Completely separate and no one with a home lunch could even sit with him because it might have peanuts, only school lunch kids because all the school lunches were peanut free. There were years I was the ONLY person who sat with him (I switched from home lunch to school lunch because I wanted to sit with him and not let him be by himself) The table was also like in a corner away from every other table super isolated.

These kids didn’t chose to not sit with him because they were being mean but because the rest of their friends had home lunch or they had a home lunch themselves. So very long winded way of saying Shane would definitely experience this type of isolation on top of the isolation he already felt for being neurodivergent and Asian.

I’m just imagining itty bitty tiny Shane sitting all alone at his peanut free table. And I made myself very sad.

Anyways thank you for the Shallergies head cannon I’m obsessed

GOD just broke my own heart thinking about this in connection to the fact that sometimes kids grow out of allergies.

like maybe shane in elementary school at least had one other kid in his grade who was allergic to peanuts who always sat with him.

and then. they grew out of it. and now they get to go sit with other people and eat reese's and pb and j and all of the stuff that shane can't be near.

and shane spots it at once and internally *sigh* preparing to keep an eye on what they're touching on the table that's shared or even maybe moving to anoth-

and then?? someone else?? points out the peanut butter?? and there's immediately a playful chorus of everyone banishing that person and their peanut butter?? to another table?? like it's 100% done lighthearted ("take your poison butter and GIT" "you're trying to take out hollzy?? what, you're a fucking double agent for buffalo?? i KNEW it."), but the person just laughs, gives shane a "sorry, dude, forgot" and then?? does take their peanut butter toast?? and goes to a fully different table??

shane who was once a little kid who had to go sit apart from everyone is now a man who gets to stay

but maybe he's hanging out with rose and her friends when they're dating and hears them just good naturedly complaining about "yeah it's good, but idk man, sometimes i'd like to just make out a little" or "you know, he could at least silence his phone first. i know it's just sex, but sometimes you wanna feel special, you know?"

and meanwhile loving attentive sexual experiences georg over here is just 🤨🤨 what do you mean he doesn't go down on you for hours?? 🤨 what do you mean he doesn't check in with you until you speak up on your own? 🤨🤨 what do you mean you FAKE IT sometimes because you're tired and just ready for it to be over?? 🤨🤨 you mean he isn't laser-focused on making you feel good and checking in and telling you sweet things right into your ear? 🤨🤨 what do you mean you don't nudge his arm up to hold your jaw because just that touch as he pushes you back to the bed is enough to drop you into subspace?? 🤨 you had to clean YOURSELF up after?? he didn't wipe you down with a warm washcloth and follow it up with kissing everywhere he had just touched and touching you firm and gentle and grounding until you stopped trembling because it was especially intense and you needed him to work you back down kindly?? 🤨🤨

Female birds with confusing names.

The Ilya we see in Heated rivalry would not be throwing the first punch, he's not an enforcer. Ilya is a star center and a Pest. He wouldn't be doing his job correctly if he was punching players every other game, it would end up with not enough ice time to let him be the playmaker he's paid to be.

But being a pest can be playmaking! Find a player to bait, emotionally push them just enough that they try to fight you, and then get the fuck out of there before the ref gives you both penalties. This gets your team the power play. There is probably someone on Ilya's line dedicated to helping him get out of the fights he starts, and finishing them for him!

I also think this is also something that Shane would respect. Ilya is good at it and it's a good strategy for his team. I don't think Shane would see it as some dirty tactic, because Shane probably thinks everyone with a brain can see it for what it is! He probably thinks everyone should be able to see that being an asshole is a tactic for Ilya, that it's something to ignore and not fall for, that it's a strategy and not personal beef.

It is actually so vital to understanding Shane Hockey Hollander that ppl understand how hockey is kind of a inherently nasty game, and that Shane Hockey Hollander would indeed find the strategy around skirting/breaking the rules Hot As Hell