Fandom is so obsessed with contrasts in ships that they force them onto hollanov, a couple who are FAMOUSLY supposed to be similar. There is no slutty one and prudish one. They both love sex. There is no smart one and dumb one. They both excel at the same career where traditional metrics of academic intelligence don't apply. There is no jock and nerd. They are both professional athletes. There is no neatfreak and slob. They both pay other people to clean their houses. Please release yourself from the need to manufacture an opposites attract dynamic in every facet of their relationship, ESPECIALLY when the central conceit of hollanov as a couple is that they're more alike than everyone else seems to think.
#it's easy to mistake them for opposites when shane is so obsessed with discipline and ilya's a bit of a hedonist#but watch that my moon my man montage again because both of them are in the gym all the time#ilya is not undisciplined just because shane is hyper-disciplined#and shane doesn't shun pleasure and comfort at all look at the fuckass cottage he built#ilya is a work hard play hard guy and shane loves pleasure he just wants to work for it#the biggest division is introvert/extrovert but shane likes to go out with ilya and ilya loves to stay in with shane#they're not opposites! they're complementary#heated rivalry
