I'll probably write a real post on this soon, because there's a lot of interesting social norm stuff that happens when you mix two very different fannish subcultures. I've always been into both, but I think they satisfy different needs for me. Sometimes hockey fic fulfills neither and sometimes it fulfills both.

My one blessing is that I didn't get into RPF until after the Blackhawks humiliated the Bruins in the 2013 cup final, because that probably would've soured me on it forever.