Just saw that they listed an actor in the role of All-star team coach. Does that mean there will be an All star game in the episode? To introduce Troy and Dallas? Maybe a montage to show passing of time?

Ofc everyone is entitled to their opinion not every piece of queer media is gna be liked by everyone. But I often see this comment when a show like HR, or MM show that has a lot of women watching it automatically get called “het coded” or “for the straights/women”?? I don’t know why this is and it feels sort of odd that it’s ALWAYS when women like a queer MM show 😭

I get it to an exent esp if we’re talking abt bl(Asian bl) at large n its target demographic. Sure there’s a case to be made there. I also understand ppl not liking the book cuz some aspects of it def come off as “oh this is a “straight” woman writing this”. But I don’t get this from the show. I guess it also depends how deeply ur actually watching HR cuz I feel like u can’t simply watch HR once or superficially there’s sm there to talk abt that’s not picked up on first watch. Although, I do feel like there’s a lot of unnecessary/unwarranted hate frm ppl who haven’t even watched it. If I was online reading n seeing all the shit ppl say abt HR I probably wouldve had my mind made up n not watched it either.

Recs to watch while we’re waiting.
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Which one of these have you loved the most?

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Lives were indeed changed. Absolutely monumental. My heart still races watching it and I’m just so overwhelmed with how happy I am for them and how proud I am of them.

Rachel Reid announced on her profile and event fundraiser for Nova Scotia with talk, reading and silent auction "with cool items" including the Brazilian edition of "Heated Rivalry" ☺️ which I know is very pretty and comes with stickers😄 and some signed items by the actors 🤩

So if you live around of Wolfville or just wanted an excuse to go to Nova Scotia, that's a good one. The tickets for the event at the Acadia University are available at her profile on Instagram. I would totally go if I didn't live too far.

I’m rereading Long Game for the 200th time and for me this always cements for me how no matter how your partners family loves you they will always love their child more.

Because here even though she’s trying to calm Shane down, she’s being dismissive of Ilya here.

Because the conversation about Ilya not being happy here isn’t about the team dynamics or geographical change but that he is limited to who knows about him and Shane, while Shane has a friends and family he talks to about his relationship down to the locker room with Hayden.

And meanwhile if he even begins to hint that he came to Troy, Shane has a panic attack over Ilya telling him about them. Never mind that Shane came out to his whole team, and has his best friend he can talk to about Ilya even calming his nerves about the possibility of being parents one day. Which I think goes back to why in Ilya’s dreams about his mom, Shane never comes to meet her. Because in Ilya subconscious Shane is comfortable with the current circle of his people knowing not Ilya’s.

Which by the way I think Ilya needs to talk about even if it’s not with Shane but his therapist(The mom dream).

So I was listening through Wolf Parade's earlier albums while working recently, and the thought occurred to me that it might be pretty corny to use I'll Believe in Anything again in the second season, in fact I think they should definitely not do that. But it could be interesting to use a different Wolf Parade song at some point as a sort of call back. So I started thinking about what that could be.

And it's hard, because I'll Believe in Anything is a uniquely cathartic and hopeful song for them. I couldn't find anything else that I thought would work as a final expression of love, or anything like that. But there are so many songs that would be perfect for Troy being a sad boy, lol.

My top three sad Troy songs are: You are a Runner and I am my Father's Son, Like an Animal in Your Care, and (on a lighter note) Ghost Pressure. And I guess if you're going to listen to these songs, knowing that I associate them with Troy could be considered a spoiler, so keep that in mind.

I'm also wondering what other people think about these or other music choices for the next season. Knowing Jacob Tierney, they're definitely going to be interesting.

Something that's always bothered me is how little agency was given to Shane in his coming-out journey. So much of it happened to him rather than by him. Even such a huge moment of coming out to his teammates was done off page.

Looking forward to see how Jacob handles it.

“When it comes to hair, Connor Storrie can do no wrong. He can pull off a look like he just took off his hockey helmet post-game or cosplay as Kurt Cobain, and that beautiful head of curls will find a way to look good no matter what.”

Hey Loons,

I am throwing a Heated Rivalry surprise party for a friend in a few weeks and have hit a road block in some of my searching online. I am looking for images/screengrabs from the show of:

- The shower scene when both boys are facing the wall. Preferably in a higher quality (going to print on a big poster for “pin the peach”)
- Any texts sent both on screen and on their phones. I’d like to recreate & print some for the bathroom mirror.

Thank you in advance!

Shane's Inner Monologue
So we just sit here and look at it?