shane.

Sorry it’s literally just because I’m Japanese but I get so worked up over the fact that RR decided to make Shane specifically Japanese-Canadian and then never talked about anything specific to the Japanese diaspora in a post-WW2 context. Like I’m crazy. I know. I know I’m being crazy it’s literally a smut novel but that shit matters!!! The type of desperate assimilation and disillusionment of North and South America-based Japanese immigrants that occurred during and after WW2 cannot be overstated. None of my cousins or even aunts and uncles can speak Japanese— and this isn’t a mistake, but a defense mechanism. Being Japanese was synonymous with “the enemy,” being a spy or traitor, so people were forced to become as American or Canadian as possible, anything to distance from their heritage. What’s crazy is so much of Shane’s mindset makes sense from this assimilationist perspective!! And RR just doesn’t have a significant awareness of any of this so she doesn’t utilize it at all

heated rivalry bravely says lust is good and awesome especially gay lust and we need this more than anything at this time

Gay Lust Saves Lives!

starting a collection of stupid fucking tshirts that i think ilya would wear

im only attracted to worthy opponents

Why would you hate Ilya? That's literally #MyIlya.

Like what would you even say to hate on him? Like oh no, he's too funny and sexy and his dick is too big? Be for real.

shane and ilya are on their honeymoon, lying on a beach towel with ilya’s head resting on shane’s chest. ilya lifts his head to look at shane, seeing his husband completely relaxed and almost asleep and he looks down at shane’s shoulder to gaze at his freckles which he’s absolutely in love with. he notices that shane has a few new ones after all the sun they’ve been soaking up and he points to a few and goes “these ones here are new” and shane lifts his head slightly and looks at ilya and asks “how do you know i have new freckles?” and ilya kisses his husband’s shoulder and says “because i’m completely crazy and obsessed with you” and shane laughs and lays his head back down and says “weirdo” and ilya says poking shane’s side making him laugh “as if you wouldn’t notice a new mole on me” and shane replies “you know i’m also crazy and obsessed about you” and ilya breaks into this huge smile and kisses shane’s lips and then his shoulder again and rests his head back on his husband’s chest.