Quotes and Feels and Such

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[userilyarozanov]

Wild Geese by Mary Oliver happy birthday @idontwikeit! ❤❤

[tinylilhollander]

Maybe it's because I'm writing about it at the moment, but I'm just thinking about Shane and the little town near his cottage.

It only has one of everything. There's a butchery and a bakery and the tiniest supermarket you could possibly imagine – basically a slightly expanded convenience store. There's a florist and a curio shop.

There's one mechanic who ends up servicing more snow plows in a year than cars. The cinema only seats about 50 per theater, only has two theaters, and only gets the latest movies at least a month or two after the rest of the world does.

There's a goodwill and a hardware store and a sporting goods store that only sells the entry-level stuff or the high-end stuff because those are the only two groups of people who shop there. There's a cheap motel and a luxury bed and breakfast. There's a diner whose menu hasn't changed in fifty years.

There's a church that only a fraction of the town attends, but whose hall everyone uses for every possible event you could imagine: support groups, dances, birthday parties, weddings, anniversary celebrations, wakes, preschool concerts.

Shane knows everyone in this town. These people have watched Shane grow up, and adore him. Even though he only spends a few weeks there every year, and they don't have any real claim to him, when he goes pro it feels like one of their own makes it big. When it's rumoured that the new big lakeside mansion that's going up is Shane's, the town is buzzing with it. They hope it means he'll be back more.

And he is. He can only spend summers there most of the time, but wherever there's a gap in his calendar, he likes to escape to his 'cottage' for a few days. Shane knows when he goes back and people are excited to see him, it's not because he's Shane Hollander, MLH Star – it's because he's little Shane, David and Yuna's boy, now all grown up.

When rumours start spreading that for the past few summers he's been spotted bringing someone to the cottage with him, and that that someone looks a lot like Ilya Rozanov, a whole town meeting is called where it's collectively decided that no one is to breathe a word of this to anyone. This is Shane's town and they refuse to betray him. If there's even a hint that someone might start spreading rumours, they get blacklisted from every shop in town. They take this shit deathly seriously.

When it all comes out, they're not surprised when Shane shows up to escape. But this time he has a surprisingly polite and friendly Russian hockey player in tow, who looks absolutely thrilled to be hugged and fussed over as he's introduced as Shane's fiancé. Shane tells them that they've come to their cottage for a few days to escape the media circus and regroup, and Shane thought it was about time Ilya got to meet the people of his favourite place in the world.

When Shane and Ilya are invited to the line dancing night they've organised in the church hall that night, Ilya's surprised when Shane agrees enthusiastically. And as he and Shane fumble their way through the first few dances, collapsing into each other in a fit of laughter as they try to catch their breath, Ilya just looks at Shane and brushes a strand of hair out of his face.

"It was never just the cottage, was it?"

"No," says Shane. "This town has always been home."

"Then I'm glad I finally got to see it."

A few years later, there's a bigger buzz than ever as whispers fly that Shane and Ilya have been spotted pushing a baby buggy around town. Shane feels an indescribable warmth as people excitedly talk about Shane and Ilya's baby girl.

"Iris," he smiles, introducing his daughter to his favourite town in the world, knowing that these wonderful people will help raise her the way they helped raise him.

[amos-burton]

Getting emotional thinking about Ilya Rozanov, whose family always took from him and still asked more, being proposed to by a boyfriend hopelessly in love with him, who chose the ring just for him. With parents who welcome him with warmth and board games, and cook for him. They don’t ask for anything in return, they love him.

And I love to imagine Ilya warming up to the idea that he can be loved for himself, a family relationship isn’t supposed to transactional. He doesn’t have to buy the Hollanders’ affection, he can gift his family sweet things just because he wants to, as they do for him.

He loves buying clothes for Shane. Stylish pieces Shane feels confident in, that are also the right materials, without scratchy tags or ill-placed seams. Shane loves wearing these, because they’re gifts from Ilya, but mostly because they’re proof of how well Ilya knows him. He fires his stylist at some point, because he trusts Ilya’s judgement more. Ilya’s heart doubles in size when Shane tells him.

David gets beautiful books full of crosswords, antique editions from when they were created, and puzzles with way too many pieces. His favorite part of the gifts is solving them with his son in law while arguing about what they’ll plant in the garden next spring. And then tending to the garden together, Ilya coming over on days off with seeds of Shane’s favorite veggies. They always try new recipes together after each harvest.

Yuna is hard to shop for. Once, Ilya asked her if there’s a gift that she’d especially like. She smiled and said him being there, making Shane happier she could ever imagine, and making their family whole is the best gift he could ever give her. They might’ve both cried that night. Once the tears had dried out, she laughed and said she had found some of his old sports cars quite awesome, actually. A month later, there’s a pale yellow Lamborghini in the Hollanders’ driveway. Shane is terrified everytime he sees his mom behind the wheel. Ilya and Yuna are delighted.

[stahsm]

Overlock Stitch by @clothes_reetzy

[thatisuseful]

Damn, that's useful

[fluidstatick]

Finally a hand sewing tutorial on a hemline that isn't just the ladder stitch! the ladder stitch disappears when you tighten it, but it's not meant for hemlines because it breaks really easily! The overlock stitch is more stable, so it holds much longer, and it won't pucker or warp the fabric!

[eugeniedanglars]

i've said before that i think in 2024 one of the younger cens players (picking a name at random and saying holmberg) makes shane and ilya listen to chappell roan and they take unfathomable psychic damage from good luck babe and casual while flashing back to their situationship era, but to get even more specific about it:

i think holmberg starts them off with good luck babe since it's her big breakthrough hit and ilya is like "hm. so this is a song about being in a relationship with someone who's in denial about being gay? and they won't admit to the relationship because of it? interesting" while staring directly at shane who is making very determined eye contact with the floor.

and holmberg (clueless) is like "yeah she writes a lot of situationship anthems actually!" and puts on casual.

which allows shane to pull an instant uno reverse card and stare daggers into the side of ilya's head while going "wow, imagine what it would be like to spend years sleeping with someone who sends really confusing mixed signals by saying that what you have is casual but then treating you like it's not casual at all. that would suck."

anyway chappell roan gets banned from the cens locker room playlist out of fear of causing their captain and alternate to divorce. they make an exception for pink pony club though because they are the pink (red) pony (centaur) club

[doriangraysrockcollection]

i must say, i am a huge fan of when a book is in the middle of a very exciting plot containing many interesting problems when out of nowhere for a few pages it's like, "hey by the way, real quick, here's a detailed explanation of the city's water filtration system! i'm telling you this for a reason and you should worry about it. anyway! haha okay back to the plot" and you just get to be Scared for a while

[doriangraysrockcollection]

i am kissing you on the mouth right now

you are the only person who understands me. you and the person who tagged a series of unfortunate events

[finelytaylored]

no it’s fine I wanted to cry today 😭 (x)

[tinylilhollander]

Rose helping Shane put on makeup as a treat for Ilya because he remembers how 'pretty' Ilya found him during the CCM shoot.

He's not wearing enough to even be noticeable really, just enough to make his features pop.

So when Ilya gets home and sees Shane he does a bit of a double-take and his breath hitches in a way that makes Shane's heart stutter.

"My Shane, you are beautiful today," he says stepping closer. "Of course you are always beautiful but today something is wow." His ears flush red as he gestures with his hands for emphasis. "Sorry, English is not so easy now. You are taking my breath."

And Shane takes a step even closer, so that his thigh slots between Ilya's, and grinds just enough to feel him through his jeans.

"You're saying it's hard, baby?"

And that's all the invitation Ilya needs.

"So hard."

[tinylilhollander]

@jskakanna Had to have your comments pass peer review because I'm eating this uppp with a spoon 😵‍💫✨🫶

[stabthroughme]

There is a photo deep in the Centaurs media reel archives from a community day thing where baby Shane (7) is running away from Chuck the Beaver and being “protected” by the then-Captain of the Centaurs.

Harris finds it while combing through the archives for fun comparisons to the current team.

Instantly posts it with a picture of Ilya pulling Shane away from a fight single handed, and with the photo from Shane and Scott’s post-game fight when he was a Metro.

“It only takes one Ottawa Centaur to keep national treasure Shane Hollander safe. How many Metros does it take to stop gay on gay crime???”

[sinners-go-to-drink-the-wine]

found their playlist

[bethanydelleman]

Maybe it's naive of me, but whenever I see portraits like this, with just a father and daughter, it restores my faith in humanity a little. Because people seem to love this idea that fathers never loved their daughters in the past and only saw them as bargaining chips for marriage or whatever, but look at the guy in the first portrait on the left, he loves that little girl! And the dad trying to do his work while his daughter bothers him with an Old Timey Barbie. The man teaching his daughter geography, his expression is so soft! The way the man in the last portrait holds the little girl's hand! And none of these are incidental, these aren't photographs, someone (probably the father) paid good money and sat down for hours so that they could have a painting of themselves and their daughter. Probably because they loved their daughter.

From left to right: 1795 Michał Jerzy Mniszech with his daughter Elżbieta - Marcello Bacciarelli; Christopher Anstey and his daughter Mary Ann by William Hoare 1776; A Musician and His Daughter by Thomas de Keyser 1629; The Geography Lesson (Portrait of Monsieur G. and His Daughter), 1812; Jean-baptiste Isabey And His Daughter; Portrait of a Young Girl and Older Man by William Harrison Scarborough

(this is probably somewhat related to my other favourite genre of painting, Husband With Multiple Kids Making Come Hither Eyes At His Wife)

[janeeyreofmanderley]

oh I love those! People being people is one of my favourite kinds of paintings and an important reminder that people in past times were not all that different. There were dads who loved their daughters fiercely. There were fathers who happily looked after their babies too. The German reformer Philip Melanchton for example had a cradle in his office. His wife was busy organising a household for 20 people- she was out and about, he mostly worked in his office, it made sense for him to look after their babies too babies while she dropped by at snack time.

in fact often if it was kind of safe dads had the babies in their workshops for just that reason as we can see in these paintings:

The left is “the busy father” by Theodore Weber, the right one is “At the china repairer’s “ by Wenzel Tornoe. All dads who are actively involved in childcare and a painter who thought it was a cute topic rather than anything ridiculous.

[obi-troll-kenobi]

I raise you:

First Lesson by Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865 - 1931)

Un Coup De Main (The Helping Hand) by Émile Renouf (1845 – 1894)

Italian Winegrower And His Daughter by Francesco Baratta (1590-1666)

[klappersacks]

(via File Photo)

[mudwerks]

WTF are those obelisks on the right?…

[pricklylegs-deactivated20250727]

Tasty obelisk fries..

[memewhore]

“It’s digestible” has got to be the laziest goal I’ve ever seen achieved by a food product.

[gingerhaze]

“It’s digestible”

[rhea314]

“It’s digestible” is pertinent!! Okay, for those of you who haven’t researched Crisco for writing fic about gay sex in the mid-late 60s:

The first-edition of The Joy of Gay Sex, published in 1977, declared, “Vegetable shortening may be the best lubricant, since it is not only greasy but also digestible”[4] Such a statement perhaps gives new meaning to the companies boastful declarations that “Its digestible” and “Crisco has been making life in the kitchen more delicious for years.”  Similarly, in the 1978 sex manual The Advocate Guide to Gay Health, Crisco even earned an entry in the book’s index.  Discussions of the shortening’s use as an anal lubricant indicate its popularity, with statements such as: “The lubricant, typically the cultic Crisco, must be copious.”[5]  In fact, Crisco was so synonomus with gay sex that discos and bars around the world took on the name, such as Crisco Disco in New York City, which was one of the premiere clubs during the 1970s and early 1980s.  Other clubs or bathhouses, such as Club Z in Seattle, even featured murals with Crisco.  Thus, Crisco was conversely also one of many things that led to the formation of gay identities during the 20th century.

from this essay: http://www.columbia.edu/~sf2220/TT2007/web-content/Pages/drew2.html

The more you know! :D

[nianeyna]

I have learned a new thing today.

[soupwife]

Love this post for so many reasons but most especially because this is from all the way back in 2012 and and yet not a single blog in this thread is deactivated

[nianeyna]

I enjoy that not only does this have a link to an actual source, but the link still fucking works.

[dancinbutterfly]

but @rhea314 you didnt include a picture of the crisco disco! AND MY GOD THE DJ BOOTH WAS A GIANT CRISCO CAN!

Go dance and get fisted. Fucking iconic.

[mr-elementle]

Love the gay history, but i just wanna correct that the “it’s digestible” in the gay stuff was a reference to crisco’s tagline it had been using since 1911, the actual meaning of its digestible is because it’s main competition came from “enhanced” lards which were rendered pig fat mixed with non food thickeners that literally did not digest and caused people to basically just shit out pig cream, since crisco was veggie based the body digested it along with the food

[papapastoral]

And in case you were still wondering, @mudwerks.. Tuna Croquettes

[elf7knight]

This post is the opposite of net zero information. Not only did I learn several new facts about gay history but also we rounded our way back to the original question of the tag line and the mini obelisks.

It’s a net profit of information. 12/10 post

[isnt-that-wizardd]

here's the thing. ilya loves having shane in his arms. that is a fact. he loves coming up to hug him from behind, he loves pulling him in for a kiss, loves dragging shane in to sit on his lap, loves getting his hands on every part of his body he possibly can to re-map the expanse of his skin as if he didn't memorize it years ago. holding shane in his embrace, feeling him relaxed and warm against him, knowing he's here and safe, ilya loves that. there's a part of him that never wants to let go.

but by god, ilya rozanov LOVES being in shane's arms. ilya is used to being a large guy, tall and muscular and hot and intimidating looking - all perfect for hockey, all great for when he was seeking out a hookup, but not so perfect for when he just wanted to exist, just needed casual comforts and softness and to not be Rozanov™ for a while. but none of that matters with shane. because shane matches his build and his height and his muscle, and even if he didn't neither of them would care, but for once it gets to be ilya who curls up in a strong, comforting embrace and fuck, he never, ever wants to leave. he LOVES cuddling into shane's side when they watch TV, with shane's arm over his shoulders and a hand running through his hair. he LOVES laying between his legs and curling up against his chest, he LOVES shane casually wrapping an arm around his waist, even if it's just to move him out of the way, he LOVES that shane never seems to want to stop playing with his curls, he LOVES the sweet loving kisses pressed to his cheek and his neck and his hands, he LOVES being the little spoon or falling asleep in any way that means he's comfortable in shane's embrace. ilya's absolute favorite place in the world to be is wrapped up in shane hollander, feeling more loved and adored and cared for than he knows what to do with. it has been so long since he's ever felt even a fraction of the comfort and safety that he feels when shane cuddles him up, reminding him that it's okay to just let go every once in a while and soak it in. the moment shane gets his hands on him, ilya is just absolutely melting, falling in love all over again. if he could spend forever in shane's arms, he would, with the only breaks being the times when they switch it up so he's holding shane instead. they are each other's safe space and happy place, and physical touch is just SO important

[penandinkprincess]

i think i've posted this before, but ilya truly does deserve an award for his patience after getting woken up at fuck o'clock at the cottage for a five year plan strategy session when he was in the middle of a rem cycle.

like the way he asked "what is nur-ate-iv?" makes me think man TRULY was not catching all of the words getting tossed at him so fast the second his eyes were even a LITTLE open. like he wasn't asking "what story did you come up with?" he's asking "what word are you even saying to me right now?" man got like 0.2 seconds to be like "oh i'm awake now?" before he was getting PELTED with english because shane had a forty step plan that couldn't wait like. three more hours.

i would have hit him with a pillow and said let's circle back, so kudos to ilya.

[penandinkprincess]

this does make me think that if they have kids, ilya is going to be the default parent getting woken up for "i frew up"

in my heart, shane sleeps like a ROCK and is also non-functional if his sleep schedule is disrupted

so papa is the one getting little hands patting at his face at 3 am because his sleep isn't safe from daddy OR the kids

[penandinkprincess]

this also does mean that shane rarely wakes up in a bed with the same number of people it had when he fell asleep

either ilya is completely mia because he went to lay down with whatever kiddo came to get him and then fell asleep in their bed without meaning to, or shane wakes up to little feet pushing into his kidney or a little fist tucked under his arm or a kiddo sprawled sideways over him AND ilya in a way that canNOT be comfortable

shane always handles getting everyone put together and fed breakfast, but the first step of every morning routine is just a headcount to find out where everyone ended up overnight

[gaypoetprince]

@zouisalmightie

@shakespearerants

[penandinkprincess]

awww, also feeling very Soft about the idea of shane taking over when he clocks in for his shift

wakes up at 6 am alone and goes to investigate where his husband ended up and finds ilya curled up on a twin bed he's taking up almost all of the real estate on, their wide-awake child reading their little picture book while using him as a backrest, and shane picks kiddo up, sends them off to the kitchen to wait for breakfast and then *gentle smooch smooch until ilya stirs without fully waking up* hey. i'm sure twisting up like a shrimp is super comfortable and good for your back, but we have a king size bed, too, in case you forgot. just a reminder that you have some options here.

and then nudges ilya back to their room while he goes to get the rest of the house ready for the day while ilya curls up in still shane-warm sheets to sleep for a while more.

[anime-writing-everything]

I imagine the first time Yuna heard that Shane befriended Hayden she was expecting someone quiet, and then this blond golden retriever hockey player just kind of bounded up to her and David as they were talking to Shane. And then Shane was letting someone other than family hug him, and she was like “what????”

[themenacewhowrites]

The Golden Retriever:

The Selectively Social Dork:

The Headbutts of Friendship:

[anime-writing-everything]

LMAO

Yuna Hollander watching her introvert anti-physical affection son do friendship headbutts: what????

[words-to-accomplish-something]

[snowsmoked]

Like everything in his life, Shane is very pragmatic about sex.

First it’s planning their meet-ups months ahead. Shane has time to plan his outfit, do a pre-workout, and complete his prep routine. When he’s hosting, the temperature is perfectly set, lights low, fresh towels set out on the counters. When Ilya’s hosting or a hotel, he builds in time to do everything he needs beforehand.

Once they’re married, that changes. Living together means things can be a lot more spontaneous (which he loves) but he also likes to know The Plan™️.

And once they’re married, Shane has no problem asking for what he wants so he can plan out his day and routine. It’s not particularly sexy, but he guesses that’s married life.

“Ilya?”

“Hm?”

“Do you want to eat me out after the Canada match tonight?”

They had both been rooting for Canada at the world cup - Ilya even got them jerseys.

Ilya chokes and Shane frowns at him. “You okay?”

“I - just - what?”

“Well I’m going to do a full shower after my physio session with Amelia - I should be done by the time the Canada game starts. Oh - and I meant to ask if you liked those new frozen meals Lyn brought over. They’re a new brand.”

“I - yes, please Shane if I ever don’t want to eat you out, I have been replaced by aliens.”

“Okay, cool. And the meals?”

“Gross,” Ilya said. “But normal gross.”

~*~*~*~

“Ilya?”

“What?”

“Can we fuck on the couch tonight? With the fire going?”

Ilya grit his teeth and for a second Shane thought he would say no.

“Of course.”

“Maybe around 8? I bought 2 hour logs and the fire needs to be completely out by bedtime.”

“Okay.”

~*~*~*~

“Ilya!”

“Shane?”

“Look at your messages! I want to try that position. Maybe after we get back from our afternoon skate?”

~*~*~*~

“Ilya?” Shane asked through his cars bluetooth. Ilya was cooking and keeping him company on the phone as he drove back from an optometrist appointment. Much to his husband’s (fake) disappointment, his slight nearsightedness still didn’t need glasses for anything besides reading comfortably.

“Hm?”

“Did my package get delivered?”

“A package did. I put it on side table for you.”

“Can you go ahead and open it? I wasn’t sure what size to get so I got a few options. I want to try them this weekend - maybe Saturday? If they don’t fit, I’ll need to do another order tonight for 3 day shipping.”

He heard Ilya take a deep breath. He hated to give him another thing to do on top of making dinner, but he wanted to make sure they had the right sizes before they wanted to use them.

~*~*~*~

“Hey Ilya?” Shane said quietly, so the other people at the stuffy fundraiser couldn’t hear.

“Yes?” Ilya, his hand coming up to run through the back of Shane’s hair.

“I’m exhausted. Can we do shower blowjobs when we get home tonight?”

Ilya hand stuttered in his hair. Shane hated to disappoint him but he was too tired for his prep routine, his post routine, and cleaning the sheets. Or even getting up for Ilya to do it. Shower blowjobs had excellent clean up time and he could fall right into bed afterwards.

“That sounds perfect,” Ilya said, a little roughly.

~*~*~*~

Shane was going to kill him. Murder him. Like a sniper - out of the blue, at any given moment, Shane might call out to him all softly and then ask for hottest sex imaginable (all sex with Shane) AND THEN plan it for later, leaving Ilya incredibly worked up.

The worst part was Shane did not even know he did this to him - for Shane, it was just planning - run at 6, breakfast at 8:15, workout at 8:30, shower at 10, fuck husband at 10:45, off ice training at 12:15, etc. It drove Ilya insane.

But Ilya didn’t want to mess it up by acting on the extreme horniness he felt every time his husband causally planned out mind blowing sex. He knew routine was good for Shane’s brain and it would mess the routine up if Shane asked to pencil in a blowjob at 3:15pm and Ilya dropped to his knees right then. So he had to wait and wait until the clocked ticked down for their scheduled appointment. He loved it.

[russianblush]

the passion of the kiss before the i love you vs the relief of being loved in the kiss after

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

today I found out my mother doesn’t know what dandelions are and now I’m wondering what other strange secrets she’s been quietly harboring

[krystal-prisms]

Where do you live that you don’t have dandelions?

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

we have dandelions EVERYWHERE, they are basically our State Weed, it is absolutely impossible that my mom has never interacted with a dandelion before, this requires further investigation

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

So after extensive interrogation I have an update:

my mom is in fact aware that dandelions exist. she temporarily forgot the name and there was some miscommunication.

the truth is actually weirder

she’s aware dandelions look like this

she is familiar with this flower. she knows the name of this flower. she declines to believe, however, that these are also dandelions

she does not believe these are the same plant. I tried to explain, and she thought I was either misinformed or lying. so I asked her what exactly did she think the yellow ones were called?

she answered, with complete confidence: Daffodils.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

gosh I enjoy this website

[authoratmidnight]

For comparison, this is a daffodil

[quietlygrousing]

See, folks in the southern US will tell you up and down those are buttercups, actually.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

i don’t think so? i’m southern and buttercups are what we call these things (much tinier)

[maejacrezz007]

Wait I thought those bigger cup ones were Easter Lillies???

[fractiousrvt]

This is an Easter Lily. It is an actual lily and therefore deadly to cats.

[blood-trip-god2]

They’re marigolds and I know a bitch when I see one!

[delphinidin4]

This is a marigold:

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

….we need to start taking the phrase “go touch grass” more literally. go outside and examine a flower i beg u