Lucia/Lou 💙💚🌈

I’ll just be honest, I had some real issues with this movie. There are definitely good aspects to it, and I was excited to watch something in a foreign language, but I really struggled overall with the presentation of queer women, and we definitely dug into that in this episode.

Without spoiling anything, I’m just gonna say I love Troy & his story is fascinating to me, & it’s primarily bc he’s such an asshole in this book & absolutely deserves to be disliked.

I love Ryan Price so much omg

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Currently watching the latest season of Shoresy and honestly I couldn't be happier right now

“Hey Google, how do I put myself up for adoption?”

Seriously though, this episode is so delightful and George Grady is easily my favorite part!

Episode three is up!

As usual we could've kept talking for twice as long, but we restrained ourselves. Big thanks to everyone who's been listening btw!

Personally, I find the power dynamics to be so deeply compelling, because they aren’t what they first appear at all. Ilya might be in charge but Shane is the one with the power in this ep & it stuns me that ppl don’t realize that.

Speaking just for myself, I find this episode to be so strong! It’s paced beautifully, it’s so dynamic in terms of sound & visuals, it’s got such interesting story elements & so so so many layers! I’m obsessed!
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Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!!

Can you imagine if the show had stuck to its original release schedule & we were all processing this episode for the first time right now? 🙃

I’m so glad they bumped it up!!

"Sure, ICE is bad, but we need to deport illegal immigrants"

No you don't.

If immigration enforcement leads to concentration camps and roving death squads, maybe it's time to just get rid of the concept of illegal immigration entirely. You've tried it, it's a bad idea in practice, so bin it.

just reduced to the most disastrous, career-tanking job they ever took

I see what she's doing, but this is actually the most breathtakingly savage way to describe both Elon Musk AND Brett Ratner

smooch~

(never thought I'd be drawing hockey uniforms lol but here we are)

#heatedrivalry #hollanov #ShaneHollander #ilyarozanov

🤫 let me be proud of myself

Tbh this book is basically a fanfic lol

get up to in their personal time. I don’t get why anyone else cares either. As long as they’re not actively out here being shit human beings, I’m not concerned.

Probably bc it’s a cesspool lol
But no for real!! Also, maybe this makes me sound shitty, but I don’t get why ppl want to project the character relationships onto the actors. Like, frankly, I care far more about the characters & what I get on screen than I do about what ANY of them +

Finally forcing myself to read more things that aren’t fanfic & it’s been a DELIGHT

Sometimes I can't not think about how AI is literally just the next step in capitalizing on hyper-individualism.

We're taught to do everything on our own and then when we're suffering under the crushing weight of loneliness, we're told we can solve it by paying to talk to robots.

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I need this now. Badly

It's exhausting seeing the amount of hate they've gotten from people who supposedly love this show.

Please, I live for your fic ideas, they feed my SOUL

Seriously, please come yell at me 🙏 Even if you aren't one for podcasts, nothing makes me happier than having people gush with me about stuff I love. Feel free to send me all of your art, fics, fan edits, headcanons, etc etc etc. I want it ALL.

I'm honestly so amused by how stupid people can be

I fell headfirst down the Heated Rivalry rabbit-hole over the holidays, but I had too many other projects to focus on to do as much online yelling as I would've liked. Well... I still have far too many projects, but @assortedpuzzlepcs.bsky.social and I went and did a thing anyway. Enjoy ✨

YES! Officially doing a thing! And yes PLEASE, I am so excited for all the dms!

We will be covering every episode of the show, but we'll also be covering content from the books and doing special themed episodes as well!

If you have any specific ideas on aspects of the show or story you'd like to hear us cover, feel free to let us know!

IT'S HERE!!

@cassferatu.bsky.social and I are SO thrilled to finally make this announcement!

If you love this show and are looking for more fan discussion about what makes it so amazing, this is for you!

Honestly who doesn’t love this movie? It’s fun, it’s funny, and it’s full of gorgeous, talented people!