hyperverbal

i'd rather have broken bones than feel myself turn to stone

[thelibrarybat]

[freezeframe]

You may be wondering how I got into this situation. That's good. Keep wondering. If you pay close attention to the rest of this movie and employ your critical thinking skills, you may find that the answer unfolds as it goes along. Sometimes it's good not to know yet, and to wonder. Sometimes that's the entire point.

[unfreezeframe]

[scacao-blog]

Sorry but this is all I could think of lmao

[allesfresser]

Ilya Rozanov, still on the ice, looking very concerned—

[scacao-blog]

First of all fuck you this is amazing

Second of all rb for metric alone what a banger of all time

[bloominflowers]

those funny erling haaland memes but with ilya rozanov because this type of humor is very ilya coded to me

[scacao-blog]

I’m dying I’m already bizarrely obsessed with Haaland and this is too good

[russianblush]

the Drama™

[hilarynights]

Ready, Steady, Go! // Hollanov

[crokitheloki]

everyone say thank you ao3 volunteers you're the best ao3 volunteers ily ao3 volunteers

[raisedbylibrarians]

[ruinedchildhood]

[phantomrose17]

[silly-jellyghoty]

[lenacraft]

March

[abstractandedgyname]

[pearlsasinger-deactivated202602]

his dark materials will literally always work bc every small child wants an animal companion that loves you most and goes on adventures with you and every adult wants an animal companion that can shoulder some of life’s immense psychologically damage for you. and you can pet it

[madmonksandmaenads]

And to tear down the feeble corpse of God! Every kid and adult wants that also!

[atticescapee-abandoned]

[s--strawberry]

love that ilya is actually kinda confused when he meets shane for the first time but then as soon as shane goes for the SECOND handshake in a 2 minutes interaction his whole body language changes and hes like oh. OH hes flirting with me,, and he was !! ! (sighs) shane hollander youre so cute and lovable. ilya didnt stand a chance

[s--strawberry]

first handshake

second handshake

like,,,,,, come one ! !!

thats shane going for the first one

heres the second one

i cant believe i said 2 minutes on my og post thinking i was exaggerating how short the interaction was just for it to actually be less ! !! !!! (46 seconds between handshakes, shane hollander youre a slut)

sighs

[iruutciv]

Hi I've been raised from the dead by a new ice gay show how is everyone else doing

[istoppedsleeping]

being in the heated rivalry fandom rn is like witnessing the olympics of gay fan fiction. authors who have been training for years in their respective fandoms all coming together to contribute some of the best work i’ve ever seen to this beautiful show. what a joy, what a privilege

[deanmoth]

You’re good here, ok?

[thisfeebleheart]

He’d left Russia, he was uneasy in America, and he’d spent his entire adult life drifting between continents and between lovers. But now he had been reeled in by this annoying Canadian, and all that he knew was that he wanted to stay. He wanted to anchor himself to Shane and just...stay.

[sloanegabe]

SHANE & ILYA + parallels

[whereintheworldiskamalakhan]

I appreciate heated rivalry’s complete transformation of the entire notion of a “fade to black”

Fade to black to skip over the explicit sex?

NO!

Fade to black to MORE explicit sex! Fade to black to skip literally everything BUT the explicit sex!

Redefine entire television techniques in your hockey porn show!

[hallowsgumor]

honestly top 3 thing I love about this show

[thatonekimgirl]

Shane and Ilya slowly inching closer and closer throughout S1. (insp)

[hallowsgumor]

Ahhhhhhhh

[heymacy]

HEATED RIVALRY SEASON ONE + hall of fame text posts