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recently started using tumblr more, and i’m sure i’ll like peter out into something more stable

but for now: i am having a blast! tumblr is so much fun!!!!

okay but anecdotes about other people accidentally having other people's service dogs task for them because dog just went "oh you are doing thing i am meant to fix" has me laughing imagining shane just having a high anxiety day for some reason and someone's anxiety service dog (maybe still in training, so a lil confused still) continuing to try and approach and task, but shane is just CONVINCED that it's ilya somehow trying to get this dog to keep coming over, and he's already on edge anyway, so people noticing that this dog keeps trying to come closer just keeps winding him up more, which just makes the dog try to come back over, which just makes him tell ilya to knock it off again, which makes ilya say he's not doing anything, which makes-

and finally whoever the handler is just "sorry, she's still in training." and ilya is just "ah, a professional in training. what a smart girl." "yeah, she's training to be an anxiety service dog. :)"

and ilya just looks RIGHT at shane, who is suddenly

penandinkprincess

oh my GOD, they had been fighting about getting another dog because ilya wanted anya to have a sibling and shane wanted to call it at one dog because what if the next one ISN'T good and now they're going to have two dogs AND one is a problem-

so they're already miffed at each other, and shane is convinced ilya keeps somehow signaling this dog to come over because he's being an asshole about their fight about dogs, the exchange about her being an anxiety service dog happens, shane avoids eye contact COMPLETELY and manages to fully escape standing next to ilya

but then ends up retreating to an empty conference room that the dog and handler also happen to go to as a break place for the dog, and the handler is like no worries if not it's okay but do you mind letting her practice tasking? it's really okay if not but she seems really eager-

and what is shane going to do? say no i won't help out with training this dog? no.

but now he's laying down under the very reassuring pressure of this dog, totally physically relaxed, but just sighs and goes "...goddamnit" because he knows ilya is going to find out about this SOMEHOW and then they're going to end up with a second fucking dog

penandinkprincess

in their household, she is dogtor rosie because she has a degree even if she doesn't use it (ilya made it, it hangs on the fridge), and when shane tries to appeal to ilya to help him call rosie off when she's tasking, ilya shakes his head and refuses

it's dogtor's orders

nightquills

dogtor rosie is SO good at this! she's a little angel (and sometimes menace), and i adore her.

i can also maybe picture anya picking up the basics of some of these moves/behaviors after the two dogs have spent some time together and she's seen rosie receive positive attention/praise for doing so. (ilya is for sure providing that, even if shane himself is more unsure at first)

all of a sudden, anya is also now fetching things With Purpose when she senses that someone is upset/anxious. she doesn't have rosie's discernment or training, so she's not grabbing water bottles or prescriptions (even if they are for the wrong person), but she is bringing whatever random item feels right in the moment. she has the spirit!!!

it's very hard for shane to stay in his anxiety spiral for long with two concerned dogs insistently handing him ilya's medication and.... the tv remote? and well, if rosie is going to press herself across shane's lap, anya is going to do it too!!! she won't be left out of the cuddle pile when a packmate is in distress! and if rosie is going to be licking and nudging shane's hands every time he goes to pull at his hair, redirecting him, anya is doing the same—she's not going to miss out on any opportunity to be pet, either!

penandinkprincess

ANYA DOING HER RESIDENCY UNDER SUPERVISING PAWSICIAN DOGTOR ROSIE

also the idea of anya frantically looking around for an item to give shane when rosie goes to grab the empty pill bottle from the counter because she WILL go looking for it if they don't leave it there for her is SO cute and funny to me. incomplete list of items anya has prescribed shane to make him feel better:

his sunglasses

ilya's keys

yuna's purse

a pair of tongs for the grill

her leash AND rosie's leash

a pillow from their bedroom

her stuffed hockey stick toy

the empty pill bottle when she got there first, prompting an annoyed rosie to try and take it from her because that's HER item!! give it!! meaning it actually did work because shane is now having to ref a sibling squabble over helping him with an empty bottle of medication that wasn't even his to start with

and @hardlyhinged adding your tags here because Best Wiggly Girl hopping the boards and getting carried off with a puck in her mouth is SO delightful to me

she is their biological daughter <3

exactphoify

Hey can I do something real quick?

I know deep in my heart that Ringleader sex is different than Ilya sex, and sometimes Shane will try to provoke Ringleader sex by like, designing team jerseys, or bringing up Scott Hunter not recording that one time, or saying “You know, in the PWHL...”, or really just talking about Crowell at all, and there’s an entire filthy companion piece that could be written for every chapter just with that in mind.

Ok I’m done, thanks for doing that with me.

monkeysnplaybills

If you've been reading "The chips are set to fall" by the incredible @exactphoify then you also probably know that it's grown into a delightful logic puzzle of trying to keep track of who is who, who's out, who knows what, etc.

(if you haven't, hi, you should be reading "The chips are set to fall," Ilya makes it his personal mission to make the MLH gayer and he's using his impeccable powers of gaydar to make it happen by recruiting everyone into a bet. It's insane and delightful Ilya's Army grows by the second but he mostly refers to them by the order they joined the bet in so it can occasionally be hard to keep track of everyone)

Anyway, I've collated a running list from the author's notes helpfully provided at the end of each chapter, and I'm going back now and starting from the beginning with my own list and posting it in the comments of each chapter. I'll link to the chapter comments here, and the current, up-to-date list up to Chapter 29 (with all the spoilers) is under the cut.

Chapter 1 - 1

Chapter 2 - Mafia

Chapter 3 - Lois Shane

Chapter 4 - Council of Straight Elders

Chapter 5 - 5

Chapter 6 - Pike-Shane Problem

Chapter 7 - State of the Gay Union 2018

Chapter 8 - After Party

Chapter 9 - Underground Journalism and the other kind *

Chapter 10 - Shane's backup

Chapter 11 - Pick 6

Chapter 12 - Shane Hollander, pick-up artist

Chapter 13 - Barrett

Chapter 14 - 14

Chapter 15 - Bianca

Chapter 16 - Dept. of Gay Agriculture

Chapter 17 - Las Vegas Bathroom

Chapter 18 - Powerpoint

Chapter 19 - r/MLHCorruption

Chapter 20 - Bad Meetings

Chapter 21 - Excellence in Noncompliance, Ill-Timing, or Scandal

Chapter 22 - Melnyk

Chapter 23 - And Rivera

Chapter 24 - 24

Chapter 25 - Box Suite

Chapter 26 - Scott Hunter, Politician 2020

Chapter 27 - Democracy, or The MLH Players' Union**

Chapter 28 - Wiebe

Chapter 29 - Ilya’s backup

* the point where I started having to leave multiple comments to include everything

** the point at which I had to add a cheat sheet to the cheat sheet because the notes were becoming unreadable

Ally Army (nearly 200 players total by January 2019): Hayden Pike (Montreal Voyageurs) - In the Council of (Mostly) Straight Elders leads the Pacific division. Rozanov thinks he's not fully straight (confirmed by Jackie Pike in 2018), supportive online, recommends Hollander for the Ally Chat, rigs 2018 cup with Rozanov with help from Litterick, finds out about Hollander/Rozanov in Fall 2018, denies that straight guys thinking about fucking Shane (which Hayes confirms means he has). Coach for Irina Foundation camps, attends the 2020 Cup Win (and therefore sees Hollander kiss Rozanov). Cliff Marlow (Boston Bears) -In the Council of (Mostly) Straight Elders, leads the Metropolitan division. Confirmed to know about Hollander/Rozanov in Fall 2018, admits to straight guys thinking about fucking Hollander. Attends the 2020 Cup Win (and therefore sees Hollander kiss Rozanov). Carter Vaughn/Vaughan (NY Admirals) - In the Council of (Mostly) Straight Elders, leads the Atlantic division. Confirmed Rozanov's safety with Hunter, confirmed to know about Hollander/Rozanov in Fall 2018, admits to straight guys thinking about fucking Hollander, Groomsman at Hunter/Grady wedding. Attends the 2020 Cup Win (and therefore sees Hollander kiss Rozanov). Pierce (Columbus) - Confirms that there were weird coaching choices in 18/19 season (specifically in their game against Utah) Becker (Chicago) - Wyatt Hayes (Toronto Guardians, traded to Ottawa Centaurs by end of 2018) - In the Council of (Mostly) Straight Elders, leads the Central division. Goalie. Hates Kent, thinks the gay group chat is superhero shit, removed Woodrick from chat, apparently by far the most perceptive person in the group chat, confirmed to know about Hollander/Rozanov in Fall 2018, hears a girl crying at one of Dallas Kent's parties and calls the cops which gets him traded, admits to straight guys thinking about fucking Hollander, has clearly clocked Troy Barrett/Harris Drover. Coach for Irina Foundation camps, attends the 2020 Cup Win (and therefore sees Hollander kiss Rozanov). Sullivan (Phoenix) - goes by “Sully” Mike Brophy (New Jersey) - Enforcer or Defenseman. Has apparently shown interest in Hollander (so Hollander thinks he might be queer), one of the originators of “NJMLHLGBTQFOIR” Litterick (Carolina) - Wing. Fed Hayden Pike insider knowledge and visibly passed pucks to blocked players in the 2018 final JJ Boiziau (Montreal Voyageurs) - Coach for Irina Foundation camps and attends the 2020 Cup Win (and therefore sees Hollander kiss Rozanov). Matti Jalo (New York Admirals) - Not 100% confirmed to be in the army, but at Hunter/Grady wedding (therefore knows about Shane & Ilya). Greg Huff (New York Admirals) - Not 100% confirmed to be in the army, but at Hunter/Grady wedding (therefore knows about Shane & Ilya). Zane Boodram (Ottawa Centaurs) - Alternate Captain. Doing better Ally Army points than Marlow, apparently a fan of Fredericks (wearing a #29 Irina Foundation jersey) Unknown Player (Washington) - not comfortable with playing dirty Unknown Player (Anaheim) - Alternate Captain. Got the call from the coach asking if anyone is gay on their team Unknown Players (Ottawa Centaurs) - Most of the team is in the army (20/21) Unknown Players (San Jose) - give Ilya some feedback on the rigged 2019 cup games Queer Players (Confirmed to be in the Chat because people think they're Allies): Shane Hollander, #18

Additional Notes: Carolina - (in 17/18) has insanely racist players and fans, a goalie with a half dozen DUIs, a benchwarmer who was charged with Animal Cruelty and management who's doing nothing about any of this Kavita Kingsley - senior MLH reporter at a high-profile sports magazine (apparently called “Reputable Sports Magazine”), Scott Hunter's favorite journalist, recommends RogueMLH and the group get a lawyer, agrees to hold off publishing an article about the corruption around the 2018 cup so that Ilya can prove the 2019 cup was already rigged, has clocked Shane & Ilya’s relationship, is granted first interview with Hollander post-coming out Cooper Lee - Lawyer for the Queer Army, hooked up with Kowalski (#4) at MLH Awards Gay After Party (2019) u/LiveBreatheHockey - Luca Haas (#46). one of the Reddit users that Rozanov deems “the least dog shit crazy” out of r/MLHcorruption, confronts people about guessing who's gay in the league, mentions that Rozanov is Russian on the list of people posting gay-adjacent selfies, posts trying to figure out who RogueMLH is, posts the test post to figure out if outlandish claims pop up every time someone posts a substantiated claim (they do), says they basically staged a coup to take over the subreddit, thinks u/RogueMLH is a legend u/Gr4mofs1lv3r - one of the Reddit users that Rozanov deems “the least dog shit crazy” out of r/MLHcorruption, thinks it's weird that all the posts about someone being gay get downvoted u/sir1589shelf - Mod of r/MLHcorruption, one of the Reddit users that Rozanov deems “the least dog shit crazy”, posts about no one picking up Baldwin's contract, asks to stop calling it “That Gay Shit,” has apparently been on the subreddit for 12 years (and they've never been verifiably right before), always skeptical if r/RogueMLH is really @RogueMLH Yates (Montreal's Owner) - Chairman of the MLH Board of Governors. Found on Grindr by the queer box during the 2020 Cup win, is apparently married (to a woman?)

barbie-verse

heated rivalry twitter (62/?) peloton ad part 1 - ilya

lilysephronia

I've been thinking more about the Grandpa Scott chirp situation. I liked playing with it at the end of this fic https://archiveofourown.org/works/80197701 but I want it to reach a point where Kip tells Scott that the best thing to do is just lean into it, and after spending some time digging his heels in, Scott concedes this might be a reasonable option. If anything associated with Rozanov is ever reasonable.

Scott adds "The Grandbaby" to the list of cocktails in The Kingfisher. It's not really a cocktail, it's just a double of very nice russian vodka.

Scott starts sending Ilya birthday cards that say "To My Favourite Grandson" with ten bucks inside

Ilya LOVES this. Like, actually it makes him slightly teary. Obviously he can't tell Scott that though. Shane tells Kip that it's such a nice thing for Ilya, though, as he has no grandparents or parents left...and of course neither does Scott. Kip doesn't tell Scott what Shane says, but does encourage him to continue.

Ilya does a "shout out to my Grandpa on his birthday" during a post game interview, which the press accept at the time, but social media immediately has questions - a grandparent in Russia??? It didn't seem like he had support from family in Russia? His parents are both dead?

Scott scores a hat trick and the next day a fruit basket is delivered to the locker room with a card attached to the top reading "still got it Grandpa 🧡"

Scott gets asked about post game plans when the admirals play the centaurs, and says "family time" and the press are too confused to ask further questions. He later puts a pic on insta of him with Ilya out for drinks with #grandbaby on it and no other comment - the comments are a MESS. The comments are more of a mess when Ilya reposts it with #grandpa. Is this some weird sexual thing?! It's very much a pals picture though, and Ilya is definitely seen leaving with Shane.

Scott is mic'd up during their next game against each other so Ilya's chirp that "grandpa you need to speed up if you are going to score today" gets picked up followed by "swearing at your grandbaby isn't nice" after Scott flips him off. After that game Ilya gets asked about it by the press - "what's going on with you and Hunter referring to each other as grandparent/grandson?" "My grandfather is hockey fossil and still good enough to play in league I bet you all are jealous, no?" This backhanded compliment clears up precisely nothing.

Scott sends a "favourite grandson" Christmas card, and Ilya keeps it up on the fridge after the other cards get taken down

mostlyvalid

A proposal

Sometimes, in fandom, we just want to write id-tastic fic that rolls around in tropes that might be viewed as problematic. But we don’t want to address the problematic side of things in this particular fanwork; we just want to roll around and wallow.

It is considered courteous to give readers a heads-up via use of AO3 tags. I propose a tag that signals that a given fanwork is for rolling around, not giving a measured evaluation of anything. The MCU has carved out a space for this sort of fic with the “HYDRA Trash Party” tag, for which I commend them. Trash Party is a bit too specific to cover all of the ground I’m thinking of here, though; I propose “Dead Dove: Do Not Eat.”

For those of you not familiar with Arrested Development, Michael Bluth finds a paper bag in the freezer labeled “Dead Dove: Do Not Eat.” He opens the bag, finds a dead dove, and reacts as follows:

[gif of a white man saying “I don’t know what I expected” in a deadpan manner]

The “Dead Dove: Do Not Eat” tag would essentially be a “what it says on the tin” metatag, indicating “you see the tropes and concepts tagged here? they are going to appear in this fic. exactly as said. there will not necessarily be any subversion, authorial commentary condemning problematic aspects, or meditation on potential harm. this fic contains dead dove. if you proceed, you should expect to encounter it.”

(more at KnowYourMeme: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-dont-know-what-i-expected)

lazy-universes

WHOA WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS THE POST THAT SPAWNED DEAD DOVE DO NOT EAT

yourlocaltinsmith

Happy dead dove do not eat birthday!

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fractally

As a parallel to all of the dumbass straight boys not clocking Shane and Ilya or having a weird double think where they kind of get that they live together and fuck each other but can't really process that they're gay gay I think it would be equally funny if Shane and Ilya are constantly side-eyeing the unhinged rookie homosocial behavior on their team and getting it wrong

The Cens get a bonded defense pair and they do literally EVERYTHING together. They room together and always cuddle on the planes. They are never seen apart. They have a weird pre-game ritual where they tape each other's sticks while staring deeply into each others eyes. They'll sometimes show up to practice trapped together in a single over-sized jersey and stumble around until the coaches force them off the ice. They call it their "sticky time"

Anyway Shane and Ilya keep making Jim on The Office eye contact over all this and finally Ilya clears his throat at team dinner and is like "if ANYONE has anything they want to announce....the team is VERY supportive....just throwing that out there..."

These guys are both Kinsey zeroes they just love each other crazy like. They finally admit to Shane after his repeated attempts to pry that they did once try sucking each other's dicks once and didn't like it. They married women instead and are each other's best men they buy houses next door to each other they have a great life. Shane and Ilya still think it's weird. Shane keeps checking in like "and you're SURE you didn't like it?"

#heated rivalry #“this was hayden’s dream by the way is so funny to me

perlukafarinn

Crack canon divergent AU where the Montreal Metros become super queer friendly sometime around 2015. I'm picturing one of the players having a brother who gets engaged to a man and only finding out about his sexuality then. When he asks his brother about it, the brother tells him he wasn't sure he'd take it well what with being a hockey player and using slurs and all.

This unnamed player - let's call him Fred, just because - is devastated. He used to be so close to his brother when they were young and now he's finding out this is what's been driving a wedge between them for all these years and he can't even be angry about it because his brother was right to be careful.

Fred brings this up to the other Metros and most of them give a halfhearted "that sucks dude" but he digs his heels in and says no, this needs to change, some of you probably also have gay relatives or friends who do not trust you. "In fact," Fred says, "I looked it up and something like 1 in 10 people are gay so there's probably a gay guy or two on this team and he or they don't feel safe to come out!"

And the others immediately protest, like gay guys don't play hockey don't be stupid!! And if they did, what the fuck, why wouldn't he tell us, he's probably watching us in the showers!! And Fred goes this is why he wouldn't tell us.

(Shane's listening to all of this quietly disassociating, wishing he were anywhere else.)

Anyway there's a lot of arguing and stupid comments, but eventually most of them concede that yeah if there's a gay guy on the team, he's got good reasons not to come out and maybe we should make this a more comfortable space because that kind of stress can't be good for our hypothetically gay teammate's playing.

(Shane's playing is fine, thank you very fucking much.)

It takes a few weeks but with Fred pushing and a few more open-minded and well meaning Metros joining in, the team culture starts to slowly change. One of them tells his majoring-in-gender-studies girlfriend about the effort and she super excitedly puts together a beginner friendly power point presentation to introduce them to some queer history and lingo.

Then someone has the bright idea to do "gay activities" once a month together, like watching Brokeback Mountain and going to drag brunch and of course, eventually, inevitably, a gay bar.

Shane gets himself out of every single event because sitting around with his straight teammates doing gay shit sounds like a fucking nightmare like he just wants to play hockey and suck cock, not have to learn about whatever the hell tucking is.

His teammates notice Shane's reluctance to join and it comes to a head while they're in Boston and want to hit a gay bar after a game for their monthly mandatory gay outing because of fucking course they do. Shane refuses to join and one of the Metros goes "Well maybe our gay teammate hasn't come out yet because he knows his Captain won't support him??" So now Shane has to go or he is officially labeled a homophobe.

He lets Ilya know he can't come over to fuck because he has to go to a gay bar with his team. And Ilya, who has heard about the Metros' gay initiative and thinks it's hilarious how annoyed Shane is with the whole thing, suggests to the Raiders that they join the Metros to show that they're gay friendly too and his teammates are a little weirded out but ultimately surprisingly cool with it.

Of course Shane is pissed once Ilya shows up with his buddies looking so self-satisfied and smug and gorgeous, and this is Shane's one chance to get fucked for the next two months and instead he has to spend the evening watching Drapeau and Olsson do unicorn shots??

He gets up to leave and his teammates start protesting like "come on man, you promised you'd be cool" and "wow you're actually a homophobe, aren't you? smh we thought you were better". And Ilya and the other Raiders are watching the whole thing go down and Shane fucking snaps.

"You all talk a big game but would you actually be okay with a gay guy in the locker room?"

And his teammates are outraged like yes obviously!!

"A guy who gets fucked other guys? Could you look at him and know he's sucked cock and still respect him the same as your straight teammates?"

And maybe this question would have made the Metros uncomfortable earlier in the year but they are enlightened now and offended that Shane would even ask! Honestly, you're looking more and more homophobic dude (Hayden is on the verge of tears).

"Okay, what if he was hooking up with a player on another team? 'Cause that would never be an issue with a straight player."

And the Metros would have to take a moment to think because yeah, that's a possibility they hadn't considered. But! one of them points out, guys play against their brothers and friends all the time, and no one has an issue with that. If a gay player had to play against his lover (Shane's eye twitches dangerously), he wouldn't let that affect his game any more than straight players do playing against their loved ones.

In fact, there's something kinda romantic about it now that they think about it. Like Romeo and Juliet with hockey!

Now Shane glances at Ilya, who no longer looks amused.

"So you guys really are fine with all of that?"

The Metros agree enthusiastically, fired up and proud at what good allies they're being.

"Okay. Well. I'm gay, and I've been hooking up with a player on another team since rookie year."

The group falls silent. Shane stares them down, silently freaking out, because did he just annoyed into coming out??

"Who?" one of the Metros finally asks. Another elbows him.

"Dude, you can't ask that."

"But you don't like any gay stuff!" another Metro protests.

"I like sucking cock," Shane deadpans. "Is that gay enough for you?"

And fair enough, the Metros have to admit, that is pretty gay.

No one stops Shane when he tries to leave this time, though Hayden does chase him outside to tell him how proud he is of him, and Shane just gives a flat okay and jumps into the nearest taxi.

(And if none of the Metros or Raiders notice Ilya disappear pretty quickly after that, well, they're not the smartest.)

perlukafarinn

The Metros can not stop wondering about Shane's secret gay lover.

Analyzing the data gives them zero hints about what team he's on which on the one hand, good, that means it doesn't affect Shane's game, but it also bad, because it makes it so much more difficult for them to speculate.

They make a list of suspects and sure, speculating on a stranger's sexuality isn't very good allyship, but also have you considered that they're curious?? Besides, this info will never leave the locker room.

The info immediately leaves the locker room.

perlukafarinn

Shane returns at the start of the 2017-2018 preseason feeling happy and relaxed and ridiculously in love. He's just spent three weeks living out of Ilya's pocket, getting fucked on every surface in the cottage, falling asleep together every evening and waking up wrapped in each other's arms. Shane didn't know he could be this happy.

It takes exactly two minutes for his teammates to wreck his good mood.

They're all uncharacteristically careful and subdued, which Shane doesn't pay any particular attention to, until Hayden's coming up to him like, "Hey, buddy, you okay?"

And that's when Shane remembers he muted the group chat in June because they wouldn't stop accusing Scott Hunter of breaking his heart.

#heated rivalry #hollanov

exactphoify

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Ilya takes fate into his own hands to normalize gay hockey. Thus begins his part-time side hustle as community organizer, mastermind, and Commander-in-Chief of the Gay Hockey Army.

If you’ve ever read a crack fic and thought “needs more discussion of logistics,” or “there aren’t enough people for me to keep track of,” or “I wish someone would form a violent rebel militia right now,” this is probably for you.

(Chapter 21 up now, updating every 3-ish days)

anevermadebed

shane hollander is not homophobic. hayden’s pretty sure. solidly 85% sure. mostly very sure. he’s a good dude! he never makes those types of jokes and he has a gay friend, some figure skater he grew up with, and he had recently told rose that while he’d never seen the movie moonlight, he knew it won a lot of awards. so yeah. shane hollander is not homophobic.

but then. okay, a few years ago, hayden had asked if shane wanted to go to pride with him and jackie. shane had said no. no big deal. shane says no to most invites to loud, sweaty, places where he might have to say hi to fan or eat processed food.

shane hollander is not homophobic.

then again. shane hollander never fights. he certainly doesn’t instigate. but he had. he had swung on scott hunter after the end of play. at the time, hayden had asked shane why he picked a fight with scott hunter of all people (a lot of people called shane boring & uptight. hayden had always thought this was really unfair because shane was secretly very funny. he just didn’t like strangers. as far as hayden could tell, hunter was actually boring & uptight, but he got away with it because his play was so inconsistent it gave the illusion of him being interesting).

so the fight was weird. what was weirder, is how shane bristled and mumbled something about the fight being “personal” and “the principle of the thing.” hayden chalked it all up to stress. until now, as he sits, listening to scott hunter accept his mvp award, as the first out gay NHL player.

anevermadebed

hayden is not a fix-it guy. he could probably fix things, but jackie & shane are consumate control freaks, so he’s more of a follow-the-explicit-directions-of-his-loved-ones-like-he’s-escaping-a-saw-trap guy. telling jackie about the “homophobic shane thing” is a non-starter, because she is barely post-partum and he thinks jackie may actually put him in a saw trap if he explains the “gay (straight) figure skater thing.” and telling shane. well.

so hayden has to be the fix-it guy.

anevermadebed

hayden has not been sleeping well. it’s about 20% the “homophobic shane thing” and 80% the “newborn baby thing.” he’s not fully losing his mind, but he must have momentarily misplaced his frontal lobe, because he had asked for ilya rosanov’s number before he had even thought to try talking to shane directly.

shane, apparently, was on a “silent retreat.” if hayden was less of an ally, he would think that’s an awfully gay activity for a homophobe. alas, hayden had recently added call me by your name to his and jackie’s movie night list, so he does not find any irony in shane stewing in homophobic gay silence.

instead, he opens his phone and calls.

anevermadebed

LAST PART I PROMISE :)

“da?” comes over the speaker before the second ring.

“hi. uhh. it’s hayden pike. i got your number from, well it doesn’t matter, i got your number.”

“…uh-huh…and why is hayden pike, montreals 15th best player calling me?” he announces it all louder than necessary. hayden imagines him as a middle school thespian, cheating out to the audience.

airandangels

If you're an American with a disability who receives government assistance, you likely qualify for an ABLE account, or you may starting next

The age of eligibility for an ABLE account, allowing USAmerican disabled people to save up money without losing their government assistance for having “too much,” is going to go up to cover disabilities diagnosed by age 46 (currently it’s age 26), meaning a much larger number of people will be able to access them. As the article notes, many Americans don’t know these accounts exist, let alone whether they or someone they care for could qualify for one, so please share this information around.

It seems to me it would obviously be better if the “no more than $2000 a month” limit were simply removed and disabled people could have whatever savings accounts they chose, but this is heaps better than nothing.

non-binarypal7

Effective as of January 1, 2026, eligibility has expanded to folks whose disabled diagnosis was established prior to turning 46 years old

About ABLE Accounts An ABLE account is a savings and / or investment option for people with disabilities who qualify. It falls under Section

transmascmarypoppins

why is this post completely broken in every way imaginable

cecilsrandomeverything

Broken notes… deactivated account… removed image….

Finally, we have them all.

spacefinch

In addition: OP’s name is just… gone. No “[insert username]-deactivated[insert a bunch of numbers]” as is the standard for deactivated blogs.

Just the world “deactivated.” Look upon their post, ye mighty, and despair.

chatblancofficial

It’ll be almost impossible to find this post unless it wanders across your dash.

huewrite

It wandered across mine. I shall help it travel forward.

gossamermouse

this is not a place of honor

joeyclaire

you are not an endearingly rude and unfriendly cartoon character you need to be nice to people

joeyclaire

coming from a place of love btw i still have to remind myself this often. i’m very autistic i know what it’s like to think of yourself as like a lovable character with quirky flaws because your sense of identity comes from fiction but you are a Living Person and that’s not how it works to be a living person

joeyclaire

not enough people are reblogging this version which is fine but i think they should. I Know Ball i still struggle with this i Get It

muffinlance

Consider: Post-canon Zuko wakes up in the body of his childhood self, the morning of That War Meeting. Would he still speak against the plans, knowing his fate? What do you think he would do differently the second time around?

"Turned away at the doors, Zuzu?"

"Shut up, Azula," her brother sulked. But sulked weirdly, after staring at her too long and too wide-eyed, not like she'd surprised him but--

But like he hadn't expected her to be there. At all.

He turned away. ...He turned back. "Hey, Lala? Do you think you could help me practice that one set?"

He didn't meet her eyes.