#mouthfrog

(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)