A person: Roller derby? I loved Whip It.
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Person: I want to do roller derby really bad! I don’t know how to skate yet and I don’t know the rules yet, but I’m just like Ellen Page’s character! I can tell I would totally fall in love with it!
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Person: And I’ve already got the coolest name picked out! [cute, but already done-to-death play on young adult novel protagonist and/or something utilizing “von” with a gorey adjective]
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Person: I put up a lot of roller derby pictures on Tumblr. You know, pictures of roller derby players wearing roller derby gear while engaging in roller derby. Here is an example:

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