i’m in desperate need for a scholar to undertake the jhughes thesis
Jack Hughes has all the arrogance of a true American superstar, but none of the vulnerability. Jack Hughes has all the grace of an undersized, injury-prone forward, but none of the caution. Jack Hughes has all of the social status of a chosen one, but none of the leadership.
jack hughes is a middle child and despite my own lack of siblings i can Definitely tell -- the vicious competitive drive that made him become that good. quinn takes his stick and pulls out jack's braces. as much as the endless hughes brothers fascination can totally grate and i Get That you HAVE to look at each of these three as once part of a unit (especially Luke because he was drafted after Jack, and to his team -- he will only ever be in Jack's shadow, unless one day one of them leaves).
the hugheses are not a huge family -- that is, not a family of very large people -- and they've made a name for themselves as smooth-skating, agile skill players in spite of that, or perhaps to make up for it. jack as a result is notably smaller than a lot of other players both on the devils and in the league and you can Just Tell he's insecure about it. the skill his hughesness afforded him has made him better than other players his age when they were All small and size was less of an issue. when he wasn't so much of a boy among men. it was for this reason he was picked first overall, you see. when he made the NHL he was suddenly confronted by a faster game, of players who could and did just knock him to his ass, and he was suddenly thrust into a world where he wasn't the biggest fish in the usntdp pond and it threw him.
you see, that's another thing. skill in hockey means social status. they like to tell you that it doesn't, but there's a reason that the captain's most likely to be one of the best players on the team, if not outright the best. and in the usntdp jack was The Best. so he was made captain. so his teammates flocked to him. so it was allowed to all go to his head, so caufield and zegras -- the cady and gretchen to his regina george, and i don't mean that in a fun way -- congregated to him.
and now on the devils he might be the star but he's not the captain and because hockey players are Supposed to love their teammates he loves nico but nico's bigger than him and nicer than him and can grow real body hair. and jack's the darling of every teenage-girl devils fan, a fact which i understand and have minimal opinion on but fifty-fifty he either soaks up attention from or resents, or possibly both.
so yeah he's a greasy insecure uncharismatic controlling arrogant frat boy, and because he has a cute perfect smile and scores PPG people love him, and because he is not the archetype of the ubermasculine hockey superstar he believes that he is barely clinging to this thread. and i love him too don't get that mixed up
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Icarus: Did you hear Ares is gonna perform with this band tonight? I guess their lead singer bailed.
Syx: What a wanker.
Icarus: [ chuckles ] Wanker?
Syx: Yeah, want me to call you a wanker too?
Icarus: I kinda am one.
Syx: I wasn’t going to insinuate…
Icarus: Suuuure.
Syx: [ small laugh ] You seem a lot happier, you know? Has it happened yet?
Icarus: Nah, but I’ve tried to put some distance between us. She won’t be here tonight, by the way.
Syx: Sweet. We should head inside then. I’m curious as to how this is gonna go, I wonder how Ares is doing.
Icarus: I’m sure he’s doing just fine.
Gum: Have I ever told you guys I have stage fright?
Gabriel: No fucking way, you would have never agreed to be in a band.
Gum: Because I’m behind a drum set, DUH! I’m easily hidden in the back.
Ares: Something my dad suggests is to look above the crowd. Eye contact is scary at first.
Gabriel: [ chimes ] You could picture everyone naked.
Ares: I wouldn’t suggest that.
Gum: Look. Above. The. Crowd. Got it.
Ares: We believe in you, even if you might not believe in yourself right now. Right Gabriel?
Gabriel: Right!
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Atlas: You sure you don’t want a drink?
Kai: Taryn doesn’t drink. Something about it tasting like creek water or whatever.
Atlas: Really?
Taryn: It’s not that, I don’t understand the hype behind it, that's all.
Atlas: Fair.
Kai: Ryn, people don’t drink it to enjoy it, it’s what comes after.
Taryn: Again, I’m not following.
Kai: Of course.
Atlas: Kai-
Taryn: Give me that. I’ll get back to you after I finish this and let you know if getting shitfaced is worth it.
Atlas: Wow, I didn’t realize you enjoy peer pressuring your sister. That’s crazyyyy.
Kai: I didn’t think she would do that.
Atlas: Right, well you gotta live with that.
Kai: Atlas!
Atlas: I’ll see you around.
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