Multifandom Musings

Journey's End, part III of the Power of the Rings trilogy, is here, with another beautiful cover thanks to the lovely @onthewaytosomewhere!

“Thank you for being here with me here at the end of all things, Nora. I love you.”

Or:

I've gotten a great response to my plot summary for a Hollanov Mechanic AU! So I'm taking a stab at writing it for @pod-together! I'm excited for you all to read/listen to it!

I'm also working on my RWRB same team hockey AU but I'll save her for WIP Wednesday.

Here's my several many sentences for today:

“This is Shane,” Ilya introduces. “Cliff Marleau,” the good looking man shakes his hand. “Why the hell is a hockey god hanging out with the likes of you?” Marleau jokes, but not loud enough for anyone else to hear. “He is restoring 67 Camaro at the shop,” Ilya says, casual as anything.  “Lucky you,” Marleau whistles. “Lucky me, actually. I’m basically useless and he does all the work,” Shane pipes up. Ilya smiles at Shane, it’s that crooked grin that makes Shane a puddle of hormones. Ilya turns and speaks low, just for Shane, “You are learning quickly.” It’s just intimate enough to make Shane’s blood boil but not obvious enough to make his anxiety spike. How does Ilya do that?

Open, No Pressure Tag!

happy pride loves!!!!

We're roughly 2 and a half months from posting starting this year!!

Have ya started thinking about what ya might wanna do?

Are ya tapping away at the keyboard trying to make the words just right?

OR

Maybe ya need a bit of inspiration - This is the post for ya!!

A few rom-com (movie & book) lists to help ya out

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if movies are ur thing ...

LINKS FOR MOVIE ROM-COM LISTS

first up a GENERAL LIST: Rotten Tomatoes list of The 200 Best Romantic Comedies of All Time then let's break it down BY DECADES: 2000’S Harper's Bazaar's Definitive List of the Best Romantic Comedies Made in the 2000s 90's (truly a heyday of romantic comedies) Buzzfeed's 31 Rom-Coms From The '90s To Binge The Knot's A Complete List of '90s Rom-Coms to Watch on Repeat Shine Daily's list of 90s Rom Coms 80's slash.com list of The 14 Greatest '80s Romantic Comedies Ranked Shine Daily's list of 80s Rom Coms perhaps ya want some LGBTQ MOVIE LISTS: Rotten Tomatoes search for lgbtq romcom Rotten Tomatoes Best LGBTQ+ Movies of All Time Buzzfeed 14 Of The Best Queer Rom-Coms To Watch

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perhaps ya wanna try ur hand at a book instead ...

LINKS FOR ROM-COM BOOK LISTS

After a while of talking about how Anya acts the trainer says there’s nothing to worry about, Anya likes Shane just fine, it’s just that she sees him as the boss and is acting accordingly

And Ilya is like. But. I’m the one who adopted her? And raised her before Shane got here?? And the trainer is just like yeah well she sees you more like an equal. And Ilya is like WAIT she thinks Shane is in charge of both of us?? And the trainer is just like well do you interact in a way that would make her think that?

Ilya’s life flashes before his eyes as he thinks of all the times Shane has come over with a snack for Ilya and a treat for Anya, or all the times Shane has announced they’re all going for an after dinner walk, or pets Ilya’s hair and tells him he did a good job at practice, or the fact that he uses the same warning tone with Anya when she misbehaves as he does with Ilya when he’s causing problems on purpose

RED, WHITE & ROYAL BLUE (2023) dir. Matthew López

this month has two fics that i could not get out of my head! happy april!

on s’voit demain by subcorax / @subcorax (2876)

Shane gets payback for the phone call with Hayden.

Sort of.

hold me without hurting me (you’ll be the first who ever did) by mightydolphin (4862)

instead of going to the club during episode 4, shane goes back to his apartment. then he texts ilya.

five-star service by fckingfreckles (5588)

shane’s first night as a swanky hotel bellboy is going great. until his long-time celebrity crush checks into penthouse one at 2 am and decides to tip you in ways not covered in employee training.

slow motion, love potion by umbradel (delsicle) / @delsicle (6811)

Ilya ran his finger over the fat stack of cash in his hand, making quick calculations. 

“You gave me enough for two hours,” he finally said. “We can do everything. Okay?”

“Everything,” Hollander smiled. “Yeah, that sounds fun, okay.”

—

Ilya and Shane meet in Sochi, under different circumstances.

I Only Threw This Party for You by OrYouCouldHaveMine (7022)

Ilya throws a masquerade party so he can fuck Shane without having to face anything else.

like the bodies of saints by yourinsomnia / @yourinsomnea(11756)

an AU in which Shane and Ilya are roommates, Ilya has an OnlyFans, Shane works at the boxing gym, and everyone around them thinks they’re already married.

Floating (Like a Feather on the Sea) by Fandoms_are_my_lifestyle / @fandoms-are-my-lifestyle (14070)

Ilya Rozanov is an Olympic figure skater. Shane Hollander is a professional hockey player. Somehow, they still figure it out.

where the yellow grass grows knee-high by alspancakes (14169)

“So,” Shane started out, pushing half a strawberry around his place, leaving a pink slimy trail in its wake. His eyes were down when he spoke, as usual, but they flicked up to find Ilya’s after a moment. “Um. I know it’s early, but I have a birthday gift for you. Well,” Shane bit his lip. “It’s not, like, a gift, I guess. Not physical.” 

Ilya’s eyebrows raised, and he painted on a curious smile, pointing at his chest. 

“For me? A gift?”

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or, ilya's first vacation with the hollanders. shane has a few surprises for him.

The Montreal Girl (Lily & Jane) (series) by some1_around (20954)

Five times Ilya lied (but not really) to his teammates about Shane, and one time he didn’t have to.

Inspired by two Cliff Marlow lines: In the airport, when their game with Montreal gets cancelled and he tells Ilya, “Whoever she is, she’s gonna get over it,” and the scene in the locker room when he says, “Wow, this Montreal girl works you up, brother—you’re straight up blushing, Roz.”

Or, the Boston Bears’ perspective of Ilya and Shane’s “secret” relationship over the years

A Day in the Life of a Centaur (series) by WriteSmart (22065)

To be clear, Ilya is grateful the rookies aren’t growing up the way he did in the NHL. Ilya took the hazing to the chin – humiliation rituals, beat downs, grueling practices to prove he could “hang” with the big guns on the team.

That being said, there’s still some part of Ilya that balks at the request by the gaggle of rookies to watch The Iron Giant, a veritable children’s movie at the team’s latest movie night.

OR: Five times Shane and Ilya were the support system for the Centaur rookies they dreamed of having when they were younger.

Protected Person by chinesebakery / @chinesebakery (27485)

Shane finds out on Twitter.

Not from a lawyer or a teammate or even one of the journalists who've been calling nonstop since the FanMail video went viral. He finds out at 6:47 am, still in bed, that Russia is coming for Ilya. Propaganda charges. Passport revocation. Return to the Russian Federation required.

What follows is weeks of watching everything fall apart. Ilya's career. Their safety. The system that was supposed to protect them. Shane keeps playing while Ilya can't. The lawyers file paperwork and say to wait. Montreal demands silence.

Shane faces a choice: keep his head down and trust the process, or burn down his career and force the world to pay attention.

He chooses fire.

Permanent Reminder by shanehollandertwentyfour / @shanehollandertwentyfour (35773)

Shane's whole team is getting Stanley Cup tattoos. Ilya's a tattoo artist. Bon appetit.

Apogee by OpalApparition / @opal-apparition (50289)

Shane Hollander is the youngest Commander in ISS history; straight-backed, closeted, and so tightly on his own leash that seven months in orbit with Ilya Rozanov have not produced a single crack in his composure.

Ilya Rozanov is the Russian cosmonaut who should have had his job, won’t stop bouncing a tennis ball off the walls, and is still looking for a fissure. Thankfully, a solar storm finds it for him.

or: Near-death, zero gravity, and the wrong man’s hands in exactly the right places.

A Cosmonaut!Ilya x Astronaut!Shane AU 🚀

re:hi by fleezerweezer / @ilyaois(60165)

At eleven years old Ilya Rozanov's class is given an assignment:

They will be randomly paired with a student at another school in Canada via email. In order to get full credit on the assignment, they must send at least five emails back and forth and gather enough information to write their project.

After seven years, Ilya is pretty sure he's done enough for 100%

or

Shane and Ilya sending emails throughout the years. What happens when they meet?

Gatorade Galas & Moscow Mules by toraten (85533)

Shane Hollander is worried about everyone and everything.

Ilya is mostly just sick of air travel.

Or: Shane and Ilya are having trouble balancing their very private relationship and their very public lives.

A slice of life.

technically - technically - when he breaks, the first thing Ilya does - even before saying those three words in Russian - is kiss Shane's heart ❤️