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[ID: Blinkie that says “BECOME UNFOLLOWABLE.” To either side of the text are the logos of hockey teams including: Washington Capitals, San Jose Sharks, San Jose Barracuda, Toronto Sceptres, LA Kings, Ontario Reign, CBR Brave, and Anaheim Ducks. A dotted border flashes purple and yellow. /. End ID.]
thank you @laffyparty for the blinkie <3
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Hello! I’m Van, He/They. I make gifs, live blog games, chatter about my many teams, prospects, and go down research holes and media collection sprees. I love learning about hockey, general sports, sports media, and fandom. I also archive and transcribe things that I think are cool/important/worth saving on here! Part-time bread, esports, tennis (??) blog <3
Favourite projects I’ve worked on lately: Aerin Frankel and Her Caesar Salad || How to Hide the Getty Watermark || AGAIN (LA-EDM TIMELOOP) || (THE END OF) BC’S FRESHMAN LINE || Modern Defensemen part 1 / part 2 / part 3 || Ivan Fomin: Cocaine Rabbit || Flerovium || GOOSH monster card
Tierlist and extras below the cut
Housekeeping
Interacts and follows from @sailorvee. I am an adult. If you are a minor looking to follow my main blog, I can’t stop you but please be aware there is NSFW on there and it is rarely tagged
This is a non-rpf blog but I believe in their beliefs. GO FORTH AND GOON MY FRIENDS!!!
The only rivalry I care about is CBR Brave vs the world. I hope every other team in the AIHL stays losing
If you are blocked it’s likely not personal & it ain’t that serious, this website just has no mute function.
In the same vein, I do not check for or care about mutual/following tags. Follow me or don’t, it’s up to you. This blog is scattered and themeless and I don’t expect everyone I’m friends with to be into everything I post, but to ME if we interact regularly, regardless of following status, we are friends <3
Trying my best to write alt text/IDs/transcripts for media I post, as well as archived links. Media that is reblogged will be tagged “undescribed” if I’m not feeling up to it. If I make a mistake please shoot me a message
If you ask me about anything a response may take anywhere between 2 hours -> a week -> 9 months, I’m sorry + it will happen again
I take gif requests. Before you ask: I will not gif members of the public/young children/family or friends of players (have recently started to censor their faces if they get caught in a clip). Everything else is fair game if you can provide footage, if you can’t then I’ll do my best to source stuff but no promises!
Where I hang out:
sharks lb (occasionally cuda lb) -> home!!!! started from this hole and will die in this hole!!!!!!!!!!! my sand pit!!! come play :)
lak lb (reign lb) -> kings fan space restoration project. beloved time loop. some of the nicest people around!!!
caps lb -> they acquired PLD and inherited me and now i love them. mwah
sceptres lb -> i know i said idgaf about rivalries but the sceptres should win all of their games and i’m booing everyone else fr
pios / nodak / whatever other college team has prospects I’m following -> given the chl/ncaa rule changes, a lot of my favourite juniors players will be in college this season
chl games -> tagged by team. same as above, my loyalties move with prospects
I root for Finland at internationals by default. After that it just goes by my favourite players. If Australia ever makes it to the main competition at any international hockey event, I hope everyone else explodes !
lpl / vct / msi / lolwc lb -> various esports tags if I happen to be free in the evening and have something to say <3
Random other hockey games whenever I can catch them!! I love free hockey. If there’s free hockey ping me about it and let’s watch together <3
Tierlist
After the first 3 tiers these aren’t in any particular order. Teams that were left out I shrimply don’t have much to say about:
[ID: Tierlist featuring teams from different leagues and sports. Tiers from top to bottom, left to right:
1. home!!: CBR Brave
2. Sharkuda: San Jose Sharks, San Jose Barracuda
3. Kissie….: LA Kings, Ontario Reign, Toronto Sceptres, Washington Capitals, Vegas Golden Knights, Montreal Canadiens
4. college/junior hockey: Kelowna Rockets, Denver University Pioneers, North Dakota Fighting Hawks, Prince George Cougars, London Knights, Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks
5. eyes PEELED: New York Islanders, Seattle Kraken, Calgary Flames, Anaheim Ducks, Minnesota Wild, HC Dynamo Pardubice
6. ESPORTS: Fnatic (Valorant), Top Esports, Fly Quest, Bilibili Gaming
7. trade-in-laws & my goat neal pionk: Winnipeg Jets, Ottawa Senators, Philadelphia Flyers, New Jersey Devils, Columbus Blue Jackets, Toronto Maple Leafs, Vancouver Canucks
8. rivals, but with tongue: Dallas Stars, Colorado Avalanche, Nashville Predators
9. THE TIME LOOP [heart emoticon]: Edmonton Oilers /. End ID.]
idgaf about ardiis a shitcunt is a shitcunt really. but would be real sweet if people came out in support of their peers in the gc scene and spoke to uplift the team that was being ridiculed on his costream instead of just getting their dunks in on him while the “drama” is hot
and it sorta always goes this way when some shit happens and a person shows their ass. “career suicide speedrun” jokes or “we knew this about him the whole time” and talking about how his punishment should be worse. like yeah i agree but what about the transfemmes who were the subject of such open contempt and disgust. so many words for the transphobe and not for their victims. whatever im tired
idgaf about ardiis a shitcunt is a shitcunt really. but would be real sweet if people came out in support of their peers in the gc scene and spoke to uplift the team that was being ridiculed on his costream instead of just getting their dunks in on him while the “drama” is hot
we think the people that practiced sewing invented "pressing your seams" so that they wouldnt sit still for hours at a time, which in those days was commonly understood as akin to the chain smoking of cigarettes
this was of course offset by a common ritual spell cast, which allowed them to press seams without so much as leaving their seats, thus named "the sewing work triangle" - we theorise this was assisted by the novel invention of the wheelie-chair
we think the people that practiced sewing invented "pressing your seams" so that they wouldnt sit still for hours at a time, which in those days was commonly understood as akin to the chain smoking of cigarettes
you must sew the ambitious thing that feels a bit out of your skill range (gym rat voice) you have to do reps that progressively overload your muscles so that they can come back stronger
