joy.

🦈 🏒

[softwound]

"The only thing that would hurt him worse than playing with a broken rib, separated shoulder and split lip is not playing."

[jessebloom]

rule 1 of rpf have fun it's all fun and games rule 2 ignore rule 1 it's all real and true rule 3 ignore rules 1&2 just do cognitive dissonance rule 4 be better than the larries but if you have the ability to hack into airport security cameras well what better use is there than for rpf

[hokeypuck]

mack: will only wears wired headphones to protect himself from 5G

john tavares: your friend sounds very wise

[hokeypuck]

mack: and he has a saint christophers medal on a chain around his neck

john tavares, nodding: an amulet

[rottencauliflowers]

the good canadian boy-off

[urie]

all sports is rpf on some level so sports rpf is the only logical next step

[urie]

the games are real, the stakes are real, the players themselves are unknowable except for what they carefully want you to know. the narratives are real, but the league knows you care about them, so they amplify them. the graphics next to the player's heads to tell you this is how their season is going, the camera lingering on them as they lean down to tie their shoes or their skates, looking solemn, the commentators tell you this is important, the marketing tells you this is important, in case you didnt know. the stories are already there but theyre also well-crafted. you care about these players. you care about how they perform. not just because you want to see your team win but because you want to see the conclusion of the narrative being built around them.

not everyone is doing sports rpf the way you might be familiar with it in fandom spaces, but sports is always, on some level, rpf. the people are real, but the reason you care about them is because a story is being told about them, through numbers, satistics, win/loss ratios, championships. there is an interest in amplifying the drama and centering the narrative so you care more about what you're seeing while watching the game. and is that not simply rpf...........

[aerinnaaz]

will: *being the most wholesome boy ever*

mack: 👹SPIN AROUND👹SIDNEY CROSBEHHH👹

[macklini]

mack and sid smiling at each other so cute

[modestkingdoms]

sports is like. the enormity of my desire overcomes me. the enormity of other people's desire destroys me. and yet we are all still here because above all we desire more.

[robo271]

dickieee

[asteriskless]

The Ethics of Sports Fandom, Adam Kadlac

[oedipalrivalry]

being a team sports fan really is like oh what if you stanned the ship of theseus

[sharknawnam25]

tyler toffoli is the biggest rpfer… he always be saying something suspicious.

[vanityfaire]

as a treat for second round moves i grant thee some slides from the playoff primer i made for my friend this year! if u are active on any of the hockey lbs or one of my moots on this site you can probably find some of your posts hidden in here lol.

[hysteric-boy]

Sex is great but have you considered hitting me as hard as you can

[ccbeeduo]

[baking-soda]

the hotel room in sports rpf functions as a liminal yet domestic space which allows for the realization and articulation of otherwise sublimated desire. in this essay i will 

[junokatzen]

full sjhn article about cherny