welcome back to man in the crease

[noahreids]

Shane Hollander Appreciation Week ↳ Day 1: Favourite moment

[heatedrivalrysource]

via Heated Rivalry Wiki

🌅 The Parallels of Heated Rivalry

Heated Rivalry is such a beautiful show. And the parallels are one of my absolute favourite aspects. So here are 10 of my favourites.

And if you want to see all of these parallels side-by-side, you can head to my Heated Rivalry Wiki. There are 32 parallels in total there and I hope you like them! :)

[heymacy]

You know, I had a whole plan to ask you something. + bonus loopy!shane

[holllanov]

2008 ➺ 2017

[deedala]

ilya + advanced boyfriending

[noahreids]

Hudson Williams for Peloton | Let yourself go

[fresh-bag-of-ham]

it's the best game you can name 🍆💦👅

[sinmonger]

Heated Rivalry Week 2026 | Day 7: Free Choice | The (Good) Dads of Heated Rivalry

[randomishnickname]

One of those fandom things that I love is when there’s new characters around and, with the unwavering confidence of an old farmer appraising cattle, fanfic authors take one good look at them, tilt their imaginary hat, and go “Aye. Praise kink, that one. Mighty case of praise kink if I ever saw one.” And everyone else just “aye.”

[inimitably-ineffable]

Not to mention the plot tropes.

“I don’t think the Highschool AU is going to come in too strong this year. Fandoms a touch jaded for that. But the hurt/comfort is growin’ thick as weeds and twice as fast. It’ll be a good harvest, fer sure.”

[mx-incognito]

@cynaram

[cynaram]

“I hear over at [neighbouring fandom] they’re putting the top field into fix-it fics.”

“Yes, ‘twould be.  They had a hard season last year, a right hard season.” 

[explorerrowan]

“You think I ought to plant a little Sailor Moon Wild West AU? Don’t know if anything would come of it. Might not make it to harvest.”

“Won’t know until you plant it, will you?”

[fieldbears]

“Ah, a heritage crop.”

[captainclickycat]

The shipping forecast.

[romanticalgirl]

The Fandom Almanac

[nyansense-the-nyanbinary]

“I think I’m going to sow some rarepairs this season. Don’t know what the market for ‘em will be, but I can eat ‘em if nobody else wants to.”

[jonairadreaming]

Petition to start referring to fanworks as ‘produce’ and stop calling it ‘content’.

Produce = Fresh. Tasty. Nutritious. Contains some ppm of Love.

Content = Lifeless. Sterile. An obligation.

[abluemountainashtardis]

I don’t know enough abouts plants but something about taking a plant clipping (germation? Propagation?) and planting that like a reverse Big Bang

[mrmnn]

let’s do some weird stuff

[firstprinced]

HEATED RIVALRY WEEK 2026 | day 1: favourite episode 1.06 The Cottage

[elleelleg]

Fic Rec Friday Week 38: March 20, 2026

I'll care for you when you're sick, love you when you don't feel your best, and hold you when you're down. I'm not just here for the good times, I'm here for every time in between: Whumps and Sick Fics

Not the most happy-go-lucky theme this week, but to paraphrase a 38 year-old Noah Reid from his concert last year, we are in the "mid-to-late 30's" on these recs, so sometimes you just have to pick a theme we haven't covered yet, but there are some amazing fics that fall into these categories

Two Longer Multi-Chapter Fics

Whump

Don't Whump With My Heart by @delilah-mcmuffin

Patrick’s plans for romantic hike/picnic go terribly, terribly wrong.

Shout out to Ronnie Lee not only for her volunteer work on the Search and Rescue Squad, but also for being such a good person, even if she still struggles with having to be nice to our injured button

Sick Fic

Love in the Time of Appendicitis by @doublel27

Poor Patrick really goes through it in this one, but I know we all love Caretaker! David. I also love how we have collectively decided Marcy is probably a teacher, unless having medical knowledge could be useful, in which case she is probably a nurse

Two Short and Sweet Fics

Canon-Compliant

It's the Pits by @blueink3

David has a reaction and handles it about as well as you'd think.

My favorite part is Patrick asking David who he wants as his emergency contact

Canon-Divergent

Hurt for the Holidays by @missgeevious

David and Patrick meet by accident on Christmas Eve.

I know it's mid March and maybe I shouldn't be rec'ing Christmas fics, but it's just so cute. Plus there's still a bunch of snow at my house, so...

Happy Friday Everyone and Happy First Day of Spring to those of you not buried in snow 🌷🪻🍀⛄

Tagging our usual Friday Friends

@a-noble-dragon @carolrain @jamilas-pen @characterassassination-at-9am @mostlyinthemorning @mammameesh @stargazer56 @queenmabcreates @wearpersistencewell @trickiwooao3 @ada-renee @chelle-68 @smallumbrella369 @tyfinn @stereopticons

[missgeevious]

Thanks for the rec 💛

[noahreids]

Heated Rivalry Week 2026, Day 1: Favourite Episode ⤷ 1x06 - The Cottage

[sheisraging]

it was foretold

[solardrop]

HUDSON WILLIAMS AND AIKA FLORES FOR VANITY FAIR

[littlegirlinvisible]

# ILYA ROZANOV IS A COMEDIAN  

CONNOR STORRIE as ILYA ROZANOV HEATED RIVALRY (2025—)

[firstprinced]

"The kiss felt weird, and Shane realized it was because neither of them could stop smiling." — Heated Rivalry chapter 23