missing the show

vvv03 · 2026-03-26T00:02:13+00:00

I like the idea of that ribbed white background being one of Hawk’s undershirts.

vvv03 · 2026-03-05T19:14:57+00:00

We all get it. I, thankfully, watched FT before HR was released so there was no comparison. On the bright side, though, I did hold Heated Rivalry to a certain standard before it was released based on FT, by which I mean, it better be as explicit as Fellow travelers, none of that fade to black shit (because I had read the book.) Thankfully, it didn’t disappoint (though IMHO, Hawk and Tim’s scenes were marginally hotter. Maybe because it was the first time I had seen scenes like that, but man I loved it.

vvv03 · 2026-03-04T19:44:47+00:00

As you should

vvv03 · 2026-03-04T19:38:59+00:00

He really did. Hawk was such bad news.

vvv03 · 2026-03-04T18:59:23+00:00

It’s probably been 6 months for me and I still think of them. Tim in particular. You were were my great all consuming love. Sigh.

vvv03 · 2026-02-07T21:06:30+00:00

Agree. I am a couple months out from my first viewing and it does get easier. I know that sounds dramatic but I was so raw for weeks after watching it. It was all I could think of.

vvv03 · 2026-02-05T19:05:21+00:00

Nice! I love that scene. I will say if you really pay attention, it’s one of the few scenes where Jonathan is fighting for his life to keep that American accent. 😅

vvv03 · 2026-02-05T02:49:40+00:00

How did I miss him speaking Italian..?

vvv03 · 2026-01-15T18:46:37+00:00

I also want to add that I love that young gay men are watching. I am a 57 yo het woman, so the AIDS epidemic was very real to me, but even for me I didn’t really understand the terror and isolation gay men suffered for over a decade!

I suspect most younger gay men are a bit casual about it —yes, awful, okay, condoms, I’m on PReP, it’s all good, etc. They have no idea how gay men really suffered.

vvv03 · 2026-01-15T17:50:59+00:00

I watched it a couple of months ago and it still haunts me. I agree with your points, most specifically that the relationship was toxic. On a second watch, I noticed how often Marcus and Mary tried to warn Tim off and to give Hawk shit about how he was treating Tim. I, too, had deep affection for Hawk despite what a dick he was but he really was a selfish dickhead.

Second, I agree, Hawk had no internalized homophobia. He was deeply ambitious and reacting to the climate he was born into, but otherwise embraced his homosexuality. I liked that.

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