the foxes as things that actual athletes have done
(i think it's like all hockey - and a lot of it is l*afs-centric) (they all have truth, but some have elements that didn't happen irl). in an au where all foxes went pro (except aaron bcz as a biochem student- if a man's going through all that suffering let him be a doctor)
kevin: liked a tweet of a dude getting pegged, and then in a press conference had to explain how his finger slipped but in a way that 1) makes it seem like he's not into being pegged and 2) does not put down ppl who like to get pegged. (likes are now privated)
neil: post-game, an opponent was getting real close to him and in his face and then on instinct, neil licked him. it got a visceral reaction, so he did it to another guy later on. someone on social media reported that the NEL had a talk with neil to make him stop, and then he reposted that and said 'no they didn't lol'
andrew: during an injury, while in the press box, flipped off a broadcast camera that was on him all game for funsies. it got an odd reaction from other fans and they tried to make him apologize for it. he did not. NEL fined him + changed rules so that the department of player safety could fine players who did stuff like that.
neil: during an injury, while in the press box, was caught eating an ice cream cone without worries while the score of his game showed his team getting blown out + a snowstorm outside the arena. that picture went viral among exy fans and is now a reaction photo + popular sign for games.
kevin: held the conference finals trophy bcz he didn't believe in curses (semi-finals trophy - sports superstition that all trophies except the finals one is cursed so don't touch them), but then his team lost in finals. the next year, he was the furthest away from that trophy, and they won.
dan: when a celebrity fan of her opponent's team prayed for them before a playoffs game and posted it on instagram (and then dan's team beat the celeb's team), she went into their comments and said "not today [celeb]"
seth: got in a fist fight with a fan because after he got a yellow card (sent off court for a sub), the fan began to mock him. straight up began yelling at each other, barriers between the bench and fan broke, and they started fist fighting
matt: broke his stick, took a dropped stick from an opponent, and scored a goal in the chaos
nicky: lost his stick so played with a discarded goaltender's stick for a few minutes and then got carded for 'improper equipment'
allison: beat up a fan with her shoe
andrew: after the trade to neil's team, he was booed every time he blocked a shot/touched the puck when he played against his old team (fans would travel for that game to boo him)
seth: scored a goal with his butt
renee: goalie goal + assist in a singular game. almost got in a fight for the sole reason to complete the gordie howe (fight + assist + goal in one game), but resisted the pull of the dark side somehow
dan: first player in exy history to score three goals off of her face + keeps the game ball in a display case in her home
neil: after scoring one too many goals against the opponent + antagonizing them, he gets chased around the entire court by the opposing team and has to get off court and onto his team's bench to avoid them
allison: the exy ball hit her hard in the nose while she was on the bench (stray hit during substitutions) and a fan mocked her for it. a few minutes later, similar situation and a ball hit the same fan on the nose. allison mocked them back
kevin: has an unexplained and intense rivalry with an opposing mascot that is considered a cosmic being from hell
whenever Andrew is having a headache/fever, Neil stubbornly places one of the cats beside him. he knows it won’t make Andrew feel better, and Andrew always tells him to stop fooling around, but Neil does it anyway. because every single time Neil sees how, a second later, Andrew absentmindedly starts running his fingers through the cat’s fur, tilting his head just enough to let it settle against him.
fucking EXTREMELY delighted at the mental image of babey shane with a DEATH GRIP on his forbidden piece of mango he is nomming on with all his might as yuna is trying to unclench his tiny lil fingers from where they are sunk into the mango like hooks because babies have just an UNREASONABLE amount of grip
like poor frazzled young mom yuna trying to get this allergen away from her tiny child at this family event because shane toddled up to someone putting together a fruit plate and got a side of mango to teeth on because he's newer to solids so not everyone had gotten the memo on allergies yet
meanwhile bb shane is SCREECHING between nom nom mouthing-bites on his forbidden prize
i think if hollanov decide to have more than one kid at least one of them will be a goalie. and you know that kid is going first in whichever draft they end up in because they practiced on shane fucking hollander and ilya fucking rozanov (because if your dads were casually the two best centres in the nhl and two of the most successful hockey players on the planet, then you defend that net like your life depends on it)
everyone else in that years draft thinks this hollander-rozanov child got picked first out of nepotism (because who the fuck is that desperate to pick a goalie first overall in the draft?) until one day that team’s starting goalie is injured and all of a sudden your scoring chances have gone to hell because you’re trying to get the puck past cerberus, the three headed dog that guards the gates of hell
At some point, the Centaurs have an absolutely insane game, like Ilya and Shane score a fucking hat trick each or something and the whole team is like “guys, we have to go out and celebrate” and Ilya just says
“Oh, we will definitely celebrate but you are not invited… unless Shane has suddenly gotten very cool about a lot of stuff.”
What if Maverick married Carole after she got sick to make it easier for him to help care for her? Because he was having such a hard time dealing with the Navy wouldn't approving leave to help a friend, but saying "my wife is sick and I need to be there for appointments and care for her and our son" got him all the time he needed. Plus Carole wanted Maverick to be Bradley's guardian anyway, and marriage just helped smooth out that process.
I love the “captain’s log” mechanism in Star Trek as a method for time skips and exposition.
I am, however, devastated that we never got an episode where any captain’s voiceover is strained and slow. very precise about the events they’re describing. While the screen itself is showing the most batshit insane events and making it clear that the captain is trying VERY HARD to keep everyone involved out of a court martial.
i like to think that after ilya and shane got more comfortable together, and the public started realising they weren’t actually that big of “rivals” as they seemed, ilya and shane would always pair up together when they played against each other and there was a fight on the ice.
as soon as a fight would break out, they’d immediately find each other within the crowd and pair up and just hold each other because it was some of the only PDA they could give each other in front of massive crowds which wouldn’t get questioned because it’s part of the game: if a fight breaks out, get into a pair to prevent it from being a brawl.
it was a perfect excuse to check in on each other quietly, and in a way, it made them feel like they could do something they thought was impossible. it made them feel like they were out and didn’t have to hide anymore.
Ok but Cliff Marlow somehow managing to get into Ilya's phone after the Tunameltdown in the middle of the Hollandry crashout, and getting Montreal Jane's number.
The entire Boston roster piling behind Marly as he types, trying to decide what to say that could save them because their captain has been possessed by the spirit or a soviet military trainer with knife shoes and if they are forced to make double bagskates again they will either puke or die or both.
So Shane Hollander wakes up one day to a message from an unknown number like "Hello Miss Jane ma'am this is Clifford Marlow I don't know if you have heard of me I am sorry to be a bother I'm just wondering if you could give my good friend Ilya another chance, I promise that whatever he did he won't do again, we will help we will teach him to cook and clean and do laundry and he will cook you the best sandwiches ever if you only give him a chance only if you want of course if it's not too much of a bother Miss Jane please and thank you" and he goes through the seven stages of grief in like 4 seconds before it's even 7am. They manage to add the link to a very big spa gift card that they all chipped in to buy because at that point they're desperate.
