[ticklefighthockey]

read some great fic this weekend… revisited an old favorite in the biblical sense… had big feelings about omega shane in pencil in the rest… got my heart smashed into a million pieces by second, third, and hundredth chances… shrieked with delight over clean sweep… and thoroughly enjoyed contemplating the improbable but compelling pairing of shane/sasha in gens du pays

[pregnanthudsonwilliams]

very genuinely there is no world where shane isn't calling ilya baby like i fully believe he calls him baby in canon it's just not one of the things that got written down but i can Tell

[giveemhales]

I’ve been thinking a lot about the ongoing discourse about how Shane is presented in TLG and I think one of the things that makes it so upsetting to people (me included) is that so many of his “flaws” are natural manifestations of his circumstances that people can relate to.

Everything he does is dismissed as a character flaw and him being selfish. His diet isn’t an eating disorder, it’s him being too rigid. His anxiety about coming out isn’t because a very valid concerns about the consequences (all of which in fact happen) but because he’s prioritizing hockey over his boyfriend. Missing what Ilya is struggling with isn’t because Ilya was actively hiding his depression or because of Shane’s own mental health struggles, it’s because Shane is too self-absorbed.

For anyone who is neurodivergent, or has ever been the only minority in the room, or have had a partner with mental illness, or has been the model minority, or have been burdened with impossible expectations, everything Shane does makes sense. He controls his diet because he can’t control anything else. He fears coming out because he knows the world will treat him differently as a POC because he has always been treated differently and he’s already spent years molding himself into someone who is accepted and respected. He can’t focus solely on his boyfriend’s wants and needs because he has a legacy riding on his back and has been forced into the position of a role model. He wants to stick to the plan because that’s the only way he can prepare for all the variables.

Everything Shane does makes perfect sense when you consider his intersecting identities and background, and I think that was entirely by accident. His choices are meant to be viewed as mistakes and his self-preservation is meant to be viewed as selfishness. For people who relate to Shane, for any number of reasons, that can feel like they are being told that their choices and their character traits are flaws. It feels like being told that you are irrational for being scared (even when you’re right) and you’re selfish for missing what other people need (even when they hide it) and maybe you could get a happy ending if you just tried being normal and changed everything about yourself (even if that requires you stop caring about the things you have dedicated your entire life to). And that can be very painful.

Shane’s race was incidental and his neurodivergence was accidental. But those identities created a very compelling character that people related to and sympathized with. But in TLG, the things that made him relatable and sympathetic were now presented as flaws. And for people who saw themselves in Shane, that can feel like a betrayal.

[miscelium]

reasons shane and ilya should be evenly matched in size, height, weight, build, strength, athleticism, etc. in canon and in fanon

i find it hot

they’re comparable generationally talented first line center professional hockey players

positioning shane as smaller/shorter/daintier than his white dom top boyfriend perpetuates racial, gender, and sexual stereotypes

i personally find it REALLY hot

when he chooses to, shane can physically overpower ilya (hockey, shoving ilya into walls i.e. vegas rooftop and stairwell scenes) but when he wants to submit in bed, he allows himself to be pushed, carried, held down, etc. because they both like it and want it

feminist scholar jane ward: "queer circuits of desire do not rely on the erotic encounter of opposites"

they can wear each other's clothes in a cozy boyfriend hoodie "give. i miss your boring laundry smell" "why the fuck are all your clothes dry clean hand wash only" long distance yearning way or post-game sweat damp base layer horny way or "gross now i have cum on my sweats i'm stealing yours" "okei yay ♥" fondly annoyed way

in conclusion have i mentioned i think it’s really hot

[ilyapasta]

Post-outing and post- honeymoon pre-season Hollanov step out and are photographed for the first time in Ottawa featuring Shane— white t-shirt pre-season muscles bulging gray sweatpants dick outline healthy yes he's wearing his reeboks Mom and Ilya— decked out in TIGht Adidas track pants with the snaps black tank top clinging to that waist with Anya on a bedazzled leash— YES they're holding hands rings glinting in the golden hour YES they have their dog at this outside restaurant seating YES they're going to win this season YES Shane will have dessert and will give the first bite to his husband YES they're dropping a black card in the bill YES they're kissing each other's hands at the table and in a way it's kind of like Diana in her revenge dress except their best revenge is just living their best fucking life TOGETHER

[heatedrivalryz]

SHANE as EMOJIS 🏒

[dailychappell]

CHAPPELL ROAN attends the Alexander McQueen Womenswear F/W 2026-2027 show — March 8, 2026

[classyladymentality]

The lack of high school reunion fics is concerning. Shane's grad class would ABSOLUTELY invite him to their anniversaries and make sure he knows he's invited. He doesn't go to the 10 year one because What Would Be The Point. But you know that the second that invitation arrives in the mail for the 20 year anniversary (don't ask how they found Shane's address. The women on the organizing committee do NOT play around and they can find out anyone's blood type if it was relevant to the anniversary gathering), you KNOW that Ilya would find the invitation in their mail and ask Shane about it. You KNOW that the moment he understands what it's for, he demands they go.

Ilya would want to play the role of trophy husband and be shown off to Shane's former classmates. Ex-girlfriend Jessica will be there? Hollander, I have to see her face when I show up on your arm. (No, I am not jealous over high school relationship. But does she know you shook my hand TWICE while you were still with her?) Classmates who are jealous you went to the NHL while they could not shoot a goal if their life depended on it? You are hockey god, Hollander. You MUST brag about all your trophies and cups.

Not to mention all the headcanons that every closeted gay classmate had a crush on Shane. Ilya would sniff them out in less than a minute. Oh, you think you would have had a shot with Shane Hollander if you knew he was gay back then? That's adorable. I had him obsessed with me since before you graduated with him. You Never Had A Chance.

And of course Shane barely remembers any of these people, so he doesn't know how to make introductions. Since he doesn't know most of their names, he just says, "Hello. This is my husband, Ilya." And you KNOW that this is doing something to Ilya, to be openly out as Shane Hollander's husband to people who knew Shane at a moment in time when Ilya didn't know him as well. He would interrogate everyone about Shane and wouldn't bother to learn anything about them unless it was relevant to building a better picture of teenager Shane in his mind.

[nicolegendary]

the parallel drawn between ilya and his mom isn't meant to be subtle. she was so funny and beautiful. she was so sad. my dad was so hard on her. she would've loved you like i love you. so when ilya says he doesn't want shane to think she was weak, that line makes me want to scream. he has so much shame around his depression when it comes to shane. he doesn't want shane to think He is weak. (spoilers) he spends all of tlg keeping his issues secret from shane because he's determined to "fix" it on his own so shane never has to know, ilya never has to be a failure or an inconvenience to him. so in the end when he is finally in a place to come out and say listen if you're going to commit to me you need to know that i'm like my mom and i might always be - and for shane to just hear him and say well i'll be right here - is a massive release of shame for ilya

[gayhockeyshow]

“You feel it too, don’t you?” Shane is the bravest boy in the world

[therealrashid]

thought exercise of the day hookup era where ilya comes in to shane’s place or whatever hotel and he’s been outside in the cold, never wrapped up properly, russians do not do this, and his hands are pink and freezing digging under shane’s layers, under the soft hoodie and the t-shirt where it’s tucked into his fleecy sweats to find the wriggling warmth of him. how shane groans and twitches but there’s nowhere to go with how the weight of ilya has him pressed to the wall, can’t decide if he wants to elbow ilya’s cold hands away or beg for them closer, in him, just shudders and sighs. what you don’t like it? says ilya, a little mean with it, i trek through the cold city to come to your warm little house and fuck you hm? i’m so good to you? and shane can’t help it, mmh so good, so good, s’just cold. ilya pinches his waist, makes him jump, slips the fingers of his other hand into shane’s mouth where it’s dropped open in surprise. good trick. here baby, he says, crooning, warm them up for me

[therealrashid]

the thing about the cottage is that it is sun-drenched all the time and ilya has never had shane in so much daylight. insisting on blinds up, dragging him outside, palm to slick palm, to push him down in the grass, golden skin stretching out for miles, watching it turn pink. breaths trapped damp and humid between their mouths. licking salted sweat trails off the back of his neck to feel him shudder and shake. ilya likes so much digging his fingers deep into the thick heat of shane’s hair until he reaches the scalp, like a furnace under there, and guiding his head to press it where he wants it - the thatch of his armpit, his crotch, where the heavy scent comes through strongest. likes so much feeling shane’s panting breaths, eager, gasping, like he can’t get the air in quick enough. so eager for a taste, using his tongue to show ilya how much he likes this too. licking the salt out of his mouth after, when shane’s gone soft and melting, vanilla ice cream dripping sticky down ilya’s wrist like a child who licks too slowly, wants to savour it all too much. licks that up too, feeds it back to his baby. a treat. summer is for cheat days after all.

[zeldareference]

the sun ☀️

[kocalls]

[beerrej]

[ah-les-hommes]

[mack-will]

PWHL San Jose: something special for our first-ever draft pick 🧡

[iwrotemrtambourineman]

like shane is horny out of his mind getting off on their secret and ilya is looking for skin to skin contact from wire mother over here