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itsNorth @northisnotup.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

I forgot for a moment that i should not be interacting with Fandom At Large Fandom is a mess of very loud very ignorant people Fans are good, smart, empathetic, capable of nuanced conversation Fandom is a fucking mess

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itsNorth @northisnotup.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Wtf do you MEAN the ending to tlg doesn't make sense. wtf do you MEAN 'that org would never do that!' Or 'that trade would never happen!' DUMB ASS SHIT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME FOREVER. Its HOCKEY. It doesn't MAKE SENSE 😂😂😂😂

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itsNorth @northisnotup.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

The amount of hockey rivalmance fans who act like they have never watched a org collapse due to poor management, or fuck around with their star player only to Find Out or see a fuck ass trade is wild

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emmer @emmer.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

so true bestie

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itsNorth @northisnotup.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

What I am divining here is that i should work on my fanfics

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itsNorth @northisnotup.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

The etsy witches WILL be hearing from me 😤 The biggest issue is that I need this trade to unfold a Specific Way for the plot but i am unwilling to handwave, which means I either have to re-write, write more, or Figure It The Fuck Out

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itsNorth @northisnotup.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

I do love being a pedantic little shit but TRADES ARE SO COMPLICATED

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itsNorth @northisnotup.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

I can just handwave this. I don't NEED to teach myself about the rules of trading. I won't handwave this. But i could.

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itsNorth @northisnotup.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Waiving a NMC and Free Agency means that Shane SHOULD have his pick, right? Or would it be more like Metros management only have to present his agent certain trades, or would he have a list of what teams he would take a trade to... FUCK trades.

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itsNorth @northisnotup.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Somehow this hurts more than women's silver At least Poulin was ON THE ICE

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itsNorth @northisnotup.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Does anyone know a decent amount about hockey trades? I am officially lost in the sauce in my trade fic

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

normies: more Olympic hockey overtime!!!! so exciting hockey fans: once again we are subjected to The Great Travesty

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itsNorth @northisnotup.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

The Worst Part of being in a fandom where people not only Don't Know Hockey but are PROUD of not knowing anything about Hockey is hearing all the shit-wrong-bad takes about the fucking Monteal Hockey Team.

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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw @gavia.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

i've noticed some heated rivalry fanfic writers interpreting shane's diet as no-carb/low-carb, and I wish I could inform them that he's undoubtedly eating A TON of carbs, just as whole grains like rice or barley or whatever. he probably burns like 5000 calories per day.

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itsNorth @northisnotup.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Inspiration notes on my current wip: "okay 1. I can hear the Canadian accent in this one 2. That's a lot of hockey speak 3. I can feel the rage in this one babe 10/10 please keep going" 😈

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itsNorth @northisnotup.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Annnnd i'm stuck. I know the shape of the next scene but not the details.

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itsNorth @northisnotup.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

How do I have. Another. Fucking. Plot. Bunny??

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itsNorth @northisnotup.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Okay but HOW many jokes does Shane hear on the daily about his mail order bride?

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Melony🍈 @melonteee.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

I am not saying you need to get into One Piece. I am saying, when the time is right, you will look in the mirror and already be a One Piece fan.

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itsNorth @northisnotup.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Also inspired by swingset I want the media documentation of the riots after Shane Hollander is traded A 2 page ad in the Gazette? The Metro's front offices WISH. Someone covered the coaches car in eggs and salmon.

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itsNorth @northisnotup.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Inspired by swingset on tumblr - the canon divergence i want is the bidding war for Shane Hollander ends with him going to completely different team.

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itsNorth @northisnotup.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Gaggle of Russian players show up at Ilya's to kidnap him for a night out & he is frantically shushing them when a sleepy voice calls out 'Ilya? Come back to bed.' They freeze. Ilya, glaring bloody murder at the crew, croons 'go back to sleep moy rodnaya.' (Alt idea could be Surprise Boys Night)

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itsNorth @northisnotup.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

🥲 i would need to think up more plot points. So far I have that one and smth riffing off ify & emily's notes app thing (Maybe ottawa has a 'guess which screenshot belongs to which player' game and harris can't see why NOT to post ilya's weird tally list)

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itsNorth @northisnotup.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

The fic i would write if i wanted to do a media au Posted 8:32 pm - so did anyone else notice shane hollander wearing a day collar or is that just me? Repost - [Gayle meme 'was anyone going to tell me shane hollander was a sub or was that something i was supposed to find out on peep myself?']

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itsNorth @northisnotup.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

I cannot believe more ppl haven't made the Shane Hollander - Patrick Roy connection Like - where the fuck are the fics where Shane tells the GM in the middle of the game that he's Done?

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itsNorth @northisnotup.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Fic where Rose and Shane watch Big Eden and Shane has to call Ilya after just to say ilu and how he is so proud of ilya and his team while ilya low key panics 'are you crying? What happened? Do i need to fight miss movie star now??'

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itsNorth @northisnotup.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Fic where Ilya's new team thinks he has a crush on the Untouchable Shane Hollander and tries to wingman for him

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itsNorth @northisnotup.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

The issue with me going Feral over hockey rivalmance is that i now have 3 plot bunnies all vyying for attention and no idea which to focus on.

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WeRateSirs™ @sir-rates.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

living for this full court danmei couple press cycle

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Heated Rivalry News @hrnews.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

the saga continues

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itsNorth @northisnotup.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Ilya and Svetlana do drunk kitchen karaoke and no one can tell me otherwise Shane has SO many videos Ilya keeps pestering him to delete them but its NOT happening

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Heated Rivalry News @hrnews.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Jacob and Hudson in the comments

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itsNorth @northisnotup.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

I'm making frank langdon the metros team doctor bc in fic land i can do what i want and also i feel like he would be kind but not nice. Sympathetic but not empathetic. 'This is a terrible thing but how could you be so stupid.'

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itsNorth @northisnotup.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Its so absolutely unfortunate that the first fic i am going to wrote for this fandom is SO off-brand :/

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itsNorth @northisnotup.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

What would Shane do if he wasn't a hockey player? Ilya could do anything, but I think if Shane couldn't play hockey he would still need something very active and consuming as a job. Idk if it would be related to hockey? Like nutritionist or PT but... hm.

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itsNorth @northisnotup.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

The Legally Distinct Hockey Trophy(tm)

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

It’s not the most notable thing about “Heated Rivalry” but the janky-ass Stanley Cup knockoff makes me smile every time it’s on screen.

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screamlet @screamlet.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

underrated heated rivalry thing: actors capturing hockey guys' terrible dead-eyed public speaking. ilya and shane's bit on stage in vegas made my skin crawl (positive). scott's speech in the finale- it takes a lot of work to act that dead inside and then deliberately break it open juuust a little

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itsNorth @northisnotup.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

I watched the finale and then the NEXT DAY did a watch a long with them.

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itsNorth @northisnotup.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

EVERYONE SAY 'THANK YOU CANADIAN TAX CREDITS'

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itsNorth @northisnotup.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

I CANNOT rec the empty netters enough for their reactions. They are the absolute definition of 'confused but they got the spirit' they say the most out of pocket shit in the best most goodest faith and have taken to this show like ducks to water.

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itsNorth @northisnotup.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Bro. Bro I watched it (tho ep4 took me like 6+ hours to limp through) & then rewatched the finale while the empty netters guys lived streatmed, watched their episode reactions & AM NOW REWATCHING IT. I am down so bad. I am, as the kids say, Sat. Its been a long time since i was this feral for smth

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Heated Rivalry News @hrnews.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

📸: Richie Lubaton

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