I don't know what this is but it sure has something to do with hockey rpf main blog is alittleunder-rehearsed 30s, Queer NB, full of bad jokes and hyperfixating on the Sharks, gently tapping on the glass but trying to be mindful of the fourth wall
the thing about men's sports is that eventually they will start putting on displays of homosexuality so depraved you couldn't even find it in porn. and it's essential to their game
hutty smart hutty media trained hutty classy but also hutty "don't ever try to get me to say anything bad about mackie to the media because i will stare you down and lie to your fucking face" (he just teases mack and clowns him in person instead, as good friends do <3)
im sorry to bother you with this im just having a hard time searching myself and really wanna be in on the will insta crashout joke do you mind explaining what happened if you know? thank you!!
No worries! I am never bothered to discuss the anxious girlcat. This is the post that mentioned it.
As always with me I went on a rabbit hole but this game was So Important and also v fun to watch (might have been among the first I watched with any awareness of the Boys). 2/4/25 home game against Montrealā Mack's first game playing against Lane Hutson (friend and old BU teammate) in the NHL. The Sharks had lost 7 of their last 8 games but Will was on a 6 game point streak, finding his feet after months of some...I shall delicately call it 'pathfinding'. They really wanted to win this one. They drew a penalty and then pulled off this work of beauty (1:21-4:45). This was a great showing of Will's playmaking and also a reeeeeally fucking satisfying tic-toc-tac-tuc-toe goal.
That sequence inspired Mack to give us this gem in his postgame interview: "That was an amazing five-man goal, like, I just watched it, I don't think anyone stickhandled. Like it was Wally bump, to Smitty to Ekky to Toff, backdoor to me and then I had the whole net, so. I mean, if there were four assists that could be added to the goal, I think that would be the goal you'd do it for."
Just an insane statement to make, but he went on to give us the load-bearing "there's a reason he went 4th overall, 71 points last year, best in college hockey" rundown:
Somehow managing to sound bored and annoyed he has to even say it (don't they know) while glazing Will like a donut. Oh, Mackerin.
ANYWAY. The public spazz out. Truly wish I could link you some of the beautiful hilarious webweaves people posted about this but tumblr won't let me look back in my archive or find things based on date like it used to (rip).
This is how I think it went:
Mack and Lane went for steaks in San Jose to catch up. Will was not invited. Let's set the scene: he went 4th overall, his family kept coming to games where for months he gave them and his team only small glimmers of what he knew he could do, and even now that he's got it down this team won't. Stop. Losing. He's been hanging onto his famed chill with nothing but bloodied nailbeds and the gut-level satisfaction that the franchise's generational player only really fucks with him. Mack needs Will, to help him regulate his volatile emotions, to vent and be reminded of the bigger picture, to be always available, always The Guy he can rely on to be light and fun. And then they lost their 8th game in 9 and! Will lost his point streak. And now Mack's out with the guy who snapped that streak, beat their team. He said it was fine when Mack asked. Will is actually totally fine with it. Mack texts him a picture of the menu ("š½ļøš test") and in the upper righthand corner of it there's the edge of a slim knobby hand holding a glass. He swipes out. His jaw always makes that noise at night. Whatever.
He needs a reminder of why this is all worth it, that this is his childhood dream, that he didn't make his family go to all the trouble for nothing, that he has people who think he's hot and cool and good at his job. It was about time anyway for another photo dump. He selects a blend of walk ins, high def on ice shotsā sponsorship names facing out of courseā one or two off ice for flavor, one of his dad with Mack just offscreen, he knows. And so what if he made sure to put in two of Mack? So what if it's Mack, wearing his jersey, his name, the jersey he beat Lane Hutson in as well as Mack for Hockey East? So what if it's Mack, arm around his waist?
Mack texts him again. He ignores it, posts the carousel. He knows Mack has alerts for his insta, he'll see it. Will taps his profile, imagining Mack doing the same at dinner with Lane, maybe under the table, face flushed, trying not to let on but he's always kinda bad at hidingā hold on. Shit. Why is Insta cropping it like thatā
Ughhh. Okay. Delete. Reorganize. Repost. Shit. What if Mack clicks the notification and it's just this idioticā and then he and Lane have a laugh about itā why is itā delete. Repost. Fuckfuckdelete.repost?FUCK!!!!delete!
Mack texts him "š¤£smit what" and Will wants to die. Box breath. Don't overheat. It's just the fucking landscape photos. Fix and repost. Mack comments four minutes later "That's 2 for sure." It'sā he's not blushing but he does turn the AC up. It gets hot in California.
So anyway then a week later Mack and Lane party with their BU boys when they win against BC and afterwards Will takes Mack to Arizona and gives him a lap dance to Pony by Genuwine till he agrees to let him tap it
everyone talks more about the hart, but being named as a finalist for the ted lindsay award is a huge fucking deal because itās voted on by the other players themselves, instead of the media. thatās the kind of respect mack has garnered among his much older peers, after only two years in the league, at nineteen years old. heās incredible, and anyone who plays with him or against him knows it
bar dude: o shit itās macklin celebrini the most famous 19yo to ever 19yo
mack: i see that i have been clocked. do you want me to leave? weāre leaving now. i am going to get a good grade in getting kicked out of this sports bar, a thing that is both normal to want and possible to achieve, in fact, i will just go ahead and kick myself out now and spare you the trouble
bar dude: also can i get an embarrassing pic to blast you on main with? great thanks youāre a babe
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