I don’t personally think that ilya thinks sex is all he’s good for… I know what people mean but idk why it feels too self-pitying for me. I think he thinks sex is fun and he’s good at it and you wanna fuck me / I know most people do and he never examines why he’s not interested in relationships ie letting anyone get closer than no-strings attached sex
maybe it’s less this is all I’m good for and more this is all I get to have. because of what I’m like. too fine-grained a distinction? lol
it’s not that sex is all he’s good for! it’s just that, as a fundamentally lazy and irresponsible person who lacks integrity and habitually shirks accepting accountability for his terrible actions and choices, he shouldn’t pursue relationships. you understand
I am obsessed with it as you can see. I might love this version of Ilya even more than the original if it’s even possible. Just Ilya around horses. I know you can see it. And Shane, my beloved Shane you can tell he feels more comfortable with horses than people.
Give it love give it kudos it deserves the world.
btw if you see inconsistencies in the light, poses or clothing creases no you don’t :D and just know that this is what it looks like when someone draws only if the stars are in the right position in the sky and the inspiration is just too loud to ignore ;)
THIS MADE ME SCREAAAAAAM the way it’s already my phone lock screen oh my GOD. Thank you for this incredible fanart im legit tearing up right now 🥹
“Unrivaled” a new Game Changers book by Rachel Reid about Ilya Rozanov and Shane Hollander is supposed to come out September 29th 2026 (via Barnes and Nobles)
If you’re in the US, now is a great time to talk to the young people in your life about the US military:
The recruiter is not your friend. The military employs child psychologists to learn how to make you think the recruiter is your friend.
The recruiter is allowed to lie to you and makes more money if they do.
The recruiter is paid a commission to groom children into cannon fodder.
The recruiter will tell you you’re special and will go into special smart soldier programs instead of combat. They’re lying.
The recruiter may tell you they can tell if someone can get PTSD or not and only recruit people like you, who won’t. They’re lying.
The recruiter may tell you you’ll be too busy attending free college (!!) to go overseas. They’re lying.
The recruiter may ask what countries you want to travel to and promise you bougie placements on military bases in those countries. They’re lying.
Even “It’s just four years!” is a lie - the government is allowed to hold you past your enlistment period with a stop-loss order.
The recruiter actually has zero power to decide anything that happens to you after you enlist and they more importantly don’t care what happens to you.
If you enlist, you will be brainwashed to make you willing to do things to other humans that you would never be willing to do today.
You will be ordered to do things that will kill children. And you’ll do them.
The military is not the only way or even the best way for you to go to college or start a career.
Military brainwashing will actually make you into a terrible university student because it degrades your ability to think critically and question your sources.
Having PTSD and/or a TBI will make it harder to be a student and keep a job.
Veterans’ benefits suck these days.
Being a veteran drastically increases your risk of homelessness, suicide, alcohol and drug dependence, prison time, and becoming an abuser to your loved ones.
The military will expose you to chemicals that will drastically increase your chances of developing cancer.
The military will withhold information about your rights to conscientiously object after enlisting.
A lot can change in four years.
All of this!
If you want an organization who WILL tell you the truth about your rights to conscientiously object, how to legally get out of the DEP (Delayed Entry Program) or about any of your other rights in the military (whether you’re enlisted, thinking about enlisting, or a family member or friend of someone enlisted (or thinking about enlisting)), who will do it confidentially & for free, you want the
GI Rights Hotline
run by NGOs & non-profits, which has been counseling folks for DECADES now:
Even if all the person you’re speaking to cares about is the money, the money sucks.
Minimum wage in California just went up to $16.90. You need to be rank E4 or be E3 with at least 3 years of service before you’re making more than the CA minimum wage in the military.
You will literally get better pay and benefits working at a costco. (And that’s not even accounting for the fact that the military isn’t a 40 hour work week, your entire life is on the clock)
I cannot emphasize this enough, if you’re a desperate young queer person you will make better money, get better healthcare, and have more affordable options for school if you move to California, get a job at costco, live with roommates, and go to community college than you will have if you join the US military.
All of this.
My family is three generations of military and the first thing any of them will tell you is, RECRUITERS LIE. They are permitted to lie as much as they want and nothing they promise you is binding.
Do not join the military. You will lose your freedom over your own conscience. I have been in a cult and I would still pick that over the military, because the brainwashing is the same but there were no guns in mine.
