jamie drysdale shows up in philly january 2024 fresh off the Trade Conversation with trevor and coots takes one look at his sad puppy dog eye pug face and attempts the man to man captainly "we support Any And All Identities" talk with meaningful eye contact. jamie, alarmed & deeping hetero cosplay: "i'm not homophobic". tk attempts cool mature i'm a guy too haha advice that is so incomprehensible jamie ends up with a top ten list of places him & nolpat went to in their prime and a cryptic message about metaphorical concussions? possibly? (tk does not get drunk and break no contact with patty to text drysdale's like you if you were nice). owen tippett sends him links to lgbtq groups in philly and jamie sends back an orange heart emoji. they think they've successfully allied up and he gets it. he does not get it. danny briere who is now an Adult starts a dialogue. he starts it with "i was young once too.." and jamie thinks he's getting kicked off the team. sanny, who dealt with tknp many moons ago, just pats jamie on the back and leaves it. jamie is sure he's getting kicked off the team. trevor shows up at camp a year and a half later fresh faced and smiling and jamie's heart stutters and he goes oh. oh. coots tells trevor we support Any And All Identities on this team and trevor (mildly insulted) says i'm not homophobic. tk tells him "we don't support homophomic [sic] language". danny briere starts summoning spirits to bring g back. denver barkey shows up in december starry eyed and gushing over his ldn knight boyzz & especially easton cowan. tzjd start making meaningful eye contact about having the Gay Conversation with the rookie. coots says we support Any And All Identities and barks says oh sick man i totally agree dw i'm not homophobic!! porter and alex show up in march and coots hypes himself up in the mirror to tell them We Support Any And All Identities Hem Hem and porter says sick man my buddy's gay. coots falls to the floor sobbing. matvei michkov is torturing rick tocchet in rick's secret dungeon basement where tocc was torturing him first. danny is communing with the spirit of mike richards.
