my god, a posting
Hockey Fandom, what are you I can't even. This is like falling into Inception all over again. I had a fabulous chat with Lady Bee regarding our mutual OTP over the weekend and it made me miss her like crazy. Why you live on a different continent than me bb? I've decided to press gang her into reviving her online life, is what I'm getting at here. It is clearly my only option for sanity. But honestly, I have fallen into so many wonderful fan bases recently, it's actually ridiculous. I don't even watch Merlin and yet, Merlin/Arthur 4ever. It's the same with the BBC Sherlock. One minute I'm happily lurking through Inception fandom (how still so wonderful after two years?!?) and then BOOM, all the emotions. I identify with Molly Hooper on some sort of Bagger Vance plain, and I discovered this after only ever seeing the Reichenbach Fall.
And then Hockey RPF happened and I imprinted on it like a baby duck. I wish I could be ashamed, because surely it is shameful..surely! But I am just too full of feelings. I'm going to just punch a couple of recs here so that I can find them again without scrolling through the jungle that is my 'bookmarked pages' .
The Skeleton Winter by branwyn on AO3. This is part one of a currently two part series, and it is evocative. That is really the only way to put it. This is girlJohn, with all the intricacies and backstory. Joanna Watson is a fully formed complex character who the writer does such justice to I can't even adequately describe it. I feel like I've been waiting for this story and I didn't even know it. Read it. Read it. Read. It.
My Siberia: A Russian Knitting Circle Story by impertinence on AO3. This was the fist Hockey RPF I read, as I was so new that these were literally the only people I was familiar with. How much do I love everything about this fic? So. Much. I was frustrated and heartbroken and oh so very empathetic with the people impertinence fleshed out in this story. And I laughed, repeatedly, because like real life, this story can have you laughing through the shit. Even if you don't really see this pairing, read it for the Russians. Always for the Russians.
Shipper Manifesto: Buffy/Spike by penny_lane_42 . This is the mutual OTP I was referring to earlier. I know, I know, that this ship is not always a popular ship (I mean to say unpopular in the sense that those who dislike it, dislike it a lot) because they had some serious issues these two. Proper noun Serious Issues. And while I don't agree with every bit of what penny puts forward here in her manifesto, the heart of it is the heart of why I ship these two characters so very much. Like I said, I am very aware that this pair is not for everyone, but if by some slim chance you're one of us, I greatly encourage you to read it through; if only to bask in the company of someone who loves this pairing as much as you do.
On an unrelated but related RL incident, I was recently talking to a male friend when the topic of women getting the right to vote came up. We had a bit of a conversation roundabout that resulted in me saying proudly that I was absolutely a Feminist and that by no means was the need for Feminism 'over'. The goals have changed, yes, but there is still so much work left. His response? He laughed. Now to give a bit of context, this person is easily one of my closest friends and here I am, completely gobsmacked while he laughs at me with that look on his face. Do you know that look? I'm sure you do. It's the look that says: Poor dear, poor unenlightened simpleton, so ignorant to think that thing you think, the fact that you believe it is unbelievable to me.
I am the first to say that I know enough to know that I don't know shit, and I am guilty of privileged thinking, because the world has been unfair in my favour - but I am actively working on recognizing that and hopefully being a better person for not making assumptions that my reality is the same for everyone. I know I'm not perfect but this blatant dismissal of something that is a very real world issue, and something that I made clear was so important to me, I could do nothing but look at him in shock. This happened a few weeks ago now but I still mostly can't believe that someone so close to me actually laughed off Feminism. It's really done nothing but solidify my previous standpoint on the matter- that there is still so much work to be done.
And then Hockey RPF happened and I imprinted on it like a baby duck. I wish I could be ashamed, because surely it is shameful..surely! But I am just too full of feelings. I'm going to just punch a couple of recs here so that I can find them again without scrolling through the jungle that is my 'bookmarked pages' .
The Skeleton Winter by branwyn on AO3. This is part one of a currently two part series, and it is evocative. That is really the only way to put it. This is girlJohn, with all the intricacies and backstory. Joanna Watson is a fully formed complex character who the writer does such justice to I can't even adequately describe it. I feel like I've been waiting for this story and I didn't even know it. Read it. Read it. Read. It.
My Siberia: A Russian Knitting Circle Story by impertinence on AO3. This was the fist Hockey RPF I read, as I was so new that these were literally the only people I was familiar with. How much do I love everything about this fic? So. Much. I was frustrated and heartbroken and oh so very empathetic with the people impertinence fleshed out in this story. And I laughed, repeatedly, because like real life, this story can have you laughing through the shit. Even if you don't really see this pairing, read it for the Russians. Always for the Russians.
Shipper Manifesto: Buffy/Spike by penny_lane_42 . This is the mutual OTP I was referring to earlier. I know, I know, that this ship is not always a popular ship (I mean to say unpopular in the sense that those who dislike it, dislike it a lot) because they had some serious issues these two. Proper noun Serious Issues. And while I don't agree with every bit of what penny puts forward here in her manifesto, the heart of it is the heart of why I ship these two characters so very much. Like I said, I am very aware that this pair is not for everyone, but if by some slim chance you're one of us, I greatly encourage you to read it through; if only to bask in the company of someone who loves this pairing as much as you do.
On an unrelated but related RL incident, I was recently talking to a male friend when the topic of women getting the right to vote came up. We had a bit of a conversation roundabout that resulted in me saying proudly that I was absolutely a Feminist and that by no means was the need for Feminism 'over'. The goals have changed, yes, but there is still so much work left. His response? He laughed. Now to give a bit of context, this person is easily one of my closest friends and here I am, completely gobsmacked while he laughs at me with that look on his face. Do you know that look? I'm sure you do. It's the look that says: Poor dear, poor unenlightened simpleton, so ignorant to think that thing you think, the fact that you believe it is unbelievable to me.
I am the first to say that I know enough to know that I don't know shit, and I am guilty of privileged thinking, because the world has been unfair in my favour - but I am actively working on recognizing that and hopefully being a better person for not making assumptions that my reality is the same for everyone. I know I'm not perfect but this blatant dismissal of something that is a very real world issue, and something that I made clear was so important to me, I could do nothing but look at him in shock. This happened a few weeks ago now but I still mostly can't believe that someone so close to me actually laughed off Feminism. It's really done nothing but solidify my previous standpoint on the matter- that there is still so much work to be done.