Today In Hockey Links

[rsadelle]

It seems like all my hockey posts are just repeating lakeeffectgirl, but as much as I feel like I've abandoned the rest of my fannish friends (there's a clear divide: the two of us are into hockey; everyone else is all Avengers all the time), this really is what it's like when we're in the same fandom. Anyway, have some links.

First, lakeeffectgirl's hockey nicknames spreadsheet that anyone can edit. If you know nicknames that aren't on it, add them! I used the spreadsheet this week, so it is useful for writers. (You will get bonus points in my book for including a source citation.)

Secondly, she also transcribed Sticking Together, the definitive January 2011 news article that lays out the Briouxs' domestic arrangements. Highlights include Danny asking Claude to move in repeatedly, neither one of them thinking there was anything weird about their living arrangements, and the kids preferring Claude to pick them up from school.

And then there's her series of Brioux snippets. I am the lucky first recipient of these snippets in my email, and they make my day every time. I don't even know if I can put into words why I love them so much. They are just exactly the kind of story I want to wrap myself up in. They're domestic and soft and full of cuddling and oblivious marriedness. If you don't know anything about hockey, all you need to know for these to make sense is that Claude Giroux lived with divorced Danny Briere and his three sons for a season, then moved out. (Alternately, you can read the news article from the previous paragraph, since it works perfectly well as a Brioux primer.)

Unrelated to the Briouxs, you could also go read this Mike Richards and Jeff Carter article from the Philadelphia media. It's not fan fic, but it might as well be. Richards can only speak in the couple's we and the writer informs us, "While Mike Richards grew to enjoy life in L.A. this season, Jeff Carter seemed to be dying a slow death in Columbus and didn’t hide his unhappiness." I honestly think the hockey media might be even more invested in this relationship than the fangirls.

Comments

[lakeeffectgirl.livejournal.com]

♥ Hi, Ruth's friends!

IDK if you're watching or what feed you get, but before the Kings took the ice tonight, the camera showed them all standing behind Quick waiting to go out, and Carts and Richie were second and third in line, facing each other, and having a conversation.

[rsadelle]

♥

I haven't been watching (maybe I will turn it on now), but of course they were. It's not like living together gives them enough time to have all the conversations they want to have with each other.

[glendaglamazon.livejournal.com]

What a great little reference!

I have just gone and typed far too many words into the Capitals tab. I hope you all don't mind. I have a great deal of knowledge on topics such as this (i.e., things that aren't relevant to actual hockey discussions elsewhere but of great interest to fangirls and fic writers! Like, what kinds of cars they drive! And how they dress when not in uniform/traveling! My non-fic fan friends do not understand my meticulous info gathering on these issues and accuse me of stalkery behavior. I insist that I just like to acquire information. We're probably both right. ;) )

Also, hi! Look at us, finding ourselves hovering the orbit of the same fandom once again, 11 years after we first encountered each other. For some reason, this makes me very, very happy. :D

I'm still trying to figure out how to deal with fandom for hockey, as I am quite seriously a passionate Caps fan first, which necessitates all sorts of things like hating certain other teams and all their players, which isn't really conducive to fangirling. It's a thorny issue that I'm sure I'll untangle eventually.

[stevie-roch.livejournal.com]

I'm going to dump a bunch of Red Wings nicknames in the spreadsheet, so don't be alarmed by that. I can find source citations later, but I can pretty accurately give you all nicknames for the Wings.

[rsadelle]

I assure you, we're all delighted to have you help! And I understand the non-fannish friend reaction. I mentioned this spreadsheet on Twitter, and my friend who's a hockey fan (he knows about fandom but isn't in it at all) could not understand it.

Hi! I love that while fandom continually adds new people, it's also a lot of seeing the same people in different fandoms over the years.

Hahaha! You should talk to lakeeffectgirl about that. She was all, "Every time I see Danny Briere, I want to punch him in the face," and now she's writing fic about him. (I did keep telling her, "You can want him to be happy with his husband and their kids and still want their team to lose.")

[rsadelle]

Awesome!

[lakeeffectgirl.livejournal.com]

Why are you telling people about my Danny Briere problem? ;-)

[rsadelle]

Pfft! Like anyone couldn't figure it out from the transcribing and the domestic kidfic.