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this is basically every time troy is mentioned by shane in tlg

yes, shane acknowledges that he thought troy was a homophobic douchebag (which, most of the v0y*g3rs are too, it's not significant enough for shane to really care), but he's also the one that suggests to ilya that troy might not be so bad

the ONLY instances where shane expresses dislike for troy is when shane gets jealous about his friendship with ilya. do we REALLY think ilya would be as easy to forgive and become close friends with a man who had thrown racial slurs at shane? ilya who fought his own brother for being rude to svetlana? I've seen a lot of people say that troy's redemption was "too easy" but ive also not seen anyone be able to point at anything that would be considered actually unforgivable by the characters (NOTE: IM TALKING ABOUT THE CHARACTERS. NOT WHAT REAL PEOPLE WOULD PERSONALLY NOT EXCUSE. THE CHARACTERS ARE NOT PARAGONS OF MORALITY)

and to top it all off, shane literally forgets that troy is the second openly queer player in the league? that man is NOT significant enough to take up real space in shanes brain. why do people think he'd hold a grudge against assholish comments troy may or may not have made when he was kents lackey? the end of tlg even has them hinting that they're gonna be friends!

sure, people might choose to think they wouldn't get along, but nothing in the text actually supports that? its so weird to me. shane isn't a little baby who needs to be protected from the big scary world. he's a realistic character that's gone through a lot of change and growth in his own right, and I don't see him as the type to think other people are incapable of change

Ilya Rozanov (Ch:29 TLG)

Why? Because Ilya Rozanov in TLG is going through a very rough emotional time and is managing a lot of difficult (and ugly) feelings and also going to a therapist to deal with them healthily. So yeah he’s happy for Troy. And also jealous.

This is Shane’s reaction to Troy’s coming out (Ch 30)

He cried. He thought it was incredible.

And you know what, they both actually do feel weird about it and are on the same page. Because they can be happy for someone and also have some mixed feelings. And they handle those feelings together. (Ch: 30)

And this is what happened when Shane and Troy actually met (Ch: 36)

So yeah, etc etc headcanons and AUs but canonically, none of the current stuff being spread around is true. Not for Troy, not for Shane, not for Ilya. Nobody is ignorant, nobody is petty and mean and seething in resentment, and it’s fine if angry feelings are explored in a fanfic but canonically that never happened. The only reason why Shane was iffy about Troy was because he was jealous that an openly gay player was on the same team as his husband and could go on team trips and to a gay bar with him. And Ilya kept teasing him about his jealousy.

Also bonus! Of Shane being impressed with Troy for speaking up for Kent’s victims (Ch: 27)