Scoring Pass

Scoring Pass is a story written by Sparklebeard. It ran in Special Issue 13 at http://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror

Summary

A rookie roller derby player develops her skills, her confidence, and her relationship with the player she's most inspired by. Or: 🎶~all I wanna do / is put my fist into / a giant woman~🎶

Author's Notes

While I have been a big roller derby fan for several years, I have never actually played it, so do forgive me if I got details wrong here and there. I've been wanting to write a roller derby-themed story for an f/f issue for a few years now, but it took me a while to come up with an actual story beyond "I want it to be about derby and include fisting," which is all I had in my mind to start with. I didn't want to use any player or team names that exist in real life, so all names are either made up or taken from small towns in coastal northern California, where I happened to spend a weekend just before putting the finishing touches on this story.

Fun fact: I did once drunkenly approach & compliment Demanda Riot on my way out of a bar, during Bay Area's amazing 2013 season, and the first scene is partially drawn (and greatly exaggerated) from that experience.