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    “Do you want to know how it feels?”

    Shane let his hand fall back to the couch. He pushed himself up onto his elbows and lifted a brow at Rozanov. “What – holding the Cup? You’ve already made that joke once.”

    “No.” Rozanov’s fingers encircled Shane’s wrist and then he was pulling Shane’s hand between his legs.

     

    Or: Shane tops.

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    23 Dec 2025

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    it is canon, thats it

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    This work isn't hosted on the Archive so this blurb might not be complete or accurate.

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    In this the inaugural letter, we’re talking about Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life, a book I hate so much it gives me energy. In the words of Dylan Moran, I have to wake up early in the morning to hate that book properly. I have to be a reply guy to any of my mutuals who are reading this book. I have, in fact, to take to blogging because my friends hang up on me when I start talking about it.

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    22 Dec 2025

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    I have never been happier to read a hate speech in my life. Most of the time when I don't like something I just don't give a shit about it and move on with my life — but the amount of praise this book got just didn't sit right with me. And I finally understood why.

    one of my favorite passages from there:

    "What this means is: typically the job of original fiction is to create characters readers care about – even if what we care about is their downfall. The job of good fanfiction is to be faithful to characters readers already know and care about – it needs to be ‘in character’ or ‘IC’. However, the job of fanfiction is not to create investment in characters. You’re reading fanfiction, after all – you bring your investment with you.

    So when I say ‘this feels like fanfiction [derogatory]’ about a novel, typically what I mean is: this author does not act like it’s their job to create characters I care about."

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    The locks on Ilya’s car clicked, and he waited for Shane to look up at him. “Get in,” he ground out between clenched teeth.

    Shane was hardwired to follow Ilya’s every command. It was coded into his genetics, he thought, because the deep pull in the pit of his stomach to follow the accented order couldn’t be normal. He hated that part of him that was so willing, so ready to submit. Maybe it could be explained away by some sort of psychological terminology he was unfamiliar with, a desire to relinquish control, to relax and let someone else take the wheel for once in his rigid life.

    And maybe it was just Ilya.

    In Episode 4, Shane leaves the nightclub with Rose. In the book, he leaves alone.

    But what if he had left with Ilya instead?

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    18 Dec 2025

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    THE YEARNING, THE LAUGHTER, THE LOVE OF IT. THE FUCKING LOVE. YOU JUST CANNOT KNOW!

    jeeesus

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    Ilya’s hand wraps around his bare wrist and squeezes. Shane barely stops himself from collapsing to his knees.

    The pressure lights up every receptor of his touch-starved nervous system, wrenching a small, pained noise from the back of his throat. Every muted sensation comes flooding back so intensely that it almost hurts. He needs Ilya to hold him down until there’s nothing inside him but quiet. He wants to sink into him and disappear.

    It takes Shane an entire beat to remember where they are. Fighting against the fog in his mind, he manages to drag his gaze up to meet Ilya’s.

    There’s a slow-dawning horror and understanding on Ilya’s face.

    Or: Shane is in subdrop after their encounter in Vegas. Ilya fixes it.

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    17 Dec 2025

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    that's fucking insane. I don't think I've ever read a fic like this before, most of the d/s fics I've read were about giving up power and horniness of complying, but THIS. it's a whole other terrain I might have to explore now. wow

    I really like this dynamic, the second I saw Shane's teary eyes in the bathroom during the award show I was gone on the idea. the vulnerability this boy feels towards ilya is... unprecedented in my shipping history

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    "Am I to atone for my wrongs, Daniel?" He asked. God, was he still slurring his words? "What is my penance?"

    "Drunk isn't a good look on you."

    Or: Louis leaves. Armand spirals. Daniel watches. Nothing gets better.

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    05 Dec 2025

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    yes yes yes that's what I need from their dynamic. and of course, to see how horrifying Armand can be is always a delicious precipice, to see how vulnerable and trauma ridden he is under the layers is so much more fascinating