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They move in together full time and Ilya notices that Anya acts differently with Shane than she does with him, more quiet and less playful, and he worries that means she doesn’t like Shane or is jealous, so he hires a dog trainer to come over and see if there’s anything they need to do to help
After a while of talking about how Anya acts the trainer says there’s nothing to worry about, Anya likes Shane just fine, it’s just that she sees him as the boss and is acting accordingly
And Ilya is like. But. I’m the one who adopted her? And raised her before Shane got here?? And the trainer is just like yeah well she sees you more like an equal. And Ilya is like WAIT she thinks Shane is in charge of both of us?? And the trainer is just like well do you interact in a way that would make her think that?
Ilya’s life flashes before his eyes as he thinks of all the times Shane has come over with a snack for Ilya and a treat for Anya, or all the times Shane has announced they’re all going for an after dinner walk, or pets Ilya’s hair and tells him he did a good job at practice, or the fact that he uses the same warning tone with Anya when she misbehaves as he does with Ilya when he’s causing problems on purpose
Shane comes home to Ilya with his face in his hands going oh god I’m not Anya’s dad I’m her brother and she thinks we’re both your pets. And Shane just goes. What.
What if you let ‘em all in on the lie? Even the homecoming queen cries
Okay I need somebody who is American and who wants to help me with my fanfiction to tell me how exactly prom and graduation in the US works. Cause I have a bunch of questions:
First of all when are final exams written? Like what month and is it always the same month and how many weeks does it take? Do you have school in between exam days or are those free for graduating students to study, like how they are in Germany? Or do final exams happen when the other students already have summer vacation? Just in general, what is the timeline of final exams? And so you write your final exams and then what happens? Is that when prom happens? Or is prom not actually for graduating students? Like what exactly is prom and is there a graduating class specific prom? Also how much time is there between the last final exam and graduation? Like the ceremony with the caps and the gowns. When does graduation usually happen? Is there free time before it, where the graduating students are basically already done with school and so they can just enjoy their free time until their graduation day? Or is that only a very short few days? Also is there another more party-like celebration after the graduation ceremony or is it just the ceremony and then everyone goes home to celebrate with family and friends?
Just basically. explain to me how final exams and prom and graduation works and the timeline of it all and assume that I know Nothing. Also I'd love to know how it was in the 80s but for my own sake I'm just gonna assume that it's pretty similar to how it is today.
I'd love it if somebody could give me an answer to all of these questions or also just some of them, if all of them is too much.
I need all of this for my lesbyler Stranger Things fanfiction btw <3
Thank you so much in advance, this would genuinely help me so much with my fanfic. Maybe I'll even draw something for the person who helps me out if they want that <3
@lyxchen I'm old - graduated in 1991, so I started (public) high school in 1987, close to ST's time period.
First, I'd say you "take" an exam, not that you "write" one, just FYI. Most exams would've been on Scantron sheets/multiple choice because this was before they moved to have high school students write so much.
In my particular high school, we had semesters, so school was broken into two halves, Sept-Jan & Jan-first week in June, with exams at the end of each semester. Most classes continued all year, but some were only one-semester long (health, driver's ed, etc.) We had 7 class periods per day and went from 7:30-2:30, so, like, I'd say I have Calculus first period and then English second period or whatever.
From what I recall, regular school would end on, say, the final Thursday in May, and then Friday, Monday, and Tuesday you'd spend 1/2 the day taking each of 2 finals. So Friday morning you'd go to first period and take the exam all morning, then take the exam for second period in the afternoon. Monday would be 3-4, Tuesday would be 5-6, and then Wednesday you'd take the exam for 7th period and then school was over for the year ~noonish.
And then the actual graduation ceremony was that Friday. So, pretty fast, not a lot of time in-between. And no school-sponsored party after that, that I recall, although students/their families did throw parties.
(In college there were a few "reading days" to study between the end of regular classes and the start of exams, but I don't remember having those in high school.)
One thing you do seem to be a little confused about: just about every class has a final exam, for all four years of high school. I think there are actually tests you have to pass to graduate now, just like basic reading and math? In some states, maybe? But that wasn't a thing back then. It's not like, oh, this is an exam to see whether you can graduate.
It's just, again, like college--you get to the end and there's a big test over everything you've learned all semester, and it's a big part of your grade. So there wouldn't be some kids already on Summer vacation--the freshman would have to take their own exams at the same time as the seniors were taking theirs.
Where it factors into graduating is if you're a senior taking a class you need to graduate, then it's possible, if you fail the exam and therefore fail the class, that you might not get to graduate. There were always those stories about people dressed in their cap and gown, ready to graduate, and they're pulled out of line because they failed senior English and have to go to summer school instead of graduating.
I'm pretty sure they'd mail your final report card once the final exams were graded.
At my school, prom happened way earlier. I just looked at the school, and prom last year was on 4/26 vs. final exams ending on 5/29. And we had one prom that anyone could go to, as far as I know. No separate proms for juniors and seniors.
Oh sweet mother mary…HE’S SO FIONE!!!
The cover of "I'll Believe in Anything: The Making of Heated Rivalry, Season 1" by Jacob Tierney has been revealed. On sale October 13th, 2026 (via people)
"Heated Rivalry” season 1 is officially being released on physical formats! (DVD, Blu-ray, and 4k Blu-ray)
The 4k Blu-ray collectors edition will feature an exclusive, yet to be revealed cover art, with a runtime of 5 hours. All 3 editions are reportedly releasing April 30th 2027.
To be clear. Shane's whole thing about Ilya being a Sex God is because of the limerence. Ilya is nineteen and he can get a rhythm going and that's about it. He was throwing shit at the wall when he hit that 'Get on your knees' in Nashville but only he knows that because Shane's brain turned OFF. Ilya said "Let's do a little experiment here" and the results were "Oh my god oh my god oh my god." Shane came hands free because he was that obsessed with the idea of Ilya Rozanov being inside him. Ilya said "Do you like that do you like that" because he's nineteen and he needs the validation and Shane was like "YES YES YES I LIKE IT OH MY GOD YOU'RE SO DEEP YOU'RE SO GOOD" and objectively. It was okay. Ilya fully did not know where to put his hands a couple of times. He forgot about Shane's dick. Luckily, Shane is God's special angel who can come from the idea of Ilya's cockhead being in proximity to his prostate a few times. Mind over matter, says Shane Hollander's dick. And then Ilya said "Oh God Hollander" because it was also, objectively, one of the hottest things that had ever happened to HIM, Ilya Rozanov. Shane sits on that step afterwards plotting about how he's gonna get this over and over and over again for the rest of his life and he has no idea that there are women in Boston who have Ilya listed in their contacts as "Hockey Guy 6/10". Shane Hollander cannot fathom a world in which Ilya Rozanov doesn't lay the maddest pipe this side of Lake Michigan. "Ilya Rozanov is a some kind of nineteen year old sex God" No Shane honey he was just designed in a lab to score goals and make you cum and he's done scoring goals for the night.
Don’t make your younger self into your own dead wife.
shane and ilya aren’t allowed to give dating advice anymore ever since the cens found out they were in a situationship for seven years before making it official. one of the rookies asked what he should do to turn his hookup into a relationship and ilya was like “well in my experience if you just keep hooking up with that person who won’t commit to you and never communicate your needs or desires it’ll all work out perfectly and you’ll fall in love and get married. so keep doing what you’re doing” and shane was like “have you tried getting a head injury in front of them”
is jake gyllenhaal gay??
why would you ask us, a narnia blog, this
I don't know who needs to hear this but... start living. The days are flying by and all you do is work, pay bills, and stress. Enjoy what you can like walks, sunsets, music, laughter. Joy doesn't have to be expensive. You deserve it.
Happy pride month to the tiny cowboy and tiny Trojan man from Night at the Museum
This hands down the best comment in the notes, I will not be taking criticism.
WSPTOTC Pride Flag
Pride Flag but for people who think Pride should be a respectable SFW event free of sexual debauchery and provocative clothing. Differs from the Gilbert Baker Design in that its colors are sampled from this image of Reverand Lovejoy's Wife screaming "Won't someone please think of the children"
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Not sure if this is exactly what you had in mind but this is what I came up with for Alex's week.
Happy Pride!
Every pride, you must reblog this. No exceptions
I love that four different people on my feed scheduled this joyous person to reblog by 8am on June 1. I look forward to seeing this a dozen more times today.
Hudson Williams and family at the 2026 Canadian Screen Awards on 31 May, 2026