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I also think this research would cause him to have certain products marketing to him like loop earplugs or weighted blankets. And he’d be like “wow finally some good fucking products”.

kevin: it's the age of consent in west virginia. without a complaint, there was no crime, and there will never be a complaint.

neil, who got the complaint:

Ilya is a young man in America. Here he is in the off hours.

[Tweet from @EliotFreeman] Ilya Rozanov at his first #Cens practice, being asked why he chose to move from Boston to Ottawa: “To be closer to my gay lover, Shane Hollander.” [Tweet from @letsgetdrilled] oh great another player who thinks being gay is a joke #ilyarozanovisoverparty

No one thinks Ilya's answer is serious. Twitter reacts accordingly.

The first time they meet Ilya is pretty standoffish and the only moment he adds to the conversation is when he calls out “You will not be so friendly when we beat you” which a lot of people would get mad at him being, you know, a cocky asshole as is his reputation. But Shane just smiles and says “That’s not gonna happen” then gives him the cute penguin wave and leaves

Ilya beats Shane in that game, then at the draft, then starts baiting him with the cycling, then gives Shane the sarcastic “Sorry” when Shane answers that the day was almost everything he’d dreamed of

And again Shane doesn’t get mad at him he just smiles and says “No you’re not”

Because Ilya is just playing! He’s just doing the thing hockey guys do and poking fun at other players. But he’s also objectively better than most other people so they take it more personally than they do other players

He’s a big puppy trying to play with other puppies but because he’s stronger they get upset and don’t want to play with him, Shane is the first one who plays back and doesn’t take it personally

Like no wonder he set up the commercial with Shane, that would probably be pretty nerve wracking on his own but he knows Shane is nice and won’t be mean to him or get mad at him, and when he starts laughing part way through other people might have gotten mad at him for not caring or not taking it seriously, but Shane just starts laughing too

He’s the only person able to match his skill at hockey, he’s the only person to actually begin getting him as a person since he arrived, he plays along with the banter and matches Ilya’s energy without ever taking it personally