if you werent here in 2013-2015 idk what to tell you. it was a different world. sometimes my sherlock gifsets would get 100k+ notes. it was the gilded age of tumblr.
Not me going off about that interview with Jacob Tierney on the hockey podcast again.
But I love how he says the show hooks you in with so much smut on the first couple of episodes, only to hit you with the emotional payoff in 5 and 6. Because it’s such great way to mirror the audience’s experience with what Shane and Ilya are going through.
The show really goes “were you paying attention to all that smut? Can you tell when they fell in love? Oh, you were distracted? You didn’t notice? Yeah, bitch, neither did they.” And I think that’s beautiful.
ilya showing how much he loves shane in front of his parents will always make me cry. he does it without hesitation. comforting him, speaking so easily and openly about their relationship, “you would leave boston for shane” “yes”. he is the loverboy of all time. he’s meant to be on the verge of tears with love, eating pasta at his in-laws. this is what he was meant for. the uninhibited displays of emotion and vulnerability and how none of it seems to phase him, none of it is forced. he has wanted a chance to love shane so openly and he’s been given it and he is taking it all.
