[babymalta]

i came back here once in a while but this time with a master's degree and shitty ass job

[unlikelychildchaos]

My headcanon of the day is that Ilya is not used to getting calls from family members unless they need something from him. Nobody ever calls him (maybe apart from Shane) to just simply check up on him. So the first time David calls him on a random day of the week, asks him about his day, hands the phone to Yuna to do the same—Ilya is a little confused as to why these people are just randomly calling him. He even texts David after they've hung up to confirm if they needed something and have just forgotten to mention it. When David texts back "no son we just wanted to check up on you" Ilya sits and stares at that text until he feels his throat close up and there's an odd sting in his eyes.

[binogirl04]

👑FirstPrince ❤️ Hollanov⛸️

[yearningoverfictionalmen]

Today Show: What were your first impressions of Hudson and Connor?

Rachel(Author):" I met them on set when I visited back in May (2025). That was my first time ever on a film set.

I met Hudson first. He was filming the scene that we see in Episode 1, where he’s turning on and off a lamp, waiting for Ilya to come to the hotel room, so there’s no dialogue. Then I met him after very briefly, because he was very busy that day. I think he was in every scene that was being shot. He gave me a hug. It was definitely surreal, because I was just like, you really do seem like the character in so many ways.

But when I got home from that trip, he sent me a lovely DM, saying how much he loved playing this character and that really meant a lot to me. So definitely endeared me to him right away.

Connor, I met on set. He sort of stays in the Ilya voice all day when he’s on set. So I basically met him as Ilya, which was kind of a lot to process for me. It wasn’t until I went back and visited the set again and I got to sit down, have a beer with them, and meet him as Connor — totally different person.

They’re both just so wonderful. I told both of them when I was in Toronto last week, that just them being themselves is better marketing for the show than you could ever pay for. They’re just so authentically themselves in every interview, they legitimately are nuts about each other, they’re best friends. They say that all the time. They’re just lovely people."

via Today Show

[finelytaylored]

still absolutely insane to me that the tenderness of this kiss was a choice that connor and hudson made as actors and that it was almost cut but jacob fought to keep it

[ilya-rozanova]

DO NOT SAVE HIM he's exactly where he wants to be

[blacksheepcolorfulskin]

WHY IS THIS SO GOOD?!

[finelytaylored]

connor is just so SO damn great as ilya. truly remarkable stuff.

[hollandershane]

Holy fucking shit. Shane Hollander is in love with me.

[chaoticpaige]

pretending to wake up so you're not caught staring or waking up with your love staring at you

[snap-crackle-cunt]

what shane says: im gay

what shane means: i can never love a woman in any way resembling the way i love you and when i tried she called my shit IMMEDIATELY so what im trying to say is i can't sidestep whatever we are the way you can, i will never ever love anyone but u

what ilya hears: somewhere along the line of our multi-year situationship that began with me immediately sucking ur dick, i have determined that i like men.

what ilya says: ya no fucking shit bro what

[barbie-verse]

its so important to me how shane and ilya are not only the perfect match in terms of hockey, but also just their general physicality. in the books it feels like we're constantly hearing about how ilya is this giant bear of a man who towers over shane and makes him feel small and whatever and yeah sure, that trope works, it's fun and hot and whatever. but them being the same height in the show, similar builds, clearly just as strong as each other adds so much more to the dynamic! we see shane moving ilya around physically, shoving him against the wall, pulling him around, he still has control whenever he wants it! most of the time he doesn't, sure, but they're presented as such equals in every aspect of their relationship - rather than falling into the delicate bottom big protective top dynamic they both just. exist with each other

[lunayaps-meow]

ilya rozanov loves his boyfriend’s titties. like. that man LOVES shane’s tits almost as much as he loves the rest of that man combined.

i need this fact acknowledged and appreciated so badly please and thank you and good night.

[shanerozanov]

heated rivalry + text posts // part five.

[galecstatic]

babe wake up the legendary editor sosaneitsinsane just dropped another hollanov banger edit spread the gospel

[thisfeebleheart]

"It's a long story."

Shane and Ilya through the years

[itshype]

Yes, the fics where Ilya goes to Shane's game in his jersey are cute and romantic. But why has no one even considered: