Carly! I wrote this whole thing as an email back to you before I realised I can't email reply to your newsletters anymore haha.
I very belatedly watched Heated Rivalry this weekend, and I'm so obsessed. I'm bursting - it's inconvenient to have an obsession now, when I'm a grown adult (I'm 37, have 2 kids similar in age to yours). In the old days of Livejournal that was where all the fandom and squee is, I did all that with LotR and PotC and now, there's nothing??? That's why I'm writing to you because it's too bad having this obsession all to myself. My husband finds it amusing but I don't want him to watch it with me, it ruins everything. It's even something I haven't asked my IRL friends about, in case any of them judge it or say anything to ruin it - some of the articles on Reddit sort of do that, the ones that hate on it etc. In the old Livejournal days I had my whole thing private to myself, could read slash fanfiction in peace and there was a whole community you could just be in even if I never wrote or commented. And now it's a huge deal when something this perfect and slash-like is now in the mainstream, it's the whole women are getting their fantasies now thing, and it's hard to have no one to be like THIS IS A HUGE DEAL! Just Reddit posts about how the sex is unrealistic.
Anyway so sorry to rant, please somehow send us these delicious platonic-bromance reels you speak of, I want more of Connor Storrie and anything Heated Rivalry
Oh my god riiiiiiight? There’s a specific loneliness having watched Heated Rivalry before any of your friends have. I had to find a random mum at my kids school because someone told me she had watched it and I literally cornered her in the playground and was like ‘Hi, I’m Carly I’ve met you a few times - Heated Rivalry???’ and it was OFF.
Ha that's amazing, yes pounce on all randoms who have watched it!! I have luckily discovered one work friend who watched and liked it, yesss. But to get all my thoughts out I went old school and started a new LJ account and have been gushing into the void - excellent and therapeutic.
"One of my most potent takeaways from Heated Rivalry is how starved we are for non-romantic male-on-male affection. And yes, I know there was almost zero of that in the actual show, I’m talking about Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams." - I'm talking about the actors not the characters! x
Love all your recs! And I feel that a hair flip could be very chic xx
I HATE growing out my fringe though but it must be done.
Carly! I wrote this whole thing as an email back to you before I realised I can't email reply to your newsletters anymore haha.
I very belatedly watched Heated Rivalry this weekend, and I'm so obsessed. I'm bursting - it's inconvenient to have an obsession now, when I'm a grown adult (I'm 37, have 2 kids similar in age to yours). In the old days of Livejournal that was where all the fandom and squee is, I did all that with LotR and PotC and now, there's nothing??? That's why I'm writing to you because it's too bad having this obsession all to myself. My husband finds it amusing but I don't want him to watch it with me, it ruins everything. It's even something I haven't asked my IRL friends about, in case any of them judge it or say anything to ruin it - some of the articles on Reddit sort of do that, the ones that hate on it etc. In the old Livejournal days I had my whole thing private to myself, could read slash fanfiction in peace and there was a whole community you could just be in even if I never wrote or commented. And now it's a huge deal when something this perfect and slash-like is now in the mainstream, it's the whole women are getting their fantasies now thing, and it's hard to have no one to be like THIS IS A HUGE DEAL! Just Reddit posts about how the sex is unrealistic.
Anyway so sorry to rant, please somehow send us these delicious platonic-bromance reels you speak of, I want more of Connor Storrie and anything Heated Rivalry
Oh my god riiiiiiight? There’s a specific loneliness having watched Heated Rivalry before any of your friends have. I had to find a random mum at my kids school because someone told me she had watched it and I literally cornered her in the playground and was like ‘Hi, I’m Carly I’ve met you a few times - Heated Rivalry???’ and it was OFF.
Ha that's amazing, yes pounce on all randoms who have watched it!! I have luckily discovered one work friend who watched and liked it, yesss. But to get all my thoughts out I went old school and started a new LJ account and have been gushing into the void - excellent and therapeutic.
I agree re. the Presley book. Maybe the Elvis influence is waning.
Right? I got it on borrow box with no wait, totally bizarre. I feel like this deserves 12 weeks waits.
I’m confused- are we watching the same Heated Rivalry? Platonic?
A fabulous show, certainly, but I see a secret, passionate romance not a platonic bromance.
Just me??
"One of my most potent takeaways from Heated Rivalry is how starved we are for non-romantic male-on-male affection. And yes, I know there was almost zero of that in the actual show, I’m talking about Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams." - I'm talking about the actors not the characters! x
Ah, got it! 🤦🏼♀️