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marvel_fanworksHeated Rivalry: Torture Me (With All I’ve Wanted) by toomuchplor
May. 16th, 2026 09:18 pmmific posting in fancakeCharacters/Pairings: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov, Hayden Pike, Wyatt Hayes
Rating: Explicit
Length: 7060
Content Notes: Underage, as both Shane and Ilya are seventeen.
Creator Links: toomuchplor on AO3
Themes: Journey and travel, Forced proximity, First time, AU: Fork in the road
Summary: Regina to Edmonton was nine hours by bus if the weather was decent; it took a bit longer if — for example — your bus lost power on Highway 11 just past Dundurn, Saskatchewan.
Team buses, night drives, and one way things might have started differently.
Reccer's Notes:
This is a lovely story about Shane and Ilya as teens, just after the first World Juniors Cup, being forced into proximity on a long nighttime bus ride. The inevitable happens, and it kick-starts their relationship and their friendship at a much earlier stage, allowing them to rewrite the MLH's narrative. Told from Shane's pov, with wonderful characterisation and details.
Fanwork Links: Torture Me (With All I’ve Wanted)
Podfic read by mific
It's based on the mystery novel Three Bags Full (2005) by Leonie Swann. The movie elevator pitch could have been: "What if an Agatha Christie whodunnit, but with funnier English villagers, where the murder victim is a shepherd who used to read mystery novels to his sheep, who therefore decide to help solve the murder of their beloved shepherd?" The on-screen actors include Hugh Jackman and Emma Thompson. The voice actors (sheep) include Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Bryan Cranston, and Patrick Stewart.
(It's not animated, to be clear. That is, the sheep CGI looks like live-action photography, and the sheep speak only to each other, not to humans.)
This is the movie's second date change. March 2027 was the original announced date; later, they pushed it to May, sliding into the vacated slot of a delayed MCU movie. But then the on-site New Zealand filming wrapped ahead of schedule, apparently giving them the opportunity to premiere just ahead of Japan's Golden Week holiday. Also, spring seems to be a less competitive box office window next year, as summer will bring Star Wars: Starfighter, Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (finally), Shrek 5 (don't care, but boy! Puss in Boots: The Last Wish was outstanding), [Superman:] Man of Tomorrow, and A Minecraft Movie 2 (um).
(Be good, be good, be good...)
Here are some recent fannish things I've happened to see and would like to share!
Spotlight: A thriving cosplay club gathers every few months in the park around a certain branch library near me. (I fence rapier-and-dagger weekly at that same time and place.) Usually, they're there to party, 30 to 50 people, mostly twenty-somethings by my guess, with upwards of 75% of attendees in costume. They play games (always including trivia and a piñata) and eat goodies (on picnic blankets), and are a delight. I love recognizing costumes when I can! Every now and then, one asks about fencing, and we chat. Recently, they held a rummage sale, selling each other used costumes, supplies, and fannish miscellany, and I suddenly realized that you might enjoy knowing about them. I also thought that, if you didn't already know, you would enjoy learning about "causeplay" -- cosplay for charity. Apparently, it's a big and growing thing, cosplayers visiting hospitals, shelters, and schools to boost children's morale. ♥
Ficathons, fests & communities
- Create & engage
- 3weeks4dreamwidth continues through 5/15.
- fkficfest, the annual Forever Knight event, has prompting through 5/16 and stories due 7/18.
- joseimuke is a new community celebrating "girly Japanse(ish) fiction" ("non-live action media with the heart of shoujo manga").
- ahorseofcourseexchange, a fic exchange for horses and horsemanship, has nominations through 5/10, sign-ups through 5/18, and works due 6/08.
- fanfictionfesta, an event to promote reading, sharing, and commenting on fic, runs through 6/30.
- galorechallenge, a crossover fic challenge resuscitated from LJ, holds its Round 1 through 6/30.
- fandomdoestzedakah, a fanwork auction charity fundraiser for various Jewish organizations, has creator sign-ups through 5/22, bidding through 6/15, and works due on 9/11.
- Watson Birthday Promptfest, a celebration of all Watsons in all Sherlock Holmes versions, runs through 8/07.
- sweetandshort is a low-pressure challenge community for weekly small works.
- fic_promptly is a low-pressure community for daily prompts and fills.
- whatif_au's annual "AU Bingo" game runs through 7/31.
- allbingo's May theme is "Greek myth."
- trope_of_the_month's May theme is "forced proximity."
- pinchhits is a community for needed fills for exchanges. For example, whumpex is currently seeking pinch hitters.
- whenisitdue tracks many more events than I note here!
- Enjoy & share
- fancake (themed fanfic recs); May theme: "journey & travel"
- gensplosion (gen fanfic recs)
- het_reccers (m/f fanfic recs)
- fanart_recs (fanart recs)
- recthething (fanwork recs)
Sidelight: I've been looking for new-to-me Dreamwidth folks to read and interact with. I really appreciate that Dreamwidth sorts its lists of journals with certain "interests" by how recently they've posted. It can be dispiriting that various interests have few folks who have posted in recent years. Yet it's really helpful that someone built the sorting that way in the first place! Excellent call.
