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"It's good to have you back." "It's good to be back." Had the absolute pleasure of drawing this Sheith postcard for @avidbeader mailing gift project, celebrating 10 years of Sheith ❤️🖤

lavenderprose

What ABOUT Ilya makes people even think that he would want to be dogwalked. The part where he grew up feeling totally out of control of his own circumstances? The part where he started having sex at a young age SPECIFICALLY to feel more in control, both in his own body and in his life? The part where he reroutes the upper hand into his own every time he receives even a little bit of pushback from a partner ("Why the fuck did you think it was okay to sext me before the game?" "You were hard, weren't you?") The part where we consistently see him initiate and lead and control the circumstances of his and Shane's sex going back to the very first time? The part where we see that he is so used to having his orders followed with Shane that Shane doesn't even question Ilya's dominion over SHANE'S OWN SPACE IN HIS OWN HOUSE (Shane wanted those blinds down badly enough to get off the bed and find the remote; Ilya takes it and says 'No' and Shane practically goes fucking limp) like. Okay!! I guess!!

driftershunt

this was originally meant for top gun anniversary but I got lazy as fuck. anyways

pspsappho

& honestly there's no debate to be had the zendaya earrings are orders of magnitude worse than kim kardashian wearing that marilyn dress. yes that piece was a one of a kind unique textile made so specifically for marilyn monroe she had to be sewn into it. at the end of the day it was a ~70 year old usamerican cultural artefact being repurposed by an american for an american cultural event and everyone involved knows exactly where the dress came from + what happened to it + where it went afterwards. zendaya is wearing the looted (or forged) cultural heritage of a people her government is currently bombing & whose lives they have been deliberately making unliveable for decades to a movie premiere that has fuck all to do with iran. we don't know where those discs came from where they were found or by whom & we never will. AND the jeweller appears to have altered them substantially from their original condition. destroying a people's cultural heritage at the same time you destroy their country + their lives so you can look good on a red carpet One Time i want to fucking hurl

uhhhhmanda

The earrings, worn by Zendaya at The Odyssey press tour, are believed to be 2,000-3,000 years old and come at a time when the US is bombing

An archaeologist quoted in the article says "the point of these earrings is not to showcase legitimate ancient artistry, it is to fetishize the past, to be a commodity, stolen from the elite, circulated illegally, and immorally…this is about class signalling."

unspeakablearchives

aceoftigers

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Even repulsive fiction must be protected, because the alternative - letting government dictate which words may be written - is far more dangerous than any story could ever be.

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angusbeefiestick

Personally,I headcanon Ilya as understanding and speaking French but he has an even stronger Russian accent in French than English so he doesn’t speak it much. This stems from my other headcanon that he got an education meant to impress other members of the upper class.

Shane thinks that Ilya liking how he sounds when he speaks French is similar to how he feels when Ilya speaks Russian. *Insert Shane saying very horny/corny things about Ilya thinking he doesn’t understand*

Shane and the other Hollanders don’t find out in my mind until they are putting together Ilya’s stuff for citizenship and they are trying to help him sign up for French classes and he is like “I know French”

writinginasnowglobe

i think at a certain point shane would start getting seriously annoyed at the seemingly widespread idea that he's somehow supposed to be "controlling" ilya. maybe it starts off as a lighthearted joke with the way some of their friends will glance at him in anticipation when ilya says something particularly asshole-y like they expect him to tell ilya off. and at the beginning maybe shane somewhat gets it (but really though, he doesn't) because yeah it's his reputation in the league and maybe the rivalry plays a part in it too, especially for people who've never gotten to know him, but eventually, it just starts pissing him off

they're at the kingfisher after a game in new york and scott and some of the other admirals are there along with a majority of the cens and they're all having a good time. ilya and some random admirals player are chirping each other and ilya says something a little mean in the asshole way he does with a small tilt of his lips. and shane can suddenly feel eyes on him from scott and carter and troy and various other players, and for a second he doesn't get it. he doesn't get it, until all he does is snort in response, because well, it was true and also pretty funny and ilya really is the funniest person he knows, okay, and ilya nudges him with a small smile when he hears it, but then the stares slowly morph into something like confused gapes, and all of a sudden, he gets it. it's not the first time it happens and it definitely won't be the last, but shane starts noticing it a lot more and it continues to piss. him. the. fuck. off.

hayden giving him an expectant glance when ilya is half-yelling and groaning with a few cens in the bar at the soccer game on tv, like shane is for some reason gonna tell him to quiet down. scott giving him a quick side-eye when ilya chirps about his age on the ice, like shane is gonna tell him to stop; like he doesn't find the multiple layers to ilya's chirps to scott genuinely impressive, like he doesn't find it amusing. evan, though to his credit he was mostly joking, making a sly comment about shane needing to hold ilya back from fighting during a game, like shane would do that when ilya is well-fucking-aware of when to pick fights and when not to because he is the second-best hockey player in the league; like shane doesn't also find it unbearably hot when ilya has a little blood on his knuckles and dripping down the corner of his lips as he calls out mean little quips at the other team with a smirk on his face

because the thing about their relationship is that shane is undeniably attracted to ilya being an asshole. he thinks it's funny. it almost definitely also turns him on. and he likes when ilya is mean and smug and rowdy and a little shit. he likes when ilya is an asshole to him because that's their banter and their foreplay. he likes when ilya is an asshole to other people because he pretty much always thinks what ilya says is hilarious. (plus it's the fact that shane is also an asshole; it's just that ilya says it out loud more often than he does)

and so the thing about their relationship that, for some fucking reason, other people don't get is that shane, from the very beginning, has always and will continue to like when ilya is an asshole. and yes, they're married (shane also thinks some people seem to forget this, because why would shane marry ilya if he truly doesn't like ilya's personality. he thinks other people are a little stupid sometimes.) but they're also best friends and bond over being the best at what they do and how competitive they are and that they're both a little bitchy at times

long story short, i think that at some point during the first season of them playing together, all of the cens (and various other friends/players) eventually learn, as shane continues to not react the way they expect him to, that shane is THE biggest ilya enabler. he won't tell ilya off or nag him, but is actually probably standing a little off to the side with a tiny little smirk on his lips and hearts (and a little heat) in his eyes as he watches his husband

hyphenemdash

look i love fic ilya being the ultimate wag but if this is a safe space to speak #mytruth…

#myilya is not retiring before shane, and #myshane would literally be nauseated if he did. like these boys are meant to be at the TOP toGETHER. they will play together until even the most dedicated hollander/rozanov stans are quietly asking if maybe it might be time for retirement. they are pushing each other to their physical limits every time they are on the ice together. they are playing deadly good hockey up until the last fucking moment of reason. they are winning cups, they are raising rookies, they are giving every last drop of blood sweat and tears to this game, but also to each other. because hockey is so intrinsically tied to their love for one another, they can’t be decoupled. they met each other because of hockey. they were forced together because of hockey. they proved that they can only rival each other because of hockey. they get to spend every second of every day together because. of. hockey.

like imagine (in this world of hollanov RPF) the bewilderment shane would feel at hearing that people imagine ilya domesticated and raising kids and dogs only a few years into their marriage. shane feels a little guilty about his gut reaction, but fuck, the first thing that made shane attracted to ilya other then his stunning fucking face in those russian clips was the way ilya played. before the two of them even met, shane knew ilya was the only player who could come close to his talent and drive. and before he knew that ilya’s accent could make his blood simmer, or that his body would make shane literally weak in the knees, or that the simplest touch from ilya would put shane in that pleasant floaty place, he knew he was turned on by ilya’s talent. so was it so unbelievable that shane thought, just maybe, he would lose a little bit of that spark with his husband if ilya wanted to quit so soon?

the guilt isn’t necessary, because when shane brings up the idea to ilya, his husband is also fucking offended. because why would ilya fucking rozanov—russian menace, second fastest skater in the league, three time award winner for best captain—quit? to what? stand in the fucking family box with shane’s name on his back? sit at home with dogs and kids while shane is on the road? give up this thing that freed him from the cold clutches of russia and all it meant to him, that gave him purpose, that gave him shane?

and of course they want kids. they know they do. but they figured they’d adopt when they’re retired, maybe an older kid because of their age. or maybe they’ll be up for surrogacy, depending on how late they waited to retire and how brutal hockey was to their bodies. but they had years — many many fucking years — to figure it out. and in the meantime, they will continue to be the only two who can challenge each other, the only two who can push each other, the only two at the top. together.

parcai

my hot take of the day is that ilya actually runs a tighter ship than shane, not like as captain or anything i mean in the household.

1) afraid of being lazy 2) military son 3) slavic. shane has certain preferences for things sensory wise which is why he is neat abt his stuff, ilya will kill himself & everyone in the room there's a Difference. iykyk

normal-about-hollanov

yes ofc shane 'in perfect fucking french' hollander is bilingual (reaching for trilingual) but I think out his ass ilya pulls out a passing amount of german, polish, and finnish one day with zero explanation. when pressed about it, he just kinda shrugs n goes 'I remember being alone in a strange country. I remember what it was like to miss home.' and shane smashes his face between his hands and almost sobs bc 1 ilya is first n foremost shanes baby n 2 ilya is and always has been one of the kindest men shane has ever known and every new piece of it he finds makes shane emotional also 3 the competency kink goes brrr

mymoonandmyshane

myilya loves talking puck with shane and sveta. i dont think he loves it as much as those two but he’s very knowledgable about the sport and the league. we see him engage in hockey conversations with both sveta and shane and he has thoughtful things to say. idk i feel like i see a lot of people characterize ilya as someone who doesnt care about hockey and hates talking about it but i just dont think that’s true. hockey certainely plays a different role in life than shane but you dont get to be the best without caring.

giveemhales

Ik Shane is canonically Cosmo’s hottest man in the league and in fanon he is widely agreed to be the most attractive player by other players and fans alike. But I think Shane loses his mind a little bit over this. Like he’s by no means insecure about his looks and knows he’s attractive. But he is baffled that Ilya is not viewed as the most attractive player. He is happy to use it as chirping material against Ilya but the longer it goes on, the more ?????? he becomes.

Like this is a man who Shane gets hard from just looking at him showering or playing hockey or existing. He’s like okay so we have a Greek statue come to life and we are going to pretend he isn’t the hottest man alive. Okay. Am I being pranked? Is this a joke? Have you seen his ass? What is wrong with you people?!

I think once they are out and married, and Shane is once again voted hottest man in the league (or specifically hotter than Ilya), he crashes out about it online. He’s saying the vote was rigged and he’s telling people (who are complimenting him) to delete their account. He’s replying to his most vocal supporters, “but have you considered this” with the gif of ilya winking. He’s calling for a recount. And everyone is like wait… is Shane Hollander, most competitive man alive, mad that he won something?

Little do they know that he is competing with Ilya for who has the sexiest husband and the world is sabotaging him for some reason wtf

shaneseggs

choosing to believe ilya keeps up with russian slang because i know he would love pissing shane off by saying he cant do something because he has little paws

shaneseggs

@whathehe11-no3

it's just a russian internet meme у меня лапки (i have paws) which u use to say you can't do something it's like saying "no i cant help i dont have hands/thumbs" like if someone said "could you help me do the laundry?" "i have little paws"

usually using cat memes hahaha

translation: i tried but i have little paws

bingeswithmum

I'm all for the centaurs giving ilya some good natured teasing once Shane and him are married but why do so many fics act like ilya is this irresponsible chaos gremlin that the centaurs expect Shane to handle?

Most of the centaurs knew the Ottawa version of Ilya for three years before they were outed. He wasn't being unhinged, he had stopped partying or even socialising, spending most his time with his in laws. He whipped the worst team in the league into shape. He was a great friend and he loves charity and kids and dogs and his team. Why are we acting like he was something they endured until Shane got there?