What went so right?
Sarah Gadon loves this show
>>217554726Hot actors
i dropped it quickly. There's literally no plot and everything is so basic it feels like a parody of the shittiest wattpad novel
>>217555245I think one of the episodes is just literally based on a smut fanfic from wattpad
>>217555245The plot is the romance >>217555271It’s based on a book series
>>217554726Women like gay stuff because there's no Mary Sues to get in the way of your sex fantasy. Bitches read Twilight and were like "Fuck Bella that bitch doesn't know how to get dick" or "the hell this Bella bitch doing, she should be happy anyone likes her" Heated Rivalry just gives you Ovi and Sydney sex fantasies with none of the idiot mary sue girls to get in the way of the men you want to have sex with.
>tfw no quebecois bf
>>217555446He's getting hotter with each passing year
>>217555590He has. Been wanting to fuck him since the Borgias
I'm struggling to make it through episode 2 but everybody says it picks up after that.
>>2175557783,5 and 6 are the best episodes. The others are mostly just various forms of sex
>>217555723I’ve wanted to fuck him since J'ai tué ma mère
>>217555148they are uglyfujos should get some standards
>>217555915>>217555723>>217555590>>217555446Francois Arnaud used to be Sarah Gadon's boyfriend you know
>>217555955That’s a fag and hag
>>217555805All episodes are great, but 5 and 6 are definitely the best. But they’re only that good because the pay off is set up so well in the previous episodes.
>>217555987Agreed. The Russian monologue is the highlight of the series and doesn't hit as hard without all the episodes before.
>>217554726I read that Russians love it because the guy who plays the Russian power top actually practiced Russian with an accent coach, and his Russian dialogues were one of the best they got from a foreign actor.
>>217554726Does it help that it's just straight-up gay shit and advertised as such, rather than shoehorning gay shit into innocuous children's programming?
>>217555955I'm sure she's bearded for many
>>217556096I legitimately thought the actor was Russian because it was that convincing
>>217556044It’s insane how this is based on what’s essentially a smut book series.
>>217556264The series is just smut with high production quality and good acting and writing
>>217555915he looks good for 40 yo
The secret is that it's essentially a Boy's Love show. It's not actually for a gay audience - it's for a straight female audience.
>>217556276I don’t think every show or film with sex scenes is smut. There aren’t even that many sex scenes in Heated Rivalry, Episode 6 has one and Episode 5 doesn’t even have any.
>>217555955He's so lucky. He also acted with Sarah Gadon too.
>>217556096They were also amazed at his cock taking skills
>>217555778Episode 3 made me want to bash my head on the groundSkip it (it's a standalone and anything important gets recapped in the "previously on")
>>217554790looks like a ghoul
>>217556307Are there ANY romance shows made for a male audience? Gay, straight, bi, any kind of male.
>>217556414It’s a nice little self contained story that gets picked up later. It’s worth watching for François alone
>>217556438I'd say that Heated Rivalry the show is targeted towards gay men, it just got a lot of attention and bigger support from women and fujos. Romance for a male audience is usually something silly or depressing if gay. Stuff off the top of my head>gay>brokeback mountain>gods own country>shelter>looking>straight>forgetting sarah marshall>knocked up>40 year old virgin
>>217556307>>217556438The director Jacob Tierney is gay and the show is definitely made with a gay audience in mind. I’m gay and enjoyed it. The books are written for women though and women have found the show and subsequently bullied the actors off of social media, so there’s that.
>>217556530Jacob Tierney created Letterkenny starring the Canadian actress Sarah Gadon as Gae
>>217556530>>217555915Jacob Tierney also cowrote the film Death and Life of John F Donovan, which was directed by Xavier Dolan, and starred Canadian actress Sarah Gadon
>>217554726shame they used twunks when they could have used actual twinks like the ones that are literally in the nhl
Shane Hollander if he real
I think the NHL bankrolled this to get women and gays to watch hockey
>>217556793>>217556757>>217554790>>217555955>>217556368Sarah Gadon is also mentioned under special thanks in the credits of Heated Rivalry's finale.
>>217556878The NHL has a pretty long history of homophobia. It’s funny seeing them jump on the HR bandwagon while gay ex players are coming forward to remind them that they are not allies.
>>217556878I dunno, something like 50% of /hoc/ over on /sp/ is gay, so I'm pretty sure they didn't need Heated Rivalry to rope them into the game
>>217557002I'm sure athletes in male sports have experienced plenty of homophobia, but people who do callout interviews and use words like "allies" usually aren't the ones on the receiving end of homophobia these days.
>>217554790Who?
Why do women lust over professional athletes when most of them look 10+ years older than their real age and sweat like pigs? Understandable given the job, but respecting their hard work is one thing and fapping to them is another.
>>217556108Probably, unironically being blatant "this is gay AF lmao" probably lets it attract only audiences that like that stuff or have some morbid curiosity
>>217556339This is kind of depressive smut though>They fuck on and off every couple of months>Gay panic on both of them but for different reasonsUnironically the gay sex is probably not the gayest part of it
>>217556530It's pretty hilarious that (despite both of the leads being either gay or bi) the Russian top and the older guy get blasted for being age gap homosexuals while the bottom gets blasted for having a girlfriend
>>217557636>Unironically the gay sex is probably not the gayest part of itIt’s not even top 3, that’s why I wouldn’t call it smut.
>>217557888I'd say that, from most gay to least gay:1) Romantic displays of affection2) Kissing outside of sex3) Cuddling 4) Gay sex
>here's your smoking hot Hollywood actress everyone wants to be with bro
>>217557950>>217557888What about the>confessions>gay panic>flirting in the middle of work
>>217557664Lel. What do they (supposedly) want? For the two leads to date each other? Date the fans? Stay pure virgins?
>>217557002>them jump on the HR bandwagonThey have? What happened?
>>217554726asian guy fuck girl
>>217556757I’m Gae for beloved and acclaimed Canadian actress Sarah Gadon.
>>217558840>Date each otherSeems so
>>217554726It panders to women when most western media refuse to do it. Reminder that showrunners believe women want to see fat bulldykes. Even fujoshit like Heartstoppers cast ugly actors and add lesbians and trannies to show they're committed to the LGBT community. Heated Rivalry is exclusively for women
>>217559096Kind of voyeuristic ain't it? >Hey babes, we'd like you to reenact those steamy scenes we all watched and gooned to and memorized your naked bodies from, but this time actually fuck so we can picture the cumshots
>>217557664Is the one with a girlfriend actually bi, or just saying that so slopbrained women won't seethe at him for ruining their fantasies- excuse me, I mean for "stealing a queer role"?
>>217559409Yeah, honestly it is. There's plenty of smut written about it already on top of the show and book already being like that anyway >>217559459Honestly have no idea, but I'm not sure a fully straight guy would act so well in this type of role
>>217559385>Reminder that showrunners believe women want to see fat bulldykes.Yeah, is there a dyke version of this show? No blue hair and buzzcuts, no communist apologia, no tiktok ecelebs, just cute girls and angst with a happy ending. But with better writing and less NTR. And no, I don't give a shit how many males watch it.
>>217557970This but unironically. She's cute in the show and acts even cuter.
>>217559690Stick to anime, dude
>>217555428What about her?>>217559733Another qt
/a/ would love this show if it were cartoonsIt's equivalent to their cute girly shows
>>217556108Yeah if we're going to have this faggot garbage at all I prefer it to be disclosed up front so I can avoid it
>>217554726Why has coomer content for women become so big in the mainstream lately? The book publishing industry is being dominated by smut. The most popular tv shows for women are about gay men fucking. What is going on?
>>217560253you seem to be doing a good job
ive never seen a webm of this show
>>217557970I appreciated that the sideplot of her being his beard lasted like literally 8 minutes of screentime, lol
>>217555446He can do so much better than the fug, but I understand you get them when young + tight
>>217555915The 1 acting career that can't be killed by Dolan
>>217556108Hudson Williams is easier on the eyes than that Elio thing
>>217556302Canadians are like French names without the alpha male high T sleazeball vibes (hidden)
>>217556530You truly believe Tierney made the show for gay men first, straight women just happened to like it BY ACCIDENT? The self deception!
>>217557002What's the history? Russian 5 deserves a movie more than gay hockey players
>>217560430But Sarah Gadon was in a Xavier Dolan movie too.
>>217559690>spoilerThe NTR is part of the appeal though personally I don't like it either overall
>>217560367>>217559748If the women had more screentime they would have ruined suspension of disbelief for me>The fuck would anyone choose Shane over Svetlana>The fuck would anyone choose Ilya over Rose>The fuck would those two cuties want to fug those two uggoes Svetlana >Russian>luxury business shark >loaded powerful political family >hot smirk>looks fit as hell in both evening gowns and pj shorts >suave yet down to earth>discourses on your favorite hobby like she owns it>doesn't give a damn about your weakness and insecurity>doesn't ask for anything except your friendship and the occasional shag>zero jealousy>always has your back >says "I love you" no problem only downside is if her dad gets into a fight with his bff Putin and then you're probably ricin'dRose>American >famous Hollywood star >loving small town family>army of parasocial fangirls who glaze you just for being her arm candy>adorable grin>sexy curves hidden under modest girl next door look>sweet as caramel with touch of spicy irony>open book and instant trust >beams when she's out with you, as if she's the lucky one>takes time from her megastar career just to be your emotional support mascot >wears your jersey (literally marking herself with your name)>nurturing, always working to make you feel safe and supported>makes your first time extra romantic with lingerie and preponly downside is if you're a cold fish in bed she jumps to trying to convince you you like cockI mean I dunno about the books, but the show versions are way better wife/fap material than the romantic leads you're supposed to self-insert/pine/lust for
>>217561191Was Svetlana supposed to be half black btw? She looks it but idk how that works with her being Russian.
>>217560293Women earn as much or more than men, are more susceptible to peer pressure and more inclined to spend their money on slop.
>>217556108The promo images posted here don't look that gayThen again I have no idea what actual sportshit ads look like so I'm not the best judge of that
>>217559690Watch Asian dramas. There's a subdivision of GL dramas in Thailand. You can also watch Ayaka is in love with Hiroko and Call Me By No Name. Both have pretty girls, some drama (Call me more into the angst side) and a happy ending
>>217560491The show is based on a series of romance novels written by a woman who is married to a man, which are purchased and read almost exclusively by hetero women. The audience is hetero women, not gay dudes. Gay dudes don't read romance novels.
>>217559735God, protect Japan.>>217561528Sounds based and cutepilled. Thanks, anon!
women like BL
>>217562649dafuq
>>217562649Holy fucking shit basedWait, how come seeing cliche BL anime tropes acted live is hilarious, but seeing cliche Stucky fanfic tropes acted live is headache-inducing?
>>217563240Lol she acted like a horny pig
>>217555148This. Same reason why Netflix One Piece works but Cowboy Bebop flopped, but they will never acknowledge it because it will not align with their ethics code
>>217563427Those two guys aren't hot, though. >insert screencap of "most women rate most men below average on dating app" study Or are average Netflix actors even uglier?
>>217556516>Romance for a male audience is usually something silly or depressing if gay. >...>40 year old virgin40 year old virgin is a miracle of the universe, I can't believe something that otaku and heartwarming got made and got big.I watched it for the nerdy jokes and broship, but the older I get the more I realize how cute Andy and Trish's romance is. And fuck you to people calling Andy a cuck for becoming a stepfather, the family scenes are adorable.
>>217558686>>gay panicgayest of all and therefore kino
>>217561191Shane is gay, he can’t just choose to live a woman in that way, even if it was advantageous for him. That’s the whole point of the Rose subplot.
>>217563799>Those two guys aren't hot, though.For modern Hollywood standards? They might as well be Alain Delon in his prime.
>>217561191Shane and Ilya are perfect for each other if you think it through. They complete each other.
>>217566510Shane could never exist. Imagining that a professional sports player, meaning both hot body and rich, would spend several years of his life not getting laid except in the closet, is insane.
>>217554726
>>217566956In the books he has other flings besides the Rozanov affair. But yes of course closeted people exist.
>>217566956Some people really do simp like that but yeah it's pretty unrealistic On the other hand he;s fairly autistic
>>217567216>On the other hand he;s fairly autisticIt’s cute how Rozanov never ever tries to change Hollander's autistic quirks and instead finds them endearing, like the compulsive folding of his clothes or his ginger ale obsession. My favorite is the sexting scene where Hollander is unable to reply appropriately because he takes everything too literally, but Rozanov loves it either way.
>>217563799Women are going fucking crazy for them if you haven’t noticed. The problem with most men is that they have absolutely no clue what women find attractive.
>>217554726>What went so right?They fit the yaoi aesthetics
>>217554726>What went so right?It’s not made in the US
>>217559733The cinematography of this show is really good, I don’t know how but they’ve managed to make every actor at least 20% hotter.
>>217568461>The cinematography of this show is really goodespecially on a near non existent budget
>>217568550I’m of the firm believe that small budgets breed creativity. That’s why Netflix’s let’s give this famous director 1 billion dollars shit usually fails. Without a struggle art is meaningless.
>>217567312Things like this is why this show is such a beautiful depiction of true love
>>217567480ah yeshope they do mpreg in the second season :))))
>>217554726Boots is better.
>>217569348Are the twinks better?
>>217569500Yes, picrel is the protagonist Miles Heizer.
>>217554726I want to taste Connor Storrie’s insides
>>217569547I thought this was Elliot Page before I clicked on the pic.
>>217554726This homo shit should be outlawed
>>217569577Is it giving you intrusive thoughts?
>>217569569I can’t see it but ok.
>>217569560Hi Francois
>>217569577Did you get a boner?
>>217569348Nicholas Hoult?
>>217569754No, it’s Miles Heizer
>>217569696I'm jealous of both of them
>>217554726>Watch this faggot show for faggots
>>217569974>Go to the thread about the gay show to tell everybody how straight you areSure faggot
>>217570065
I love it when shows are randomly high quality when they probably shouldn't be. Like when they are from some unknown network or have a schlocky premise. Talent can get washed away in more streamlined productions and becomes harder to see.
>>217570143I don’t need to project I know I’m a faggot
>>217570172It’s got soul
>>217569696These are some high quality gays, top shelf
>>217569974Except it's not for faggots. This kind of stuff is always for women.
>>217554726We have given fujos far too much power over culture.
>>217571127even worse then
>>217567824I’ve found myself enjoying fewer and fewer US productions. Either the rest of the world is getting better or the US is getting worse.
>>217569974You are probably the biggest homo in this thread
>>217555428Sometimes that's it, but Bella is a loner qt.Sometimes it's Hollywood giving a guy a girl blatantly out of his league and expecting you to swallow it up. If the Heated Rivalry guys hooked up with their female side pieces I'd have this issue.>just gives you Ovi and Sydney sex fantasiesAlso this, keyword fantasies. "Realistic" romance sucks balls regardless of gender. If I wanted to hear about cheating with tinder/grindr sluts, fighting over housework, and "I kinda hate my bf/gf but I wanna keep fucking them" I'd go read reddit.
>>217573170This. Sometimes we just need good and comfy escapist fantasies with larger than life stories, hot actors, obscenely rich characters and ridiculously picturesque sceneries.
Nott on my team, this faggot woman shit.
>>217561213>Was Svetlana supposed to be half black btw? She looks it but idk how that works with her being Russian.She has an American passport and since we know that her father is Russian her mother is probably Black American
>>217571849I think the us is suffering from success because their infinite budgets create the most soulless slop, as a vehicle for nepo babies to get a step up. Things like heated rivalry are pure soul. No focus groups, no retarded executives, just artists doing art.
>>217566956Imagine if a rich, famous decent looking major league athlete over 25 came out as a virginWould simp foreverWould also watch the TV adaptation
>>217556108Why is your media diet devoted to children’s programming?
>>217556132Are you a native speaker? Another anon said Ilya's American accent was distracting but the Svetlana actress speaks like a native
>>217574191They also take 10 years to produce one season and then it’s the most generic overproduced soulless slop imaginable
>>217567471>Women are going fucking crazy for them if you haven’t noticed.That doesn't say much about their level of real attractiveness, to be honest. Traditional fan culture has merged with new left political culture to create hiveminds of terminally online women who are under massive pressure to love or hate whatever other women tell them to love or hate. And there's a long history of ugly as sin men being marketed as sex symbols for their "badassery" or "confidence" or what have you.
>>217574440Yeah sure whatever you need to tell yourself, if women could only see clearly they would notice how much hotter you are than all those ugly movie stars
>>217557002which is bizarre considering the really fucking gay hazing rituals hockey players go through
>>217574563Homophobia hurts everyone
>>217574563>>217574700>Gay hazing ritualsIs it projection or simply gay chicken?
>>217574512ah yesI can only dream of being this hot
>>217575143I would fuck a rat
>>217575143Josh O'Connor is a fuckable rat
>>217576746certainly better than the asian dude here
>>217554726>What went so right?both are young and handsome
>>217554726Not a hollywood production so they didn’t have to hire the casting directors son for the lead role. Instead they hired actual talented and attractive people.
>>217576955He’s Romanian but I think he’s a good looking man
>>217558865They jumped on it hard. It’s so funny how they went from most homophobic league to this
>>217577194>face hairick
>>217577552kys pedo
>>217577194idk why they always make the foreign guy the emotionally stable one and the local the angsty crybaby in every piece of media like this
>>217554726You're just a faggot. Probably a leaf too, so like double gay.
>>217575143You can only dream of any woman beside your mom showing you any affection at all.
>>217577420>Hear about the gay hockey show, assume it's like shipper fanfic-tier fujobait>Episode 4 themed sandwich is "creamy tuna and cheese"Oh so this show is like GAY gay
>>217577819I do not get this one, is it gay because of the cream?
>>217574512>you didn't hoover up the gross smelly dicks we shoved in your face? jealous ugly bitchThanks, excellent demonstration of the point about peer pressure.
>>217556794>>217556815>>217556860>>217557086GET BACK IN /hoc/ RIGHT NOW
>>217577420Homophobia is bad.
>>217578499I'm the reverse I'm the American in /hoc/ now coming to the /tv/ thread.>>>/sp/153149068
>>217555446I want that French-Canadian to Fuck this Filipino-Spanish dude. Honestly when it comes to looks Filipinos are the most underrated Asians, they all keep glazing that Japanese Hapa as the lead when mulitgenerationaly "pure" Filipinos without recent immigrant ancestry can even have green or blue eyes combined with natural dark skin, which looks quite striking.Since some Filipino carry that genetics from Spanish and Mexican ancestry.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_settlement_in_the_Philippineshttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Filipinoshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americans_in_the_Philippines
>>217578663why are filipinos like this?
>>217578688I'm American Nigga.
>>217578718Sure…
There's another Demographic that's ignored by Holywood but have the most delicious men. The Aeta people of the Philippines and the Melanesians of Solomon Islands, who are brown skinned but have blonde hair naturally.
>>217578738Well I admit I have recent Immigrant ancestry.
>>217578761Imagine getting mouth fucked by gods among men, like these. VGH.
>>217557002>history of homophobiaIs this about not forcing players to wear pride gear? That's unironically less homophobic than the alternative.
>>217575143>>217577420It's amazing how two completely different, completely innocuous pictures can be equally nauseating.>>217578182>Episode 4 Combo>Creamy tuna and American cheese on toasted sourdough bread.>Served with Grillo's pickle spearClearly this revolting mess is how Ilya thinks Rose's snatch tastes, hence his shitfit tantrum over Shane dating her in episode 4.No seriously I don't get it either, and I made it through episode 4.
Can somebody do an AI kiss of French-CanadienFrançois Arnaud and adult version of Filipino-Latino Seth Fedelin? I love him, he's so cute. (Right side)
>>217555292>It’s based on a book seriesYeah but chapter 3 was originally published as a a Steve/Bucky AU fanfic before it became a book, there's an interview where the author talks about it
Imagine all the literal Romance-Romance (By Romance, I mean they are both speakers of Romance langauges French-Canadian and Filipino-Spanish) which Seth Fedelin and François Arnaud would utter to each other.
Filipino here. Not that much of a fag but I admire and want to copy handsome men once in a while. And Seth Fedelin is pretty mid if you ask me. Better looking light eyed Filipinos include the Footballer Misagh Bahadoran.His surname is native Asian Bahadoran and his mother's surname is Islamized to Christianized Spanish "Medina" from the Medina town in Spain, yet even when his European-Filipino maternal ancestry is Arabic Moorish Hispanic and his father is an Asian and Filipino he snagged the genetic lottery and has blue eyes. He plays for the Philippines' national Football Team.
>>217577602ugly faggot cope
>>217579163Omigod you are right! Damn Misagh Medina (You mean the city of Medina where Muhammad fled? The name copied to Islamic Spain and also in Islamic Philippines) Bahadoran, is oh so damn hawt!
Nevermind here's a better pic. I can totally love him having a Yaoi kiss with François Arnaud.
>>217579492Agreed Bro!From Luçon... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diocese_of_Lu%C3%A7onTo Luçon.https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lu%C3%A7on_(Philippines)Las Islas Filipinas <3 République de Française
>>217579041That's hilarious, how did it go from that to gay hockey guys having gay panic?
>>217580059>Reid shared her novel one chapter at a time on the website [archiveofourown], reworking the original romance she’d drafted into an “alternate-universe” fanfic where Steve Rogers, the “superstar captain of the New York Rangers” falls in love with Bucky Barnes, a barista at a smoothie shop in Manhattan. “Honestly, I felt bad about it,” she said. “I knew this wasn’t what ‘Game Changer’ was.”>If Scott Hunter always felt “very Steve Rogers” to her, it’s only because, in 2016, it was popular for romance heroes to resemble Chris Evans. (The trend would soon drift toward Adam Driver and Jason Momoa.) But Kip, she insisted, was always Kip — definitely not Bucky. “I never changed a thing about him.”>By the end of 2016, buoyed by strong feedback, Reid took the story off AO3, removed the “Stucky” elements, and submitted her manuscript to publishers.>“I desperately wish I’d never posted that fan fiction,” she told me. “I know it’s still circulating, and it’s bad. It’s so embarrassing. I hate thinking of people reading it because I just rammed a bunch of extra Marvel characters into the story for no reason.”>Reid also feels particularly guilty about removing her work from AO3. “It’s really bad fanfic author behavior. All these people gave me lovely feedback, and I enjoyed it, and then I just took it away like a jerk to make money.” https://www.salon.com/2025/12/06/heated-rivalry-gay-marvel-fanfic-rachel-reid/But no apology for writing her OC into a Marvel skinsuit. OCs inserted into the bodies of canon characters are a plague on nu-AO3.
More from the author>One of my inspirations for Heated Rivalry was, obviously, the extremely entertaining rivalry between Crosby and Ovechkin.https://www.rachelreidwrites.com/faq>In an interview with Canada’s CP24, Reid said that she based Ilya on not only Ovechkin but "all these flashy European players” like Jaromír Jágr, Teemu Selänne, and Ilya Kovalchuk.>Reid drew inspiration for Shane from "more stoic, good boy captains,” like Crosby, Wayne Gretzky, and Paul Kariya, who she described as being “more role-modely types.”https://www.out.com/gay-tv-shows/heated-rivalry-inspirition-explainedWell, /hoc/, which is better? The fujoTV or the real-life versions?
>breakout gay romance hit of the year was written by a fucking womanI feel so culturally appropriated
>>217580264>>217580482>She's just unironically a massive fujoThat's hilarious, I don't watch hockey so I don't know these people but this was certainly a read
>>217580482Damn she knows puck
>>217577660The Russian is the screecher though
>>217556096Good for them. Why not hire an actual Russian though?
>>217582266Yeah I guess they each take terms going through emotional turmoil and being supported by the other, the Russian is just the rock by the end.
>>217578663pinoys should make a heated rivalry show
>>217575143Is this fucking real? I mean, are normie women really being told to goon over these things? Bottom left and bottom middle are semi tolerable I guess but...
