cassie's insanity corner

i dont even know whats going on 😀👍🏻

[yaynotgaybutbi]

from what i remember from the book and from what you can see in the show, Shane's parents have hard time when it comes to calming Shane down, bc Shane was never able to voice what is wrong.

so to see him not only freak out, but to see Ilya just handle it on the spot must have felt like the only comfirmation they needed

[aslongasitsblack]

i think a very important part of shane hollander is that he never talks things out out loud, he figures them out fully in his head and THEN he will share, in tampa shane only approaches ilya when he has fully thought out his side of things, at the cottage shane only wakes ilya up to tell him the plan when he has every detail straightened out, he’s a very “just right” kind of guy, and like every single detail!! he’s not like “okay maybe you could play here or here and maybe we start like a thing together” NO! “ottawa. charity.”

and he gets visibly upset and unsettled when somebody tries to coax problems out of him before he has already essentially solved them, like when ilya suggests they hook up in montreal, when hayden brings up lily, when ilya tries to get them acting like a couple in boston, and when rose basically talks him into coming out

he freaks out at the fact that he can’t control every piece in the interaction and he feels he can’t sufficiently discuss these things out loud when he doesn’t have a grip on them himself

he never takes his problems anywhere, or to anyone and he’s very secretive about his interiority (and this isn’t just an ilya thing, he doesn’t have anyone he does this with)

and thats why its so special when david walks in on them that for once shane is actually forced to plan out loud and have somebody elses input and support into how he’s going to approach a situation that he’s not actually ready for

(and i think this is very important to bear in mind going into the long game, shane is a fixer not a talker, he doesn’t want to talk about problems until he already has a solution to them)

(and and because it always comes down to the fucking im sorry its also why he likes submitting to ilya, its all about giving up not only the control he has to exact over his life and material reality but also the control he experiences in his mind literally all the time)

[cassieopeiastarryrose]

i fear he is also so me this is getting concerning

[cassieopeiastarryrose]

i wonder if connor storrie knows that somewhere on tiktok there’s an edm remix of him saying “im coming to the cottage” and honestly it’s the sickest beat ive ever heard

[mayflowersinapril]

If looks could kill... (+bonus)

[sheisraging]

the prettiest

[cassieopeiastarryrose]

im normal im normal im normal im normal

[cassieopeiastarryrose]

my best friend and i are secretly dressing up as ilya and shane for our schools dynamic duo spirit week 😭😭

this show has taken over

[hello-andi]

Hudson Williams on Fallon, the highlights:

immediately cracking open a Canada Dry

slutty little glasses, all black 'fit, serving 90's Keanu realness

calling the audience freaks (/accusatory) (/affectionate)

repeating the phrase "cock sock" multiple times, testing their censorship

continuing to explain said cock sock with hand motions and gestures, jimmy's life flashing before his eyes as he tries to deflect the conversation

"There's so little gay sex when I watch hockey."

shoutout Empty Netters

calling hockey "the boy aquarium"

ordering jimmy fallon in an adorable (but terrible) russian accent: "On Your Knees"

[getting on his knees] "This is how I spent 90% of filming"

"Wider jimmy, I doubt you're stretching your hips"

gears visibly spinning, he momentarily considers getting ON TOP of Fallon's desk to demonstrate a hockey stretch

[waving to the camera] "Hi, mom!" [immediately dropping back into a back-arching hip-gyrating frog stretch]

[cassieopeiastarryrose]

it’s the way that connor storrie was like “you know what? im gonna eat the damn pasta” while filming the scene with shane’s parents

god only knows how many takes that took and how much pasta our little texan boy has consumed but it gave us the dancey dance so i support his endeavors 🫡

[charlielovesbuffy]

Genuinely, I don’t know a single person who is watching Heated Rivalry casually, like just chilling on the couch scrolling on their phone while having it on in the background. Every person I talk to about it is fucking FROTHING at the mouth waiting for the next episode to come out, screaming about tuna melts, t.A.T.u, and the Russian monologue. It is physically impossible to be normal about this show.

Granted, it could be because I don’t have any neurotypical friends, but my point still stands!

[cassieopeiastarryrose]

this show has taken over my entire friend group and i think that says something

there is no such thing as a casual heated rivalry fan. either you are simply frothing at the mouth or you have it on a 24/7 loop analyzing every single shot of ilya’s ass

or both

[themoonandmyman]

I don’t know if anyone has pointed out this detail already, but I’m obsessed with it.

In the very first scene, Ilya is trying to light his cigarette, but the lighter won’t work. The minute Shane introduces himself, the lighter starts working.

A spark.

[sightofsea]

they're soooooo funny shane says a platonic i love you and ilya is like cool im gonna suck your dick and suggest i get lavender married. and shane hears that and says cool i'm going to stare into the dark all night doing mental mind palace chess to babytrap you via the canadian equivalent of a 501(c)(3)

[jennaflare]

I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm not fine

[cassieopeiastarryrose]

genuinely devastated over this

[blacksheepcolorfulskin]

This is lowkey such a wild choice but I can’t deny how well done it is haha.

[cassieopeiastarryrose]

shed a little tear at this

[jackabbot]

lmfaooo

[cassieopeiastarryrose]

the feminine urge to write a lesbian hollanov au fanfic where they’re lily and jane and they’re figure skaters

[honeyglazedbabe]

Also can i say that i think the elevation of Svetlana’s inclusion in the show was so fantastic not just because Ilya needed another character in his life to bounce off of dialogue wise but also because it showed how he behaves when he’s comfortable. He’s always laying in her lap and getting pet, joking around with silly voices, he likes to play and rough house and we see glimpses of that with Svet because she’s his childhood friend, so slowly seeing those behaviors come out as he gets more settled with Shane was so incredibly sweet and rewarding.

[cassieopeiastarryrose]

and it will also definitely change some things about the next season(s) and ilya’s development in the long game, because part of that conflict was having no one to talk to. so maybe he’ll be a little less alone in the than the books.

my boy deserves all the happiness and i love that they changed svetlana’s involvement in that way.

[joondemiel]

You are Yuna Hollander. Your son is in primary school and tells you he wants to be a hockey player because he loves the ice. He’s talented and he has drive, even if he can be a little awkward and reserved. He is your only child, he is your world. You are committed to making this happen for him.

You are Yuna Hollander. Your son’s brand new boss should be talking about how skilled he is at his job, instead he talks about your son’s race. The way he looks like you. Your son tenses up by your shoulder. You cover the discomfort coming from the both of you, because this is the price for his dream and it is your fault.

You are Yuna Hollander. You know Shane has to work twice as hard to be half as visible as the white players even though he’s better than all of them (except maybe that Russian in Boston). You’re grateful that he has his father’s last name, it’s easier to market. You spend your lunch breaks making calls, answering emails, securing brand deals. You get home from work and clock into your second shift, building your son’s retirement plan. The body you made for him will only last him so long. You’re determined that he will live beyond it.

You are Yuna Hollander. Your son is at lunch and he’s not acting like himself. He’s tense like you’ve never seen him. He’s under so much pressure and you know you’ve contributed to that and it kills you. Maybe he needs to break from this regimen. You suggest he has a glass of wine with yourself and David. You’ve forgotten how important routines and rules are to your autistic son. You don’t know how to express that you think Shane is maybe in too deep with his hockey bubble, and that he perhaps should meet more normal people. Or at least, ones that aren’t hockey people. You don’t know how to say this because you’ve pushed him into this, now you’re changing the game and he hates that. You make a joke about a Swedish princess. Really? says David.

You are Yuna Hollander and your son has a girlfriend. This has never happened before. For a while you thought he might’ve been gay, but clearly you were wrong. He’s a hockey player. He’s the best in the world. He’s handsome, he’s talented, and he’s rich. Now there’s a movie star girlfriend. He tells you a day before the media frenzy begins. It feels so short. You used to feel closer to him. Something feels distant, and you hope that this can bring you back into his orbit again. You ask him to extend an invite for the summer to his girlfriend. You hope that this Rose Landry sees your son, past the jersey to the quirky, funny, honest man beneath.

You are Yuna Hollander and your son is bleeding on the ice.

You are Yuna Hollander and you visit your son in the hospital. He’s babbling away like he used to as a small child, before the other kids told him that the way he spoke and thought and acted was strange. It’s unashamed and giddy and you wish it wasn’t from the morphine. You haven’t seen him this unguarded in— you can’t remember. He keeps a tight hold on your hand even when he falls asleep. The nurse says the visit earlier from Ilya Rozanov tired him out.

You are Yuna Hollander and you’ve just witnessed hockey history. Scott Hunter has just come out in the most public way possible. No one will remember this cup for anything else. Your son has been texting his friend throughout the whole game. His phone starts ringing and he practically sprints out of the room to answer it. You look to your husband in shock. I can’t believe someone did it, you say. I can’t believe it was Scott Hunter, he says. You don’t know what Shane thinks. He stays on the phone for a long, long time.

You are Yuna Hollander and your husband has just told you. Why didn’t your son tell you? Why didn’t he tell you years ago? What have you done or said that he felt he couldn’t tell you? How did you not notice your son was living a lie? Did he love his girlfriend? Did you not notice that he didn’t love his girlfriend? You are a terrible mother. You are a terrible person. Your son is your world. Your son has not let you know who he is. Your heart is breaking.

You are Yuna Hollander and Ilya Rozanov is in your home, eating your food and drinking your husband’s vodka. He’s also been fucking your son for a decade and—

You are Yuna Hollander. Your son is gay. Your son has been in some kind of relationship for a decade. Your son has been afraid of the world, of the media, of the reaction. Your son has been afraid of you.

You are Yuna Hollander and your son is telling you that he tried so hard. You are going to throw up. You have never wanted him to be something that he isn’t. You have never wanted to stand in his way. All you have ever wanted is the best for him. All you have ever wanted is to help him achieve his dreams. You take him into your arms and you feel his heart beating against yours and you remember his heart used to be inside of you. You haven’t known him. But now you do. You feel like the luckiest woman on the planet.

You are Yuna Hollander and you will meet your son and his boyfriend for dinner at 5PM. And you will be texting first.