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[cerayanay]

Hayden Pike: I called up Shane and he was so obviously getting head and pretending he wasn’t 😂 it was like five minutes of him coming up with different excuses of why he was so distracted and breathing heavy lmao isn’t that funny?

Jackie: so you stayed on the phone to listen to your best friend having sex for five minutes? Hilarious.

[multitudesarecontained]

Shane and Ilya are not exactly celibate during the season, but its when the season's over, obligations met, nothing scheduled for a week or two, that they go to the cottage and just *indulge*. They bring out the restraints, have a free-use day, plan the scenarios that may leave one or both if them limping for a bit (Shane would absolutely spiral if a sex injury caused him to miss play), that sort of thing. They very purposely kept those ten days commitment free.

Yuna, a business woman to the bone, sends a few emails about a collaboration with a really very exciting brand. Then a few texts. Shane, a little annoyed, more than a little sex-drunk, sends some vague excuses about 'later'. Then Yuna, who takes a hint about as well as her son, stops by the cottage. It's on her way, the collaboration really is very exciting, Shane would really like this one, and it'll only take half an hour, tops.

By sheer luck, both Shane and Ilya are clean, fully dressed, and not currently hard when Yuna drops by. The campaign *is* actually something Shane likes the sound of, Ilya can tell, but Yuna seems completely oblivious to the awkward vibes. Maybe even Shane is mostly unaware of his own frustration. But Ilya is not.

When the papers are signed and Yuna will forge ahead with the arranging etc, Ilya walks his mother in law to the door.

"Mama Yuna, thank you for stopping by with cookies (for Ilya) and fancy green tea (for Shane), and this is very good campaign, and we appreciate everything you do. But we are on silent retreat, yes?"

And Yuna starts to say something about how and what, and is that- before she remembers the last time Shane went on a 'silent retreat'. About meeting Ilya, and seeing a new side of her son. The side that had hickeys and a bruise she really didn't dwell on.

"Ah." Yuna says. "Apologies." There's a pause. "Next time you boys go on a silent retreat, maybe put those dates in the calender." Then Yuna briskly walks to her car, goes home, and puts her entire mind towards arranging this collaboration.

Shane nearly hits the roof when he gets a calendar notification and sees that Ilya has put in 'Silent Retreat' for the both of them. But to be fair, the don't hear a thing from either his parents for the whole time remaining.

It becomes a code for them. Luck has four consecutive days for the team, and the guys are discussing what they will do with them.

"I think we'll probably go to the cottage, kind of a retreat." Shane says when Wyatt asks. Ilya's perks up the same way Anya does at the word retreat.

"Yes, just relax. Small silent retreat." Ilya confirms. And the silent part is apparently glossed over, as Bood pipes up that Cassie wanted to go to a spa retreat, and which one were they going to? Cause Bood loved them, but he did not want to see his coworkers at the spa. Ilya winks at Shane, and Shane is half-hard when they get to the car.

They are at a gala at some sort, and it's fine. But it's been a long night, and there are a lot of people, and noise and weird foods and some sort of artisinal ginger ale that is NOT the same. Ilya finds Shane in a half hidden corner.

"Enough, yes? Time to retreat." And Shane knows exactly what he means, and yes. Retreat please.

A barbeque at Bood's. It really was a great night. Easy, nice food, good friends, mellow music..

"I've had a great time, but if you're okay to go, I could use a bit of silence." Shane says to Ilya, who is obviously okay to go. And the cens are great about Shane's (non diagnosed) oddities and don't suspect a thing.

Then, in the middle of the season, Shane has an Idea for the foundation. He texts his mom. Calls his mom. She doesn't pick up. Shane gets a text back about calling him back in a few days. But Shane really wants to discuss his Idea, it's big and important, and both his mom and dad are off. He'll just drop by quickly to discuss things.

Then he gets a calendar notofication: Silent Retreat - Yuna & David.

Ilya dies laughing. Shane just dies

[angelynmoon]

Okay, sorry about this but I saw a post and had a thought, can't find the post because my feed renewed before I could reblog but I'm about to ruin your day which, again sorry.

So, time loop au where Shane and Ilya play a game together and after they have sex they go their separate ways, they're in Boston so Shane goes home only to be shocked by headlines later that Ilya Rozanov died due to an undetected complication from a hit their last game.

Shane is going through the motions for the next few hours, and it's not like he can tell anyone that he just lost the man he's only now realizing he loves but eventually he cries himself to sleep, wondering how he's going to continue with his life without Ilya.

Only when he wakes the next day he discovers it's just before their last game against one another.

What follows is Shane going through several time loops trying to save Ilya, he changes every hit, he even convinces Ilya not to play once, none of it matters, Ilya still dies, no matter what he does Ilya dies.

And then Shane decides to screw everything, he tells Ilya he loves him, he stays in Boston after their game, just for a week, just long enough to pass the date he starts the time loop all over again.

He hopes that maybe being with Ilya he can save him, he'd tried having Cliff stay one loop but it didn't save him, maybe it has to be him.

So, Shane stays and he gets clingy the closer Ilya's death gets but lets Ilya talk him into sleeping next to him.

And Ilya wakes up in the middle of the night, something feels wrong, so he wakes Shane up, who calls 9-1-1.

And Shane is hopeful, even as he cradles Ilya while they wait, even as he gets worse, looking up at Shane with scared eyes even as he's whispering that he loves him, and Shane is saying it back because how could he not.

And by the time the EMTs get there it's too late and Shane is just holding Ilya and rocking him and telling him he'll do better next time, he'll save him.

They take Ilya away and Shane lingers in Boston, waiting for the time loop to start over, waiting for him to go back so he can try again, so he can save Ilya.

Only, time doesn't reset, Shane doesn't wake up the day of their game and someone, a stranger is holding his hand as he sits silent at Ilya's funeral, before he's left alone.

It takes too long for Shane to understand that the time loop he was stuck in was never about saving Ilya.

It was about making sure he didn't die alone thinking he was unloved.

Shane never plays Hockey again, but he does make a foundation for Ilya, he uses Ilya's mother's name because he can't hear Ilya's name without having a breakdown, reminded he couldn't save him.

Just imagine a time loop that's not about saving someone but only making sure they aren't alone when it happens, that they know they are loved as they go.

Again sorry.

[aslongasitsblack]

​a man who has never denied himself anything meets a man who denies himself everything and the hedonist tries to lure the self-abnegator into succumbing to the pleasures of the flesh and succeeds but their rendezvous makes accidentally clear that true pleasure is derived from the perilous destructive nature of intimate connection and eventually true actual love and so we come to conclude that in fact the hedonist is the one who has never allowed himself anything true while the self-abnegator has never strayed from the path of his want and then they put them on ice skates and gave them sticks

[xhollanov]

"Rachel wrote Shane to be the villain of The Long Game." No, she didn't. I genuinely need people to be serious for a second, because how can you read this book and actually walk away thinking Shane was written to be the villain? I honestly don't even understand where that interpretation is coming from.

You can have your opinions about Rachel's writing, I have my own thoughts and wish certain things had been developed more too. But if you actually think Rachel tries to frame Shane as a villain, intentionally or not (because I've also seen a lot of "Even if Rachel didn't intend to write Shane as a villain, that's what the reader gets" and just, NO), that speaks volumes about how YOU see Shane. Because nowhere in the book—and nowhere in the entire series—is there even anything you could read and think Shane is acting like a villain.

If you read the books and came to the conclusion that Shane's mistakes are severe enough to make him a villain, that really says a lot about YOU and the way you judge this character. Calling him a villain isn't even just an exaggeration, it's straight-up ridiculous, because for starters Shane isn't even close to being a bad person. SHANE IS A GOOD PERSON. Having flaws, insecurities, and moments you're not proud of doesn't make you evil. It just makes you human. Yes, people get frustrated, make poor decisions, and sometimes even hurt the ones they love. That IS part of being human, nobody is perfect.

Shane makes mistakes throughout the series, just like every other character does. He reflects on them, apologizes when he needs to, and genuinely tries to do better. You don't have to agree with every single decision he makes, but saying Rachel wrote him to be "the villain" just because you're mad that he acts and reacts like a human being is ridiculous.

And honestly I think this is where the root of the problem lies. A lot of people need Shane to act perfectly in order to like him, because all of this always comes from people who claim to love Shane but then never allow him to have flaws or make mistakes LIKE ANY NORMAL PERSON WOULD!! They want Shane to fit into this idealized, flawless version they made up in their heads. Suddenly, every single flaw becomes proof that Rachel ruined his character or turned him into a villain, instead of just accepting that he's a flawed person who is allowed to make mistakes.

At the end of the day, I think this goes back to the exact same issue I've had with this fandom for a long time. Some people don't actually want Shane as he is. They want a version of him that's softer, easier to like, and never makes choices they personally disagree with.

[actuallysara]

shane hollander is a jock, a dude, a 200 pounds man, a captain, he's been giving interviews and speeches before he could even walk, he plays in front of thousands and thousands of people and loud af crowds, he's a performer, he's constantly in front of cameras, he's been under scrutiny his whole life, he's an athlete, he breathes-eats-sleeps-shits sport, he swears, he's masculine, his hockey gear is probably putrid, he's a certified mcgymbro™, he only wears athletic stuff, he models, he does commercials, his main personality trait is hockey, he's kissed and hugged by his sweaty teammates in the locker room, he's ripped, he's an asshole, he's sarcastic, he's a bitch, he uses "fuck" every three words, he hires a stylish and a designer because his taste is bro. and he is all that while being neurodivergent too. and a bottom.

[karingold]

Friends, I need us to hold hands and hear me out for a second.Scott Hunter, whose only relationship experience consists of messy hookups at European resorts and a husband whose courtship strategy was basically spot the target -> charm the target -> bring the target home and call it mine, is in no way, shape, or form going to judge or shame Shane and Ilya's "casual sex" era. He's not about to run in and save "sweet innocent" Shane from the "Big Bad Evil™".More likely than not, he'd be a little bit jealous of Shane (if we're talking pre-Kip era) for having a regular! safe! (and I'm not just talking condoms here, but also the whole keeping-it-on-the-down-low thing) sexual partner who also fully satisfies him in bed.He's not going to have "wise" heart-to-hearts about how Shane deserves better than some terrible arrangement (unless we're in the spring-summer 2014 timeline, obviously, then no questions asked). He fully gets why they can't take it further or just leave!

[elnotwoods]

shane cockwarming ilya this, shane cockwarming ilya that… this fandom tends to forget that ilya is a throat goat and freaking loves to suck a dick, he swallows cause he “does not mind” (i.e. moans harder when shane cums down his throat than shane himself.. you know - the person cumming)

add to it that ilya loves resting his head in peoples laps, getting his hair played with.. and has an oral fixation

so what i am saying is that ilya loves, loves, LOVES! cockwarming shane - sometimes they just chill on the couch, watching a renovation show or a movie ilya isn’t particularly interested in so while he rests his head in shane’s lap he simply turns around, tugs shane’s sweats down and puts shane’s cock in his mouth

they stay like that for a long time, ilya gets all floaty and sleepy bc shane’s hand is stroking through his hair, lightly scratching at his scalp and his cock is in his mouth

when ilya gets antsy again he starts sucking him off and gets him to come quickly, swallowing at the end of course and goes back to cockwarming him if shane wants to continue watching his show

[xhollanov]

Honestly, it bothers me so much that the whole “Jacob needs to fix Shane’s character because Rachel ruined him in The Long Game” argument always comes from people who say they love Shane, but then turn around and want to completely rewrite who he is just so they can enjoy him.

If you think Shane needs Jacob to “fix” him, that’s because you think there’s something wrong with him. You need Jacob to change his character so you can like him without having to deal with the parts of Shane you don’t agree with.

“Shane in The Long Game is out of character” — no, he isn’t. You just don’t like that he isn’t acting like the idealized version of him you created in your head. Characters don’t have to be perfect, make the choices you would make, or fit your idea of who they should be just so you can like them.

It makes no sense to say a character is “hated and misunderstood” while also needing to erase his canon personality in order to enjoy him. Like… do you actually like Shane, or do you just like the version of him you created?

[bighairedbitch]

I think a lot of the discourse around The Long Game and Rachel calling Shane selfish is just people not being able to imagine someone being a little unintentionally selfish while also not having actually done anything wrong.

[hollanoveau]

it’s late 2016. shane hollander is dating rose landry. ilya rozanov is breaking every traffic law known to man in his hideous sports car and tearfully scream-singing DONTCHA WISH YOUR GIRLFRIEND WAS HOT LIKE ME….. DONTCHA WISH YOUR GIRLFRIEND WAS A FREAK LIKE ME…..

these two things, of course, have nothing to do with each other

[katinacrisis]

the centaurs 100% believe shane is a top btw. he never corrects them. ilya tries to tell them all the time but they never believe him. they’re like “man you don’t have to pretend w us there’s no shame in being a bottom” and ilya is trying to murder them with his eyes

[randomfandomthought156]

I've seen some headcanons saying Shane is the strict parent, but consider,

Mr. Self control (on everything that's not his husband) wants his kids to experience everything he himself didn't,

"You want ice cream right now? Alright, just don't get it on anything, no kid of mine is avoiding food they like cause of some diet"

"You punched that kid cause he called you a freak? Fair enough there's some people I wish I punched for being rude to me"

"You want to keep skating? FAFO kid, gotta learn somehow"

This, hilariously, puts Ilya in the position of the strict parent (he doesn't want this position. He doesn't have a choice)

"Yes i know vegetables are gross, but you have to get at least some vitamins or you're going to lose vision"

"What do you mean you were following my example do you know how many of my original teeth I have?!"

They're a united front of course but Shane is actually a lot more relaxed while Ilya's cortisol keeps rising

[scriptiodaemon]

"Why did you need my computer?" Shane asked, stepping into the kitchen and seeing Ilya already closing the fridge.

He hugged him from behind and put his chin on his shoulder.

"What, you hiding your lovers, Hollander?" Ilya smirked, leaning against his boyfriend's chest and tilting head back to kiss his cheek.

"Indeed. I met this nineteen-year-old European swimmer. Mmm, his shoulders," Shane said, closing his eyes in mock admiration.

"I know you are joking," Shane felt Ilya’s body tense in his grip.

“And another one. Underwear model,” he continued casually, pretending not to notice what Ilya was saying.

"Tell me you're joking," a flicker of panic appeared in Ilya's voice.

"And the third... he is a musician. Piano player. Y'know, his fingers..."

Shane couldn’t finish, because Ilya slipped out of his embrace only to turn around quickly and cup Shane’s face in his hands.

"Блядь. Is it real? Am not enough for you. Блядь. I knew, we are so far..."

And Shane laughed.

"Shane Hollander."

He laughed so hard his stomach started hurting.

“Ah, you asshole,” Ilya groaned, sounding almost devastated, and shut him up by crashing their mouths together in a deep kiss.

Shane kept giggling into the kiss, but when Ilya’s tongue slid deeper, he shivered with sudden arousal and gasped. A few minutes into the kiss, Shane felt Ilya’s hands gripping his ass and moaned.

"Fuck. I will show you, that you don't need anyone else," Ilya murmured against his mouth before lifting Shane easily, as if he didn’t weigh 200 Ibs. Shane wrapped his legs around Ilya’s waist while he stumbled toward the bedroom, never breaking the kiss.

ff: 5 times when Shane realized how smart Ilya is + 1 time when the world did too

[spirit-burner]

One thing Ilya would never spend his money on is subscriptions. Just no. He finds the sole idea of subscriptions disgusting, even though he could absolutely afford every single one of them without even noticing. This is a matter of principle for him.

He watches YouTube with ads, he downloads music from some sketchy websites. He watches movies on some weird pages with casino ads every ten minutes and "desperate sluts in your area" pop-ups.

The only way Ilya accepts engaging with the subscriptions is by being a parasite on Shane’s accounts

[tarawitht]

This is your daily reminder that canon Shane Hollander never showed any sings of ´femininity’ as a social concept. Never showed any child like quirks. Had a lot of close friends and bagged some hot people. Is very horny and foul mouthed and out freaked Ilya multiple times.

So yeah, I don’t know why a part of this fandom likes to feminize or infantilise him.

[future-demiurge]

Hollanov agree to record their wedding as a personal video diary of the day.

Shane’s surprisingly quite relaxed. He’s confident in their relationship, excited to be married, and knows that even if something goes wrong, it doesn’t matter, because at the end of the day he’ll be with Ilya.

Ilya is stressed. He keeps crying. This is the best day of his life. Shane deserves better, why would the greatest man on earth want him. He’s never been happier. Something’s gonna go wrong, he knows it. Bood, Troy, and Sveta have to keep calming him down and reminding him that Shane loves him and they deserve to be happy together. He locks himself in the bathroom.

Shane’s getting dressed with Hayden, JJ, and Rose, sipping champagne, feet up as he waits for the ceremony to start.

Once they manage to coax Ilya out of the bathroom, David comes in and does his canon speech about Ilya being his second son. The waterworks start again.

David then checks on Shane. “At least you’re doing okay.” “…. i-is Ilya not doing okay?” “Don’t worry about it, have another flute.”