sonya

she/they | 18+ | lesbian

[confettitude]

one more thing about heated rivalry that gets me everytime: the complete lack of shame when it comes to desires and sex in terms of degradation. Shane is pretty submissive, which in our society is often unfortunately equated with degradation or emasculation. However, there never is the feeling of him being less manly or less in charge of what is happening. He just enthusiatically enjoys his sexuality in that way, never questions it or feels the need to change it in order to exercise some perceived need to gain power. It's so refreshing to watch him being so unapologetic about his desires and never having to explain himself or being mocked.

[heatedrivalrysource]

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[auteurdefeu]

If ‘reheating’ is rewatching Heated Rivalry then is ‘preheating’ that phase where you see everyone talking about it online, the fanart, the hype, all the jokes about it being the ‘gay porn hockey show’, basically the entire time between the first time you ask yourself what the fuck is this and finally giving into the curiosity of watching the show?

[auteurdefeu]

If ‘reheating’ is rewatching Heated Rivalry then is ‘preheating’ that phase where you see everyone talking about it online, the fanart, the hype, all the jokes about it being the ‘gay porn hockey show’, basically the entire time between the first time you ask yourself what the fuck is this and finally giving into the curiosity of watching the show?

[hudconpilled]

again, I’m asking: how are we meant to be normal about this

[gingeralencola]

don't cha?

gingeraledits on tiktok [x]

[hollanovices]

thinking about how shane and ilya's expressions of queerness are so different and how it doesn't relate to their preferred positions during sex at all, because it's so refreshing to see.

shane is a bottom through and through, but unlike in many other queer media, he isn't effeminate or delicate. he's masculine and brash and jocky, he works his grill and sets up fires and wears fucking.. khaki pants or whatever. he's just a guy. a guy that prefers to be fucked.

ilya likes topping (although he would be down for whatever as long as it makes shane happy) but he isn't some burly, macho "i will dominate you" dude like tops are shown. he wears his cunty little jean paul gaultier tiger print and slutty tank tops, and he's sassy and has a gay accent in russian and makes these flamboyant hand gestures. they don't take away from his masculinity, but the important thing is that ilya doesn't have to be gruff and manly and stoic.

and it makes me so happy to see that the weird gender role adjacent stereotypes about topping and bottoming arent placed on them.

[youlookpretty1221]

the best shane edit i’ve seen yet

[crossnecklace]

ilya is shane’s baby and shane is ilya’s baby and they are both baby. see arguments below

shane carries all the bags and kills all the bugs and makes sure ilya takes his medication, he keeps a detailed google calendar and patiently reminds ilya of upcoming events even though he’s already told him 5 times, and he always wordlessly hands over his jacket even though ilya refused to bring one and is now bitching about being cold

ilya keeps a mental record of shane’s current hyperfixation foods and makes sure to get some every time he goes to the store, he showers him in gifts shane doesn’t want or need but always ends up loving anyway, he eats whatever food shane leaves on his plate so he doesn’t feel bad for throwing it out and he scruffs him like a kitten whenever he’s acting up <3

[ilyapasta]

Shane's got the tickets and the passports and the neck pillows in the full dad outfit at the airport when they go on vacation

Ilya tucks Shane's glass in his pocket when he finds them around the house in weird places so that he can produce them when Shane unavoidably says "where's my glasses"

Shane speaks in (questionable) Russian when he's feeling lovey-dovey, because it makes them both melt

Ilya calls Shane's parents without prompting, just to chat (something I think Shane would be charmed by)

[heated-rivalry-two-souls]

Source uhbucky on instagram

S&M

[notnowricky]

The kisses in Heated Rivalry are so good because they’re not clinically executed—there’s noses smooshing together and Ilya and Shane occasionally being slightly out of sync and that’s what makes them feel so real. Very un-hollywood.

[shanecelle]

I think we should be living with a little more fear in our hearts of what Hudson Williams is going to do to Shane next season. In a matter of months that man is going to put his entire pussy into that role, on-camera whining, drooling, begging and crying for it as if it’s some sort of selfcest humiliation ritual. And one day, we will all get to sit down and watch that on our tv screens, and millions of people will have watched him become incoherent or straight up non-verbal over how desperate and pathetic he is to be dominated and fucked hard. We should be afraid!

[anastasia-blf]

The drawing process ❤️‍🔥 Hudson Williams

⏱️: 13,5 hours ✍🏼

[brownbitchshit]

I Hope they both continue this route of posting less of each other. Less for public consumption.

I know they’re just friends, even though I get a little delusional about them sometimes.

Fans expect too much from them, and if they feed them with content they become even more parasocial. It’s nice to make the fans feel like they are appreciated etc. but boundaries are also good.

The less they do, the less is expected of them. They can remain genuine to each other and not constantly feeding into the need to show that they are still friend.

it’s like the fans want a day in life content from actors, one off my fave haven’t done a move/ tv in ages….like these two are pretty active. Enjoy it.

I want them completely offline until they film s2. Even when they film s2 I want them to post nothing. After s2 is done I want them to maybe post some dump from s2. They need to starve these vicious hungry fans until they move on to the next thing to be obsessed with.

Tbh they make me delulu too and I am very much happy to indulge in it. Having said that I acknowledge and recognize my delusions and it doesn't affect my grasp on reality which is not the case for most of the people of this fandom. So Hudson and Connor should stay offline and provide content only for promos. I am happy to see whatever real life glimpses I can see. I'd rather have them be happy and friends IRL then needing to see every aspect of their lives/friendship.

[lula2481]

i’m completely fine…

[sosaneitsinsane]

fall in love again and again...

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[the-ladyrae]

That was delicious. I genuinely don't think I've seen anyone line up those scene parallels so well before. This was a perfect snapshot of every branch, rock, and mattress they hit on their way down

[creamsiclemelt]

i must once again reiterate that shane and ilya are constantly in competition for best player in the world. neither shane nor ilya are the indisputed best player in the world. the point is that both of them are very good and neck in neck. the point is that they push each other.

the entire p o i n t is that they are the only ones who can truly challenge one another