The second book spans a period of time before the first book as well
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-t - Dec 11, 2025 9:52:55 am PST #7342 of 7401
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Jessica - Dec 11, 2025 10:34:34 am PST #7343 of 7401
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The series is chronological except for the 2 Shane/Ilya books, which together cover the entire timeline of the series. So Game Changers (Scott/Kip) the book takes place over a period of about 6 months inside the timeline of Heated Rivalry. (And the show has those events about 3 years earlier than they happen in the book.)
-t - Dec 19, 2025 3:47:37 pm PST #7344 of 7401
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
OK, I don’t know if I can make a case based on the show, but I’m taking all the Scott/Kip in episode 3 as a magical flash-forward within the otherwise linear progression of the timeline. It wouldn’t have worked to push all that into this episode somehow but him staying closeted for 3 years or whatever *and* finishing every season badly until now without the turnaround being that he met Kip is not to be borne
I’ll probably do a rewatching binge next week, will look for clues I can hand wave into support
Dana - Dec 19, 2025 4:40:13 pm PST #7345 of 7401
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
I find the timeline hard to grasp.
-t - Dec 19, 2025 4:57:14 pm PST #7346 of 7401
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yeah, I realize there is one but I don't, like, feel it
Jessica - Dec 20, 2025 7:41:50 am PST #7347 of 7401
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm torn because on the one hand, taking any screen time away from Ilya and Shane would have been agonizing, but I feel like we deserved to see Scott meeting Kip's dad, coming out to Eric and Carter, gradually relaxing the secrecy without being out publicly, etc instead of jumping ahead three years with nothing in between their last scene and this episode.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 20, 2025 10:34:24 am PST #7348 of 7401
"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
Yeah, as a non-book reader that storyline feels very incomplete, like I missed an intervening episode. Though I still find it more interesting/involving than the A plot. I hope we get more backstory to fill in the gaps in Season 2.
-t - Dec 20, 2025 4:19:36 pm PST #7349 of 7401
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yeah, I can understand wanting to keep the focus on Shane and Ilya but that was not enough of Scott’s story
meara - Dec 22, 2025 7:19:49 pm PST #7350 of 7401
Yeah I just assumed there was Kip stuff happening in the intervening years that we weren’t let in on (as opposed to some people who seemed to think Kip just randomly went to the Stanley cup finals to watch his ex from a few years ago play??)
But my god, episode 5 had SO MANY good parts!!
-t - Dec 22, 2025 8:30:48 pm PST #7351 of 7401
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I read something saying they’d been broken up for all that time, and, no, I will not even consider that.
As for good parts, yes! So many! I had forgotten all about the injury and Ilya looking extremely young while worrying on the ice and Shane all high on painkillers and reckless really got me in the feels