reading the most insane primer in the whole world. when people reference the usntdp, there's always this aura of heaviness present and finally searching it up and reading it literally broke down my whole psyche because wtf is that fucking program. the amount of content that detailed smitty's experience from it, the abuse, the psychological torture, and the absolute power imbalance that were happening in that program.
it really puts into perspective why the bc line are so close even now and no matter how messy or how seemingly they've drift apart, they can't get rid of each other, they've trauma bonded.
reading all the articles and sources that were listed in the primer just makes me more saddened and angry about smitty's place in the sharks. oh im so fucking angry about warso omfg, i have to kill that guy. smitty doesn't deserve to get treated like whatever the fuck happened in the latter half of the season. not only that but the increasing talks about trading, benching, and so much hate that he receives especially now is so goddamn frustrating.
still despite all of that shit happening to him, he still maintained relatively true to his personality despite how seemingly the usntdp tried to get rid of it. same with the players i've imprinted while being in the hockey fandom who happened to also survived that program (z and cole).
i urged everyone to read the primer especially those who are new to the fandom and/ those who just were here for the willmack of it all. it's critical wsh lore and it's truly such a fascinating read about the absolute insanity that is the north american ice hockey sports. pt.1, pt.1.1, pt.1.2, will in usntdp
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