#26 — Vanek! with a Jurco

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Re: Fics You Want

[(Anonymous)]

If you ever need anything translated, just ask here. :) I'll be happy to offer my skills for some fic, whether it's PWP or not!

(Oh god yes! I didn't expect this game to end quite so exciting.)

Re: Olympic qualification tournaments

[(Anonymous)]

Hahaha, congrats. The Danish game was a shitshow but I can root for you guys as well since you're in a different bracket ;)

Re: Olympic qualification tournaments

[(Anonymous)]

Def better than I was expecting half way through the third. And you can never tell what will happen in the other games. Especially if the Kazakhstan goalie is out for more than one game.

Re: Trope talk-Animal Transformation

[(Anonymous)]

Ahh, that would explain it.

Re: Trope talk-Animal Transformation

[(Anonymous)]

And maybe some of the team get items and the others don't? Because Ovi has his favourites.

Re: Olympic qualification tournaments

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks! I was rooting for Denmark, too. :) I thought their chances were better than the game looked in the end. Ah well, they're not done yet?

The brackets are very considerate this year lol.

Re: Olympic qualification tournaments

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, the other games will be important, too. Can't believe how close this group is atm! Everyone has points.

Re: Trope talk-Animal Transformation

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

Who says you're not attached to your new team at all, or know for sure you're having that much trouble adjusting, or that your old team's FO even wants you? If you don't know whether you'll get stuck until you transform, then a certain amount of it is emotional guesswork.

Idk, I think we just have different perspectives on this, and it would take an actual fic to see if we'd agree or not. People and cultures convince themselves of weird shit all the time, so I could 100% buy a culture that had the mindset that people failing to transform correctly were doing it to themselves and deserved whatever they got, just like I bought into Star Trek's murder-happy Mirrorverse, even though it's a shit way to run a society. I can believe a lot as long as the author does a good job constructing it so it's internally logical for the culture. But I do think that no matter what there's a certain amount of suspension of disbelief necessary to make stuff on that level work, and you're right that it could go the emotionally dark but logically nonsensical way quite easily.

Re: Trope talk-Animal Transformation

[(Anonymous)]

I'm like almost positive I've seen at least a snippet of that before.

Re: Fic Discussion- kept just like we were, oflights

[(Anonymous)]

He seemed very much his age in this, in a good way.

I had to nope out of this in the beginning, because I thought he seemed a lot younger than his age with the whining and worry that his parents will embarrass him in front of his crush.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

This so much. I don't mind people moving on from Sid/Geno, but I wish they were still in hockey fandom writing those same dynamics, regardless of pairing.

Re: Trope talk-Animal Transformation

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT Yes, I think trapped in an animal form would be a true horror fic. I love some old school wear-wolf fic and those classic horror films. Either with the amnesia where you have to find out what you did, or the being aware but overwhelmed by instincts.

Re: Trope talk-Animal Transformation

[(Anonymous)]

I've always wondered about size, like do people turn into giant cats or massive otters.

Re: Trope talk-Animal Transformation

[(Anonymous)]

Man, you guys. And here I just came to say, it'd be nice to see some orca/shark action, wouldn't that be funny?

Re: Trope talk-Animal Transformation

[(Anonymous)]

NA

As someone who imprinted on the Animorphs books, I am all for these darkfic options.

Re: Trope talk-Animal Transformation

[(Anonymous)]

This is becoming one of my favorite tropes. I'm not into some of the horror ideas mentioned upthread, but I wouldn't mind seeing some that are more serious than "lol, he turns into a puppy when stressed." Maybe Tyler Bozak has always hated the feeling of being a maple tree, staying in one spot, rooted. A feeling that gets worse after Phil has been traded, like he's been left behind and Phil will do all these great things, and Bozie will never change.

One thing that often comes up when the second form idea is used in fics is why don't teams name themselves the Minnesota Goal Scorers or the Tampa Bay Stanley Cup Winners. But maybe it's the other way around. It's not that team name/mascot/etc. determines second form, it's that teams name themselves after the second form they start to take on. That's why Vegas hasn't been named yet. No one in the front office has started changing, and no one knows what the second form will be. Of course, front offices can be hit or miss. Front office folks don't always change and there's a lot of opinions about whether it matters if a coach or a GM or a VP transforms. Not to mention that as people get older, sometimes their form can revert to old teams. Nobody gave George McPhee grief that his eagle looked a lot like a falcon when he was the GM of the Capitals, but maybe people are whispering now that he's the reason Vegas is nameless and the owner is losing merch money daily. What if they pin their hopes on the expansion draft with crazy reporters stalking all the claimed players over the summer hoping to get the first scoop on what the new second form will be? How does that make the players feel? Are they still changing into their old forms or unable to transform at all as the summer wanes? How much pressure are newly signed free agents under to come into camp able to transform into the right thing or is that the reason for the weird team building activities we hear about teams doing in camp (there's an expectation that it takes time and practice and feeling)?

Re: Trope talk-Animal Transformation

[(Anonymous)]

SA

Also, I realize trees aren't animals, but I was contemplating the second form thing and I forgot we weren't just talking about transformation in general. Maybe the Leafs can be squirrels.

Re: Trope talk-Animal Transformation

[(Anonymous)]

I just want to know how it works. Is this an AU where the Canucks rink is built on the water's edge and there's, like, a water entrance for the players to duck into when they need to be orcas and they swim directly out into the ocean? Do the Sharks have a literal tank in the arena somewhere? Or are they itty bitty versions of orcas and sharks that just need a large aquarium to share?

NGL, I have always imagined the Jets rookies looking like this:
http://www.internationaljettrash.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/DSC1255-1024x680.jpg

Re: Trope talk-Animal Transformation

[(Anonymous)]

Trope posting anon -I think we can include second forms in the discussion, in Hockey fic there is certainly cross over. And anyone can post a trope they would like to talk about at anytime.

Re: Trope talk-Animal Transformation

[(Anonymous)]

There is room for more serious takes which aren't dark fic. Like turning into a puppy could be treated seriously, how do you adapt to the different sensory impact, just how bad would a locker room smell to a dog or how do you face your team after being caught as a dog in the dirty laundry.

That trapped feeling is an interesting idea.

Learning the second form could be like learning the system. Are coaches judged on how quickly there players adapt.

Re: Trope talk-Animal Transformation

[(Anonymous)]

On FFA. There was.

Re: Fandom Venting

[(Anonymous)]

I'm gonna need an update on the polish when you get it! Like quality, and if the shade really matches.

Re: Ask Meme

[(Anonymous)]

At what point of degree separation would you cut off being part of hockey rpf fandom? (I mean. My interest had been waning and the further decreasing degree of separation is making me seriously think.)

Re: Trope talk-Animal Transformation

[(Anonymous)]

Considering the dogs I've known, I can't help but think the locker room smell would be a bonus to the whole experience.

Re: Ask Meme

[(Anonymous)]

As soon as I quit reading fic, I'd say I'm gone.