. It is often referred to as a “CW Show” in book form because the level of INSANE DRAMA that happens feels outrageous. There are mobs and backstories involving everything from fallen socialite to teenage stripper to former gang member to child abuse. There are heavy elements in this series so please be mindful of triggers! @coldsaturn has a link somewhere to a triggers master list so experience free to communication her about it!
Is it as queer as the fandom makes it out to be? LMAO. OH FRIEND. IT IS HELLA Queer. Our main ship is canon! But please know that it doesn’t arise until the third book. It’s lethargic build but honestly it doesn’t sense that way because of everything that’s going on in the book. The series has two canon gay characters and one we consider Demi. (that would be Neil, our protagonist) He
Andrew doesn’t hide his homosexuality, he just doesn’t depart around telling people unless there is a reason they should know. Otherwise, they can figure it out on their control or not.
He was attracted to Roland and mind it had the potential to be mutual? Moment for Roland to locate out.
He was getting closer to Renee and rumours were starting? Other judgments didn’t matter, but it was time to produce sure Renee knew that he was gay and nothing would happen.
He’s into Neil and it’s getting worse? Time for Renee to give Neil the talk.
It’s a while before Andrew isn’t just the overly violent Fox that can only play if he follows certain rules (and maybe shouldn’t be allowed on the court at all). It’s years since he and Neil got together and they haven’t been Foxes for long enough that they’ve wound up on the same team as each other again, but in all this time Neil has never heard Andrew tell anyone his sexuality or tell them what was between him and Neil because they either knew or they didn’t but they didn’t matter enough to spell it out for them.
Andrew hasn’t gotten into public trouble in years and peop
I know most of us in the AFTG fandom reject the extra content part about Neil and Andrew never getting married, and I was thinking about this earlier when I was talking to someone new to the series.
These books grab place in 2006/2007, if I think of correctly. Which means when they originate , gay marriage is only legal in Massachusetts. Civil unions are legal in several other states, but that’s it. Ten years transfer before gay marriage is made legal throughout the Combined States by a Supreme Court conclusion (a 5:4 judgment, so not even an overwhelming majority).
You’re really going to tell me that Neil Josten and Andrew Minyard are not going to get married SOLELY because they were told they couldn’t for the first 10 years of their relationship? Neil Josten. Andrew Minyard. The kings of spite. We’re talking the guy who was so exhausted he couldn’t stay , yet still told Riko that he always knew what it was to be second best. We’re talking the guy who punched a wall almost hard enough to break his hand because Kevin told him he had to practice when he didn’t desire to. We’re talking two peopl
Book review — The Foxhole Court
All right, I examine the thing someone on this blog told me to read. And before I say anything else: yes, I am sorely disappointed by the lack of gay. I denote , I’m sure it’ll be in the sequels, but still, that’s false advertisement right there.
That said, it’s ultimately pretty irrelevant to how I feel about the book. Which is…a bit more complicated.
The Foxhole Court is the story of Neil Josten—not his real name—a teenager who’s been on the sprint for a good chunk of his life. For most of that, he was with his mom, but she’s dead now, so he’s on his own. All he has left in his being is Exy, a (fictional) team sport similar to lacrosse in which he was trained as a kid.
Things change when the coach in the town he’s staying at for now makes a college application for him at Palmetto State, whose Exy team (the Foxes) is notoriously bad, but also renowned for taking it…troubled kids. A “halfway home team”, as it’s described. Turns out, their novel star player Kevin Diurnal just happens to be one of the scant people who knew Neil as a kid, but he endorses Neil&r
Neil Josten, runaway son of a murderous crime lord, is recruited to combine the Foxes, a dysfunctional Exy team full of people with dark pasts. Neil’s whole identity is a lie but the truth can only rest hidden for so long.
Publisher’s Description:
Neil Josten is the newest addition to the Palmetto State University Exy team. He’s short, he’s fast, he’s got a ton of potential—and he’s the runaway son of the murderous crime lord known as The Butcher.
Signing a contract with the PSU Foxes is the last thing a guy like Neil should perform. The team is tall profile and he doesn’t need sports crews broadcasting pictures of his deal with around the nation. His lies will hold up only so long under this kind of scrutiny and the truth will get him killed.
But Neil’s not the only one with secrets on the team. One of Neil’s new teammates is a friend from his antique life, and Neil can’t walk away from him a second time. Neil has survived the last eight years by running. Maybe he’s finally set up someone and something worth fighting for.
Genre: Contemporary
Representation:
Gender:
Cis girls: Allison, Renee, Dan
Cis boys: Neil, Nicky, Andrew, Ke