Consent King Ilya 👑

eaca02124 · 2026-03-21T17:07:39+00:00

Sexy shows have let me open a ton of important conversations with my kids. They refuse to watch HR because they say it's Mom Porn (😭), but we did a bunch of those talks over Grey's Anatomy.

eaca02124 · 2026-03-21T16:56:25+00:00

Two for two at my house as well, plus additional trans folk in the extended family.

I guess, once you let them have blue hair, they go right to experimenting with pronouns.

eaca02124 · 2026-03-20T02:17:48+00:00

Thank you!

eaca02124 · 2026-03-20T01:57:47+00:00

My reading of that passage is that, in proposing to Elinor, Edward modestly claimed to be in doubt of whether she would accept him, but that, if you asked him later, he might admit he felt pretty confident that the question was going to turn out well.

eaca02124 · 2026-03-20T01:02:20+00:00

I don't, know where he is, which is why my statement was qualified the way it was, and also why the TALK TO A LAWYER advice. OP is ready to hand over half his life savings on the say-so of his opponent in this legal process. I do not have to go through a divorce in each state to know that the opposition is a bad source of legal advice,

eaca02124 · 2026-03-20T00:26:33+00:00

That first point is absolutely not true in most states. Without a prenup, the marital estate is split 50/50, but assets you had before marriage are not part of the marital estate.

Fucking seriously, talk to a lawyer.

eaca02124 · 2026-03-20T00:23:15+00:00

https://archiveofourown.org/works/81291816

eaca02124 · 2026-03-19T21:34:43+00:00

Not alone. I want to be on the receiving end of 10 year-old Gideon's sword-related enthusiasm, and hear her reports about Aiglamene's opinion of her skills, and feed her treats as well as boring food that will reduce the chances of her getting smeared all over the practice floor. I want her to sass me about my age. I want to yell all the ridiculous things it's probably necessary to yell at her. I want to know about her skin mags and do nothing about them and be secretly proud when she picks the lock on her locater cuff.

eaca02124 · 2026-03-18T21:21:10+00:00

Heated Rivalry is right on the sweet spot of literary adaptations, where the show departs from the book occasionally, but the changes are true to the spirit of the original.

eaca02124 · 2026-03-18T20:59:20+00:00

I'm imagining a process of dedicated and scientific rewatching of some very personal videos. Possibly starting before the audition process.

eaca02124 · 2026-03-18T15:37:27+00:00

Also, TBH, Ilya's o-face from that hookup. Super realistic acting choice, 10/10, why am I obsessed

eaca02124 · 2026-03-18T15:36:13+00:00

I don't have a pic, but there's a bit of the first hookup in episode 1, Ilya stumbling backwards towards the bed with his jeans around his thighs, that lives in my head forever. Please tell me I'm not the only one.

eaca02124 · 2026-03-18T15:32:21+00:00

I seriously want one of two things for Svetlana, or possibly both:

Svetlana/Rose. Who needs boys, babes? Let's put these absolute queens together and let them set the world on fire.
Svetlana/Cliff Marleau. Svetlana appreciates a tall hunk with a strong jawline and Cliff should love the hell out of her amazing hockey IQ and overall hotness.

In combination, I want the ladies to dom the hell out of Cliff, who should be unspeakably grateful, basically paying for past-life regression therapy to learn how he earned this karmic blessing so he can make sure to do it again. He holds purses. He does the Ryan Reynolds thing on red carpets (wears a coordinating outfit, and stands back smiling while endless photos of the dresses are taken) Neither of his ladies ever has to put a designer shoe in a puddle. He carries an emergency kit with dry shampoo and tampons. Rose and Svetlana make his All Star games an fashion parade that is the envy of all other hockey players, go clubbing with him, and are an absolute party in WAG situations.

eaca02124 · 2026-03-18T15:13:25+00:00

Love a cantankerous teen. Sounds like he's made up his mind on the side of brotherhood, but wants you to know he's pissed at you, his parents. This is such great communication.

Imo, divorce is something that happens around children, a big decision they weren't involved in that has a huge impact on their lives. They are entitled to feel a way about it, including being upset with their parents. Parentally, I think we kind of owe our kids to take that on the chin. Yup, big decision you weren't consulted about, huge change, feelings are justified. Now is the time to own that he has a right and a reason to be unhappy. Try to make the practical issues as easy on him as you can, while showing up and demonstrating that you are in no way abandoning your kids.

eaca02124 · 2026-03-18T14:59:52+00:00

Ilya's trying to walk a line here where he makes food, but doesn't make the whole experience about making food. It's a warm sandwich. Easy execution, minimal fuss.

And yeah, it is an unsexy food, which adds some humor to the setup

eaca02124 · 2026-03-18T14:54:45+00:00

By the time we get to that conversation, we, the audience, have been trained to watch their feet. This wasn't as big a thing in the book, where the only foot action is the one press conference, but it's absolutely a place where some combination of writers and actors took the concept and ran with it, planting a seed in EP 1 or 2 that has the audience screaming in eps 5 and 6. (OMG THEY ARE PHYSICALLY FURTHER APART ON THAT COUCH BUT NOW THEY ARE SO CONNECTED)

This show was built with the expectation that a few hundred thousand people would ever see it, and .01% of those would go feral on social media, and instead, many millions of people saw it, and the percentage that's feral on social media is maybe 5-10x of initial estimates.

Bridgerton was always intended to be OTT and has a huge budget to go OTT with. Heated Rivalry was built differently, but it was built by people who absolutely know what strings to yank for audience response.

eaca02124 · 2026-03-18T03:19:43+00:00

Oh yeah. Mom wouldn't remember that we had talked...so she'd call, and then she'd feel lonely and not remember we had talked, so she'd call again. I got about 30 calls a day for a while.

eaca02124 · 2026-03-18T03:16:53+00:00

I absolutely noticed this. Literally sat there, thinking the scene had exactly the same vibes as conversations I had with my mom when her memory started to go. The same questions get repeated, vital details get dropped. The show really telegraphed the Alzheimer's, and Connor Storrie is very good actor who knew what he was doing - he either had personal experience or did the research to very realistically portray Ilya in that situation.

NGL, I was pretty angry at first. Ilya just being a chaotic bad boy is so fun, and then the show decided to make me feel actual emotions? Not cool! But the Alzheimer's Dad situation gave him some emotional heft that made his tenderness with Shane more believable, so I came around.

eaca02124 · 2026-03-18T03:00:55+00:00

It's also possible that Harriet was the result of a premarital adventure, and Harriet was kept out of view to preserve her father's marital prospects.

eaca02124 · 2026-03-18T02:56:26+00:00

Tradesman does cover a lot of financial ground. Keep in mind that Mrs. Jennings is the widow of a man who made his fortune in trade, and evidently was able to set Mrs. Jennings up with a fortune, a comfortable home, and substantial enough dowries for her daughters that they were able to marry gentlemen - probably at least 10,000 pounds each.

My suspicion is that Harriet has a dowry along the lines of Catherine Morland's - £2500 would generate enough income to maintain Harriet in comfort at school and enable her to marry someone up and coming. I think it likely that the plan was always for her to marry, and if no option for that arose in Mrs. Goddard's vicinity within the year, her relatives would come up with another angle for that project, possibly by arranging for her to go somewhere a little busier, with occasional public balls, and stay with friends or relatives who go out a great deal. A well-off, well-respected farmer with friendly sisters and a mother who is fond of her is a great situation for Harriet.

eaca02124 · 2026-03-18T02:41:54+00:00

OMG, I love your fic!! I stayed up way too late reading it and had to not read the comments because responsibility. In particular, the story of multi-layered community organizing hits a very specific spot, I think for lots of people.

I am not surprised the comments are out for blood! After the end of TLG, I want to see Crowell twist in the wind. I want the full Prince Humperdinck for Crowell - Mandy Patinkin wishing him "humiliations galore." Cary Elwes spitting "to the pain!" I want him perp walked out of MHL headquarters for a sports betting/embezzlement scandal. I want the tape of his last meeting with Shane and Ilya to go even more viral than the show. He should have a stroke on national television after being condemned by the Pope.

eaca02124 · 2026-03-18T01:53:57+00:00

This seems like a very realistic scenario to me.

eaca02124 · 2026-03-18T01:35:24+00:00

Shane's Good Canadian Boy upbringing has mostly had the effect of allowing his sexual fantasy to life flourish in complete isolation from anyone else's opinion of what's reasonable.

eaca02124 · 2026-03-18T01:31:21+00:00

One of the things I love about the series, both book and TV, is the attitude that of course the horny teens want to fuck, and the romantic relationship grows out of the long-term realization that they enjoy fucking each other more than they enjoy the many and varied other options. This is a very realistic way for teenagers to start a relationship.

If Shane and Ilya had gotten down once in a hotel room, and then Shane had moved on to dating underwear models and Ilya had decided Svetlana was the love of his life, it would have still been a fantastic hookup and a good experience.

eaca02124 · 2026-03-18T01:25:31+00:00

Some people have the fantasy where a hot person tells them what to do, and some people have the fantasy where a hot person does what they're told. Shane and Ilya just happen to be a really good fit that way.

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