all i want is you. it’s always you

sky | screaming about heated rivalry | follows from @skystreams | not spoiler free!

[assortedpuzzlepieces]

Heated Rivalry is already a romance AND a workplace drama. Expecting it to also be a commentary on toxic sports culture is like asking Grey’s Anatomy to be a commentary on the flaws of the healthcare system in the US.

Like yeah, it can make the occasional remark, but that’s not what it’s about.

[assortedpuzzlepieces]

To be clear I’m not saying we don’t need commentary on toxic sports culture.

But I am saying that I don’t think the romance we got with Shane & Ilya could possibly exist within a book that was actually designed to be commentary about toxic sports culture, because then they would have to be subject to the realities of of that world, and that just isn’t compatible with the genre.

Could Rachel have done more to address the problems in sports? Yes.

Could she have written a realistic story that accurately reflected the environment that is the modern NHL & still given us lovable characters & a happy ending? No.

[illgiveyouallofme]

A summer barbecue at the Hollander-Rozanov cottage, where Ilya and Troy are entertaining the Pike kids in the lake. After a while, the Pikelings get cold and hungry so they come out of the water to eat some of the hot dogs Mr. “Please-Call-Me-David” Hollander grilled just for them.

Ilya and Troy stay in the water for another hour or so, still playing Mermaids like Ruby and Jade taught them.

Meanwhile, Shane and Harris sit on the porch, drinking Drover Farms Cider, and smile at each other quietly. They’re both so glad that their husbands are finding ways to reclaim their childhoods, after being taken from them too soon.

[andwhatexcellentboiledpotatoes]

Please.

[smokingrozanov]

his stupid brown nipples through his stupid transparent button up & his gigantic thighs in those stupid little shorts & the charm of his necklace resting gently between his mecha tits. I actually don’t even care btw

[hollandar]

Heated Rivalry — 1x06 ⤷ PHONE BLOWJOB

(sources below)

Faking It — #1, #2 Deadline — #3 Variety — #4, #5 Vulture — #6 The Wrap — #7 Vulture — #8

[shilyas]

He wanted to see Rozanov this weekend. He wanted to be with him, alone, behind closed doors; he was tired of lying to himself about it. HEATED RIVALRY — CH. 16

tampa!shane + his small, happy smile ✨

[bambicoded]

his suffering #hissuffering

[discooccasionally]

#mythem

[firstprinced]

#doth protest too much

[shanyushahollander]

was rereading tlg to double check my thoughts and conclusions today and wow look at what i found…….. shane’s decision to want to publicly come out. inspired by the plane crash reshaping his priorities and convincing him that the rewards of being public about his relationship are better than the temporary and conditional safety of the closet. here he is in technicolor…… making that choice…… of his own volition

[fractally]

I think I'm missing this discourse (this speaks highly of my timeline grooming) but reading these excerpts is so funny because I love how Ilya is just like. Sure babe. Ilya loves nothing more than to say "sure babe" to Shane Hollander, who has just presented him with a life plan about how they're going to live forever and be happier than any other couple alive

[russianblush]

We get together. We fuck. Is simple. #MeWhenILie

[allesfresser]

His tomato🍅

[autistic-shane-hollander]

"SHANE HATES OTHER GAY PEOPLE" actually shane co-founded and operates a mental health charity in which he intentionally invites openly LGBT players to coach a children's hockey camp something that would absolutely open him up to a lot of homophobic abuse for doing even though he himself is not out.

[rowanisawriter]

write insane shit that’s way beyond your perceived ability and skill level even if you don’t finish it even if you think it sucks

[shanebug]

i think it would be fun writing alive eccentric boymum irina who feels threatened by shane esp bc ilya kept something from her (shock!) for so many years... oooh... like she has this attitude of "i know my son sleeps around but it's because none of these women are good enough for him to commit to, i know, he tells me everything, i am always going to be the main woman in his life" and then it turns out not only has ilya been keeping this massive secret from her for years but he's suddenly VERY committed and to a man? and you know boy mums have weird ideas about gender so it really throws her off like oh my god. i didnt plan for this. i have all this internalised misogyny and now i cant direct it at my son's partner as planned.

and also she's threatened by the hollanders in general bc they are more functional than the rozanovs and she feels judged by them and worried that ilya loves them more than her... and maybe yuna and david DO judge her a bit especially before they know about her history (in this au she left grigori) and struggles but also i cant see them making that obvious

i think ilya and shane are so happy to organise a dinner where irina and the hollanders meet and it's a bit weirdly tense and ilya kinda has his eyes opened to some things about his mother that he thought were normal. and shane doesn't tell ilya this but next time he's alone with his parents he's like "okay just say it" and maybe yuna says something like "you know we love ilya but well meeting his mother well it makes some things about him make sense" and shane's like "how could you say that" but inside he's like "well they have a point" not that he'd ever admit that to anyone

also i like to imagine svetlana meeting shane and when they're alone for a minute being like "ilya is my family and i love irina but she did spend years convinced i was coming between her and her son. even when ilya and i weren't fucking. and we were 13. good luck."

i love some realistic family drama it must be said

[discooccasionally]

Heated Rivalry Miffy-verse 10/???

[c24c24]

Ilya after an Ottawa vs Boston game “Sorry boys, I can’t go out tonight. The old ball and chain wants me home.”

“…You mean Hollzy?”

“First of all, Shane would never chain me down, he picks me up he is the wind beneath my wings. He is the light of my life my moon and my stars. He doesn’t bring me down, he raises me up. Don’t you dare ever fucking suggest that again. I meant Cliff Marlow. We’re cooking him dinner.”