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Tender Parts by mcshrug | explicit | 6.9k words – Shane isn't used to people touching him. Then he meets Ilya Rozanov.

walk him like a dog (or a wolf) by beautifullyblue | explicit | 58k words – Shane trying to enjoy a relaxing time at the cottage only to discover a hot naked man in his living room, instead of the wolf he had previously put there.

It Grows Down Deep by a_stray_thief | mature | 8k words – After Shane runs out of Ilya’s house post tuna melt, he develops Hanahaki.

Such a Pretty Crier by Bruja_oscura | teen+ | 10k words – Shane tries to starve himself as punishment for losing, Ilya tries to feed him, and it turns into a very soft night of pampering because Ilya is legally incapable of staying angry at a crying Shane.

Home Ice Advantage by taywrites11 | explicit | 51.9k words – “You’re going to Boston.” Long after Farah hangs up, the words keep echoing in Shane’s head. If he had thought his thoughts had been chaotic this morning, when his biggest problem had been his rival potentially fucking him when he came to Montreal in two weeks, that’s nothing compared to the code-red panic that started the instant he found out he was being traded to Rozanov’s team.

Throat Curtain? by Z1r1al | explicit | 15.7k words – When a brutal elbow leaves Shane Hollander spitting blood on the ice, he lands immediately in the hands of the opposing team's dentist. Shane thinks the dentist saw a cavity. The dentist knows he saw a secret.

make a heartthrob out of me by heartfangs | explicit | 24.8k words – It is easy to hate Ilya Rozanov; easier than to like him, at least. It would be easier to keep hating him if he wasn't everywhere that Shane also was.

Promises never made by ibumblebee | teen+ | 12.7k words – Shane messages Ilya a few days after the tuna melt scene. Ilya is trying to not scare him away again. He will restrain himself. He will take what Shane gives him and never ask for more. Just please, he can’t see him walk out of his life again.

this is not enough (i am not enough) by blankjournals | explicit | 10k – inspired by the fight in the long game when ilya had told shane he could have sex with other men because he did not believe in cheating.

Does it fucking kill you too? Not anymore.

Wow. So, when? Since our, uh, rookie season. Since your rookie season? No, it's not true. Since before that. Not helpful.

Heated Rivalry incorrect quotes part 18/?

Heated Rivalry incorrect quotes part 19/?

Part 18

Another one is the verb "perceive" i.e. "don't perceive me" "I am perceiving" "I am being percieved." That's something that feels very specific to tumblr parlance.

There's the thing where people on tumblr have an emotional reaction to something and instead of, or in addition to telling you how they feel about it using emotion words, they will narrate a fictional action in the present progressive tense. "I am gnawing at the bars of my enclosure "I am kissing you on the mouth" "you are going into the soup" "you are getting all of the awards"

I once saw someone use that response format in ... I think it was a restaurant review, or a doordash review, or something like that. It was very unexpected seeing it outside of a tumblr post.

sadly my project is lost due to the website being wiped from the university database after graduation and my then laptop having a major hardware failure. backup your backups people! but the crux of the entire module was that the internet is full of communities using language not only as jargon for specific purpose but also to signal membership in said community. I even wrote a bit about non capitalisation and punctuation useage as a visual cue on tumblr and how including information in the reblog body or the tags indicated different levels of importance or intimacy of thought

I'm sorry but this is not the same person. It's almost uncanny how much Connor Storrie disappears into Ilya Rozanov. I know much has been said about the accent, the quick language acquisition. But to me what's even more fascinating is the way everything about the way he looks changes for the role - his facial expressions, the way he hold himself, all of those little micro expressions. Because cultural differences are not just in the language. A masterclass really, that whole performance. Looking forward to following his long and successful acting career.

Heated Rivalry incorrect quotes part 9/?

Part 8