i just remembered the scene where fabian is performing & ilya is dying inside for shane to touch him & then shane keeps his hand on his lower back & keeps it there the entire time and that's enough for him to feel better & i just realised, i think i'll pass out crying watching s2
the parallels between grigori fixing ilya’s tie while telling him he’s a shame to him, himself n his country for losing a game and david fixing his tie while telling him he’s blessed to have him as his son before hollanov’s wedding
the success of heated rivalry should have indicated that we actually just want more queer stories and it wasn’t really about the hockey but it seems like maybe that wasn’t clear
what i love about both ilya and connor is that they’re both so expressive, but they’re expressive in entirely different ways. it’s rare you’ll see ilya pull an expression and recognise it as one of connor’s. he’s truly brilliant at embodying a character.