Imagination is what keeps us young...

Emily. 27. USA. East coast. I post want I feel

[gayeddies]

Is OK? Hmm?

[shaneswetbrowneyes]

i actually think that what's being missed in the 'why does everyone love heated rivalry' conversation is just that it's good

it's well made, well shot, well directed, the music is interesting, the costumes are both thoughtful and subtly period accurate, the sex scenes are intentional and, again, accurate to what hooking up when you're like 18 actually feels like...the actors are of course attractive but they look like real people. the characters are varied and well fleshed out, the acting is really, really strong

so many shows and films shoot and then slot in whatever music kind of fits or could be licenced in the budget after time, but you can tell that the scenes in hr were shot with that specific music in mind. and the same intentional approach runs through the whole thing

it feels...so nice to watch a show that cares about itself

[raincitygirl76]

Nobody knew in advance that this show would become a massive international phenomenon. It was a mid-budget Canadian show (which means low budget by US standards) adapted from a Harlequin romance novel. The deal with HBO for US distribution rights was only signed a few weeks before it began to air.

But everybody involved treated it as if it was serious art anyway. Not just some little Canadian streaming show that might well disappear after airing. Based on a book from a genre that is usually ridiculed by people who consider themselves serious film people. The cast, the crew, the writer/director, the music supervisor, everybody. They all did their best work for love of the game.

[russianblush]

#the way they're both ready to devour each other

[mutinsfromthemoon]

they’re doing one of those fun videos interviews with the communications intern. the guys walking through the tunnel before hitting the ice and drawing question from a cup the intern is holding. shane picks one and reads it out loud “if you could spend a day with anyone in the world, who would it be?” and he doesn’t even hesitate “i already do that” and the intern is like “wait what do you mean?” and shane gestures vaguely in ilya’s direction and ilya that was right behind him with troy and others centaurs, just open the biggest grin on his face and all the guys start groaning and booing cus they’re disgustingly in love and can never be normal about each other

[dailyilyarozanov]

[ravenclairee]

HUDSON WILLIAMS and CONNOR STORRIE Behind The Scenes of Heated Rivalry Season 1

[yadathings]

[russianblush]

#where's his hudson he can't see without his hudson

[shanehollanderilyarozanov]

HEATED RIVALRY 1.01 / 1.02 / 1.04 / 1.05

[actuallysara]

bradprobodyguard: @/hudsonwilliamsofficial Thank you for your trust and for welcoming me to your team.

[believeripley13]

I love the opening of Heated Rivalry so much because it sets up the show and Shane and Ilya's dynamic so perfectly. From "not the most sociable" Shane Hollander actively going out of his way to interact (because he's already fascinated by him) to "not liked outside of his own locker room" Ilya Rozanov being a bit of a cocky shit (which we pretty quickly realise is a front) to the instant spark of attraction.

Look at this man experiencing freckles and awkward Canadian politeness and developing a fat crush.

My favourite part however is as Shane is leaving clearly uncomfortable with how their conversation went (he does a head tilt like "well, that went horribly")

Ilya notices and that's when he chirps, immediately making Shane more comfortable as he chirps back. And thus, their lovingly teasing, when they say "asshole" and "boring" they really mean "I love you" dynamic is born.

Also, yes, Ilya's lighter doesn't spark until Shane appears which is just an additional beautiful touch.

[laurens-german]

“What’s wrong, Graham? I thought you said we needed practice.”

OFF CAMPUS 01.02 'The Practice'

[outtagum]

OFF CAMPUS 1.02 "The Practice" 1.04 "The Breakup"

[bambicoded]

shane would "he asked for no pickles. ☝️" and ilya would love it. not because he can't stand up for himself or any of that (he most certainly can; hes the worlds most brash and obnoxiously confident man <3) but because no one's ever stood up for him before. obvi its small scale and over a mistake, but ilya eats it up every time. and shane loves it bc he loves to take care of his baby even if they both know ilya is more than capable of doing this himself

[hollanovbiter]

pov shane and ilya decide to be boyfriends at the cottage, but then shane is such a bad texter and caller afterwards that ilya thinks he changed his mind. because ilya is texting asking how his day went <3 and shane’s just like fine. had practice.

ilya is calling him just to hear his voice and shane is like ??? why are you calling me?? is everything okay? are you sad about your brother again?

ilya is sending nudes and shane is immediately deleting them and not acknowledging them because he’s scared of his phone getting hacked

finally when ilya comes to visit for the first time he’s like my shane ?? do you want to break up? and shane’s like no!!! never!!! tears are in his eyes. ‘why would i want to break up?!!!’ and ilya’s like well you never return my bids for attention….

shane feels awful and starts to learn the social norms around Boyfriending <3

[snowsmoked]

You cannot convince me that Shane doesn’t get private sports massages at his house. I’d imagine Ilya might do them occasionally with the team massage therapist in the Bears recovery room, but Shane has them regularly and refuses to have them done in public.

Mostly because he’s loud. If you’ve ever heard athletes get these massages, they hurt/feel amazing and it is common for athletes to moan/groan/gasp loudly throughout.

So when they’re living together, Ilya is white-nuckled in the kitchen gripping the counters as his husband is laying on his massage table sounding like he’s getting fucked six ways to Sunday.

He can’t even watch because Amanda is there and Ilya doesn’t want to make her uncomfortable.

He finally caves and heads to the shower when Shane gasps out, “yeah, right there, fuck.”

He can’t prove it, but he’s pretty sure Shane used to get these massages in the home gym instead of dragging the massage table into the living room. And people said Ilya was a menace.

[handsywoman]