I finished The Long Game last week and I have thoughts about what I hope season 2 of Heated Rivalry changes/adds when it adapts the book. The changes the show made when adapting season 1 were SO GOOD, so I have high hopes, but here are my 5 suggestions:

Imagine Shane kept the suit on when Ilya came to hook up with him the first time. Like damn, Ilya would have both fallen in love with Shane immediately and roasted the shit out of him. But I think ilya would have enjoyed taking the suit off most of all #hollanov

That’s that good good

Ugh I downloaded so many fics to my kindle so I could read at work today while ao3 is down because I’m scheduled open to close and I LEFT MY KINDLE AT HOME

jack asked if i would sketch up a poster to tell people in nearby neighborhoods about the partnership between flock and ring, and this is what i came up with. it can be printed on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper.

The only problem with reading ilya pov hollanov fanfic is that my brain tries to read all the narration in his accent and it goes off the rails tonally so fast bc im terrible at accents lol

Okay well that was exactly what it said on the tin, I cried for two hours, it was well written. Luckily my meds are dialed in rn and I have multiple fun crack texting fics lined up for aftercare lol

Okay, which hollanov fic is the dreaded ominous ilya dies in a plane crash fic? I’ve seen people talking about it and how sad it is and I’m ready to cry now I thought it’d be easy to tell which one it was based on tags but alas there are several pls hook a mentally ill homie up

Popped on social media for a quick sec to watch heated rivalry edits and immediately regretted it, god discourse is so infuriating and people can be so thoughtless and rude, and I let it bother me way too much. Getting off tiktok and ig has truly been the best thing for me

Every time. With glee.

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Someone come save Shane from the mortifying ordeal of being known #hollanov

I’m suffering from a severe case of gender aggression, which is like if gender envy and cute aggression had a baby and now I have to raise it (this is a post about Hudson Williams)

My bestie sent me this first thing this morning, like bro I just woke up 😭 #hollanov

every time that I get a notif that one of my favorite steddie authors has posted a hollanov fic I get soooo excited like yes my two favorite things combined!!

In case you were wondering where I’ve been the last week, I live here now

Fanfic is aftercare 🥰

I think it’s hilarious that straight people look at hollanov and are like you don’t need to be doing all of that, no one cares, no one is looking at you, chill out. and gay people are watching like holy shit you are going to get caught, you are not subtle

Can’t stop thinking about how Shane would react if Ilya was the one who got knocked out on the ice, like yeah they are both masters at repression but Ilya is built different in that department, he is Repressed™️ and even he showed actual concern. Shane would definitely show more, but how much more?

I can’t believe I’m just now noticing that he’s pinching his nipples in the second video

Another #hollanov painting, their first meeting <3 #art #heavypaint #heatedrivalry #shanehollander #ilyarosanov

Happy new year and happy new Steve outfits

same time next year?

I passed TWO possums on the way home today, what the hell is the universe trying to tell me?

It’s not always easy, but still 11/10 can recommend.

This entire fandom be like

The Bridge #strangerthings

I finished heated rivalry. The brain worms are back in a huge way guys. New blorbos!

in better news I’m finally watching heated rivalry and Shane’s freckles are so diabolical I CANNOT, also ilya’s ass is fucking insane, and I suddenly want to go to the gym again lol

#st5spoilers Okay I’m back thinking about this. I think the problem is that robin’s coming out scene was genuinely so good and we let these two straight men think they knew how to write queer stories carte blanche. But robin’s scene worked because Steve’s acceptance of her was EARNED. +

Shock Jock.

#st5spoilers The real problem this season is that the writers think their audience is stupid or something. It’s like they assume the viewer is on their phone scrolling instagram at the same time so they keep recapping everything

#st5spoilers okay will’s coming out speech was good and Noah actually performed it well, but I so truly cannot with him sitting everyone down and doing like an nba press conference to come out, I get it but wow

#st5spoilers I can’t believe whoever it was who had the wormhole theory a week or so ago was spot on, I for sure thought it was too complicated to be canon

#St5spoilers can’t believe they made monster cock Steve Harrington canon

happy stranger things eve! (again) oh and happy christmas eve too I guess

I was gonna rewatch vol one ahead of the vol two drop but alas I really didn’t have the attention span for it. Maybe when everything is out I’ll do a full rewatch I really just wish they did weekly release, I feel like it’s been so long I forgot all the details and I’m not hyped about it anymore

I know most people who did musical theatre are like, theatre kids for life! but I look back on my four years of theatre in high school like a stint I did in prison

LEATHER PANTS I am so normal about leather pants

big day for all the hair dresser Steve truthers out there

love your work (being gay)

Also also why is the upside down so creamy

Also, is this a reference to A Wrinkle In Time? I haven’t read the book… has somebody on here read the book?

It’s givinggg… kas eddie’s lair lol

So what does Steve’s hat say? Wrong answers only

Oh he’s putting that war zone jacket to good use I see

he’s so boy here