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reader, geek, old, tired {lotr header art by cuprumbao}
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Because *I* need joy today.

#JoyScrolling #HeatedRivalryCrave

"I hope it infiltrates all the spaces"--Jacob Tierney (it has)
Heated Rivalry From Page to Screen with Director/Creator Jacob Tierney
YouTube video by Ontario DGC
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January 5, 2026 at 8:40 PM
another banger accurate thread
Thanks to Heated Rivalry, people are asking why so many women are writing and reading m/m romance.

Not only is that a boring question, it's backwards.

Why shouldn't women (and women-adjacent people) be doing this? Also: why aren't men reading and writing more genres that center love and HEAs?
December 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
insightful, accurate 🧵
Now that Heated Rivalry s1 has wrapped up I've been coping by listening to episode recaps by the finest hockey bros in all the land, i.e. What Chaos and Empty Netters, and I am so charmed by these guys, who are diving head-first into a genre they have zero experience with, but also. Also.
December 29, 2025 at 2:20 AM
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With its outstanding performances and spectacular visual storytelling, Heated Rivalry season 1's penultimate episode proves the show is the real deal.
Heated Rivalry's Best Episode Yet Will Shut Down Any Haters - SlashFilm
www.slashfilm.com
December 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
SO MUCH THIS 😍🤩😍🤩
When you see episode stills, and you’ve read the book so you know all the juiciest payoffs are coming up, and you STILL end up with your heart in your throat from the tension and that sweet little “but maybe they won’t“ feeling — that’s romance at its finest. Favorite Heated Rivalry episode yet.
December 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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I’ve read some eye-rolling Heated Rivalry takes, but this one demonstrates such a bad faith interpretation, a misunderstanding of Romance as a genre, and a failure in media literacy and critical thinking skills that I don’t know what to do. 1/
slate.com/life/2025/12...
The Horniest Show on TV Actually Has a Weirdly Conservative Message. Don’t Fall for It.
Why do we keep skating in circles?
slate.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Palate cleanser
if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄
December 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Laugh about it, shout about it: new #HitParadePod on @slate.com is about the chart history of soundtracks—from Bing&Judy to Barbie&Huntr/x. How did The Graduate reboot movie music in the ’60s, Flashdance in the ’80s? Will KPop Demon Hunters spark a soundtrack comeback? Come to this place for magic.
For Nearly a Century, Hollywood Has Left Its Mark on the Pop Charts
Movie soundtracks have sometimes eclipsed the films that inspired them in the first place.
slate.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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And what if I just flung myself out a window 😭😭😭
December 13, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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Alright! We have just a few of these shirts left.

In Orange, we have M, 2x, and 4x
In Magenta, we have everything between small and 3x.

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Thank you @davis.social for being our model!

Get one before they're gone at SquidFacts.net!
December 12, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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For those of you watching 🏒The Gay Hockey Show™️—aka Heated Rivalry—allow me to go on a neurodivergent rant about how Connor Storrie’s Russian language work is so stunningly perfect that it makes me feel like I have wasted a decade of my life. We begin with this chart and the worst/best vowel ever! 🧵
December 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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Have you read Candy's essay, "Heated Rivalry: The Unbearable Lightness of Having a Dump-Truck Ass" yet? https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/2025/12/heated-rivalry-the-unbearable-lightness-of-having-a-dump-truck-ass/
December 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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You can tell that everyone in Romancelandia has hit the breaking point with bad Heated Rivalry takes today!

But what makes me *sad* is the way TV and film have trained people to expect that we do not get to see queer intimacy unless it is headed for toxic drama and/or death. I want to cry a little.
December 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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good morning, I have noticed that some of the critical responses to the Crave show Heated Rivalry have been, let's say, incomplete

sex scenes are craft! goddammit!
Anatomy of a Sex Scene: Heated Rivalry Edition - Reading the End
Heated Rivalry, AKA the gay hockey show, has been getting a lot of buzz for its explicit(-ish) sex scenes, and a lot of that buzz has been coming from viewers and critics whose experience with the rom...
readingtheend.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Highlights from the Bundled Up on Broad auction opening tmow 11/13!! (Buys warm clothes for the families at my synagogue Rodeph Shalom Philly's food pantry, or give directly to our wishlist: bit.ly/bundled25)

I HAVE to start with Olivia Waite's beaded octopus www.32auctions.com/organization...
November 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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They all liked his outfit 🎃🐢
October 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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We laugh about Carpenter being in his weed and video games era (and good for him) but there are very good reasons he might have gotten sick of the industry. It screwed him over repeatedly and even though he eventually got his genre flowers, he is still obscenely underrated as a serious filmmaker.
Just thinking about how THE THING came within shouting distance of ending John Carpenter's career.
October 4, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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my favorite babygirl Steve Rogers
October 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM
accurate
the best gay book for spooky season is The Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal by KJ Charles, which opens with the sexiest ghost story imaginable, and improbably turns into a gorgeous multidecade love story (with lots of ghosts and monsters)
October 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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a piece for katie_delaney’s fic, “vanity fair” 🏖️ archiveofourown.org/works/574322... #stucky
October 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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IT'S PUMPKIN SEASON, BETCHES
October 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Man alive, I just saw that Robert Irwin dancing with the stars clip.

Today is a rollercoaster.

The tragic sadness of losing Jane Goodall.

The whoaaaa MAMA of Robert Irwin's dance performance.

We're gonna be ok, wildlife people. We're gonna be ok. Idk how. But we will be ok.
October 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
if you stop seeing me here, this is why. absolute bullshit.
In Ohio, starting on Monday 9/29, we'll be implementing an age assurance solution similar to what we're doing in South Dakota and Wyoming. Read more here: bsky.social/about/blog/0...
Our Approach to Age Assurance - Bluesky
We’re committed to keeping our community informed as we navigate new regional regulations.
bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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A lot of people outside Canada want to watch Heated Rivalry, which is awesome, but the producers can’t just, like, put it in other countries. Media outlets in other countries need to pick up the show, so the thing to do is tell your favourite streamer to get the show!❤️
September 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM