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I donāt have a DNI but bigots are not welcome here. I will block anyone who spews bigotry and although I allow anons, that does not reserve you the right to be a dick
Will update as needed but I really just post and reblog whatever. I am a white American so I will often boost voices to ensure that I do not speak over anyone who has greater and personal understanding of issues that I have no personal experience with
we NEED the surface level performative activism of 2018-2020 back so badly im serious. you need to calm down by taylor swift. 911 lone star with main black trans and muslim and gay characters. stonewall some people are gay get over it posters everywhere. how did we get so far away from that
Remember when Lil Nas X beautifully explored his sexuality, seduced and killed the devil to the banger of all time, and instead of cheering on this openly gay and proud Black artist for his artistry and fighting back against respectability politics, suddenly said respectability politics was all the Queerest Place on the Internet cared about? Hm. Wonder what happened there.
Anyway I miss him and hope he's doing better with his mental health šš¾
Like say what you want about "bad queer representation", but this was the song that made me openly and happily accept that I was bisexual. To see him up there Black and beautiful, making music that I love, absolutely killing it? Yeah. You couldn't tell me shit. This man made me proud to be out. "This will make them think we're evil for being gay" hey newsflash dawg-
hudson williams saying shane hollander is autistic and that he based his performance on his neurodivergent dad, and connor storrie saying that shane's autistic traits are things that make him charming... oh you will both be reincarnated as a beautiful lotus flowers
the worst writing crime you can ever commit in my opinion is watering down the dirty talk because youāre self-conscious that it sounds like itās from a bad pornoā¦..i cannot stress this enoughā¦ā¦leave it alone. the moment you tell yourself he would not fucking say that youāre doomed. people will say almost anything if their dick is hard enough
ilya and shane arenāt just soulmates theyāre genuinely best friends and they will enable each other nonsense.
theyāre just two dumb best friends saying āexactlyā to each other.
ilya will come up with ādo you think a dog from china would communicate with a dog from guatemala? does animals have idioms? accents?ā and shane will reflect about it so them can debate
Happy Pride, everyone!! š³āšš³ļøāšš³ļøāš We will be celebrating
HEATED RIVALRY PRIDE WEEK
ā¤š§”š from June 21 to June 27!! ššš
All types of fanworks related to the Heated Rivalry series/Game Changers universe are welcome - gifs, graphics, photosets, art, web weaves, fic, fanvids, etc. - as long as they're made completely by you (fuck AI fuck it to death!).
Our prompts come from Gilbert Baker's original Pride flag to celebrate the breadth of the queer experience - feel free to join in for as many or as few as you want! You are encouraged to interpret these in any way you want, but there are some ideas below the cut!
Day One (June 21) - Sex
Day Two (June 22) - Life & Healing
Day Three (June 23) - Sunlight
Day Four (June 24) - Nature
Day Five (June 25) - Magic & Art
Day Six (June 26) - Serenity
Day Seven (June 27) - Spirit
While our focus is on the original rainbow flag, this is a trans-inclusive event open to creators and works of all queer orientations and identities. š³ļøāā§ļøš
Please make sure to mention Heated Rivalry Pride Week and the prompt in your post and tag with #HRPrideWeek so we can all see and share your work! Feel free to reach out with any questions, and thank you so much to @ilyasmole for designing the amazing banner! Can't wait to celebrate with you all! ā¤š§”šššš
Sex - Favorite sex scenes/moments. Headcanons / scenes we'd like to see. Explorations of sexuality / characters' relationships to sex. (This should be an easy one lol.)
Life & Healing - Hurt/comfort!! Sick fic!! What does queer life look like for our characters? What will their lives look like down the road? Where/how do they find healing, and what does that look like for them? (Also: Frankenstein AU??)
Sunlight - Explorations of light/dark, daytime/nighttime. What does the show shed light on? Where do the characters shine? Characters who embody sunlight? "Sunshine" as a pet name?
Nature - Scenes and moments in nature. Nature vs. nuture. Analysis of the presence of ice/water throughout the series? Exploration of the characters' natures.
Magic & Art - Bring on the fantasy AUs!! Moments that feel like magic. How does HR fit into the catalog of existing queer art/cinema/TV? [Character] + the art of...
Serenity - Appreciation for the quiet moments. How/where do our characters find/seek serenity? What does serenity mean to them? Firefly AU? Serenity Prayer?
Spirit - Queer joy!!! Exploring the spirit of the characters, their relationships, the show as a whole. Analysis of relationships to alcohol? Ghosts?? (Spirit Halloween AU??)
āits obvious that like ilya loves to be hated and loves being an asshole but also how much of that is a āif I give them a reason to hate me then I control it instead of them hating me for some primordial flaw in my soulā and how much of it is āi hate myself so outside hatred is validating those feelingsā and how much of it is āeveryone hates me so when they leave and Iām alone again it wonāt hurtā and how much is āi never learned how to express or receive love in a healthy manner so at least these people care enough to hate meā but also at least 25% of it is āyou want to fuck me so much it makes you look stupidā
Like metalhead Shane is exactly like canon Shane in every way except he listens to metal. I headcanon that he is very judgy of stereotypical metalheads and he's never actually gone to a show. Then Ilya takes him to a local show in Ottawa when they're married and its in this tiny bar and it's someone local but Shane just LOVES it. Its hot and sweaty and there's just a bunch of dudes, well people of all genders but you know who Shane is looking at, just slamming into each other. And holy shit Shane wants to do that, there are some big guys and they look ratty and goth and whatever but they're just fucking going all out and its so violent and fun looking that Shane can't help himself. He leaves Ilya at the bar and pushes his way through the crowd and suddenly a man is shoving Shane and Shane is shoving him back and then he's not even Shane Hollander anymore, he's just a part of the mass of bodies. Its just the most fun he's ever had outside of hockey and the bedroom.
the real reason shane doesn't want marks is because the first time he came into the metros locker room with a hickey someone started blasting "i just had sex" by lonely island and his soul left his body
what i think would be really funny is seeing jj and shane team up to overwhelm ilya's white russian tastebuds when they're eating together. "no, it's not spicy," they say, pushing their plates towards him so he can try a bite. "we promise," they say, being lying liars who lie.
Do you have an opinion on where Cliff is from? I have been entertaining the idea of pittsburgh or maybe philly, but obviously boston born and raised has a very good appeal too. He unfortunately feels like he would root for the patriots (although in a perfect world i think hes a very depressed jets fan lmao)
-@sheheatedonmyrivalry
FINALLY SOMEONE WHO SPEAKS MY LANGUAGE (FOOTBALL)
cliff is boston born and bred. whole family italian-bostonian. he got drafted by boston by sheer luck (read: bribes intimidation under the table dealings and The Mob). you will never hear an R pronounced in that house. HALLANDAH YA HAVIN A PANIC ATTACK.
HOWEVER. THEY WILL BE GODDAMNED IF THEY ROOT FOR THE PATRIOTS. they are a hockey family first a baseball family second and a football family third. hockey team is the raiders fucking DUH and what are their colors? black and yellow bitch. they have so much shit that is black and gold even if itās not branded. AND YKNOW WHICH FOOTBALL TEAM IS BLACK AND YELLOW?? THE FUCKIN STEELERS BABY. THAT BOSTON FAMILY ROOTS FOR PITTSBURGH ALLLLLL DAY LONG.
Fuck the patriots in literally every fucking universe ever. It hurt my heart to even SUGGEST that he might but i mean boston is unfortunately patriots country.
OBSESSED WITH THE STEELERS FAN OF IT ALL! As someone whose family roots heavy for the steelers (also i just recently toured the stadium SO COOL) i very very very much love this for him.
I love the hilarity of rooting for the famously most loser team for Cliff because i think he'd be very dramatic about it, plus the BUTT FUMBLE OF IT ALL I think no one would let cliff live that down.
But(t) that being said, i love the steelers for him. he looks so good in black and yellow.
So Ilya and Shane's first game against the Bears post-outing is a surprising delight. It starts with a jumbotron video of street interviews of Boston fans being like "Yeah we thought Rozy was a total fucking idiot going to Ottawa but DAMN, moving for sexiest hockey player of the year Shane Hollander makes a lot more sense" which then fades into an Ilya Rozanov tribute video interspersed with various thirst-trappy videos of Shane to the song "Where is my Husband?" by Raye.
Ilya is delighted and even does the whole hand-waving choreography for "I would like a ring, a diamond ring" part in Shane's face as he blushes. He does this with his non-dominant hand of course, because they have been holding hands the whole video. (Shane will buy Ilya 7 different high-end diamond rings on Newbury Street the next day for him to pick from. Ilya like a good Slavic trophy spouse will pick all of them.)
And at the end, at the "Grandma said it," part cameras cut to Cliff Marlow in a curly gray wig and fake glasses shouting "Your husband is coming, Roz, don't fuck it up!
grocery store outings are such a fucking Event in the Hollanoveau household. they block off an entire day for it. they go to at least three different stores, more if theres something Very Specific one of them needs/wants for a dish. sometimes they take two cars just to be sure they have enough cargo space. itās a Lot.
shane wants to get in and get out as fast as humanly possible and is (politely) running people over power walking through the aisles, cycling back to dump his stuff in the cart, and setting out into the wild again. heās incredibly particular about the fresh produce and nitpicks until he finds the Perfect Selection of fresh fruits and veggies. heās only getting stuff his mom and/or nutritionist recommends and then his ass is going back to the car to wait for them to get done. he REFUSES to ever stand in a checkout line.
ilya is a fucking meanderer. cliff never knows where the hell he is. he gets distracted in the junk food aisles and the non-food-aisles looking at as-seen-on-tv products (āMARLEY look at this is called shamwow do you think it really works im buying five of them just in caseā) and by the time he returns to the cart heās got shit from every different section lf the store in his arms. heās usually the reason they go to additional stores so he can stock up on stuff from home at the eastern european markets. cliff and shane are having to call him from the car bc he has gotten lost somewhere and theyāve been waiting for twenty minutes ready to go while his ass is trying on cheap flipflops.
cliff is in charge of the cart because heās the only one who is patient enough for it. he does the Mom Thing and goes up and down every single aisle. he has a paper list that he checks off as he goes. he always knows exactly what he wants and how much he needs. heās constantly batting ilya away when he tries to put canned pasta sauce in the cart (ābabe that is an insult to my heritage iām making it from scratch itās nonnaās recipe get that garbage out of my faceā) though without fail he will see some gimmicky limited time only shit on an endcap and he has to fucking try it so they end up with terrible spinoff flavors of oreos and sodas crammed in the back of the cabinets and the fridge bc cliff couldnāt just see them and NOT try them god what if he LIKED the watermelon oreos?? if he didnāt try them he would never know!!!!
cliff tricks shane and ilya into carrying the bulk of the shit inside once they get home by appealing to their competitive natures (ābet you canāt carry as many bags as shane can, rozyā) and it works EVERY single time.
do you think the catholic church effectively utilized wokeness by funneling money into the colonization and rape of the americas after issuing the doctrine of discovery which effectively legalized the subjugation of indigenous peoples?
