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Let's not forget that not only did Ilya show up for the funeral of a player he barely knew, a person who's job basically was just trying to punch Ilya on the ice, Ilya also deliberately missed the all-star weekend for it, and while the event itself is irrelevant in the grand scheme of things, it also meant not being able to spend a a few consecutive days together with Shane, during a time where the long-distance-relationship was taking a toll on both of them, and Ilya probably could really need any minute he could get of be close to his partner. Of course Ilya attending the funeral of Duncan Harvey was the absolute right and noble choice, but putting it in context it just shows the extent of Ilya's empathy, his good heart, how fucking much he cares and it's actually heartbreaking how much he suffers in silence, knowlingly putting himself into a situation that must bring up traumatic memories, how lonely he is during this time, but still he wants to show support for others and yet, still he gets painted as the MHL's biggest egotistical asshole.

not naming names but some of you are so creative and talented it's an honor to have you in my phone

it’s so crazy how nixon had to resign after watergate and now every single month 1 million watergates happen and no one cares

shane and ilya are spending the weekend at shane’s parents cottage. yuna steps outside to call her boys in for breakfast when she stops short at the sight of them by the lake. shane in his grandpa pajama set and his robe wrapped around both of them, holding ilya while he presses a soft kiss to his head. ilya’s face tucked into shane’s shoulder as they sway slowly together looking at the sunrise. yuna quietly pulls out her phone to capture the moment because it’s too perfect not to. the second she stops recording she hears ilya’s voice shrieking “shane stop i’m not going there, stop right fucking now” followed by shane’s loud laugh. when she finally gets them both inside and seated at the table, she raises an eyebrow and asks what happened and ilya immediately whines “yuna, your son was terrorizing me” while shane is laughing and goes “i was just trying to show him the loon that was out on the lake” and ilya turns to yuna with the most dramatic expression and goes “he knows those demons terrify me” and even yuna can’t help but snort at his theatrics while david burst out laughing. then later she posts the video online, this gorgeous soft domestic moment that obviously gets reposted everywhere.

i feel Very Strongly about ilya attending that funeral and donating to suicide prevention causes and being there for his queer teammates and getting up every day with his crushing depression and his enormous ass and still trying his fucking best to be the one single cog in the entire Wring You Out And Fucking Kill You machine that is the professional sports industry that pushes back and loves you instead

‘the child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth’ WRONG ❌ the child who is not embraced by the village will make his own campfire and invite people to sit down beside it with him

hollanov combo chirps are a diabolical thing. shane will provide the stat and ilya will provide the drama in a quick one two that not a damn player on the league is immune to. shane will go 'last season your average for ice time was roughly 13 and a half minutes. this year you've been coming in at 9 and half.' n ilya will go 'because you spent your preseason skipping praccy for divorce court, yes? sounds like your coach does not trust you to play well for your team anymore. I imagine your ex wife said similar thing' they're fucking NASTYYYY

horse walks into a bar and the bartender says “actually the gay bar is next door” and the horse says “I’m not gay”

the horse has a small crisis about his sexual identity and mulls it over, nursing his beer in the corner of the sports bar. he realizes he might actually be bicurious, goes next door to the gay bar, meets a Friesian stallion who rocks his world and they get married 3 years after what they thought would be a one night stand

I believe that Shane trains Anya to bring him a pack of cigarettes (aka rat out her dad) in exchange for her favourite treats and Ilya is butthurt about this betrayal

Kids were absolutely correct abt wearing smth you like on a shirt btw. It rules. You love dinosaurs so much wear a shirt about it.

they covered his freckles in the shoot and ilya does cry and threaten murder over it