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Well... Yes and no.

The last time Ryland Grace was CONSCIOUS of any human touch was when he was knocked out. Absolutely true.

But the last human contact he would have had was Yao and Ilyukhina. Who were told that he was scared about panicking during launch and asked to be sedated. Who did all the pre flight checks before the Hail Mary launched. Who would have carefully, gently carried Grace to his bed in the dormitory, made sure he was secure, and initiated his coma procedure.

There would have been love there. Remember Ilyukhina throwing her hands high and saying "welcome to crew!" Remember Yao saying how he hoped Grace would say yes. Remember how much the crew trusted Grace, Stratt's First Officer, the guy who helped them so much, and was so kind to them, and was the one who they entrusted their preferred methods of suicide to. Who thought they were wonderful and brave.

They would have tucked him in. Maybe brushed his hair out of his face. Maybe said something kind to him before initiating their own coma procedures.

Second of all!!! In one of your fics you have like an almost throw away line where Hayden mentions he’s had to stop the other Voyageurs/Metros players from fucking with Shane’s food and like. Now my mind is rife with the ✨possibilities✨ of that scenario. Like. One of them adds peanuts or something to something Shane thinks is safe as a prank and Hayden doesn’t catch it and suddenly Shane is in anaphylaxis and everyone is freaking the fuck out. The next time Ilya plays Montreal that one player gets laid the FUCK out for some reason.

combo-ing with @pitrosa just because both of y'all were getting to the same DELICIOUS possibility of a wild amount of angst.

like the idea of someone fucking with shane's food at a party at jackie and hayden's place not because they know shane is allergic but because they're shitty and i 100% buy some bigoted asshole seeing it as a way shane is just trying to be special and other. so they knowingly do something like stir in some peanut butter or mix in some coconut oil. literally just something they see easily available in this one minute window in the kitchen they have when they're just being an asshole.

and even beyond just the nightmare of now shane has a reaction and this is one more thing that the team didn't know about previously and can spin into "so you didn't trust us?" IGNORING WHAT JUST FUCKING HAPPENED HERE, the fact that like. now shane isn't safe eating at events. or even fucking. being at events, tbh. like GOD the isolation of your team is cold to you now and you don't know which one of them fucked with you and you don't know that one or more of them won't do it again to hurt you. and it's not like any of them are going to fess up and own it because bigots are cowards and ALSO (even though shane wouldn't do it, i don't think) this is now like. pressing charges level.

and it's ONE MORE FUCKING THING that shane was afraid of!! and then it happened to him!!! what a fucking HEINOUS contribution to his anxiety getting worse while also feeling so isolated because even if hayden and jackie are equally PISSED and still invite you over when it's just y'all and you KNOW the food is safe. what the fuck are you even supposed to do here?

and stuff with jj is SO complicated with the ilya of it all, but jj is shane's friend and i don't think?? was bad about him coming out?? (just being with ilya and not telling jj about that??) (if i remember correctly??) so we also have jj now angry on shane's behalf. and yeah, maybe he might be hurt that shane didn't tell him, but your friend having to go to the hospital has a way of kind of lining priorities up.

but like. you can only hide anaphylaxis so fucking much.

so the worst of it happens out of sight with jackie helping shane into one of the guest rooms on the first floor while hayden goes to grab his jacket for him.

and also the double whammy FURY in the aftermath of now someone has hurt hayden's best friend in his home AND scared the hell out of his children because they had to watch uncle shane get so sick and are now upset because he had to leave the house in an ambulance with mommy. and the distribution of labor in that choice was jackie also being pissed and knowing, "either i'm going in this ambulance, or i'm catching a fucking charge today." and hayden being left to try and work out what the fuck just went down here because he's equally furious but at least has some level of knowing all of the guys here, but now he's trying to get updates on shane, calm the kids down and promise them uncle shane is okay and yeah they can maybe visit him later if he feels up to it, and also work out who the fuck decided they wanted to die today.

GOD 100% I think hayden and jackie would be like YEP THAT'S DONE with hosting, but now??? soooo??? where is hosting going to happen?? ain't going to be shane's house.

and now showing up at someone's house when they host is a fucking STATEMENT, especially if it's someone who is especially notably Not Cool with shane.

and the way shane would still be taking the blame for this!! both from the shitty ones on the team and also feeling like it's his fault!! because the team is literally splintering around him and what the FUCK is he supposed to do about it!!

YOU STOP THAT

like NO of course he doesn't want this kid's career nuked because he was stupid and ended up being a patsy for fucking with shane-

-but also. he did do it.

like yeah the kid hero worshipped him in a way that was a little overwhelming but also?? kind of a relief?? when it felt like so much of the team was icing him out?? and yet when it came down to shane or the rest of the team, the rookie sided with the rest of the team to fuck with him. and he didn't KNOW it was serious, but he also didn't know it WASN'T.

and shane being so fucking angry that he knows he's supposed to forgive the kid here, but why does he ALWAYS have to be the one forgiving? why does he just have to take it on the chin and keep going and keep his head up and don't snap and don't not smile when you're supposed to and don't ever let that mask slip, young man, because it won't take much for those cheers to turn to jeers-

vladi you have to STOP speaking because you are putting broken glass in the sandbox 😭😭😭

the idea of shane who is already having A Bad Fucking Time but now feeling SO fucking guilty and using what sway he has to put spin on this through The Power Of Yuna so the kid is never going to get back on montreal obviously, but A Team will take him because he IS a good player and shane issued a statement to the equivalent of, "I appreciate the pro-active response of my team," and GOD this would fucking suck to have to read over for approval because WHAT fucking response, "but I wanted to clear up a misundestanding of an unfortunate accident blah blah blah" that's as vague as possible but absolves the rookie of any active malice and plays it off as "stupid kid did a thing without realizing it would have consequences, but i get it," which helps the kid out but also makes shane look understanding and gracious and magnanimous. he got positioned as an asshole who came down hard on a rookie for no reason, so this press release does then make it, "hey, misunderstandings happened. i didn't mean for anything to happen here."

but also just. fucks him over further. montreal looks like they were a good team that just got a little overzealous in protecting shane hollander because of COURSE you would do that for shane hollander (and god the irony is thick enough to almost SMOTHER him), and meanwhile: NOTHING IS BETTER. NOTHING IS FIXED. THE VIBES ARE STILL FUCKING RANCID. SHANE STILL CAN'T FUCKING EAT AROUND HIS TEAM BECAUSE MAYBE SAFE BUT MAYBE NOT. ESPECIALLY IF HE'S ALREADY PLAYED IT OFF ONCE AS, "misunderstanding, things happen, that's life." BUT HE'S A GOOD SPORT, EVERYONE. HE'S A TEAM FUCKING PLAYER. HE IS SHANE HOLLANDER, BEST SPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT OF THEM ALL.

AND HE IS FUCKING DROWNING IN IT.

and making this worse is that the rookie is SO fucking thankful. like his hockey HERO saved his ass here after he was stupid and could have killed him. shane has never been more of a legend to him. and the kid wants to come up to him at every game they play against each other and say thank you again which is. so not fucking helpful. for trying to Repress The Shit Out Of The All Of This. and what is shane supposed to do! tell him to fuck off??? no! can't do that! this rookie was part of a nuke designed to blow shane's life apart, but he didn't mean it and shane is SUCH a good fucking sport and that's hockey and if you're just good enough and gracious enough and work hard enough, then everyone will let you have a place, right?

*pauses the reading* He brought out... a Batman cape.... out of nowhere? Does he just.... carry it with him everywhere...? Wrap it around himself like a blanket... does he wrap it around him like a blanket at night... or sit on his couch in it with a book and the fire in the fireplace...

*pauses and reflects deeply* Does he just... steal everyone's clothes...? I think he stole the spare Nightwing suit in BiB...(?) what's he going to do, make a Omega nest...? *babbling in delirium*

(tags via @the-tardis-is-blue )

YES. ALL OF THIS. THIS IS MY FAVORITE AU

So one year for charity different pro athletes get asked to participate in a live game based on one of those “how well do you know your partner” games but instead it’s “how well do you know your rival” and participating means you get to raise money for a charity of your choice and obviously Shane and Ilya want to promote the Irina Project so they agree and go up against other current famous rivals from other sports

And Shane and Ilya discuss ahead of time that obviously they’ll have to just play things off as they usually do, light hearted chirps back and forth and what not, “winning” is just for the show and won’t impact how much money gets made for their charity so it doesn’t matter. Except then they get there and become overtaken by the need to Win and Be the Best and they are the best. So without needing to discuss changing the plan, as soon as the questions start they lock in and decide that actually they have to demolish everyone else

The other rivals are laughing and making jokes at the questions but Shane and Ilya are deadly serious and the host starts to get a little weirded out by the fact that they actually know the answers and aren’t just saying things like “how many goals last season? Probably one less than me haha” and actually have each others stats memorized

Because the audience is loving it they go to a lightning round that’s just Shane and Ilya and it’s now the usual couple game questions and they’re still getting them right because they can make excuses for knowing later, right now is about Winning

“What is Shane’s favorite breakfast?”

“Kale protein shake with a scoop of peanut butter and a handful of blueberries.”

“Ok um, what is Ilya’s favorite breakfast?”

“Two sausage egg McMuffins with an extra slice of cheese and hashbrowns.”

“What is something on Shane’s bucket list?”

“Sleeping in one of those see through igloos under the northern lights.”

“What is something on Ilya’s bucket list?”

“That thing where you feed giraffes at a zoo.”

“Ok last one. I think we all know Shane’s answer is former paramour Rose Landry, but who do you think is the most famous person Rozanov has ever slept with is?”

*through teeth gritted so tight he is in danger of chipping one* “Probably a model. Or something.”

“… Yeah, let’s go with that.”

Today's rec post is: realising multiple this is delightful and also educational fics I have read are all by the same person, @arustyspork. I really love a) fanwriters going all out on localisation and b) a personal hobby/interest dialled up to 11 for the purposes of fanfic. Let's start with the first one:

5 Times Ilya Was Confused by a Canadianism (11939 words) by ARustySpork Chapters: 6/6 Fandom: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov, Shane Hollander & Hayden Pike Characters: Ilya Rozanov, Shane Hollander, Hayden Pike, Yuna Hollander, David Hollander, Evan Dykstra, Cliff Marlow Additional Tags: Canon Compliant, POV Ilya Rozanov, Ilya Rozanov-centric, Married Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov, Fluff, Extremely Specific Canadian Knowledge, Cheddar Cheese Slander, Regina Saskatchewan, North American House Hippo - Freeform, Spoilers for Book 6: The Long Game (Game Changers), Poorly Veiled Love for the Edmonton Oilers, Hockey, Hockey Fights Summary: + 1 time he completely understood

As an Australian who has known and loved Canadians and a fair amount of CanCon, this delighted me. It also made me specifically disappointed that no one had told me about the North American House Hippo.

In fact, was the North American House Hippo regional or something? You see, I saw Great Big Sea in Sydney in... 2011? 2012? The boys had recently played in Melbourne, and I can't remember if this was in the botanic guardens in Melbourne or Sydney, but they had been taken to Experience The Nature. Their local friend told them about drop bears. They were suspicious. They wisely grabbed a random passer-by and asked if their friend was fucking with them. No, said the random passer-by. You gotta watch out for Drop Bears.

Alan Doyle, ridiculous bouncing puppy of a man that he is, spent chunks of the show coming back around to trying to convince the Sydney audience that he comes from the home of ferocious... land seals, I think? (Which. Uh. I've encountered seals on land, in NZ). Why would he do this, if he could have been telling us about the North American House Hippo?

NEXT UP: We've all seen the post that describes Heated Rivalry as a "Fade To Black Hockey Romance": steamy sex, fade to black on the hockey, right? Well, with shows where the sex is only implied it is clearly the duty of fandom to fill in the gaps. Where the hockey is implied, someone needs to provide the hockey. I can't, I don't know enough hockey, although I'm frantically gaining ground. @arustyspork is here for us in our time of need:

The Best Game You Can Name (the good ol’ hockey game) (4491 words) by ARustySpork Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov, Shane Hollander & Hayden Pike Characters: Shane Hollander, Ilya Rozanov, Hayden Pike, J. J. Boiziau Additional Tags: Hockey, Banter, Fluff, Hockey Fights, Ilya Rozanov Loves Shane Hollander, Ilya Rozanov Goes Flying into the Bench, Shane Hollander Says Safety First, References to Brad Marchand, Licking, Does this hurt the horse?, The neck guard stays ON, Crack Treated Seriously Summary: “Why would anyone want to mic you up, Hollander?” Ilya asked, getting down to his knees next to Shane to join him in his stretches. “All they will hear is you discussing boring statistics and complaining how I am so much more talented than you.” _ Or, Shane and Ilya on the ice, over the years

I am particularly delighted with the Licking Incident, because, in the course of my Researches, I learned about Brad Marchand. And then RR was on What Chaos and, when asked if there is a "Brad Marchand figure", did not say Ilya? Ridiculous. He clearly a) is the kind of guy who would lick other players on the ice and b) the What Chaos guys basically really wanted to picture Brad Marchand shutting down locker room homophobia / standing up for Outed Players, both irl and they want that for Shane and Ilya - but that's one of the roles Ilya plays in his cameos in books 3-5! Anyway. I really wanted the licking stunt and I got it. The "falling over the boards" bit was also helpful - such hockey as I have so far watched hasn't given me a good sense of the layout of the bench, or even of a line change, but the notes at the bottom led to video of Connor McDavid falling into the opposing bench. *clasps hands earnestly* When I was young, fanfic taught me about sex; now that I am old, fanfic teaches me about Sports.

Ilya Rozanov’s Guide to Interacting with the Media (7509 words) by ARustySpork Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov Characters: Shane Hollander, Ilya Rozanov, Cliff Marlow, Scott Hunter (Game Changers) Additional Tags: Hockey, Social Media, Twitter, Bongo Anthem, Biblically Accurate Newfoundlanders, Beet Borscht, Mic'd Up, References to Quinn Hughes's Ghosts, Tim Hortons, Spoilers for Book 6: The Long Game (Game Changers), Fluff, Crack Treated Seriously Summary: Use this foolproof guide to make the fans love you! Not recommended by publicists.

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But Southern Ohio had a hockey rink, and hockey ended up saving them all. And now Cliff gets to travel, and pay his mothers mortgage, and send his sister through med school, and collect tiny, cheesy magnets for his fridge.

When Roz first came over to his place, he asked Cliff about almost every single one. Why he picked the Space Needle over Mt. Ranier, why he doesn't have the Hollywood sign, what this landmark on the Winnipeg one was. Roz was good at this, at reaching out, connecting. He was really bad at being reached out to.

The next fall, Roz came back from Russia with a magnet to add to his collection, "Moscow" written underneath a building. When Cliff asked what the building was, he explained it was the Bolshoi Theatre, and how his mother would take him and his brother to go see the ballet, and how he pretended it was boring but really, he always thought it was amazing.

Seven months later, Cliff was grabbing a drink for a girl he invited over, when he realized the Moscow magnet was missing. He panicked, and with no explanation to his date, quickly dropped to the floor and started grabbing behind the cabinets, under the fridge. He audibly exhaled when he felt the rubbery edges of it tucked up against the floorboards, and nothing felt right until it was back, stuck to the fridge with the rest of them.

Ilya's is a memoir called something like "This Boy Pucks" or "Big Stick Energy". It turns out to be surprisingly poignant and emotional because he's super honest about what happened to his mom, growing up in an abusive home, his own struggles with his mental health, and what it's been like being one of the first two MLH players to ever marry each other. It's funny of course, but also gut-wrenchingly beautiful.

The photo is in the front page of every newspaper the next morning, the public has never seen the Russian Terror look so soft, so human, they’re eating it up with a spoon, it results in a wave of positive PR that kind of embarrasses him but he’s ultimately thankful for

The photo is the centerpiece of a limited exhibition honoring the team’s firecracker of a season staged on the route of their victory parade. The photographer is invited to the opening as a last minute thing, fuck it fly the guy down here Roz can thank him in person for the extra sponsorship $$$ this pic is earning him