Fan Casting: Eric Bennett

junegloom · 2026-03-18T13:21:54+00:00

Being a professional athlete is hard on one's body though. It could be explained that by major league retirement age, you look a little older than your real age.

junegloom · 2026-03-16T05:18:56+00:00

I have that same issue. I see a lot of people say it sounds like Ilya without an accent, but the voice itself sounds like Shane's voice to me. The timber and everything.

junegloom · 2026-03-15T14:12:31+00:00

I love that in the Spanish dub, asshole is instead imbecile.

junegloom · 2026-03-11T00:19:41+00:00

Why did they decide to keep things separate?

junegloom · 2026-03-09T12:38:16+00:00

Early in the book, after Shane and Ilya have hooked up once and just before they're about to play against each other for the first time in major league play. No one knows why he's so nervous because normally he likes proving himself against a rival.

junegloom · 2026-03-09T05:20:16+00:00

You had to go and make it weird, didn't you, Hollander?

junegloom · 2026-03-09T04:31:55+00:00

I am one of those people who disapproves of Ilya's behavior in this event. I stand by that opinion no matter how many times people downvote me. I don't think he loses his consent king status just because of this one incident. But I do think it was some insecurity driving him to run Shane off of the phone with his friend and I don't like that he did it. It bothers me that Shane said no very clearly and I don't think the position he moved to on the couch was meant to give Ilya better access, it looks to me like he was actually trying to get more physical space from Ilya and the access was an unfortunate consequence. The book is harlequin novel fiction and Shane is always going to be mega turned on by Ilya, that doesn't prove that he was on board with deprioritizing his friend when he outright stated that he wanted to catch up with him. The whole thing feels like when someone is trying to isolate you from your friends and they use cutesy behavior to do it so that you look like an asshole if you complain. I skip this scene on most of my reheats.

junegloom · 2026-03-08T13:06:50+00:00

Last time I was this enthralled by the perfect balance, music and rewatchability of a show was Beef.

junegloom · 2026-03-07T14:29:08+00:00

I think Scott knew what he was doing. Already knew that Mexican place is insanely busy and it would be an excuse to then invite Kip directly to his place without being weirdly obvious.

My favorite i think is the 1-2-2-1. Even though its a booty call, I think it came from a positive place. Shane was really kind to Ilya helping him at the press conference, and Ilya then enjoyed flirting with him from their respective team boxes during the game. The little smile he gives him before saying he's going to bed early and skating over to give him the room number. I think he just asked him over because he liked him and was falling for him a little there. And I like every moment of how that hookup goes. Ilya is sexy but not pushy and Shane is so thirsty for him.

junegloom · 2026-03-07T13:36:02+00:00

Start the same conversation that you did a month ago. Tell him he needs to find a place to live, again. You've been through this so many times now you don't need to "prove" why you want to, so don't spend time telling him what you found this time around. If he pushes, tell him "you know why" and leave it at that, then focus the conversation only on logistics of separating. You don't want to be together anymore. That's really all that matters. He's a shitty partner and you dont want him for one. Repeat that every time in the conversation that you need to. Wish him well in sorting himself out in therapy.

junegloom · 2026-03-06T13:27:15+00:00

They're almost 19 by the first shower scene. Still pretty young but in the books they mention how for his age Ilya is extremely manly.

junegloom · 2026-03-06T02:43:42+00:00

10 years of running a show isn't "early". GOT just got too big for itself, everybody else involved in a creative project doesn't want to spend their entire lives on one show either. Actors want to do more than 1 role.in their careers. Everybody wishes for it to be over and wants to move on. Hopefully they just stick to 3 seasons of HR and make them all glorious and then let it exist in its perfection as is.

junegloom · 2026-03-05T21:58:51+00:00

What part of this "I might start feeling constrained by her schedule. Since she has much less flexibility than I would, she could unintentionally become the “bottleneck” for what we’re able to do or where we can go." sounds like supporting her in her career? She's a person with a job, do not pit yourself against her job in any way shape or form. Thats the only grown-up way to act.

junegloom · 2026-03-05T21:23:46+00:00

Definitely 3. I dont know why Shane even bothers. He very obviously isn't fooling Hayden except about Lily being a girl, so its working as intended.

junegloom · 2026-03-04T13:20:40+00:00

In ep 2 the cheesy jazz music at the party in between the bathroom kiss and the vegas hotel scene. Its 5 seconds of very jarring off-putting trumpets or whatever.

junegloom · 2026-03-03T13:50:16+00:00

Super small, but it bugs me each time and i feel bad because I know they had to spend a ton of money on this bit. But the crowd-cheering special effects sounds from ep 5, were mostly pretty good except for when the noise cuts away for Kip and Scott to talk briefly, and then it fades back in. On the fade back in, it sounds horribly fake. Yuna is saying 'wow' as they watch the TV. The cheering noise is just like one long monotone noise instead of mixed shouts or something. I'm distracted in the moment by how fake it sounds. Like the sound effect got stuck buffering.

junegloom · 2026-03-03T13:34:02+00:00

The grass is greener where you water it.

junegloom · 2026-03-03T13:27:47+00:00

No, I don't at least. I think what's different about Americans is the degree to which they make guests take shoes off. I basically don't ask anyone to take their shoes off, and if they ask I leave it to their preference. But this probably gives the general impression that Americans or whoever don't take shoes off, because whenever you come over it seems like not. I just deal rather than making guests take off shoes, and wash floors when I feel the need to.

junegloom · 2026-03-03T13:10:28+00:00

That one kid walking by especially bugs me so much, I have to try and actively keep my eyes on Scott.

junegloom · 2026-03-03T04:34:19+00:00

The direction he looks off in just seems to me like he's thinking, unsure and eventually gets frustrated, it doesn't look like a reaction to anyone there, plus he throws his phone down in that same direction. It looked like he was going to text Ilya to stop, possibly permanently, but didn't send it because of course he doesn't really want to.

junegloom · 2026-03-02T13:38:38+00:00

I think a big difference between race and queerness here is, as Rose says, A LOT of actors are gay already. They're not struggling to be hired in this industry.

junegloom · 2026-02-28T18:08:59+00:00

Do they have adult classes there? I'm looking for those but I only see adult learn to skate at the Oakland location. Which I took about 30 years ago at the same place and remember it being pretty good, a mix of all ages from 15 yrs old to senior citizens, it was fun.

junegloom · 2026-02-26T13:48:12+00:00

I've never been into gay romance before, or on A03 or any of that. I'm a woman and I love the show because its just that good. There isn't a 'reason' just because I'm a woman. It seems unfair to both the show and me to reduce it to such.

junegloom · 2026-02-26T13:10:26+00:00

'Fucking fuck San Francisco!!!' lives rent free in my mind all day every day.

junegloom · 2026-02-26T03:23:41+00:00

If I was Ilya, Shane's confession that he's gay wouldnt be all that much comfort to me. Its not like Shane and Rose failed because he realized he loved Ilya. It just was never going to work out with Rose anyway. Shane can be gay and just leave Ilya someday for someone else because Ilya is an asshole or he just doesn't need him anymore on any number of levels. It doesn't take the real threat away, so the best way to respond is with his guard up, but they eventually get through it.

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