ur turn !! superbuddies for the ask game <3
I'm very bad at checking my asks so this is extremely late, sorry, Mina! I very much ship the superbuds, of course π.
What made you ship it?
I think I primarily started shipping them when they first showed up in McStrome fic? I thought it was incredibly cute (and also unhinged) that Mikey asked GM Ray Shero to draft Nate. I don't think I went HARD for them until "what a run we had tho" and then I went absolutely batshit when "NJ claims Bastian" happened.
I think, when it comes down to it, my favourite thing about them is just how fucking weird and in love they are with each other? Like, Mika Zibanejad and Chris Kreider are in love and beautiful, but Mikey and Nate? They're WEIRD and also in love. Like has any other hockey talked for three minutes straight about their best friend's extra tooth? Yeah, I didn't think so. That's love, babey.
What are your favorite things about the ship?
In no particular order:
Mikey "loves to be free" McLeod
Nate "let me show off my boyfriend's abs and his yellow shorts" Bastian
Nate's mic'd up
The "friendship" feature
That hot tub pic that will HAUNT ME FOR YEARS
Listening to Nate's interviews about Seattle and replacing New Jersey with Mikey
Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?
I think "unpopular" is perhaps taking it tew far, but I think sometimes Mikey's characterization in fic is entirely based on how we think Nate sees him, whether or not the fic is from Nate's POV? I know of the two of them, Mikey's the unknowable one, so I get totally get it! I think it would be interesting, though, to see other takes of Mikey based on the material we have so far!
