In these more stoic cultures, it’s like, if I don’t know you, you’re not in. But the moment you are in, I will fucking die for you. Once Shane was in, Ilya was like, “You’re mine forever. I will do anything for you.” — Connor Storrie
I’m completely feral and no longer functioning as a sane human being. I need 300 episodes of this.
PS. Yes, Dane’s collar design is inspired by the Sun King’s famous outfit. Unfortunately for Finn, there were no Moon Kings in history, so I kinda just leaned into the color palette more (with a bit of a Sailor Moon vibe thrown in there).
ilya: i didn’t set up an ad campaign with the two of us together, call you pretty, tease you in the shower, and then almost get caught by your mom in the elevator for you to get our anniversary wrong. since summer before, shane
my corner store guy is a 50 year old man who’s my best friend in the world and recently he was like “you’re too pretty to be single I have some nephews you should meet. very handsome!” and I was like “a niece might be more up my alley” and he just got more excited and said “ah even better! I was overselling my nephews but my nieces are very beautiful”
So I follow N. D. Stevenson (comics writer and animator, most famous for Nimona and She-Ra and the Princesses of Power) and his husband Lee Ostertag (also a comics writer and animator) on Instagram. When I started following them, they were both publicly presenting as women, and then a few years ago N. D. came out as transmasc nonbinary, and then earlier this year Lee also came out as transmasc. Anyway this is all setup to say that Lee had the chance to make the funniest post of all time and he took it:
It’s a Tuesday on Tumblr, and the Heated Rivalryfever is showing no signs of stopping. The adaptation of Rachel Reid’s bestselling novel about rival hockey players is light on hockey and heavy on good old enemies to lovers, and we’re so here for it. Please enjoy this collection of Hollanov art (and some Skip, for balance) to tide you over til Friday.
The thing is that Ilya has no fucking clue what autism is. He probably read the word when some twitter user called Shane autistic and wanted to look it up but got distracted by a post about Shane’s tits or smth.
What he does know though is that Shane folds his clothes before sex. And he smiles at him with adoration when he does it and doesn’t rush him or make fun of him for it. He knows Shane doesn’t always pick up on his jokes and sarcasm “That’s French, Ilya” but he doesn’t mind it and would never make Shane feel bad about it or dismiss his response “Yeah I know, Shane”. He knows Shane has a PhD in The Arts of Overthinking “Now the bed’s all dirty” so he playfully chases his worries away and closes all those open tabs in Shane’s brain “What? Shut up”. He knows Shane will not rest until he has everything in his life under control so he grumbles when Shane wakes him up in the middle of the night to tell him how they can make it all work but still listens intently to his plan. He knows Shane feels overwhelmed and anxious when stuff doesn’t go down as planned “This is my actual fucking nightmare, Ilya” “I’m okay I’m just freaking out I’ll be okay in a second” so he softly comforts him and supports him through it “Then maybe it’s time to wake up, yes?” “We’re good here, your family’s here, you’re boyfriend’s here, we’re good here, ok?” He knows Shane has to hear it to believe it “My boyfriend?” so he gently goes “I mean yes, I think so, probably”.
He doesn’t know Shane is autistic but he knows Shane and he loves Shane and Shane happens to be autistic
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