βWilliamsβ victory feels especially well deserved because Shane Hollander is not an easy character to portray. As we wrote in our review of the series, Williams delivers βa masterclass in micro-expressions and physical restraint.β Shane spends much of the story fighting against himself, suppressing emotions he barely allows himself to acknowledge, and Williams manages to communicate entire emotional arcs through a glance, a tense jaw, or a slight shift in posture. Every crack in Shaneβs carefully constructed armor lands with devastating impact because of the work Williams puts in throughout the series.
Seeing that performance recognized on one of Canadaβs biggest stages feels incredibly rewarding. Williamsβ win is also historic in its own right. At just 25 years old, he became the youngest performer ever to win Best Lead Performer, Drama, at the Canadian Screen Awards, accomplishing the feat on his very first nomination.β
Anya is live and ready to show you everything. Watch her strip, dance, and perform exclusive shows just for you. Interact in real-time and make your fantasies come true.
β Live Streamingβ Interactive Chatβ Private Showsβ HD Quality
Anya is LIVE right now
FREE
Free to watch β’ No registration required β’ HD streaming
Happy pride month to everyone still figuring things out, having no clue, being in a perpetual state of second guessing yourself, generally being confused.
There's room for everyone. Don't rush. You don't need to lable. Just be you, I love you.
Anya is live and ready to show you everything. Watch her strip, dance, and perform exclusive shows just for you. Interact in real-time and make your fantasies come true.
β Live Streamingβ Interactive Chatβ Private Showsβ HD Quality
Anya is LIVE right now
FREE
Free to watch β’ No registration required β’ HD streaming
Anya is live and ready to show you everything. Watch her strip, dance, and perform exclusive shows just for you. Interact in real-time and make your fantasies come true.
β Live Streamingβ Interactive Chatβ Private Showsβ HD Quality
Anya is LIVE right now
FREE
Free to watch β’ No registration required β’ HD streaming
the more i think about Shane's relationship with clothes, the more i realize that he never really got the chance to develop a personal style at all.
he wears athletic wear because he has to. he wears the jersey of the team that drafts him. he wears the socks and jewelry his sponsors pay him to wear. he wears whatever outfits the stylist lays out for him.
and to some degree, that's a relief, a responsibility taken from his already overflowing plate. but at the same time, it's another way in which he's disconnected from himself.
clothes are one of the most common ways people explore and express who they are. their taste, their personality, the image they want to present to the world. but shane never does that. his clothes are always chosen for a purpose, and that purpose is almost never self-expression. Another part of his identity that he never really dares to explore.
so let's bring in undressing for ilya and, especially, his habit of carefully folding his clothes. Sure, a big part is his autism.
but if shane's clothes represent all the versions of himself that were constructed by other people, then undressing becomes more than just getting naked. he's deliberately removing those layers, one by one, and carefully putting them aside.
the folding is what makes it so fascinating to me. because he's not tearing those layers off or discarding them carelessly. he's taking his time. acknowledging them. putting them away with intention, almost like a form of self-deconstruction. Allowing himself to peel them away intentionally. He's not actually doing it for Ilya, he's doing it for himself.
interestingly, we only ever see the folding during their hookup era in the first two episodes.
by the tuna melt scene, he barely seems to think about his Shirt before tossing it aside (he's obviously busy already otherwise, but he clearly doesn't give it any thought).
and i don*t think thats accidental. if folding his clothes is part of the ritual of removing those carefully constructed layers, then by then that ritual is no longer necessary.
because now, ilya is already past them. another layer has disappeared on their path toward emotional intimacy, and we all know where that scene eventually leads.
shane is already aware, on some level, that his feelings for ilya have become too big to be contained by those outside layers.
Something I appreciate about Shane and Ilya's story is how it treats love, like and care for each other as different things. Sure, they're intertwined but they develop differently. It's not completely a story about falling in love, that actually comes relatively early.
The nice bit is them discovering they really like texting, relaxing in the water, playing in the garden. Co-existing.
The hard bit is caring for each other. They care about each other and Ilya especially uses physical touch as care for a long time. But when things get real, they talk past each other because their experiences are so different. It takes Shane trying over and over again to find their way to communicate. But he keeps trying because he know this thing is worth it, the glimpses he gets under Ilya's bravado is worth it.
Anya is live and ready to show you everything. Watch her strip, dance, and perform exclusive shows just for you. Interact in real-time and make your fantasies come true.
β Live Streamingβ Interactive Chatβ Private Showsβ HD Quality
Anya is LIVE right now
FREE
Free to watch β’ No registration required β’ HD streaming
So. Listen, okay. Did I watch Off Campus? Yes. Did I enjoy it? Yes. Emotional available men! Yay! No body shaming! Yay! (The bar is literally in hell). It was a fun watch! bUT. You know. Can we get one (1) measley storyline centering women without a rape plot? Also: beautiful hot white cishet people making out? Ground breaking.
Don't get me wrong, I really enjoyed it and I feel like it doesn't make any sense to pit it against HR. These shows have nothing in common but the romance genre and the random hockey. But HR has ruined me forever for any kind of romance I think. The masterful storytelling, acting and most of all the chemistry is unachievable now for other shows.
PSA tho everyone if anyone ever pulls the shit on you that Ilya pulls on Shane in ep 2 you need to delete that persons number from your phone and maybe change your last name so that toxic loser canβt ever find you again. Not u tho Shane baby, keep pining! I think heβs the one!!!!
we didn't even kiss. @confettitude - Tumblr Blog | Tumlook