Yeah, I mostly noticed because I am weird and CHARTED how much of the comic was shown with the characters playing hockey. (Either game or in practice, and they have to actually be PLAYING, not just leaving the rink.) Year 1 had something like 2 games and 2 practices, all of which were plot-relevant. Year 2 had 2 practices, no games, and none had the plot weight. Year 3, Bitty played hockey in exactly 3 panels; it was all Jack otherwise, who I wasn't invested in. The page count was spent way more on culture AROUND hockey than the hockey itself, which is what I associate with a fanfic that's focused on the culture AROUND [insert sport/activity of canon].

I don't mean this in a disparaging way, I am truly fascinated by how fanfic is changing traditional published fic genre norms. I've just discovered that apparently that level of fluff is better for me in short stories, not a four-volume, 500 page series.

--Rogan