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me and my groupchat convincing ourselves that wills on a plane to van rn #trust

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The longest time I’ve spent with my friend I’ve known since I was 8 years old was 11 days non stop on a vacation and I love her lots but by the end of our vacation together, the drive home was SILENT lmfaooo. We were tired from driving and stuff but it’s also a long time to spend with someone without a break. Honestly idk how they do it constantly. love how wills mum was like “do they ever get sick of each other” because how do they not. Codependent mfs to the extreme

I AGREE!! my social battery with my best friends even runs out so quick so i rlly wonder how they do it constantly

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https://www.tumblr.com/geekbar234/819268086416965633/well-never-know-what-they-actually-are-to-each

There’s only one person I’ve ever wanted to spend this much time with and I ended up marrying him. We tried hard to keep it a best friend thing but we weren’t normal about each other at all and our friends and families chirped us endlessly.

Good luck to the wackles lol

OH MY GODDD

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We’ll never know what they actually are to each other but.. face value? They seem pretty weird and intense about e/o lol. Like if what people say are true, that they’re together ALLLLL the time, then that’s insane because I cant even begin to imagine spending 8 hours a day with my friends of FOUR years, i’d get sick of them and i love them with all my heart.

YES!! this reminds me when i went to a game and ran into one of their family friends (older guy, wills dads friend) and he was telling me and this other older guy how will and mack spend like all day every day together lol especially when wills dad went to visit 😭

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This is totally my own delusions but i truly did think they fought before mack went to worlds. I have a feeling its about hockey/off seasons scheduling and then it devolve into something more personal. And they got over it but since they've been long distance didn't really address it properly and just shrugged it off (its kinda eating them apart tho).

Or they just needed space because it makes the romance better like ariana grande said on her song nasa.

ive seen a lot of ppl say this and i see where its coming from 100%!!

thoughts?

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Tbh I think their current status is just friends. I think there is definitely mutual attraction and they struggle to keep it under control. And maybe that control has slipped a few times and things happened that they now choose to ignore. Or maybe they talked about it and agreed that they can’t let it happen. Not only the whole being gay in the NHL thing, which would be a huge obstacle in itself, but the fact that both of them have worked for their entire lives for their dream of playing hockey and they aren’t willing to risk anything happening to their careers or their team if the relationship went south. Also they are 20 and 21, and super obsessed with hockey. I don’t think either of them were looking for a serious relationship when they met. When you meet the right person that perspective can change in the blink of an eye, but if that is the case then they still have lots of time to figure out the relationship of it all once they have the hockey of it all ironed out.

Basically my thesis statement is that it’s just too messy and risky.

I want them to kiss and keep kissing though 🤭

I AGREE!! this honestly feels so realistic too and i can 100% see it being the real scenario

thoughts?

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Okay taking off rpf glasses(god help me), I’m thinking that they are “just friends”, but like it’s strange because they are always all up in each other’s spaces but they are never all over each other. Like they genuinely believe they are friends and haven’t questioned it because it’s safe and makes sense to them. I honestly think they are just as overwhelmed by themselves and their connection as everyone else is, so they are trying to subdue it, but the clear love and respect they have for each other still manages to shine through. There are plenty of hockey duos out there who have pulled the same shit Willmack does but the difference is that will and mack can’t filling commit to cruel chirps. In summary my bet is on: they love each other, they are friends, they are weird about their friendship because they think it’s unusually strong and sweet, they are slowly falling in love (keyword slowly) but I don’t know if they will ever realize or act on it. And if they ever were to we would never know.

oh my god this honestly was said perfectly and why did it make me emotional

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genuinely love the way u worded this!!

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what‘s going on between them? I fear we‘ll never know. RPF: I think it‘s an intense homoerotic friendship. Mack is ready to jump Wills bones and get his freak on and Will is afraid of what could happen. but that has been chewed over a gazilion times, I know, I‘m off watching the never offside interview for like the 4th time 🫡

LMAOO REAL AF

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This is totally my own delusions but i truly did think they fought before mack went to worlds. I have a feeling its about hockey/off seasons scheduling and then it devolve into something more personal. And they got over it but since they've been long distance didn't really address it properly and just shrugged it off (its kinda eating them apart tho).

Or they just needed space because it makes the romance better like ariana grande said on her song nasa.

this is a valid theory!! thoughts?

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Honestly i feel like willmack both like each other but either are obvious to it and just think “oh this is normal boybestfriend behavior” orrr they both like each other but don’t think the other likes them

maybe the chance that they r fwb on the road and both catch feeling or smth but once again r stupid

LOLL agreed

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I think the red string theory applies to them - whether platonic or romantic, they were just meant to be in each others lives in some kind of capacity.

I also know that everyone freaks out and thinks they aren’t as close as they were (just a consequence of the offseason and them not being together almost every day) but they’ve proven they are quite secretive about things regarding each other so they could FaceTime multiple times a day and we’d never know unless someone else tells us. I will say I think how intense some fans, social media and the public have been about them as a pairing may have been a reason they became more secretive about each other (that’s just my opinion though)

RED STRING THEORY 100%!! the way they were always some way in each others lives before actually getting close gets me all the time, what they have (friendship or relationship) is so so special and they were made to be in each others lives one way or another

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Idk if they have ever actually done anything together but I think Will is Mack’s bi awakening for sure. Their whole dynamic just has first gay crush vibes

agreed!! thoughts?

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I mean… just look at the language people use in regard to them. Colleen - friendship and relationship (weird to say both ngl). Randy and drew - they’re not just friends. The list goes on. Whatever, I hope I find it one day 😂

I AGREE!! i always think abt that stuff bc it happens so much and they all know what theyre doing like ughhh

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I think Will is a closeted gay man (or the cuntiest butch lesbian — pick your fighter) who's only just beginning to accept that part of himself. Right now, he's almost hiding behind a kind of performative or transitional bisexuality as he slowly comes to terms with who he really is.

If we look back just three or four years, we can clearly see how much his whole demeanor has changed.

And then we have our very own deeply repressed Mack, who's completely destabilized by this newly emerging queer energy from Will. But hey — that's been his guy since day one of dev camp…he’s so used to being attached at the hip to him, it feels completely natural but it also clearly fucks him up and gets him questioning things.

The result is an increasingly palpable tension between them. I think atp they're both at least partially aware that something is happening but have not openly addressed it.

this ones honestly how i feel exactly!! hit every right point and i deeply agree

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They are definitely in love with eachother, they may or may not be giving eachother handjobs but like its totally not gay (it is) but i doooont think they are dating

LMAOO😭😭

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They’re either not as close as we previously thought they are, or they’re in the worlds most convoluted situationship. Too bad they’re also soulmates, so they can’t stay away from each other for too long even though they try to be normal in the off-season. Internalized homophobia and all <3

agreed.

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no idea but i wanna be loved like that

real shit.