@veilofimagination

new to things. writing weird stuff nobody cares about.

[a-pair-of-iris]

Since it's already August 1st in at least half the world:

Happy Odaiba Memorial Day!

This year I couldn't finish any fanfic, but I bring you our beautiful boy through time:

[veilofimag]

I wanted so badly to update on Odaiba Day this year, but once again, I have failed.

Coming to a a03 screen near you soon though!

[veilofimag]

New chapter of Reflektor up. Finally kicked my writers block.

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[veilofimag]

I want you to know that as a Shane Hollander defender to my very core, I was initially very wary reading courage but I ended up falling so so in love with it. Yes, Shane isn't perfect in it but you make it clear that Ilya isn't either! I don't think either of them were right or wrong in what they wanted; they were just both hurting. And isn't that so human? Thank you for this lovely story. <3

Thank you! ❤️ I'm so glad you gave it a chance.

The odyssey of Shane Hollander in that fic definitely gets some mixed reviews. I've always intended for it to be a fic about Shane's self-acceptance, which is maybe why the first few chapters read as if I'm hard on him. But I adore Shane, and I feel most like-Shane, and I'm always really sad when that's people's take away though.

Part of the reason I've been slow to update my other fic is that I've been pretty demoralized by the amount of Shane-defenders who have been pretty hostile in my comments/DMs. It's not very encouraging; so I'm glad people there are people who can read it and see what I'm trying to give Shane.

[needyilyarights]

You know how in lady and the tramp, lady calls her owners darling and Jim dear bc that’s what she hears them call each other?

anyway anya calls her owners asshole and little slut

[mercurialmilk]

New reaction image for ‘posting something on the internet and having it be wildly misinterpreted’

[sweetiekai]

i love when people rant to me like yes i am entrusted with your hate

[haunted-phantom-student]

When Ilya Rozanov makes Shane Hollander come three times in a row he crows obnoxiously about scoring a hat trick and it would annoy Shane a lot more if he hadn't just come three times in a row send tweet

[veilofimag]

Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov first fell in love with each other's hockey skills.

There's no way they're not getting off to each others highlight reels. Late night in a hotel ? Too wired after a win — no worries, Ilya's got lube and a YouTube full of Hollander highlight reel.

Once they're together, but their teams are in different time zones? Shane's too polite, too Canadian, to wake Ilya up, but there's the internet. roz81sickedits has been posting the best stuff for years. Half these views must be from Shane alone. He's got the names of the best ones memorized, can find them in seconds through the search bar. Hopes he remembers to never watch them while logged in, terrified he might actually like one accidentally in a post-orgasm stupor.

Once they announce their marriage, roz81sickedits posts a really long video as a wedding gift, just says I got you, SH24.

[boom-queen]

Chapter 4 of podfic for “courage (it couldn’t come at a worse time)” by @veilofimag posted 🎙️❤️🎧

https://archiveofourown.org/works/86674011/chapters/234756426

[ayumifantasy91]

Basically Taishirou 🧡💜

[veilofimag]

hello! your fic courage absolutely destroyed me and i love how you write, personally i think you’re one of the best authors in the fandom. i was wondering if you’re planning on continuing reflektor. im sorry if you’ve already replied to this question didn’t get a chance to see it. anyways hope u have a nice week :)

Aw, thank you so much ! There's a lot of amazing writers in this fandom, so that's a huge compliment.

Yes, I do intend on continuing Reflektor. I have some parts of the next few chapters written I just have some blanks to fill in. I lost a little bit of my writing magic in May/June so it was hard to continue and I put it down for a bit, but I'm hoping to return to it soon and get another chapter up. Slowly but surely it will be finished.

[veilofimag]

It seems odd to lament the ending of a Sports Radio show on tumblr. Shouting into the void.

Growing up, I listed to Calgary Flames hockey on the Fan 969 on my clock radio hidden under my blankets so my parents wouldn't notice. This year, when leaving the Dome (also perishing this year) with my family, I listened to Pat Steinberg rehash the game on my drive home.

It seems like some key memories of my childhood are dying. Local media has been slowly decaying for a long time, but with the shuttering of CBC's Hockey Night in Canada and the death of Fan 960, I really feel like some part of our history is being lost.

There's a lot of Calgary Flames references in my Heated Rivarly fic, Courage [It Couldn't Come At A Worse Time]. And Fan 960 is one of them.

I'm pleased to have memorialized it, and I'll miss it dearly.

[veilofimag]

I don't have a hot take on LLM.

All I wanted was to write some fic, chat with some people, maybe get some writer friends who wanted to swap shitty-comment stories and headcannons and share pictures of their pets once in awhile. Instead, every discord server I'm in feels like scorched earth either from celebratory fireworks or pain from revelations or delusion.

I'm not happy or excited about any of this stuff, I'm just sad and frustrated and tired of the world at large taking anything happy and tainting it.

[janehollandeer]

crucially shane owns this shirt and even more crucially ilya bought it for him as a gag gift and most crucial of all he wears it to bed frequently

[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.

[sammialex]

Book 77 and 78 ✅ ✅ were copies of Courage [it couldn’t come at a worse time] by @veilofimag. I was immediately totally captured by this story and absolutely had to bind it. Then it ended up on my bench for months because real life 😮‍💨 but we got there and USPS came through and everything is delivered so I can share!! I am SO happy with how this marbled paper inlay worked out on the cover and how smooth the vinyl lays on the Japanese bookcloth. And, of course, with the fic inside. Everyone go read Shane actually getting to make up his own mind and choose Ilya on purpose.

[veilofimag]

Overwhelmed. Such amazing talent, and I'm so pleased it gets spent on my little fic. 🥹

[boom-queen]

First chapter of podfic for “courage (it couldn’t come at a worse time” is up! Thank you to @veilofimag for writing this wonderful story and for letting me podfic it ❤️

https://archiveofourown.org/works/86674011

[veilofimag]

The lovely @boom-queen made a podfic of my fic — check it out!

Thank you so much for doing this! ❤️