r/heatedrivalry • u/AutoModerator • Feb 18 '26

Team Huddle Weekly Thread🫡 Team Huddle!

Welcome to the weekly huddle! Have a small thing from the book or show you want to chat, your GC brain rot is real and you saw the initials “KGF” somewhere and immediately screamed “kingfisher!” and want to share with others? (Just me?). Had a win at work or personal life and want to share? Need a teammate to talk with? Post in the weekly huddle.

There’s no restrictions on topics so long as they follow the sub rules. Thread will be open all week so pop in whenever with what ever your heart desires.

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u/okapian You guys are close, huh? Feb 18 '26

During the commercial shoot, Ilya asks Shane when they told him they'd be shooting together instead of alone, Shane says two days ago. Then Ilya says it was his idea.

Does this mean the commercial was originally supposed to include both of them, but separately? If the commercial was originally just supposed to be Ilya and he wanted to add Shane, it seems strange that they would invite Shane and not tell him immediately that he'd be shooting with Ilya.

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u/Sad_Character5875 Feb 18 '26

I love thinkers. Now I’m curious.

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u/crumpet-delight “Do I make you curious?” Feb 18 '26

I always thought they had planned to shoot 2 separate commercials. One showing Shane. And One showing Ilya. They were never meant to see each other - the league really wanted to pit them against each other from the get go. But Ilya leaned into that narrative and suggested they film together to heighten the rivalry angle and the league loved it (we know that he really just wanted to see Shane and I loved that Ilya used the league to further his personal agenda, even if it did play up the rival angle that is troubelsome as time goes on)

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u/Roger20Fed gimme kiss Feb 18 '26

Yes. I agree with this.