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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No one would accept this show if it was hetero.

They would feel the woman was being used and abused by the Ilya character. He just wants her for sex when they are in town - and sleeps with lots of other women as well. Ghosts her by text then expects her to just be there and go down on him at his beck and call. And this goes on for years? He would he an absolutely hated character if Shane's character was a woman. [/quote]

You see that Ilya is abusive and you’re right, his actions are immature and abusive.

But you’re completely missing the point that Shane is also abusive. He’s hiding Ilya from everybody. It would be like an ultra religious boy who’s dating an atheist and refusing to introduce her to her parents and keeps her hidden for years.

What’s beautiful as you watch them both grow through those 10 years to loving and supporting partners.

Ilya literally could not come out or his family could be killed. He could be killed. He could be deported back to his country and killed.

Shane couldn’t come out why?

Also, I think we are using the word abusive very liberally because it’s not literally abusive.

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This is erotica. Hockey smut. You are reading too much into it. It is a fantasy novel and women like fantasies involving men roughing each other up and treating each other in a way that would be considered abusive if it was a man and a woman. Ilya would be considered just another loser of a F*boy and nasty player who treats women badly. Which is why there is so much man on man content now in TV and film. A big audience is straight women and they like it.  [/quote]

I am a different poster replying to you. 
We’re not reading too much into it. Some of us are just good at analyzing text, plot, and context clues. Some of us studied Comp Lit and do it professionally. You refuse to open your mind to the fact that a story can have multiple layers. [/quote]

Swoosh[/quote]

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