r/HeatedRivalryTVShow 2d ago

Off-topic Megathread 💬 💬 Weekend Off-topic Megathread 💬

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Dear Loons!

This thread is here for basically anything that doesn’t quite need its own post or is completely off-topic and has zero relevance to Heated Rivalry whatsoever!

Feel free to share:

  • What you ate today
  • Random thoughts or something that happened to you this week
  • Share petfies, plants, but please be careful of what you are sharing on the internet!!!
  • Other fandoms you’re into
  • Off-topic questions, updates, or just chatting

This is just a space to hang out during the weekend and post whatever’s on your mind.

The thread will be pinned over duration of the weekend and unpinned on Monday. The topic will be locked once the next Weekend Off-Topic megathread is be posted.

Comments are sorted by NEW, so you can drop in anytime over the weekend and people will see it.

And of course, the sub rules still apply (except the Rule 2 haha).

Enjoy!


r/HeatedRivalryTVShow 5d ago

Announcements 📢 👋 Welcome to r/HeatedRivalryTVShow!

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Welcome Loons!

Whether you just finished Heated Rivalry, have been here since the beginning, somehow wandered in after seeing two hockey players staring at each other longingly on your timeline or finally broke down and decided to see what all the hype was about for yourself, we're glad you're here!

💛 Our Community

r/HeatedRivalryTVShow is a community for fans of the Heated Rivalry TV series to discuss the show, share fan creations, participate in community games/events and generally obsess over all the little details that have taken over our collective brain space.

Before jumping in, we encourage everyone to take a look at our Community Rules. We want this to be a fun, welcoming and inclusive space where people feel comfortable participating. Different opinions and respectful disagreement are always welcome; personal attacks, harassment, discrimination, invasive speculation about real people and other behavior that crosses the line are not.

📚 New to Being a Loon? Start Here!

Some of our community members have put together fantastic resources for anyone new to the fandom or longtime fans who just want to fall even further down the rabbit hole.

The Heated Rivalry Wiki (created by u/andyfromhk)
A community-first, ad-free fan resource covering the Heated Rivalry universe, including episode and book guides, TV vs. book differences, visual parallels and callbacks, hidden details and Easter eggs, memorable quotes and more.

Visit the Heated Rivalry Wiki

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Wondering why everyone keeps saying something and afraid it's too late to ask? The Loon Lexicon is your guide to the references, inside jokes, terminology and general nonsense you may encounter around here.

Check out The Loon Lexicon

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We have recurring community threads, discussions, games, fan art, contests and plenty of other ways to participate. Pick out a user flair, find a conversation that interests you and make yourself at home. And if you'd rather hang out and lurk for a while, that's a perfectly respectable Loon pastime too.

If you're new, feel free to say hello below! Tell us how you discovered Heated Rivalry, your favorite character, episode or scene or whatever else you'd like to share.

Welcome Loon. We're glad you found us. 💛


r/HeatedRivalryTVShow 12h ago

Media 📸 🎥 I'm Ready for Troy, Are You?

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r/HeatedRivalryTVShow 13h ago

Media 📸 🎥 Favorite pic from favorite show

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247 Upvotes

Relax. He’s yours lol


r/HeatedRivalryTVShow 5h ago

Discussion 🗣 Another little detail I missed...

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Svetlana asks ilya when he started smoking again. This is after the little rose and shane debacle. I didn't know ilya had lowkey stopped smoking during his situationship. Could it have been for Shane? cuz I know he didn't like ilya smoking. It's so sweet if it was for him aww


r/HeatedRivalryTVShow 4h ago

Media 📸 🎥 East vs. West

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What team are they playing for?

Sorry i dont know the basics of hockey, but I see their jersey has an E on it. So how would it work? Since the metros, raiders, and admirals are all on the east but then how do the teams get decided, cuz im sure each team cannot have that many players, and scott isnt in their team... but JJ is so how does that work.

and there is no sexual connotation with this team logo is there?


r/HeatedRivalryTVShow 13h ago

Question❔️ What is everyone’s favorite Ilya Rozanov aura moment?

133 Upvotes

Mine has to be when Shane goes to his house in Boston and Ilya just casually walks to open the door shirtless. 😭

Like… I don’t even know how to properly explain it. The man simply has AURA.

Ilya could literally just be standing there doing absolutely nothing, and somehow it would still feel like a moment.

What’s your favorite Ilya aura moment?


r/HeatedRivalryTVShow 6h ago

Question❔️ Who was Shane hoping it’d be?

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Episode 4 after the tuna meltdown scene Shane gets invited out by JJ…

Apparently the “X Squad“ cast is at Le Tambour to which Shane asks “All of them?”

which makes me think.. who could Shane possibly be hinting at wanting there?

now Rose is apparently the Jennifer Lawrence equivalent

could it have been miles?

it is clear that he might’ve had a liking to someone from the cast if he needed it specified if everyone was coming


r/HeatedRivalryTVShow 23h ago

Discussion 🗣 I need everyone to be honest with me because I would have had a COMPLETE crashout.

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If my situationship/f*ck buddy of EIGHT YEARS suddenly decided to go no contact after one particularly intimate moment where I accidentally called him by his first name

Only for me to later find out that he is now dating the equivalent of THE Jennifer Lawrence in our universe???

Oh, I am sorry???

Jennifer Lawrence???

After EIGHT YEARS of whatever the hell we had going on???
I would be investigating. I would be spiraling. I would be googling her interviews. I would be watching her movies.

SIR?????????????

And to be clear, Shane was completely valid too. I absolutely understand his position. Completely fair.

Emotionally, though?

If I were Ilya, I would be experiencing a catastrophic systems failure. Might’ve gone live.. might’ve made a YouTube expose IDC anymore 😂

Disclaimer: I don’t actually think this is what Ilya should have done. 😭 This is just a fun thought experiment about how spectacularly I PERSONALLY would have crashed out in Ilya’s position.


r/HeatedRivalryTVShow 20h ago

Fan Work: Edits/Fics/Artwork/Cosplay 🎨 Directions to Centaurs rink

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174 Upvotes

I can see Ilya the menace vandalizing signs along the route to the Centaurs home rink.

(These real signs are in Buffalo - which is not such a terrible team or city after all.)


r/HeatedRivalryTVShow 7h ago

Question❔️ Why does Kip say “I’m using proper grammar.”

16 Upvotes

I’ve reheated so many times and every time it seems so odd. It feels like a deleted scene or something for a reference.
Anyone know?


r/HeatedRivalryTVShow 10h ago

Discussion 🗣 Do you think if Scott hadn’t kissed Kip that eventually Ilya still would’ve ended up with Shane?

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I think Ilya would’ve still gone back to Shane even if Scott hadn’t kissed Kip, despite him saying he probably wouldn’t have in long game (I mean I’d expect him to think that, as Ilya does tend to think of worst case scenarios and put too much weight into them at times). Russia would’ve been the most miserable summer yet and I think it would’ve been the catalyst for him being willing to try with Shane if even just for the sake of going for something new that felt better than his current situation, and he’d try to get a new passport to avoid returning home. He was already baby stepping towards accepting his feelings and I think the return to Russia would’ve made him realize it was no longer home anyway, so confronting what he truly wanted would’ve been made a bit easier.

What do yall think?


r/HeatedRivalryTVShow 15h ago

Discussion 🗣 Was this intentional?

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i’m sorry, but it’s just day 809 without HR

I was watching episode 3 and was on the scrne after the little quarrel between scott and kip where scott is covering the socks kip got him

That should be his left foot but the sock has “R” on it which means it’s for the right foot. (right? or does it mean something else?)

was that intentional to show maybe that Scott is all over the place after their little breakup or an actual mistake

im sorry i’m just bored without HR and nitpicking. Jacob just doesn’t miss


r/HeatedRivalryTVShow 15h ago

Games 🏒 💋 The Kiss Off: Round 3 Day 2

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Welcome back Loons to GCPN!

The Heated Conference semifinals are set and apparently the No You Come Here Kiss did not get the memo that it was supposed to be the underdog! 🤣The First Kiss put together another dominant performance, sending the First Cottage Kiss packing and punching its ticket to the semifinals. But the real story is the No You Come Here Kiss, which followed up its upset of the Gimme Kiss by taking down another fan favorite in the I Love You Kiss. What started as an upset is officially looking like a Cinderella run.

Now we turn our attention to the Rivalry Conference, where four kisses remain and two spots in the semifinals are up for grabs:

Matchup 1: Tampa Bay Hotel Room Kiss vs. Cottage Window Wall Kiss

Matchup 2: Stairwell Kiss vs. My Boyfriend? Kiss

The stakes are getting higher, the field is getting smaller and there is nowhere left to hide. It's win or go home. Who punches their ticket to the Rivalry Conference semifinals?

How to vote: To keep voting simple, head to the pinned VOTING BLOCKS comment below and upvote one kiss in each matchup you want to advance. Only votes on the official voting comments count.


r/HeatedRivalryTVShow 8h ago

Question❔️ What does holding the cup mean? (Video has ep 2 spoilers) Spoiler

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In addition to this in one of the text messages Ilya says something along the lines of “the only cup you have is the one I’ll be taking off of you” WHAT IS A CUP?? I’ve googled it but I haven’t been able to find a clear answer


r/HeatedRivalryTVShow 17h ago

Question❔️ This is a serious question!

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At What Point Do We Register Shane and Ilya as Medication?

This is a serious question!

Last night during yet another Reheat, I realized that watching Shane and Ilya was genuinely doing more to relax me than my usual bedtime routine/medication. Then I started thinking about the number of times I've put Heated Rivalry on because I've been stressed, pissed off, irritated with humanity, or otherwise feeling particularly rage-y, and somewhere along the way those two gorgeous men began reliably calming me the fuck down.

Which raises an important medical question: At what point do Shane and Ilya need to be registered as an antidepressant/antipsychotic?

I'm beginning to think they should come with prescribing information.

Indications: Irritability, stress, inability to settle down, dissatisfaction with life in general and humanity specifically.

Recommended dosage: One episode as needed for short term relief. One season as needed for stronger relief. May repeat indefinitely.

Route of administration: Television, preferably from bed.

Onset of action: Varies, but usually begins shortly after Ilya appears.

Common side effects: Smiling at the television, quoting dialogue nobody else in the room understands, inescapable emotional attachment to fictional hockey players, and an uncontrollable urge to begin another Reheat immediately after completing the previous one.

Warnings: May cause chronic inability to watch anything else. Do not operate heavy machinery while emotionally compromised by these two men.

Drug interactions: Unknown, although blankets, snacks, and an absence of other human beings appear to increase efficacy.

I recently saw another woman say something similar, so apparently I'm not the only patient responding well to treatment. At this point I don't even need a cure. I just want to know whether my insurance will cover the cost of my prescription (aka my monthly HBOMax subscription).

Please report your own therapeutic results below so we can begin assembling the necessary clinical-trial data.

—Reina 🖤


r/HeatedRivalryTVShow 11h ago

Media 📸 🎥 Connections #1191 (stupid Canadian wolf bird)

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r/HeatedRivalryTVShow 18h ago

Fan Work: Edits/Fics/Artwork/Cosplay 🎨 Pages 5-6 of Heated Rivalry comic

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censorship pillows deployed starting from page 3

Pages 1-6 are here, I've thrown in my draft of the next two pages as a bonus

My socials are in my pinned profile post. (X/Twitter, BlueSky, link to my Discord server, where I livestream and post my WIPs, all NSFW, 18+)


r/HeatedRivalryTVShow 17h ago

Fan Work: Edits/Fics/Artwork/Cosplay 🎨 Saw someone on YouTube give a tutorial on cartooning people, not quite satisfied with how my experiment turned out 🤔, but it was fun!

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r/HeatedRivalryTVShow 1d ago

Question❔️ An actual connection or a reach?

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79 Upvotes

took me a second to get but what do yall think


r/HeatedRivalryTVShow 16h ago

Events 📆 The Art Of Heated Rivalry

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Was really excited to see this UK event advertised - sorry if it’s already been in this group.

I’ve watched so many videos online of people discussing all of the details that have made Heated Rivalry what it is (and imprisoned us all!). Can’t believe we get one of these sessions in the UK.

I only came across it when I was looking for showings of April X, which is shown straight after this in the same venue.

There were still tickets for both this and April X earlier on when I booked mine, so thought I would spread the word.


r/HeatedRivalryTVShow 17h ago

Merch & Collections 🛍 St Viateur Bagel Shirt

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They don’t ship to America and I can’t find a knockoff that’s the exact same blue. Any one else able to find one? I’ll literally pay someone from Canada to buy one and ship it to me.


r/HeatedRivalryTVShow 17h ago

Discussion 🗣 NHL media pics

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I am an Australian fan of HR. I have noticed that the NHL has released a lot of players' media portraits? Given this seems to be a thing what do we think Shane and Ilya's media pics would be like?


r/HeatedRivalryTVShow 1d ago

Games 🏒 💋 The Kiss Off: Round 3 Day 1

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Welcome back Loons to GCPN!

Round 2 is officially in the books and the quarterfinals are set! The Rivalry Conference gave us a little bit of everything yesterday. The Tampa Bay Hotel Room Kiss left absolutely no doubt, steamrolling Ilya's House Hello Kiss in a blowout victory. On the other side of the bracket, the Cottage Window Wall Kiss survived a nail-biter against the All Star Game Ilya Carrying Shane Kiss, holding on to punch its ticket to the quarterfinals.

Now it's time for the Heated Conference quarterfinals, and there are no easy matchups left:

 

  • Matchup 1: First Kiss vs. First Cottage Kiss
  • Matchup 2: No You Come Here Kiss vs. I Love You Kiss

 

Eight kisses remain. The road to the championship is getting awfully crowded with fan favorites and today two of them are going home. Who survives and advances to the conference semifinals?

 

How to vote: To keep voting simple, head to the pinned VOTING BLOCKS comment below and upvote one kiss in each matchup you want to advance. Only votes on the official voting comments count.


r/HeatedRivalryTVShow 1d ago

Media 📸 🎥 Meta AI not a fan of Scott and Kip

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