Okay wait I'm curious now - what do you mean that the PRT guys aren't celebrities? That they weren't as famous back then when those stories were written (as they are today), or that even today you don't consider them to be celebs?
For me, it was pretty much PRT as my first RPF (though not RPS) experience, followed by Pine/Quinto because they had such awesome offscreen chemistry and while after watching the movie I shipped movieverse Kirk/Bones, some of my favorite authors were writing these perfect little hot/hilarious combo stories about Pine and Quinto. And then Idol via astolat, and Bandom via bexless, and so it goes :-) I found that the steps for me were: (a) getting into the fandom via excellent, well-recced stories by authors I love about characters I hardly know --> branch out into more authors and stories in the fandom, learn canon by osmosis --> start reading primers/picspams about the actul people and start enjoying the fandom through the prism of ongoing canon and real backstory (narrative), as opposed to just via fic --> finally reaching a point where I enjoy all aspects simultaneously, fanon and canon and fic and new canon and fannish conversation, all fueling one another.
BUT, I know you are not the type to be all consumed by a fandom or canon, nor do you need to be. Much like SGA et al, RPF is full of AUs -- coffeeshop AUs and priest AUs and celebrity AUs (although come to think about it, would that be a squick?) and fantasy and scifi AUs and so it goes. It is a wonderful, wonderful world out there, and Hockey sounds like a great way in :D
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For me, it was pretty much PRT as my first RPF (though not RPS) experience, followed by Pine/Quinto because they had such awesome offscreen chemistry and while after watching the movie I shipped movieverse Kirk/Bones, some of my favorite authors were writing these perfect little hot/hilarious combo stories about Pine and Quinto. And then Idol via astolat, and Bandom via bexless, and so it goes :-) I found that the steps for me were: (a) getting into the fandom via excellent, well-recced stories by authors I love about characters I hardly know --> branch out into more authors and stories in the fandom, learn canon by osmosis --> start reading primers/picspams about the actul people and start enjoying the fandom through the prism of ongoing canon and real backstory (narrative), as opposed to just via fic --> finally reaching a point where I enjoy all aspects simultaneously, fanon and canon and fic and new canon and fannish conversation, all fueling one another.
BUT, I know you are not the type to be all consumed by a fandom or canon, nor do you need to be. Much like SGA et al, RPF is full of AUs -- coffeeshop AUs and priest AUs and celebrity AUs (although come to think about it, would that be a squick?) and fantasy and scifi AUs and so it goes. It is a wonderful, wonderful world out there, and Hockey sounds like a great way in :D