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)?
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From: (Anonymous)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)?