jac

finally caved × fanfic reader × occasional writer × fangirl, generally × 35+, she/her 🌈

[livijoyann]

I guess this is my life now- changing jersey colors, trimming hair, and removing earrings/facial hair 😂 No complaints!

[jukeylinda]

I finally finished my lil sequel to my Yuna one-shot Since Rookie Season.

It's called I just really wanna say it but it's hard to tell you.

If you fancy a look into the mind of Yuna who is simply trying to figure it out, have a read and tell me what you think!

[nyctosaurid]

i dont know how people handle the world without looking at pictures of little tiny mice sitting on wheat

[nyctosaurid]

powerful…

[joy-and-whimsy-official]

Joy and whimsy detected! This post is joyful and whimsical 🌾

[jukeylinda]

Flower Power Friday Sunday

Thank you for the tag, @crw13 !! Still not too much going on here, but it's probably the last week for my daffodils, tulips are almost ready, and there are PLENTY of dandelions in my lawn, so I hope the bees will be pleased.

No-pressure tagging @iwouldnevergetintofanfic @nerdyfangirl76 @gulliblelemon because surely even if you've already done it it can be an ongoing thing?

[stabthroughme]

Ilya can't go back to visit his mother's grave, but sometimes higher ups from the Treasury Board in Canada do go on diplomatic missions.

David who's assigned to go on a trip to Russia after Hollanov's been outed, because he's been picking up Russian and it would be a good temperature read on the Russian counterparts.

David who visits Irina's grave and spends time cleaning it up, lights a candle and sits until long after it's burned out.

David who tells Irina about Shane as a child, who tells her about all the ways Shane and Ilya fit together, who tells her about the puzzle nights and the cookies and cream ice cream and the blanket they keep specifically for Ilya on their couch.

David who reassures Irina that he helped Ilya with his cuff links on his wedding day, tells her not to worry about her boy.

David who tells Irina that her son is so loved and cherished.

David who plants a little maple tree as a "sign of friendship" in a park across from the cemetery Irina is buried in. He got to pick the place, and he made sure she would be able to see it.

Edit may 3: Hey if you're here from threads :) Love getting jump-scared with my own tumblr post getting screenshotted (this is fine i promise, they credited me properly) but jfc. Right in front of my salad???

Yes I kissed the brick :D

[themoonandmyman]

ever since Jacob said that the show is formatted through memories I can’t help but notice that structure even more significantly. The hockey games are a blur, we don’t see them, because in Hollanov’s memory, the only thing that stands out is each other. It’s exactly how memory works, especially when you love someone- the reality of it blurs over time, but they remain vivid. You fixate on certain details, touches, kisses. (One of my favourite scenes in the whole show is Shane talking to Rose and remembering his encounters with Ilya)

I honestly think this conscious decision throughout is what makes the time jumps completely seamless, because we’re still grounded in the emotional reality of these memories.

It’s what I personally like to call ‘trim the fat’ writing, which so many shows fail to do, with bloated scripts and way too much exposition and audience handholding. JT said ‘fuck that’ and I respect it heavy

anyway I love the little vignettes. #ourvignettes <3

[buffyandwillow]

this was supposed to be a simple comic and then it took endless hours to finish rip. i love their summer flirting across timezones.

i also cross-posted to ao3 if you'd like to leave a comment!

based on something tim stützle said about training with claude giroux:

"I mean, we go at it in the summer, too. Last summer he texted me at like 9PM German time. He texted me, hey can you go run 5k for me, because I wanna, like, check times, and he knows I'm probably better than him, so he wanted to push himself. And I went to the gym at like 9PM and ran 5k for him, and I beat him pretty good and he wasn't too happy about it. He didn't believe me, so."

[cloudabserk]

i propose a new day of the week called hollanov thursday

[rylandsgrace]

The Notebook (2004) // Laufey - Madwoman BTS (2026)

[anarchistmemedistro]

[escapepodding]

Boring facts (in my head) about parent David Hollander:

New people at work when introduced to him go "oh, like Shane Hollander" and he BEAMS at that and says "Yep!"

Has a picture of Shane on his desk and the same new people think its a joke until an old timer who probably met Shane at a bring your kid to work day clued them in

Would not let Yuna touch the college fund they set up for Shane until he was out of his rookie contract. What if Shane changed his mind about hockey? What if he got injured and needed a good education? Only conceeded when his son was a multi-millionaire

Only time he has ever gone to HR was when someone stole the baby Shane picture off his desk after he got famous. That's his baby!!! Give it back!!! There were so many memos and all staff emails that it did get returned one night, but a picture of it circulated online so now David only has PR photos at work

His lawyer is an old college friend who he catches up with at least once a year and who reviews the Hollander's will and life insurance policy each year with specific instructions to look after Shane. This annual tradition continues to this day. The lawyer buddy is going to be there for that grown celebrity professional sportsman no matter what

Was so excited when Shane started The Cottage project, and helped him with everything, including liaising with the builders etc. Was delighted to have the first a joint project with his son since school (he helped with art/science/show and tell)

Is really bad with technology but the nice young people at the office help (is not fully cognizant of the fact half the office is in love with him but does correctly suspect the other half want to marry his son)

Always knew he wanted to be a dad, and was devastated when it seemed like that wasn't going to happen, but didn't want to put that on Yuna who was already struggling with it

Sent congratulation cards and presents to all his buddies when they had kids anf was genuinely happy for then but it also killed him a bit. Unfortunately the conversation around men struggling because they wanted kids was not happening in the 80s/early 90s so he kept quiet (and passed that trait on to Shane)

Thought Shane was perfect from the moment he was born, and still thinks that. Can't concieve of why Shane thought he could let them down, he's literally always been Yuna and David's perfect baby

Gets out the good vodka again when he tells Ilya this one day and Ilya starts crying

[gaynehollander]

Ilya so immediately clocked Shane's little autistic flirting in that Saskatchewan parking lot but I honestly don't think Shane clocked it himself so, years later, when Ilya talks about it as "Shane coming onto him" and Shane goes "hello??? I just wanted to introduce myself??" Ilya just says, "Shane, the apple of my eye, the light of my life, my breeze in a stuffy room, my sunshine in the dead of winter, when have you ever willingly initiated small talk with another person?" and Shane is forced to concede that, yes, looking back, he was flirting.

[mapetitefeedeslilas]

Shane who, before him and Ilya get outed, keeps hearing people, fellow players, his own friends, talk shit about the man he loves and it pains him, so one night he googles "Ilya Rozanov nice person" and ends up in a subreddit where people share stories of celebrities that are surprisingly nice people and the page dedicated if Ilya is full of wholesome stories

hospital personnel from where he used or still visited the paediatric department with the team, parents of patients, even former patients themselves seeing how great, attentive, funny and light-hearted he was

puck bunnies or women he had one night stands with during the years playing for Boston saying he was a phenomenal lover and a consent king, or women that approached him whilst inebriated and whom he gently turned down, bought a bottle of water for and paid for their cabs to get back home safely

neighbours saying he was very polite, people he was nice or helpful to through the years, a mom with a screaming child whose first class seat on a flight to Moscow he gave up so she could have more room for her herself and the baby, a classmate he defended in school, a former teacher saying how smart and talented he was in spite of not having much time to study because he was training a lot, Russian-speakers saying his interviews in his mother tongue are a thing of beauty and incredibly well-spoken, waiters and shop assistants stressing how polite his interactions were

Shane devours these stories with tears in his eyes and a heart about to explode, the tab perpetually open in his phone, incognito mode.

And when someone talks shit about Ilya or when, after their outing, hate starts to be thrown at him even more viciously from the media, he goes back to the tab, just to see that there actually many that agree with him: Ilya, the love of his life, is the most wonderful person

[nightspires]

No but their whole time at the cottage is basically them to just playing one big game of chicken about who’s going to say I love you first. Like Ilya goes to the cottage KNOWING he loves Shane, and knowing that Shane wouldn’t have invited him if he didn’t at least feel something back. And Shane knows he feels strongly for Ilya, is fairly certain Ilya reciprocates those feelings because otherwise he wouldn’t have accepted his invitation. Shane says let’s be honest about how we really feel :)))) and Ilya is like ok I’ll try :)))) They sleep in the same bed and wake up together, something that six months ago even the prospect of caused the crash out of all crash outs. And then they start upping their game. “I like you” and “I like you too” becomes a practice run, and when Ilya says “I hate you” and Shane GRINS as he says, knowingly, “no you don’t”…. It’s like they’re slowly working their way up to being able to say it, whilst simultaneously trying to bait the other into saying it first. They know they feel, they have a pretty good idea how the other feels, it’s just been said out loud yet. And only being at the cottage together allowed them that space to be able to finally say it.

[cloudabserk]

based on this post:

[laurenbknewyouweretrouble]

ETA: @queen-calanthe has written this into a real fic: The Suit In One-Four-One-Zero

One day post TLG, Harris has the Cens doing a video for social media, it’s a competition for who can keep a straight face while the others try to make them break with a smile or a laugh.

Towards the end, only Ilya remains. No one can break him, so they go get Shane. He’s got a little smile while they explain and he starts thinking of what to say. Of what he can say for a video going on the internet.

He hesitates, because he knows what he wants to tell Ilya, but keep it their secret. No one else needs to know what this was about, but he’s saved this tidbit, waiting to play it at the right time. Ilya’s steeling himself. He loves Shane and usually would smile with him just in the room, trying do be earnest about anything, but he won’t let his husband break him for this. Finally Shane makes direct eye contact with Ilya -

‘The first time, after the commercial,’

Ilya tenses, eyes light up but he’s keeping his face neutral. He isn’t sure what he thought Shane would say but it wasn’t this.

‘ while I was waiting for you -‘

‘I put on a suit and tie.’

Ilya has never been so happy to lose at something

[rylandsgrace]

HUDSON WILLIAMS

Laufey - Madwoman