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I have compiled a bunch of links to meta posts about Shane Hollander that I encountered and enjoyed. I hope you also enjoy them!

To any users I've tagged in this post, I just wanted to credit you, but if you would like me to untag you or remove your post from the list, please just let me know!

I will update this with links to some of Hudson Williams' interviews eventually, because Hudson usually has some excellent Shane meta.

Working on an Ilya version. I will update this with the link when it's done.

Shane + Autism:

@boyguilty : Shane's identity is Hockey Player

@draegmuth : Shane's relentlessness regarding being a bottom

@lavenderprose and @tawnyow-l : Shane likes Ilya's dick autistically

@superkitty21 : Shane and under-stimulation

@sonnyandshare : Shane + insults

@gayhockeyshowenjoyer : Shane's response to Ilya's "I love you"

@soul-wanderer : why a diagnosis might be helpful

@cjjade : Shane on pain meds

@themoonandmyman 's commentary on @my-2nd-account 's post Shane being surprised at the word boyfriend

@butimnomickey : Shane unmasking in ep 6

Shane + Autism + sexuality:

@whattfisausername : Shane is a breath of fresh air

@mr-stump-sir : Shane is a freaky little slut

Shane + sex:

@lavenderprose : Shane's first homosexual experience

@fuckrozanov and @rozanovx discussing how life-altering that must have been for Shane

@family-discord-server : some meta, some headcanon-ing

@fuckrozanov : Shane "winter soldier activates"

@sickness-health-all-that-shit : how they make each other better

The Tuna Melt Scene:

@spiders-hth-is-an-outlier : why Ilya brought up Svetlana, specifically (this is mostly Ilya meta but there's a little bit in there about how Shane might have interpreted that conversation)

@swanlakeprincess1 : why that conversation was so scary for Shane

@wtf-is-hockey and an anonymous asker discussing the real reason for Shane's freak-out

@young-waverer : Shane first-naming Ilya was intentional

The lunch with Yuna and David in ep 4:

@shaneswhitesocks 's post about the line, "I don't want you to lie" and @sterling-dragons 's tags in their reblog

and @sterling-dragons own post about that moment

@myarchiveforme : that lunch with Yuna and David

@kalinara 's interpretation

Episode 6:

@threehams : why Shane hadn't come out to his parents yet

@illuminetic : *half* his good looks

The Line "I tried really, really hard."

@gffa : "I tried really hard"

@hilarioushilarity : that same line

@gayhockeyshow : their take on that line

@howeverbriefly : the ambiguity of that line

@ahotknife : the costuming in that scene with Yuna

@butimnomickey : Shane's autistic moments in this episode

Shane + confidence and emotions:

@raincitygirl76 : Shane introducing himself

@ticklefighthockey : Shane has a secure attachment style ; Shane is the Emotions Dom ; Shane is observant and emotionally intelligent

@gffa : Shane goes all in on his relationship with Ilya

@cuteandtwisted : also about Shane being all in

@gutsybitsies : Shane is not the insecure one (TLG spoilers)

@aslongasitsblack : Shane is cool!! (TLG spoilers)

@nevcolleil and @raincitygirl76 discussing how Shane enjoys submitting but he's not meek and he is usually the one to escalate things between himself and Ilya

@flower-of-the-desert : Shane being attuned to Ilya

@imaginemyreality03 's commentary on @themoonandmyman 's post regarding the phone call in ep 5

@madlori : Shane making himself a safe place

@sunnys1de-d0wn : Shane's behaviour during the Russian monologue

@fuckrozanov : Shane's earnestness

Shane + race, his public image, need for control, compulsory heterosexuality, internalized homophobia and his relationship with his parents:

some important context from @maxanor about how white professional hockey is

@shanehollanderstits : Shane's internalized homophobia being tied up with being mixed race

@sanjuwrites : Shane being "too different"

@ahotknife : Shane not disappointing people

@lifeofbrybooks : Shane's facade of a perfect life

@cchapsticck : Shane's body as a product

@aslongasitsblack : Shane's denial

@aslongasitsblack : Shane does NOT think out loud

@catalpa-waltz : the "silent retreat"

@cchapsticck : Shane's sense of self vs expectations

@ticklefighthockey : Shane's cognitive dissonance about his (lack of) attraction to women

@lucydacusgirl : Shane actually can't hide as well as he thinks he can

@dedecorus : Shane being so focused on the optics

@mythmagicetc : Shane's parents just don't understand

@intergalacticmca : Shane compartmentalizing

Other stuff:

@lierdumoa : Shane's diet

@dimir-charmer , @twilitdragoneye and @raincitygirl76 discussing Shane living in Montreal as a closeted celebrity

@sylvies-chen with some irl hockey context for the hollanov rivalry

@ticklefighthockey 's input on another similarity between the show "rivalry" and the irl "rivalry" by which it was inspired

@freakoutgirl : Shane isn't even pushing the rivalry

@fresh-bag-of-ham : ginger ale symbolism

@ticklefighthockey and anons re:

the differences between Shane's and Ilya's relationships with hockey and what Shane's "love" for hockey actually is

(this one is gently critical of RR's writing style, not in that it's not good, just in that the style is not really OP's cup of tea, even though OP did enjoy the books and read them multiple times) difference between the book characters and the show characters (the last part, added in a self-reblog, talks specifically about Shane)

making Ilya wait two years to fuck him

the Rose effect

how Shane must have felt in the time between Sochi and Vegas and an additional post about Shane's possible internal monologue

Shane in The Long Game (spoilers, obvs):

@austenwazright : the power imbalance

@sylvies-chen : Shane's POV

@lavenderprose : Shane's disordered eating

@with-my-murder-flute : Shane has no precedent for this

@wtf-is-hockey talking about one of Shane's kinks (doesn't actually specifically mention TLG but it's VERY in line with TLG canon)

The moon will guide you through the night with her brightness, but she will always dwell in the darkness, in order to be seen

Hollanov as text posts, episode 4 edition .

They get there and Shane is like "Ilya and I are, uh..." and Ilya is like "hmm we haven't talked about this but I know Shane is really uncomfortable right now, so I will shout out the one (1) english word I know that describes this situation. LOVERS."

Then they're talking about how long they've been together and Shane is like "since our rookie season" and Ilya is like "well, hold on now, you said you don't like lying to your parents, so let's be very clear about when this started. We have to be so clear about the fact that it started the summer before our rookie season. Wait, would it make you feel better if I give your parents the exact date and time of our first hookup?"

And then Yuna is like "you've been in love that long?" and Ilya is like "I need you to understand I've been drilling your son into mattresses from here to Florida for the last decade, but I can't say that because I want you to be my mother in law, so are you picking up what I'm putting down?" and Shane is like ILYA and Ilya is like "I am ANSWERING MY MOTHER IN LAW'S QUESTIONS"

ilya rozanov asks shane to be his boyfriend, attempt 2: might fuck around later and marry a woman lol. yeah i have one in mind. she's really hot :) her dad was a goalie :)