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Hey you can’t really like. Do anything about somebody perceiving your behavior as rude. Like they’re not telling you you’re doing something illegal they’re just saying hey you’re kinda being a shithead. It’s not discrimination or oppression for somebody to tell you you’re acting like a shithead rn.
“Wahhh why can’t I blare my TikToks in a shared public space!”
You CAN dude. In fact you ARE. You’re just going to be perceived as kinda shitty for it.
it’s been ten years and i can confirm that everything still happens so much. happy anniversary king
hollanov at their kid’s autism assesment and the doctor says that autism can be genetic and asks if anyone in the family has autism and shane says no at the same time as ilya says yes
ilya when shane answers no:
Shane: and then Ilya said he thought it might be genetic, can you believe that? Yuna: What? Why would he think that? David, father of Shane, husband of Yuna, suddenly having a lot of little things over the past several decades make more sense: Well...
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Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 304; 13th century; England, St. Albans; f.47v
For the record I will die on the hill of defending the nosebleed moment in Emma. (2020) because it's EXACTLY why I love period dramas! It's not just a comedic beat, it's a metaphor for her ENTIRE GODDAMN ARC. Emma spends the entire film in the most perfect outfits imaginable, not a detail amiss, hair in the most perfect ringlets imaginable... UNTIL she is forced to confront her own feelings, and her own mistakes, she's undone by it. In that one key look when Mr Knightley proposes, her hair is styled into subtly more naturalistic curls, it's the one time we see her out of doors sans bonnet, sans gloves... Her dress is still perfect, one of the most detailed and elaborate of the entire film, because it's the final way she's clinging to control and perfectionism... Except then she gets a nose-bleed, and we watch it drip down, towards her absolutely spotless white dress... and Mr Knightley catches the drop for her, the way he's always been there for her.
In that one moment, the film truly understands better than most period dramas how the appeal is the CONTRAST between how carefully constrained the characters are by the rules of the era, how many layers they are wearing both literally and metaphorically... Versus the times when emotion inevitably overwhelms them and you are reminded they are not statues or idealized forms, but human beings. BUT YOU HAVE TO START WITH THEM CONSTRAINED LIKE THAT, FOR IT TO WORK. THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE LAYERS TO BEGIN WITH, FOR YOU TO STRIP THEM AWAY
I'm sorry but you absolutely cannot strip Jane Austen's work of Regency politics and social etiquette without the entire narrative collapsing into nonsense.
Modern writers need to stop treating Austen’s world like a generic, pretty fairy tale, and start remembering that her books were actually razor-sharp critiques of a brutal socioeconomic landscape with examinations of class, gender, power and money that are still culturally relevant today.
Seen a lot of (well earned) condemnation of the hairstyles on the female characters in the upcoming Sense and Sensibility adaptation, but I haven't seen nearly enough scorn for the fact that Colonel Brandon has a beard.
A BEARD. In the Regency era?!? No gentleman would ever!
Why, Mr. Spock, you almost make me believe in miracles. (insta | timelapse here! | commissions/prints)
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12 HR fic recs
Wins Above Replacement | 9.5K | Ilya tries to take on Shane's tendency to deprive himself by using ancient Chinese military strategy.| No one writes sex-as-character-work as well as mcshrug. What a banger of a story.
the top 1% (of lovers) | 3.5K | “You’ve slept with eight hundred women,” Shane says. He’s a bit pink in the cheeks, but that might just be the arousal. “I did the math."| Hot, funny and in character. Shane!!! Lol.
Tin Roof Rusted by @lavenderprose | 5K| Ilya Rozanov and Shane Hollander are twenty, on top of the world, and a little irresponsible about it. This is the crash.| I normally don't go for omegaverse fic, but I really like this author and I'm so glad I have this a chance. It has fantastic world-building and it's not afraid to delve into the discrimination and society implications of omegaverse. Interesting OCs too.
if you're scared of wolves by @anotherwordfortrouble |92K | **| My note for this fic is a laconic but hopefully enticing enough 'Best time loop fic ever'. I should probably re-read it. I do I trust my self from 3 weeks ago, when I bookmarked it, though. :D
i looked over it and i ached by @isvsworld | 7.8K | “I don’t really think about stuff like that,” Shane replies in interviews, his lips wooden at the words. OR Shane and being haafu, 2nd gen, and Asian.| Those of you who have enjoyed my themed rec post on Shane's Japanese heritage should run, don't walk, to read this story! Because this explores Shane's heritage and racial identity and without shying away from the complexity of it all, including how it intersects with Ilya's (white, European) immigrant experience.
a pigsty built for two | 9.8K | Shane and Ilya get rid of their housekeepers as part of their plan to keep their relationship secret. Ilya discovers that keeping a house clean is easier said than done.| Funny and in character. I especially love Shane's backstory here. Shows the massive privilege these guys have in a fun way. If I were Ilya I probably wouldn't find this all as funny, tbh, but the characterisation for both of them makes it work for me here.
Performance enhancing strategies by @dubiousculturalartifact | 5.1K | The Shane Hollander Is Fucking Ilya Rozanov and Will Accept No Further Questions, Team Powerpoint Presentation| Shane comes out to the Voyageurs and it all goes well. It involves a PowerPoint, an adorable rookie and a locker-roomful of dumb hockey bros. Sweet and funny. It should have gone this way, damn, Shane totally deserved it.
Small Hours by @lavenderprose | 4.6K | Thoughts on a marriage; or, things that might have happened.| Err, normally I make a note when I bookmark a story, precisely because then it's easier to make a proper rec even weeks after bookmarking ..I didn't this time. And my memory is crap. And now I have no time to re-read but Lavenderprose is a great writer and that shall be enough, as recs go.
A Healthy Dose of Fear | 5.4K | Five times Shane scares the Centaurs, and one time he (accidentally) terrifies them.| A great take on a harder/meaner Shane than usual (especially when Ilya is involved).
symptoms may include pain and difficulty breathing | 2.1K | Ilya is injured but tries not to show it. Shane notices anyway.| Ilya deserves to be taken care of. This was so sweet and hot and in character.
Expert in a Dying Field by @bluegrasshole | 10.3K | Today is Tuesday, but it might as well be Wednesday or Thursday for all it matters. It’s a real Groundhog Day situation, Shane thinks, only Ilya isn’t aware and Shane doesn’t care about breaking the time loop, too content with their life to make any changes.| Future fic. Shane and Ilya are old. They've got...health issues. Amazing Shane POV. This is so heartbreaking and beautifully written. Made me actually cry and I'm not someone easily moved.
beware: walked dog may bite by @ilyaelizabeth | 13.8K | Five times Ilya gets in a fight for Shane, and the one time Shane gets in a fight for Ilya.|Well-written 5+1 story. Great characterisation.
Oof. I just put a batch of vintage clothing in to soak, which is a whole big production requiring putting a plastic tub in my bathtub (because they’re going to be soaking for at least a full day and I still need to shower in there tomorrow) and filling it up with yellowed dresses and Retro Clean.
This time I decided that historical laundresses probably knew what they were doing, and grabbed a metal pole to stir my DIY laundry cauldron and poke the floaty bit back under the surface. Historical laundresses were right, it works great.
As I stood there, I had a moment where I though, ‘oh wow, so many women in my family tree must have done this exact set of motions throughout history.’ Which should be a humbling and heartwarming feeling of connection, right?
Wrong. I swear I could feel twenty generations of shtetl women going “For this you went to college? You want to work with old shmattes all day, fine, but you could have saved the tuition to buy a house.”
And like. They’re right, but hey.
oh- these little breakthough moments! .. the insight, the mixed feelings of shame/guilt/ease/accomplishment/progress.. all the Human Condition.
I love every one of these experiences because they leave me feeling deeply grateful that I have CHOICES. and also- a good heaping of gratitude that I have labour saving devices. Great Goddess THANKYOU for the machines.
And also- that I can choose to use a simple, ancient technique to spin yarn - and it DOES connect me to my ancestors for millennia.. and that too is a Choice.
Padmanabh Singh at the 2026 Met Gala
Outfit by Prabal Gurung, Phulghar coat hand-embroidered using traditional techniques in Jaipur by Yash & Ashima Tholia
i love when museums have near exact replicas of their displayed objects for you to buy. haha 15th century ceramic cup you are in my possession
Went to a museum exhibit once that had this little guy
10/10, give me tiny replicas of animal statues that I am encouraged to pat as part every exhibit ever please
Spin the wheel. Now, imagine you're on a first date with someone who says they`re a [result]. How does this affect the odds of a second date?
100% guarantee I'll want a second date
It's significantly more likely
The odds don't change
It's significantly less likely
There wont be a second date. Absolutely not
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Seeing hearing people complain about "why don't they give the Deaf person something to write with!" about The Pitt S2 is showing me that there is still an essentialist attitude around reading and writing English/spoken language, and don't understand the intricacies of Deaf communication.
A significant portion of Deaf people in the US (what I know) still struggle with literacy because of language deprivation. When you are born deaf, you completely miss crucial windows of spoken language development (and language development in general, if your parents don't sign, which is a vast number of Deaf people). Deaf schools will teach Deaf people how to read and write, but ASL is still taught and prioritized as a first language in Deaf schools and is the language many Deaf people are socialized in. Furthermore, it would sorely irresponsible for doctors and nurses to try to solely use written communication in place of an ASL interpreter because doctors and nurses are not always trained in how to respond to the language and communication needs of Deaf people. To add, replacing an interpreter with written English completely disregards cultural context, and denies Deaf people access on people who are trained in understanding Deaf people in emergency situations. It also denies access in our first language.
The ADA and hospital interpreters exist for very good and extremely important reasons that are paramount to access for Deaf people, and we have fought a long battle to have that. If we wanted to instead replace that with reading and writing, if we were content with that, then there would have been no battle, and no need for interpreters in hospitals (and in general). If it was sufficient enough, there would be no need. Yet, we still fought because we found a strong need for full access in many of our first languages.
People don't think of using their second language in distress. Deaf people are not always comfortable using written language because most signed languages possess no written component, and most of the time, written languages are a second language. It is a struggle to understand a spoken and written language when you have experienced a lack of that language in the earliest stages of your life, like many Deaf including myself have.
I will speak from personal experience now. When I take science classes, I take longer to understand my assignments or what I am studying because English is not my first language, and in the first two years of my life, I completely missed out on any kind of development in the English language, whereas hearing children have it from the second they come into the world. I study medicine, I have a strong desire to study medicine, and I am very determined to understand medicine so I can become a kind and empathetic doctor that can also explain medical concepts in ways that Deaf people can understand; in our native language.
However, I find myself struggling to understand when even just a couple medically complex words come into play. Suddenly, the meaning of the sentence discombobulates and comes apart in my head and I find myself rereading, then trying to translate it into the concepts I think in, or into my language. I can write and express well when I am calm, when I can focus on my words and translating what is in my head to English words. However, I can't do this as easily in a hospital. If my back hurts so badly I can't think straight, which is a fair chance, I can't think straight enough to understand English in the way English first language speakers do.
When I was in the ER a few years ago, I couldn't understand the questions the doctors asked, despite knowing what the words were. I was in an altered state of mind due to being nervous, because being in the ER is a very nervewracking thing. I could not find the words in English to tell them that I was experiencing arrhythmia and visceral pain in my spine because I could not label the intensity of my distress in English. It didn't matter if I could write or read because I did not have the language skill in the moment to use it. Had they provided me with a qualified interpreter, I would have then been able to more easily express my distress because then I would be using my first language, a language that is inherent to me. This is why we have interpreters, because for those of us who grew up with signed languages, those languages are inherent to us, not spoken languages.
The hospital, especially the emergency room, is a very sensitive and volatile area. Reading and writing takes more time, is less effective, and requires the doctor or nurse to think more about how to communicate with the patient than how to properly treat them. An interpreter effectively removes many of these barriers by providing someone who is (hopefully) trained, qualified, and knowledgeable of linguistic and cultural barriers.
There is FAR (pt: far) more at play than, "can't Deaf people read and write?" because the short answer is yes, but the actual question that should be asked is, "how can Deaf people communicate the most effectively and comfortably in a medical scenario?" which is, if you guessed it, a signed language! It is the gold standard. It is what we fought and asked for, for over a century. To insist that we should just read and write instead of using our preferences slates us towards a world that prioritizes the comfort of hearing people, not the proper communication of Deaf people.
“I can’t believe when I read the books and found out Scott Hunter is only three years older than Shane and Ilya!”
Okay, but Scott Hunter is CLEARLY intended to be older in the show than in the books?
-He was played by a 39 year old actor.
-They added the scene during the NHL Awards in 2011 where Scott congratulates Shane on being Rookie of the Year. In it Shane calls him ‘Mr Hunter’ & is flustered in the way you would talk to someone you’ve admired for a relatively long time, not someone only three years older. Scott also self deprecatingly refers to himself as an ‘old fuck’.
-in the fight between them in 2013, Shane yells at Scott that he’s “45 years old”. That’s clearly an exaggeration, but while Ilya is a troll who might say that to a 25 year old who is only three years older than him, I don’t think Shane would use hyperbole to that great an extent.
-Scott meets Kip in 2013, instead of 2016 like in the book, making him at MINIMUM six years older than Shane and Ilya, if the rest of the timeline stays the same. In the same episode he is also at point in his career when he’s in a slump, describes the current season as one he ‘needs to win’ to prove himself, and sports commentators are already trying to imply he’s washed up.
Book canon is not always the same as show canon, and that's okay.
New Hercule Poirot actor has been cast
Edward Bluemel is the new Hercule. The 33 year-old actor stars as Agatha Christie's iconic Belgian detective in a new drama titled Hercule, following Hercule Poirot's first cases in London before he becomes the world's most famous sleuth.
The series, coming to iPlayer and BBC One in the UK and BritBox in North America, is an intimate study of Hercule the man and an epic portrait of Britain between the wars. The series takes a magnifying glass to three of Christie's most celebrated stories, while also charting Hercule's burgeoning friendship with Captain Arthur Hastings, his early encounters with Scotland Yard's James Japp, and introducing him to one particular nemesis...
The six-part series is written by Benji Walters (Code of Silence, The Leopard, Obsession). Jonny Campbell (Am I Being Unreasonable?, Dracula, BAFTA winner for In The Flesh), will direct the first two episodes. Charlie Palmer (A Woman Of Substance, Extraordinary) is series producer.
James Prichard, executive producer for Agatha Christie Limited says: "My father had the privilege of working with David Suchet for nearly 25 years, and I now have the good fortune of being able to share my great grandmother's brilliant stories with a new generation of viewers. Edward Bluemel is an extremely talented performer and will make a great addition to the long line of actors that have played this celebrated character, aided and abetted by Benji Walters' thoughtful scripts. I cannot wait to see Edward on screen as Hercule Poirot."
Lindsay Salt, Director of BBC Drama says: "Hercule Poirot is one of the greatest and most loved characters of all time, and bringing him back to the BBC is a real privilege. From the first moments of Edward's audition we knew we'd found the perfect actor for Hercule, with a performance that feels both fresh and exciting, yet quintessentially Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot. We can't wait for viewers to meet him."
Filming will begin this summer, primarily in Liverpool.
Source: BBC on Instagram, June 8 2026
oh dear god they're going to try to make him sexy, arent they
