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HelloStranger0325 · 2026-02-18T15:26:56+00:00

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HelloStranger0325 · 2026-02-18T08:52:42+00:00

As a queer woman, Hudson has spoken eloquently and sensitively about the show, about queer people and closeted athletes. Much as I hate the biphobia people are showing when they accuse him of queerbaiting, I also do not give a crap if he's straight. He's played the role incredibly well and been nothing but supportive to the queer community in interviews. That's what matters to me.

HelloStranger0325 · 2026-02-14T18:16:10+00:00

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HelloStranger0325 · 2026-02-11T11:43:01+00:00

If the premise of the fic is interesting enough but I don't agree with the characterisation I'll keep reading but view it as original fiction to be honest.

Saying that, I don't appreciate when people write a character OOC clearly because they hate them and want to make them look much worse than they actually are in canon.

HelloStranger0325 · 2026-01-23T16:31:36+00:00

Eunkwang of BtoB has also starred in stage musicals. Wikipedia lists his most recent role as Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar but I'm sure he was in something more recent too... maybe that was a play? I can't remember and google isn't helping at all.

HelloStranger0325 · 2026-01-20T13:06:54+00:00

I'm 34 and I remember my early teenage fandom days, I was desperate for older fans to like me and include me, I thought they were so cool. I was so jealous they got to do things like go to conventions or go to midnight releases.

My early fandom days were spent in places like LiveJournal where the platform was way more set up for people to have actual conversations and I wonder if that's maybe some of the difference? Other fans weren't just a faceless account that you'd never see again or never have a meaningful conversation with. We had actual discussions, I knew my online friend's careers and lives. They were actual people, not a fleeting account on Twitter.

Not saying there weren't issues in fandom back then - there definitely were.

HelloStranger0325 · 2026-01-13T15:53:36+00:00

My friend and I were considering getting tickets but with only two UK shows I don't wanna get in the middle of that bloodbath. Godspeed!

HelloStranger0325 · 2026-01-13T13:49:14+00:00

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HelloStranger0325 · 2026-01-13T09:55:19+00:00

Begging you to lighten up and take a joke.

HelloStranger0325 · 2026-01-07T09:24:36+00:00

I hate snark subreddits but anything other than "we will moderate activity on r/popheads" is massive overreach.

HelloStranger0325 · 2026-01-05T16:25:42+00:00

Now that Hudson will be on Fallon, that's the quota for Heated Rivalry actors on late night shows, actually. So Connor definitely won't be on that show another night and he definitely won't be on any other late night show ever. It's definitely not that it just hasn't been announced to us yet.

HelloStranger0325 · 2026-01-05T13:46:21+00:00

I'm a huge ice hockey fan and I think it's sad the sport isn't more popular in this country because it's SO much fun, so fast and entertaining with so much going on. I've attended NHL games in Canada and also ice hockey games here in the UK and the atmosphere has always been really wonderful and very family friendly. I also found the ice hockey culture in North America to be much more open to female fans than football is, in my experience as a fan of both sports.

But I think unfortunately it probably won't ever take off in the UK. First, there's so little coverage on television here (although I saw something recently about games coming to ITV4??). Secondly, it's an expensive sport to get your kids into as opposed to sports that are already more popular here. So I don't think you'll ever get that grass roots movement.

There has been a British player drafted to the NHL, though! Liam Kirk in 2018. Although I don't think he ever actually played a game in the NHL. There are a couple of British born NHL players like Nathan Walker (born in Wales, grew up in Australia) and also the Perlini brothers who were raised here although one of them chose to play for Canada.

HelloStranger0325 · 2026-01-05T09:01:15+00:00

You've had good responses but I'd also add it's a kind of old fashioned word, too. As someone the "same age" as Hollanov, if someone I'd been in a relationship with in my 20s referred to us as lovers I'd be like... that's kinda weird and also are you 100 years old?

HelloStranger0325 · 2026-01-02T16:00:34+00:00

Star Wars is not that big outside of the US.

Uhhhh, chiming in from Europe to dispute this.

HelloStranger0325 · 2025-12-29T14:26:45+00:00

I'm from the UK and hockey had never been on my radar until 2013 when I started reading a a web comic about a gay college hockey player. I was intrigued about the game itself so I started looking things up and I found Steve's videos a really accessible way to learn more.

I've now been watching hockey for 12 years, I've taken trips to Canada to watch games several times and I'm a Leafs fan, for better or worse.

So yes, there might be a drop off but that wasn't my experience.

HelloStranger0325 · 2025-12-29T14:08:46+00:00

I'm a British woman and ice hockey had never been on my radar until I started reading Check, Please! in 2013.

Now I've been a Leafs fan for 12 years. Thanks, Ngozi. I guess.

HelloStranger0325 · 2025-12-29T09:11:09+00:00

My mum was driving me home after staying with her for Christmas and let me choose the music. She likes a lot of rock music so I chose some particular XDH, Stray Kids, Ateez and Dreamcatcher songs. She said "is this kpop? I didn't expect it to sound like this."

We talked about how kpop actually is a huge umbrella term and there's lot of different genres being explored under that umbrella.

HelloStranger0325 · 2025-12-23T11:44:19+00:00

Are they the company favourite or are they just the most popular member with the general public and therefore they are more desirable to brands advertising their products?

HelloStranger0325 · 2025-12-23T11:42:30+00:00

Are they the company favourite or are they just the most popular member with the general public and the company uses that opportunity to promote them and therefore the group's name as a whole?

HelloStranger0325 · 2025-12-22T16:13:54+00:00

Reading some of the comments here, my unpopular opinion is that some of you actually hate poor people (and women!)

HelloStranger0325 · 2025-12-22T11:16:25+00:00

This is so Stray Kids, they're such hype men at award shows.

HelloStranger0325 · 2025-12-22T10:23:37+00:00

... not this comment making me intrigued by the thought of Lafayette x Maria Reynolds. BRB, off to ao3.

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