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All this talk about PWHL protection lists but who’s protecting my sanity. Makes you think.
that's enough jock clown fight, time to watch nerd clown fight prog again
I'm surprised how many people are surprised Torrent didn't protect Knight after announcing Carpy yesterday. It doesn't make sense to protect two veterans with (relatively) high salaries, one of whom has confirmed she's a few years off retiring, instead of investing more into their young talent and banking a larger salary pool to allow more flexibility in the draft.
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I have crotchless panties with more coverage than that
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Photo of Kadirova during her time in the Russian Women's Hockey league on the Saint Petersburg team, Dinamo-Neva
As @pwhl-mybeloved pointed out in her post, almost all of the coverage of Fanuza Kadirova is about the language barrier. Tune into any broadcast where Kadirova is on the ice, and inevitably you hear a commentator say, “Well, she may not speak English, but she sure does speak hockey!”
As a result, almost all of the English-language coverage we get from Kadirova is from the perspective of her coach and teammates. This is understandable! Language barriers are real! However, considering that she has been so crucial to the playoffs (and is playing INCREDIBLE hockey) I did what the Ottawa Citizen seemed to have been unable to do—I googled her.
Kadirova has given a whole bunch of interviews in Russian! She has a fascinating backstory! She is genuinely very cool! I’ve decided to compile a list of Kadirova facts, so that her fans can appreciate her beyond her sick flow and unreal style of play.
The following is a list of Kadirova facts that I will be updating as I have time to go through her interviews and translate them. I will update when I can!
While I do speak Russian, it is not my native language, so if there are any native speakers who spot translation errors please do let me know.
1. Kadirova is, in fact, bilingual!
Kadirova speaks both Russian and Tartar, which is an indigenous language spoken by the Tartar people. Kadirova is from Tartarstan, the titular republic located in Russia, north of Kazakstan. It seems like her Tartar heritage is really important to her. Her father was a professional Koresh wrestler, a traditional form of wrestling practiced in Central Asia. Tartar is Kadirova’s mother tongue, and she speaks Tartar with her parents. The one exception? She switches to Russian when talking about hockey.
It sounds like the Tartar community of Canada has been lovely to Kadirova. Directly after she was drafted, she got a message from a stranger on social media, who said that he lived in Montreal with his family and they were all Tartars. “They were even from the Kukmor region, [where Kadirova is from]. He wrote to me that in Montreal there was also a women’s team, and that ‘if you are in Montreal, message me and we will meet.’ It was really so nice.”
When she arrived in Ottawa, Kadirova went to open a bank account. At the bank was a woman with a Tartar last name. “She spoke to me in Russian, but if I remember correctly she also spoke Tartar. [She] also gave me her number and said, ‘feel free to write or call.’ […] She has helped me with banking issues on more than one occasion. I’m grateful she gave me her number.” (Source)
Kadirova is trying to learn English, and moving to Canada was intimidating. She was worried about playing on an English-speaking team for the first time. When interviewed directly after the draft, she said: “Of course I worry about it a bit. I mean, damn, it scares me a little. […] I am trying to study [English] each day. What will be will be. There are worries, but it is best to think positively. […] I hope everything will work out for me.” (Source)
Another picture of Kadirova in her Dinamo-Neva days
2. She watched the draft, alone, in her room at 5am
Due to time differences (Tatarstan is quite far East) Kadirova was watching the PWHL draft on her tablet, alone in her room. It began at 1am Tatarstan time, and went until 5am.
Interviewer: “Were you waiting for your name to be called? Were you going to be upset if you weren’t chosen?” Kadirova: “Of course I worried. I started to worry when I wasn’t picked for a long time.” Interviewer: “What was going through your head, when your pick was finally announced?” Kadirova: “Joy, of course. […] My heart was pounding. I was a little nervous even. They showed real interest, but I had to wait until the end. They finally picked me.” Interviewer: “Who did you call first?” Kadirova: “I didn’t call anyone. My friends wrote to me, trainers, but that was already later, in the morning. Although some congratulated me at five AM. I got some messages from Ottawa fans on social media. Lots of positive messages, but negative too. Like, ‘You shouldn’t come here,’ or ‘You don’t belong here.’” (Source)
While she received some negative messages from fans, Kadirova was really touched by the messages sent to her by her new teammates. “It was really nice. […] They congratulated me and gave me their personal numbers, they said I could message at any time. ‘We’ll help how we can, show [you everything]. […] It was really touching.” (Source)
Until she actually signed her contract and was heading to Ottawa, her family didn't fully comprehend that she would be going to play in the PWHL!
“My family, my parents, they didn’t believe it until the very end. I said ‘Ok, that’s all, I’m going. I’m going to try [and be drafted into the PWHL].’ And they were like, 'oh yes. Very cool.' [...] For them it wasn’t decided—it wasn’t that I’d already signed up, for example. [...] They were really—[inc] in shock. It was already serious, already on paper. They didn’t expect it. They didn’t expect it even when I was selected in the draft. They didn’t understand what it was even.” (Source)
This is all I have time to write up today, but there are SO many more insane facts about Kadirova that I am SO excited to share. If any Russian speakers have articles about her they'd be interested in sending me I'd be thrilled!
I feel it would be good to have a word that's like not ragebait but shamebait, where you can read a post and just go 'ah, this person just wants me to feel ashamed of myself and is not engaging with the issue in a constructive or useful way. I do not have to participate in this actually' and like. move on with your day
I am looking neither respectfully nor disrespectfully. I gaze without recognition of your form, and without understanding.
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It's that time of year again, so let's all take a moment to remember that "re-signed" and "resigned" are very different words.
ive said it before and i'll say it again but the average tumblr users need to be "valid" has truly left a mark on the collective braincells of people here fr
op: damn green shoes be ugly asf
the average normal person: oh i love green shoes. well anyway *scrolls past*
Those Type People: umm i think you need to mind your business. let people like what they like. you are literally stopping everyone who likes green shoes from liking it because of this post. like what if someone with autism had green shoes as their special interest? who are you to dictate what other people wear????? (+17 more paragraphs of them obviously needing to be seen as valid to this random fucking stranger)
I'm gonna say something incredibly 30-year-old and I'm going to ask you to not judge me while I'm trying to be genuine and real. Okay? Here's my truth.
A piece of lettuce can really elevate a sandwich. The fresh crunch? Unrivaled. Peak. Poetic cinema.
Listen, l i s t e n, every few months or so I get reminded of this scene that happens after Aymeric drives a bunch of angry rebels out of The Vault, and I go completely feral with emotions
Edmont tells Aymeric this won't be the last time that happens if the current political climate continues as it has been, and that he needs to make sure to take care of their people and of himself, then drops this line. and just walks away.
Aymeric is standing there stunned and awkward trying to be appropriately honored by a grieving father who's also right about the politics of the situation, and apparently unlike Edmont has probably not forgotten that Artoirel is right there.
Artoirel steps forward behind Aymeric to follow his father, but before he passes the point where Aymeric could see him
he stops still and turns his head, obviously conflicted and gathering himself, and the camera focuses entirely on his face even though he hasn't got any lines in this scene at all. the father he respects and admires is obviously not bearing up well under all the recent changes, and just all but adopted a surrogate for the beloved son he's recently lost without even acknowledging his eldest son's presence. not even so much as a look. his father needs him now more than ever. his father is taking him for granted and always has.
he probably daydreamed as a child about the relationship he might have had with Edmont if Haurchefant wasn't there to be the favorite, and now he has the bitterest proof that it would never have been better, is not going to get better.
and he still walks after his father, away from Aymeric and Lucia and the gathered Scions. Edmont never looks back to see if he's coming, but he is. someone still has to hold this family together.
The Fortemps family are so fucked up you guys. the drama of it. it just makes me gnash my teeth and wail every single time.
@talesofamelody AUGH, I had completely forgotten that line since it's obvs not in the Unending Journey, but tbh it just makes everything worse! Because yeah, that's a shitty thing for Artoirel to have said! but it shows where Artoirel's mind is - in that moment, heading into the Vault to do combat, he's mentally lining himself up against the memory of Haurchefant.
And he came back, and they accomplished everything they set out to do! And Edmont... doesn't say a word to him, and instead is comparing Aymeric to Haurchefant instead. Granted, Aymeric was the one in more danger because he was going in still injured, and these rebels didn't pose nearly the same threat as the Heaven's Ward, but not even a single nod of acknowledgement to being glad that his actual son made it back out of the building unharmed? This soon after losing Haurchefant there, you were worried, right? ...right?
And, and! Obliquely, the follow-up demonstrates that Artoirel has grown and matured, because unlike his relationship with Haurchefant, this dynamic doesn't sour his relationship with Aymeric. They continue being able to work together without a trace of resentment, Artoirel is if anything more concerned about Aymeric's health than Aymeric is (because Aymeric is still terrible about minding his own safety and well-being). How much of that is guilt over how he treated his brother is debatable, but at the very least it's clear that he's grown up enough not to continue placing the blame for his father's favoritism on the favorite who didn't ask for any of this.
...there might need to be fic that comes of this...
i dont have anything in particular to add to this conversation except that i'm glad someone else is thinking about this because: here is a meme i scrambled to make in 2015 directly after watching this go down. when it was current storyline.
you could say it's been on my mind a while lol
“Reblog” spelled backwards is GOLBEZ!
im pretty sure z =/= r
I’m pretty sure that if z=2/r+(tanX-X^2)pi+zr(r^2)-X and r+2Br(z^r)r0 and then 2tanX+z=r*cosB/sinB^2(a-2) then yes, z = r.
It was clearly implied when I made the post.
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what if we don't wanna be?
then i hope for peace