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#24 – Not Sure If Serious or Playing Dumba

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Re: Fic discussion - but always in tandem, youcouldmakealife

(Anonymous) 2016-05-23 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
That seems like a common problem in hockey rpf adjacent fic.

Okay fine, sample size of two.

Re: Fic discussion - but always in tandem, youcouldmakealife

(Anonymous) 2016-05-23 04:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Wait, what's the other one?

Re: Fic discussion - but always in tandem, youcouldmakealife

(Anonymous) 2016-05-23 05:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I assume they're referring to Check, Please

Re: Fic discussion - but always in tandem, youcouldmakealife

(Anonymous) 2016-05-23 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Ahh okay, that makes sense! I thought there was fic I was missing lol

Re: Fic discussion - but always in tandem, youcouldmakealife

(Anonymous) 2016-05-23 04:34 pm (UTC)(link)
It seems like one of the characters wasn't recruited for a D1 hockey school, just applied because he wasn't drafted.

Re: Fic discussion - but always in tandem, youcouldmakealife

(Anonymous) 2016-05-23 05:07 pm (UTC)(link)
It seems like one of the characters wasn't recruited for a D1 hockey school, just applied because he wasn't drafted.

Re: Fic discussion - but always in tandem, youcouldmakealife

(Anonymous) 2016-05-23 05:49 pm (UTC)(link)
That's... that's now how that works. A lot of this is ringing inaccuracy alarms for me, and it doesn't help that BU is actually my school.

Besides (or maybe because of?) the poor research, the writing itself seems really sub-par, too. It's a mess.

Re: Fic discussion - but always in tandem, youcouldmakealife

(Anonymous) 2016-05-23 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I didn't go to BU but I'm from Massachusetts and same. Once the college part started, it was like "this isn't right." And if more of it is taking place at BU...

She's also had issues with how the USNTDP works before.

But you're right, the writing felt more messy than, say, Marc and Dan.

Re: Fic discussion - but always in tandem, youcouldmakealife

(Anonymous) 2016-05-24 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
na

Ugh, I can't believe I relapsed for this. I agree, the writing is really... off. I even checked her tumblr because that's usually where she hides the good shit, and I can't buy into it. The tone, setting, characters just don't click (which is a problem I run into with a lot of college AUs, tbh, on account of currently attending a Hockey School and running pretty parallel to The Hockey Crowd). Playing college hockey takes more planning and dedication than this shows, Robbie probably would've marinated for in Juniors for a bit longer (unless the author is introducing yet another player who undersells himself), she doesn't write bro culture very believably...

I caught up with David, too, and while I can confirm that her writing is better in large chunks, I'm also pretty Over It. Why did he decide he needs to dedicate his life to a team sport if he can't attach to or trust the vast majority of his teammates ever? How hasn't this been a major red flag against him? Why does anyone want to be friends with Bella Swan David Chapman anyway?

... at least it's easy to quit this time around?

Re: Fic discussion - but always in tandem, youcouldmakealife

(Anonymous) 2016-05-23 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not necessarily trying to defend her, but it's hard to figure out how the college hockey recruiting process works for someone who isn't a Jack Eichel. I tried to research it once for a fic idea and closed out my browser confused as hell. For a really minor plot point, it doesn't seem like that big of a deal to me.

(And I don't know if it works this way for hockey, but I know college football teams have tryouts for walk-ons who weren't recruited. A successful NFL player who graduated from my school two years before I did tried out for the football team his sophomore year...obviously that was a decision that worked out well for him.)

Re: Fic discussion - but always in tandem, youcouldmakealife

(Anonymous) 2016-05-23 06:03 pm (UTC)(link)
College hockey tends to not have open tryouts, at the D1 level - even walk-ons are recruited. When BU brought in players mid-season this year, they were recruited. It's not like football or even basketball, where you have walk-ons for practice.

Re: Fic discussion - but always in tandem, youcouldmakealife

(Anonymous) 2016-05-23 06:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I mean, I imagine it's a lot like NHL teams wooing free agents. Every video I've seen has had players saying they had a few teams in mind, some of them were interested, coaches/recruitment contacted them, they visited campuses, then signed their letter of intent, repeat.