arizona coyotes: when/why did you start watching hockey?
Heh, well, it’s a long story? I kept seeing that authors I liked in other fandoms also, inexplicably, wrote hockey rpf. Eventually, I got curious and some Googling led to the Fanlore.com page on hockey rpf. When I am curious about something I research HARD. It’s the ADHD, I think. Anyway, some clicking led me to the Extremely Exhaustive Evgeni Malkin Primer, and I kind of lost my head? I went on a sidgeno fic binge that lasted weeks.And has kind of never stopped, tbh.
When I emerged in a confused daze the first thing I did was make a kind of crazy multipage google doc of info, links, and recs in order to 1.try and make sense of how a sports fandom was taking over my life and 2. try and convince my friend and fic beta @deservingporcupine to go down the rabbit hole with me. Which she did, bless her. After a bit she made this blog and added me onto it as a place for us to post hockey stuff or CP without completely inundating people who followed our regular blogs. She posts every once in a while? Posts with no tags or sensible tags are hers, lol. I’m the crazy one, I think. ANYWAYS.
At some point it occurred to me to look up the real hockey players. The Pens were playing the Caps in the playoffs, and I started listening to the radio broadcasts. And learning everything about them and hockey that I could. ADHD hyperfocus at work once again. And I was going through a really, really rough time in my personal life. The Pens became a lifeline and a welcome distraction. During the series against the Lightning my enabling friend @miniaturebucky (already a hockey fan) showed me how to watch games online. Cut to me watching our boys hoist the Cup with tears running down my face.
And now, a year later, here we are! I own….a significant amount….of Pens gear, I’ve been to several (major juniors) games, I’ve got my dad hooked on hockey too, and I started skating as part of my recovery from the rough time in my personal life I mentioned before. Soooooo, yeah. And I’m trying to save up to see the Pens play in Vancouver (closest NHL city to me) next season.
pittsburgh penguins: favorite celly a player has done?
Several come to mind:
Nail Yakupov’s beautiful celly that he got so much shit for, but I am kind of tremendously moved by every time I see it. It’s just…so full of joy and excitement and wonder.
There’s this one (actually, several) from Geno’s rookie year where he scores and Sid just launches himself into Geno’s arms, and it’s amazing
If you could be best friends with a jrocker who would you choose and why?
Wow!! That’s hard…… But.. I think Girugamesh’s members would be awesome as best friends!! It would be some much fun!!But then again… would I be able to have serious talks with them? xDDD Somehow I can’t imagine.
These days I adore ALIVE’s Rulu quite a lot… I think he would be the person I could have serious, emotional talks with. But I don’t think he’s a dork you can just randomly do stupid things with. I guess? I don’t even know XDDDSame goes for Royz’ Koudai.
And then there are other jrocker I like but don’t really feel a connection to. Or I don’t know well enough to decide. So these are out T_T”
And Gakido’s Shutaro is the biggest dork ever. I BET days with him are fun. But he’s too dorky. I don’t think I could be friends with him without getting annoyed xDD He seems to be the person who doesn’t know when to stop XDDD
ALIVE’s Sora would be awesome but I think he would make a better boyfriend than best friend ûu”
AAAH!! This question is so difficult!! Or I make it difficult probably!! I shouldn’t think about it that much!!
I pick ALIVE’s Aki for now. Spontaneous feeling that could change tomorrow again. xDDDD It’s somehow hard for me to give him a proper character because he seems to be rather shy but from all I know I think he would make a cute, nice best friend ^_^ He’s so friendly (he answered my mail once and it was the most adorable mail I ever received from a jrocker) and I think he would be a great listener. Aki is adorable but I think he can be pretty dorky as well xDD It’s funny how Rulu is more the older brother type for me and Aki is the little brother type…
