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dont retreat emotionally. people like you and want you around. they like to talk to you, and you genuinely matter. you have to trust this through the hard times so you can get to the better times without sabotaging yourself. you are worth loving

#working on it!!

washedupswammer

trevor's comfort with not being perceived as macho tough guy or rather if anything, prefers being perceived the opposite way? not commonly seen in nhl players/male athletes where it's so drilled in to seem tough, seem bigger, seem more capable, etc. but he dgaf? he doesn't like that? nary a thirst- trap esque working out picture on his instagram (cue cam york), nary any insecurities about his height or weight ("im 130 pounds!) or lack of body hair (which, sounds weird, but that definitely is something male athletes would chirp each other about a la masculinity "it's genetics, jen!"), posts goofy super close up selfies in his dumps, has an emotional pink support beanie, is completely happy getting manhandled by the month old rookie in many different angles (denver drives, is fine with barks telling the media that he was living in a mess before), is apparently "shirtless" all the time (comfortable in his skin?), recommends "man i need" as a win song, sunset photos galore, loudly proclaimed that he's a taylor swift fan (lowk back when her rep was not great, i may add), is supremely generous and obvious with his love for people on and off the ice like at least two standard deviations more than the mean, actively supports and talks about mental health awareness, put out the goofiest hulu ad of all time like he said "yeah let's have a cut of me crying to zootopia 2", again no hiding emotions here no macho tough cool guy nonchalance, on the ice makes the big enforcer guys look silly with his quick hands and quick feet, quite literally ushered in a new era of hockey with his entire person and playstyle,

#hockeyposting

thecryptkeeper

i know the way people talk about their pets now is probably how we’ve been doing it for all of history. a cat owner in ancient rome saw their cat lounging on the dining pillows and commented “he thinks himself to be the senator claudius 🤣”

bighairedbitch

One thing I’ve seen happens in this fandom- and honestly sometimes in real life discussions about Hudson too- is that people end up flattening all POC experiences into one universal experience.

Race absolutely matters. Racism absolutely exists. But different racial groups are stereotyped in different ways, and those stereotypes can produce completely different social expectations.

For example, I’ve seen people criticize Rachel and Jacob for joking about Hudson being unintelligent because he’s a person of color. If Hudson were Black, I would understand that criticism more, because there is a long history of anti-Black stereotypes portraying Black people as unintelligent. But Hudson is Asian. Asian men are stereotyped in almost the opposite way. They’re often assumed to be intelligent, studious, and academically successful. The stereotype is still racist, but it’s a different stereotype. It doesn’t suddenly become an anti-Asian stereotype just because we’ve replaced “Asian” with the broader category of “POC.”

The same thing happens constantly in fanfiction with Shane.

A lot of writers portray Shane as being afraid to fight because he knows he’ll be judged more harshly than white players. I understand where that idea is coming from, but as a black person I’ve never found it particularly convincing.

If Shane were black, that analysis would make more sense to me. Black men are often stereotyped as aggressive, which means behavior that is considered acceptable from white athletes is often interpreted differently when black ones do it.

But asian men occupy a very different place in the racial imagination. They’re frequently stereotyped as passive, non-threatening, weak, nerdy, emasculated, etc. If racial stereotypes were influencing Shane’s approach to hockey, I could just as easily imagine the opposite dynamic: feeling pressure to prove he’s aggressive enough to belong. Maybe he’s fighting TOO much.

But that doesn’t make sense for Shane. He’s the league’s golden boy. He’s polite, media-friendly, and heavily inspired by Sidney Crosby. He’s a superstar. Fighting is often delegated to players lower on the depth chart whose role is specifically to provide physicality. Star players generally aren’t expected to be enforcers. Teams usually want their elite talent scoring goals, not sitting in the penalty box after dropping the gloves.

So Shane not fighting much doesn’t strike me as evidence of racial pressure. It strikes me as evidence that he’s Shane Hollander.

Crosby is a useful comparison here. For years, people mocked him for not being physical enough (and for talking to the refs too much). They questioned his toughness and masculinity. They called him “Crybaby Crosby” or “Cindy Crosby.” Fans edited photos of him in dresses or makeup. The criticism wasn’t really about hockey. The joke was that he wasn’t a “real man.”

And that’s a white player.

Imagine how much worse those conversations could become if the player in question were Asian.

That’s the kind of racial dynamic I could actually see affecting Shane, not him worrying about people thinking he’s too aggressive, but people questioning whether aggressive ENOUGH.

There’s a good chance that if Shane fought exactly like many white players, he probably still wouldn’t be viewed as tough enough. Meanwhile, if a Black player fought exactly like those same white players, he might be interpreted as more aggressive.

People often criticize Rachel for not doing much racial analysis in the books. But sometimes fandom fills that gap with racial analysis that feels disconnected from both hockey culture and the specific stereotypes that affect different racial groups.

Not every POC experience is interchangeable.

A stereotype that affects Black athletes is not automatically a stereotype that affects Asian athletes. A stereotype that affects Latino athletes is not automatically a stereotype that affects Indigenous athletes.

If we’re going to talk about race- and we should- we have to talk about the actual racial dynamics at play, not just substitute “person of color” for a more specific analysis.

Sometimes no racial analysis is better than bad racial analysis.

brocksfaber

FUCK YEAAAAAAH

#hockeyposting #the comments on the official PWHL detroit post are big big big mad too #people are saying they're going to try and get their ticket deposits back lol

aroace-ryland-grace

I NEED to write fanfiction <- guy who is not writing fanfiction

like i'm paying attention to the PWHL for basically the first time ever but it seems to me like it would have made more sense to do the entry draft FIRST and THEN cull players from other teams, with the newly drafted kids not allowed to be moved. rather than whatever the fuck they're doing rn. seems like it would cause just slightly less drama and bad blood and be better for team cohesion and shit

#shispeak #hockeyposting

a tknp infinity train fic would kind of slap actually

#hockeyposting #specifically: they get on separately but their numbers are linked like in season 4 #tk figures out the self improvement mechanic but then his number just keEPS GOING BACK UP HE DIDNT EVEN DO ANYTHING WHY #shispeak

saviorified

I believe he is a girl but not anytime soon

#prev youre so right.#hockeyposting

redstonedust

what if your doppelganger loved being you more than you ever loved being yourself. they're better at being you and everyone loves them and it feels almost selfish to want your life back. i want clone horror but the horror is that the thing trying to replace you is also the person you always wanted to be.

#isn't this what sublimation is about