State Lines
Six years after Shane and Ilya’s relationship ends in disaster, Shane is living the perfect life. He has the perfect husband, the perfect friends and a whole future planned. It would be a shame if his new Russian tutor turned out to be the ex he’s definitely over.
@shanessnoopy Is it okay if I occasionally ask you hyper specific questions about Montreal because I’m writing a fic and I’m unfortunately too obsessed with detail
@hollanovhuh - which resulted in their misunderstood reading of the source text (I want Shane to get what Shane wants - Shane doesn’t want to come out therefore coming out is bad) causing them to produce something that, to any where person, reads as hurtful.
@hollanovhuh - Is it an indication of general ignorance regarding what it is they’re choosing to write about? For the closet fic I generally think it’s the latter. They don’t understand what being closeted conceptually is and what kind of violence it enacts on a closeted person -
@hollanovhuh I agree, it can be a slippery slope, but critiquing something you simply don’t like because it doesn’t work to you is different to taking moral objection to something discriminatory
@hollanovhuh I’m also just kind of fascinated by the intention? Like what is the narrative purpose. What is it we are trying to represent, discuss or frame?
@hollanovhuh This is genuinely one of the single most insane screenshots I’ve ever seen from a fic. How did I not at ALL see this being shared or talked about??? Wtf is this fic even about?????
@KCCerise Omg NO NO NO you didn't sound bossy at all!! I have been meaning to do that, but I am in the thick of my end of year assignments and long fic writing. The next time I have a day off I just want to lie in the sun and read it
The way Ilya's dreams were to find family, achieve career success and be free from his abusive father and brother and he literally achieved all three either while with or directly through Shane.
thinking about the dumb post about ilya having big dreams til he met shane, and like what dreams… ilya has far better friends on the centaurs, friends who accept his sexuality, he’s in a better place politically, and after a couple years with the centaurs, he wins the cup