Ilya meeting Shane's parents must be insane for them like. Mr Ilya "The Terminator" Rozanov, terror on ice and menace in bed, politely stands there. Your very shy son admonishes him for using the word "lovers" and Russia's Greatest Rage Machine just takes it.
You ask when this started and Mister Dickhead makes sure Shane is accurate about when they started this. How dare you stave off half a year of us, Shane?
You ask if they talked to Scott Hunter and Ra Ra Rasputin says that he, famous asshole extraordinaire went to talk to Patron Saint of Hockey Gays to offer him congratulations.
You ask if he has no loyalty to Boston and Mr Fucking Fuck San Francisco is like. Nyet
Your son is having a panic attack and Miike Snow Genghis Khan calls them "boyfriends" and it's your own extremely shy and sensitive and loving son that is like MY WHAT
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HEATED RIVALRY 1.06: THE COTTAGE + HRTwT VERSION
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I really think there isn't enough attention being paid to the press conference in the first episode for the all star team, in regards to what it means for Ilya.
Like sure the footsie is cute but it's the fact that Shane for no reason as far as Ilya can conceive sees his weakness (struggling with the language) and despite the fact that they are supposed to be rivals he just... helps him.
Ilya is so so used to not showing weakness to anyone (barring Svetlana), because aside from that one person everyone in his life especially his family has only ever taken advantage of his weakness, probably even victim blamed him for it, saying he deserved it for being weak.
And now here is Shane, who has no reason to be nice to him, is simply kind.
Talk about when does Ilya Fall i feel this is such an important puzzle piece
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the scene in ilya’s apartment is actually so fucking unbearably tender and so fucking heartbreaking. shane’s little kisses all over ilya’s face. the way ilya grits out, “shane,” like it’s ecstasy, like it fucking hurts. the way shane can’t help but respond. CALL AND RESPONSE. and we get one single moment of perfect happiness, smiling into each other’s mouths, and ilya is so fucking happy, we’ve never seen him this genuinely content before. and then we watch his heart snap into pieces in real time when shane freaks out. and then. ilya’s fucking yearning puppy dog eyes, the pleading, the GRIEF, the way he holds out his hand for shane and for the first time shane doesn’t take it. do you think ilya has EVER begged someone to stay, much less the way he’s begging shane with that fucking hand? NO. everyone leaves and ilya could be okay with it before but not now, not like this, and shane just leaves him. a fucking gunshot wound straight to the head thank you. no one has actually felt grief and heartache like ilya fucking rozanov





