Just a reminder that the Autism Research Institute praised Hudson Williams’ portrayal of Shane Hollander by avoiding autism stereotypes and emphasizing his mannerisms, eye contact and subtle expressions.
Rachel Reid has treated her neurodivergent and queer character Shane Hollander with unsurprising ignorance and negligence, and here’s a detailed Thread 🧵
How Ilya stans wanted Shane to react to the idea of Troy, who was probably calling him all types of slurs with his racist and homophobic rapist ex best friend, knowing about them
I need y'all to understand that the emasculation and desexualization of asian men is directly related to the racism hudson has been experiencing. this is exactly why #they are so angry that he is being praised for his attractiveness and desirability.
ilya rozanov who wanted to scream from the rooftops that he was in love with shane hollander would send a wedding invite via email...? wouldn't write his vows? shane hollander who proposed surrounded by candle light wouldn't write his own vows? wouldn't plan a wedding? ok...
this is NOT normal to say about a character YOU CREATED especially when you put an ilya cameo in every gc book and shane’s just an afterthought to you every damn time