#which is. what they’re for. obviously. lol

[kimquatz]

Hi!! So in Hiveswap act 2 Daraya says something about her and her cloistermates being the ‘best of the best’ or purest (or something along those lines) among the jades, which is why they’re in the cloister to begin with. Any possible headcanons for what she meant by that?

i went to go double check the exact line and she says, "not all jades get chosen but apparently we're the purest of the pure." Which, obviously with the handful of the ones we've seen so far, is obviously not true LOL.

My personal headcanon is that the statement is purely arbitrary and only serves as empire propaganda that they nail into every jades' heads during orientation to make those who got chosen for the cloister feel more special and better about giving up their freedom and autonomy for it... Tell someone that they were given a special role that no one else can get, they would probably work hard to prove they deserved it, right?

[gotham--fc]

Hello! I am fairly new to pwhl and hockey in general are you able to explain the rules a bit? I haven’t had a chance to watch it yet but wanna be able to have an idea of what’s going on when I do get to watch a game.

Hello! Of course I can help! I do struggle with brevity lol so I do have a pretty long explanation of the main rules you’ll run into during a game, but honestly you learn the more you watch, it’s hard to explain certain things without having you actually see it in action, but hopefully this helps and you’ll be able to follow what’s going on. Let me know if you’d like me to explain anything else or if something isn’t clear!

I’ll put it all below a readmore so everyone who doesn’t want to read all of this can skip past it

In general, the basic rules are 2 teams, each with 5 players + a goalie on the ice at the same time. To win you need to score more goals than the other team. The game is divided into 3 periods with 2 15-20 intermissions in between periods. The teams switch ends every period.

Positions

Obviously you have a goalie who stays in net, then you have 2 defenders and 3 forwards. Your three forwards are usually one center and 2 wings. In hockey positions don’t matter really that much since it’s so fluid, but you’ll usually see defenders at the blue line in the attacking zone. Also defenders know how to skate backwards and most forwards can’t do that. Your center is usually who takes face offs, but your wings will also take face offs when needed but it’s usually your center.

Faceoff

Faceoffs is how the game starts and how play resumes after any stoppage. Basically, the ref drops the puck into the middle of the circle and 2 players fight for possession. Only 2 players are allowed in the circle, the other players line up outside the circle. Players have to wait to move to get the puck until the puck is dropped and hits the ice.

Icing

Icing is a little confusing to explain even when you’re watching, so I’ll do my best. So the ice is divided into sections right, there’s the 2 blue lines which indicate the offensive zones, the red center line which divides the rink in half, and the smaller red lines along the goal line. So basically, icing is when a defensive player shoots the puck from their defensive half (the side of the red line where their goal is) all the way down the ice past the red line at the goal line. It’s essentially to prevent time wasting, so if a team is pressed in their defensive end, they can’t just keep throwing the puck up ice to waste time until the end of the period/game.

When a team ices the puck, the play is stopped and they have a faceoff in the teams defensive end, and they can’t sub their players, so there’s really no benefit

Icing doesn’t count when a team is on a penalty kill, but I’ll explain that more later.

Offside

Okay offside is when an offensive player enters the offensive zone before the puck. Players can’t cross the blue line when they’re attacking before the puck does. As well, when the puck crosses back over the blue line, all the attacking players must leave the offensive zone (go back across the blue line) before any player on their team touches the puck in the offensive zone.

When a player is offside, play is stopped and they have a faceoff right outside the offensive zone.

Penalties

Penalties are actions that violate the rules of the game. Penalties are assessed at the discretion of the refs. When a player is assessed a penalty, their team plays a player down for the length of the penalty. Penalties can stack, so if 2 players on the same team get penalties then their team plays 2 players down until the end of the first penalty, then one player down until the end of the second penalty. There are 3 types of penalties: a minor, a major, and a misconduct.

A minor penalty is 2 minutes, so a player sits in the penalty box for 2 minutes. For minor penalties, the penalty ends when the opposing team scores, so sometimes players don’t serve the full 2 minutes. Common minors are tripping, cross checking, slashing, hooking, holding, interference, high stick, roughing, too many players on the ice etc. (if you want me to explain what all the penalties mean that’s a different post)

A major penalty is 5 minutes. A major last for the full 5 minutes, regardless of if a team scores. As the name implies they’re more serious than minors so harsher punishment. Majors tend to be anything that’s deemed especially dangerous or with intent to injure. So hits to the head, boarding with head contact, kicking at a player who’s down, fighting typically, things like that.

Misconducts are usually for unsportsmanlike behaviour, so they’re usually accompanied with majors. You’ll see a lot of major + game misconduct penalties. A misconduct is basically a suspension. So if you’re assessed a misconduct in game, you’re ejected from the game but can typically play the next game unless the penalty was particularly egregious, but that’s up to the discretion of the league. You can also be assessed a misconduct after the game if you weren’t given one in game. Leagues tend to review major penalties and also take requests for reviews from teams and can assess a misconduct to players and in that case they’ll be suspended for the next game.

If a player gets ejected, another player on their team serves the penalty in their place. Same as if a goalie commits a penalty, someone else serves the penalty for them.

Power plays/penalty kills

A power play/a penalty kill comes with penalties. The team that’s down a player is on a penalty kill, but the team that’s up a player goes on a power play.

If you’re down a player (on a penalty kill) icing doesn’t count, so you’re free to just throw the puck up ice as much as you want, since you’re down a player you’re at a disadvantage, and the team that’s up a player shouldn’t in theory allow you to have the puck enough to keep dumping it out.

Penalty shots

When a player gets followed on a goal scoring breakaway, they can be awarded a penalty shot. A penalty shot is just the shooter and the goalie on the ice.

Overtime

If the game is tied when the third period ends, the game goes to overtime. The rules of overtime differ for each league. For the pwhl, overtime is 5 minutes of 3 on 3 (3 skaters + a goalie). Overtime is also sudden death, so first goal wins. If the game is still tied after overtime ends, the game goes to a shootout.

Some leagues have 5 on 5 overtime, some leagues have multiple periods of overtime, like some do 3 overtime periods before a shootout, sometimes they do unlimited overtime, you usually see unlimited overtime in playoffs.

Shootouts

When overtime ends and the teams are still tied, they can go to a shootout. A shootout typically has 5 rounds and then it keeps going if there’s no winner (similar to a soccer shootout). Shooters start from center, and they get to skate it and take a shot on net. The teams alternate shooters. Most leagues like the nhl you have to send out 5 different shooters, but in the pwhl you can send out the same shooter as many times as you want.

[what-the-fuck-khr]

got out of the shower, exited, smelt like burning plastic. went back in bathroom which was fine, finished up, walked back out, still smells like it. walk into my room, it’s fine. walk into a different room, same old musty smell. toilet, fine. stand around for a few moments, smell is gone. 🤔🤔

[aardvaark]

the leverage team would have had a games night… once. everyone cheated so much and in such increasingly extreme ways that all mentions of monopoly are banned in their headquarters (this makes talking about marks who monopolize the market very confusing)

[twinstxrs]

thinking about kageyama’s “it’s the setter’s job to break the wall in front of the spiker” in reference to how kenma sponsoring hinata while he’s in brazil and onwards is effectively doing that on a financial level. once a setter always a setter.

[diana-daphne]

Okay so I haven’t been able to watch the last to episodes of omitb until today and omg??? Cinema at its finest don’t read the tags if you don’t want spoilers I’m going on a rant

[alxclaremont]

had an absolute shit day at work, got off of work, remembered lando and oscar’s beef, almost started crying, went on twitter, saw that they ate mcdonalds and played monopoly on the plane back to monaco, almost started crying again, no longer feel like shit thank you and goodnight

[selfcarecap]

The group photos in dating apps make me so mad I can’t even explain it. Why do men think that’s a good idea ???? 😭😭 why are men so….men (I fear I still love them 🤭)

I really don’t know, the worst is when they exclusively have group pics because how do I know he’s not the ugliest one? I wonder if they get anyy matches lol. I have one group pic on my profile too but I’ve covered my friends faces like it’s my profile 😭 (I fear still love them too🤭😭)

[lesbiansanemi]

Google how to make peace with the fact that you will always be vaguely to extremely uncomfortable (depending on the day) with your body and how others perceive it until the day you die and nothing you do will ever change that

[ninawolv3rina]

These boys have stolen my heart

And they can steal yours too, read Kit and Basie please

[groaaaaan]

deltarune asriel and papyrus were online friends on whatever the deltarune equivalent of club penguin/animal jam is

[foreverppl]

Victoria Valentine…. I see you.

[what-the-fuck-khr]

GOOD NEWS EVERYBODY IM BACK I HAVE ANSWERS so we looked at my teeth etc and I’m not gonna die of sepsis bc despite all the shit my toothache caused me there’s no infection. so what was it, Bronwyn? good question!

wisdom teeth

[amethysttribble]

I think a solid marker of identifying a truly complex, compelling, and unique character is seeing the frequency and scale of how OOC they are written in fanfic

[fingertipsmp3]

Yesterday I was musing about how I haven’t really had a bad nightmare since I went on SSRIs and then I proceeded to have a full blown night terror

[narugen]

need to write more narumina i’ve been converted