Because this came up somewhere on a post on my dash earlier, I thought I’d mention:

I have two AO3 accounts, and imaginarylifetimes isn’t the one I’m logged into 99% of the time. Should I have migrated over years ago? Yes! Is it a mental hurdle that I just can’t get over because I’d have to deal with bookmarks and subscriptions and then the way that I used to bookmark things before google bookmarks died (that I’m still upset about because they didn’t notify people)? Absolutely.

If you see me reblogging a fic and saying that I loved it and then don’t see imaginarylifetimes in the comments/kudos, this is why!

Sewing machine maintenance is a necessary part of a quilter’s routine for trouble-free stitching. Watch our video to learn how to clean your

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When was the last time you cleaned your sewing machine? It's a simple task, and something I do between projects. Have you noticed your thread tangling or tearing? Stitches being skipped? A funky noise that shouldn't be there? Chances are your machine needs to be cleaned. Cleaning it will prevent it from breaking down and requiring repairs, and that can get very expensive.

Just a reminder to clean your machine. This is mine after finishing the quilting of a table runner and piecing the current one. If your machine is skipping stitches or the bobbin thread isn't behaving. Check your machine. It may just need some cleaning.

Just a friendly reminder to clean your sewing machine.

And oil it, if it's one that requires oiling!

I want everyone to know this in the least "WATCH HOCKEY OR FUCK OFF" way possible:

Handshake lines only happen in a tournament or series situation. They are not shaking hands during the NHL regular season after every game. The handshake line happens at the end of a best of seven series in the playoffs, when one team has been eliminated and one team is moving on (or has won the whole thing). The handshake line happens in elimination games in tournaments.

I fully understand why anyone watching the limited hockey in HR would make an assumption that they are always shaking hands. However in the regular season these men sometimes try to BITE each other (not in a sexy way) or kill each other at the end of a game.

9-1-1 9x08 postlude

dissociative/dpdr!buck below the cut. angst. ill-advised operation of a motor vehicle but it turns out ok.

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Holy fuck you illegally downloaded a cardigan

no fuck you i just got into knitting 4 days ago i CANNOT be this tempted by machine knitting thats an entirely new skill

This feels illegal. I love it.

Heated Rivalry Rec list
this one got long, tried to divy them up roughly by theme/subject but half of it is vibes (previous rec lists under #hrfr)

Svetlana

the only ones who understood me then by ygrainette
Ilya introduces Shane and Svetlana, and gets a little more than he bargained for.

that great big hill of hope by defcontwo | @softbrah
“You are moping on your couch like a sad American teenager going through a breakup. You don’t think that’s an emergency?”
bi4bi besties | Ilya & Sveta | post tuna-melt

Take Care by five_ht
August 2017: Svetlana finally meets Jane, because Ilya has failed to anticipate the inevitable result of sharing the code for his front door with more than one person.

Smut focus

Little More Close by maplesalad
“Okay. You want to say no, you want to fight me. Pretty boy, all alone in his glass house. You want me to force you?”
CNC | Undernegotiated Kink

Fool for You by Wolftales
Shane walks Ilya like a dog and gets exactly what he wants.
Spanking | Bratty Shane | Hint of CNC

Pretty Boy by mcshrug
Titfucking series ft lingerie.

Tape to Tape by mcshrug
Shane Hollander has chemistry with his new American linemate. Montreal fans are thrilled. Ilya Rozanov is not.
Jealous!Ilya makes for hot and possessive sex.

Bite Hard by mcshrug
Shane finds out he likes it when Ilya bites him. It’s possible he likes it a little too much.

(Everything by mcshrug is amazing honestly)

til the bending's its own pleasure by radialarch | @radialarch
Jealous!Ilya and Shane going into the details of his thing with Rose through light Feminization and hot sex.

Outsider POV | Social Media

The Cens Beat Reporter by notlayingroses
Series about the Ottawa Centaurs Beat Reporter. | Honestly one of my favorite socmed fic series | Bookverse

love takes miles by corsi
Ten years, as seen through fandom.

please leave a message by Ravenesta
Ilya Rozanov is, apparently, one of the girls.
Texts-fic | Montreal Wags

the secret society of stick handlers by gurlsrool
Bookverse | The gay hockeyplayer groupchat deals with various scandals.

Post-season | Relationship Development

The Hard Part(?) by Cecily_v, liminalmemories
A 5+1 of Ilya and Shane finding their space together.
Coming Out.

english as a second language by Idday
Shane's been fucking Ilya Rozanov for a decade and yet somehow the more time they spend together the more he realizes how little he actually knows about Ilya, like, as a person. As a partner.

Again, he wishes he spoke Russian. That they had any shared native language besides sex and hockey.

careful all the time by Anonymous
An insecure over-thinker and a self-destructive secret-keeper walk into a relationship.

The Centaurs

limelight and limerence by idiotsinkdaisies
The start of the season marks Shane’s first year with the Centaurs and playing with his husband. He’s got a lot to prove now that the honeymoon is over.
Post-TLG

Til They Retire Your Number by technicallyverycowboy
Ilya decides to retire. Shane is very normal about it.
Future Fic | Post TLG | CW: Depression

Canon Divergence | AUs

loving this body by beetlesandstars, kryptonian
Bodyswap AU.

clear to a hedgehog by magneticwave
Docter!Shane AU, Ilya is still a hockey player

The Hollanders

the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose by alchemystique | @alchemistc
Yuna Hollander works through years of memories in attempt to discover when she should have known her son didn't trust her with all of himself.

the best person to be stuck in an elevator with by Sporkess
When Yuna finds herself stuck in an elevator with Ilya Rozanov, she realises there's more to the story than she'd seen.
Ilya & Yuna

tu peux sauter loin de la peur by Revenant
David goes to Shane's cottage to get his phone charger. Or maybe, it's really not about the phone charger. | Great David character study

FWB-era

coach, I'm threading needles by Anonymous
Ilya fucks a girl in a Hollander jersey. Word gets back to Shane. | ft. Hayden looking out for Shane by fighting Ilya and fun and hot sex

for a split sec, I was a train wreck by Anonymous
Ilya gets injured, stops leaving the house, loses his mind, learns to read tarot, and sends Shane Hollander a lot of photos. | I really love this author's characterisation so much

People act like being canon nowadays is the be all end all of ships meanwhile everyone writing Destiel in its prime were like this is never happening because the writers are cowards so I’m going to make them kiss and there was like 20000 fanfics a year with that principle. Like I’m sorry you got into fandom post 2020 but you don’t need the creator’s go ahead to ship things you can just ship things and have fun is that not why we are all here?

Thunk it Thursday 💍

late entry for the dash, we all need it <3

“Looking for a date, sweetheart?” He all but purred, looking at the man in the driver’s seat. Salt and pepper sideburns and a five o’clock shadow to match — exactly Buck’s type.

The driver looked up, startled. “Just directions, actually. To the Regency Beverly Wiltshire?”

Buck deflated internally but kept a smile on his face. “Five bucks.”

“For directions?” the other man scoffed.

“Now it’s ten.”

He sighed but pulled out his wallet. Buck spotted the stack of bills inside it.

“Twenty and I’ll personally make sure you get there,” Buck offered.

The man only hesitated for a second before pulling out twenty dollars. “Get in.”

Buck’s smile grew as he opened the car door and slid in. Twenty bucks and a ride in an Aston Martin? Not bad, honestly. He took the bills and tucked them into his back pocket. “Take a right at the light,” he directed. “A Vantage, great choice. Yours or a rental?”

“Uh, borrowed? Kind of?”

“Did you steal it?” Buck pretended to be scandalized. “At least you have good taste. Four liter twin-turbocharged V8 engine, 503 horsepower, 7-speed manual transmission. A nice car.”

“You know a lot about cars.”

“For my profession, you mean?” Buck winked. “This isn’t the only job I’ve had.”

“Hmm.”

Buck winced as he heard the transmission grind. “Not much of a manual driver, huh?”

“And I guess you are, …?” The man trailed off, realizing he didn’t know Buck’s name.

“Evan,” Buck offered, surprising himself. He didn’t usually give out his first name. “Yeah, I’ve been driving manuals since before I got my permit.”

“Evan,” he repeated. “Well, I guess you get to drive a Vantage tonight.” He pulled over to the curb again, hopping out as soon as the car was parked and opening Buck’s door for him.

Buck circled the car to get into the driver’s seat, noting the seat position was almost perfect — it wasn’t often he met someone with legs as long as his. He made a minor adjustment to the mirrors and then grinned at his benefactor. “Let’s see what this car can really do.”

at some point in your life you will be boiling fruit, water, sugar, and lemon juice in a pot to make a syrup or jam. the instructions will tell you to simmer for a certain amt of time. your timer will go off and you will look at the pot and go, "hm, this doesn't look thick enough. maybe i'll let it go for another 10 minutes." this is the devil speaking. it's only so liquid right now because it is at boiling point. it will thicken when it cools down. learn from the follies of my youth and do not let this happen to you

at some point in your life you will be making a sauce or a stew in which you need to add cornstarch to thicken it. and you will prepare a slurry of starch in cold water and think "this looks like way too little starch to thicken this amount of liquid." this is the devil speaking. cornstarch instantly polymerizes at 95°C and if you add too much it will turn into an impossibly thick goop.

Ilya Rozanov’s Impact As Representation of Queer Russians

alright here we go

this isn’t really structured as an essay, but is a detailed analysis

first of all, i need to establish that a lot of my points come directly from personal experience — i am a mixed race kid born in kazakhstan, half-russian and half-kazakh, raised primarily in russia. i am also queer myself, although i was raised as a woman (i am now agender). this analysis will heavily focus on cultural elements, because they are crucial for understanding the depth of ilya’s character and why he acts the way he does.

i was quite apprehensive about ilya initially — western film loves to portray russian people as a caricature and use them for tasteless gags without really examining anything in depth (I’m looking at you stranger things, yes, you). i was concerned heated rivalry would remain surface-level about ilya’s background and portray him as a stereotypical, cold-hearted russian dude. i was also concerned about his accent being too caricatural, concerned about the potential dialogue in russian (as a linguist, russian dialogue in western film is infamously stiff and unnatural. looking at you again, stranger things), so you can imagine my surprise and delight when all of those concerns ended up being unfounded.