“is there anything so undoing as a daughter”

Fouling in the MLH takes a steep decline the first year Shane & Ilya play together on the Centaurs, and they’re all a bit confused why all their regular season games have been relatively un-physical. Then in one game against Toronto, some idiot (probably Dallas Kent) crosschecks Luca, and suddenly the Centaurs activate the Hollanov Power Play Special they’ve been training for all season and Toronto is swiftly, instantly, and absolutely fucked. Suddenly it becomes very clear why every team in the league is on their best behavior against Ottawa: because against Shane and Ilya’s power play, a foul will almost always cost you a fucking goal. That’s how insane their power play percentage is, and all the other teams can do is never give them a reason to be on the ice together. (Personally, the other Centaurs love this and go out of their way to draw fouls, just to see the immediate horror on the other team’s faces)

U dont understand i had to write the first 70,000 words because if i didnt the sex wouldnt be as perilous or emotionally fraught. Which is the POINT.

ilya is a d1 ragebaiter. hes a fucking pro. but his absolute favorite move is playing the long game. jabbing at a player, small comments that go mostly unnoticed. just a chirp here and there. low enough in passing no one picks up on it but the target. and they just layer and layer until finally the player snaps at which point ilya lets them get one good hit and then breaks out his wide, innocent baby blues and turns to the ref like what the fuck is wrong with him. it must be used sparingly to stay maximally effective but goddd is it Ilya's most satisfying ragebait

#myilya was a very sensitive kid and used to feel a profound connection to laika the space dog, especially after his mother passed away

#myilya was a pretty lonely kid. svetlana was kind of his only friend, so his mom used to tell him this story about a wonderful and brave dog that went to space to discover a world beyond our own. ilya used to make up stories with his mom and laika the space dog (and svetlana too). there were days when they played pretend for hours, but ilya got older and his mother got sick and sicker until she was gone and suddenly her stories about this dog that went to space were replaced by the sad truth of a stray that was sent so far away and never got back home because it had to fulfill a job and play a role it never asked for

sometimes shane and ilya lay in bed at night and ilya recalls the stories his mom used to tell him and how he hopes that his mom isn't alone now. at one point ilya tells a story about a dog and a beautiful woman and a very lonely boy who met a prince that saved his life on one of his adventures

save me ilya laika motif save me

I also think ilya liked treasure planet when he was a kid. Little Jim reminds him a lot of how he was with his mom when she wasn't so sad all the time. It's more difficult to make her feel better these days, but he loves her so much. Sometimes he tries to tell her stories, but it's not the same. He can't think about the movie for years after his mother died. It takes him several years after moving in with Shane he shares this movie with him. He cries the entire time but especially at the end when Jim is able to get his mom a new Inn. It's silly and of no use, he knows that, but something in him wishes he could've gotten his mom something too. Something too ease the pain and take away the sorrow

i want Things. i'm sorry marx