And also rpf is probably the closest to the original fiction of all fanfic. Like this is how its generally done, you are inspired by people irl and edit and mix their characterizations until they fit into the story. Most of hrpf is just original fiction with face claims

the year is 2027. a new hockey romance book has taken off, people are calling it the next heated rivalry. a tv adaptation is in the works and twitter has doxxed the addresses of the cast members. hockey rpf tumblr is common knowledge and users have gone into hiding “we used to she/her trevor zegras on here”, says a lonely one note post on a deactivated blog. the panthers have won the stanley cup. the expansion draft happens and the sharks don’t protect white will smith. he goes to texas, “it’ll be a fresh start to make a name for myself”, he says, and various interpretations of this rips apart the willmackers. tocchet gets a five year head coaching extension by the flyers. the r/fuckjeffcarter subreddit mysteriously became private and has increased by fourteen members.

picturing pkane being notified by his agent that the person who wrote 100k+ words of him getting preggo via railing in the ass by the guy who paid 40k to shit himself to "good health" is shopping around for a book deal.