#krb's beginnerlists

Notes:

This list will continue to evolve. If you see any posts you think would make a good addition, feel free to dm me or tag me so I can include them in the next part! 😁

To any users I've tagged in this post, if you would like me to untag you or remove your post from the list, please just let me know!

Tumblr has a maximum of 50 mentions per post. The tags in the latter part of the post will not link directly to the user's blog. But all the links to the posts themselves should work.

I will update this with links to some of Hudson Williams' interviews eventually, because Hudson usually has some excellent Shane meta.

Shane + Autism:

@boyguilty : Shane's identity is Hockey Player

@draegmuth : Shane's relentlessness regarding being a bottom

@lavenderprose and @tawnyow-l : Shane likes Ilya's dick autistically

@superkitty21 : Shane and under-stimulation

@sonnyandshare : Shane + insults

@gayhockeyshowenjoyer : Shane's response to Ilya's "I love you"

@soul-wanderer : why a diagnosis might be helpful

@cjjade : Shane on pain meds

@themoonandmyman 's commentary on @my-2nd-account 's post Shane being surprised at the word boyfriend

@butimnomickey :

Shane's autistic moments in ep 1

Shane's autistic moments in ep 6

Shane unmasking in ep 6

Shane + Autism + sexuality:

@whattfisausername : Shane is a breath of fresh air

@mr-stump-sir : Shane is a freaky little slut

Shane + sex:

lavenderprose (tagged above) : Shane's first homosexual experience

@fuckrozanov and @rozanovx discussing how life-altering that must have been for Shane

@family-discord-server : some meta, some headcanon-ing

fuckrozanov (tagged above) : Shane "winter soldier activates"

@sickness-health-all-that-shit : how they make each other better

The Tuna Melt Scene:

@spiders-hth-is-an-outlier : why Ilya brought up Svetlana, specifically (this is mostly Ilya meta but there's a little bit in there about how Shane might have interpreted that conversation)

@swanlakeprincess1 : why that conversation was so scary for Shane

@wtf-is-hockey and an anonymous asker discussing the real reason for Shane's freak-out

@young-waverer : Shane first-naming Ilya was intentional

The lunch with Yuna and David in ep 4:

@shaneswhitesocks 's post about the line, "I don't want you to lie" and @sterling-dragons 's tags in their reblog

and sterling-dragons own post about that moment

@myarchiveforme : that lunch with Yuna and David

@kalinara 's interpretation

Episode 6:

@threehams : why Shane hadn't come out to his parents yet

@illuminetic : *half* his good looks

The Line "I tried really, really hard."

@gffa : "I tried really hard"

@hilarioushilarity : that same line

@gayhockeyshow : their take on that line

@howeverbriefly : the ambiguity of that line

@ahotknife : the costuming in that scene with Yuna

Shane + confidence and emotions:

@raincitygirl76 : Shane introducing himself

@ticklefighthockey : Shane has a secure attachment style ; Shane is the Emotions Dom ; Shane is observant and emotionally intelligent

gffa (tagged above) : Shane goes all in on his relationship with Ilya

@cuteandtwisted : also about Shane being all in

@gutsybitsies : Shane is not the insecure one (TLG spoilers)

@aslongasitsblack : Shane is cool!! (TLG spoilers)

@nevcolleil and raincitygirl76 (tagged above) discussing how Shane enjoys submitting but he's not meek and he is usually the one to escalate things between himself and Ilya

@flower-of-the-desert : Shane being attuned to Ilya

@imaginemyreality03 's commentary on themoonandmyman 's (tagged above) post regarding the phone call in ep 5

@madlori : Shane making himself a safe place

@sunnys1de-d0wn : Shane's behaviour during the Russian monologue

fuckrozanov (tagged above): Shane's earnestness

Shane + race, his public image, need for control, compulsory heterosexuality, internalized homophobia and his relationship with his parents:

some important context from @maxanor about how white professional hockey is

@shanehollanderstits : Shane's internalized homophobia being tied up with being mixed race

@sanjuwrites : Shane being "too different"

ahotknife (tagged above) : Shane not disappointing people

@lifeofbrybooks : Shane's facade of a perfect life

@cchapsticck : Shane's body as a product

aslongasitsblack (tagged above) : Shane's denial

aslongasitsblack (tagged above) : Shane does NOT think out loud

@catalpa-waltz : the "silent retreat"

cchapsticck (tagged above) : Shane's sense of self vs expectations

ticklefighthockey (tagged above) : Shane's cognitive dissonance about his (lack of) attraction to women

@lucydacusgirl : Shane actually can't hide as well as he thinks he can

@dedecorus : Shane being so focused on the optics

@mythmagicetc : Shane's parents just don't understand

@intergalacticmca : Shane compartmentalizing

Other stuff:

@lierdumoa : Shane's diet

@dimir-charmer , @twilitdragoneye and raincitygirl76 (tagged above) discussing Shane living in Montreal as a closeted celebrity

@vamprozy with some irl hockey context for the hollanov rivalry

ticklefighthockey 's (tagged above) input on another similarity between the show "rivalry" and the irl "rivalry" by which it was inspired

@freakoutgirl : Shane isn't even pushing the rivalry

@fresh-bag-of-ham : ginger ale symbolism

ticklefighthockey (tagged above) and anons re:

the differences between Shane's and Ilya's relationships with hockey and what Shane's "love" for hockey actually is

(this one is gently critical of RR's writing style, not in that it's not good, just in that the style is not really OP's cup of tea, even though OP did enjoy the books and read them multiple times) difference between the book characters and the show characters (the last part, added in a self-reblog, talks specifically about Shane)

making Ilya wait two years to fuck him

the Rose effect

how Shane must have felt in the time between Sochi and Vegas and an additional post about Shane's possible internal monologue

Shane in The Long Game (spoilers, obvs):

@austenwazright : the power imbalance

vamprozy (tagged above) : Shane's POV

lavenderprose (tagged above) : Shane's disordered eating

@with-my-murder-flute : Shane has no precedent for this

wtf-is-hockey (tagged above) talking about one of Shane's kinks (doesn't actually specifically mention TLG but it's VERY in line with TLG canon)

Notes: 

This list will continue to evolve. If there are posts you love that aren’t included here, feel free to tag me on them so I can include them in the next part! 😁

I am going to make a whole separate Meta Masterlist Beginnerlist for stuff about Russian culture, the portrayal of Russia/Russians in the book and the show, and the Russian language. There’s A LOT of good posts on those topics

To any users I've tagged in this post, if you would like me to untag you or remove your post from the list, please just let me know!

Tumblr has a maximum of 50 mentions per post. The tags in the latter part of the post will not link directly to the user's blog. But all the links to the posts themselves should work. 

Some of the puzzle pieces that make up Ilya Rozanov:

@thedoubteriswise and @themoonandmyman discussing Ilya’s penchant for taking care of people

@urmomsonfire : the conflicting pieces of Ilya’s personality

@therealrashid : Tierney’s quote about Ilya's slyness

@hollanovfuckoff : some context on who Ilya is as a Russian kid

@aslongasitsblack : Diva Ilya (make sure you read op’s tags!!)

@clytemnestraaa cracked the Ilya code

@aphantasias : who is Rozanov and who is Ilya?

Ilya and Sex:

@justhere4ke-blog : Ilya’s relationship with his sexuality

@unnonexistence : a very concise analysis of Ilya’s relationship with desire

themoonandmyman (tagged above) : one of the core parts of Ilya’s identity is that he knows he is sexually desirable

themoonandmyman (tagged above) : Ilya is not a fuckboy

@ticklefighthockey and yours truly on Ilya’s relationship with sex

Ilya’s kinks: 

@yiiiiiiiikes25 : another reason to consider for why Ilya wants/needs dominance

aslongasitsblack (tagged above) : why Ilya likes Shane submitting to him

@airgiodslv : how Ilya gives orders that double as check-ins

ticklefighthockey (tagged above) : how Shane gave Ilya a virginity kink

aphantasias (tagged above) : Ilya’s ownership kink

@ahotknife : Ilya + honorifics

Episode 1: 

@academicblorbo : a study of 08/09 baby Ilya

@s--strawberry : the pronounced difference in Ilya’s reactions to Shane’s two handshakes

@iironandwine : Shane was only Ilya’s second

@ravelqueen : the press conference

@ladybugs-and-lilys : why the Nashville press conference was so meaningful to Ilya

Episode 2:

@wtf-is-hockey : this moment in ep 2

@dedecorus : how amazing Ilya is during Shane’s first time

@inthedreamatorium1 : all the non-sex things Ilya does that make him the perfect sexual partner

ticklefighthockey (tagged above) : Shane scares Ilya

@lavenderprose : Was Ilya aware that he was falling ? 

@escapepodding : the impact of THE FLEECE

themoonandmyman (tagged above) : what went unsaid during the bathroom scene

@bookdork1 : the contrast between the two bathroom scenes

@eastofedean : the emotional significance of the hookup in 2014 in the Vegas penthouse

wtf-is-hockey (tagged above) : the line, “What difference does it make?” (TLG Spoilers)

Episode 4:

escapepodding (tagged above) answers the question on everyone’s minds: Why tuna melts?

@spiders-hth-is-an-outlier : Ilya bringing up Svetlana, specifically, and what it means for him and Shane

@fresh-bag-of-ham : what Ilya meant when he said, “i like girls, but I also like you”

@femmenerd : Ilya telling Shane that he’s lazy

@macaroni-rascal : the tunameltdown and Ilya's only way to push back a little

@oathkeptroxas : the end of ep4

Episode 5:

@makana-bug : comparing two kisses

@stammiviktor : Ilya’s voice when he says, “you don't like me”

bookdork1 (tagged above) : what Ilya went through after Shane was injured

@martelldoran : Ilya in the hospital

@rainbow-femme : what high Shane’s hospital monologue meant for Ilya, emotionally

Episode 6:

@cowboylikebriii vulnerability in ep 5 vs ep 6

@alltoowille : the complete change in Ilya's demeanor in ep 6

airgiodslv (tagged above) : the sigh

@hollandcr and @gayhockeyshowenjoyer talking about the line, “Oh so this is my fault?”

@erisenyo : Ilya's feelings during the phone call bj

@tayasui-mono : Ilya doesn't joke about things that aren’t obvious

@the-cottage-loon : “I don't ever want that problem to ever go away.”

@hoechlinteeth : Ilya’s understanding of the words “compatible” and “narrative”

@theghostofashton : what Shane’s plan meant to Ilya

@thejoysymphony : Ilya’s journey from stifling tears to crying openly

@buckmybeloved : this is the first time Ilya feels that he is allowed to be soft

@anonymoustigress : smoking

@botheredbuck : Shane’s panic attack

@rozanovx : ep 6, Ilya’s instant shift into helping mode

@audoldends : ep 6 and Ilya standing at attention

@gayhockeyshow : Ilya’s contributions at Shane’s parents’ cottage 

conversation among @if-music-be-the-food-of-love , @criticaloser , and themoonandmyman  (tagged above) about Ilya insisting that Yuna and David call him by his first name

oathkeptroxas (tagged above) : why it’s important to Ilya that Shane says, “same here. only one”

@lifeofbrybooks : Ilya’s real priorities

@2-dont : Ilya's certainty during the dinner with the Hollanders comes from love

@livesbetweenpages : on Ilya labeling their relationship

Ilya in The Long Game

themoonandmyman (tagged above) : Ilya’s behavior with other queer MLH players

@acarelessmanscarefuldaughter : Ilya’s part in the miscommunication in TLG

@parcai : how Ilya is an unreliable narrator in TLG

Ilya’s relationship with Shane

Ilya understanding Shane: 

@valorfaerie : Ilya + being aware of Shane's neurdivergence

@sleepysquirrel445 : commentary on Ilya's behavior early on in the situationship

@gffa : Ilya’s very effective seduction technique

Why Shane is so good for Ilya: 

tayasui-mono (tagged above) : family taking and Shane giving

@hyperfixation-fix : How Shane must be such a relief plus mybloodstream-caffeine ‘s reblog with the tag about the word “boring”

Ilya and his relationships with characters other than Shane: 

Ilya and Svetlana: 

discussion between themoonandmyman (tagged above) and @beeeeeboooooop on the nature of the relationship between Ilya and Svetlana

aslongasitsblack (tagged above) : more on ilya and Svetlana

Ilya and his family: 

@jesuisnilunnilautre and @bomberqueen17 discussing why Ilya is so perceptive

@outside-seoul : Shane and Ilya’s different relationships with family

lifeofbrybooks (tagged above) : the dichotomy between Shane and Ilya’s home lives

Ilya and Irina: 

wtf-is-hockey (tagged above) : Ilya’s empathy for Irina

lifeofbrybooks (tagged above) : Ilya is his mother's son

Ilya and Alexei: 

academicblorbo (tagged above) ‘s answer to the question: Why does Alexei hate him?

@bonejar : part meta, part headcanon about Ilya and Alexei

Ilya and the Hollanders:

@ambiguityenjoyer and an anonymous asker talking about the relationship between Ilya and his in-laws

@mickeym4ndy : the beauty of Ilya and David ‘s relationship (TLG Spoilers)

Other stuff:

ticklefighthockey (tagged above) : Ilya's hypocrisy about him and Shane dating/sleeping with other people

wtf-is-hockey (tagged above) : the way Ilya talks about women

rozanovx (tagged above) : why Ilya is positive bi representation

@meebles : the portrayal of Ilya’s yearning in the show

@suraks-sweet-tits : why Ilya likes pissing Shane off

Ilya in English:

@hoodshem answering a question from gayhockeyshowenjoyer (tagged above) about Ilya’s use of the word "probably" in English

@gavrannoir : "one two two one" instead of “twelve twenty-one”

(please note all post time stamps are in my local time, which is currently Newfoundland Daylight Time (UTC -02:30) so they probably won’t line up with the time of posting either in the original poster’s time zone or yours, dear Reader. They are just there to establish a timeline.)

Some users seem to have had prophetic foreknowledge of the phenomenon. They sensed Shane’s innate spiritual connection to frogness.  

February 17: Rowan @themoonandmyman : Commenting on the Assigned Shane of the Day: "Man, he does look like a contented cartoon frog."

March 6, 12:23pm: @lesbianlandry : Shane as Kermit the Frog

March 6, 4:20pm: J @smokingrozanov , Cup @shaneofaragon , and Nick @cuppydogshane : Tags discussions on this post about Hollanov and the Muppets

March 7: Best Shane Traits

March 11 (the day before): "Frog Hollander"

Nic @cardiacanes was the instigator and ringleader of the official #frogposting on March 12th because, as they explained, they saw a gif of Shane during the press conference and thought, “that guy looks like he has a little frog in his mouth.” (this explanation came on March 13th after Jake @kaijuerotica said that it seemed to have materialized out of nowhere). 

(**EDIT: Nic clarified, "nobody was asking me about the frog - i was making a bunch of jokes to the void and it just took off.")

March 13, 9:52pm: "asking around and discovering that the jokes about the frog in shane hollander's mouth seem to have appeared without warning from the ether. much like the frog living inside shane hollander's mouth"

March 13, 10:15pm: "it was me — i saw a gif of shane during the ep1 press conference late last night and i thought. that guy looks like he has a little frog in his mouth. and amazingly everyone saw the vision"

The original post was a joke about Jacob’s direction for when Hudson and Connor are kissing. 

March 12, 11:28pm: "jacob told hudson to act like there was a little frog hiding in his mouth at all times and then he told connor to go searching for it"

The #frogposting exploded from there. At first, the idea was that Hudson had a frog in his mouth for filming. 

March 12, 11:41pm: "some of you are asking who takes care of the frog in between takes and they hired someone for that specifically- you can tell every part of production was so carefully thought out"

However, it seems that the reason Hudson has a frog in his mouth during filming is because Shane himself actually has a frog in his mouth at all times. 

This idea captivated and delighted tumblr users, who eagerly took the concept and ran with it, collectively agreeing that the mouth frog is part of the expanded “The Vampire Marleau” universe, and therefore is associated with Jackie Le Fay, Shane’s Mysterious Powers, Mouse Thrall Hayden, 2-day blinding stew, and, later on, Shoon (Loon Shane). 

March 12, 11:29pm: "shane ‘frog’ hollander"

March 12, 11:35pm: "shane really is the best player in the league and im tired of everyone pretending like he isn’t. he’s literally holding a tiny frog in his mouth the whole time and do you realize how hard it is the do that and play homoerotic hockey at the same time?"

March 12, 11:43pm: "beautiful women are asking me about shane hollanders tiny frog"

March 12, 11:46pm (the first post that I could find about Shane's mouth frog by someone other than Nic): @graceebooks : when shane has to take the little frog out before they kiss he thinks ilya is going to make fun of the frog but he is cool about it

Discussion in the comments

March 12, 11:50pm: "i love rhe frog I accept the realness of the frog #frog"

March 12, 11:56pm: "when he even loves the little frog you carry in your mouth all the time"

March 12, 11:58pm: "Ilya likes both"

March 13, 12:11am: Question from Lily (probably) @probablily to Nic: "what is this shane frog thing bc I'm imagining him being piloted by a little frog like ratatouille"

March 13, 12:21am: "was the tiny frog sent by jackie to keep shane within the bounds of his cosmic destiny? well if she did she’s not owning up to it anytime soon"

March 13, 12:31am: "the frog gets caught on a hot mic and hockey twitter just decides shane is really good at impressions"

March 13, 12:39am: @cephalopodie (one of the co-founders of The Vampire Marleau universe) : "tom holland’s acting career threatened after mouth frog disappearance; claims he was served “blinding stew” while filming spiderman: home alone 2: lost in montreal"

March 13, 12:40am: "the bar for male hockey players is so low that rose saw the frog in shane’s mouth and thought well it could be worse"

Comments on that post

March 13, 1:59pm: "bf: so the frog lives in his mouth"

March 13, 3:13am : "Mouse hayden tries to talk to shane’s frog mouth on account of them both being little creatures™️ but the frog refuses to give him the time of day. This is why hayden always tells jackie to keep ginger ale stocked in their house so he can get on it’s good graces."

march 13, 2:45am: Cly @clytemnestraaa : i feel like there’s a good chemicals making the frogs gay joke in there but the components are not alchemizing properly. oh well (**NOTE: IM SORRY I MISSED THIS ONE ON THE FIRST GO 'ROUND)

March 13, 2:57am: "shanehollandersmouthfrog.com/careers"

March 13, 9:58am: Sydney @gayhockeyshowenjoyer : "fuck it. happy frog in his mouth friday."

March 13, 10:19am: Amy @fresh-bag-of-ham : "shane just tells people he's on a macrobiotic diet because he got sick of the follow-up questions when he would tell them everything he eats has to be "frog-safe" "

March 13, 10:21am: "Every week I log on here to check out my other fandoms and it’s nothing but shipping discourse and character hate. Then I log back onto Heated Rivalry tumblr and see a post like “the Mouse Hayden and The Frog In Shane’s Mouth are in a problematic age gap relationship” " and their self reblog with additional comments

(note: I could find no record of the age gap post they were referencing. I think perhaps this was a fictitious post that J made up as a humorous example for the purpose of their post, but which, by its very suggestion, became part of the mouthfrog lore. **EDIT: J has confirmed that I was right, "[it] was a joke about the jokeposting that occurs on this app.")

March 13, 10:53am: "ilya cramming his fingers into shane's mouth to pet the frog"

March 13, 12:01pm : "shut up. i'm trying to say, i have a. thing. Ok"

Maria @shinywhatsoever ‘s reblog additions: "he is hot. we should let him listen like mating call."

March 13, 12:09pm: "ilya yelling to check on the frog when they are taking shane away on the stretcher and shane like “tell him the frogs ok………”"

March 13, 12:26pm: Laur @fuckrozanov (of Assigned Shane of the Day fame): "the real reason it took shane 2 years to let ilya hit"

Laur’s reblog with a screenshot of a comment from @facelessoldgargoyle : "Omg… the frog was in Shane’s ear calling him homophobic slurs…"

March 13, 12:34pm: Emily @urie : "shane's mouth frog also wears the wifi repelling amulet"

March 13, 12:54pm: @alexei-rozanov-official : *shane gets up on it and starts hoppin on it*

March 13, 3:39pm: "Immortal trickster Demi-god Wyatt Hayes conspiring to switch out the humble western chorus frog in Shane’s mouth with the hallucinogenic Colorado river toad he acquired from Jackie Le Fay through subterfuge"

March 13, 5:29pm: "heard there's a frog living in shane hollander's mouth now"

March 13, 6:24pm: "tfw youve been offline for longer than 2 hours and now youve missed crucial lore"

March 13, 6:38pm: "AFAB shane. assigned frog at birth"

March 13, 6:47pm: "I love tumblr because you can read the most thought provoking, in-depth character analysis that belongs in a peer reviewed academic journal and then you scroll down to find out that Shane has a frog in his mouth now. It lives there."

NOTE: this is the point in the posting timeline when the above-referenced exchange between Jake @kaijuerotica and Nic @cardiacanes takes place wherein Nic explains the origin of the idea

March 14, 1:16am: @crowofjudgment : "does shane take out his mouth frog at night like a reverse retainer or does he stay there all night? i like to think he has a terrarium with a little pool in his bedroom at all his houses and a also travel one for away games"

March 14, 3:13pm: Grace @brightloveee : "why can’t someone come search for the frog in MY mouth? is that really too much to ask???"

March 13, 9:08pm: "realizing shane was in an unlikely animals becoming friends youtube rabbit hole to cope with the homophobic frog that materialized in his mouth……..really puts things in perspective"

March 13, 10:06pm: Anon to Laur: "Does your last post imply the frog materialized in shane’s mouth after the first bj? If so I have questions."

March 15, 3:02pm: "Shane, sat on the bed, reserved and sighing with a deep sadness: I feel like you’re only with me for my frog"

March 15, 7:40pm: Al @hollandersbutch : "how it feels to be the frog in shane's mouth"

March 15, 8:38pm: "frog that lives in shane's mouth moodboard"

March 15, 8:51pm: "Don't talk to me or my mouth frog ever again"

March 15, 10:37pm: Logan @xbitter-blossomx : "So does Shane have his time travel powers because of the frog, or is that its own thing?"

March 16, 1:20am: @error404-redacted ‘s message to Rowan: "the frog exclusively wears air jordans"

March 16, 10:33pm: "The puppet in Ilya’s pants is in love with Shane’s mouth frog. It’s unrequited" (in reference to his comment on this gifset)

March 17, 8:29pm: Anon to Rowan: "I wouldn't say the mouth frog and pants puppet's love is unrequited given the amount of bulge mouthing that takes place in the canon of the show. I think those two are intimately familiar."

March 17, 9:33pm: "getting isekaied into the HRverse but i'm shane hollander's frog"

March 17, 10:59pm: "not to mention Shane’s mouth frog and Harris’ fungal omnipresence"

March 19, 8:23pm: Anon to Nic: "how many frogs yu fittin in your mouth and would you let ilya pet them"

March 20, 3:02pm : #you can see the frog in that first gif

NOTE: At this point in the timeline, a new phenomenon developed, which was “Shane turned into a Loon”, or “Shoon.” (That’s another masterlist to follow, hopefully soon).

March 22, 4:17am: "if shane is a loon now then who is holding the frog"

March 22, 4:35am: "shane when he turns back into a human and realizes the frog is gone and his mouth tastes like swamp water and iron"

March 22, 4:38am: "Ilya just tell me. Its okay just fuckign tell me. Tell me where he is. Tell me what happened to my mouth frog"

March 22, 4:48am: "Son Of Mouth Frog"

March 22, 11:30pm: Rowan’s comment on Ari @ottawa--centaurs ‘s post, “i'm gonna go to sleep now i hope ilya won't have been hit with a shrink ray or whatever when i wake up”

March 23, 5:51pm: @minahxrker : "The signs as hr tumblr Phenomena"

March 24, 9:59am : May @mayflowersinapril 's incredible artwork of DJ Ilya (**NOTE: I MISSED THIS IN THE FIRST VERSION OF THIS POST IM SORRY MAY)

Episode 1: 

@pretty-fishy and @raincitygirl76 discussing why Shane approached Ilya in the first place

@tayasui-mono ‘s take on that scene: Shane is such a quintessential athlete

@nicolegendary : how powerful the opening scene is when you understand the context

@24x81 : 2009 draft day middle-of-the-night, hotel gym, stationary bike scene

@boyguilty : the “you look pretty” moment

@hothockey : on Shane’s first flint of desire

@randomsmilingpotatoes : Shane getting lunch with his parents

@draegmuth :  Shane’s autistic badassery 

@ladybugs-and-lilys , @themoonandmyman , and raincitygirl76 (tagged above) discussing Shane's kindness and finesse during the Nashville press conference 

My own post about the Nashville press conference, as seen through the lens of the scene preceding it, when Ilya was watching Shane on TV being interviewed in French (without subtitles!)

@dykeview : 2011 MLH Awards Vegas Rooftop scene 

Episode 2: 

@butimnomickey : Shane’s autistic moments in ep2

@probablily : the 2-year texting montage to “Mangetout”

My own post about that two year delay

@totallyboatless 's favourite moment of enthusiastic consent

@lavenderprose : “with who?” 

@shillanov : on the "we didn't even kiss" of it all

themoonandmyman (tagged above)’s interpretation of that moment and some additional thoughts with commentary from @hotarurea on misogyny as a possible influence on the idea that Shane feels “used”

@awakenedpotential : Shane’s trial and error method of figuring out what made Ilya shut down, and what Shane realized about himself in the process

Episode 3: 

hothockey (tagged above): the spitting

Episode 4:

lavenderprose (tagged above): Shane texting Ilya after winning the cup

hothockey (tagged above): an analysis of the couch double-jerk

@boringparty : Shane’s tuna meltdown

@c0pyca7 : further support for the "Shane is cool" thesis

@taviacoolcat : Shane dating Rose + the layers of miscommunication

@snake-and-mouse : Shane and Rose

Episode 5: 

@dykesaira : Shane’s very publicized relationship with movie star Rose Landry

@clytemnestraaa : the subtext of Shane coming out to Ilya

@gutsybitsies : Shane in the Tampa Bay hotel

tayasui-mono (tagged above): Shane’s confidence in that scene

@joondemiel : a celebration of Shane’s autism

@fuckrozanov : the implication of the line in the book, “they weren’t you.”

hothockey (tagged above): #rejectthelookback

@4me2knowandyou2wonder : How does Yuna know that Ilya visited Shane in the hospital?

@sexaftersunrise : what Shane does in episode 5 with the words "I wasn't clear"

Episode 6:

@hollanovstars : the car ride from the airport to the cottage at the beginning of the episode

@soliloqueeer : Shane in BoyfriendTM Mode

@gayhockeyshowenjoyer : Shane's understated reactions during the bonfire scene

@ottawa--centaurs and @kaijuerotica discussing the line “Do you want that problem to go away?”

@biblionerd07 : how Shane shows love

@ahotknife and raincitygirl76 (tagged above) on the line “I just can’t help it.”

@steveyockey : another perspective on the line "I can't help it"

@lierdumoa : the difference between the two freakouts and on how Shane expresses big emotions when he’s not repressing them (TLG spoilers)

Shane + Autism:

@cold-blooded-jelly-doughnut : Shane masking

@cherryghostgeneral : if could Shane unmask

@loungemermaid : Shane + audio stimming

@ihat3usernames : Shane is autistic, not oblivious

@notquiteaghost : the stigma surrounding autism when Shane was a child 

Shane + sex:

@my-2nd-account : the duality of Shane 

@wtf-is-hockey - someone who does believe that Shane watches porn (a counterpoint to the common refrain that Shane is “inventing kink out of his own beautiful mind”)

shillanov (tagged above): Shane doesn’t realize that he’s a slut

@petvampire : the bdsm overtones of Heated Rivalry, including why Shane enjoys submitting

@a-delicate-touch : short and sweet summary of why Shane likes subbing

Shane + confidence and emotional intelligence:

clytemnestraaa (tagged above): Shane knows he’s the best

@rainbow-femme : Shane really gets Ilya

@wolveramster : give Shane the credit he’s due

wtf-is-hockey (tagged above): when Shane is clever and when he’s funny 

@jasmineintheforest : Shane is steady

@thedoubteriswise : Shane’s not unpopular (TLG spoilers)

@suraks-sweet-tits : is Shane arrogant? 

@doechiimp3 : Shane’s rich, complex and fascinating personality 

Shane + race:

wtf-is-hockey (tagged above) and askers discussing

What Hudson meant about Shane's idea of masculinity wrt his Asianness

Some of the issues with the representation of Shane as a wasian character and Yuna as a Japanese character

The line “I know your mom is Japanese…or something.”

The meaning of its inclusion in the TV adaptation

“Probably where you get your looks.” 

The “...or something” part of that line

@rizblogs : Shane's desire to leave a legacy

@my-thyla-my-captain : it's not just Autism that makes Shane Like That

Threads user alysekino posting their 10k words about Shane Hollander and his ethnic and national identities

@omegasamwilson : (Rachel Reid critical) you can’t talk about the NHL without talking about racism

Shane + his body:

@ticklefighthockey pointing out the implications of the kinks we all agree Shane has

@mybloodstream-caffeine and @facelessoldgargoyle discussing Shane’s relationship to his own attractiveness

Shane + his public persona: 

@rotzaprachim : how much of Shane’s life is commodified. 

themoonandmyman (tagged above): who is Hollander and who is Shane?

Shane + his parents:

@kalinara : Shane's difficult relationship with his parents

wtf-is-hockey and anon discussing how Shane’s parents are believable and interesting characters because they’re well-meaning but flawed

Hudson’s portrayal:

revolutionsingingintherainnn : Hudson captures how Shane’s interiority 

tayasui-mono (tagged above): how Hudson brings a new dimension to Shane

@soul-wanderer : the beauty of Hudson Williams’ portrayal of Shane’s autism 

Me just kind of yelling about how amazing I think Hudson is

Shane in The Long Game (spoilers, obvs):

@shnehollander : one line that really hurt in TLG

@itgirl-inthemaking : Shane's lack of agency in TLG

@naomida : Shane was having a rough go in TLG

@acarelessmanscarefuldaughter : the tragedy of miscommunication in TLG

jasmineintheforest (tagged above): what stops Shane from being fully open about his love for Ilya

@darlingofdots : why Shane is so terrified

@tastywormfood : what even were Shane’s “crimes” in TLG?

@smokingrozanov : (Rachel Reid critical) a succinct and blunt answer to the question: why does Shane’s characterization feel inconsistent between HR and TLG?

wtf-is-hockey (tagged above) and an anon discussing whether that ^ was intentional or not

Shane’s Disordered Eating:

@urie : Shane’s disordered eating

@singingkingoftheroad : some more on that