Have not started watching Heated Rivalry yet, but I misplaced my kindle last night and decided to start reading Game Changers on my phone (kindle turned up right next to my bed this morning, where I looked for it several times) and now I’m 15% into Heated Rivalry so I will be watching before long…
This isn't a come-on. I'm in a very serious relationship with a landscape architect.
Oliver ,'Conviction (1)'
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-t - Dec 08, 2025 10:01:32 am PST #7330 of 7343
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Jessica - Dec 08, 2025 1:40:16 pm PST #7331 of 7343
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I had to got to talk about this book/show at work today for the second week in a row!
Jessica - Dec 08, 2025 1:40:50 pm PST #7332 of 7343
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
(Because the book is out of stock everywhere, which is relevant to my job. I did warn people not to Google the show at work.)
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 09, 2025 7:19:26 am PST #7333 of 7343
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I'm torn between being hopeful about a hockey-set m/m romance series hitting multiple interests for me and shuddering at the memory of the relationship dynamics in a lot of slash fanfic I've read. If someone soothes an emotional meltdown by soulfully repeating "I've got you," I'm diving for the remote.
Jessica - Dec 09, 2025 7:52:35 am PST #7334 of 7343
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
If someone soothes an emotional meltdown by soulfully repeating "I've got you," I'm diving for the remote.
I can guarantee this does not happen at any point in the book. (And so far the TV adaptation has been spot on, so I'm hopeful.)
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 09, 2025 12:46:10 pm PST #7335 of 7343
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Sounds promising. Fingers crossed!
-t - Dec 10, 2025 9:01:46 am PST #7336 of 7343
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Man, you were right, Jess, this is a great adaptation! I'm glad I went right from reading to watching so the text is fresh in my head because it is kind of astounding how faithful it's managing to be
Also impressive how very clear it is exactly what is happening just off-screen or otherwise out of sight. Wow.
Jessica - Dec 10, 2025 1:14:48 pm PST #7337 of 7343
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm taking it on faith that the timeline changes will work out in the end, but what I was most worried about was getting the characters and their relationship dynamic right and everyone involved is absolutely nailing it.
(Ahem. So to speak.)
-t - Dec 10, 2025 3:23:39 pm PST #7338 of 7343
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
There is absolutely a lot of nailing
I thought the dates were not what I expected sometimes but I did not pay close enough attention to that (while reading or watching) to suss out why that might be. The only change I noticed and am not sure of is that they went to Shane's actual house (apartment? whatever) in Montreal and book!Ilya imagining what it was like and asking Shane about it was nifty
Jessica - Dec 10, 2025 5:13:21 pm PST #7339 of 7343
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The Scott/Kip stuff in ep3 is happening much earlier in the show than it did in the books, which means there must be other adjustments to make later events line up the way they need to.