I am no bird, and no net ensnares me; travels and distractions and a chronicle of it all

[fuschia]

Since I have been writing more in my paper journal, I've been feeling like coming back to LJ. I miss having a regular outlet for more sustained interaction than is made possible by platforms like Facebook and Twitter

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[fuschia]

Thanks for the link! Since the skating version of ONTD is what really helped suck me in to that fandom, I'm sure I'll love the hockey version!

It looks like we might be rooting for different teams in the Cup, though. ;) But I am still exploring all teams. This is all very new.

I have started exploring different journals and primers. I fell in love with the Balckhawks because, basically, Jonathan Toews is my spirit animal, and Patrick Kane is a ridiculous human being, and I love watching them play hockey.

Toews is someone that I am finding easy to read as both a top and bottom, and this is a shift for me...seeing more fluid roles among characters and not immediately latching on to one Dom/sub sort of dynamic (though of course I go straight to the BDSM and loving power exchange).

Here are two fics that really got me started. (actually, theletterelle, I'd recommend these to you, too, if you're willing to dip a toe into hockey...) Excuse the raw links.

http://archiveofourown.org/works/736338 "I want to know what he knows" by queeniegalore

Sharp/Toews/Kane/ One that really hits by buttons in terms of letting out of one's perfectionist head...and just hot BDSM threesome fic that focuses on Tazer needing to be topped to get out of her perfectionist mindset. Also a great POV Kaner voice.

"“We’re gonna let Jonny know that he doesn’t have to score every goal and block every hit and win every face off every time we fucking play,” Sharpy said. “Sometimes he needs to be reminded that he’s not the only player out there in a Blackhawks sweater.”

“But we won,” Kaner protested, freeing his hand from Sharpy’s and poking Jonny in the shoulder. “You played good.”

Sharpy snorted. “You think if it was that easy I’d have to tie him up and beat his ass every other week?”

http://archiveofourown.org/works/733469?view_adult "Switch" by Montrose

Summary: Toews/Kane. You're supposed to know if you're a top or a sub by the time you're twelve. Fourteen at the outside. It's biological, the researchers say. It's not a choice. But sometimes Jon thinks that for him, it really was.

Squee! Fun to have a fandom in common again. Any recs or rambling most welcome.

[millari]

Thanks so much for the links! I have to admit, I'm a lurker there, because those folks really do seem to know the players and and the ins and outs of the hockey politics so well, I feel like I have nothing to add. But it's a great place to lurk and they are pretty comprehensive in their scouring the web for news and footage with these guys off the ice.

If it's easy, by the way, could you also link me to any primers you've found? I've been very slowly dipping my toe into the hockey fandom, and I think primers would help get me more knowledgeable.