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until his coach snaps him out of it

It’s never only about hockey for Malkin. Never has been. If only it could be.

Instead, there was extortion to keep him playing for his hometown Russia club, Mettalurg Magnitogorsk. There was a clandestine escape to North America so he could pursue his NHL dream. There was learning English, and American/Canadian cultures. There has been playing second star to rival Alex Ovechkin in Russia and friend Sidney Crosby in Pittsburgh. There were major injuries. There were down seasons. There was marrying Anna and the birth of Nikita, each of which occurred during the 2016 Stanley Cup Final. There were the stressful negotiations with Penguins management on a four-year, $24.4 million extension that wasn’t finalized until after he decided to test free agency for the first time. There is choosing the best living situation for Nikita (Pittsburgh, Miami or both?). There is getting visas for his parents so they can see his 1,000th NHL game early this season. There is keeping that creaky knee ready for action. There is the war between Russia and Ukraine.

It’s a lot.

It’s a lot more than playing hockey.

Even when it’s only playing hockey, it’s more than that because Malkin can’t merely play hockey. An alternate captain with the Penguins, he wants to help his buddies Kris Letang, also an alternate, and Crosby, the Penguins captain, lead another Cup run. They are tied for the longest-tenured teammates in major North American sports history, according to Elias Sports Bureau. Their legacy is secure, but they want more, and they need each other at their best.

“Yes, it’s about team,” Malkin said. “I need to be a leader. I need to score points to be the best leader — the team needs me to score, of course, play the right way, for us to win.

“I know I’m still a good player. Last year was rough; I wasn’t strong. I had a good summer to train. I feel like myself for the first (time) in a long time. We have a good team in Pittsburgh. I want to win. I want to show I’m still a good player, show teammates we still can win.”

Crosby wants what Malkin wants, too.

They share a need to compete, as individuals and as centerpieces for a franchise that will one day retire their respective numbers. Since they teamed up in 2006-07, Crosby and Malkin have guided the Penguins to the most team points, playoff appearances and titles in the NHL. They’re Superman and Batman to their hockey generation and French fries and coleslaw on a sandwich in Pittsburgh. Sid and Geno are a modern-classic pairing as much as they were a smash-success duo. Also, they’ve become close — “like a brother,” Malkin said of Crosby.

Like a brother, Crosby can be protective of Malkin, and, like a brother, he supported Malkin this summer when negotiations with the Penguins had Malkin feeling as though he was becoming the odd man out in Pittsburgh. It’s likely why Crosby downplayed Malkin’s assertion that he must score like he did when he was younger to provide worth to their team.

“He puts a lot of pressure on himself like that, and it’s not easy,” Crosby said. “The thing about G is he doesn’t need to always put up big numbers to help us. When he’s best, it’s not always him getting points — he’s hunting the puck, and when he gets it you can’t get it off him. When he’s playing like that, it’s helping us even if he doesn’t get any points.

“But that’s tough to balance. When he scores, that’s obviously helping us. Goals aren’t easy to come by in this league, and not a lot of guys anywhere create chances for himself or people he plays with better than G. But a lot of times, people only look at your points, so I get why he might feel that pressure.

“He means more to us than that.”

ohhhh 🥺🥺🥺

i'm so confused rn, can you explain the goncharov thing?? i get off tumblr for five minutes

(This post will be kept pinned & periodically updated until 28 Nov)

Lmaoooo

Nah I getchu. So this post has been circulating for like a year:

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But yesterday, it had inspired someone to do this:

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Next thing I knew there were fake Letterboxed reviews.

Goncharov moodboards. Really good ones.

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Meta analysis. So many fake meta essays. Disturbingly good ones. And of course the memes. (Edit: HAVE I SAID THIS SHIT IS DISTURBING)

As you can see, the myth just started to grow, characters and ships and tropes being added one after the other, almost bizzarely without contradiction, until there was enough of shape to the whole thing for people to start posting fanfic about it on AO3. "No beta we die like ice-pick Joe" is already a tag.

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It was hilarious in the beginning, but the way it's developed within less than a day, kind of like it's being willed into existence, is freaking me out a bit. We're toying with powers beyond our comprehension. 😂😂😂

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Of course, there could be an ulterior motive as well.

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Edit: guys, please tag these posts "unreality" so people with disassociation issues can filter them out (not this one, this is an explainer). <3

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Edit 2: Aparently the boots in the original post are actually referring to a movie called Gomorrah that came out in 2008, directed by Mateo Garrone, based on the Scampia Feud. And other people had also been making posts about the fake movie for a while before the poster took off.

found by @thepotch

Edit 3: Explainer: why did those boots have this movie on them anyway?

Edit 4: Alt text added to all images courtesy of @valentineish ❤️

Edit 5: Turns out tumblr has done this kind of thing before. Nine years in this hell place and I had to have "Squiddles" and penis smp explained in the replies.

Edit 6: This post collects the Lore so far.

Edit 7: Lynda Carter (real one)/ earns more/ Tumblr cred.

Edit 8: Holy shit y'all we have the theme music. With sheet music. And it's on Spotify!

Edit 9: THERE IS A TRAILER WITH THE THEME MUSIC

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I made this post 18 hours after the movie poster went up. Closed edits 27 hours after first posting. So all of the above happened within 45 hours of the movie poster going up.

Edit 10: Google document live-compiling all the lore so far (Day 3)

Edit 11: Masterpost of Goncharov soundtracks (Day 3)

Edit 12: Entertainment news articles covering the Gonch-posting (real) (Contd from yday)

Edit 13: The music from the masterpost all compiled into a 31-minute original score with video edits on YouTube (edit: unfortunately taken down)

Edit 14: Staff's Goncharov art showcase for Tumblr Tuesday

As of closing on Day 3 there are 371 works in the AO3 tag.

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Updating with Day 3 shenanigans I missed yesterday:

Edit 15: Goncharov TV Tropes page

Edit 16: Ethics of Gonchposting

Important PSA 1 (how to reduce harm to Tumblr's neurodivergents)

Important PSA 2 (reality affirmation, anti-bullying)

Important PSA 3 (why you should stop trying to vandalise legit information sites)

Edit 17: Character lore from beezlebub whose poster they originated from

Edit 18: What we know about/ Director Matteo JWHJ0715 (#unreality)

Edit 19: Link to post with screenshotted and described NYT article (scroll down) and this golden exerpt from BuzzFeed: 💀

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End of Day 4 there are now 485 works in the Goncharov tag on AO3

awww… also sid looks like he’s playing dress up in his dad’s clothes

Sid was watching geno during the warm up routine and this was the moment when geno realized what was happening

“crosby fired up. he knows it means a lot for a victory for malkin”: sid with his first goal at the chicago arena for geno’s 1000th… also this bad bitch has 10 points on this roadtrip

nobody touch me about sid literally getting choked up talking about geno's night

not over sid using witchcraft and his omega wiles to get connor hellebuyck to pass the puck to him

he’s so happy 🥺

the camerawork today sure is something

two-headed strategy monster

Oct 2009: “You make for a good vampire. Not a scary one... but a good one.”

Sidney Crosby’s No. 1 Defenseman Kris Letang 🎥

sobbing pls

guys there is ACTUAL FOOTAGE of sid and flower at the media tour… the tenderness between them… sid’s silly jokes… 🥺

“so tell us, guys: how can we make hockey more fun? did somebody say puppies?”

Sid, doing it all at his hockey school!

Geno bullying Sid!! I don't know if you saw but on the jumbotron, but Sid says excuse me then they show Geno blocking Sid first before he goes and moves :)))

i did NOT notice it because at&t cut away to a wide shot of the big screen so THANK YOU 🥺

Listen….we don’t talk about Sid’s profile nearly enough around here…..

It’s very…………insert adjective here.

penguins @ lightning | 10.23.19

I’m dying 

(video source)

oh my… his hands on that purple stick…

the smallest bean at the IIHF World Junior Championship, Jan 4 2005

when your trainer Malkin and Crosby 💪🏼🐧 (extended edition) | Anna’s Instagram 5.11.18

A sequence of events

The White Shirt Interview

a flower and a plant

gifts for the 1000th point

bonus:

“Watch the reaction here by everybody in Pittsburgh, and Crosby leaping to his feet!”

Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby celebrate Malkin’s 4th goal in his first 4 NHL games [x]

“Can I suggest you stop beaking me so much in 2010?”

“That’s actually pretty good... but I probably won’t go with it.”

New Year’s resolutions with a giggly Sidney Crosby (feat. baby disasters Tanger and Duper)