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🏒 interest check: hockey rpf microfic monthly challenge!
hi, hockeyblr! 🤍
i've been thinking about putting together a month-long microfic challenge for anyone who enjoys writing hockey rpf, and i'd love to see if there's any interest!
the idea is simple: one prompt a month, one tiny story. each prompt would be one or two words, open to interpretation, so you can write whatever inspires you. fluff, angst, canon, au, rarepairs, popular ships, gen, friendships, established relationships, first meetings... anything goes.
there'd be no minimum or maximum word count and no pressure to write every month. the goal is simply to have fun, celebrate the community, and maybe discover some new writers and ships along the way.
i'd also love for this to be as welcoming as possible. whether you've been writing hockey rpf for years or you're posting your very first fic, you're invited. 💛
if this sounds like something you'd join, please like or reblog this post! feel free to leave suggestions for prompts, themes, or anything you'd love to see included.
let's write some tiny stories together. 🏒✨
more fanart from the gram but this time it’s BASEBALL !!! GO BASEBALL !!!! MY FANTASY TEAM IS KILLING ME
carmax are so cute
this was originally going to be a little thing of pca getting jealous but i got lazy halfway through
When modern major league hitters want to know where they're hitting in that day's lineup, they check their Slack notifications.
Your baseball narrative post is so good, and I just want to add something to it! I think that baseball has one of the most potentially erotically charged dynamics in the battery, which is the pitcher and catcher duo. Most pitchers do not call their own games, which means that they don't decide what pitches they throw. They depend on the catcher to pick the pitches and relay them to the pitcher. The catcher has to know their pitcher's arsenal inside and out, and know how their pitcher is feeling at all times, both physically and mentally. And then the catcher tells the pitcher to throw a 95mph fastball directly at their face. And the pitcher gets all the credit, or all the blame. It's just such an interesting dynamic that has SO MUCH potential for romantic and sexual tension. It really is a sport where each game has so much narrative.
Oh my god yes thank you for this addition! You're so right about this and thank you for the opportunity for me to go on a bit about pitchers and catchers to rectify my unconscionable omission of catchers from the narratives!!
The way pitchers talk about their catchers is so romantic. Like pitchers are sometimes asked if they ever shake off their catchers (as in disagree with the pitch they're calling for) and so often the answer is essentially "no, never, why would I ever shake him off?" They put SOO much trust in the catcher, put their professional lives in their catcher's hands every game. For my rpf brain, that level of trust is so tantalizing and sexy and translates incredibly well to a sexual dynamic. Diamond Ring by KD Casey is my fave in that series because it's about a pitcher and a catcher and these dynamics (and is very cute/hot/poignant).
To make this about the phillies: Zack Wheeler wants to pitch for like 2 more years and we all low-key kinda knew that he wanted J.T. Realmuto as his catcher. So what happened? J.T. got re-signed. He's keeping his guy in his job because he trusts him so much!!
And like getting crossed up barely happens anymore with pitchcom but like when Valdez did it intentionally last year you can see how it's so awkward for everyone involved when a pitcher and catcher aren't on the same page. That example is obviously extreme and not even close to the norm but my god it's good narrative fodder.
*cough cough* IM BACK WRITING FICS WHOOP, went to the game today and although I had to leave early I was inspired to finally post what I've been procrastinating publishing.
Balvarez my loves I have returned!
https://archiveofourown.org/works/73699696/chapters/231511826