...in that I too! am another RPF squicker! Not as severe as you, but I can't deal with things where I know they are real people (see also: my allergy to gossip / celebrity magazines). I have now desensitised enough that I can read RPF in fandoms where I don't know anything about any of the characters.
ONLY I have also spent the last three years getting deeper and deeper into hockey fandom (THE KIND WHERE NO ONE IS DELIBERATELY WRITING SLASH FIC), so now I am utterly incapable of reading your new favourite fandom. I feel like there is some terrible wrongness coming at me from the universe.
(PS DID I MENTION THAT I AM A BLACKHAWKS FAN) (IN FACT I AM WEARING TWO SEPARATE ITEMS OF BLACKHAWKS GEAR RIGHT NOW) (BUT I CAN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT ANY OF THEM EVER HAVING SEX WITHOUT SKEEVING RIGHT OUT)
*cough*
Anyway. I can't touch the fic fandom side of things, but should you desire any clarification of hockey terminology, news stories, etc etc etc, I would be very happy to enlighten you! Also, there are many hilarious things in the traditional sports fandom side of things which I am sure you would greatly enjoy - (how about a recurring feature about hockey players hugging?? and it doesn't matter if you're faceblind because they have their names on their backs and identifying numbers on their backs, both arms, and the front and back of their helmets!)
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...in that I too! am another RPF squicker! Not as severe as you, but I can't deal with things where I know they are real people (see also: my allergy to gossip / celebrity magazines). I have now desensitised enough that I can read RPF in fandoms where I don't know anything about any of the characters.
ONLY I have also spent the last three years getting deeper and deeper into hockey fandom (THE KIND WHERE NO ONE IS DELIBERATELY WRITING SLASH FIC), so now I am utterly incapable of reading your new favourite fandom. I feel like there is some terrible wrongness coming at me from the universe.
(PS DID I MENTION THAT I AM A BLACKHAWKS FAN)
(IN FACT I AM WEARING TWO SEPARATE ITEMS OF BLACKHAWKS GEAR RIGHT NOW)
(BUT I CAN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT ANY OF THEM EVER HAVING SEX WITHOUT SKEEVING RIGHT OUT)
*cough*
Anyway. I can't touch the fic fandom side of things, but should you desire any clarification of hockey terminology, news stories, etc etc etc, I would be very happy to enlighten you! Also, there are many hilarious things in the traditional sports fandom side of things which I am sure you would greatly enjoy - (how about a recurring feature about hockey players hugging?? and it doesn't matter if you're faceblind because they have their names on their backs and identifying numbers on their backs, both arms, and the front and back of their helmets!)