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Ahhh, tropes in hockey fandom, my old nemesis, we meet again! I decided not to get too specific on this one, although I think it is actually possible to dig up five separate recs for specifically "got drunk!married in Vegas" which probably tells you more about hockey fandom than it doesn't. So just plain old marriage fic for today!

Playing for Keeps, by marycontraire [Briere/Giroux]
The one where Danny and Claude decide to get married and it's not really a big deal. I loved that there was no major drama but the little problems that cropped up felt true-to-life, especially Claude's uncertainty over it being Danny's second marriage. (I also love love love how this author writes Danny's kids.) And the way their teammates finally find out is absolutely perfect.

at the end of all your lines, by Lake [Carter/Richards]
I couldn't not include at least one drunk!married in Vegas fic, come on, and this is my favorite. Carts and Richie wake up married and decide not to do anything about it, because they're lazy and bad at feelings! And then are cruelly separated by the trade and pine for each other! And then are reunited to live together forever in wedded bliss! It's kind of refreshing to see a fic where the drunken marriage isn't consummated right away but isn't ignored either; they might not be doing anything about being married, but they don't pretend it never happened, either.

you're the apple to my pie, by daisysusan [Hall/Eberle]
My incompetent baby Oilers, I love them so! This may be me playing favorites but I love how drama-free this fic is. They decide to get married! So they get married! Schmoop ensues! It's basically the Platonic form of marriage fic. And I know they're young and dumb and it's probably a terrible idea but whatever, plenty of athletes marry their high school sweethearts and stay together forever I BELIEVE THESE KIDS CAN MAKE IT WORK. (I have a lot of feelings about Hallsy and Ebs. Just... don't ask.)

oh what a thing to do, by ellot [Carter/Richards]
Believe it or not, I had to seriously winnow things down to only have two Carts/Richie stories on this list. Fandom likes to get them married A LOT. (Art imitates life, etc.) Technically this is marriage proposal fic rather than marriage fic but whatever, I do what I want and every scenario (the fic is four different ways Carts and Richie proposed to each other) is heart-warmingly adorable.

Marry Me A Little, by bessyboo & thisissirius [Kane/Toews]
Don't click on this unless you have A LOT of free time to devote to reading, it's ridiculously long. It's also really hyper-dramatic and only makes sense if you apply soap opera logic (Kaner is getting traded! Tazer can only prevent this by MARRYING HIM! Despite both being madly enough with each other AND MARRIED neither of them can nut up enough to mention it!) but I love romance novels so I enjoy it. If you don't enjoy romance novels, uh, maybe give this one a pass. (If you don't enjoy romance novels, what the hell is wrong with you? Romance novels are the greatest.)

Date: 2013-09-11 12:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] khoshgeleh-16.livejournal.com
Ugh yes, best trope! I love how many marriedfics there are in hockey <3 and all of these are excellent. I'd sorta forgotten about the Brioux one, so I'mma have to go reread that...

Date: 2013-09-11 03:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] meretricula.livejournal.com
HOCKEY FANDOM TROPEFIESTA hahaha. but we are talking about a fandom where "wished on the Cup" is a legitimate trope so...

I love all of marycontraire's Brioux fic. I'm going to have to think of a suitable trope-theme just so I can include Permanent Parking. Permanent Parking = BEST.

Date: 2013-09-19 09:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dreamofthem.livejournal.com
What about the one where it's almost just a fic about platonic love!! Until they have sex, but like 80% is about how two people can mean the world to each other and want to spend the rest of their life together non-romantically. You should do a day theme on platonic friendship fics. I would enjoy that.

Date: 2013-09-19 09:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dreamofthem.livejournal.com
Also my other comment is a question: did you ever read gigantic's epic accidental marriage kane/toews??

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