Hollanov language headcanons pt.1
- Shane and Ilya have known each other for over 10 years, and understand and connect with each other in a way that no one could ever touch. So, the two have synced up in a way that whenever Ilya forgets a word, all he has to do is hesitate and make a vague hand gesture, and Shane will know exactly what he's talking about and supply the word. It's insane. One time Shane figured out the word "beach" from Ilya waving a flat hand back and forth. This greatly confuses people who don't know they're together, and scares the people who do. It also makes them HORRIBLE to play against in charades.
- In the early years, there was a couple months where Ilya was very intrigued by how interchangeably Shane used his first and last name in French interviews, and how frequently he came up. He never understood what they were saying, but he found himself watching those interviews over and over, liking the way his name sounded in Shane's mouth, and how it made his heart leap everytime he heard it. He was incredibly embarassed to learn that Shane was, in fact, not saying "ilya", but rather "il y a" (pronounced eel-ee-yah in quick succession), the french phrase for "there is". But the damage was done, and the way Ilya felt whenever Shane said those words just got harder and harder to ignore.
- Shane canonically starts learning Russian for Ilya, and when Shane does something, he has to perfect it. He has days where he will only let himself speak in Russian to Ilya, if he's not watching hockey, he's watching Russian media and pronunciation tutorials, hell he even starts going to an Eastern European deli so he can practice speaking to other people. Ilya is insanely endeared by how serious Shane takes this, partially because it's just so Shane, and because it's such a weight off to not have to translate everything before speaking. Shane is motivated by how much it clearly means to Ilya, his relentless ambition, and the fact that speaking Russian usually gets him laid.
- From either living in or being from Ottawa and Montreal, I feel like most of the people in Shane's life, including Shane, have adopted the very Ottawan trait of just peppering random french phrases into everyday speech. It's not a full switch between the two languages (unless it's with JJ or some of the other Quebecois metros), just a casual "d'accord", "moi aussi" ou "aucune idée" in conversation. They're so used to it that it's not until Yuna answers a question Ilya asks with "je sais pas" and is met with a blank is that a yes or no? stare that they finally clue in that WAIT RIGHT YOU KNOW ZERO FRENCH. They then teach Ilya a couple french phrases so he can feel included
- One time, as a prank, Ilya thought it would be funny one day to just start talking in a Canadian accent, and pretending that's completely normal. Shane, who is not very good at recognizing when he is being pranked, is quite distraught about this, because he thinks something happened to make Ilya even more self conscious about his accent so much that he's resorted to trying to hide it now. Ilya, not realizing Shane is actually upset, is having a very good time seeing his favourite Shane (confused and frustrated with his brow all furrowed), until Shane gets a serious look on his face and starts going on about how much he loves Ilya's voice. That there's nothing that makes him feel more grounded when he's stressed, nothing that turns him on more, and no one he'd rather listen to for the rest of his life. He falls in love over and over whenever he talks to Ilya. Ilya goes from a silly pranking mood to trying not to cry as Shane embraces him. He finally has someone who wants nothing more than him. Fully completely.
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