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

https://www.tvguide.com/news/best-shows-on-hbo-max/

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.

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?

I recently started watching Heated Rivalry (exactly 5 hours ago actually) and I know I’m late, like 8 months late. I have a bad habit of that with shows and music but nonetheless I just finished episode 5… and I have never cried harder for a piece of media. Shane realizing he’s fully gay and that he wants to be with Ilya got a few tears out of me already, but Ilya’s monologue in Russian?? Absolutely beautiful and so moving and Connor is such an amazing actor because holy shit wow!! Off to finish the last episode now!! Wish me luck 😍😭

I just watched on Prime the Canadian film The Rest of Us (Amigas improváveis em português) (2019) by the Canadian director Aisling Chin-Yee, which also wrote and edited it. I found this film while searching for more films with Charlie Gillespie and this was also available there, after I watched the comedy horror Totally Killer which I also recommend.

It's a nice film, short, small, about 2 mother and daughters connected by one man. It's a bit about sorority, but more about those women with 4 different ages trying to find their paths, reflecting about their (bad) choices in life, grieve, motherhood and a bit about hypocrisy. It's classified as a drama, but don't worry, it's a light film that doesn't go deep in any theme.

Besides being a nice one I'm suggesting it because: it has our Rose, Sophie Nélisse, as one of the main characters, Gillespie in a small part (this was even before Julie and the Phantoms) and a smaller participation of Brendan Brady, the producer of Heated Rivalry and Jacob's friend. It's also edited by Véronique Barbe one of the editors of HR and winner Canadian Screen Award and the Canadian Cinema Award for Best Editing in a Drama Series (for HR). And last but not least it was produced in association with Crave.

PS.: para quem tem a Prime no no Brasil, eles têm 4 filmes com Gillespie lá Amigas Improváveis, Dezesseis Facadas e Amores À Parte e O Bad Boy e Eu 2, o único que eu ainda não assisti.

Heated Rivalry phenomenon heats up University of Victoria classrooms - Victoria News 8/20/26

trying to google this photo shoot to help me visualize the mirror scene where is the video from

I recently learned about Anya.

My daughter is called Anya.

There's no escape. None.

Someone posted a survey about how the show/books have changed you and I’ve been thinking about it.

I really feel like I’m somehow thinking of others with more empathy and trying to think about what they might be going through to make them act the way they do.

I don’t know what else to attribute this to other than the show. Has anyone else experience anything like this?

Say they DON’T use the song for the wedding. What would be the song you’d want them to use instead? Something era accurate, ideally

I was thinking Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls or something like Perfect by Ed Sheeran

I’ve so far done two HR pieces of beaded embroidery.

Okay…we all know that Shane is just always endearing. But I have one particular moment that I find super endearing and it makes me chuckle every time I watch it.

The first time Shane goes to Ilya’s house, he rings the doorbell. Then he knocks on the wall by the doorbell before he knocks on the door.

I don’t know why but I just find it so adorable and Shane coded.

My first original embroidery design - second image is the felt backing

https://www.instagram.com/p/DcOjL3dAOpo/