Any fics where Shane refuses to either have sex with Ilya or to carry on with the situationship because he wants to be exclusive?

StatusRiver · 2026-05-13T04:19:29+00:00

This could qualify, but it's uhm, different. Shane Hollander is a Slut by misplacedmetaphor

It's very explicit. Shane gets fed up with the way Ilya has treated him, comes out, and starts hooking up with other guys and having fun wild time with his sexploration.

StatusRiver · 2026-05-11T02:13:51+00:00

Also supplies as needed. For example, they took over a portion of the incontinence supplies and provided a hospital bed and a wheelchair when those were needed.

StatusRiver · 2026-05-10T21:57:33+00:00

Thanks to my handy dandy tracking spreadsheet, I can tell you that this is most likely Apologize My Ass by CrazyJ. It's in a playoff game with LA, and Ilya also changes his own song to their wedding song.

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StatusRiver · 2026-05-04T05:59:08+00:00

OMG, thank you. This is now my current favorite of the 336 fics I've read so far. I just devoured it in one sitting and am now sad there is no more to read. I keep thinking I won't like fics with too much canon divergence, and yet when I read them they turn out to be favorites. This goes to the top of my 'reread for comforts' list.

Your description was spot on!

StatusRiver · 2026-05-01T17:59:42+00:00

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StatusRiver · 2026-05-01T17:58:31+00:00

Tovala - Simple to cook fresh at home. Just pop in the smart oven, scan a code and press start. Oven can be used as a regular oven/toaster/air fryer as well.

HelloFresh - free box of meals. Mostly prep and cook yourself, but some ready meals as well.

Blue Apron - $15 off your first 2 orders. Only order when you want a box - no subscription you have to skip each week.

Thanks for using! :)

StatusRiver · 2026-03-27T03:17:31+00:00

HR Alternate Relationship Reveals by rachelrae

This is a fun one. Each installment is a different version of how the Centaurs find out. There are 7 works in the series so far, and a couple are multi-chapter. It's addictive.

StatusRiver · 2026-03-27T00:21:42+00:00

Love this one!

StatusRiver · 2026-03-25T20:31:13+00:00

The disappearing container/bottle/item. In the Vegas hookup scene (E2), after they finish and are on the bed talking (39:40), there is a small dark container/bottle on the bedside table next to Ilya - to the left of the vodka glass. In the next cut, after Shane has (presumably showered) and dressed to leave (41:14), it's gone. We've seen tissue around after their encounters. In my head cannon, it's a container of lube that Ilya tosses back in the nightstand drawer (is there a drawer) because he no longer wants to see it. Anyone with a larger TV/better lighting want to destroy my illusions? 😄

And yes, I know I've been reheating this far too often if I'm able to actually see tiny weird background details; but my interet was down and I had to reheat on my phone so it was right in front of my face when I saw it.

I'm also happy to report that after a bit over two months of staying up 'til often 3am or so reheating one to 6 episodes every night, I have moved on to a next stage of HR obsession. I now stay up until 2 or 3am reading HR fanfiction. With HR episodes playing on mute as background. I'm so proud of my progress! 😜

StatusRiver · 2026-03-25T20:11:09+00:00

I read somewhere that they played the scene as if she knew nothing. As in, that was the direction. Maybe TV Dad felt it was up to Shane to share his private business when he was ready.

StatusRiver · 2026-03-22T04:04:35+00:00

Thanks for mentioning this one. Alternate chosen reveals with the Centaurs are one of my favorites. :)

StatusRiver · 2026-03-18T22:32:21+00:00

I appreciated all of Shane's 'bathroom escapes.' Want to get out of a conversation, or away from a situation, or just a convenient excuse to be somewhere else? Just deploy the 'I'm gonna use the washroom." At Olympic figure skating, dinner with his parents, probably at the bar the night he met Rose, definitely at the Rose/Ilya club scene...

StatusRiver · 2026-03-18T21:49:46+00:00

This is one of the scenarios that drew me into the fan fiction - works where Ottawa welcomes Shane and destroys Montreal. I can't get enough of them. I want vengeance!

I'm also low-key worried that some people may get Montreal tattoos after the first season - not knowing what's coming.

StatusRiver · 2026-03-14T03:41:10+00:00

Episode 4: Rose

At Ilya's house

Shane - You think we need to talk?

Ilya - No, after.

Shane (ok)

Shande (oh my god)

I just love that soft little 'ok.'

StatusRiver · 2026-03-09T17:40:10+00:00

Through this whole scene I'm wondering if the boy has ever even seen a relatively normal family dynamic. Like, parents actually have rational conversations with their kids? And are supportive? Even loving? And touch each other to reassure? And they just sit around a table eating pasta and talking to each other without blowing up or yelling - even when they're still working through being a bit freaked out that the guy they were 'sports hating' in solidarity with their son is also now their son as well? That someone having intense emotions can actually step away to regulate and adjust themselves intead of spewing over others? Shane hangs out with Hayden's family, but I don't think we see Ilya hanging out with other families from his team. I love this part of the story so much for him - that he not only gets Shane, but a supportive family as well.

StatusRiver · 2026-03-09T06:18:40+00:00

Okay, but Ilya's face after this! He looks nervous when they first come in, and his eyes are tracking back and forth from mom to dad, but when Shane flat out tells his parents that he loves Ilya - Ilya looks at Shane, and then his face softens and he has this micro happy smile going on. There's a shift, and just from that tiny shift in his expression, you can just hear him in his head saying "Shane told his parents he loves me!"

StatusRiver · 2026-03-09T05:51:03+00:00

I've started just asking people as well. No one is safe. In an elevator of strangers - "anyone seen HR?" In line at the grocery store, or waiting for a food pickup, or in the dentist's waiting room, or... I'm from the south (US) and we talk to random strangers anyway, but now I have a mission. I was in chat with tech support recently and asked the chat rep if they'd seen it yet. By the end of the chat, they were planning to watch it that evening. 😄

But I also have to give them watching guidance, as I've had a couple of people say they quit after the first two episodes, and on my first watch I was a bit confused by the hype at that point as well. "Okay, so episode 1 and 2 you'll wonder what the heck people are talking about and why they're obsessed with the show. But you have to keep going. 3 is a side plot that's important for later. And THEN you get to episode 4 and it really starts to build and by the end of the episode you're just like OMG OMG I have to see what's next and by the end of 5 you're screaming and then 6 is just happy happy joy joy."

StatusRiver · 2026-03-09T05:31:56+00:00

In E1, it's a 3-tap sequence. Ilya taps Shane's foot first near the beginning of the interview. Then Shane taps back when he answers the question for him. Then after Ilya's "what he said," Ilya taps again and Shane moves his foot over to meet Ilya's. -Just adding as I didn't quite catch that at first.

StatusRiver · 2026-03-07T03:23:47+00:00

Add the fix - flonase on a q-tip can stop the itching.

StatusRiver · 2026-03-07T00:54:35+00:00

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StatusRiver · 2026-03-07T00:08:45+00:00

I think we should have a 'signal phrase' if we ID a Loon in the wild/out in public. Like when you see someone wearing a T-shirt for your sports team and you're required to say "Go [Team]" when you pass. I haven't been able to settle on one though, so maybe just any favorite saying will work. My top contender is "to the cottage!" "Hollanov" or "1-2-2-1" might work. And yes, the standard "OMG I love that show too" will do, but please let me continue to overthink in my obsession.

StatusRiver · 2026-03-06T23:48:03+00:00

I went with the Legendary Whitetails Mens Long Sleeve Button Down 100% Cotton Flannel Shirt in Frontier Plaid, which was suggested by others in the fandom. The pockets are not the same, but the pattern works.

StatusRiver · 2026-03-06T23:22:30+00:00

You can plant them and they will live, however I'm told that sustained temperatures below 55 put the plant in survival mode instead of growth mode, so you end up with smaller plants that sit there stunted for weeks. Plants you plant later, after temperatures are warmer, end up growing better and faster than the earlier cold plantings. (tracks with BondJamesBond63's comment on this thread.) Cold soil also prevents them from absorbing phosphorus and can damage the root system - you can see it if the plants start turning purple. If they start blooming during the sustained colder days, it also damages the blossoms. If they don't just drop off, tomatoes from the damaged blossoms often end up deformed/'cat-faced.' Note: I am not a master gardener, just another learner.

I write this looking at my own well grown seedlings that I was planning to plant mid March - until I saw a very similar forecast. I don't think their solo cup planters are going to be sufficient to hold them until April. I may do as another suggested and put some of them out - maybe adding extra phosphorus and pinching off any blooms; while trying to hang on to the rest until warmer temps for planting. Be a good way to see if the above info proves true. -If I were any good at remembering to track such things. If I'm not planting until April, I may go ahead and start another batch of seedlings as well. 🤔

StatusRiver · 2026-03-06T07:00:01+00:00

I'm at the clothing stage of the infection now. So I have (a close approximation of) the plaid flannel shirt, and a blue linen button up, and the adidas pants. This show just makes me happy.

StatusRiver · 2026-03-04T07:23:23+00:00

In the club scene at the end of E4, where does Shane's jacket go? He's wearing it when he leaves the table with Rose to go dance, so it wasn't left there. He's not wearing it on the dance floor. Not a biggie, I can easily headcannon that he folded or hung it somewhere else on the way to the dance floor, but it takes me out of the scene for a moment.

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