#jamie benn writing

[puckingdisaster]

For the flower prompt perhaps basil = what i wished for and what i got?

You unfortunately didn't include a pairing so I just decided to use bennguin, but I hope that's fine as well anon!

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When he came into the NHL, naive and starry-eyed, hoping to make it all the way with the Boston Bruins, Tyler didn’t dare to think about what the future might have in store for him. When he got to Boston, his teammates were nice and welcomed him into the group enthusiastically. After a few months the fear of getting sent down receded and he started to enjoy playing more and more. At the same time, he started to enjoy celebrating after a win. After a while, it got too much. He was Deadspin’s favorite cover boy and the fans most frowned upon player. As the months passed, his teammates started to distance themselves from him and it broke his heart. Every avoided look, every half assed excuse made it a little worse. Eventually, he didn’t try anymore. Sat by himself in the locker room, didn’t go out with his teammates anymore. Instead, he found new friends and drank more and more. Drugs were involved as well, but usually, he couldn’t even remember what he took during the occasions where he wasn’t so high or drunk that he forgot his own name. Sometimes, it felt good. He enjoyed going out, enjoyed having fun with his friends. Didn’t listen to his teammates, who wanted to pressure him into toning it down, at least when the public could see. Of course, he didn’t listen. They avoided him for months, what made them think he’d just jump when they said something? Everyone started to hate him and as much talent and skill as he had, he just wasn’t useful for the Bruins anymore. So they shipped him off to Dallas. At first he thought it would just be the same, that no one would care what he did until it was too late and that his teammates would hate him. 

But as soon as he arrived, he was greeted by Jim Nill, the Star’s general manager, and Jamie Benn. He didn’t really expect any of them, much rather a taxi driver to pick him up or something equally as impersonal. So when he saw the two men standing just outside of the gate, he almost dropped his luggage. His limbs felt numb, but he forced himself to continue walking. His first impression probably didn’t really play in his favor. His hair was greasy, he probably stank, he was skinny and pale, except for the dark shadows under his eyes. He still didn’t understand why they’d even signed him in the first place. Or why they were picking him up now, in broad daylight, where everyone could see it. He tried to ignore the nervous coil in his stomach, but the closer he got, the more his fear reared its ugly head. After Nill greeted him and introduced him and Jamie, he didn’t beat around the bush and straight up told him that, instead of going to a hotel or something, his first stop would be a rehab center. It probably wasn’t as much of a surprise as it should have been, which said enough about his life right now. He just tried to focus on the conversation, nodded at the right times and followed when they walked out to the car. 

The tips of his fingers were still numb, the rest of his arms tingly, his head heavy and hot, but he could find solace in the chill of the car window. There were now four people, including him. Nill, Jamie Benn and a driver who was polite enough to at least try to pretend he didn’t listen to every word as Nill talked about the rehab and what would happen afterwards. He tried to listen, he really did, but he must’ve spaced out at one point or another because the next thing he knew was Jamie Benn gently nudging his shoulder, big cow eyes trained on his face. 

“We’re there, man.”

Tyler slowly straightened up in his seat, embarrassed that he clearly zoned out during a conversation with the guy who basically saved his face and his future captain. He nodded, avoiding their faces when he stumbled out of the car, dragging his bag with him. He didn’t bring much, just clothes and a few essentials, because he still wasn’t sure if this was something permanent. He just quietly listened as Nill handled all the stuff at the front desk, trying not to pick at the scabs on his wrists. He started to scratch at them a lot during stressful situations, so the tears in his skin never really had a chance to heal before he ripped them open again. He didn’t exactly mind though, the sting gave him something to focus on. He mindlessly scratched at his wrist until the scab caught under his fingernail, until another hand gently took his own away. Startled, he looked up into Jamie’s concerned face. 

“You shouldn’t do that. You’ll hurt yourself.”

It took everything in him not to let out a bitter laugh. Hurt himself? Basically the only thing he did for the last few months. Or, for the time he could remember. 

Jamie must have seen something in his eyes, because his frown deepened even more and he gently steered Tyler away from the main lobby, to a corner where they had some resemblance of privacy. Oh yeah, here it came. Tyler took a deep breath, trying to brace himself for the “when you get out here, don’t you dare start shit in my locker room, don’t try to drag other guys into whatever you’re doing in your off time, don’t expect to make friends on this team. But the talk never came. He stood there, baffled, as Jamie told him that yeah, he might’ve fucked up, but Jamie and the whole team was behind him and wanted to help as much as possible after he got out of rehab. Because they believed in him. They thought he could be a good addition to their team. He nodded dumbly, mumbling out something he hoped was “I won’t try to fuck this up as bad as I did in Boston”, which was apparently enough because Jamie just smiled and nodded before they walked back to the front desk together, where a nurse was waiting for him. Nill said his goodbyes and walked ahead, while Jamie hastily searched for a pen in his jacket. He took Tyler’s wrist again, the one that wasn’t injured, and scribbled a phone number on it. The sensation of the cool ink on his overheated skin nearly made him shiver.

“I don’t know how much access to a phone you’re gonna have, but this is my number. Please text me if you want to, or if you need anything. You’re team now.”

Before he could comprehend what just happened, Jamie said goodbye and left through the main entrance. He didn’t want to give the friendly nurse an even bigger hassle to deal with, so he quickly followed her as she led him to his room. 

And as the door closed behind her and Tyler sat alone on a foreign bed in a foreign city, with no one he really knew or could contact, the phone number on the skin of his forearm felt like a lifeline. Like someone could bother enough to keep up with him if he just tried enough to get better. And somehow, even though this was not how he thought his NHL career would go, it didn’t feel like his life was wasted anymore. Of course, it would be a long, painful way towards a point where he could say that he was proud of himself again. But for the first time in a long time, he felt like the attempt to at least try to get better was not impossible. And maybe that was enough for now. He might not have won the cup yet, or even played a significant part on his team, but for now he was happy to be on a team where people could maybe become his friends again.

[heartmix]

wips

so like every writer I have a bunch of ideas that i seem to not be able to finish. maybe a little motivation might push me. so these are some of my writing that are almost finished. if there is a specific fic that you want to see lmk and it'll probably give me the motivation to actually finish and publish.

unwritten rule - joe burrow x head coach's lil sister (rookie joe burrow is told the most famous unwritten rule, do not date the head coach's little sister, but he is famous for not listening) *needs to be heavily edited*

spoiled - lando norris x reader (based on lando eating expired chicken on max's stream. reader got the ick and decided to do something about it) *just needs to be edited! I'll probably post it soon*

soft spot - max verstappen x reader (for days reader has been waking up with knots in their back, max has a solution to her problems) *i have the dialogue just need the bones*

rock me - aew!cody rhodes x fem!reader (reader and cody used to be very close. years have passed and now he has his own promotion. what happens when they are reunited at double or nothing) *iffy about this one, an old fic*

fearless - kelly severide x firefighter!reader (being fearless leads to reckless actions) *old fic that can be edited and be ready to go*

in love - jamie benn x fem!reader (jamie was never a relationship guy, fulyl focusing on his career. you enter as a new member of the stars team who makes him rethink about relationships) *needs to be edited*

Okay my biggest self indulgent one is a full fledge story. It's a f1driver!oc. This one I love to work on but it's a very detailed story. character is fully written out (name, age, ethnicity, backstory, family) I didn't give her a romantic lead yet, she has 4 drivers pinning for her. The way I would release this is not in timeline order, just little blurbs here and there to build the story and imagines to progress the story. if you are interested in seeing this lmk. I always add new things everyday.

[linskywords]

From this post!

How many fics have you worked on since January? 12, not counting snippets I've started and not finished. (I posted 299,668 words, which is so painfully close to 300K. Should've been less concise somewhere...)

What’s something new that you tried in a fic this year? I had never written a wandering heart story before, and I'd never posted two stories with overlapping timelines in conjunction with each other. I'd never written an ace romance. I'd never written a four-person polycule. I'd also never turned anyone into a worm.

What piece of media inspired you the most? (This can be the fandom you wrote the most for, the one that spawned the most ideas, the one you thought about the most, etc.) I would have to say anonymous tumblr asks.

How many fandoms did you write for this year? Just the one!

What ships captured your heart? I wrote a lot of Jack/Nico this year and a lot of McDrai, and a lot of assorted others. I'm really enjoying the overlapping recent eras of USNTDP players and siblings.

What characters captured your heart? I just want Connor McDavid to be happy 😭

Did you write for any new fandoms or ships this year? So many new ships! Roope/Wyatt, Jamie Benn/Joe Pavelski, Jack/Quinn, the Edmonton polycule, Macklin Celebrini/Will Smith.

What fic meant the most to you to write? Oh man, tough call. Maybe the one where Connor turns into a worm.

What fic made you feel the happiest to work on? Probably the Where You Lead 'verse fics. Writing sub perspective is just the best.

What fic was the most satisfying to finish writing? Probably Help Me Hold Onto You, the Trevor/Jamie WYL story. I had had so much of it in my head for months by the time I started writing it, and the fic itself was such a long journey.

What fic was the most difficult to write? Like a Handprint on My Heart, the Jamie Benn wandering heart story. I made Jamie waaaay too depressed in the first draft and had to tear it all out and start again.

What fic was the easiest to write? The Great Leon Draisaitl Lookalike competition. Practically that entire story came to me in the shower, and then I wrote it in a single morning.

What were your shortest and longest fics posted this year? The Great Leon Draisaitl Lookalike Competition was the shortest at 2,092 words. Help Me Hold Onto You was the longest at 75,926 (though the Quinn wolfverse story will almost definitely be longer than that when it's all posted).

What were your go-to writing songs? I don't usually listen to music while writing, but I did get into Gracie Abrams and Maisie Peters and Olivia Rodrigo this year.

What was the hardest fic to title? Titling is the WORST. I either have a great title from the start, or it's a nigh-on impossible quest. The Hughescest story and the 1988 wolfverse timestamp were both posted around the same time and I had titles for neither of them, and then the titles I found were annoyingly similar to each other (What a Fire Feels Like and And His Heart Is Burning). Kinda Wanna Kiss Your Boyfriend (If You Don't Mind) was hard to find and required a lot of discord brainstorming. And I spent a while agonizing over various possibilities for the Jack wolfverse story, Like Juliet or Guinevere or Eloise, because I wanted to use a Marianne quote from the Sense and Sensibility movie but I also didn't want people to think Jack was going to die. 😅

What's your favorite title of the year? I'm really fond of But the Punchline Goes, from the Roope/Wyatt soulmate story, because I think it fits the story on its own and it also has the delightful (to me) easter egg of being the lyric from All Too Well right before Taylor snaps back at her ex about their age difference ("I'll get older but your lovers stay my age"), which was very relevant to the fic. I also really like Proof Enough of a Broken Heart, because Quinn is SUCH an Elinor Dashwood.

Share your favorite opening line: I tend to use opening lines as sort of...preliminary thesis statements? Things to be disproven? Something like that. So most of them contain a big chunk of the story premise but aren't necessarily all that punchy on their own. My favorite is probably from the Will/Mack story: "Mack finds out he’s pregnant in the usual way: from a blue stripe at the bottom of the toilet bowl." Totally confusing and a piece of worldbuilding I continue to be delighted with.

Share your favorite ending line: How dare you make me look at the last lines from all my stories. Last lines are the worst.

Share your favorite piece of dialogue: Don't know if it's my favorite, but what's coming to mind is Mitch and Dylan at the end of The Great Leon Draisaitl Lookalike competition, after Dylan has successfully set Connor up with this guy who is totally not just actual Leon Draisaitl, nope. Dylan is congratulating himself on finding such a good lookalike, and Mitch is like, “You used to play in the pacific division, right?” “Yeah, why?” says Dylan. “No reason,” says Mitch.

Share your funniest line: Woof. No, that's way too hard.

What's something that surprised you while you were working on a fic? Did it change the story? I was super surprised by how intensely piney the ace!Quinn/Brady fic got. I thought my ability to write pining was powered to a large extent by sexual tension, and it turns out that was not true.

What writing programs did you use? Did you write by hand? Scrivener, baby! Hahaha I would not be able to write this much by hand.

If you had to choose one, what was THE most satisfying writing moment of your year? Moment? Sheesh. I don't know, writing is a pretty satisfying activity in general.

Did you do anything special to celebrate finishing a fic? Posting feels like enough of a celebration for me.

How did you recharge between fics? I don't, really. By the time I finish posting a long thing, I've spent so much time editing that getting to start drafting again is refreshing in itself, and short things don't really require a recharge.

Did you create fanworks other than fic? Not unless you count responding to tumblr asks.

How many events did you take part in? (bangs, exchanges, ship weeks, zines, prompt memes, they all count!) Lol, I think just the HRPF CestFest. Though a lot of my stories were prompted, directly or not, by people on tumblr.

If this were an awards show, who would you thank? My wee hrpf discord. makeit-takeit. My irl bff who gets to hear all my story ideas in great detail despite not being into hrpf. My husband who thinks it's great and not ridiculous that I spend all this time writing.

What's left on your to-do list for 2024? Not much, fortunately, since it's over.

What would you like to write next year? Ah, the most important question! I of course want to finish the Quinn and Jack wolfverse stories, which is more about editing at this point. I have 2-10K written on no fewer than four different Where You Lead 'verse stories, and I'd really like to finish at least some of them (::cough:: Connor ::cough::). I'd also maybe like to start wolfverse stories for Trevor and Cole; I have somewhat specific plans for Trevor, and some vague notions for Cole. Aside from that, who knows? Maybe more WillMack, maybe some Nate/someone (Jo???). There are a lot of other couples I've been meaning to add to the wolfverse (gotta add TK/Patty to at least ONE of my 'verses). I've had a psychic wolf companions McDrai story bouncing around in my head for a while. Would still love to write a Persuasion AU (maybe that's the Nate/Jo). A Cyrano de Bergerac AU would also be fun, maybe via tindr. So many possibilities!!

[tradetobest]

dee's january 2024 fic recs

ok so. i thought i'd do a fic rec list every month this year of just my favourite fics that got bookmarked in the month (not necessarily written in the past month) that had just passed... i was a bit busy for the past few days but FINALLY i got the chance to sit down so!!

(if you want to play fic roulette here's some blind links otherwise!! enjoy under the cut

1 2 3 4 5 6)

3:30 by sevenfists

pairing: sidney crosby/evgeni malkin rating: E words: 11k summary: Napping with Sid would be inconvenient, embarrassing, and more than a little gay, and maybe Zhenya was a little gay, but he didn’t need to advertise it.

i LOVE "oh this thing we do together has become a routine now we Have to do it before games" fics and you should too!! this one is So cute i love it....

waiting for confessions of love by catchingpapermoons

pairing: jamie drysdale/trevor zegras/mason mctavish rating: M words: 41k summary: “I’ll be so real with you, man,” Trevor says, pulling back. “I had no fucking idea you liked dudes.”

one thing about me is that i am an absolute sucker for miscommunication and will love it at all costs and this fic DELIVERS!!!! and so well!!

high into the blue by idday

pairing: jack eichel/connor mcdavid rating: T words: 10k summary: Lieutenant John Eichel of the United States Navy – Boston to his squadron and Jack to the people who matter – is reckless and cocky and too smug for his own damn good. But even Connor has to admit that the boy can goddamn fly. (Captain Connor McDavid, Royal Canadian Air Force, is by the book in the worst way, conservative and careful and liable to get himself killed out there. Jack shouldn’t be impressed by him. He really shouldn’t.)

when i tell you i SCREAMED when i got the notif for this fic and then immediately went and watched top gun.,.... if you know me you know anything idday puts out i literally eat up like mceichel is the only thing that will ever sustain me ever again and this was NO exception,,,, always a pleasure to be able to experience an idday fic is what i say

play your heart out by ribena

pairing: leon draisaitl/connor mcdavid rating: M words: 4k summary: Connor loses his heart. Leon finds it for the both of them.

oughh./.. ouhhh.... what even to say.... clutches my heart (lol)...... beautiful..... i literally screamed cried went through it..... please read like literally begs you

nobody wins afraid of losing by adelphenium

pairing: tyler bertuzzi/dylan larkin rating: E words: 12k summary: It’s been almost a year since the first trade. It’s been just a few weeks since they last saw each other, facing off on the ice here in Toronto. In all the months since the Boston run, Tyler’s done nothing but read Dylan’s texts from the notifications bar like a sad and filthy sack of shit, too weak not to feel a thrill whenever a Saw that goal, what a beauty berts or a Hope you’re sleeping ok came through. Or: Tyler and Dylan during the 2024 bye week.

"hey you bookmarked this one on december 31st" IM PUTTING IT IN JANUARY!!!!! PLEASE READ THIS FIC!!!!! not only did jamie adelphenium write it but its just. it has shaped the way i view tyler bertuzzi and sparked a love for mr hockey butt himself..... what a good fic yall please read

reserve your ardors by wrightsworth

pairing: jamie benn/tyler seguin rating: E words: 9k summary: Jamie was in over his head. He had been out of his depth for months if he was being honest, ever since he picked Seggy up from the airport that first time in the humid Dallas air and his Omega genes decided to make themselves known, and loudly.

it wouldnt be me without some good old bennguin and RAHH pining and omegaverse and unrequited-requited and miscommunication like what else could you want in a fic its so good

[justtoarguewithyou]

Writing Patterns - LAST Lines!

Rules: write the last line of your 10 longest fics. What patterns can you see, if any? Which ones are your favourites?

tagged by @phdmama in that she very generously tagged everyone. if you're reading this, and you want to, you are now tagged by me. please tag me, or reblog so i can see yours, too!

Thoughts here, lines below the cut!

apparently, i love a line of dialogue to end a story. but what i really see is that whether it's a line of dialogue, or a little sentence summing up the possible future, it's that: always an eye to the future and what might happen next. and so much gentleness.

Every Day I Wake Up and It's Sunday (hermione/oliver wood; 50514 words; this is my first fic, and let me down a 90s rabbit hole that my musical algorithm will never recover from)

Hermione and Oliver had each other, and they knew they made their own luck, and were unafraid.

Biological Imperative (jason todd/dick grayson; 29499 words; omegaverse, lazarus pit shenanigans, baby damian wayne!)

“Yeah,” Dick said. “Come on. Damian needs someone to play with.”

Making All Things New (tyson barrie/nathan mackinnon, and a little jamie benn/tyler seguin; 27432 words; omegaverse, inspired by the excellent oplopanax's feral nate chapter of bits and pieces)

And Tyson wasn’t naming that sweet bonny girl after EJ…

Bang Your Head (steve harrington/eddie munson; 23868 words; fix-it fic all based on the idea "What if Eddie saw Steve on MTV in his vest, hosting the Headbanger's Ball?")

They have all the time in the world.

The Flowers and My Love (jason todd/dick grayson; 22865 words; slowburn, mistaken identity hanahaki trope subversion that also benefited from my 90s music rabbit hole...)

"Yeah, Jason, I want it.”

Home Is Some Place (jason todd/dick grayson; 19302 words; this was supposed to be a one-shot based on high rent prices in gotham that turned into a batfam story. reverse robins! including big brother damian! good mother talia al ghul!)

"Nightwing!"

Containing Multitudes (jason todd/dick grayson; 18243 words; a 5+1 exploration of identity with a little Jason Dent thrown in for fun)

"Hey, Sugar.”

A Surprise To Be Sure (din djarin/luke skywalker; 16841 words; a modern AU focused on family, found or otherwise; just a corny fluffball; i listened to kacey musgraves' golden hour on repeat writing this...)

This is the Way.

Death's Silver Lining (sirius black/remus lupin; 16814 words; exploration of the black family relationship; good mother walberga black [no i'm not spelling her name with a u; she is mine and something entirely different])

They laughed quietly together, as Sirius’s hands inched up Remus’s shirt, and brought it up over his head.

We're in for a Bad Spell (jason todd/dick grayson; 13818 words; omegaverse; magic and time travel)

“K, babe,” Jason texted right back. “We’ll be right here.”

[phdmama]

okay non-hockey folks pls to avert your eyes

I'm not saying I'm gonna write hrpf but nor am I saying I am definitely NOT going to write it

but because I am who I am as person... I am going to construct a lil social network analysis because I like to do things like that

two questions below the cut:

I'm planning to weight my edges - this is my first take on the scale - any commentary?

1 - Shared a Draft Class

2 - All Star Teammates

3 - Special Teammates Only (meaning worlds or olympics or whatnot)

4 - Teammates

5 - Teammates and Special Teammates

Second: here's my initial list - anyone else you might want to see added? (not sure how many hockey mutuals I have!!)

Sidney Crosby Evgeni Malkin Patrick Kane Jonathan Toews Jamie Benn Tyler Seguin Travis Konecny Nolan Patrick Mitch Marner Nicklas Backstrom Alexander Ovechkin Leon Draisaitl Matthew Tkachuk Jamie Drysdale Trevor Zegras Connor McDavid Jack Eichel Dylan Strome Nico Hirschier Jack Hugues Luke Hughes Quinn Hughes Tim Stutzle Willy Nylander Erik Karlsson

[lindholmline]

bergy/marchy not being that popular on ao3 hurts so bad because they have so much lore!! there's so much to work with! has segs has ever talked about wanting to live in benn's basement? has trevor ever kissed jamie on the cheek in the middle of a game? when has sid climbed on geno's shoulders in a pool? criminal

no bc you’re completely right

THEY LITERALLY WRITE THE CONTENT THEMSELVES LIKE THAT F’ING INTERVIEW

the content of marcheron is swept under the rug by some other fans in the league bc ppl hate brad. they have been feeding us ammo for years and THEY DESERVE BETTER. brads wife literally said “you’ll leave me for him” and bruce cassidy said maybe marchy practices his licking on bergy

im sorry, but in my opinion, marcheron is the blueprint

i think we need to declare May 17 (rough estimate of pool gif) Marcheron Day

[darkangel0410]

1, 2, 5 (necromancer fic), 9, 12, & 13!

1. What fic of yours would you recommend to someone who had never read any of your work? (In other words, what do you think is the best introduction to your fics?)

Ooohhh, this is a tough one, tbh - I think it mostly depends on what they're into, but necromancer au is probably one of the best things I've ever written, imo, and it has some great worldbuilding and a super hot sex scene so you get a little bit of everything that I'm good at in re: writing

2. Go to your AO3 “Works” page, to the sidebar with all the filters, and click the drop-down arrow for “Additional Tags.” What are your top 3-5 most used tags? Do you think they accurately represent your writing habits?

I'M CACKLING, IT'S SIBLING INCEST, A/B/O AND BDSM SO YEAH THAT SOUNDS ABOUT RIGHT ALKNFNSKDKAS

5. What do you wish someone would ask you about [insert fic]? Answer it now!

Ooohhh lets see, what do I wish someone had asked me about necromancer au, hmmmm. Well, I was surprised why no one asked me why werewolves eat the old Alpha when they become the new one and the answers are two-fold, really: 1. it's to help stress the fact that werewolves aren't human, even tho they look like them a lot of the time, 2. there's a thing in this verse called 'living memory of the pack' and it's a time of magic that's specific to werewolves that allows Alphas to share memories, i.e. Owen 'inherited' all of Jamie Benn's memories when he killed him and ate his body the night Owen became Alpha; Benn had all of the memories of the Alpha that came before him (Mike Mondano), and so on and so forth. The Pontchartin Pack has an unbroken line of Alphas back to the late 1700s, so Owen, as the newest Alpha has access to every Alphas memories from back then until present day, hidden in a part of his brain until he needs them for whatever reason (the same magic that makes it possible for humans to become werewolves also help him with that).

12. Are there any tropes you used to dislike but have grown on you?

omg you're gonna laugh your ass off, but I used to HATE a/b/o and mpreg 😂😂😂😂 and then one day someone went into the comments on one of peterick fics and said something along the lines of "thank god you don't write any of that disgusting a/b/o fic, I would hate to have to stop reading your stuff" and I was like OH YEAH BITCH and wrote Come Get Me and the rest is history lmaooo

13. Are there any tropes you used to like but don’t anymore?

Hmmm, I'm coming up blank, tbh - maybe amnesia? 😂😂😂

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Thank you for the ask!!!! Answering it was a lot of fun!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

(fic writers ask)

[eusuntgratie]

Okay updates on my hockey ~descent~

I've been reading a bit of bennguin and that was pretty good, I've been looking at some vids and I swear when Tyler got into a fight after someone took a cheap shot at Jamie 😭 like why do I care so much about that?? Anyway I have also just finished reading closed fracture by lightgetsin and it was so lovely <3 so looking for some more recs for sidgeno if you have them! (also why are there (((( all over the place sometimes? I've seen a few in fics and in tweets?) I do really like the Penguins logo and jerseys so maybe I'll follow them closer when things get moving a bit more, its the off season now right? Some other ships I'm a fan of is sterek from teen wolf, Sirius/Remus from hp, Macdennis from iasip, steve/bucky - just pretty basic ones lel 😬

oooooh i'm so excited to answer this okay okay. thank you for the update i love this!

tyler seguin is everyone's favorite slutty bisexual. go bananas in his tag (just #tyler seguin or #seguin) on tumblr and you'll find some great shit. that ship doesn't get as much attention anymore bc benn isn't fandom's favorite. i don't know enough about the stars to know all the reasons, but he did a very dirty and unneccessary hit on the vegas golden knights captain in the playoffs this year and that was enough to make me not like him. i can rec some stars blogs if you want - they are a great team with a solid fandom presence and a lot of young amazing players. and they have seggy :)

um, if you love boys being overprotective on the ice, i can definitely give you some pens moments but ALSO you should look into tknp (travis konecny/nolan patrick). i think i have a #protective tk tag on here you can browse bc the boy goes batshit insane anytime someone touches his boy. one of the big reasons a lot of us fell for that ship. you don't have to be a flyers fan to love them; tk is a fandom darling bc he's so tiny and fighty and wonderful.

also, any decent player is very protective of their goalie, so if you love that dynamic, you might enjoy some defenseman/goalie pairings or there's just some fun clips and gifs out there. i'll try to reblog some stuff for you. give my poor followers a break from the rwrb posting and tzp thirst 😂

DON'T GET ME STARTED ON SIDGENO OH GOD. okay i'll reblog a few posts for them because the things they say about each other are just. alright. you're in love. we get it. okay.

King and Lionheart is the fic that made me fall for sidgeno. There is an excellent podfic available as well.

I could give you a billion sidgeno recs and writers and blogs to follow. What kind of fic do you like? Fluff? Whump? PWP? Kink? ABO? Monsterfuckery? Sidgeno is the most popular hockey rpf ship at least by numbers on ao3; we got it all, baby! I read a lot of angst and porn, so I don't want to throw a bunch of recs at you without knowing what you like :)

((( and )))))))) are russian smileys... so you're probably reading Geno texting. So instead of texting (or tweeting - you can see these in some of his old tweets): i'll be there soon :) he would text i'll be there soon )))

we ARE in the offseason but hockey comes back (relatively) soon. preseason games (exhibition games that don't count towards playoff standings) start at the end of september and the season kicks off in October. The Penguins season opener is vs the Chicago Blackhawks which should be a VERY fun game to watch, bc Chicago drafted Connor Bedard this year, one of the best hockey prospects since Sid himself. Bedard is insanely talented and we are all very eager to see how he does in the NHL. Sid was Bedard's favorite player growing up (he is so many players' favorite player growing up) and they've met and they are both very sweet boys and anyway it will be an interesting game.

Stucky was my first ship since really diving into fandom and I spent a ton of time in Teen Wolf fandom! There's a ton of teen wolf on my ao3, mostly sterek, but i mostly write hockey these days.

feel free to keep sending me questions! there's a lot to learn when you first dive into hockey but i love the sport and love this fandom!!

[ivyglow]

Holy shit I had no idea just how much fucked up stuff so many hockey players had done. As a new fan (less than a year) and queer woman, one of my first introductions to the nastiness of hockey culture was the pride jerseys controversy. I knew about Jamie Benn and Patrick Kane. I recently learned about the silence of the Blackhawks and how much the league failed Kyle Beach. But even with all my hyperfixation on the leafs for the last two months, I didn’t see one mention of the allegations against AM34’s until I saw a tag of yours about not writing content around him and I started to look into it.

It’s amazing how so many men claim allegations from women will ruin their careers but in reality, it does shit all. It truly does not matter to people that A*ston M*tthews terrified a woman with PTSD, or that Patrick Kane likely SA’d a woman and she was thrown to the wolves, because they hit puck good!!!1!1!

Beyond disappointing. Being a hockey fan is more depressing than any other sport when it comes to ur favs being bigots and assholes. I’m still a Leafs fan but I’m no longer an Auston Mathew’s fan. Another day, another hockey player disappointment. The culture is fucked.

Hey, welcome to hockeyblr, love! ❤️

Yup, it's a pretty hard situation to discuss, at least it was when I used to do it, because although we try to shine a light on it (just so people that don't feel comfortable w that stuff can make their choices) some tend to think that it’s about to cancel culture when we are well aware that we don't have the power to cancel people, especially those people in hockey who are protected by its culture. 

The thing with the sport is you gotta make sure you're looking for the good side too, or else it's gonna get you frustrated. It worked for me and Ive been doing it everywhere since then. The small stuff that is not that small like bipoc players being included, or the pressure of some fans for the teams to acknowledge a situation or call out a player, or when tampa made the first all-black line in hockey history, etc 🤍 and especially people like us who are hell-bent on trying to change it no matter how small the change is, or are not ready to accept prejudice, because at the end of the day it still a change and we still have a voice.

But I'm really happy my blog, which has been off for a while now haha, helped you see the bigger picture

[shutth3puckup]

Do you have anything on jamie benn from the stars? saw he got engaged but his fiancé jessica used to hook up with matthews and was writing in on the blogs few years back before covid

Matthews used to like her pics throughout 2019 and early 2020 then he stopped. I wasn't on here then so I can't confirm if she was writing in to gossip blogs, but enough wags (and Matthews hookups) were suspected to do so wouldn't shock me if she did.

I heard Jamie doesn't like Kate (Tyler's fiance) but Jess tries to keep it civil and even offered to host one her hundred bachelorette parties. He has conservative views - he liked a transphobic video on insta a few years ago (not sure on the exact time). He basically admitted to the world in a tweet he doesn't go down on women. He cheated on Katie a lot (his ex) and probably cheats on Jess. Heard from people he can be a bit of a douche.

I have zero proof or way to back this up, but I wouldn't be surprised to find out if he was the captain with the excel sheet, he gives off those vibes

[malkunts]

sitting on my couch

suffering through a sore throat

listening to bad omens

writing Joe Pavelski / Jamie Benn retirement fic

[ao3feed-hockey]

Chaos High

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/bJcVUE7

by Iatmoose

I decided to make two of my favorite teams into high school students (well, half of them). Some are teachers and the other half are graduated because I couldn't feel like I could write all of them.

This work is full of stupid chaos that I thought would happen if these boys were in school together.

Words: 2656, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Men's Hockey RPF

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: Carolina Hurricanes NHL Team Ensemble, Dallas Stars NHL Team Ensemble

Relationships: Roope Hintz/Mason Marchment, Jamie Benn/Tyler Seguin

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - High School, Chaos, Dumb Hockey Boys, a lot of implied things, altered ages to fit au, tyler is a dumbass, save burns from seguin, foreign exchange students, i wish i had these teachers, underage drinking at some point

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/bJcVUE7

[tradetobest]

#30 with your pairing of choice?

holy shit anon i am SO sorry this took so long....

#30 I know we’re both Alphas but I still want to climb you like a tree.

anon i really deliberated over the pairing for a long time bcs i cant write the pairing that i wanted to put for this but after some deliberation i TOTALLY GOT IT so heres some a/a bennguin for u... but also i put it on ao3 bcs it ended up being 2k.. thanks to ethan and cal for reading it over tho!!

the reason i breathe is you

Rating: M

Relationship: Jamie Benn/Tyler Seguin

Additional Tags: 2012 NHL All-Star Game, First Meetings, Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Fade to Black, Alpha/Alpha

Words: 2,008

Jamie Benn is a sort of understated type of A—and an understated type of person, if Tyler is being honest—and Tyler had only started to smell his soft ocean scent when Nealer had moved out from between them, leaving them almost alone in the corner of the draft room. “Guess I’ll move over there,” Tyler says, gesturing to the space between them and shuffling closer to Benn on the couch. Benn’s head snaps over to him and Tyler smiles in what he hopes is a more inviting way than a sleazy one, though he doesn’t count that second one out for later.

[midnightsnyx]

are there players that you will not write for? who are they if yes?

Hi! I really need to sit down and write an exact list of who I won’t write for lol. I have a few right off the bat that I don’t write for anymore or haven’t written for at all.

A couple right off the bat are Patrick Kane, Auston Matthews, Vince Dunn, Jamie Benn and once I sit down and do some more thinking there will definitely be a few more.

I won’t write for anyone under 21 unless it’s platonic!

This isn’t much help right now but I’m at work so I can’t do up an exact list but if you request someone & I know I’m not comfortable writing for them I will let you know at that time! But I am gonna sit down and make an official list probably this weekend.

I hope this helps a bit!

[ice-ice-lizzie]

Roope

Roope is from Tampere, Finland. He’s 27. His parents played basketball (his mom is Very Tall) and he was a multi sport athlete growing up.

He spent some time in Florida working on his speed & learning English when he was 15. He played for Ilves in Liiga, going through their juniors program and then playing with their pro team as a teenager. He started to get attention at this point from the national team and NHL scouts. Everyone was like 'where did this kid come from?'

The Stars drafted him in 2015 (the McDavid draft). He was their second round pick, 49th overall- an absolute steal for Dallas.

At that point he switched to playing for HIFK (a different Liiga team), where he was eventually joined by future Stars teammate Miro Heiskanen.

In 2016 he won gold at world juniors with an absolutely stacked team Finland. We're talking Sebastian Aho, Mikko Rantanen, Patrik Laine and also Kasperi Kapanen and Jesse Puljujärvi and of course Roope. Click through for a Finnish article with baby pictures of all of them.

For the 2018-2017 season Roope came over to the US and played in the AHL. The next year he was playing in the NHL (same rookie season as Miro). The year after that he became Dallas's top line center and he has been ever since. His line (with Jason Robertson and Joe Pavelski) has been solid for the Stars.

As far as personality goes- He likes fashion and Finnish rap. He freely admits that he wasn't the best in school. He mostly hangs out with the other Finns on the stars- particularly Miro. The fans call them the Finnish Mafia (and they actually went as the Finnish Mafia for Halloween 2022). Back in 2016, he and Jesse Puljujärvi were dating a pair of twin sisters. He was very fun on instagram before he was famous- and even though most of the posts from that time period are deleted, his insta is still pretty good. Tyler Seguin compared him to Mitch Marner on a podcast (source for this incoming- gotta re listen to a bunch of podcasts to find the right one).

The other Finns call him hinee, non Finnish teammates call him Roop.

Wyatt

Wyatt Johnston is from Toronto. The stars drafted him 23rd over all in 2021. He stayed in the OHL (with the Spitfires) for one more year then made the team right out of training camp in 2022. Coach Pete DeBoer said he wanted to hide Wyatt in the trunk of his car so GM Jim Nill could not send him back down to juniors. Luckily it did not come to that- Wyatt was here to stay.

The coaching staff asked if the then 19 year old could live with veteran teammate Joe Pavelski (then 38) and his family. Joe thought they were asking him about rehoming a dog (also called Wyatt) but the confusion was soon cleared up and human Wyatt was welcomed with open arms. He continues to live with the Pavelskis his sophomore season.

Wyatt plays center (just like Roope). His entire rookie year and most of his sophomore season (as of time of writing) he's centered the third line with Captain Jamie Benn as a regular winger (and a rotating cast as their third). Lately (and only for a few games) Wyatt converted to wing to replace Joe Pavelski on the top line (Roope's line). Previous to that Roope and Wyatt were never really on the ice at the same time.

Last year- when the player of the game award was allegedly shot gunning a beer (can't find a source for this) - they gave him a personal pizza instead. His teammates seem to love him (and chirp him in equal measure). He's continued to excel over his sophomore season and it's been exciting to watch.

Hi I’m reading ‘But the punchline goes’ and it’s lovely and funny. I’m wondering tho if you have a primer about these guys? Bc I’ve never heard of them before. Or maybe just your thoughts about why you chose them to write a fic?

Ooh I'm glad you're enjoying the story! Roope's voice has been so much fun to write. Truly the most confident of disaster humans 😂

I don't know of a primer for them, I'm afraid! (I wish I did; primers are so useful, and I miss the days of their abundance.) I decided to write about them for the simple reason that the lovely @coffeehound91 commissioned me when I had commissions open in December (not something AO3 allows you to mention on their site due to their terms of service). I didn't know anything about the pairing myself when they suggested it, but I was excited to get to know some of the newer Stars, and I'm so glad I did! I mostly just read what was on AO3 for them and did a bit of googling. Possibly someone reading this has a suggestion for a good intro?