Gold

[horizon_greene]

Sid's first (and only) goal of the tournament. Might as well connect in the gold medal game.








Not-so-secret Olympic OTP: Carey Price/Sidney Crosby.


Hugging Jonathan Toews.


Nice to see that they've improved on 2010's literally cringe-worthy embrace. (Also known as the hug that launched the IMO hopelessly mis-characterized fanon!Sid.)


Anyway!


























Happy/relieved/glad this is over.

Comments

[sophia-helix.livejournal.com]

Aww, these are nice! I don't visit the Sid tag often so I missed a lot of them. Congrats to him and Toews on getting their hugging-fu together.

[horizon-greene.livejournal.com]

They would've been hard-pressed to do worse than Vancouver—the bar was set so, uh, low. But they seemed determined to do better this time :)

[frausorge]

That was a real beauty of a goal, too. I have to admit I'm relieved he did score so people could hopefully shut up about it a little. - I was also heartbroken about the way the US went down, but given that, I'm glad Sid & Canada won.

[horizon-greene.livejournal.com]

Wasn't that such an epic fucking relief? SIGH. And it was a fantastic goal—you just knew the second he snagged the puck that he was going to score. I mean, I was a little nervous just because the balance of the tournament had left me feeling like he might never score a goal again, but yeah. That one felt different.

USA was sad, for sure, but #CrosbyBeforeCountry in my house ;)

[niennah.livejournal.com]

I didn't get into the hockey during the Olympics mostly because I was watching everything on compressed streams through a bad modem so it really just looked like chaos. I think it's the kind of sport you've got to see on a proper screen with no glitchy feed.

As soon as I have time to read again, I must read some fic - I get the sense that hockey RPF is growing anyway, so, you know, uhhh, for professional reasons, I should keep up with that... ;D

[horizon-greene.livejournal.com]

Even when you can see it well, it can still look a little chaotic. I've been watching for over a month and I still don't feel like I know what's going on most of the time, but the only remedy for that is more watching, I find ;)

The fandom is a little...well. There is some really amazing fic, and there is some fic where I don't understand the characterization whatsoever. And there are a LOT of AUs, which we have similar opinions about. But I'm certainly not going to dissuade you from dipping your toe in. It's definitely a big, active fandom with a lot going on, especially if you're willing to read a variety of pairings/characters.

Here are a couple of recs, for when your schedule allows:

"Semantic Shift" (http://archiveofourown.org/works/1109562) by neros_violin (http://archiveofourown.org/users/neros_violin/pseuds/neros_violin)
Sidney Crosby/Evgeni Malkin
I've read this so many times it's honestly embarrassing. It will give you a decent sense of the personalities involved, as well as some RL history (injuries) combined with some artistic license (future playoff series). Also, the porn at the end is just...it's the stuff that dreams are made of.

"King and Lionheart" (http://archiveofourown.org/works/1010348) by thehoyden (http://archiveofourown.org/users/thehoyden/pseuds/thehoyden)
Sidney Crosby/Evgeni Malkin
Long, and I was pretty dubious about the premise initially (modern day NHL-sanctioned arranged marriage), but there is a lot of good stuff happening here. So much characterization, if you're into that. The injuries (you'll find that Sid's broken jaw is a common theme). Interesting, slow-build porn. It tugs at your heart by the end.

"Experiments in Cohabitation and Other Disasters" (http://archiveofourown.org/works/774658) by hapakitsune (http://archiveofourown.org/users/hapakitsune/pseuds/hapakitsune)
Sidney Crosby/Jack Johnson
So, remember that video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6N-CfS_v6o) I showed you the other day, where Sid was rolling around making come-hither ass poses towards the guy who stripped in front of him and threw towels at his face? This is, IMO, a pretty realistic take on what might have been going on between them. Beautiful, sparse writing—just enough to get the point across, and no more.