JOHN: i love how in other sports if anybody starts fighting the refs or umps run over and try to break up the fight immediately but in hockey the refs just kinda stand back and watch like they’re angry toddlers or something.
ROSE: I read an article a while ago and the guy was interviewing an NHL ref. He said something like “when two 6'2”, 220 pound, armored men decide they want to knock each others teeth out, and you’re standing there in pants and a t-shirt, there’s not a whole lot of motivation to jump in between them.“
KARKAT: IT’S EVEN WORSE IN THE MINOR LEAGUES, AT LEAST UP HERE IN ALTERNIA. I WAS AT A LOCAL HOCKEY GAME SOME SWEEPS AGO WHERE A COUPLE OF PLAYERS THREW DOWN, AND WHOEVER WAS RUNNING THE A/V BOOTH TURNED DOWN THE HOUSE LIGHTS, THREW A SPOTLIGHT ON THE COMBATANTS, AND STARTED PUMPING THE THEME FROM MORTAL KOMBAT OVER THE PA.
Sid: Dandelions symbolize everything I want to be in life
Guentzy: Fluffy and dead with a gust of wind?
Sid: Unapologetic. Hard to kill. Feral, filled with sunlight, bright, beautiful in a way that the conventional and controlling hate but cannot ever fully destroy. Stubborn. Happy. Bastardous. Friends with bees. Highly disapproving of lawns. Full of wishes that will be carried far after I die.