I’m Strumming On My Gay Guitar

from his rookie season, from the day he stepped foot in that locker room, shane was loved by the metros.

people picture it as if they never included him, or never liked him, or never ever treated him well. in the world where i can accept the insane premise that shit went down as RR wrote it going down, we still gotta tether it to at least some realism.

and some realism is that shane hollander's boys love him. he's the greatest fucking thing to them. he's their generational superstar. he's their captain who led them to three cups. and before all of that, he was their rookie.

he was hazed with the rest of the rookies during his rookie year. but it was soft hazing because he's a generational superstar. he was like their little brother and their friend. he's the guy whos gonna lead him to the cup, baby, thats our fucking champion, thats our rookie-of-the-year, thats our holly

even if we consider that shane isn't neurotypical and maybe doesn't navigate every social situation perfectly, we never see on camera that it's enough to affect his relationship with his team.

and if he did do shit that was strange, they'd just find charming. thats their weird shane. thats their holly (hollywood if they wanna be super dramatic about it and hes done something crazy). he has an intense pre-game schedule, don't bother holly. he's crazy about his fucking diet, but it's fine, thats just holy.

chapter 1: an eagle with eye sharp-shining

At first the creature seemed to truly be a bird, a massive eagle standing upright with its wings spread far apart. But when Shane blinked again, the creature appeared thinner and taller, its wings shrinking down. When he rubbed his eyes, hoping to finally see clearly, he was greeted with the sight of a tall nude man with the same eyes as the eagle.

Shane finds erotic inspiration in ancient stories - it's not his fault Ilya resembles a cruel and powerful god.

Or: A collection of different fantasies Shane has about a godly Ilya having his way with him.

Famed idol Teto Kasane found maniacally rambling at weirdly responsive CRT cartoon, more at 11.

Stop telling us that you didn't put effort into your art/creations of Black people

"oh it's just a bad sketch I did to the side" "oh I just didn't feel like drawing his hair this time" "oh I just didn't feel like doing her skin well"

Okay well if you didn't feel like putting effort into your depiction, why are you showing it to us? Why are you TELLING us that you didn't care enough to be thoughtful this go round, while expecting us to still applaud you for your work? Especially if you and I know you're capable? It's insulting.

If you didn't want to draw me, you didn't have to. But you don't have to make it seem like it's excessively difficult, especially if you don't say this about anyone else you draw.

Black viewers of your work deserve to know you cared. I'm not saying every piece has to be the Mona Lisa. But if your character is supposed to have deep skin or curly hair, and you just... Decide that's too hard to do sometimes... Why should I settle for your half effort? Just don't share it 😅 wait until you do care 😅 take your time until it's done 😅