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And it seems like maybe, maybe, they might get just one more cup. It goes down to game seven, and Shane makes a spectacular no-look pass to Ilya that keeps them in the game, it’s all tied up when the quick, new, young left wing from Seattle tips one in at the buzzer.

And they’ve lost, and Shane will probably drive them both crazy for the rest of their lives occasionally going back to that game tape. And Ilya is knocking into him, disappointed but he knows this team (sans them) will be back there soon) and telling Shane it would have been almost greedy to have that last one, Shane has 6 after all. And telling Shane that he’ll make it up to him when they get to the hotel (they will make out and nip and fall into separate beds so they can stretch out and arrange ice bags as needed)

But as they watch the cup being passed around and the players’ families coming out to the ice, Ilya nudges Shane and they watch as a young D-man, he just finished his first full year in the MLH, wraps another young man in his arms and smacks a playful kiss on his cheek before turning his head and kissing him sweetly.

He’s just an average player - Shane thinks he could have a decent if not spectacular career if he keeps developing - and he kisses his partner right on the ice. The cameras don’t pause over the scene, no one on his team gives it a second look, it’s not even mentioned when Shane watches the game coverage.

This is not the same as saying history does not matter. It matters enormously. Understanding where your practices actually come from, who shaped them and why, what was borrowed and what was invented: this knowledge enriches practice rather than diminishing it. But it requires a willingness to tolerate the vertigo, to sit in the gap between what you were told and what the evidence shows, and to discover that the ground is still there even when the map turns out to be wrong.

Sometimes I just zone out and think how visually breathtaking a film Crimson Peak is.

I think it depends.

If the democrats successfully codify gay marriage into federal law which they still haven’t managed in the real world even though you should not be relying on goddamn Obergefell to protect gay marriage but whatever and name the bill after Shane/Ilya because their “love story” was a huge part of the political push to get the bill passed, then I think there’d be a lot of pressure to get married under the law that’s literally named for them. But if they don’t personally change the landscape of gay rights in America with the power of their situationship, then I think that they’d be a lot freer to get married wherever.

Like. It’s gonna be a political spectacle. If they get married in this universe then they have to invite the Obamas to their wedding. Like. You cannot jilt the former POTUS who endangered global diplomatic relations for your relationship. Obama is at that wedding. He gets to sit in the front row where the immediate family gets to sit. He can bring his dog if he wants. He can officiate if he wants.

But I also don’t like the idea of their wedding being a political spectacle even though it’s likely in this scenario. I put my characters through hell and put them in situations beyond their control and take away their autonomy but I always like to give it back to them at the end. Like. Practically speaking, they are never escaping the global political theatre. But that doesn’t mean they have to have their entire lives happen on stage.

I like the idea that they get married in a small, private ceremony before they have the “real” wedding. It doesn’t matter where they have it. There’s no official paperwork involved. They’re not married on paper after. But they walk down the aisle and say their vows and the promises they make matter more to them than any sheet of paper ever did. They invite 0 diplomats. The only people who are there to see them be married are the people who they actually want there.

SOCHI OUTING AU

PART 1 (Original post - anon ask.)

MEMES POST 1 (All that touching is NOT working in Putin's favor now.)

PART 2 (Where is their wedding? How public is the spectacle? Private?)

PART 3 (The Catching Fire of it all is literally killing me. They both wanted it but they're trapped by it.)

PART 4 (What happens after with the NHL? How does it affect teams?)

PART 5 (JJ locks the fuck IN for his boy. He's #StandingWithHollanov - ignore the throwing up happening in the background)

PART 6 (The Boston Raiders lock the fuck IN for THEIR boy. "Who HASN'T had gay thoughts about Shane Hollander???")

DO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW HARD IT IS TO ?????