#citispeaks!

[phaticancitiii]

https://www.tumblr.com/phaticancitiii/818526810738475008/why-u-writing-abt-willmack-if-you-know-nothing-abt?source=share

different person here; im also fairly new to hockey (the hockey came before the willmack for me tho) i just wanna say

the hockey is very essential to their characterisations and dynamics, they don't really make sense without the hockey of it all

that is the case for a lot of sports RPF but for them specifically, they are as close as they are because they're both capital F freaks about hockey to a degree where other professional hockey players are like, damn those guys are crazy (will just hides it better but there's a bunch of evidence hes just as crazy about hockey as mack)

so if you're interested in exploring their dynamic more, i would recommend spending some time getting into the hockey of it all as well, watch some games, watch some hockey psychology video essays (there's a good one focussed on mack to start off with) and read some of the many great analyses of their games and their connection to hockey and the hockey pipeline that can be found all over various willmack centric blogs

omg you are AMAZING thank you so much!!! i will definitely take a look! i saw something that was like "hockey is just chess on ice" and that made me think of how analytical and detail oriented it must be. i have a ton of questions (eg why are they allowed to fight?) but this will be my start! i'm also a big podcast girlie and i'm currently listening to cat toffoli and julie petry's podcast episode with willmack (they are talking about pucks to the face and splitting lips and gurneys?? oh boy...) but i will check this link out ASAP! thank you so much anon, sending a hug!! 🫂🩵

[phaticancitiii]

hi!!! i saw ur post about willmack reqs and thought id share some brianworms! i feel like theres a lack of the team finding out about willmack, which i think could be super fun! maybe in like a 5 +1 type way? Idk, i just haven’t been able to get the team finding out about them (usually accidentally—ie catching them, etc) out of my head!

hiii!! omg this made me laugh i will absolutely be using the word brainworms to describe my thoughts LOL! i just put this one in my notes :)) looking forward to writing for you soon!

[phaticancitiii]

Why u writing abt willmack if you know nothing abt hockey

From: super hockey fan whose feelings are a little hurt by this

hiiii!! because i am just a girl who likes to write and has recently discovered the fandom :)) i promise i am not trying to upset anyone by writing about them! i am definitely open to learning more about hockey (and as a newbie i know it is much more than the boy aquarium), especially if i'll be writing more about them and to make everything as accurate as possible.

i can feel where you are coming from, as a long islander the isles fandom (and a few rangers fans here and there) is huuuuuge where i'm from and can understand that the love for the sport and the favorite teams go back for generations. along with an american flag and a mets flag (which is changed out seasonally depending on the sport), one of my best friends has an isles flag flying in her backyard!

so again, i do not mean to offend anyone by writing about will and mack, i am simply just someone on the internet who has seen all of the clips and edits and has started to read fics about them on tumblr too. also, on my end at least, this is all just for fun! you also totally don't have to read my works if you don't want to, there are a ton of amazing creators on here that i can recommend that do a fanfuckingtastic job of all of the different hockey technicalities and are so so lovely and incredibly descriptive in their works. hopefully i can step up to their level someday, but until then, that is my response :) ☺️🩵

[phaticancitiii]

My plea for a willmack fanfic is an outsider pov (crack if you take it that way) fic. Some new recruit to Sharks team or to the media staff that is flabbergasted by how willmack touches, talks, moves around ea. And how no one even bats their eye about it. Like, Mack sitting on Will's lap while Will just keeps on talking to Delly and puts his hands around Mack to guide him down to his chest. Will fixing Macks hair before walking into the arena. At team dinner "i need to get my phone from the car" and just sticking their hand to the others pocket to dig around for the car keys. And the new person is looking around like 'why doesn't anyone else find this weird' and people are like 'what? Thats willmack? thats just how they are, don't worry about it'. New person is like 'am i being gaslit? Has everyone else been? Is this a cult?!' actually human resources person would be great for the new persons job because they would have to get to the bottom of why are they like that

hiiii!!!

i will 100% write this at some point! the reason i am saying "at some point" vs getting to this prompt (by the way, anon you are so descriptive I absolutely love that!!! thank you :)) right away is because i literally know nothing about hockey (as I was reading this i asked myself, "who is delly") and the other sharks players and all of the nhl and such, and need to educate myself on more than will and mack and the elevated cupcake experience, bratlin celebrini, and will's broken windshield. but i digress!! this fic will just come out a little later than the other ones as i need to learn more, but i promise it will be worth the wait :))

also, question for any san jose fans / nhl girlies in general - is willmack will and mack's ship name (ie larry stylinson, hollanov, etc) or does it just represent the two of them in a friendship? i am definitely open to writing will x reader and mack x reader as well as an au of willmack (if that is will x mack i am guessing?) but just want to make sure i am getting everything right :) let me know please and thank you!!

[phaticancitiii]

The first person here again! Thanks for the response.

Def didnt mean it in a mean way. Just want to spread the word abt hockey since its literally the best sport ever and theres so many other players you might be interested in (check out connor bedard or juraj slafkovsky, u might like them) And the sharks definetly arent the best team btw! So i recommend researching more than just mack and will.

Just got a little heated from the puck bunny behavior but! We all start from somewhere right. So def not judging.

Have a good night! (or day, idk where u at)

hii all good!!

i definitely have a lot of research to do - i have heard of connor but will look up the other one! and yes i need to learn about all of the teams and the drafting system and the stanley cup and all of that jazz. where / how should i start?

and yes 100%, we all start from somewhere!

thank you so much :) you too!!

[phaticancitiii]

requests and ideas wanted!!

hi loves!!

please continue to send in your ideas for requests! i am prepping for finals so these ideas will sit in the cookie jar for a little while until i have some free time to write. i'm looking for xreader / one shots / imagines type fics as of right now as they are a bit more manageable, but looking to start an AU series very soon! currently most comfortable with will and mack, but would love to include other players once i have some more time to learn about hockey. this is what is sitting in my notes:

MY IDEAS:

mack x reader wedding headcanons (i just did a few for will but totally open to writing more for him upon request! and of course i had to do the same for mack, plus i love a good headcanon lol)

(will / mack) goes to cat toffoli for girl advice

a summer weekend on the cape with will (macklin appearance?)

REQUESTS:

willmack sickfic (sick mack, nurse caretaker will)

sharks intern noticing the sweet little quirks of willmack

sharks find out about willmack

as always i am 100000% open to hearing your ideas and help them come to life :)

[phaticancitiii]

hey babes! currently working on what's in my drafts before getting to requests. that being said, keep on sending em in :)

[phaticancitiii]

"willmack" is definitely used as a friendship name by the nhl itself and by people who know mack and will (like cat toffoli) and on other social medias, not necessarily shipping, but on tumblr it is mostly for the rpf ship. so just to let you know if you're tagging your posts with it then people who ship them together will probably be seeing your posts, not just x reader readers. no problem if you're okay with this but just thought i'd let you know! :)

omg hi love!! thank you SO MUCH i was so confused, you are so helpful!!

i don't know how much this will impact my writing, but how do people overall feel about them being shipped together romantically? and in no means do i mean this in a bad way, but in my opinion i see them as a sweet duo of best friends and don't really ship, however i would be happy to write for them together (as well as x reader fics which is what i normally read as of right now) by request! i'll be sure to put this note on my masterlist / request rules. thank you so much again!! :) 🩵