[handsywoman]

Shane's pathetic failure of an attempt to be subtle while ogling Ilya is so dear to me

[handsywoman]

Shane's pathetic failure of an attempt to be subtle while ogling Ilya is so dear to me

[conisabel]

there's so many new shows to watch ahhhh i am so excited finished the fall and rise of reggie dinkins yesterday and just watched the first three eps of not suitable for work gonna press play on deli boys s2 next and then maybe widow's bay ahhhhh I love television

[wtf-is-hockey]

ok <3 I'm gonna rec away! Not all of these will be happy and not all are 100% Shane focused but they all give a fuck about Shane as a character. Sorted by length because I love numbers and I know this is a fucking lot of fics. I also it's really hard to pick favorites but I did give 3 a little * next to them.

Washed up, Irrelevant: 1.3k words https://archiveofourown.org/works/79127806

Fun little fic that lets Shane be both analytical and unapologetic about how good at hockey he is.

2. subtle, ambiguous, and often unintentional: 3k words https://archiveofourown.org/works/78748726

Shane Hollander vs microaggressions.

3. Stubborn unmoving walls: 4k words https://archiveofourown.org/works/82269126

Shane tells JJ about Ilya after they get engaged, and when hearing the details JJ gets pissed at Hayden instead of Shane.

4. no one's ever had me, not like you: 4.6k words https://archiveofourown.org/works/80533676

set between tampa and the boston game when Ilya comes by to visit. fluffy/smutty moment where they talk about Ilya calling Shane boring and Shane talks about when other people have called him lame or weird for the kind of things that Ilya finds endearing.

5. I don't start shit but I can tell you how it ends: 5.2k words https://archiveofourown.org/works/83310196

Shane is sick of Hayden and JJ trying to set him up with guys. ESPECIALLY since Hayden fucking knows about Ilya. So he does a little petty revenge that also makes it crystal clear how shitty it is.

*6. biting my tongue swallowing it down: 6.9k words https://archiveofourown.org/works/84066021

Shane doesn't like Troy. For obvious reasons. Troy makes the mistake of asking why in the middle of the locker room after a bad game. So Shane tells him why. It's glorious. It's cathartic. It will always be famous to me.

7. The Favourite Son: 8.2k words https://archiveofourown.org/works/84398126

Really really good study on why ilya being the favorite son sucks as a thing to say. There's a moment where Shane's parents tell Ilya they're proud of him and it made me cry.

8. Trade Winds (WIP): 9.6k words https://archiveofourown.org/works/79627691/chapters/208940336

Based on a true IRL infamous moment where Patrick Roy quit the Canadiens in the middle of the game. And was traded to the Avalanche a few days later. But it's Shane leaving the Metros. So fucking good.

9. shane and his lesbian cousin: 10k words https://archiveofourown.org/series/5522476

series where Shane finds out he has a lesbian cousin. first fic focuses on the family dynamics. second fic has shane coming out as an ally in a really delightful way.

10. singing the song of arenas (WIP): 12.5k words https://archiveofourown.org/series/5845966

This is a magical realism series where each arena is alive and can affect things. They may connect with some players more than others but every arena loves Shane and loves to watch him play hockey.

11. The Interview (WIP): 14.7k words https://archiveofourown.org/works/76530951/chapters/200284351

The one is more Ilya focused. But the characterization for them both is so good and there are some really great Shane moments in there.

12. Lily's on the line: 16.5k words https://archiveofourown.org/works/78314896/chapters/205287706

Hayden overhears a phonecall between Shane and Ilya about Scott Hunter that sounds really bad out of context. Brings up stuff like inclusivity and how Shane is treated as the token Asian for the league and a lot of corporate sponsors.

13. fake it (til you make it): 21.7k words https://archiveofourown.org/works/83934211/chapters/221275681

Yuna finds out there is a years long "it's complicated" with someone due to a mishap with an old fake id. They don't talk about it at first but this butterfly wing leads to other changes.

*14. i really hope you're gonna get out soon: 24.9k words https://archiveofourown.org/works/78810681/chapters/206685871

There is a massive icloud leak of many athletes at the Sochi olympics. Ilya's phone is not an iphone. But Shane's is. Ilya has to flee Russia. Shane has to stay not knowing if Ilya gets out. so fucking good you spend a lot of time with Shane and it has some of my favorite Shane moments.

15. jane dutch (WIP): 27k words https://archiveofourown.org/works/84865406/chapters/223992276

shane ends up writing hockey romance novels under the pseudonym jane dutch. and they get really popular. Along with tackling the hockey itself shane decides to write about some of his own experiences with racism, and about the pay equity between men and womens sports, and other issues.

16. You'll go to heaven and I'll go to hell in the meantime: 29.1k words https://archiveofourown.org/works/80275726/chapters/210761546

After Vegas Shane downloads Grindr to feel wanted. When Ilya sees this at the next hookup they have a conversation. And it changes how the next few years go.

17. I'm Reading Your Lips (You're Speaking My Language): 30.4k words https://archiveofourown.org/works/76003496/chapters/198853926

THEE Shane Hollander speaks russian au. it really really digs into the nuances of Shane's character here. There public narrative is also friendship because of the ripple effects of Shane being fluent in Russian from their first meeting.

18. Better Bets Taken (WIP): 30.8k words https://archiveofourown.org/works/81574036/chapters/214526066

Ilya tells Svetlana who Jane is right after the cottage, so she suggests they train together in the off season. They get a headstart on changing the narrative and they get to see each other more win/win.

19. cardiac tamponade: 32.5k words https://archiveofourown.org/works/83997131/chapters/221452451

absolutely wrenching. basically the Centaurs blame Shane for Ilya being depressed without talking to Ilya about it. So they ice Shane out. Really rough read.

*20. mortal girl: 37.6k words https://archiveofourown.org/series/5673351

THEE trans Shane series. An alternate universe where Shane's season one arc is about accepting her identity as a trans woman (and everything that comes after). So fucking good. kills me

21. Captain vs Captain: 65.9k words https://archiveofourown.org/series/5932746

Shane and Ilya did not hook up in 2010, and now after the success of their joint presentation at the NHL awards the league commission a reality limited series where they do compete and have fun and get to know each other.

22. snapping birch (WIP): 71.9k words https://archiveofourown.org/works/81167971/chapters/213329571

so fucking good. Someone clones and uploads David Hollanders cell phone. So every text every email every social media post on a burner account David made gets revealed. It's still being updated but it hasn't been afraid of tackling difficult topics. And it weaves pieces of the leaked files alongside current articles/social media and alongside normal prose in a really smart and engaging way. What Shane goes through in Montreal after he comes out as gay gets discussed.

23. into your earthly hands (WIP): 79k https://archiveofourown.org/works/77302971/chapters/202382261

Ilya takes a brutal puck to head during the MTL/BOS game right before Ilya planned to spend christmas with the Hollanders. It's a long road with multiple brain surgeries, Shane is going through it.

24. other half (WIP): 120k words https://archiveofourown.org/works/75771251/chapters/198188921

Shane has a twin sister who starts at Harvard as Shane is getting drafted. Who ends up running into Ilya and kind of becoming friends with him but without telling him she's Shane's sister. I was skeptical of this concept. But I find the Hollander family dynamics in this au really really juicy. Like imagine all the ways the canon hollanders move to make sure Shane is a successful NHL player. And imagine if there was a twin sister there too.

25. good on my own accord: 149k words https://archiveofourown.org/works/79091681/chapters/207488696

BEAUTIFUL AMAZING WONDERFUL Shane is a goalie. Ilya can't score. It's such a beautiful look into a Shane who doesn't have to mask as much because goalies are expected to be weird.

26. Of Frying Pans and Fires (WIP): 159k words https://archiveofourown.org/works/79175016/chapters/207726086

So this is a rare instance because I generally do not like non hockey aus. I mostly read this one because it was tagged with a specific niche kink I'm into. (And also it only had a couple chapters back then) But the characterization has hooked me bewitched me. Definitely read the tags and go in eyes wide open. In an omegaverse Canadian Federal Agent Shane gets caught investigating an illegal operation run by Alexei. Confidential Informant Ilya steps in and saves Shane's life by proposing something to "humiliate and ruin it" instead. And Alexei makes Ilya do it or kill Shane. So Ilya and Shane have to turn Alpha Shane into an omega and then bond. While on camera. The plot goes from there.

27. something you can fix (WIP): 216k words https://archiveofourown.org/series/5588261

AU where someone secretly recorded the Rose/Shane gay breakup conversation, and posts it months later while Ilya is in Russia for his dad's funeral. the series is huge but from the very first fic it's such a Shane understander for me. Shane also has really really complicated feelings about Scott Hunter and the Cup Kiss in this AU.

28. frequently, secretly fond of each other: 222k words https://archiveofourown.org/works/75380761/chapters/197057726

Shane mysteriously drops out just before the 2009 draft, and is signed by the Boston Raiders a year later. SOO fucking good and juicy.

29. It starts in an elevator (WIP): 267k words https://archiveofourown.org/series/5615856

It's a series with 7 works so far. It's so fucking good. It starts with Yuna and Ilya being stuck on an elevator together for a couple hours, and things go au from there. It does some really brilliant things with news articles and outsider pov's and overall I'd really recommend it.

Thank you!!! I did not expect you to provide a whole fucking bibliography lmao holy shit! Dinner's ready come get your fucking food followers!!! <333

[conisabel]

when you start a new show and you can tell they are trying to unload all the information about these characters to you bc they speak like robots....like its not bad but it just makes me roll my eyes

[gaygoatshane]

he couldn't believe he was being asked if he liked girls

[eldritchazure]

[00000066]

[conisabel]

becka truly is the character of all time can't believe I have shane hollander and becka grove with me

[fuckrozanov]

no one deserves to get railed within an inch of their life more than shane hollander…

[fuckrozanov]

he thought he was doomed he thought it was over and then that 6.5 inch 9 incher saved him

[cloudabserk]

boob pillow

[nowadayz]

THE TESTAMENTS 1.06 "Stadium"

[uhicareforcharacters]

The way Becka regarded Agnes as a goddess after her patricide.

She took off the robe, showing Agnes the proof of her devotion. She said "He cant hurt you anymore." searching for her approval. Then she stripped, completely bare and vulnerable before Agnes, important detail in a society so afraid of the "power" of the female body. Then Agnes bathes her, similar to a baptism. Becka says something like "I committed divine justice... and for you" as if Agnes is more important than the lord she has been told to revere. "I would do anything for you, Agnes."

Becka came to Agnes as a disciple proving herself worthy to worship her, and Agnes was just afraid.

[mina-logan]

I like to think they’re tucked away in a corner at a farmers market somewhere.

[ospreyspring]

On Awards and Canadian Content

It's been interesting to see the reaction to the Canadian Screen Awards and people getting all salty that Connor wasn't there/nominated.

People keep pushing for Emmy/US award recognition as if that is some kind of critical milestone the show needs to pass in order to be considered legit. But that's just not true, and it being up for those awards makes no sense.

I know that the wish for it to win Emmys, SAGs and Golden Globe Awards comes from a good place. But those are American awards meant to reward the Hollywood system. It makes no sense at all for Heated Rivalry to win those awards because it was produced entirely outside that ecosystem. It is not the kind of project those awards were designed to recognize. It's not their mandate, it's not their jurisdiction.

Those awards are not world awards, they're Hollywood ones. Hollywood does not include all English-speaking media.

And as for Connor not being nominated for a Canadian Screen Award...well. That comes from a place of protecting the system that made HR possible. The Canadian industry is constantly under threat from the Hollywood system next door. What allows us to nurture great talent and breakout hits is by prioritizing our own and recognizing Canadians. The awards used to allow more Americans to win, but what happened was a ceremony where the American actors didn't show up to receive their award, and it took the spotlight away from homegrown talent.

Canada is allowed to celebrate our own. Which is why Heated Rivalry dominated the Canadian Screen Awards and isn't nominated for any American awards.

Is it a bummer that Connor doesn't get awards trophies? Yeah. But if you believe he is a phenomenal talent, then you know his time will come. I'm sure he's nothing but happy for the cast and crew for their wins.

I implore American fans to realize you are consuming another country's cultural product. We may sound like you, but we're not you. Our art and our artists deserve to shine without being overshadowed by the billion-dollar juggernaut next door.

That system that allows Canadian projects to flourish is why Heated Rivalry exists to begin with. You should want to protect it, too!

[conisabel]

might i just add if heated rivalry was eligible for the emmys the conversation would be very different the same publishers who are crying about it not being nominated would have been the same ones to talk about how not prestigious the show is

so I highly doubt variety and others are coming from a good place when they are writing these peices, these people are furious that heated rivalry is a cultural phenomenon and it wasn't made by americans

and you truly cannot take politics out of it when you talk about stuff like this there's something very clear happening and people are refusing to see it and i don't understand why

[hockeyfinches]

i love Not to jump the gun here but with rozanov’s permission…? i think shane in that scene was feeling fiercely protective over another person for the first time in his life. so bowled over by the intensity of his own emotions that he stumbled back to his hotel room in a daze and immediately jerked off in the shower about it. “what if rozanov got arrested and i had to use my immense hockey wealth to bail him out of jail and it was winter in boston. so he had hypothermia. and he had to live with me while we sorted out the legal situation and i yelled at journalists for him and helped him with his paperwork and hired the best lawyer in the world and nursed him back to health and he was like “hollander……..you saved my life 🥺” and he fucked me soooo hard every night for stress relief (obviously he couldn’t fuck other people. due to the lawsuit) and we fell asleep in each other’s arms afterwards. because there’s only one bed in my apartment and he’s too tall for the couch” stuff like that. normal fantasies

[conisabel]

PUT ME IN PUT ME IN I AM GETTING INVOLVED I NEED TO BE THERE

[sob-dylan]

happy pride to stringer bell and avon barksdale.