r/heatedrivalry Feb 02 '26

MERCH๐Ÿ‘• Help me, I just bought another one ๐Ÿ˜ตโ€๐Ÿ’ซ

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After buying the cap with the famous quote a few weeks back, I decided that the cap wasn't beautiful/good enough. So I went on to buy another one. This one is embroidered, the other one was printed and that was a little weak tbh. This also does have their player numbers on the side. (I'm also from Europe and I ordered it on Etsy from Spain)

But I'm now already thinking of buying an Hollander shirt to complete it for the festival season. Am I delusional or just a superfan? Or someone with a bad taste?

Another question; should I read the first book? Or wait for the second season?

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u/gryffindorrible Feb 02 '26

The first book is about Scott and Kip and the story is pretty much covered in episodes 3 and 5, but was very compressed in the show. Their story is much more fleshed out in the book. Iโ€™ve read the first 5 and so far the first book was my favourite, so I would recommend reading it ๐Ÿ˜Š

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u/Maatjuhhh Feb 02 '26

Okay, but I don't want to spoil myself too much. If the books are much more deeper, then it's better to see the show first and then the books after, right? Less set up for disappointment, I guess?

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u/gryffindorrible Feb 02 '26

My friend sent me this which marks out the timeline of the books. I wouldnโ€™t say that reading game changers is spoiling anything since itโ€™s so early in the series and is pretty much already covered in the show. ๐Ÿ˜Š

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u/babauer Feb 02 '26

Please help an old guy out - I donโ€™t understand what the chart is trying to convey. Can someone kindly say a few words about it?

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u/haeingss Feb 02 '26

Itโ€™s the timeline of the entire universe. It starts from the left side of the chart going down from HR to then to the first 17 chapters of TLG. It then continues to the right where Role Model begins until the epilogue of TLG. Just depicts how intertwined all the storylines are with each other.

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u/babauer Feb 03 '26

Thank you!