okay first of all why would shane skate for japan hes canadian second of all in a post plushenko world russian mens singles was kind of a nothingburger third of all shane does not have the sauce for yuzu programs OR costumes lets start at the nathan chen store
#hollanov au both ilya and shane are the most famous figure skaters in the world. every competition turns into russia vs. japan.
ilya is terrifying on the ice. he has never been asked “do you love skating?” it was always “again.” and “of course he’s going to win. he’s russian.”
shane is insanely disciplined, but he actually cares about the feel of the ice. he doesn’t just skate to the music, he becomes it.
as they watch each other ilya thinks, “beautiful. but beautiful doesn’t win gold.”
meanwhile, shane looks at him and thinks, “you’re incredible. but do you even know why you’re skating?”
@sage_ambiance_ there has been a push for same sex ice dance but i dont know how much has come of it tbh, but it has been done and could be fun to experiment with with them
@herelittlefish i definitely can see him training there but i really cant see him switching feds because i believe japan only allows dual citizenship until 22, so after that hed have to renounce his canadian citizenship
@laanatdelreye i mean yeah its not one to one but i do think shane would be a jumper primarily and maybe not have the most showy/pretty costumes or choreo because despite everything fs is still homophobic and hes like 5 miles deep in the closet
you know what does make sense narratively is a svetlana/ilya ice dance team training in montreal because every ice dancer ever trains in mtl. from there you can do mens singles shane hockey player shane fuck it rose/shane pairs. i do not think shane has the sauce for ice dance
like lets be fucking real here shane is a quad spammer and i get the ilya eteri girl narrative but it does not work with men because the outcome is nika egadze