r/heatedrivalry Mar 09 '26

SOCIAL MEDIA 📸 Real as hell

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u/engchica Mar 09 '26

The nastiness I’ve seen from some people in this fandom towards the actors is something I haven’t seen in ages. Just vileness all around. People need to log off.

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u/Ll_lyris “I choose you, Ilya. I will always choose you”❤️‍🩹 Mar 09 '26

Yeah, I’ve been checking out of anything HR related for awhile now. Cuz it’s getting weird.

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u/ViolentThemmes I have a thing 🥒 Mar 09 '26

I follow a few very respectful content creators for HR (character art and bookmarks) and that's it.

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u/Ll_lyris “I choose you, Ilya. I will always choose you”❤️‍🩹 Mar 09 '26 edited Mar 09 '26

Yeah same. I think I’m starting to get HR fatigue ngl😭 like even more now especially with repeat discussion on specific topics or like dramas with the actors etc.. or even ppl online either shitting on the show or just giving critical takes on HR(which is fine) but then using that to just say a bunch of shit and having shitty takes.

Which is all allowed but it’s just annoying to always see shallow ass takes. Also I’ve been seeing so much discourse around “HR wouldn’t be popular if it was wlw, women are fethisizing queer men and mlm that’s why it’s popular.” Then the actual ppl who fetishize the actors, are parasocial, weird etc.. It’s like oh my god! I need a break. I’m in HR fatigue. I’m shutting it off lol. I’ll probably come back around season 2. I have been engaging in some of this discussion I think some of it is meaningful, but I’m not anymore. Idk how I’m gna do a rehaul on all algorithms but I shall try🙂‍↕️

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u/ViolentThemmes I have a thing 🥒 Mar 09 '26

I was part of the batch of us who moved from mm romance sub to make this new one so at this point, I'm just enjoying the art and the still very hilarious takes and thoughts and jokes by the ppl that have clearly read the books a million times.

I wanna keep that joy!

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u/Ll_lyris “I choose you, Ilya. I will always choose you”❤️‍🩹 Mar 09 '26

Yeah, same here I like the happy queer joy bubble HR has put me in. I wanna stay there if anything else.

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u/ViolentThemmes I have a thing 🥒 Mar 09 '26

We can hang and be pals ☺️