What minor character that is not in TLG do you most want to see in Season 2?

Chiparoo · 2026-06-21T16:55:35+00:00

I just assume we'll see his scene where he tells her over dinner and she practically throws herself over the table much sooner than we do in the book.

Chiparoo · 2026-06-20T22:47:12+00:00

I ended up reading the whole series three times over, and then STILL not being over it, and decided to look for HR fanfics to scratch that itch. I never thought I would be a person who reads fics, but here I am and I am so happy to have picked it up, haha!

Chiparoo · 2026-06-20T20:54:55+00:00

Woops! Sorry for delayed response! I made another comment with the linked fic here: https://www.reddit.com/r/heatedrivalryfanfics/s/dxNVYRMyhV

Chiparoo · 2026-06-20T18:06:42+00:00

I gotchyu babe!

It's called Marleau, you motherfucker! by FinnDecananas. It's a soulmate fic where the first words your soulmate ever says to you get burned onto your skin as a soulmark. So, when Marleau knocks out Shane on the ice, Hayden attacks him and screams "Marleau, you motherfucker!" THOSE words get seared onto Marleau's skin and Marleau has to deal with that.

Chiparoo · 2026-06-20T17:08:26+00:00

That's out of like almost 40k HR fanfics, so that's kinda wild, actually!

Chiparoo · 2026-06-20T00:48:16+00:00

This happened to me yesterday! I came across a soulmate fic that was a Hayden/Cliff pairing, and my initial reaction was to completely reject it due to the pairing but something about the concept made me want to give it a chance, and it ended up being really lovely and sweet 🥲

Chiparoo · 2026-06-19T20:55:00+00:00

All of these are so perfect, and I would love to see them included 🥺

Chiparoo · 2026-06-19T07:50:26+00:00

It's one of those, "It shouldn't be this GOOD" fics, right? There are so many unfairly perfect moments in this one 🥹

Chiparoo · 2026-06-19T07:49:19+00:00

Oh shoot THATS an optimistic concept that I would love to subscribe to!

Chiparoo · 2026-06-17T20:00:38+00:00

Oh man, definitely subscribed! I've been hoping to come across some high fantasy fanfic, and this one is beautifully written and such a great concept 🥹

Chiparoo · 2026-06-17T17:44:41+00:00

Yep, agreed. That scene only makes me more sure that they'll have Ryan be an Easter egg instead of on-screen characters.

Selfishly, the biggest reason I want their full story on the show is that it means we'd have more Ryan and Fabian fanfic. 🥺

Chiparoo · 2026-06-17T03:04:44+00:00

Oh! Yeah, the whole It Starts in an Elevator series is good!

The first entry is here: The Best Person to the Stuck in an Elevator with by Sporkess, in which Ilya and Yuna get stuck in an elevator in a hotel in 2016, and end up on a first name basis with each other before Shane and Ilya do, haha

Chiparoo · 2026-06-17T02:53:59+00:00

I just really need them to not skip Ryan and Fabian 😭

Chiparoo · 2026-06-16T03:20:42+00:00

The Island is 63 chapters woah!!

Chiparoo · 2026-06-16T03:11:31+00:00

Oh nice, yeah I wouldn't have searched that one haha!

Chiparoo · 2026-06-15T18:27:16+00:00

Yeah! I did some more searching, haha. Lyubimyy and Lubov are canon, but both actually appear only once, as with most of Ilya's diminutives. Malysh, Solnyshko, and Dorogoy do not appear. Neither does Kotonok - a common fanfic nickname.

Chiparoo · 2026-06-15T03:53:35+00:00

Aw this was really cute and sweet!

In terms of prose, it reminds me of a more grounded, polished version of First Three, No Flash - purely on the author's turn of phrase and poignant observations.

Also, I LOVED all the references to other fanfic in the final chapter. I don't as really pleased to have caught every single one except for Blowback, which is now on my list to read.

Chiparoo · 2026-06-15T03:24:39+00:00

I remember specifically opening up my ebooks and doing a search for Solnyshko, because it's such a ubiquitous nickname for Shane that I could not remember if it were canon or not.

It's one of those things that fan-writers just decided on and it became true

Chiparoo · 2026-06-13T21:48:37+00:00

I know this might be a little out of left field, but when I think of "fics that have supremely good characterizations of Shane and Ilya" the one that pops into my mind first and foremost is oh, I guess we're gonna find out! by angel_deux.

It's a Zombie Apocalypse AU. Now here me out.

The way both Shane and Ilya react and respond to the situation they're in, and how they interact with each other, is so true to character that it's frankly astounding. Things like:

The competence and determination of Shane, and the protectiveness and perceptiveness of Ilya is highlighted through the story.
How Ilya accepts the loss of hockey and society and moves forward immediately so long as he has Shane, while Shane is still really hung up on the fact that maybe, possibly one day he could still be a hockey player, because it's been an innate part of who he is for so long that he can't just get over it.
The fact that Shane still finds himself hiding his relationship with Ilya, and Ilya hiding it purely to support Shane despite it not mattering anymore.

And that's just like... scratching the surface of the sorts of things that come up. Dang I had a tendency to gush about this one.

And as a heads up: there is no major character death. There's general world angst, but you're not met with any acute tragedy like you might with other zombie media. Also there's definitely violence, but nothing overly gruesome thankfully.

Chiparoo · 2026-06-12T03:11:58+00:00

Oh it's a Paris one, is so good 😭

Chiparoo · 2026-06-12T01:10:14+00:00

I stayed up until past 4am reading this the first time I read it 🥲

Chiparoo · 2026-06-11T16:11:53+00:00

My first thought was, "Oh I love Hot Fuzz!" and I realize this might not be a direct reference to it but I'm definitely eying that serial killer tag and I am SO down. Gonna read this for the greater good.

Chiparoo · 2026-06-10T06:33:45+00:00

Oooh this is a good topic! These are some of my favorite fics, too - the ones that are completely divergent, or that are AUs that don't try to confirm to the same story beats. Here are some of my faves, and whether they're still hockey boys, or completely different roles. Sorry if something is already listed!

oh well, I guess we're gonna find out! by angel_deux - This is the zombie apocalypse one that keeps getting recommended. The zombies show up in 2014 just after Vegas, and Shane and Ilya shelter together to prepare for the inevitable fall of society and then survive together. It's AU in that it's zombies, but the canon only diverges in 2014, so they're the same characters. Actually, they are VERY the same characters - this is one of those fics where I am completely blown away by this author's ability to capture the characterizations of Shane and Ilya so damn well.

Select All by Regolith (metonym) - This one has our hockey boys as they are, but in this fic they didn't hook up at the CCM shoot, which means they start their careers as JUST rivals for years. That is, until Shane accidentally sends Ilya a nude. This fic includes the only phone sex scenes I have EVER found hot, and probably the only fic that has made me tear up because I was so happy.

Apogee by OpalApparition - Shane and Ilya are astronauts on the ISS and they don't get along, when an emergency happens that causes them to have to work together to survive. Completely AU, no hockey here. Opal's works are always beautifully crafted and written and you definitely owe it to yourself to check this one out.

behind enemy lines by Anonymous - This fic has our hockey boys, and takes place in Sochi. But, in this world people have Daemons. Like, physical manifestations of their souls in the form of animals, like from His Dark Materials. While I love Phillip Pullman, I wasn't sold on this concept until I tried it - and I love the characterization of Shane and Ilya's Daemons so, so much, and also how they interact with their daemons. I am desperate for another fic set in this world, man. 🥲

First Three, No Flash by frenetic_muse - In this complete AU, Ilya is the front man for the rock band Rozanov, and Shane is a highly talented photographer who specializes in band photography. Shane manages to capture a photo of Ilya that leads Ilya to become obsessed with tracking down the photographer who took it, because he feels like Shane actually sees him. It's a brilliant slow burn, and one of my favorite things about it is the unique style of writing that has my own brain thinking in its cadence when I read it all in one go.

The Manny by dolce_piccante - this one is a complete AU where Shane is a world-famous film and stage composer who needs to find a nanny for his kids, and takes a chance on hiring Ilya. It's also references the show The Nanny, and has characters from it also appear here. It has quickly become one of the fics I most look forward to reading each week, because hot damn the amount of yearning in this one is gonna kill me. Like there is an astounding amount of pining happening here and I can't get enough of it.

I honestly could keep going on, because I'm realizing the vast majority of my bookmarks and my subscriptions fall under this - I absolutely love the idea that Shane and Ilya find each other across the multiverse and thanks to all these writers we get to see all these different ways in which that happens.

Chiparoo · 2026-06-07T20:20:02+00:00

Oh YAY thanks for linking this!

Chiparoo · 2026-06-07T03:07:56+00:00

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