"they hung a silver medal around Shane's neck that may as well have been a dead rat, for all he wanted it" Imagine you win second place in the World Juniors, an objectively stellar accomplishment, and looking at the medal in absolute disgust. You look at it like someone blew their nose on a tissue and expected you to wear it as a necklace. Shane Hollander, you will always be perfect to me.
The funniest thing about that, to me, is comparing this to Ilya's narration in TLG, which is this (and possibly the funniest thing anyone has ever said about a guy who works harder than God and is fuming with rage at being second best):
The concept of Shane being the slacker in that family 😂😂😂
