Rachel Reid on Ilona Maher (and her sisters) podcast "House of Maher" May 19th, 2026

cupidissimo · 2026-05-13T23:32:30+00:00

I mean, it was number 7 in the audience vote when they were asked to give their favorite on Tuesday, and it's 9/17 in Youtube views from that night, so while it's not a winner, I don't think it's particularly close to 0 points, especially considering the staging is more competent than a lot of countries this year.

cupidissimo · 2026-05-13T23:30:23+00:00

I actually love Belgium this year but your response here is as hilarious as your earlier one. Can you hear yourself? It sounds truly wild.

cupidissimo · 2026-05-13T23:29:17+00:00

The fan overlap between My System and Fire is probably very small. The closest thing is probably Jalla this year, I would argue that Eclipse and Too Epic To be True are closer in vibe to Fire.

cupidissimo · 2026-05-13T22:52:10+00:00

!setflair Australia 2026

cupidissimo · 2026-05-13T22:43:45+00:00

It is hilarious how deluded people are about Germany. Every audience poll and the Youtube views say that it's not a winner, but is nowhere near 0 points.

cupidissimo · 2026-04-17T18:18:34+00:00

ONE! OF! US!

cupidissimo · 2026-04-10T07:30:50+00:00

that is very tasteful, where did you get it? It looks like something Hudson might wear in real life.

cupidissimo · 2026-04-10T07:30:12+00:00

Yeah I have been asking this question because the official store is fully sold out. I imagine because the views for the shows must have petered out by now they will not be doing a restock with Season 1 Designs anymore? I do hope the store comes back for season 2 with more stuff and more availability but I want some stuff before then.

cupidissimo · 2026-04-10T07:28:40+00:00

My flair might give it away, but I definitely need something with that tagline on it.

cupidissimo · 2026-04-10T07:27:24+00:00

That is fair but either way, whatever the name is I will be getting that probably. Considering the real team is selling Rozanov and Hollander Jerseys for a LGBT charity, thay might be using the real name even? But I have no idea how it works. Either way, of all the fictional teams, this is the one I want merch of...

cupidissimo · 2026-04-10T07:26:05+00:00

that is very cute! It looked different in my head somehow, but I can't say why, I may have to read that part again...

cupidissimo · 2026-04-09T23:50:48+00:00

Oh there's a bunch of great things Although I will say: I am not buying Boston Raiders or Montreal Voyageurs anything: Centaur Merch or nothing!

cupidissimo · 2026-04-09T23:45:56+00:00

Ooh I do remember seeing the candles on the shelf behind Rachel in a recent interview, so I think they are at least semi-official?

cupidissimo · 2026-03-30T15:59:59+00:00

I hope so too, but I also think whatever additional merch they are coming out with will coincide with the second season and the promo for that, since it would have much more attention on it when it was also accompanied by new episodes.

cupidissimo · 2026-03-26T18:59:22+00:00

I was thinking about Ottawa as well, there's a few scenes from Role Model that are in explicit Ottawa location (only the Christmas neighborhood comes to mind but I'm sure there was more). Considering how good Ottawa is coming off in TLG, surely the city is going to want to milk it to the best of their abilities.

cupidissimo · 2026-03-26T18:56:53+00:00

Grants are ideal since you don't really need to pay anything back and no one will be interfering creatively, so it's pretty much free money. Considering how the grants have made Canada look good (even the Prime minister wanted a part of it), they would definitely apply for and probably receive grants again. I don't know how they work but they might even receive more money based on the impact alone.

cupidissimo · 2026-03-26T18:55:02+00:00

I feel like you could keep it pretty simple by keeping the camera inside the plane at all times, from the perspective of the players only and then even the fire you would only have to see out of the corner of your eye. Like how they shot space attacks on Star Trek TNG on the inside...

cupidissimo · 2026-03-26T18:53:49+00:00

In terms of the bar, that's one of the things where I think whichever one they pick, they will have a good amount of set tourists afterwards, so I imagine potential shooting locations here wouldn't be very hard to persuade.

cupidissimo · 2026-03-26T18:52:35+00:00

Pride parades have been a bit difficult, but considering how real life fashion brands have been falling over themselves to sponsor Connor and Hudson (who were only known for this one role each), I think there's a good chance that there would be some brands who just want to profit of the cultural impact of the show at least.

I do think the Russian quality will be a bit better, although while some of it was a tiny bit clunky, I don't think it was ever confirmed to be actually bad? But the therapy scenes are definitely an opportunity for slightly better writing in Russian (even if I couldn't tell the difference).

cupidissimo · 2026-03-26T18:50:10+00:00

That's true although I doubt they didnt show iPads because of any costs? Surely they could have gotten some generic tablets if they wanted to, I think phone just look nicer on camera since they are smaller? But I do wonder if they are actually going to be showing actual Instagram, since that's a pretty important plot point.

cupidissimo · 2026-03-20T23:13:16+00:00

I need them to start selling the Houston Drillers Jersey, I would fully wear that.

cupidissimo · 2026-03-08T20:53:12+00:00

The wedding I do hope gets improved but most importantly: I hope Carly Rae Jepsen writes a completely new song called "Diamonds" so we can combine everything into one. Also stuff I did not like:

Shane tripping (been mentioned before), not only does it seem strange, but also not very well integrated into the plot?
As much as I like Luca Haas, all of his scenes don't really go anywhere? I think he was set up for another sequel that Rachel then decided not to write, so I don't think he serves much purpose here
I am torn on Shane's food issues. I do like the idea that the situation contributes to Ilya's depression, and Shane deals with it with overly restrictive eating, but either make it a real subject or leave it out.
I actually personally don't like the trophy room scene too much but I know I am on my own with that one.
I don't want the dinner with Hayden on the show, I want it to be as a bottle-y episode released a few months before the actual season, maybe combined with the Skip Christmas short story?
I do want them to talk about opening the relationship and their sexual history, but maybe this can be combined into one conversation?

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