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Yeah, those are a bunch of just sexy fellows. Just sexy, good-looking dudes posing for the camera.

shocked. astonished. dumbfounded.

KALE vs. RATTHEW

well, of course they did. or at least, of course nate did. nathan mackinnon is the most unsentimental sentimental man i've ever seen. once in the 17-18 season, in an interview that's probably lost to time, he once said, almost contemptuously "jinxes aren't actually real," right off the heels of the worst season in modern history. nate's mentor is the most superstitious man in the league, he of the crusty baseball caps and 87 everything, and nate tried giving out the gold chain they were using as a gamewinner totem and broke it immediately. remember, he went from being a first overall to a calder winner to disappointed in himself season after season, watching his team's stars get traded and give up on them, from the star center he wasn't allowed to make more than to the franchise's best goaltender running off in temper tantrum. he was so disappointed in himself he felt bad when the arena staff cheered them on, but he didn't give up. he and gabe and ej and tyson promised each other they wouldn't give up on this team. so this is the man who scoffs at accolades. who said he didn't care about the hart, who stares blankly ahead when they win the western conference finals because he knows what his goal is. but this is also the man who takes the lady byng as a challenge, who hired a golf coach to stop being chirped, who spends hours playing fortnite just to be the best, who launches himself through the air at his teammates and hugs them with his whole body. what he cares about is this team, what he believes in is this team, and jinxes aren't actually real.

Violence that stands in for queer desire, and queer desire that ends in violence, would become a controversial topic over the next several decades of film and media discussion – as more mainstream LGBT cinema took off in the 90’s and 2000’s, the subject of exploitation and over-exposure of homophobic trauma would become less palatable.

But this was the UK under Thatcher’s reign, and in the early 80’s the nature of homosexual desire was still taboo. This was barely ten years after the first pride, the Thorpe political scandal was still fresh in the minds of the polite society, and homosexuality was a topic reserved for scandalised tabloids.

It’s with this backdrop that underground re-enactments of Goncharov became popular in Brighton and Manchester, spreading eventually to London and the Oxford/Cambridge drama clubs. Amateur thespians played out the death scenes, the first meeting, the confrontations, the shoot-outs, the quiet desire. Male performers would take the roles of Katya and Sofia - in most popular re-enactments, Katya and Andrey would share one actor. Women played the parts of men, men played the parts of the femme fatale, and gender non-conformity abounded in the liminal space between lawlessness and story.

A tragedy knows it’s a tragedy. The actors in the re-enactments took a Tom Stoppard-like approach in how it repeated its narrative violence. The actor that will kiss Goncharov in one scene as Katya, will kill him just ten minutes later as Andrey. No costume change, no make-up trickery – same narrative tools used to hammer out the machinery of desire. Andrey and Gocharov may be doomed by the movie to kill eachother, but in the nimble hands of experimental theatre, they can finally play out their unsated hunger.

hockey players + quotes i think about daily [2/?]

[Image description: a set of ten gifs, all of hockey players.

Travis Konecny saying, “I will not sing it, but uh… Party in the U.S.A is probably my favourite song.”

PK Subban during an NHL All-Star game skating by the opposing bench. He taunts, “I’m in your kitchens. Both of your kitchens. I’m cooking steaks–steaks, ribs, chicken stir fry, pancakes…”

Gabriel Landeskog and Erik Johnson sitting next to each other. They’re each holding a whiteboard. Gabe says, “We look the same,” and gestures at the two of them. Erik looks down at his board and scoffs, and says, “No we d–God, I’m a poor man’s you.”

Ilya Bryzgalov, wearing a leather jacket and sitting in a dimly lit room. He says, “Solar system is so humongous big, right?” as he leans forward.

The Philadelphia Flyers all standing together for a group team photo. Travis Konecny is standing next to Nolan Patrick. Travis says, “Smile, Pat?” Nolan replies, “No.” Both of them are staring forward, neutral expressions on their faces throughout the exchange.

Tyler Seguin, a Dallas Stars player, standing on the ice. He calls, “Roope! You go, babe.”

Tyler Seguin wearing a suit and saying, “Guys at home, if you’re single, give me a call. We’ll hang out.” An animated a red heart with an arrow through it and a banner that says “Single’s Awareness” appears on the screen next to him, and then is replaced with an animated candy heart that says “Call me” on it.

Claude Giroux and Travis Sanheim standing in front of an elevator. They’re both wearing suits. Claude, grinning slightly, says, “Dinosaurs, they’re actually really focused all the time, you know that? It’s a fun fact for you.” Then he turns away toward the elevator. His teammate replies, “But they’re extinct, so…”

A break during a Red Wings/Islanders game. Drew Miller (a Red Wings player) is standing on the ice. He gestures with one arm and says, “Don’t fucking do stupid shit.”  Matt Martin (an Islander) is sitting on the bench. The camera switches to him as he says, “Go dye your hair.”

Nathan MacKinnon looking amused and scared as he shakes his head and says, “I don’t wanna hold your baby. It’s too much pressure. I don’t even know how to hold a baby.”

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Bonus: That weird phenomenon when dudes will grab a buddy to keep people on the other team from interfering with fights on the ice.

and has an ass like this:

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Fun Fact: The Halifax Mooseheads went on to win the Memorial Cup

btw can i also add that straight out of a romcom/bollywood movie moment where two hockey player’s laces get tangled up mid-game

(and now they have another daughter together LOOK AT THIS BLISS)

also if we thirstin’ about sidney crosby on this giant post, i have also got to point out the Power carly jackson holds…