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Pairing: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
Rating: Teen and Up
Word Count: 9047
Summary:
“Well, it’s nice to do nothing,” she says, swiftly moving past the awkwardness. “You two have such busy schedules; it must be nice to relax together.”
At once, both of their postures seem to deflate a little and she watches as Ilya’s expression melts into a smile.
“Yes,” he agrees softly, eyes entirely on Shane. “For once.”
Shane glances at him and he looks…well. She doesn’t know if love-struck is the word but she doesn’t think it’s far off. Shane settles a hand on Ilya’s knee and their smiles miss each other by a fraction of a second.
It hits her then just how much of themselves they’ve been hiding. It’s one thing, keeping their romantic relationship a secret; it’s an entirely other thing to not even be allowed to act friendly towards each other in public. It has to have taken its toll over the years. It sits uncomfortable in her sternum that she might have inadvertently played a part.
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Five times someone realises Ilya is good for Shane + one time someone realises Shane is good for Ilya.
Pairing: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
Rating: Teen and Up
Word Count: 9047
Summary:
“Well, it’s nice to do nothing,” she says, swiftly moving past the awkwardness. “You two have such busy schedules; it must be nice to relax together.”
At once, both of their postures seem to deflate a little and she watches as Ilya’s expression melts into a smile.
“Yes,” he agrees softly, eyes entirely on Shane. “For once.”
Shane glances at him and he looks…well. She doesn’t know if love-struck is the word but she doesn’t think it’s far off. Shane settles a hand on Ilya’s knee and their smiles miss each other by a fraction of a second.
It hits her then just how much of themselves they’ve been hiding. It’s one thing, keeping their romantic relationship a secret; it’s an entirely other thing to not even be allowed to act friendly towards each other in public. It has to have taken its toll over the years. It sits uncomfortable in her sternum that she might have inadvertently played a part.
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Five times someone realises Ilya is good for Shane + one time someone realises Shane is good for Ilya.
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Re: your tags ”but the way the conflict is executed very much implies that it *is* one of their faults”
- Yes, that’s what I’ve been saying!! I’m so torn between defending TLG Shane and being irked he needs to be defended at all. I think the book was a bit careless in making him sympathetic. And one book can’t have everything and please everyone, but I want to at least acknowledge that!
i'm gonna put my thoughts under the cut just bc i'm conscious some people obviously love the books so i don't wanna wreck anyone's fun etc etc!!!
but yeah, it's......i understand why people defend shane because there is So much he's dealing with throughout the book that is barely acknowledged as signficant (his eating disorder and his fears about the impact of coming out, to name a few) and i do think all of that is important to discuss. but i also think some of it does just come down to poor storytelling and writing him in a way that's out of character to suit the story RR wanted to tell.
i'll be entirely upfront in saying that show canon is the characterisation i run with and i believe there's a difference between that and the books. but even regardless of that, it's still a completely farcicle setup that exists in the long game.
like, going back to what i said about the conflict for a sec, i can absolutely see them inadvertantly hurting each other. of course that can happen when you're long distance and you're not opening up to each other the way you should. but it's also insulting to shane's emotional intelligence to suggest he wouldn't see any problem with the idea that he's out to his parents, hayden and jackie, rose, and his team while ilya gets to confide in...............no one at all??????? while living alone in a new country and playing with a new team.
that's why the very idea of shane being out to his team doesn't work. their plan is for both of them, they're in it together, what on earth would prompt one of them to decide to come out alone????????? (and the fact that we don't see that in text to explain it is a huge issue imo)
ultimately, it feels to me like none of shane's problems are portrayed as significant in the book because those problems are simply a by-product of decisions that were made to make ilya's struggle worse. and tbh, it's such a disservice to both of their characters????????
(like this is a separate post, but even consider how the simple change of making svetlana ilya's childhood friend adds so much to ilya's character in hr bc we get to see a different side to him and he gets to have a confidant. like, he can still have depression even if he has friends. he can push svetlana away the same way he does shane. he doesn't need to be isolated to such a caricature-ish extent)
even if they fight, even if they say shitty things to each other, the blame for their conflict doesn't need to sit on either of their shoulders, it should sit on everyone else's.
Pairing: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
Rating: Teen and Up
Word Count: 9047
Summary:
“Well, it’s nice to do nothing,” she says, swiftly moving past the awkwardness. “You two have such busy schedules; it must be nice to relax together.”
At once, both of their postures seem to deflate a little and she watches as Ilya’s expression melts into a smile.
“Yes,” he agrees softly, eyes entirely on Shane. “For once.”
Shane glances at him and he looks…well. She doesn’t know if love-struck is the word but she doesn’t think it’s far off. Shane settles a hand on Ilya’s knee and their smiles miss each other by a fraction of a second.
It hits her then just how much of themselves they’ve been hiding. It’s one thing, keeping their romantic relationship a secret; it’s an entirely other thing to not even be allowed to act friendly towards each other in public. It has to have taken its toll over the years. It sits uncomfortable in her sternum that she might have inadvertently played a part.
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Five times someone realises Ilya is good for Shane + one time someone realises Shane is good for Ilya.
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americans be like dude learning to drive isnt that bad but they dont know youre in ireland sharing a lane with a horse who is a bad person. And the horse and the instructor are friends and he keeps dapping the horse up through the window. And the horse called you a bitch under his breath so quiet the driving instructor is trying to convince you that you must have misheard him but you didnt. and theres a roundabout coming up and the horse didnt indicate
I can no longer remember the title of the book it’s from, but here’s a quote that has remained trapped in my head for the last 8 years: “Driving in Ireland is dangerous because the roads are full of old farmers who’ve led good lives and are fairly sure they’ll get into heaven.”
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