Useless Fangirl

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as with most pirates, it is asked for your own (and others') benefit that you save this media on a physical device; i.e. hard drives, DVDs, SD cards, etc. this way, it's yours forever and cannot be taken from you by a greedy streaming service.

EDIT SEPTEMBER (READ): please be warned that the first episode of season one is ~6GB compared to just a few hundred MB, probably related to the frame width being 3840x2160 instead of 1920x1080 like the rest. this may be a concern for some individuals due to storage space. i can confirm it is not malware as i have had it saved since the start of the year without affecting anything. if you need or prefer to find a smaller file size, i recommend skipping that one in the gdrive when going through it and torrenting just the single. ↓

EDIT OCTOBER (UPDATE): @grahminradarin has changed the file size of ep1 down to 800MB! here is the mega link for download. i can’t tell what the frame dimensions are but the quality appears to be the same.

EDIT DECEMBER (UPDATE): i already posted it on my she-ra fandom blog, but a couple months ago back when this one was unavailable, i found a google drive link i found that is a full collection of OST soundtracks (.mp3) from all five seasons of the show! it was ripped & reuploaded by waterwitch, who also made a playlist on youtube (.mp4) that you could download instead!

EDIT DECEMBER (2025): read this if you're having trouble downloading due to an exceeded quota message!

EDIT FEBRUARY (2026): @centaurself has given me a proton drive link to all the promos & shorts (it's free to use)! additionally, here is another g-drive for .pdf files of all the books from an archival discord server!

EDIT FEBRUARY (2026) [2] (UPDATE): all 52 episodes are now on the internet archive! thanks to reddit user u/Pokesnap682 for pointing that out. this means that you will always be able to watch/download the show, even (and especially) when third-party direct download servers (such as google drive), among other piracy streaming services, are unavailable.

Ilya catches on to what is happening to Shane and takes a half second to look between Yuna and David to check in with them. He’s asking with his eyes if they as parents want to manage the situation and sees that they are clearly also a bit too stunned, so Ilya takes charge.

I think its so beautiful that Yuna and David get to see Ilya in this way, see how gentle he is and how intrinsically he understands their son. How he knows how to make him feel seen and safe and okay.

Like she knows that Ilya gets weird when she brings up Hollander. And she knows that he watched that documentary about his house (maybe she even knows he watched it more than once). I bet she's caught the occasional interesting word on his phone screen when she's been over his shoulder, too.

I've talked about this in tags but I need it to be a full post. There's something about Ilya wearing long sleeves here that kills me. I love that Shane is in a cozy hoodie, too, but it doesn't grab my attention as much because he's not dressed that differently from his usual wardrobe.

But Ilya? He's constantly showing off his body whenever he has the chance. This man is allergic to sleeves. He usually rips his shirt off at the first opportunity.

Ilya's usual wardrobe (or sometimes lack thereof lol) reflects the way he views his body as a commodity, like it's the only thing he has to offer, so he's constantly showing it off.

But then we have this beautiful montage showing the ways that Shane and Ilya have slotted into each other's lives in a pretty regular routine. It's a hot montage, but it's also creeping toward a feeling of domesticity, especially in this moment.

Wearing this shirt to a hookup shows that Ilya has reached a new level of comfort with Shane. He doesn't feel the same pressure to play the seduction game. Shane is going to kiss him the same way regardless of what he's wearing.

That plus the fact that Shane is taking control and pushing Ilya against the glass. Ilya's whole demeanor reflects the way he feels comfortable and taken care of in this moment and it does something particular to my heart.

I don't think Ilya is consciously thinking about why he dresses all comfy cozy for this hookup. He still has a while before he internalizes the truth that Shane wants him just as he is. But Ilya also tends to act based on feeling before he fully understands the subconscious behind those actions.