For All of Life's Fandom Obsessions

45 questions; please reblog and ask each other questions! Let’s be social and have a fun time!

(If there’s a question listed that you prefer not to answer then reblog in the tags “don’t ask me number” if u want to)

What does your username mean?

How did you first hear about Heated Rivalry?

What were you a fan of first? Book or show? (Or fanfic??)

Have you read any of the books? What’s your favorite?

Are you a fan of romance books in general?

Are you a fan of sports fiction in general?

Had you seen any of the cast/crew’s works prior to Heated Rivalry?

Had you ever watched any Canadian shows prior to Heated Rivalry?

Do you like hockey irl? Do you have a favorite team? Have you ever been to a game?

Have you ever ice skated, roller skated or played hockey?

Have you ever been to Canada or Russia?

Do you speak another language?

Favorite character (besides Shane or Ilya)?

Favorite female character?

Favorite ship (besides Hollanov)?

A favorite Hollanov moment?

A favorite Skip (Scott/Kip) moment?

A favorite Ilya quote?

A favorite Shane quote?

A favorite Shane (non-Hollanov) moment?

A favorite Ilya (non-Hollanov) moment?

Favorite song from season 1?

Favorite place/setting from season 1?

A favorite outfit from season 1?

Underrated moment from season 1?

Favorite Hudson quote/moment?

Favorite Connor quote/moment?

Rec a fanfic! Or fan edit! Or fanart! Or fan artist!

You have to buy coffee for 1 Heated Rivalry character, who are you buying for and what are you bringing them?

What song should the arena play when Ilya scores a goal?

What song should the arena play when Shane scores a goal?

What song should the arena play when Hayden scores a goal?

What song should the arena play when Marly scores a goal?

What song should the arena play when JJ scores a goal?

What song should the arena play when Scott scores a goal?

Favorite AU for these here characters?

Favorite headcanon?

Which character is most likely to have a secret tumblr blog?

Do you have a fan-cast for any characters not seen in season 1? (Ilya’s mom, Troy, Ryan, Luca, Farah etc)

A band/artist/song you want to be featured in season 2?

What would YOU name the MLH Ottawa team?

What colors do YOU think the MLH Ottawa team should sport?

Biggest wish for season 2?

What color is Shane’s Dildo?

Consider also that Ilya point blank refuses to learn French. He is also forever grateful for his husband having learnt Russian allowing Ilya to be his whole self at home. And being Shane he is always so earnestly and patiently curious about all the things Ilya feels able to share about his past and why he misses his home country. He's been wanting for a while to figure out a way to show Shane how grateful he is, plus he loves Yuna like a mother and kinda misses when Shane was just learning about Russian and they would practice together (Shane would practice and Ilya would relentlessly tease). So when they're relaxing at home one day and Shane brings up his new plan to starting learning Japanese and more about Japan for his mother, Ilya immediately gets overexcited and jumps in "we do this together". Before backtracking nervously "unless this is something you want to do for yourself", all the while Shane is just staring at him all wet doe eyes and love struck smile "no, we can do it together I would love that and so would mum" and kisses him sweetly.

Heated Rivalry is featured in NHL on TNT's playoff hype video

Heated Rivalry Week 2026 | March 16 - March 22

This fandom continues to inspire so much creativity, and we wanted an excuse to channel even more of it... ✨ together. ✨

So! We bring you, Heated Rivalry Week 2026! #HRWeek2026 is a week dedicated to gifs, revisiting favourite episodes, scenes, characters, and everything in between. Whether you join for one prompt or all seven, we’re excited to create and post with you.

Prompts

Day 1 | March 16: Favourite Episode

Day 2 | March 17: Favourite Outfit/Look

Day 3 | March 18: Favourite Kiss/Hug

Day 4 | March 19: Favourite Location

Day 5 | March 20: Favourite Character/Supporting Character

Day 6 | March 21: Favourite Scene

Day 7 | March 22: Free choice (colours, typography, songs, etc.)

General Rules

- Please tag your posts with #HRWeek2026, and include it within the first 5 tags so it appears in the Tumblr tag

- Please create a separate post for each prompt

- You’re welcome to create more than one set per prompt if inspiration strikes

- Include the prompt somewhere in your post (caption or tags)

- Late posts are always welcome

- Please be kind and respectful to all creators