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Not official Ilya photos and yet somehow very much official Ilya photos.

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"The most recent post was from yesterday—Christmas—and it was of the foosball table Shane had given him. No caption. He scrolled and found a photo of the exercise ball Shane had been balancing on in Ilya’s gym. One of the latest puzzle Ilya had completed with Shane’s dad. One of Ilya’s loon tattoo.

One of the two plastic heart rings, together on Shane’s dresser.

Shane realized that most of Ilya’s posts were, in weird cryptic ways, about Shane. His entire account was like a secret diary of their relationship, full of inside jokes and little references that only Shane would understand."

The Long Game – Rachel Reid

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Shane, my love. It's so important to me that the actor playing you loves you so hard. I cannot wait for this.

Look at these men I created!

A few people have asked how the Heated Rivalry show can give the audience all of Shane's interior panic and general lack of chill without using a Wonder Years style voiceover interior monologue. I'll tell you how: by casting @hudsonwilliamsofficial as Shane. The way his face shows you everything Shane is thinking is incredible. Most of the scenes I got to watch being filmed in person were Shane scenes and I was constantly delighted by Hudson's performance. Like, that was Shane. Right there in front of me and Hudson the real person is super nice and I feel like he's on my level of excitement about this show, which makes me feel more normal. ❤️

Anyway, I can't really look at this photo without my brain shattering because they look so perfect, but you guys can enjoy.

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Last Line

Thanks for the tag @missgeevious!

My last line is from a Shane/Ilya future fic. Special guest appearance by Ilya's favourite, Scott Hunter.

“I have to take this picture now because who knows...this might be your last All Star game. Who knows if you’ll be back again? You know, because you are so old.”

Tagging @noahreids , @thesleepyskipper , @blackandwhiteandrose or anyone else with words to share

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Role Model & The Long Game Tandem Read

I've been thinking about this for a while and wanted to put together a tandem read chapter list for these two amazing books. I haven't actually done this yet but maybe when I finally get my hands on the physical copies of these books? (the new covers are great and i can't wait!!)

0. Halloween with Ilya (posted here on Rachel Reid's website, a short and sweet story taking place before the start of The Long Game)

1. TLG ch. 1-16 & first half of chapter 17 (ends at "At least this day wouldn't be total garbage.")

2. RM ch. 1 & 2

3. TLG the rest of chapter 17

4. RM ch. 3 & 4

5. TLG ch. 18

6. RM ch. 5 (here we have the first really overlaping scene described in both POVs) & ch. 6-7

7. TLG ch. 19 & 20 (This is also a good place to read the short story Countdown, available here. Too much stuff happens later on to fit this anywhere else.)

8. RM ch. 8 & 9

9. TLG first half of chapter 21 (ends at "Coach laughed and clapped him on the shoulder. "Yeah, but not in Ottawa."")

10. RM ch. 10 & 11

11. TLG rest of chapter 21

12. RM ch. 12

13. TLG ch. 22 & 23

14. RM first half of ch. 13 (ends at ""Yeah, I can't bring myself to care about that right now."" - We're getting into the plane part of the storyline, which is pretty crucial for both books, so this is gonna be a bit difficult, but stay with me. I figured the description of events in Role Model took precedence since it came out first and this is all the fans knew before The Long Game came out.)

15. TLG ch. 24

16. RM rest of ch. 13

17. TLG first part of chapter 25 (ends at "impossible wait" - That's not strictly chronological, but it felt like the best place to interrupt this Role Model bit.)

18. RM ch. 14-15 and first part of ch. 16 (ends at "Happiness, he supposed. "Me too."")

19. TLG rest of ch. 25

20. RM next part of chapter 16 (ends at ""I like those show-off goals of yours a lot more when we're on the same team."" - I know it's getting even more complicated! Stay with me! Hold my hand!)

21. TLG ch. 26

22. RM rest of ch. 16 (finally done!) & ch. 17-21

23. TLG ch. 27-28

24. RM ch. 22-23

25. TLG first part of ch. 29 (ends at ""And we will make sure to embarrass your old team that night."")

26. RM ch. 24

27. TLG rest of ch. 29

28. RM ch. 25 & 26

29. TLG ch. 30-39 + Epilogue

If you have any suggestions on how to make this better, definitely add them! I can't wait to actually do this tandem read!!

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give them a saltlick NOW.

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I'm not going to survive this, am I?

hudsonnnw_: See u next season? (Connor Storrie you are an exceptional soul).

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something about matthew being held down while he gets punched is oddly hot to me

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See u next season? (Connor Storrie you are an exceptional soul)

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connorstorrieofficial: That’s a wrap - gonna miss you Huddy❤️ (Shane + Ilya 4 ever)

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They are Shane and Ilya.

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Ilya Rozanov, the icon that he is, has his own little romance in Heated Rivalry and then proceeds to play the role of a gay fairy godmother in every subsequent book. He just comes in, clocks everyone who's queer, tells them what is wrong with them, encourages them to get together with their partners and pursue their happiness and then fucks off to go have sex with Shane. King shit.

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via jackson.yeung instagram story | Captain Shane Hollander

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My (correct) character predictions:

Hudson Williams - Shane

Connor Storrie - Ilya

Francois Arnaud - Scott

Ronnie G.K. - Hayden

Sophie Nelisse - Svetlana

Christina Chang - Yuna

Dylan Walsh - David

Ksenia Daniela Kharlamova - Rose

Meet the Cast

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Y'all! Check out this adorable Hollanov piece I commissioned from the incredible Dom! 💖💖

Shane's smile gets me every time 😭 I love them happy!!!

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Heated Rivalry - Ilya and Shane! Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams star in the upcoming original Heated Rivalry.

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“What if we hosted an open mic night?” 

I love this shot from episode 4x06 of Schitt’s Creek, they fit together so well! Can’t wait to see these boys again in December.