#i need more hockey friends

[spursdontplaybasketball]

Talk Hockey to Me

tagged by @giirlinterrupted 🤍💙

Tell me about:

1. The thing that got you hooked on hockey

I grew up in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, about an hour south of Hershey, PA. My dad grew up going to watch the Hershey Bears play minor league hockey in the American Hockey League, and he continued the tradition with me (and my sister sometimes.) At first, I only really liked to go to the games for an opportunity to spend time with my dad, which was rare sometimes, but in middle school I somehow ended up being really good at floor hockey when we played it in gym class. One day I managed to score a hat trick, even though I was terrible at every other sport. (I also had a crush on one of the players on my school's hockey team at that point.) So I just kinda thought hockey was fun at that point and started enjoying the actual games more. Then I picked a favorite player from the Bears independently for the first time, and it was Mike Green. I didn't know much about him, just thought he was cool. He turned out to be really good, and when he got called up to the NHL to play for the Capitals, I started watching the Caps games on TV. (I was also lucky that we got the sports channel from Washington DC, despite not being all that close to there.)

2. Your first ever fandom friend

I'm not too established in the hockey fandom on here. I have a personal blog that I rarely use anymore that I used to post occasional Caps stuff on and follow a few Capitals people, but that's on a different account that I rarely use. I know hockey has become a lot more popular on footieblr over the years. I remember a few years back when it was more unusual for these fandoms to overlap that I sent a message or two to people who were in both fandoms that I thought it was cool that they liked both sports like I do. Basically my only hockey friend on here is @giirlinterrupted (and I'm so grateful that she doesn't put Sidney Crosby on my dash like so many other footieblr hockey fans seem to do.) IRL I have been surrounded by hockey fans most of my life though, because it's pretty big in my state in general, so the main time I felt a little more alone on that was the 2 1/2 years I was living in San Francisco. Unfortunately I am currently surrounded by Penguins fans :( as I am living in Pittsburgh. My IRL best friend is also into hockey, but she is a Sabres fan since she is from Buffalo and now lives in Rochester, NY.

3. The jersey you would most like to own

I wish I had an old Mike Green or Jay Beagle Caps jersey. Mike Green is now retired, and Jay Beagle, I don't even know.

4. YOUR player (you only get ONE so choose wisely)

I still have an unhealthy attachment to Jay Beagle even though he's been off the Caps for years. None of the current players can live up to that.

5. A pairing that deserves more fic

Don't really read fic much, but Ovi/Backstrom (I'm so out of the loop that I don't even know if they have a ship name) are adorable together, and idk how popular they are, at least outside of Caps fans.

6. Your favourite on-ice moment

6/7/18. What else? I still cry when I think about it sometimes, and I can barely listen to "I Will Wait" by Mumford and Sons without crying due to that "Worth the Wait" video the Caps put out on social media after the Cup win.

link someone else's art/fic/etc that you love & think everyone should check out

He's here on Tumblr (@mxgicdave) but I could only find my favorite pic of his on Twitter:

link something you made & are proud of & want people to see

Got nothing. I tried to write a few things about hockey in the past, but not since I was like 13. I was writing a story about a minor league hockey player whose playing got impacted by past trauma. Didn't get very far, then I was also trying to write a murder mystery featuring the Capitals, and I got even less far with that.

no pressure tagging:

I have no one to tag! :(

[lafragolina]

just kill me

[moregraceful]

you can tell the sharks lb is deeply unwell bc instead of cancelling mackblack for being an antivaxxer they threaten to inoculate him every time he fucks up

[stingreag]

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[eyes-above--the-waves]

That span of time between the end of preseason and the start of the regular season has the same vibe as that week between Christmas and New Year.

[whentherewerebicycles]

I cannot survive this day lol

[rattkachuk]

btw if anyone ever needs a hockey buddy or someone to send stuff during games or whenever i literally love that shit 👋

[3416]

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[sportsthoughts]

feeling Mentally Strong this afternoon so going to brave watching/giffing some of last night's game

[muirneach]

i wantttt to go to the minor league hockey game this thursday but i doooo have a test friday morning (10am) which tbh wont be that important or hard but hrm. the reason why i want to go to This game is that its against my second favourite team in the league who are really good and its the only time my team has a home game against them this season. and also there is a guy on there who is gonna be in the nhl soon but isn’t yet and if i wait till next season who knows if he will be on this team still so like it would be fun to say i’ve seen him since juniors lol.

also im perfectly willing to go alone but its more fun with ppl of course. i could talk to the same girl i went with last time (late september i think) but i literally have not talked to her since then so i feel a little weird. i was talking to another friend of mine just now about the game so i could invite her but she doesn’t care about hockey and also has the same test friday morning lol. idk maybe ill talk to her in class tomorrow

[crossbackpoke-check]

i saw the d3 acha coho tiktok and saw your tag about how to spell s(h)(e)(a)(w)n and as I watched it with the roster pulled up next to the video so I could figure things out I HAD to come tell you that it was spelled 'shjon' because LOL. but then I saw your other post and saw that you not only already figured it out but you had a DIFFERENT tag about the 8-3 game last night. i know what game you're talking about; i listened on the radio. i've been sad ever since and it would make me feel better to tell you that you're not special - everyone takes advantage of our terrible powerplay and yet we REFUSE to stop drop passing. sorry you definitely didn't expect a salty shiny helmet fan in your inbox just please be gentle with us tonight. Christmas isn't for another month - stop lighting up our goalie :( although huge congrats on winning the tournament last year i was cheering for you so hard to defeat the Evil and you did :)

​feeling shrimp emotions right now as i try to convey the whiplash this ask gave me… first of all 🥺🥰😭 that you were gonna come tell me how to spell shjon and then 🫵 SAME GAME???

but GOD the experience of “listen i know—shhhhh shhh shhh shhh i haven’t even started yet—i KNOW it looks cool when you do a no-look behind the back pass. it does! when it works. you know what we look like when it doesn’t work? fuckin’ STUPID!!!!” is universal. me 🤝 you 🤝 yelling at our hockey team to stop doing stupid drop passes!!!!

(p.s. wish: granted! most of it was the fact that your baby goalie did better than [redactedx2] and that’s all the shop i will talk here for purposes of not doxxing either of us lmaooo)

[incorrectthots]

Ik I keep yapping BUT I'm reaching out, I need more hockey rpf friends bc I no longer have any so :3 I have some crazy AUs and crack pairs I've been cooking in my skull for months <33 so I'ma introduce myself :P

My name's Mykiel (she/her) I'm from Texas but born in Alaska, big stars/pens fan but I support all the girls. I am chronically mentally ill about flower and Dutchy (I apologize for that one) I'm a writer and artist (I do free shit bc I don't think I'm talented enough to make people buy my shit) though I am struggling really bad w writers/art block (PLEASE SPAM MY ASKS I BEG OF IT) 💔

And yeah :3 there's a lot more to me but I don't really need to write a whole essay about myself 😅<3

[babygirlknies]

since were all doing these i guess ill do mine. i got back into hockey in the 21-22 season and had the pleasure of watching the avs win the cup. in my youth hockey fan “career”, the avs and pens were some my faves beside my hometown team so seeing them win was incredible especially being in the amazing communities here on the different lbs. when i got back into hockey, it felt so natural to gravitate to the oilers and it was not hard to fall in love with them. through the ups and downs, from 31st to game 7, i know this isnt the last we’ve seen of them getting this far and next time they’ll get it. it was a blast babes and we’ll be back soon to play la bamba when they hoist the cup!!!

[clair-de-lunar-tears]

:’(

[juuheizou]

i would looove to hear some of ur quinx squad headcanons, specifically moments of platonic intimacy between them bc i'm a sucker for that🥺 just in general too with haise & shirazu included but also if u have some cute headcanons about how urie & saiko would get tooru to open up a bit and accept help and their love at the end of :re when he's pretty much at his lowest... i feel like ishida did NOT give us enough closure at all so this is on my mind 24/7 :')

(bonus question: if you have any cute/funny hcs about juuzou hanging out with the quinxes i'd absolutely love to hear about it)

Okay, I actually enjoy them enough to remember some things about them, so let's go! Buckle up, friend. I put this one under the cut just because it's so long haha

i would looove to hear some of ur quinx squad headcanons, specifically moments of platonic intimacy between them bc i'm a sucker for that?

Starting with the easiest, Urie tends to keep to himself and avoid showing vulnerability, I think after losing Shirazu, who at least in his inner world, he was the least distant to, he is more open about it but still mostly shows he cares from a distance, doing some chore no one at the Chateau wanted to do or arranging a team outing that he has to begrudgingly participate in himself with enough cajoling from Saiko and the new Quinx. Sadly, he did not grow into that side of himself much before the Rose Extermination, and Shirazu was the only og Quinx who saw the early hints of it before that point in the manga. Even then, their most intimate moments still amounted to bro time with a beer, even if they meant much more to Urie than he let on.

Haise, as Haise, was always trying to get the whole squad together. We see this with his lil Christmas party, but I don't think that's the only time he's been Mr. Host who wants everyone close and getting along. Smaller things like group outings, team-building exercises, dinners at the table, movie nights... he cares and feels for his underlings as much as Shirazu with the ability to follow through on his big ideas. Shirazu and Urie might have been off doing their thing too much to be receptive of it most of the time, but to the more receptive of the bunch, Saiko and Mutsuki, he has a paternal, big brother sort of affection for them. I can see him earning the nickname 'Maman' from Saiko by comforting them when they're scared or sad (Saiko might come to him, but he would have to catch Mutsuki and not take 'don't worry about me' for an answer I think), making soup he can't even taste when they're sick, stuff like that.

Shirazu wants to be the warm, gregarious leader who is well-liked by his squad. He loves to hype his friends up (I mean, dude mechanically carried Saiko from her bed to the field office in canon) and would pour a full milkshake on his head get a smile out of them when they're sad. He shows a lot of affection with his words, and readily cheers on and motivates all three Quinx, though Urie might roll his eyes and Saiko might sleep right through it. If he gets it through his admittedly thick skull that his big, brash pep talks and jokes aren't right for a situation, like if one of his squad-mates needs a hug more than a push, he learns (largely from his brief leadership role, I think) how to show his soft side. A change of scenery often gets him out of a funk, so another way he shows his teammates they're special is taking them to his special places on his bike. He also seems like he would give great hugs.

As for Saiko, I think one of her love languages is recommendations. Video games, movies, shows, snack foods... she shows that she understands her teammates scarily well when she feels motivated to by suggesting something that “made her think of them.” Though it can be used for laughs like in that one omake where she drew buff Urie and taped it up, she might also draw pictures for her teammates as a nice thing to do too. I think she would get clingy once she's really close to someone, liking to hug, cuddle, and of course, nap together as a display of intimacy, platonic or otherwise. Sharing her snacks is also a big, big deal to her, but she will share if she really likes someone.

We know Mutsuki often acts as a mediator and confidante to his teammates in canon. He's a great listener and will give them all the advice or emotional support they need, always a reliable shoulder to cry on. He tries his hardest to look after them and make their lives easier behind the scenes to show he cares, doing someone's chores if they're having a rough week, making their favorite comfort food and either letting them enjoy it in their space or sharing it with them when they're sad-- whichever speaks to them the most, or just telling them all the things he admires about them when they doubt themselves. He's always down to offer his help with anything his team undertakes. And he pays attention to all those above things about everyone else so he can tailor the kindest, most supportive thing he knows to say to them.

just in general too with haise & shirazu included but also if u have some cute headcanons about how urie & saiko would get tooru to open up a bit and accept help and their love at the end of :re when he's pretty much at his lowest...

Ehh this is probably one of my 'no one is going to want to hear it cause it comes off as depressing' headcanons, but while I realize there are panels of *dialogue* saying otherwise later in the series and for all I know there's some flashback in a chapter I didn't read that totally refutes me, I never picked up on the remaining gen 1 trifecta being super close (friendly, nice, yes for the most part, but not *super* close) after the Rose Extermination and figured they just naturally drifted apart. But considering how most of :re was thrown together I can totally see the possibility that Ishida just didn't tie up his loose ends yet again as well. It just didn't occur to me at the time.

Mutsuki might have tried to keep their original group together if Shirazu was still alive and Haise was still the Haise who was so kind to him, but neither of those things were the case. Him and Saiko I can see making grand plans and promises not to drift, maybe even still hanging out or stalking each other's social media from time to time, but personally I did not see a 'help each other at our lowest' relationship there, even if there might have been some talking/yelling about having one. And I know it's a 50/50 chance this opinion gets me murdered, but he and Urie would have had to have a relationship at all for them to even drift apart.

But idk maybe that all changed in a part of the manga I straight up didn't read. I'm probably the least qualified creator of stuff in what remains of this fandom to talk about ANYTHING toward the end of :re lmao

(bonus question: if you have any cute/funny hcs about juuzou hanging out with the quinxes i'd absolutely love to hear about it)

Maybe it's not so much of a thing anymore but istg at one point I saw more fanon interaction between him and SAIKO than him and Mutsuki, and it made me as livid as someone can be at fun fandom content of a make-believe series. But that's because it was collectively erased from some percentage of people's minds that my two favorites in the whole series had a whole arc together, not because I don't see why him and Saiko would get along.

They both have an artsy side, they both have a playful streak, and both value their freedom to do things on their terms at their pace, so they might hang out from time to time when their paths cross and even turn Haise or Mutsuki into a third wheel if they get to doing/talking about something they both like. I can even see Suzuya possibly resembling the idealized fun quirky video game characters she lives vicariously through, so she might see how he is when he's visiting the Chateau or they're at the same field office and think 'omg hes literally me' and want to be his friend.

Knowing all that, I can definitely see them hitting it off playing a game together at a gathering hosted by Haise or something like that. However, Suzuya kind of has to come into Saiko's world for them to be friendly. As long as it's a game, drawing, talking over snacks, things go pretty well. But she stays out of the way and flies below the radar while Suzuya commands a space, so once Suzuya is way in his element or Saiko is simply running out of social battery, it would be easy for Suzuya to steamroll her in a conversation or render her the passenger prisoner in a shared activity, and with Saiko being on the non-confrontational side, I see a lot of potential for resentment and “how could he say that/do that? I don't like him anymore.”

He's also sincere to the point of insensitivity and I wouldn't put it past him to (accidentally) poke at something that makes her insecure, even if he wasn't exactly being mean, and again, she would just kinda quietly add that to her mental tally of reasons Suzuya Juuzou makes her uncomfortable. But he's also fun to play with and two people who she likes like him, so they get along as long as they stay in her comfort zone.

An underrated interaction as far as Suzuya and the Quinx he isn't shown hanging out with in the manga already, is Suzuya and Shirazu. Personality-wise, they're so similar; Shirazu almost strikes me as basically being Suzuya but sensitive and agreeable. I think if Shirazu survived the series, they would have been buddies, but I don't think they would start out that way. While Saiko might have wanted to like Suzuya more than she ultimately does, Shirazu wanted to not like Suzuya but they end up being each other's favorite third wheels, maybe more if Shirazu didn't die in the very next arc.

Their first interaction without Haise or Mutsuki as a buffer was when Suzuya started mentoring Mutsuki. As any good friend would do when their friend is spending time (read: head over heels) with some creepy guy who might kill cats in his spare time, Shirazu would reach out to Suzuya one day to 'hang out' with the intent of confronting him and basically making sure he treats Mutsuki right through sheer intimidation. However, Suzuya is 1) not scared of him, and 2) actually kind of cool-- but he's weird and can't have good intentions with Mucchan! Focus, Ginshi!

But really, they match each other's energy pretty well, like some of the same things, and this 'confrontation' quickly devolves to commiserating about how great Mutsuki is, Shirazu crying over cute animal photos on Suzuya's phone, them taking Shirazu's motorcycle out for food/drinks (on Suzuya, but that's fine, he was hungry) and getting into shenanigans at the place they went to that Suzuya gets them out of while Shirazu panics. I think it would be cute if one day they hung out again to paint flames on Shirazu's motorcycle together. DAMMIT NOW I WANT TO WRITE WHOLE STORIES ABOUT SHIT THEY GET INTO TOGETHER.

Urie, I can see being cordial with him and even making the occasional gesture of wanting to be liked by him because of his rank and authority. He's a man who knows what he has to do to fulfill his ambitions. Sometimes that means being ruthless, but sometimes that means playing nice with a prodigy investigator while internally screaming through the entirety of every interaction because Suzuya was practically engineered to annoy him as a person.

Urie is a loner and Suzuya loves to peek in on what other people are doing if it seems interesting. Suzuya is sincere and imo unable to wear a mask while Urie, whether he realizes he feels this way or not, has to be serious and taciturn with an iron grip on everyone's perception of him to get what he wants in life and that just makes him all the more critical and irritated by every weird thing Suzuya does in his presence. Suzuya is also perceptive and his big blank stare just looks like it's taking apart anything it lands on and figuring it out, which is probably what private, reserved Urie, who always has a whole separate dialogue going on in his head that he hides from everyone, dislikes the most about him.

And to salt Urie's wounds, he bottles up all these opinions while Suzuya still can't even remember Urie's name most of the time. Like, are these shallow appeasement gestures even doing anything? And there is truth to these thoughts of his-- Suzuya thinks he's just no fun to be around and is indeed oblivious to his very subtle effort at being a little nicer to him than he is to his equals. For this reason, though, I think it would be hilarious to make Urie stand in for Mutsuki on some outing or another because Mutsuki had something come up and Urie saw a chance to curry favor with the Special Class Suzuya and it's a bad time for everyone.

[t1erradelfuego]

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