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this CANNOT be real

WHERE did you get this??? i need answers. this has to be a fake

nah because if this is real i am NOT emotionally prepared

no, bc I'd know that JAWLINE from anywhere but I can't believe my eyes
ILYA???

delete this rn.

no but you're wrong because this is literally the MVP Gala rooftop from way back in 2009😭😭😭
(also this is so old, for how long has this been going on???)

girl we keep dreaming until it's real💪🏽💪🏽🥹🥲

on the one hand, I still think he's an asshole

but if he's gay (or bi) maybe he wasn't homophobic to Scott that one time in June?

don't believe it, it's probably just some sort of media cover up

would you fucking stop?

I can guarantee you this is real, he didn't pay me to share

THIS!!! all of the people speculating but the entire situation is so messed up???

I don't have the time to wait 3 days until he comes up with a scripted ass fuck generic answer that denies everything

HE DID NOT

is this gasligting? this feels like gaslighting

someone explain to me what is happening
this timeline feels like a dream

This is the famous 1979 image of the "fraternal kiss" between soviet stateman Leonid Brezhnev and DDR leader Erich Honecker.

thank you for confirming tradition.

THIS DOESN'T EXPLAIN THE HAND ON THE WAIST WTF

proper support prevents falling

The above picture shows Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, pictured (center) greeting communist comrade Konstantin Chernenko in Crimea in 1980.

I have Russian friends. They don't do this.

must not be good friends

i'm crying wtf is happening

IS THAT FUCKING STALIN????

Yes. In the 1937 image, Stalin greets pilot Vasily Molokov with a kiss on the lips.

The image shows Soviet official Ivan Silayev kissing tennis champion Andrei Cherkasov in 1991, before the dissolution of U.S.S.R. in the end of the same year.

Yeah, doesn't convince me. One of them is still a politician.

those men are kissing like they mean it, the presence of Stalin cannot heterosexualize this.

idk bestie it has to do something with the hockey boys

Okay, I'm tagging the sponsors.
@Gatorade @Nike, is this the image you want associated with your brand??

is it the authority or the bald spots? i need answers

your type, apparently

I DO NOT LIKE BALDING OLD MEN, I meant the soldiers, WTF
Fuck you all

where is he even getting these images from??? this is… unsettlingly specific

all his replies have been under 4 minutes I think 😭

Finally someone saying this calmly. As a father of four I’m honestly worried about the message this sends to young fans who look up to these players. Kids see everything online now. MLH needs to do better.

Exactly. No one cares what he does privately. But keep it off the ice.

This. My dad grew up during the Cold War. Seeing Soviet imagery treated like a joke by an MLH player is honestly bizarre. A lot of families in this country remember that history differently.

I am defintly way too drunk fr this but why this tweet has the retorical structure of fucking martial????

Possible epigram detected.
Confidence: 87%

oh my god not you again go tf to sleep.

I regret to inform you that I am not the Official Gay Historian of Hockey.

Scott, as someone who was present.
would you describe Gorbachev's technique as enthusiastic or ceremonial?

For the last time, I was born after color television.

idk? but this is giving me LIFE lmao look at them chriping eachother I miss seeing them on ice

I have never met Stalin.
Please stop encouraging him.

Kip, as historian, please confirm Scott’s involvement

Unfortunately my specialization is pre-dynastic Egypt.
However I do have a PowerPoint on institutionalized same-sex relationships in Ancient Egypt if that would help the discourse.

oh? I'm intrested, actually

here you go:
https://drive.google.com/file/homosexuality-ancient-egypt.ppt/view?usp=drive_link
hope this was infrormative!!!

I may not have studied ancient Egypt, but I did my undergrad thesis on the succession of the leaders of the USSR, if anyone wants I can talk about that

The first image that circulated last night is the well-known kiss between Leonid Brezhnev and Erich Honecker, which took place in 1979 during the 30th anniversary of the German Democratic Republic.

It is one of the most widely recognized examples of the so-called “socialist fraternal kiss,” a ceremonial greeting exchanged between leaders of socialist states as a gesture of political solidarity and ideological unity.

The image later gained additional cultural significance after being depicted in the Berlin Wall mural "My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love", painted in 1990 following the fall of the wall.

However, the practice itself predates this specific instance. Variations of the fraternal embrace and kiss can be traced back to early Bolshevik political culture following the Russian Revolution.

While exact origins are difficult to pinpoint, such gestures became more formalized in the mid-20th century, particularly during the consolidation of relationships between the Soviet Union and other Eastern Bloc nations.

Importantly, these greetings were almost exclusively performed between heads of state or high-ranking партийные officials, and functioned as public displays of unity rather than personal affection.

Relatedly, similar imagery of physical closeness between men also appeared in Soviet and Sino-Soviet propaganda, where it was used to symbolize camaraderie, unity, and ideological brotherhood rather than romantic intent.
https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/chinese-soviet-propaganda-posters/

bro nobody cares, stfu

omg that literally looks like Shane ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

omg where did you find this????🥰🥰

@TimeTravelThreads This guy has a whole thread about it but there's a link

okay but can we maybe not compare Shane to a Chinese propaganda poster when he’s literally half Japanese? implying that all Asian people are interchangeble is racist, actually

I know he’s half japanese??? I literally stan him 😭 the guy on the poster just looks like him that’s the joke omg. not everything is that deep pls

First chapter's up!!! https://archiveofourown.org/works/...

omg thank you so much this is amazing🥰

is this meme going to die out just like this?

I am still waiting for the league to aress this properly.
If the league and the organizations ignore these issues, it reflects on them just as much as the player.
There’s a responsibility that comes with representing the sport.

glad to see we're not letting this one die so soon XD

🥰🥰🥰

oh my god here he goes

mr ethics committee has logged on

this you btw?

anyways,

for your "friend"
https://archiveofourown.org/works/...
this one is actually well written btw. like annoyingly so
even I was invested

I am not opening these

https://archiveofourown.org/works/...
this one is worse

why are you sending me porn????
what is WRONG with you

you're reading it, aren't you?

narration: he's reading it

finally, people are moving on

SO EXCITED FOR THE NEW SEASON!!!🏒🔥🔥🔥

Finally soemthing hockey-related.
Excited for the new season.
Rooting for the Oklahoma Outlaws this year, can’t wait to see them make some noise in the preseason!

Oklahoma Outlaws making noise? Please. Be happy if they manage to get on the ice without tripping over each other. Can’t imagine a worse team… maybe Ottawa.
Fingers crossed my Dallas Stampede actually make the playoffs this year.

what is your opinion on him and Rozanov?

Honestly I don't really care, I don't understand what happened but I'm just glad he's healthy and playing again

First preseason game can’t come soon enough! Let’s goooo!

So hyped to see the Sacramento Sentinels rookies play! Gonna be a fun start to the season.

Seats sold out in 5 minutes 😭 why do they do this every year??

Why do I have to wait THREE WEEKS to see Boston play? Is this retribution for Ilya trolling the internet?

preseason line combos are gonna tell us SO much this year I’m actually excited

after everything last season… yeah I’m seated for Hunter’s return

anyways. can’t wait to watch Boston take the cup this year 👍

wait that was REAL???

kid, you had to be there

I tried to teach you. Many times.

I got distracted.