Mapss

Just go on dancing with me like this forever, Garraty, and I'll never tire. We'll scrape our shoe on the stars and hang upside down from the moon 🌙

[unfinished-cardigan]

GUYS

I just saw a fic that has some talk abt things that are currently going on, like, globally, and is super specific abt those evwnys. So, I was checking the tags and noticed it said "future fic" so I was like "hmmm I mean, not really since is currently happening yk?" then, I checked the date.

THIS IS A FIC THAT HASN'T BEEN UPDATED SINCE 2014. FOR THE AUTHOR IT IS A FUTURE FIC. FOR ME IS A RANDOM TUESDAY, APPARENTLY

[unfinished-cardigan]

I know how we have agreed that the Bears/Raiders were lucky some of Taylor Swift's discography wasn't out during the Rose Landry era bc Ilya would have streamed (suffered) the hell out of those. But! Let me raise you, how lucky those guys were that Bad Bunny's "amorfoda" wasn't out yet, because then, they would have lived through the hell of having amorfoda on loop the whole fucking season.

(but I also think it would have been hilarious if the song had been out and they developed some sort of traumatic Pavlov around it, wailing of horror at the first note.)

[unfinished-cardigan]

I'm convinced Shane and Ilya are perpetual overthinkers; it's just that Ilya's is more the pessimistic kind (that will jump into the worst-case scenario first before considering other possibilities), while Shane will overthink the details (building up the worst-case scenarios); there's also the fact that Shane's spirals tend to be more outward, so they are more noticeable, but they are both at the same level of overthinking.

[unfinished-cardigan]

Gotta thank tiktok from making me come across a devastating edit with one of my favorite songs for ending my writing slump :)

[unfinished-cardigan]

Help, I can't find IT (1990) anywhere :(

I wanted to re watch it bc is legit one of my comfort films and I can't find it anywhere :(

Istg I had watched it less than a week ago and suddenly it is gone :(

Now I'm sad :(

[gingerpolyglot]

Give me Shane awkwardly trying "queer culture" things that Ilya and Harris try to introduce him to and hating it.

Give me Shane "hates clubbing and bars" Hollander not minding Kingfisher in the afternoon but refusing to go at night. Give me Shane never understanding the slang (he's never online) and being overstimulated by drag brunch (it's so LOUD and nothing fits his diet even once he loosens it a little and brunch as a concept throws off his entire routine) and utterly bored by any TV show that isn't the latest game replay (is this reality TV? Is it a drama? He can't remember and he can't tell the difference but honestly he'd rather be watching hockey) and unable to remember the difference between Lady Gaga and Cher (he never listens to music anyway) and completely disinterested in changing his wardrobe (for fancy events he wears whatever his stylist tells him to but not anything adventurous, because he just wants to look acceptable not make a statement).

Give me Shane feeling alienated from gay culture the way he sometimes feels alienated from Japanese culture and being so frustrated that being himself, exactly as he is, still isn't good enough for anyone.

Give me a Shane Hollander who doesn't want to be "the gay hockey player" the same way he doesn't want to be "the Asian hockey player" but he'll suck it up because he's such an inspiration, don't you know how many kids look up to you? Don't you know how much it matters to them to see you out there loud and proud?

Give me Shane finally snapping at Ilya that clearly he's not "super gay" if he's so bad at it, because he's sick and tired of everyone being disappointed that he's not up on whatever the latest queer culture trend is and he does not want to be a "gay icon," he just wants to play hockey and love his husband, and he's not magically a different person now that everyone knows he's gay.

Give me Ilya reckoning with how coming out has only put more expectations on Shane's shoulders and noticing the roles Shane is always forced into - the Asian player, the gay player - and understanding a bit more why privacy seemed like a better guarantee of freedom to Shane than openness.

Give me Ilya promising Shane that he loves him exactly as he is, jocky and offline and dedicated to hockey, that he never has to change anything about himself to seem more palatable to anyone, and fuck anyone who thinks Shane isn't *anything* enough, because he's always been perfect for Ilya.

[auracobaltblue]

💔💔💔💔

[the-lost-seven-7]

Happy Valentine's Day!

[quinnie-wiseheart]

lesbyler based on sumiko arai’s (aka the green yuri author) design 💙💛

[ameyumm]

Lescleradin! 🔮

[deadlycrystallineclarity]

Jane stop, your eyes are too bambi, your heart too pure and innocent, your feelings too deep, your ending too doomed, they never called you by your name, you never heard "i love you" back, you kill yourself, they kill you Jane.

Will stop, your eyes are too bunny, your love is way too pure, your presence ignored, your character was put aside, your narrative too doomed, they never gave you the love you deserved, they always used you, they kill you Will.

Mike stop, your eyes are too puppy, your character too complex, your ending too unfair, they misunderstood you, they took away your feelings, they made you hollow, they kill you Mike.

[buckleybeat]

the past seven years fucked him up

[hellfirehoe]

[ppolaire]

Go for it Mike ! (ok maybe that's too many Wills to handle)

[mikewheelerisaqueerler]

reminder that will byers doesn't know what it feels like anymore to just LIKE someone, because he has LOVED someone for so long that he forgot what it's like to just LIKE a person

reminder that by the time will byers realised he LOVED a boy, he couldn't remember a time where he only LIKED him

reminder that college will byers, who is trying to move on, will have to learn to come to terms with just LIKING someone again, and he isn't used to such a mild version of the feeling he's had for YEARS

[cheryls-blossomed]

I cannot begin to stress how important Alysa Liu is to a sport like figure skating. This is a sport that is rife with abuse and that has silenced women and has forced them to do as they’re told in order to win medals. This is a sport where authoritative figures exercise an immense amount of control over athletes from their childhoods.

Alysa left the sport because of burn out. Because of what she went through. When she came back, she said that she’d skate to whatever music that she wanted. That she’d be in charge of her training schedule. That she’d be able to take a very active role in choreographing her programs and choosing her costumes. Her entire comeback has been about her taking authority over her career. She is in charge of her own career, as it should be. As it should always be.

And she is now the Olympic Champion. Her trajectory is proof that an athlete taking control of their training, of their joy, and of their competitive career is absolutely paramount to success in sport.

[furimmer96arts]

genderswitch au.

The birthmark is by @imactuallyreallycool