#26 — Vanek! with a Jurco

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

[(Anonymous)]

Do people not use "epic" as a measure of fic length rather than quality any more? That's how I'm used to seeing it, but I'm heading towards fandom old age and it's possible I've just convinced myself people are still using it the same way 15 years after they stopped.

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

[(Anonymous)]

Some people do, but 24k is hardly close to epic in that sense either.

Re: Olympic qualification tournaments

[(Anonymous)]

I think the young guys will be find. It's the older injury prone or lacking stamina for a deep playoff run guys you gave to worry about.

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

[(Anonymous)]

na Yeah, epic to me is something like 100k. Granted, I strongly feel that the vast majority of 100k fics do not need, in fact, need to be 100k.

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

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT

Definitely agreed, though I don't know if hockey RPF really has any epics at all. I didn't mean to comment about this fic in particular. The anon I first responded to mentioned writing ability as a reason something wouldn't be an epic, so I was wondering if the fandom definition had changed.

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

[(Anonymous)]

I think Radar Love counts, at around 137k?

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

[(Anonymous)]

I think that was the author's point though. Because she originally said "I want to write a Sid/Nate epic I'm working on it" in another author's note like months ago, but what came out was this instead, because [reasons she gave].

Re: Random Hockey Stuff

[(Anonymous)]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BJ3I5VShGi3/

Not really sure what's going on, but here's a clip of Ovechkin, Malkin and Kuznetsov skating around with animal tails.

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

[(Anonymous)]

there are a lot of get-together stories and very few stories that show what it's like when they're actually together, but this one did a good job of illustrating how it all worked once they got there.


Yes, agree! That's what I liked about these two narratives too, I felt they contrasted nicely. Cole Harbour was like this happy summer bubble aside from the pining, so traditionally once they get together, everything's fine and they ride off into the sunset. But then the other narrative proves that's not true, especially with the obstacles they have.

It makes me want more about the in-between, like dealing with being far apart/Sid's slump/the Avs meltdown, but I like angst.

Re: Random Hockey Stuff

[(Anonymous)]

https://instagram.com/p/BJ3VBHKgDUa/

... are the pants for sale, too?

Re: Random Hockey Stuff

[(Anonymous)]

Bear, wolf, raccoon... maybe??

Re: Random Hockey Stuff

[(Anonymous)]

https://www.jeichel15.com/collections/shine-gold

Sadly, doesn't look like it. :(

Re: Random Hockey Stuff

[(Anonymous)]

na

i figured. they look way too baggy for his tastes.

Re: Random Hockey Stuff

[(Anonymous)]

shine gold is such a bad name lol

Re: Random Hockey Stuff

[(Anonymous)]

The whole thing is a little bad I think.

Re: Random Hockey Stuff

[(Anonymous)]

I thought maybe squirrel, wolf, raccoon, but bear would make more sense.

I'm digging those bell bottoms, or whatever the hell they are.

Re: Random Hockey Stuff

[(Anonymous)]

To be fair, I'd say there's worse and it's Tyler Seguin's hat design...

Re: Random Hockey Stuff

[(Anonymous)]

Squirrel!Ovi is an adorable image.

Re: Random Hockey Stuff

[(Anonymous)]

I like Seg's hat, though....

Re: Memebang

[(Anonymous)]

How are y'alls WIPs coming along? There's finally an end in sight for mine!! (6k later...)

Re: Random Hockey Stuff

[(Anonymous)]

http://www.russianmachineneverbreaks.com/2016/09/02/dressed-as-mascots-alex-ovechkin-evgeni-malkin-and-evgeny-kuznetsov-played-kids-during-first-intermission-of-khl-game/

A commenter on RMNB solved it. Ovi is a dog, Kuzy a cat and Geno a wolf.

Re: Random Hockey Stuff

[(Anonymous)]

For those who don't like clicking through:

just to clarify: Malkin dressed as a wolf from most popular Soviet cartoon “”Well, Just You Wait” – Russian version of Tom and Jerry (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nu,_pogodi!), Ovie the dog and Kuzy the cat are from another Soviet cartoon – Three from Prostokvashino (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_from_Prostokvashino)

The movie Ovi and Kuzy are from looks really cute tbh.

Re: Olympic qualification tournaments

[(Anonymous)]

All of the evening games on Sunday are winner takes the qualification slot.
Belarus/Slovenia, Latvia/Germany and Norway/France.

Hopefully, this will lead to some enjoyable games.

Re: Olympic qualification tournaments

[(Anonymous)]

I was so pessimistic about Norway in the beginning, but now I feel like they might have a shot? Sorry, France!

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

[(Anonymous)]

I really liked most of this. I thought that switching between their POV's worked really well for the most part and I liked seeing Nate interact with Sid and everybody else quite a bit. Though I do agree with Nate's family, his sister was a bit of a typical sister with all the advice tropey thing we see so often in hockey fics, but, it was like one scene so I didn't mind much

My one real problem was the end- there were a few hints in the playoff run bits that Nate was nursing some angst, I figured it was his shitty year and feeling conflicted watching another team, even your boyfriend's, win the Stanley Cup. But then, literally paragraphs away from the end Nate goes and says he's not even sure they are actually, truly together? Like, what? That's a huge bomb to drop on us so quickly with no *real* resolution to it. In retrospect, oflights didn't hint at this very well at all because it came out of nowhere for me.