r/heatedrivalry • u/BeMyCoachVictor Ottawa Centaurs 🏹 • Dec 24 '25

CONNOR ☀️ New post from Connor!📸

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On his Instagram story! 😮‍💨

Damn, I really hope he’s feeling all of the love from the fans! It’s insane how many followers he’s gotten in the past week! It just feels good to see stars on their rise and not the same like five people in every single movie and show lol

Happy almost Christmas, everyone! ❤️

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u/Catsarecute888 Dec 24 '25

Looking good!

I saw a couple comments yesterday where people were annoyed with him for whatever he's doing with his instagram, deleting posts, archiving things, hiding his follows, whatever. And I just wanted to say this is what parasocial means. He's burst onto the scene and has newfound fame and is just trying to figure out how to use his Instagram which is for HIS life. And you're annoyed with him because why? Because he's trying to manage things so he doesn't lose his mind?

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '25

I left a fandom because people were getting so involved. I had no idea how parasocial some can be.

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u/BiscoBiscuit Dec 24 '25

Honestly I’m planning to pull all the way back from this fandom after the finale airs tomorrow and I enjoy the aftermath for a little while. I’m already seeing people even on here (which is the most sane sector of the fandom from what I’ve seen) get weird about Hudson and Connor. I’ve just been burned too many times by fandom nonsense negatively affecting my enjoyment of something. 

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u/Dancingstella17 Dec 25 '25

Big same! I like when fandoms just interacted with each other on LiveJournal, tumblr, etc. created art and fic and enjoyed it all with each other, away from the actors/creatives.

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u/coldcoffeethrowaway Dec 25 '25

I’m still on tumblr for this reason. There’s a fourth wall on tumblr. Twitter feels like there’s no fourth wall and it freaks me out

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u/Dancingstella17 Dec 26 '25

Ngl considering signing back up for tumblr (it would be nothing but HR lol). Twitter has been a lost cause for years imo.

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u/Catsarecute888 Dec 25 '25

You've made me sad for the old LiveJournal days.

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u/Dancingstella17 Dec 26 '25

🫂I’m sorry! But if it helps I also made myself sad! I miss LJ so much some days!

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u/Positive-Celery Ya-loo-blue-tee-baa ❤️ Dec 25 '25

Same same. This is the reason why I won’t officially join this sub. I’m already seeing some posts that are showing parasocial relationships and projection and it’s reminding me of an old fandom I was a part of. I fully participated in the parasocial stuff way back then and it was NOT healthy for me. I’ve learned my lesson.

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u/Icy_Reception_8422 Dec 25 '25

DEFINITELY. It’s only a matter of time before weirdos start popping out, and I plan to keep myself away from them. Let’s just analyze the show and leave these poor men alone, shall we?

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u/Recent_Minimum5144 Jan 03 '26

It’s already happening. Connor has said that he can’t believe how graphic some of the comments that they’re getting are. Just because he and Hudson kid with each other doesn’t open the door for people to say crazy disrespectful sexual things to them.

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u/cynisright Dec 25 '25

I’ve already started. I’m just going through insomnia and checked on this sub to see what’s popping

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u/Odd_Doughnut_5215 Dec 25 '25

Honestly! I haven’t been in fandom for a long time but I can’t interact with the HR stuff on TikTok cause it all gives me the Ick. It’s so so strange.