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Is that an antenna in your pocket or are you about to ask me about my feelings?
There's a popular head-canon that part of the reason Ilya froze out Shane at the Sochi Olympics (sometimes presented as the only reason Ilya froze out Shane) is that he was protecting Shane from possible surveillance from the Russian government. It's become popular enough that it's teetering on fanon (already is amongst a certain segment, I think). But it's been mentioned in the comment sections of some Reaction vids on YouTube as if it were actual canon. It's not.
It's most definitely not canon per the show. Not once is the possibility of surveillance mentioned. (While black mold in the Olympic village does get a shout out.) We see Svetlana, highly intelligent daughter of a government minister, ignore any threat of surveillance when she brings Ilya into a bathroom where she knows Sasha has cocaine. She doesn't flinch to see Sasha using and she doesn't hesitate to leave Ilya and Sasha so they can enjoy some alone time.
Sasha is a bit of a fuck-boy, but we learn he's being a fuck-boy in France. Also, Ilya trusted him to keep their secret when they were younger, so Sasha isn't stupidly reckless. And as the son of a what I'm guessing is a highly respected youth hockey coach given the guy coached Ilya, it'd be weird if Sasha didn't know about athlete surveillance - especially if it'd been kicked up to a highly unusual gear.
This bathroom scene would be the perfect time to drop a line eluding to being watched. Sasha assuring Ilya no one's surveilling the minister's party; or Svetlana doing the assuring; or even Ilya floating that as a danger. It's never brought up.
Ergo, definitely not show!canon. And I wasn't able to find anything in the Heated Rivalry book that suggested Ilya was protecting Shane from outing himself (or the both of them) when Shane approached him at the Olympics in the book.
So consider this your P.S.A, I guess. Ilya's big worry when Shane approached him being Russian listening devices rather than an assault on his carefully constructed emotional wall makes for a fun, canon-divergence fanfic. But it's not canon. Let's not confuse the newbies by suggesting it is.
I am a huge Big Brother fan, and you cannot imagine my happiness when I found this clip of one my favorite contestants (Melody) telling her friends in the house they had to watch Heated Rivalry because she's seen it four times.
Note: the guy in the black tank top and the Loon girl (Melody and Drew) were in a flirtmance all summer and now are dating post-season and this clip shows why. He knew his Heated Rivalry lore!
Drew when he left the house also liked the Yash Drew Heated Rivalry tiktok.
That's it, that's the whole post.
EDIT: found this amazing edit of Big Brother to "My Moon My Man." The similarities continue!
Season 2 is coming “sometime in April 2027.” As a chronic rereader and a pre show fan I still find it fascinating those who haven’t read the books so now that we are half a year until season two what’s everyone’s thoughts.
Share which you have read and what you would advise others to read in anticipation.
Share why you haven’t read and won’t.
Share why everyone should read, reread, and annotate every single book in its entirety so much it practically consumes your entire brain. Just me?
I want to hear everyone’s thoughts and opinions!
What’s up with the girl in red in season one, episode five? She’s in the background at the bar and again in the background at the pool. She’s in bright red in both scenes and very distinctive.
She’s clearly there deliberately — her look is the same in both scenes and she is clearly there to draw attention — so I read her as symbolic. What do y’all think she symbolizes?
Ilya’s back is to her both times — perhaps it symbolizes that the kinds of hot women who used to attract him no longer do because he has fallen in love?
I was having this discussion with my bf last night because naturally, as a girl who’s obsessed with the book/show, I’ve also subjected my bf to watching the show with me LOL as well as getting him prepped for all the season 2 scenes we’re gonna get hehe
he then asked ME what my favorite scene was, and I actually don’t think I could narrow it down to one, MAYBE a top 3. I started first by picking my favorite scenes / moments from each episode and then narrowing it down from there.
so what’s your favorite?
We have reached the end of the character quote game. Thanks everyone for playing, this was fun!
Which quote is your ultimate favorite?
such a pleasure to be with other fans and watch Rachel talk about her beloved series! 💕
I wrote a long post with a photo but I can't seem to post it. So here it is, as text. McClean's magazine is running an article called the Canadian Club in their November issue. It is the Canadian top 50 TV shows, books, albums, films of the century. The cover is awesome. I love that Shane and Ilya are kissing. There's Anna Lamb who won CSA alongside Hudson. Matt Johnson and Jay Carroll from Nirvana Band the Show the Movie, which Hudson mentioned in his TIFF interview. I can't wait to read it. I think it's going to give us plenty of CanCon to keep us going until April. You can see the post on IG mccleansmag
Konnichiwa! The TV series and translated novels have been out in Japan for a while now and from the start I’ve been curious about their reception there, given the deep roots of BL culture and Shane being half Japanese and thus giving Japanese fans an extra point of interest/identification.
Let us know what you thought! Have you started reheating? Are you going to make or look for BL manga style fan art? Arigato gozaimasu!
I love this rubber ducky bobblehead, but to be a perfect Ilya airport figurine it definitely needed headphones. So I made him a pair. My first attempt with modeling clay.
Hey team! Heated Rivalry has so many good quotes let's find the best ones by character.
Submit your favorite quote for that days character. Any of the six books or the show are acceptable, a spoiler tag has been added for this reason. Proceed to the comments at your own risk.
Characters were picked for appearing in more then one book, or one book and season 1 in attempt to give us a good mix of minor characters. Please feel free to use this space to manifest a casting announcement for Eric.
Because I am Shane Hollander in a different font, we do have some rules!
I will try to post at different times throughout the day to hopefully hit everyone's availability.
Character's are picked via name spinner, any type of quote is fine! Spoken, typed, moaned, what have you.
Maria's quote is "girl." from u/Little_Fox5844
UPDATE: it has already been claimed.
Thank you!
My friend who was coming tonight is sick and she wouldn’t be able to come.
I have an extra ticket free, first come, first serve.
It includes the copy of the book
Here are the details
7.30pm @ St Andrew’s church Vancouver
Please message me if you are able to make it
Thank you