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Like the stuff you like and let others do the same. Big 😘 to all the wonderful dramas that make me happy. 🔞 A grown-up in real life. She/her.
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synteis.bsky.social
where's the footage with connor in this outfit!!!
December 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
her-cool-aunt.bsky.social
Personal highlights from this interview. Once again we say thank you to Mr Tierney! 🔥🔥 #HeatedRivalry
"It's this very limiting, puritanical way of looking at sex scenes of, you either pan away and 'I don't wanna watch this,” or you omit people's sex lives entirely as though that's not a part of who they are," Tierney tells Entertainment Weekly. "We were very aware we're making a horny show. Let it be horny. Enjoy! That's part of the fun of this, right? That's also part of the reaction we're seeing here, is that this show is different because of that. Sex is not supposed to be trauma here, and that was something! really wanted to avoid. I want it to be beautiful." "I wanted them to be choreographed like a dance," he explains. "What I know as an actor myself is that I don't want to improvise a sex scene. It's not fun. I don't want to do that. It's way too much freedom.... And also because the sex is so important to advancing the narrative. There are story elements. I need specific moments from the beats from them." The showrunner actively acknowledges, however, the other function sex plays on the show. Sometimes it's just hot for the sake of being hot. You don't always have to over-intellectualize it. "I want them to be gorgeous," Tierney says of Williams and Storrie when they're on camera. "I want the boys to look amazing and I want them to be hot because, what the f -- are we doing here? We're making smut. Let's go! Of course it should be hot. I think it can be all those things at once."
December 26, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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spikekat.bsky.social
oughhhhh thank u mr tierney sir, for my life ,
Screenshot from linked article. It reads: "What Tierney refers to as "the cutest thing in the world," however, is when he's watching the rushes, a.k.a. dailies, the raw, unedited footage shot from a day on set. "Listening to them check in on each other in low voices during the sex," he recalls. "Like, 'You good?' 'Do you want me to move something?' They're so aware of each other." "
December 26, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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hrnews.bsky.social
🧵 of the New York Times photos
December 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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no-detective.bsky.social
JFC PLEASE LOCK YOUR RPF AND SPREAD THE WORD, FRIENDS (reposting bonibaru's img with alt text)
screenshot of a tweet by Out Magazine with the text: "The gays are so into hockey right now! If you're a fan of Heated Rivalry, consider reading these fanfics based on real-life NHL players." tweet includes images of hockey players on ice and a headline "10 most popular AO3 fanfics about real-life hockey players"
December 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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This is the 15th year of #DuvetKnowItsChristmas, which is preposterous. Rules: if you find yourself dealing with unusual / claustrophobic / gaudy sleeping arrangements this Christmas Eve, share a picture with the world. Use the hashtag (with capitalisation) and cc me if you can be bothered.
December 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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purplechrain.bsky.social
Again, I truly *loved* this week’s episode of Heated Rivalry, but IT IS A WISH FULFILLMENT ROMANCE. The success of a gay hockey romance TV show, largely watched by people who are neither hockey players nor hockey fans, is not “proof that the world is ready and all we would do is love you”
December 19, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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josh-foreman.bsky.social
Tumblr user nocryptographer: I talked with someone who works in book publishing, and they mentioned they get a lot of AI slop these days. I asked how they know what's human-written, and they said that there's one thing that will reveal AI slop without error, and that's the author not knowing their own creation. A real author can talk about their story for hours. They love to elaborate every character, every twist, every detail. Because those existed in their head long before they ever made it to the paper. They were loved before they were written. AI slop wasn't. It was just vomited into existence. Someone who generates their story with AI will never bond with their story the way real writers do. That's why they may not know what to say when they're asked why did the character do this, or even remember the scene in the first place. It's something they read, not something they wrote. And to a writer, those are not the same. There's a unique bond between the creator and the creation. If your writing doesn't come of you, you'll always lack that. I keep hearing soon we won't be able to tell. And perhaps, in a superficial sense, that's true. But there is a difference. It's not em dashes or repeated words. It's whether the story was made by someone who loves it and cares about it. If the writer's eyes light up when asked why did the character do that? and they start their very own Ted Talk about that specific scene... then it's real.
December 3, 2025 at 5:37 AM
her-cool-aunt.bsky.social
Interesting #HeatedRivalry article. A few personal choice highlights here. 👏👏 Well said, Mr Tierney!
"Here's the thing about smut," Tierney says. "You can watch two guys have sex anywhere, anytime. I think what you're getting out of this is intimacy and horniness." Of his two stars, he says, "There would be no show without them. This chemistry, this is it. That's what we're here for. That's what the popcorn's for." "This isn't a fucking documentary," Tierney says with a laugh. "You want to watch them douche every episode? It's fucking TV. Take a breath." Plus, he notes, "The reason I wanted to make the show is because it's a love story and it ends happily. I don't want to traffic in queer trauma. I want to traffic in queer joy." This is maybe the most obvious point in the world, but like their onscreen alter egos, Storrie and Williams also share a secret: They are the only two people in the world right now who understands what the other is going through. "They're living through a thing right now that is bananas—absolutely fucking bananas—and they're handling it with grace, with humor, with generosity," Tierney says. "They adore each other, which is like, thank fucking God."
December 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Fellow #HeatedRivalry fans, you have to watch this!

youtube.com/shorts/u2_lK...
HEATED RIVALRY EPISODE 5 REACTION! #HeatedRivalry #CraveCanada @CraveCanada @hbomax #HBOMAX
YouTube video by Francis Dominic
youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:10 AM
her-cool-aunt.bsky.social
This headline made me Muttley laugh (as in Dastardly and Muttley)! I’m wheezing. 😆😆 #HeatedRivalry
theonion.com The Onion @theonion.com · 7d
Hockey Players Blast ‘Heated Rivalry’ For Unrealistic Depiction Of Anal Sex https://theonion.com/hockey-players-blast-heated-rivalry-for-unrealistic-depiction-of-anal-sex/
Hockey Players Blast ‘Heated Rivalry’ For Unrealistic Depiction Of Anal Sex
December 19, 2025 at 10:33 PM
her-cool-aunt.bsky.social
I’m cackling. Cackling. These guys. 😁😁😁 #HeatedRivalry

@atomheartmother.bsky.social @tinacmml.bsky.social @dramaletsnot.bsky.social @ciele.bsky.social
hrnews.bsky.social Heated Rivalry News @hrnews.bsky.social · 7d
Shane vs. Ilya ❌ Shane AND Ilya ✅ Watch Connor & Hudson faceoff in a debate about whose character is the better one. Stream the newest episode now!

via heatedrivalrytv on Instagram
December 19, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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jdramanews.bsky.social
The film #10Dance is available worldwide on Netflix!
December 18, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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snickettes.bsky.social
Listen. Fei Du went through a whole inexplicable name change on top of unspeakable childhood trauma and PAIN only to end up in a loving home with an adoring husband and a cat, and they FILMED THAT, besties. Prisoner of Beauty could never love you like that ♡
cdramacup.bsky.social bluesky cdrama cup @cdramacup.bsky.social · 9d
R2M2

Justice in the Dark v. The Prisoner of Beauty

Which will you choose: a BL on the DL, scifi-esque setting crime drama or political machinations with rom-com vibes and grump to simp transformation?

(vote link in post below)

#CdramaCup2025
a crop from a poster image for #cdrama 《Justice in the Dark》featuring Zhang Xincheng in drapey black, with glasses and just-short-of chin length hair, and Fu Xinbo in a black leather jacket over a crumpled blue shirt, surrounded by creepy red and white bits and pieces. a crop from a poster image for #cdrama 《Prisoner of Beauty》featuring a close up of the faces of Song Zu'er (left) and Liu Yuning, both looking calculatingly at the camera.
December 17, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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mongreldog.bsky.social
I'm reposting this not for doomerism purposes but because she talks about some ways that you can identify AI images, which people who follow me may or may not already know about
pankraru.bsky.social Pank 🦑 @pankraru.bsky.social · 11d
Hell World. Hell World. Hell World.
December 16, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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fakethedaytime.bsky.social
Maybe they will cure me.
A photo of Machida Keita and Takeuchi Ryoma promoting 10Dance. A photo of Machida Keita and Takeuchi Ryoma promoting 10Dance.
December 15, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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hrnews.bsky.social
Still not over this.

Stream #HeatedRivalry on @/CraveCanada

via heatedrivalrycrave on Instagram
December 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
her-cool-aunt.bsky.social
More #HeatedRivalry info incoming. Important Canadian culture (insider) stuff. 🧵👇
kakikaeru.bsky.social kakikaeru @kakikaeru.bsky.social · 11d
Why is this hockey show making me do a deep dive about the cultural significance of ginger ale and guest shoe etiquette Jacob take me back to when we were just two cool hipsters nodding to one another across the bar when a sick jam came on. Why am I out here explaining what kennebec potatoes are.
December 15, 2025 at 8:07 AM
her-cool-aunt.bsky.social
Calling my #HeatedRivalry fam: @atomheartmother.bsky.social, @tinacmml.bsky.social, @ciele.bsky.social and many others. Here are some lovely words about the Russian - and Russians - in the show.
ziusik.bsky.social liz @ziusik.bsky.social · 12d
anyway, to make myself stop thinking about awful things, I have written a post about the portrayal of Russians & Russia in Heated Rivalry: www.tumblr.com/ziusik/80292...
December 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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lunarriviera.info
is this anything
distracted boyfriend meme about #heatedrivalry in which the new girl is labeled "hockey yaoi," the distracted boyfriend "north americans," and the outraged former gf "actual BL that's been here the whole time"
December 13, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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halotolerant.bsky.social
Old Fashioned Cupcake (2022) 🩵🩵🩵
altidae.bsky.social Frog @altidae.bsky.social · 14d
One of my favorite tropes is an older guy being like, “I’m old, I’m past my prime, sex can’t be a priority for an old man like me, I should give up—“ and a younger man looking at him like “I want to erotically hunt that old man for sport”
December 12, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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gracehill.bsky.social
Re-upping for the evening crowd:

I’m not a professional critic, just a four-decade romance reader and fanfic dabbler. Even so, a person can only handle so many Heated Rivalry takes by people who should have known what they were looking at, but didn’t.

So, this, a basic explainer.
gracehill.bsky.social Grace Hill @gracehill.bsky.social · 16d
Buckle in, we’re doing Romance 101 - Heated Rivalry edition. This is for all the folks showing their ignorance about what Heated Rivalry is doing. Note: Very little of this is my original thoughts. These things are Known.
December 11, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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gracehill.bsky.social
16b) Yes, it’s hot, but from that single scene and the alley scene, the knowledgeable reader can infer a great deal. Ilya breaks rules, Shane follows rules. Ilya is prepared and interested in Shane’s pleasure. The fucking reinforces these dynamics; the scenes are structure for character development.
December 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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gracehill.bsky.social
16a) Repeat: the fucking is the plot. The power imbalance often means that NSM approach fucking with less expectation of pleasure—and in Heated Rivalry, we see Ilya taking care of Shane from the first meeting, when he urges Shane to drink. Shane accepts the care and Ilya is pleased.
December 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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gracehill.bsky.social
6) Heated Rivalry is not about hockey. The SETTING is hockey. Hockey is popular because it has conventionally attractive men in a stereotypically masculine sport rewarding aggression and physicality. (tnx, RN) In Heated Rivalry, this is both part of the appeal and part of the plot.
December 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM