just a little place

Quill, they/them, this is my sideblog for the fandoms I write fanfiction for (on ao3).

[hollandershane]

[boginyagroz]

the first time ilya takes shane to the club after they get married, he shaves beforehand, puts on a tight black tank top and sprays himself with his fuckboy cologne from the hookup era. shane is already horny for him even before they leave the house — crucially, he loves fuckboy ilya, because come on, he’s been fucking this man for years when he looked exactly like this.

at the club, ilya buys out the entire dj set to only play 2010s club anthems all night long. he wants to give shane the ultimate 2010s clubbing experience he never had, but also make up for all those nights ilya had to spend dancing and making out with strangers and not the one person he wanted. but now he gets to do all this with his husband! who is delightfully hard for him by the way, because shane finds sleazy club slut ilya absolutely irresistible. ilya is gripping his hips, grinding against him, licking his neck and whispering the dirtiest filth into his ear, and shane gets dizzying butterflies he imagines all those girls got back then. and he isn’t even retroactively jealous, because now his ring is on ilya’s finger, and oh god, he gets to be taken home by ilya rozanov! he gets to have all his attention now and get railed stupid by him later!! in their shared home!!! shane is living his dream life, and ilya is right there with him.

[softgnome]

Personally I do think that sometimes non-hockey fans can end up mischaracterizing Shane and Ilya because they don't know enough about hockey/hockey playstyles

The Ilya we see in Heated rivalry would not be throwing the first punch, he's not an enforcer. Ilya is a star center and a Pest. He wouldn't be doing his job correctly if he was punching players every other game, it would end up with not enough ice time to let him be the playmaker he's paid to be.

But being a pest can be playmaking! Find a player to bait, emotionally push them just enough that they try to fight you, and then get the fuck out of there before the ref gives you both penalties. This gets your team the power play. There is probably someone on Ilya's line dedicated to helping him get out of the fights he starts, and finishing them for him!

I also think this is also something that Shane would respect. Ilya is good at it and it's a good strategy for his team. I don't think Shane would see it as some dirty tactic, because Shane probably thinks everyone with a brain can see it for what it is! He probably thinks everyone should be able to see that being an asshole is a tactic for Ilya, that it's something to ignore and not fall for, that it's a strategy and not personal beef.

I think Shane's more disappointed when a Metro falls for it. Shane sees it as Ilya set up a Looney Toons ass obvious trap and one of his teammates ran into it. Why be mad at Bugs Bunny when you can be mad at your defenceman for falling for a fucking Bugs Bunny trap.

[lavenderprose]

Hello Maggie! May I humbly request more lists of things that Shane says (like the mic'd up compilation)? ONLY if you feel like it, of course! I just feel like I get to know Shane so well and I learn about hockey culture through your posts like that and I love them so much. No pressure!! ok thanks bye ❤️🙈 - krb

Hmmm OKAY yes I think I have a few more:

- "Luca come here. Let me see. Open your fucking mouth, kid. Okay yeah, he's bleeding, tell them to give that fucker double, Ilya--"

- "Yeah so like...you eat the food with your hands. No forks. No, they give you this bread. Yeah it's good. Kind of spicy."

- "Hey buddy. Nah, not much. Jackie and the kids good? That's good. Surprised you're not part of the scrum. Yeah he told me he was gonna try to fight you tonight."

- "Ha, no, stay there. I don't wanna hear it. No, I don't want you to whisper it either. Save it for the power play."

- "Can you do this with your pinky? Yeah. Huh, maybe it's because I've broken mine. Hey, Bood, can you do this with your pinky? Huh. Chouinard--tap Chouinard--hey, try to do this--"

- "That ref fucking hates me and you know why--you fucking KNOW why--no I will not calm down!"

- "Yeah it was nice, but I don't think we'll go back. I dunno. It rained the whole time and Ilya said it made him feel homesick. No, like, for Russia. Yeah. Big sad Slavic eyes the whole time. And he's, y'know. My guy. When he's sad, I'm sad. Nah, that's not sappy, that's just marriage, man."

- "Hey, did you know that the point of hockey is actually to keep your blades on the ice? Yeah it helps. You can't go as far skating on your nose."

- "Aw shit, buddy, did he get you? Did my husband use his big stick to put you on your back? Aw man, bud, I dunno. Sounds kind of gay."

- "No, it's fine, not broken. Don't fuss. I'll tell you what I said later. No, later. Uh-huh. You get it. Eyes on the game, Rozanov."

- "Aw, fuck, he threw a blade. Oh you are not serious. Why is he crawling. COME ON, THIS IS WHAT WE LEARNED THE POWER PULLS FOR--"

- "Oh, kiss cam. You know, I asked them not to--helmet, Ilya. I said you could kiss my helme--mmm. Fine."

- "Say that again about my fucking family, motherfucker! Say that shit again! I'm not gonna let you fuckers play like that anymore!"

- "No, shh, I'm still mic'd. Wait until Sarah comes to take it. Ilya, I said no--shh, okay, it's on the right side. Careful, fuck! If you break the mic because you're too...eager...they'll never mic either of us up again."

[giveemhales]

#myshane is a deeply insecure individual, but the two things he is never insecure about are hockey (duh) and sex with ilya.

Like most people would probably be feeling pretty insecure if they finally had sex with a guy for the first time and then got ghosted for six months. It would be very easy to think the sex wasn’t good for the other person and they moved on.

Does not even occur to Shane. Like he is definitely hurt and definitely insecure about whether Ilya cares about him on a personal level (see “we didn’t even kiss” text), but obviously the sex was not the problem. The sex was so mindblowing that he’s like yeah obviously this was one of the greatest experiences of both of our lives. He does not need to spend any time contemplating that.

He may be insecure about how Ilya feels about him and how the world would (and later does) feel about them together. But he is not insecure about his lack of experience compared to Ilya or worried that Ilya does not enjoy their time together. #myshane is like I was born to be on my knees for that man, my body was made to take his cock. He is certain he is the #1 stick handler in the league and the #1 handler of Ilya’s dick in the world. People call Shane hockey Jesus as a joke but he’s pretty sure he and Ilya legit see God when they make each other cum. There are about one million obstacles standing in the way of his relationship with Ilya, but insecurity about sex will never be one of them.

[theverylasthound]

[ouchmyghostskin]

[deedala]

ilya + advanced boyfriending

[dbdauplifts]

Artist Spotlight 🏏✨

Meet Comical Specimen, a comic artist and the cover designer for Pins & Patches! They can be found on YouTube and Tumblr at @comical-specimen, and on Bluesky at comicalspecimen.

For more information on the Charles Rowland Zine, and to see additional contributors, check out the tag on our page HERE.

[novivi]

Same dbd, but edwin looks like this because once in the 90s charles gave him a makeover and he couldn't say no

[lucylehane]

hollanov + grinning like dopes as they text each other

[many-gay-magpies]

I mentioned this headcanon of mine in a post I recently reblogged but I realized I've never made it its own post so its getting one now. I love all the funky tension around shane and yuna with yuna being his manager and pushing him to keep up the Golden Good Boy of Hockey image, but I feel like... it isnt a mutually exclusive thing that yuna is probably also aware that her son is a bit of a bitch.

yuna raised shane on a diet of scathingly critical commentary over hockey games; she raised him to excel over his fellow hockey players. I can see it being a fun hollander family pasttime, for all three of them to watch games together, shane and yuna tossing deep cuts and absolutely foul chirps back and forth about whatever player just fumbled a shot at the goal or got slammed into the boards because he wasn't paying enough attention to the opposing defense or whatever. shane "bunch of finnish guys talking about the cousins theyre in love with" hollander, son of yuna "fuck him. right up the butt!" hollander. and david is there providing the snacks and nodding and humming along (not that he doesn't have his own opinions as a former hockey player, but to me he seems like he would be far less intense about it- more likely to balance shane and yuna out by complimenting the new chicago rookie's edges or saying stuff like "they've been rebuilding nicely"). shane needs to be reserved and polite for the camera, during press runs and commercials and whatever else, but that doesn't extend to the hollander's family time. yuna knows her boy, and he's a good boy, but he's ALSO a mean little fucker sometimes—especially when he's relaxed, feeling safe, and has his guard down. (idk how well this actually fits with what we see of shane and his mom's relationship in canon, but shhhh I'm just playing in my little sandbox.)

so. what I'm imagining is this carrying over into yuna's perspective on shane's relationship with ilya. she's wary of him for a while at first, because he's ILYA. he's her son's rival; she's spent almost a decade hating him on shane's behalf. it's going to take a little more than a few awkward dinners and a love confession for her to warm up to him. but the more dinners and movie nights ilya is over for, the more HE warms up to THEM, and the more shane starts to relax with him around yuna and david—the more yuna starts to notice about their relationship.

at first, ilya is more reserved around the hollanders, trying to be a Good Boyfriend and make a Good Boyfriend impression in them, but he gradually starts to loosen up and be how he usually is with shane-- poking and prodding and teasing to get a rise out of him, because he likes stirring shane up. and shane pokes and prods and bitches right back, "fuck you"s and "shut the fuck up, asshole"s and chirping ilya with a grin on his face. but it's not even just that; shane is comfortable being mean WITH ilya. they're watching a game at the hollanders' and ilya tosses out a chirp about buffalo's goalie, and shane immediately 'yes, and's it with something just as sharp. yuna brings up one of she and shane's regular bits about philly's center being way past his prime, and shane doesn't even hesitate to keep it going with ilya right there next to him—easy and relaxed in a way she knows he usually isn't around his team.

and yuna is just witnessing all of this with big sparkly eyes and a full, vaguely aching heart, because Oh. her boy feels safe. her boy is in love. and then she goes into the kitchen to cry about it a little under the guise of replenishing the veggie plate and david rubs her back with a commiserating "i know, honey, i know" (and he's probably a little teary-eyed too, because he knows what shane's comfort around ilya means just as well as his wife does).

[beehivedemocracy]

I feel like whenever Ilya is modeling for a brand and doing a photoshoot and Shane comes with to watch, there always ends up being extra pictures of him with Shane, usually just giving him a hug or a quick kiss. Like after they're done with most of the main stuff Ilya is always like "what? We're just gonna waste the fact that my gorgeous husband is here? I must get photo with him" and most of the time the company obliges but never shared any of them publicly. However the rare times they do, the internet goes freaking wild. It happens once or twice and it gets to the point where when either of them do photoshoots and their partner doesn't make an appearance in at least one photo, people won't stop talking about it. Eventually clothing brands get the idea and start asking them to do joint photoshoots and it melts brains

[finny-red]

Home Sweet Home 🌃🌙

[marraetay-blog]

It’s interesting how the entire club scene is lit with the bisexual colors bc both Ilya and Shane are performing bisexuality in inauthentic and equally toxic ways to hide their fear, hurt, and shame.

For Shane, bisexuality is his last ditch effort to deny his queerness and desire for Ilya. For Ilya, flaunting his bisexuality in front of Shane—who is struggling so hard with the desire to be ‘straight passing’—is both a taunt and a plea.

Both of them using bisexual exploration and expression in deeply flawed and destructive ways for a scene that is lit with bisexual colors is so interesting.

The bisexual flag colors are meant to represent authenticity, visibility, and pride but both Shane and Ilya are so deeply buried in fear, hurt and shame that they are branded by the bisexual colors instead of embraced by them.

The bisexual colored lighting is as atmospheric and inescapable as identity itself, further contrasting and coloring everything that is keeping them apart.

[mercyandmountainwater]

love the premise where Shane is like

“Ilya I know you like to joke by On God you Cannot tell people that I bottom (insert explanation of the feminization of Asian men here)”

Ilya: Okay my love. (Announces to the world that He’s the bottom instead of being quiet when people are making assumptions)

[shadowquill17]

they will not show up at 5

Maybe a hot take but I don't know why everyone acts like the "we'll see you at five" line means that Yuna and David will show up the same day at the cottage.

I mean don't get me wrong, I've definitely enjoyed the fix-it fics where they don't, and I feel like many agree that Shane and Ilya should get their quiet time alone after that whole thing, but was it ever confirmed that they don't? Sorry if I missed the info, but I keep thinking about it and it just doesn't work for me. So even if it's canon, lemme just share all the reasons it just doesn't make sense.

First of all, potentially completely biased gut feeling here, but to me it already looked like that "We'll be there around five" was just them confirming plans, maybe for the next day or maybe the day after that? (Okay, let's be real, they wanna see their son, it's probably the next day.) That's the first thing I thought when hearing that line, and that's what I kept thinking until I saw people talking about it. Because I mean, "We'll be there around five" doesn't imply that it's the same day. It just means it's in the future (near future, sure).

Second, when Shane and Ilya drive back, the sunlight looks like it's... idk, I really wanna say late afternoon because it looks so golden hour-y? Which would make it pretty late since it's the summer? And I know they filmed that in June, but in terms of vibe, it's just giving end of the day, late afternoon. Something ending, but in a really lovely, satisfying way. That's the vibe, guys, idk! You know the vibe! The vibe after lunch and dessert and coffee with your family during the week-end? It just makes me FEEL that it's at least 3 PM, if not 4 PM.

Third, even if we look at the timeline, Shane and Ilya were talking about what to eat for lunch when Shane's dad surprised them. I don't think Shane is the type to have lunch particularly early, so let's be Classic™ about it and say it's around noon.

They then take the time to help Shane calm down, get ready, drive to Shane's parents'. That's what, another 40 minutes? Once they're there, we see the whole talk, we know they have lunch. We only get bits and pieces but that whole thing HAD to have lasted at least an hour.

And THEN once everybody relaxes they probably stay another little while after that, maybe another hour, right? Until things settle and they're all apparently completely relaxed when they come out to walk Shane and Ilya to the car. That brings us to 2:40 PM, at the absolute earliest.

Finally, Shane and his parents might have some issues with boundaries, but I kinda don't think they would visit again after this whole thing. (Okay, Yuna might have, but I honestly think David would hijack that and give Shane a bit of space. Hip squeeze style, iykyk).

I mean, they just had a lovely lunch, their son is going home with his boyfriend, everyone's had a pretty big and emotional day. Yes, they will all get together soon! It doesn't have to be right that same day. Shane is an adult, he's staying at his own cottage in the first place, so they're not always glued together, and this is not a family vacation. Seeing each other once a day or once every couple of days feels like the vibe here.

So yeah, TL;DR: I don't get that whole "noooo Shane's parents should give them a bit of time instead of showing up immediately at the cottage", because to me it was obvious from the very start that their visit was never supposed to be later that same day.