constant clownery

pros of being on testosterone: my kermit impression is getting better

there's a week where shane and ilya and svetlana all visit LA at the same time, and during this shane convinces ilya to go shopping with rose (he has been several times and it has been, like, fine for him. he is rightly convinced that ilya would get a Lot more out of it) so after some cursory hemming and hawing ilya agrees to accompany rose to check out a string of luxury secondhand stores down melrose. she is pleasantly surprised by how elevated his taste is and he is pleasantly surprised by her lack of ego. she actively asks him to take the lead on picking out things for BOTH of them to try on, and he finds great delight in both her commentary and willingness to go along with his stupid ideas. she takes him to erewhon and changes his life with a $23 smoothie. they leave this experience having forged a warrior's bond