#'happy birthday kid'

[malk1ns]

Hello! Your insights about Jagr/Mario have opened my third eye and I fear this will rattle around in my brain for a while

In the meantime, you mentioned how their relationship probably had a heavy dash of hero worship in it. I immediately thought of Sid/Mario. Do you have any thoughts on them?

always glad to spread the good word about mario and jaromir!!!

as far as sid and mario...you might not be all that surprised to find out that in fact i do.

it's interesting because while i'm sure sid had some level of awe with mario, like any good canadian hockey player would, we know his idol-idol was steve yzerman (please see @al-the-remix for further scholarship on this matter), and while sid was definitely a kid entering the league, he was by no means a wilting flower—this is a guy who's been in the spotlight since before he was even a teenager, and for all he's humble and polite and nice, sid had a level of arrogance about him; i don't think he felt necessarily cowed or overly intimidated by much of anyone at that point in his life. i mean, you have Thee wayne gretzky calling you the next one, that's gonna impact how you see your place in the world, right? plus he'd met mario already through his agent (please see @beggingwolf for further scholarship of a different kind on THAT matter), so it's not like he walked into a hockey legend's house sight unseen when he moved to pittsburgh.

however....

i have to imagine that being loosely socially acquainted with mario and playing on a team he's captaining are two totally different things. there's hitting the ice to noodle around and do trick shots, and there's huddling up after practice to have the most talented hockey player to ever live (sorry wayne and conald, but it's still mario and always will be) tell you what you did wrong and how your team can improve. it's gotta be a bit of an overwhelming experience, on top of all the other major changes that an 18 year old suddenly playing in the glaring lights of the national hockey league would be dealing with.

and then you go home with him. because he holds you in high, high regard, and thinks you're special, and wants to make sure you get attention and nurturing, and that you have support. it gives you privileged access into his personal life, and the way nhl organizations work from a business perspective, and a 24/7 on-tap resource for any questions or fears you might have.

it must have been heady, for sid. he might have been peers with mario as soon as he entered the league because all NHLers are peers, but they're by no means equal. mario's providing for him, making sure he's sleeping and eating right, taking him to and from practice, giving him advice...and all of this after he's been living away from his parents for years, kind of on his own as a teenager out in the world trying to figure it out for himself. what a change. what a difference.

to me, that sounds less like hero worship and more like something else, if you catch my drift?

[lilcan-ok]

law birthday doodle

[mydairpercabeth]

The most in character picture EVER

[volatilemask]

i love you undertale

[jakkenpoy]

these two have the same birthday~

[go-saeng]

happiness looks good on you channie ♡

[strayklds]

There’s a moment of happiness, and it comes out of the blue. So, I think happiness is like a visiting guest. It may not be big, or grandiose. I think that’s what happiness is. HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAN JISUNG ♡ SEPTEMBER 14, 2000

[oliviawhen]

AHHHH I got to work on a dream project, making some art for this Stray Kids easter egg!! If you search Stray Kids in Google and click the compass, you can play around with it! 

I had SO MUCH FUN, even though I had only about 2 weeks to finish everything. I was working on this when the new album came out, and had the best time listening to it and dragging around lil skzoos. I hope people notice the little things like quokka cheek squish!!

[meongppangz]

CHANGBIN at BST Hyde Park / 240714

[littlewanibites]

Happy Birthday Law

[isolabellz]

in another life

[christakisbang]

[mybodyfails]

[samswinchesters]

Explaining freedom to angels is a bit like teaching poetry to fish.

[rhysuje]

that vine is somehow always in my head.

Happy birthday to our precious Monkey! 👊🐒👒🎉 05.05.

(obviously Shanks is behind the camera, I can just hear him shouting excitedly)

https://ko-fi.com/rhysuje

[kijeu]

happiest birthday, christopher chan ♡ 1997.10.03

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