Sunrise Prongs

Now it’s fanfic, and it doesn’t really matter, but there’s a few key words that always take me out for a second because they’re very not Canadian.

So here is a short list of Canadianism that might help when writing HR fanfics!

We say “washroom” (which is the truly Canadian word) or “bathroom”. We do NOT say “restroom” (this is so silly but it bothers me lol)

We say “pop” not “soda”, if Shane is talking about ginger ale being his favourite drink, it’s POP!

“Runners” for running shoes

“Toque” (I feel like more people know this one, but it’s a winter hat)

Not so much a slang, but I haven’t seen any fics take advantage of the fact that the Canadian one dollar coin has a loon on it, and is called a loonie. ( also i do think that Ilya would make fun of the fact that the two dollar coin is called a “toonie”😂)

Typically people won’t say “Tim Horton’s” you’ll hear “Timmie’s”

In Ontario, the liquor store is called the LCBO, sometimes affectionately called “lickbo”

“Give’er” is a funny one, meaning like “give it your all”. I feel like older people say it more, my dad said it a lot when teaching me to drive lol. Definitely used by hockey parents

Sorry I can’t believe I forgot to address the Quebecois of it all.

I know people are just translating things to French, and therefore get France French when they want to use the language in their fics. But Canadians French is really different!

Some important ones:

Swear words! Wayyyy different, most quebecois swears are based around the church. The most common are “tabarnak” (generalized curse, when angry, shocked etc. definitely the more imfamous), “câlice” (angry swear), “Crisse” (like Christ basically), they also use “merde” (shit) like in France, but it is often spelled “marde”. You can combine things like “câlice de marde” for extra emphasis. - I’m serious this is the most important one, I do not want to see JJ saying “putain” anymore!!!!

“La fin de semaine” is used for “weekend” unlike in France

CHUM!!!! A favourite of mine, it means boyfriend. I needdddd JJ or Shane referring to Ilya as his “chum”, it’s so cute. (The girlfriend equivalent is “blonde” - regardless of hair colour lol)

There’s some anglicisms that creep in, so “avoir du fun” for “have fun” and “c’est cute” for “that’s cute”

They use “un char” for “car” rather than “une voiture”

The meal names are different, I won’t get into it but in Quebec it’s “déjeuner” - breakfast, “dîner” - lunch, “souper” - dinner.

“Icitte” is sometimes used instead of “ici” to mean “here”

And Michaela literally has No Boys Allowed stamped across her forehead. They're Lesbians.

I promise you, if they gave me any inclination that they liked men then I'd support it but they're not.

I picked ones that I think fit the characters/their relationship the best

Bungalow - Scott Helman

(It’s just very them, cottage vibes.)

Red Hands - Walk off the Earth

(Just general vibes)

Rule the World - Walk off the Earth

(Them building a hockey empire and their relationship. Something about the glory of it is such a vibe to me)

Inner Ninja - Classified, David Myles

(This was so popular and I think Ilya would love it and Shane would be so annoyed, having heard it overplayed so much on the radio lol. I hope you see the vision)

Haven’t Had Enough - Marianas Trench

(This one is early in their situationship)

Kiss Goodnight - Tyler Shaw

(Pretty self explanatory, not wanting to part, the pining🥲)

Jet lag - Simple Plan, Natasha Bedingfield

(Struggling with the distance)

Something Big - Shawn Mendes

(The rhythm would be so cool for an edit. Something big happen, both their career momentum and their relationship)

Mercy - Shawn Mendes

(Vibessss, pain and pining)

Complicated - Avril Lavigne

I Really Like you - Carly Jepsen

I’m Yours - Alessia Cara

(I tried to include Spotify links, but Tumblr would only let me include 10. But the final 4 songs should be easy to find) I included my interpretations of some of the songs but honestly any way that it speaks to you works!

I think the songs fit them really well and I love that they could’ve been hearing them on the radio at the time. Also I love promoting Canadian art!

I have made a playlist with even more Canadian music that reminds me of hollanov if anyone is interested ☺️

"Sweet mother, I cannot weave – slender Aphrodite has overcome me with longing for a girl."

But when Shane sees Ilya shuffling sleepy around the kitchen in the morning, mumbling something like “gonna make you the best eggs Hollander where the fuck is your whisk” or later when they’re getting ready to have dinner with Shane’s parents and Shane helps Ilya pick out a parent-friendly button-down from his own closet, doing up the buttons for him instead of undressing him for once and taking a look at the result (“no, let’s try the this one, the color is better, maybe”) I think they’re both like holy shit this is my guy. This is the team I’ve always wanted, above the one where we play hockey on TV. And it crosses some wires in their brains because oh this is what it’s supposed to feel like to have someone have your back. Not that they both aren’t beloved by their teams but we honestly don’t see it besides the transactional nature of their skills (maybe Hayden is an exception with Shane, but really Ilya’s closest person in the show is Svetlana, he has no one close in the books) weighed with how they get the team accolades.

This is why I don’t think the commitment part was ever going to be hard for them. They are both craving a person, someone that is just there for them. They were conditioned for this type of bond, promised brotherhood when they started hockey, but never reaped the benefits because of their talent. Sure, Shane could have found a nice man in Montreal, but this is so much deeper than just finding someone you want to date and falling in love that way.

Drawing over pictures from Pinterest but as Merthur (with Gwaine third wheeling obviously)