out of the blue and into the black @darwinsfinchesx - Tumblr Blog

MICHAEL ROBINAVITCH & FRANK LANGDON in THE PITT 1.15 & 2.15

#i miss them #frank langdon #michael robinavitch #the pitt

The Long Game can only be described as a happy ending if you believe that it’s perfectly ok for a person to suffer profound professional humiliations and the loss of their lifelong dream as long as they get a man.

Throughout the book, Ilya is seen to have made a tremendous sacrifice for moving to Ottawa. He’s still a huge star, he’s captain, he’s playing in the NHL and he’s paid what he’s worth. Not winning for 2 seasons is considered a huge loss to him, one that he has a lot of difficulty dealing with, and everyone understands why he’s struggling to cope with that. He sees the loss as basically choosing Shane over hockey. Shane breaks down and berates himself over it.

Shane suffers much more after tripgate and the horror is that people are HAPPY. And he himself is expected to get over the sense of loss quickly. There’s very little empathy shown towards him or outrage on his behalf. There’s no reflection on the grave injustice he’s suffered. He’s no longer paid what he’s worth, something he cares about, and all he gets is a joke about having a rich husband. Nobody is talking about how it’s not right for a player of his caliber to be paid so little. He’s lost the captaincy, and all he gets is a joke about moving to the back of the line. It’s fine if there’s a merit based discussion on the captaincy of the Centaurs in any capacity, but there isn’t. Ilya became captain of the Centaurs right away, displacing the guy who held the position before him because he was the bigger star then did a pretty mediocre job for over two years. Shane Hollander, a man who captained his team to THREE cups, isn’t even worth a discussion. His reputation is destroyed, and nobody rises to defend him. Ilya seemed more annoyed that people are implying he needs Shane throwing games for him to win rather than being outraged at the attack on Shane’s integrity. The Centaurs, supposedly the bastion of wokeness, act like they’re doing Shane a huge favor for taking him in when he’s “damaged goods” and they’re HAPPY. YOU the reader feel like it’s unjust for Shane to suffer this profound loss, but the characters in The Long Game, including “the good guys” certainly show no indication that they feel this way.

Throughout the series, this type of professional loss ONLY happens to Shane (making this seem like a Voyageurs and Crowell problem rather than more pervasive oppression). It’s brushed over when minor characters get pushed out of the league. Everyone major character who came out is just fine. For those who came out after retirement, there’s no indication of negative impacts on their legacy. In fact, part of what motivated Ilya to want to come out is seeing the other out players and how great things were for them afterwards. Organizations that are supposedly queer friendly don’t seem to face any significant pressure or sabotage from the supposedly homophobic powers that be. The Irina Foundation, a new organization that promotes diversity and employs queer coaches, faces no challenges whatsoever. Where is this oppressively homophobic league people are picturing in their minds in the actual series? YOU the reader understand the professional hockey hockey world to be homophobic and oppressive enough for queer athletes to be closeted, but Rachel Reid failed to build her world that way.

But hey, it’s all OK as long as Shane gets to be with Ilya, right?

#ilya is very clearly the main character of the hollanov books #so in rr's eyes it doeant really matter that shane lost all professional integrity and went through such a traumatic event #what matters is ilya finally got to be out with shane and be on the same team #he gets the HEA #shane is the live interest whose existence and actions only exist to validate and enrich Ilya's #heated rivalry #shane hollander #tlg critical #rachel reid #rachel reid critical

sunnypeachyy

Hudson Williams | Yaga Trailer

#omg he looks soo hot #i'm hyperventilating #hudson williams #yaga #henry park

thisfeebleheart

Ilya couldn’t remember what Shane had said, exactly, that first time they’d met. He only remembered freckles splashed over rosy red cheeks. He remembered Shane’s hand being unfairly warm when he shook it. He remembered being studied by dark, earnest eyes. - The Long Game, chapter 24

#hollanov #heated rivalry

patriciafinalgirl

"Emergency Shelter" | Widow's Bay 1x09

#widow's bay

limitedseries

Okay. So, normal?

The Bear— “Mint” (5.03)

#the bear

rdepicas

langdonfranks

See, you haven't lost it.

THE PITT 2.14 "8:00 P.M."

#hes so precious here #frank langdon #the pitt

thepittsource

MICHAEL ROBINAVITCH & FRANK LANGDON in THE PITT 1.15 & 2.15

#the pitt

mikelogan

SCRUBS 10x08 My Odds (2026) || SCRUBS 1x23 My Hero (2002)

#scrubs

campmiasmas

But then I met you, and I didn’t need them so much anymore. Well makes sense. I'm your number one fan. HACKS (2021—2026)

#hacks

shanesloverboy

Unfortunately Hudson Williams committed several grave sins to the internet:

Masculanized an Asian character

Became a heartthrob as a POC

Gave an award-winning performance for a neurodivergent character

Is dating a woman after playing a gay man

Gets just as much praise as his white costar

Doesn't censor himself to fit in

IS AN ASIAN MAN WHO HAS PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD SO DIABOLICALLY DOWN BAD FOR HIM

#prepared to stan him even harder #hudson williams #heated rivalry

texasbama

#hudson williams

notspecialbabe-archive

i was making a bunch of shane gifs and i kept getting fixated on how heart-in-throat, gut-wrenchingly gorgeous he is in this shot so i thought it deserved its own post 😌

#pretty baby #heated rivalry