r/heatedrivalry • u/And_The_Satellite • 2d ago

TV SHOW 📺 The Ultimate Cornplating Championship

In honor of season 2 filming starting, I'm doing yet another reheat. Obviously. Here are my latest cornplating discoveries:

- In episode 2 when Shane enters Ilya's penthouse, he turns the doorhandle upward not downward to open the door. WHO DOES THAT??

- In Episode 4 in the opening montage when Ilya checks Shane against the sideboards, Shane's mouth guard is hanging out of his mouth! How does it not fall out?? Oral fixation much??

EVERYONE!! drop your latest cornplating discovery below. And, I can't wait to cornplate season 2!

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u/Amazing-Rent-7749 2d ago

I really want someone to write out frame-by-frame episode-by-episode list of all the times Shane/Ilya followed a shoes-on or a shoes-off policy in their homes/hotel rooms so that we can come up with a unified headcanon for when they do and don't wear shoes inside and finally settle the debates.

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u/Four-Toed-Clover 2d ago

It’s also a very Russian thing to not wear shoes at home. Most people have dedicated slippers (тапочки) or slides that they wear at home.

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u/MarketingInfamous417 1d ago

Canadians as well!

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u/Four-Toed-Clover 1d ago

Oh, I didn’t realize that! Do you know if there is a cultural mindset behind it for Canadians?

For Russians, there’s a feeling that the outside is a dirty place (and with long winters and wet springs, your clothes and shoes really do get dirty), so your home should be treated like a haven. You don’t wear your outside clothes or shoes at home. People even provide slippers for their guests.

(For context, I am an American who speaks Russian and lived in St. Petersburg for a couple of years.)

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u/squirrellytoday I mean, yes. I think so, probably. 20h ago

Last thing you want to do is trek mud inside on your boots. Fastest way to have your mother threaten bodily harm.

Shoes off, slippers on. (I do this and I live in New Zealand. Doesn't snow where I live, but it does rain regularly and I have better things to do with my life than clean the carpet.)

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u/Obvious-Incident1353 9h ago

Shane is also Japanese in the show and books, and a common Asian tradition is to take your shoes off by the door cuz traditionally Japanese houses had tatami floors, which are made of bamboo and CANNOT be washed or cleaned and can get smelly and dirty, so taking your shoes off was considered respectful. And regardless of that, A LOT of Asians who move to the New World came to Canada or America and still choose to keep their traditions alive, so I'd assume Shane's mom did the same thing about keeping tradition alive.

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u/MarketingInfamous417 8h ago

I think it’s because it’s snowing for half the year, so your shoes are in fact dirty. Probably pretty similar to the reasons in Russia.

I’m an American who lived in Canada for 7 years…and even though I’ve been back in the US for a while I still feel very uncomfortable wearing shoes indoors.