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I finished uploading all my kl comics on Fanon a while ago so here's a reminder that you can read them on there as well, it's free! 💜

(if you prefer this format to reading them on tumblr I mean haha)

You guys have got to start reblogging stuff you enjoy, especially, specifically gifs and fan art but also fics and fan theories or even hot takes if you're not afraid of a lil discourse. I'm tired of being the first or third reblog for a person's post and then seeing my blog's followers do nothing but hit like, while blogs sit there with no new posts in months or years!

Reblog more stuff please. Thank you, have a good day.

here’s a piece of Ilya’s childhood lore.

as a ’90s kid, i remember how obsessed we were with tv. everyone had their favorite shows that we’d watch before or after school.

russian children’s tv back then was a mix of disney classics, american animated series (like X-Men and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), and japanese anime (Pokémon and Sailor Moon were huge).

but we also broadcast a lot of soviet animation.

which brings me to this masterpiece:

produced in 1964 by the prolific Boris Dyozhkin, this short animated film, Puck! Puck! (sometimes translated as Goal! Goal!), instantly became a hit and spawned a couple of spin-offs.

the plot is almost prophetic: a team of earnest, well-meaning boys in blue struggles but ultimately wins a hockey match against a group of big, aggressive meanies in red.

there’s no dialogue and definitely no shower scenes, but the tension is absolutely there.

i can picture baby-ilya watching it on tv (or irina showing it to him, since she must have seen it countless times during her own childhood), and instantly choosing this mf as his role model.

you can watch the original Шайбу! Шайбу! (Puck! Puck!) and its spin-off Матч реванш (Rematch) on youtube:

Шайбу! Шайбу!, 1964, ~20 min