Anti “Two Days Later”

She/her Side: potentialpedant

[hockeyfinches]

i think if jackie had a gay brother. sorry about this post in advance. but i think if jackie had a gay brother hayden would (despite his best efforts) spend so much time & energy idly imagining a world where shane was gay, and in this world he could set gay!shane up with jackie’s gay brother and then they’d get gay married and he, hayden, could be shane’s best man and eventual brother-in-law. they could live on the same street directly opposite each other and hang out all the time. spend the holidays together. they could play nba 2k16 in gay shane’s basement. a beautiful rose-tinted future that comes crashing down around him whenever he shows up to practice and has to watch shane spit on the ice and surreptitiously send a photo of his jockstrap to boston lily when he thinks nobody is looking. of course shane isn’t gay. what the hell is he thinking

[theaudientvoid]

[ratbastarddotfuck]

you have to forgive the printer because it's one of the most machine-ass machines we interact with on a day to day basis. that thing says kerchunk. hardly anything says kerchunk these days. you can't get mad at her when she kerchunks up a little.

[lexicanons]

Post TLG Shane and Ilya have to stay with Yuna and David for a few days because the repairs to the cottage weren’t finished by the time the season ended. The first night, Shane tries to initiate sex but Ilya shuts him down. Shane is worried that something is wrong but Ilya is like “You’re too loud, they’ll hear” and Shane spends the next 10 minutes trying to convince Ilya he’ll be quiet (“I’ll be quiet. I’ll suck on your fingers to keep quiet, Ilya.”). Meanwhile, down the hall, Yuna and David are having the exact same argument (“No, David. You’ve been so loud since Shane moved out. The boys will hear.” “…I can’t make noise if you sit on my face.”)

[gaygoatshane]

he couldn't believe he was being asked if he liked girls

[eldritchazure]

[penandinkprincess]

laughing about the idea of shane who has a vasovagal response to needles because i know in my heart that he would believe in his ability to beat it

he would believe so hard

HE is the master of this situation, and he can BEAT IT

he is MIND OVER MATTERING

he is FOCUSED

he is DETERMINED

he is PASSING OUT IN THE PARKING LOT

[penandinkprincess]

shane comes to, sees The Face and just immediately slides the towel on his head down to cover his eyes

[penandinkprincess]

making this worse is that they have lunch plans with shane's parents, which is one of the reasons shane decided to try and out-willpower biology in the first place so they could get through as soon as possible

and now they're going to be late AND shane now has to convince ilya to not get him in trouble

"you canNOT tell my mom"

"i am going to tell your mother"

"do NOT"

"i am telling her as soon as we get there"

"you tell her, and I'm not fucking you for a WEEK"

"oh, so you are still telling lies?"

[penandinkprincess]

also extremely funny to imagine ilya's journey in this situation emotions-wise as well

man went from "okay, all done with boring medical stuff. now to have a nice lunch with my in-laws. :)" only to have shane grab him, go fucking DEATHLY pale, and then DROP

and ilya is naturally freaking tf out until a nurse very calmly lets him know everything is okay, this is very common, does his husband have a history of fainting with needles and/or bloodwork-

which means ilya's OH FUCK OH FUCK OH FUCK immediately becomes "oh you motherfucker" as he waits for his husband to rouse enough to get fucking ROASTED

[darlingofdots]

People are being so mean about TLG!Shane and I just cannot understand that at all. I think the most important thing about their relationship is that The Long Game is ultimately about the external barriers that are keeping both Shane and Ilya in the closet, but even though they're technically both in a similar position (captain of a team, high profile players), their experience is so vastly different.

Like, yeah, Ilya gave up his spot on a successful team and his chances of winning any trophies and his city to be closer to Shane, but he also gets to be part of Shane's family the way he dreamed of when they first come clean with Yuna and David, his new coach prioritises good relationships over discipline, and the Centaurs may suck at hockey but they're also genuinely friendly and they treat Harris as one of them despite his visible queerness. Over the course of that season, it becomes increasingly clear to Ilya that not only is hiding his bisexuality and his relationship with Shane not sustainable, it's not necessary. Two years ago, they couldn't imagine a reality in which making their relationship public wouldn't be catastrophic, but for Ilya, that has changed. He is surrounded by people who love him and who would have his back, and he's watching other people (especially Troy and Harris) have what he wants so desperately, and the idea of waiting for retirement becomes more and more of a prison to him.

Shane, meanwhile, spends the entire book slowly breaking under the pressure he's facing from all sides. Once the season starts, the first thing we learn about Shane's team is that they won the Cup last season, and that their coach casually slings homophobic language around in the locker room, and that Shane realises he barely even registers the background homophobia anymore because he's so used to it. Shane has led the Voyageurs to 3 Cup wins and they keep pushing him harder. He has friends on the team, sure, but he already didn't fit in because he's quiet, boring, doesn't really drink, and being out just added another layer to that. The Voyageurs only value him as one of the best players in the league and it's fine that he's gay only as long as he keeps scoring. He's rapidly developing an eating disorder because he is terrified of not performing at peak capacity, because he is trying to exert control over everything he possibly can to protect himself and his partner. He can't imagine a life where he isn't playing hockey, and he can't imagine a life where he gets to be in a public relationship with Ilya Rozanov and also gets to play hockey. In his mind, this is the best they can have until at the very least Ilya's citizenship is secure and that is the status quo he trying to protect, because in his eyes, the status quo is constantly under threat. From his perspective, the question isn't this or more, it's this or less.

That's why he's so against telling more people and why he can barely handle being in public with Ilya. He's convinced that a single toe out of line is going to be punished, because in many aspects of his life (as a gay man, as a non-white superstar in a very white sport, as a neurodivergent person in a neurotypical environment) that is exactly what happens. His realisation that hiding has negative consequences he can't live with is the push he needs to start being an active participant in his life rather than a good, obedient cog in a machine designed to hold him down.

[medrawawi]

shane and shanelings🐥🐣

[mina-logan]

Some art about coffee and certainly nothing else

[skooma8888]

little lamb

[imbecamiel]

How Jason thinks that Tim becoming Robin went.

[lurkerdelima]

Shane & Ilya hanging out with Skip for unspecified reasons and the first time Kip teasingly says “girl!” to him about something, Shane just makes this face

[maid-photographer]

The more I get back into doing creative stuff the more I understand that one Fujimoto quote

[malpensante]

[letatlin]

for anyone wondering about the second quote:

[24x81]

like. where is the art where shane is wearing ilya's necklace. or are we considering this sacrilegious

[themoonandmyman]

walk with me in a world where Shane has a serious career ending injury and has to go in for extensive surgery with a high chance of complications and Ilya takes off his necklace and places it around Shane’s neck just before he goes in and says ‘mama is with you. I am with you.’

[incorrectbatfam]

[night out]

Kyle: Coast City ain't seen a group of guys this crazy.

Roy, Kyle, and Wally: *clink bottles*

Roy: Wait. where the hell is Dick?

Dick, disheveled: Sorry I'm late, boys. Flew that new budget airline, GothamAir.

Wally: GothamAir?

Roy: What the hell happened to you?

Dick: They overbooked the flight so I had to do a GothamAir cage match for a seat. Let's just say ten-year-old Damian Wayne won't be visiting his grandpa this weekend.

———————

Wally: What are you guys thinking for dinner?

Roy: I had a Star City Air in-flight meal so I'm good.

Dick: GothamAir's in-flight meal was just a big pot of stew they passed back. By the time it made it back to me, it was just Bane venom and fear toxin.

Kyle: What the fuck is GothamAir, dude?

———————

Wally: We hitting the clubs tonight?

Kyle: Maybe find some people?

Dick: I kinda met this person on my layover in Kahndaq.

Wally: You had a layover in Kahndaq?

Roy: Dude, you're from Gotham!

———————

Kyle: GothamAir is coal-powered?

Dick: Yep, and when they run out of coal they use your checked luggage. Felt bad, one lady checked her ex-boyfriend.

Roy: The fuck?

Dick: Hey, say what you want, but if it wasn't for that clown we wouldn't have cleared Keystone.

———————

Dick: I actually watched Dune on the plane.

Kyle: GothamAir has TVs?

Dick: Oh no, no. Two fruit bats dune-ing it on my tray table.

Roy: What IS GothamAir?

Wally: ...Did you get a photo of that?

———————

Dick: The safety video kept saying "when we crash." And we did.

Kyle: What?

Dick: Yeah, I left a week ago. It's all good, they redeemed me a hundred Wayne Points.

Wally: What are those good for?

Dick: You can use them at any Batburger in the Crime Alley area.

Wally, impressed: No way!

———————

Dick: I gotta check in to my GothamAir flight tomorrow.

Dick: *sticks his phone down his pants*

Roy: What is that? WHY IS THAT REQUIRED?!?

Dick: It's their version of Face ID.

Roy: What?!

Dick, into his phone: Nightwing likes GothamAir.

Roy: IT'S VOICE-ACTIVATED TOO?!?

———————

Roy, on his phone: I'm looking at the GothamAir seat map. Why can I book cockpit for an extra seven dollars?!

[omegasmileyface]

Montana Supreme Court Rules Its Constitution Entirely Protects Trans Citizens In Landmark Ruling

The ruling will have enormous impacts for transgender residents in the state.

HOLY SHIT

[definite-human]

"The Montana court separately declared that transgender people constitute a suspect class under the state's equal protection clause. In legal terms, a suspect class is a group that has historically faced such severe discrimination that any law targeting them must meet the highest level of judicial scrutiny to survive—the same standard applied to laws that discriminate on the basis of race. [...] The practical effect is sweeping: any Montana law that singles out transgender people will now face strict scrutiny, meaning the state must prove the law serves a compelling interest and is narrowly tailored to achieve it—a standard that laws almost never survive.

"Because the decision rests entirely on the Montana Constitution, it is insulated from the U.S. Supreme Court. Under the principle of adequate and independent state grounds, the federal Supreme Court cannot review a state court's interpretation of its own constitution, so long as that constitution provides more protection than the federal one. [...] What this means in practice is that Montana's transgender residents now have a constitutional shield completely independent of the Supreme Court of the United State’s decisions."

(emphases mine)

[ticklefighthockey]

ilya being like “no no the blowjob was too good in fact. completely unrelated question is this your first time with a man?” 😭😭 he’s a sweetie pie

oh my god I hadn’t even made the connection between the blowjob attempt and that line but you are so right 😂😂 he’s like ok I see I will be taking your gay virginity tonight. maybe we should have a quick chat first

[nevcolleil]

This makes so much sense of the fact that he came in so hot - got Shane right up a wall in seconds - then was okay lying down and just waiting for Shane to tell him what he wants, literally moments after saying he didn't feel like talking.

[ticklefighthockey]

omg no you’re so right!!! I remember thinking that the transition from coming in hot -> “so… what do you want to do” seemed so awkward for a guy who comes off as soooo suave and confident in bed. it makes so much more sense if ilya comes into the hookup thinking like oh yeah we were cruising each other in the showers / he said “not here” like a guy who’s used to taking things elsewhere / he’s on the down low like me. but then he has to mentally reconfigure the whole situation in his head like ohhhhh so like. you’ve never done this before. I’m going to be the first person* you ever do this with. okay then let’s slow this wayyyy down.

*and probably the last haha ilya just doesn’t know that yet