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Not a Strip of Paper Merely by Marivan
Stuck between a mother country that doesn’t want him and an adopted country in which he feels foreign, international hockey remains complicated for Ilya. An open, festering wound.
shane/ilya, explicit, ongoing, ilya-centric
Chapter 1 ~~ Chapter 2 ~~ Chapter 3 ~~ Chapter 4 ~~ Chapter 5 ~~ Chapter 6 ~~ Chapter 7
Welcome to the PWHLblr Awards!
The satirical Vesey Awards kind of shoehorned PWHL players into their categories, so I was inspired to create a completely PWHL-focused satire awards. Knock yourselves out and please do not submit more than one survey! Not exclusive to tumblr users, I just happen to be based on tumblr myself. Feel free to share the survey link amongst your PWHL friend groups.
https://forms.gle/xNaszWZXXBQoduN99
THIS SURVEY IS ONLY FOR THE 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON AND POST-SEASON (PLAYOFFS AND FINALS).
Voting closes on June 10, 2026 at 11:59pm EDT. Results will be announced shortly thereafter here on my blog.
Categories and respective nominees below the cut! Most categories also have write-ins.
Hello.
On the subject of AI, I have a confession to make: I use it. Not to write for me, but to help me check for inconsistencies, to brainstorm ideas, to write outlines, to give me a couple of lines when I've been stuck for hours, to be my beta reader, if you will. Generative AI is bad? Yes, but it also a useful tool if one isn't lazy. I don't ask: write me a story. I go with my story and ask: help me with continuity. Look, this paragraph is clunky, how do I make it better? The demonization of generative AI is fair, but to be honest, I also understand people who use it. Maybe they're afraid of writing themselves, maybe they're insecure and don't trust their prose. Maybe they have brilliannt ideas but they need help to make them become fics.
To me, this is very much connected to my last ask where I was talking about how we don't have enough mentors in fandom to support the influx of people entering it.
All of the things that you're asking AI to do used to be done by a beta reader (or more than one!). A fandom friend (or even a random stranger who volunteered) would read through your work and help you with those issues.
Betas are amazing. They can help with grammar and spelling. They can regionalize language. They can provide sensitivity reading if they're from a marginalized community that you're writing about and aren't a member of. They can track canon, help with research, even just be a sounding board to discuss ideas with.
And sometimes, they're just a cheer reader - someone reading your story and telling you how awesome it is because they love it just as much as you do.
I understand turning to AI if you 1) don't know beta readers exist or 2) don't know how to obtain one. The need for that kind of support doesn't go away just because you can't access it.
But for anyone out there who needs this kind of help and wants to avoid Gen AI, you can write a post on your blog, add it to an author's note, check out resources like @needabeta or - if the time of year is right and you have the funds - place a bid on beta reading services during @fandomtrumpshate
Beta readers are often involved in fandom events like big bangs and exchanges, and if anyone is looking to host such an event, it's a great way to get people involved who aren't writers or artists but would love to help out.
I get it, anon. We use the tools that are available to us. But here's another potential tool if you're interested in branching out?
Sometimes it's scary to post a message asking for beta readers, you are putting yourself out there, you have no idea who might respond to your message (if anyone at all) and nowadays a lot of bots are muddying the waters.
I definitely recommend searching a beta reader within the fandom you're writing for rather than someone who knows nothing about it.
And when you don't immediately get a response, ask again. This comes from a person (me) who is now two and a half years into dating the girl who replied to my 'I need a beta reader' post that I was debating to reblog that day.
Sometimes I wonder where our lives would be if I hadn't reblogged it or if she had skipped past the post.
Fandom is a community of people with shared interests. It's supposed to make it easier for us to become friends, hang out and talk for hours.
Not a single AI tool in the world is capable of giving (fandom) writers/artists/creators what they actually need.
Connection.
YES YES YES YES YES.
AND: betas who like beta-ing (and are good at it) are flattered when you ask us!
The best way to find good betas is to look at your favorite fics. If they have a beta, and the beta has their own AO3 profile or tumblr, consider reaching out to them!
A good beta request message do two things:
1. Recognize the past work the beta has done (eg “[fic title] has some of the best characterization and the author mentioned that you played a big role helping them with that”)
2. Ask for what kind of help you’re looking for: spag only, cheerleading, help with continuity or characterization or pacing or whatever! (eg “I’m looking for a beta who can help me make sure the emotional beats are landing.”)
Boom! At the very least you'll have made someone's day. Even better, maybe you've just gotten yourself a beta. Maybe even possibly, you've just made a friend of life.
Heated Rivalry — 1x02 ⤷ VEGAS BATHROOM
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i was tagged by @flawlessassholes this book tag game!
the last book I read: The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman (Dungeon Crawler Carl Book #4). The DnD girlie in me is obsessed.
a book I'd recommend: Woodworking by Emily St. James. Abigail, the only out trans person in her South Dakota high school, definitely doesn't want to spend her senior year helping her teacher -- of all people -- start her transition. And yet...
a book I couldn't put down: Yellowface by R.F. Kuang. This book is like watching a car crash in slow motion.
a book I've read twice or more: All of the OG Hunger Games Books. Hands down, the best of the early millennium YA dystopia boom.
a book on my tbr: The Unruly Heart of Miss Darcy by Erin Edwards. A sapphic reimagining of Georgiana Darcy from Pride and Prejudice.
a book I've put down: SO MANY! I DNF liberally. Most recently The Oleander Sword by Tasha Suri. I loved the first book in this series, but the sequel has our main characters separated and stagnant. I love my fantasy political, but in this case the politics kind of overtook everything else.
a book on my wishlist: Angel Down by Daniel Kraus, this year's Pulitzer winner.
a favorite book from childhood: A Long Way From Chicago by Richard Peck.
a book I'd give to a friend: Depends on the friend!
a book of poetry or lyrics that I own: Deaf Republic by Ilya Kaminsky. A town is taken over by fascists and in response the residents all become deaf. Poems about language and power. Very cool!
a nonfiction book that I own: The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code by Margalit Fox. About the decipherment of the ancient Cretan script Linear B!
what I'm currently reading: 1. The Butcher's Masquerade (Dungeon Crawler Carl Book #5) 2. Sky Daddy by Kate Folk (for book club) and 3. Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid (on audiobook)
what I'm planning on reading next: Julie Chan is Dead by Liann Zhang. Is there a good influencer novel? Yesteryear CERTAINLY wasn't it. Maybe this one will actually say something we don't already know.
tagging @hilarynights @nest-of-shiny-things @winterequinoxx @paperowl @vegas2014 and anyone else who wants to participate!
timbits shane with mama and papa
personal hc that one of the hollanov kids loves hockey but it's just not clicking even though they practice all the time and shane and ilya both try different coaching methods with them and it only makes everyone more frustrated and then one day wyatt comes to the rink with them and after 1.5 seconds on-ice he's like "hey i think they're a goalie" and shane and ilya nearly black out because oh. ohhh my god. they're kid is totally, completely, a goalie. and that's why it wasn't fucking working. they have a fucking goalie.
Hi! I am quite new to the pwhl, what is the backstory behind Troy Ryan? Thanks and I love your blog
There’s been some long simmering frustration from fans towards Ryan, both as coach in toronto and as coach of team canada. Comments about leaving players to draw up their own special teams, the lack of adaptability to challenges the team has faced. Sorry if this is vague, Toronto isn’t one of #myteams so I’m blanking on an itemized list of his sins. I’m sure some helpful Toronto fans will comment though 😁
In terms of his SJ hiring I’ll say again my main beef is that he should not hold both the GM position and the head coach position. That’s not appropriate at the pro level.
Part of the beef with him as team Canada coach has been his seeming unwillingness to mentor and grow young players in the national team context. Canada took 0 NCAA players to the Olympics, for instance.
The ability to develop younger players is essential to the continued growth of any professional sports team, even more so in a league without a system of lower leagues that’ll do that for you (like farm teams). Troy Ryan seems to have neither the skill nor desire to do so, which makes him a poor head coach and an especially poor choice for GM (let alone both).
A mediocre man once again failing upward. We hate to see it.
"Abby, let's go, wife line babyyy" (-)
if your mutuals are watching a hockey game you will NOT be told:
who is winning
the score
what goalie interference is
you WILL be told:
everyone involved needs to die
sidney crosby is older and more beautiful
nhl goalie problems: like 3 teams have a legit great goalie. league sv% below .900 for the first time in a william years. every goalie streaky and prone to suddenly throwing a series.
pwhl goalie problems: every team has three goalies who should be starters. worst GAA in the league would be middle of the pack in the nhl. nobody can score a fucking goal bc they're all brick walls.
yeah.
laura stacey apparently
How Can You Not Be Romantic About Hockey ass game
our tiger
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it's fic rec time once again my fellow bastards of the ice rink. part one and part two are here for your Perusal. may we always feast.
situationship era:
florida by garagepaperback
A little more "Touch Me" by foolishgames
degausser by knucklecurve
Knock on Wood by mcshrug
liminal boyfriends:
apple tree, my brightness by campholmes
the marble leaves the man by citrusses
pour out by dinosaur
berlin pond by toyourdetriment
the great surrender by totheverge
the one hand rim-rocker by tedyexe
breaking your ground by twnkwlf
one of them gets outed:
i really hope you're gonna get out soon by taywrites11
AUs (one or both not a hockey player):
bloodfeather by embodied
AUs (both still hockey players):
The Sochi Affair by flawlessassholes
Home Ice Advantage by taywrites11
omegaverse:
dark out and still thirty degrees by tedyexe
wildcards:
like a virgin by eleadore
blender in a blender by garagepaperback
toil and trouble by thathastu
Fanfic Author Asks!
(I love these things so much, I thought I would do my own lol)
How many WIPS do you currently have?
Do you prefer oneshots or longfics?
What was the last thing you looked up for a fic?
Do you save your 'cut scenes' from your fics? (Want to share one?)
Where do you get your title inspiration from?
Do you listen to anything while you write? Or do you prefer silence?
What fic are you the proudest of?
Has anyone ever drawn fanart for one of your fics before?
What time do you prefer to write? (Day, night, etc.?)
How much do you write before you post?
Do you outline your fics before writing them?
Have you ever made a moodboard for a fic? (Do you want to share it?)
Have you ever made a playlist for a fic? (Share?)
What is something you really like about your work(s)?
Do you look at comments right away? Or save them for later?
How do you write your fics? (Handwritten, google docs, word, etc)
Do you regularly discuss your fics, or do you keep most of the info to yourself before you start posting?
How do you decide what POV to write in?
Do you work on multiple fics at once or only one at a time?
What made you start writing?
What is something that no one has caught about one of your fics?
What is one of your favorite tropes to write?
Do you post your fics on a schedule?
Do you have any writing goals? (Word counts, chapters, finishing fics, trying something new?)
Is there a scene you are dreading writing? (Want to share what it is?)
What is your favorite part about writing?
What is a question that you never get asked about your fics that you really want to answer?
Do you prefer canon compliant fics or AUs?
What fic are you the least proud of?
Is there something you would go back and change about a fic if you could?
How do you stay motivated?
Out of all your fics, what is your favorite title?
What is your favorite line from *insert fic name here*?
Have you ever done a collaboration? Would you?
Favorite review you've gotten?
Are/were you surprised by your top fic? (hits, kudos, comments, anything)
Favorite genre?
Fic idea you're most excited to get to?
Do you have a preferred writing snack/drink?
Happy Endings or Sad Endings?
Bonus: Readers, tell your fave authors something you liked about their fics/works!
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