#just me scrolling through the “roller derby au” tag and being very concerned for y'alls characters

[worlds-okayest-fag]

hi quick PSA (from someone who plays roller derby) to anyone writing roller derby AUs or drawing art of the same:

please please please for the love of the gods give your characters proper protective gear, that means helmet, knee and elbow pads, wrist guards, mouth guards. because most of the fanart I see the characters don't have helmets or elbows and babes, that will break someone if they're in an actual game.

also on skate types: please noheeled skates, honey, those throw off your balance and make you lean further forward than flat skates, and you will end up stacking if you are in derby stance (slightly leaned forward) and on heeled skates (leaned forward) and please do not use inline skates either because that's a whole other ballgame