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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov, Shane Hollander & Svetlana Vetrova Characters: Shane Hollander, Ilya Rozanov, Svetlana Vetrova, Cliff Marlow | Cliff Marleau, Hayden Pike, Scott Hunter (Game Changers), Troy Barrett, Leah Campbell Additional Tags: Podcast, Hockey, Autistic Shane Hollander, Married Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov, Whump, Post-Concussion Syndrome, Retired Hockey Player Shane Hollander, Ilya Rozanov is a Menace, Hurt Shane Hollander, Ilya Rozanov Loves Shane Hollander, Social Media, Twitter, slight Regina bashing, the author just info dumps on hockey for 12k, Crack Treated Seriously, Podfic, Podfic Length: 1-1.5 Hours, Audio Format: MP3, Audio Format: Streaming Summary:

“They need to return to a conference based system,” Svetlana said, slamming her hand against the table. “It was fucking fine the way it was, why are we handing out participation trophies to shitty divisions?”

Ilya raised his eyebrows from where he hovered in the kitchen, cracking open another Red Bull.

“This is fun,” he said, deadpanned. “You guys should start a podcast or something. I would not listen, you are both terribly boring.”

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Or, after an injury on the ice forces Shane into an early retirement, he and Svetlana start a podcast.

Podfic of Is this thing on? by ARustySpork.

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Attention, this is the greatest thing that’s ever happened to me.

I’ve never actually listened to a podfic before, but when these guys reached out to me and asked permission to make one from my fic, I said hell yeah.

I was driving through the Rocky Mountains when this was released, and I listened to it during the drive. Straight up cried (which was not very responsible driver of me but oh well). It’s absolutely phenomenal, I felt like I was hearing a professional audiobook. The voice acting is incredible, the pacing perfect, this is done as a multi-voice work and it all just flows so seamlessly. I’m literally graduating uni tomorrow but I think this will continue to be the highest point in my life.

Anyway, thank you to everyone involved in making this happen. It’s so surreal to hear my own words being read like this. Take as many of my first born children as you’d like.

#heated rivalry fic #ao3 fanfic #ao3 author #writing #ao3 #I've peaked in life

I just binged several of your fics and I love your writing! I really enjoy how realistic you make the hockey in your fics and also all the Canada-isms you weave in.

I have noticed that you bring up the Piešťany Punch Up and the Russian Five a lot. Have you read the soviet montage by pressuretoparty? (Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/75927071/chapters/198632476 ) It's a Cold War era Hollanov AU and they go through their own version of the Punch-Up and Ilya defects like Federov! I knew nothing about hockey or hockey history when I read it but it was very good, 10/10, I highly recommend.

I have read this one!!! It's actually where I was recommended the Russian Five documentary! And so I tumble down the rabbit hole of hockey history that I eat every morning for breakfast :)

#ao3 #heated rivalry fic

I just read chapter 1 of "If it wasn't for that meddling kid" and I am absolutely in love with it! I am going to read a chapter a day to pace myself because this is absolutely my most favorite trope. A comment actually recommended the fic when i was shitposting my AU thoughts and I am so thankful.

Question: I am not sure if you explain this at a later point in the story/author notes but I did not see anything in Chapter 1 on the topic.

Why did you choose the name "Pavsikakiy"? I think it is funny that it kind of has the vibe of "everyman" kinda like the word pavsidnevniy (повседневный) - but I don't think that was your reasoning.

This may also be revealed later but it kind of gives off really orthodox isolationist religious family vibes?

Anyways! Love love love the plot so far and cannot wait to finish the story and would love to hear your thought process!

There is an explanation for it! There is sort of a climax in chapter 12, with more in depth history in the notes.

When I started writing this I didn't realize the name would be something so many people would get mad at me over. Thank you for being nice about it because I have received some less than nice response to the whole storyline 🥲.

It takes a bit to get there, but there are a few easter eggs throughout the fic hinting about his name and the history with it. I hope you find the reveal satisfying!! See you in 12 days??

#heated rivalry fic #ao3

absolutely adore your heated rivalry fanfiction and hope you won’t mind a hockey question from a random stranger…

how important is where a player is picked in the draft? And, um, is there a proper name for that number? (Like draft number or something.) It seems like a stat that follows players around their entire careers (and it’s one of the first things you read on a player’s Wikipedia page). At the same time, it seems like there’s a number of players outside of the top ten or the first round who go on to have very successful careers, so it’s hard for me to get a sense of how much it matters or how much it would matter to players themselves. (Context of this question is that I’m trying to work out how high Scott Hunter was drafted.)

no pressure to answer and thanks again for your wonderful writing!

ahhh love this question :)))

Okay, so I would say draft pick can be pretty important, particularly when you're first overall. This puts a lot of expectation on the player, you look at Crosby, Matthews, McDavid, Celebrini, they're basically hailed as the franchise saver, and if they don't perform, they'll receive a lot of criticism. When it comes to the players themselves, 1OA has the biggest impact, but anything below that doesn't nearly have the same level of expectation.

Most top players will have been picked in the first round of the draft, where that is depends on the draft year. Some years have been filthy with talent, other years, not so much.

You're right that there are players that are drafted late and end up being successful (I think of Brad Marchand, Mark Stone, Colton Parayko), just as there's also been first overall picks that've been busts (Alexandre Daigle, Nail Yakupov). In the NHL, it's pretty common that players will get sent down to the teams' AHL affiliates off the bat in order to gain some experience before playing in the NHL.

A lot of it comes down to chance. When a team drafts a player, it's usually based on their performance at the combine and in their junior leagues, which don't always reflect their performance in the NHL. Sometimes they perform better, sometimes worse.

Since you're looking at Scott Hunter, I think it's fair to say that he was drafted early in the first round, but not 1OA. I'd compare him to Jonathan Toews, who played two years at the University of North Dakota before being drafted third overall by Chicago in the 2006 draft, and would go on to become their captain.

And as for your question about how their draft order is referred to, usually they would just be known as Nth overall, or sometimes Nth round, Nth overall.

#heated rivalry #hockey #spork explains hockey

blandlava

have the habs tried biting the other guys

wild-moss-art

This is why I read the reddit comments

awsydawnarts

quarterclever

I love how the notes for this are just chock full of examples of the most batshit specific things people research for their fanfics. Truly a treasure trove.

quarterclever

Some of my favorites

quarterclever

And my absolute fav

#Deep dive into fish migration patterns around Newfoundland for a throwaway sentence I never even included

I'm reading your story with Pava and I love it so much! Thank you for including all the end notes with context and links to the bits you incorporate, I just started watching PWHL after the Olympics so most of the hockey lore is brand new to me.

Newf is such a fun dude character, I love the impenetrable accent and the collection of ugly sticks! My little gay heart kinda really wants to see him or Ilya play Come From Away in the locker room when they control the music-- it came out in 2017 and was still on Broadway, the cast album was out, and it has a strong plot about gay characters and a bunch of Newfie accents.

This!!!! I actually got to see Come From Away twice in person during the Canadian tour, and I actually was inspired to write the ugly stick collection when I watched the proshot not too long ago.

I always say Hitch from Shoresy is my main inspiration for Newf, but I pull a lot of ideas from Come From Away as well. I ❤️ Cancon!!!

#writing #fanfic #cancon

kermit-pwhl

Kermit stuns in new fit

heyisntthattheguywho

Playoff time in Quebec is insane cause I call my brother and we talk about the game and the best way to pirate it. I call my mom and she tells me which player she'd like to adopt or throw to the dogs. I call my dad and we discuss goalie stats. I call my grandpa and he tells me about our promising rookies. I call my friends and we watch the game together cause one of them played goalie in highschool. I go to work and everyone is making brackets on whos gonna win what.

I go outside and I see people with habs jerseys in coffeeshops. I turn in a backstreet and see kids playing street hockey pretending they're Caufield and Suzuki. I take the bus and 2 old men start talking about whos injured and whos gonna come back in time for game 6. My neighbors put up images of the captain in their windows like charms to ward off evil. I go on the metro and hear the players voice call my next stop its inescapable and i'd want nothing else.