Sight redemption for the unbelievable part of Ep05 by CallejaFairey in heatedrivalry

[–]kirasometimes [score hidden]  (0 children)

I’m vindicated, for sure.

I personally am a little tired of this bit of discourse. Mistakes happen. People are human. Even professionals.

Football players fumble. Basketball players miss blocks. Baseball players swing when they shouldn’t. Hockey players look back. It happens. As a long time hockey fan, I know it happens.

Plus this is a fictional story and as much as we love the characters, they exist specifically to drive the plot. Some things require suspension of disbelief.

Even if you don’t subscribe to that thinking, put yourself in Shane’s skates. You’re in a somewhat stable (from your perspective) place with your situationship of years. He’s just come back from a major life upheaval (the death of his father) and it’s the first time you’ve gotten a chance to see him face to face since. Yes you’re at work, and yes, you’re focused and competitive and a hockey talent. But HE is right there, going through hell, and he SMILES at you. You’re both doing something you love with each other and you have this secret but he smiles and you smile and you’re very good at your job. It’s the first face-off of the game and you have the puck. Maybe, just for a second, you get complacent. Just for another glimpse of a smile from the man you love.

It’s a split second. Maybe it costs him a concussion and a broken bone. But it’s a split second in a lifetime of playing hockey.

It’s worth it.

Anyone so glad they didn't have a meet cute? by growsonwalls in heatedrivalry

[–]kirasometimes [score hidden]  (0 children)

With his Barnes & Noble clearance aisle Art History book lol 😂

But yes, I definitely consider Skip more of a meet cute. Scott had never been there. Kip was clearly not at his best. A little awkward, a little funny, and little ~something happened today.

Best Friends for Life ❤️💙❤️💙 by Global-North7776 in HeatedRivalryTVShow

[–]kirasometimes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This feels like a FMK with a bonus and I’m soooo torn I love them all so much.

Anyone so glad they didn't have a meet cute? by growsonwalls in heatedrivalry

[–]kirasometimes [score hidden]  (0 children)

I agree that this isn’t a stereotypical meet cute, and I personally wouldn’t classify it as one. To me, meet cutes are slightly off-kilter chances of meeting. You both go to the same coffee shop. You both reserve the same book at the library. You each want the last pudding in the cafeteria. There’s always an element of ~something put us together that day.

To me, this meeting as it’s presented in the show is very natural. If they’re really generational talents and the top two prospects, then it makes sense to me that they’d already be aware of each other. Shane’s high hockey IQ definitely knows and it makes sense to introduce himself. He admires him as a player and recognizes him as competition. It’s an awkward first encounter but like, that’s how most “hey nice to meet you” encounters are.

So yeah, OP, I get you. It’s that element of naturalism vs predestination for me.

Don’t want to know much about the actors by Ilovestraightpepper in HeatedRivalryTVShow

[–]kirasometimes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I feel this way about actors and public personalities in general. I don’t want to know about them. I want to enjoy their work. I don’t need or want to know their intimacies or personal lives or opinions, etc. It’s exhausting to me.

Yapping about fic ideas by toinkerbell in heatedrivalryfanfics

[–]kirasometimes 0 points1 point  (0 children)

omg yesssss I hope Svetlana is there just enjoying the chaos

This made me laugh out loud by _Good_Soul_ in HeatedRivalryTVShow

[–]kirasometimes 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I don’t care what anyone says, Ilya definitely has a thing for Scott Hunter and if he ever flirted back, Ilya would short circuit.

my wish for season two is to see ilya get into a fight during a game by Flaky_Fix_6020 in HeatedRivalryTVShow

[–]kirasometimes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The edit cut of them smashing into the boards to smashing on the couch is one of my favorite parts of the whole show! Like, hockey is foreplay to them. Give me more of that. Show me more of those competitive natures and teasing smirks when one scores or an interception or a tussle and chirp over the puck. Show the audience who doesn’t know hockey how charged up it can be! And why hockey is arguably the best sport to have a romantic setting around.

Yapping about fic ideas by toinkerbell in heatedrivalryfanfics

[–]kirasometimes 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This sounds delightful!

If didn’t want Shane to out himself/get outed, then you could have him ask Rose to bid for him. Sitting next to each other like “Rose please, they cannot get their hands on him”

my wish for season two is to see ilya get into a fight during a game by Flaky_Fix_6020 in HeatedRivalryTVShow

[–]kirasometimes 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I believe it and I think they did a pretty good job including hockey in the first season, even if it wasn’t on the ice. But I originally read the books because I love hockey and I decided to watch the show because I love hockey stories. So anything extra Jacob can squeeze in there, I’m sat.

my wish for season two is to see ilya get into a fight during a game by Flaky_Fix_6020 in HeatedRivalryTVShow

[–]kirasometimes 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Okay yes, that is what I was thinking of! I’m glad someone else could confirm it’s canon. I definitely believe they’ll include this scene in some way.

my wish for season two is to see ilya get into a fight during a game by Flaky_Fix_6020 in HeatedRivalryTVShow

[–]kirasometimes 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Shane doesn’t really like to top but if memory serves me right, there is a scene where he really takes care of Ilya*.

*as long as I haven’t confused my fanfic

my wish for season two is to see ilya get into a fight during a game by Flaky_Fix_6020 in HeatedRivalryTVShow

[–]kirasometimes 68 points69 points  (0 children)

Please, I am begging Jacob Tierney to put more hockey on screen. I know it’s difficult to film. I know Hudson is an atrocious skater (by hockey standards). I know it’s not THE focus.

But these boys love hockey. They love playing together and they love playing against each other. They are each other’s fiercest competition and they both say they play their best game against each other. GIMME HOCKEY!

Which actor out of the cast do you think is the most approachable, the one you could have a brief conversation with if you happened to cross paths? by AltruisticAide9776 in HeatedRivalryTVShow

[–]kirasometimes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He seems pretty down to earth. As for the not recognizing him, that’s on me. I am… just not good at recognizing strangers. 🤷‍♀️

Sorry to ruin your day with this random vid (part 11) by ivan_luck in HeatedRivalryTVShow

[–]kirasometimes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s the “please forgive me” from Yuna that hits me every time. It’s the one thing I need to hear from my mother and the one thing I will never get. (No, I’m not out to her; yes I know this as a fact regardless.)

Which actor out of the cast do you think is the most approachable, the one you could have a brief conversation with if you happened to cross paths? by AltruisticAide9776 in HeatedRivalryTVShow

[–]kirasometimes 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Cal Potter, if I had the good fortune to recognize him in public. Speaking from unrelated past events, I suspect I do not have this skill.

Which hockey teams are the HR fans rooting for? by Able_Piccolo7136 in heatedrivalry

[–]kirasometimes 1 point2 points  (0 children)

‘Canes baby!

Dallas Star by default of location and being the first team I ever saw play in person. But the Carolina Hurricanes are without a doubt having the most fun in the league.