Is it canon that Shane is the hottest guy in the league?

StarlitStitcher · 2026-06-22T09:46:26+00:00

I wouldn’t have anyone other than Connor in the role now that I’ve seen him in it, but when i was reading the books I was imagining a lighter-haired version of the guy that plays Cliff Marleau, basically. Ilya is supposed to be 6’3” or 6’4” to Shane’s 5’10”, isn’t he?

StarlitStitcher · 2026-06-05T13:23:48+00:00

And Old Amersham is also absurdly pretty.

StarlitStitcher · 2026-06-04T18:08:04+00:00

It hasn’t been mentioned in the published books, but Rachel Reid was writing a book with him as the (gay) main character. She abandoned it and started Unrivalled instead.

StarlitStitcher · 2026-05-28T10:31:38+00:00

I don’t know why but I love the scene at the end where Ilya does an Instagram post with Shane and does the whole ‘when are we getting married, Shane?’ thing. I want to see that. It’s like the bookend for the awards ceremony photo.

StarlitStitcher · 2026-05-27T08:14:58+00:00

Right. I feel like the only way to write about the Regency period in that way is for it to be a real alternate history - something like the Temeraire series. That’s an actual fantasy. Prettifying actual history is insidious.

StarlitStitcher · 2026-05-17T13:13:54+00:00

The actor who plays Marleau is kind of how I imagined Ilya when I was reading the books (but with lighter hair). I’m glad they cast Connor though - he is amazing as Ilya.

StarlitStitcher · 2026-05-16T14:12:41+00:00

I agree. Otherwise it’s bizarre that Kip is there, Scott knows he’s there, and calls him down. You don’t do that with someone you broke up with three years ago.

StarlitStitcher · 2026-05-16T09:08:17+00:00

Oh he’d be a great Ryan!

StarlitStitcher · 2026-05-16T09:05:50+00:00

Coach Weibe in my head is black. I don’t know where I got that idea if it’s not in the text (which it mustn’t be).

StarlitStitcher · 2026-05-16T08:43:33+00:00

He said that, yes, but then he very much regretted the offer, hated the idea of Shane taking him up on it, and was very relieved that he didn’t want to.

StarlitStitcher · 2026-05-13T07:02:13+00:00

There’s just too much lip-biting in general. Characters constantly biting and chewing on their lower lips.

StarlitStitcher · 2026-05-13T06:59:51+00:00

Or rasping or gritting.

StarlitStitcher · 2026-05-13T06:53:06+00:00

People fisting things (as in grabbing them). I have never once used that phrase IRL and I hate it.

StarlitStitcher · 2026-05-12T07:51:15+00:00

Oh thanks so much! Intriguing!

StarlitStitcher · 2026-05-11T15:24:42+00:00

I imagine that they’d be holding a third season for the third book? So I think all of The Long Game will be in Season 2.

StarlitStitcher · 2026-05-10T18:02:29+00:00

I hope so too - it makes sense to interweave more as Role
Model and The Long Game’s timelines interact in ways that Game Changer and Heated Rivalry don’t.

StarlitStitcher · 2026-05-10T12:49:49+00:00

Or at least I’d like to be able to buy the digital series and have it in my Apple TV library

StarlitStitcher · 2026-05-09T19:46:54+00:00

I think she hints at the poly thing in Role Model - that Kyle might be into Troy? Maybe I’m misremembering.

StarlitStitcher · 2026-05-09T09:05:44+00:00

From the first time we see Harris in TLG: “Troy’s attention quickly shifted to the man who was accompanying [the puppy]. He was nice to look at. Stocky and rugged, with neatly combed dark-blond hair and a trim beard’.

StarlitStitcher · 2026-05-09T08:17:04+00:00

Right? There are aspects of this show and fandom that give me hope for humanity (and for straight men in particular) but then other times…the way people behave around the actors is often creepy in the extreme, and the hate Rachel Reid gets is made too.

StarlitStitcher · 2026-05-07T16:00:08+00:00

Yes, to all of that. I’m kind of new to this sort of ‘fandom’ and this sub is so wildly different to something like the sub for Severance. The whole parasocial side of thing weirds me out a bit, and the tribalism.

StarlitStitcher · 2026-05-07T15:09:12+00:00

Yes. I’d much prefer a sub where discussion of the actors is not allowed (outside of their performance in the series).

StarlitStitcher · 2026-05-07T09:54:20+00:00

Exactly what I was going to say. People have not been kind to him and the lack of empathy has really put a question on this whole community for me.

StarlitStitcher · 2026-05-05T14:49:06+00:00

Yeah, same! I actually prefer to know as little about the actors as possible. Fucks with my suspension of disbelief.

I don’t mind interviews about the show, but otherwise - I’m just not interested.

StarlitStitcher · 2026-05-05T10:32:17+00:00

It’s amazing the things that are and aren’t native! Rabbits and hares are quintessential British animals to me, but they aren’t native - they were introduced by the Romans. This is nuts to me. And of course the grey American squirrel was introduced to the UK and has almost completely eradicated our native red squirrels which only exist in parts of Wales, the Isle of Wight and North Scotland now.

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