i may need a couple of sports icons

[whynot]

Some wee ickle baby named David Pastrnak got his first point on an assist to Bread Mearcheand today, so whatever.

:DDD

I HOPE RIGHT NOW HIS PHONE IS ALL BLOWN UP and he calls back Jordan and Malcolm in Providence and it is all very incoherent, everyone's joy colliding, and Pasta's like "But guys, we lost," but he has this huge grin on his face anyway because the shine of being up in lights hasn't worn off, like will it ever? Y'KNOW?? His mother is crying half a world away, he knows it in his heart because she cries at everything and the guys call him a mama's boy like it's a bad thing. He'll call her back next.

WE MUST CARE FOR HIM WELL. I'm looking at you, Bread. Assist~ him back. The kinkmeme practically demands you push Pastrnak up against a wall and lick his neck, et cetera et cetera, a penis, butts.

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[snickfic]

I feel I should point out that the kinkmeme does not demand this thing. There is singularly little Marchard/Pastrnak being prompted there, and I know just the person to fix it. *eyes you*

[whynot]

LOL. I guess I'm talking more about the spirit of the law rather than the letter. WHAT DO WE DO IN A KINKMEME??? We make out with the rookies. can i tell you a secret, i'm a tell you a secret, i am a little scared of bruining out loud becausssse people hate the bruins, right? or something?? idk! I'm still trying to figure it out. !?

[snickfic]

Aw. Not everyone! I think people like Brad Marchand, for example, and have a healthy respect for Zdeno Chara. Anyway, people are moooostly good about letting people fan for whatever team they want to fan for (and if they are not good about it, then they are jerks and you should ignore them).

Also I have totally prompted Bruins at the kinkmeme before. So. :D

[whynot]

Oh good! That's good to know. It's funny, I don't think Boston sports in general has a big presence in the ficcing world. IRL it makes a lot of noise about it being a ~sports town~ but I guess in the end, that can end up working against the ficcing faction? Baseball fandom is almost all SF Giants, but hockey fandom as far as I can see is a lot of Blackhawks and Penguins.

IS IT OKAY IF I ASK YOU WHAT YOUR BRUINS PROMPT IS?? You don't have to tell me. In my head I am entertaining dreams of Pastrnak crushing on David Krejci (CANON) and various teammates going all starry-eyed pining for Patrice Bergeron (probably canon).

[snickfic]

I think the magical formula that results in RPF doesn't necessarily have much to do with being in a sports town or not, or even if the team is successful or not. The two big ships right now are Pens and Hawks, and both of those teams are successful, but after that it's pairings from the Oilers (oh, poor Oilers) and the Stars (which had a run at the playoffs last year full of gumption and can-do narrative). Both those latter two exist almost entirely because of cute videos and PR, as far as I can tell.

OH. But I just remembered hearing that Bruins fic used to be bigger back in the LJ era! You might check out 2mins4slashing for fic.

The kinkmeme prompt was, uh, vore in which Chara ate rookies who misbehaved. Aren't you glad you asked? :D

[whynot]

omg, sooooo many cute videos from the Stars. Damn it, Segs! And this wry sense of humor from the Oilers fanbase, definitely. I still remember that one gifset where they sacrifice the coach to the hockey gods in exchange for playoffs. It is the fault of this kind of fandom that I am now here. KIDNAPPED BY CUTENESS.

Ooh, I will, thanks!

AHAHAHAHAHA THAT IS AMAZING. I can't tell if I want him to be some kind of Hannibal fellow who kind of quietly eats them and is peaceful when everyone starts freaking out about WHERE ARE THE KIDS, THEY'RE NOT PICKING UP THEIR PHONES. Or if he just kind of werewolfs out and noms them in an alley. Both appeal to me. The former does have the extra appeal of Chara offering his teammates jerky during practice and they're like "oh this is delicious, is it beef?" and Chara does that creepy toothy grin, you know the one.

[snickfic]

HAH. The prompt wasn't so much regular cannibalism as whole-body vore, but your imaginings are also appealing.

And yeah, my favs of all are Malkin and Fleury, largely for their extreme adorable factor (and because Malkin is a BEAST, and watching him race up the ice with the puck on his stick brings me joy).

[whynot]

MY GOD, MALKIN IS. The Bruins/Pens game last week was probably one of my fave Bruins ones that I watched so far this season 'cos everyone was so fired up, it was non-stop out there and utterly mesmerizing.

[puckling]

I like that everyone in this story gets food names.

[whynot]

Sodaberg wanders in and asks if he can borrow Bread's phone charger.

[puckling]

ILU