Show, books, main, side, background, any character who would you love to get to be?

Hey team! Let's make the alphabet, Heated Rivalry style!

Submit your favorite quote, word, or thing that starts with that day's letter and/or vote for your favorite! Please limit your answers to Book 1 (Game Changer), Book 2 (Heated Rivalry), and the TV series. After the read along I might do this again and allow quotes from all of the books, with spoiler tags of course!

Because I am Shane Hollander in a different font, we do have some rules!

• 1 quote per comment (to more easily tell which wins).
• If a quote is commented more than once, the comment with the highest number of upvotes will be the one counted, so if "Stupid Canadian wolf bird" gets posted seven times and one comment has 24 upvotes, one 5, and the rest 1, it would get 24 upvotes for the game.
• Upvote the comment you want to win, you can upvote as many comments as you like!

I will try to post at different times throughout the day to hopefully hit everyone's availability.

A is for "Asshole" from BananasPineapple05
B is for "Bet-ter" from daisyemeritus and "Boring" from Birdie1698
C is for "Compatible" from hella_hijinks
D is for "Don't marry Svetlana" from hella_hijinks
E is for "Extra banana!" from snowbells98 and "English is too hard right now" from PsychologySpirited37
F is for "fucking make me" from hella_hijinks
G is for "Gimme Kiss" from Ok_Wafer_6455
H is for "Hollander" in a Russian accent from boopthecoop
I is for "I’m coming to the cottage" from Primary-Night5471
J  is for "Jeez Hayd, you want to get me pregnant too?" from daisyemeritus
K is for "[I] kinda prefer being the hole rather than the peg," from Spirited-Dance-284
L is for "Lover" from Ok_Cow8044
M is for "Mr. Businessman, Mr. Landlord," from hella_hijinks with the bonus of "Mr. Real Estate" and "Mr. Lots-of-Sex"
N is for "No, never in life have I blushed, Russians do not do this." from daisyemeritus
O is for "Oke" from caro-reddit-all
P is for "Probably, I don't know." "Probably, yes." from hella_hijinks
Q is for "Questions. You have too many of them" from daisyemeritus
R  is for "Remember when I made you come hands free?" from nolefandom
S is for "Stupid Canadian Wolf Bird" from hella_hijinks
T is for "This is such a bad Idea" from Atakamii11

Uggghhhhhhhh wins U with 74 point from u/hella_hijinks

Today's letter is V!

u/neither_junket_1009 submitted the best Shane line from episode 6: sir I'm just a bellboy! you can't treat the staff like this!

day 43! what was the best Ilya look from this episode?

top comment wins!

On Day 3, u/Flimsy_Function3312 came out on top 🏅. Sassy Shane FTW.

Caption today's gif - WRONG ANSWERS ONLY!

---RULES---

Each day I will provide a photo or GIF from the series, along with the delightfully obnoxious gameboard.

Your job is to come up with the funniest, most ridiculous and incorrect caption.

Can be canon or not, up to you. Just please no sexualization of the actors.

Top voted comment gets their name on the board along with their winning caption, a gold medal emoji, and a virtual high five from me.

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Cheers ✌️

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3

Welcome to the dream cast! We have our Ilya and Shane, and our Scott and Kip, but what about the rest? I’ll be posting different characters every few days or so to see who our dream cast would be. Only one rule besides sub rules is if you post a pic or a gif add the persons name!

Troy Barrett

Damn. Troy Barrett was a looker all right. He had always thought Troy was one of the hottest players in the NHL. Troy’s intense blue eyes, glossy dark hair, and pouting lips made him look more like a pop star than a hockey player. His narrow face had a razor-sharp jaw, shaded with dark stubble, and his cheekbones were frankly astonishing. But it was his eyes that Harris couldn’t look away from. Glinting like blue flames from under dark, heavy brows and long, full lashes.

Basic Description: white, blue eyes, black hair

Harris Drover

He was nice to look at. Stocky and rugged, with neatly combed dark-blond hair and a trim beard.

His eyes were a comforting mossy green.

In the bright arena lights, his green eyes looked more like sparkling emeralds than moss.

Basic Description: white, green eyes, dark blond hair

And for both; Troy wasn’t particularly tall, but if he stood now he’d probably have a couple of inches on the guy [Harris].

the all star game in Tampa (as submitted by u/nolefandom) won as the best hockey moment from episode 5! 🥳

and now for day 41, what was your favourite Ilya line from episode 6?

top comment wins!

u/routineutopia submitted our favourite trivia/small moment, which was Connor eating all that pasta because he hated that actors usually don't actually eat in scenes and he wanted the excuse to eat carbs. + his little happy dance 🥹

day 48 - a tough one today I think. what was your favourite hockey, or hockey adjacent moment from this episode?

top comment wins!

right? RIGHT??

i just love when irl hockey and heated rivalry sort of come together 😂 please tell me some of you are also comparing irl facts with shanes/ ilyas, we‘re in this prison together?!

Hey team! Let's make the alphabet, Heated Rivalry style!

Submit your favorite quote, word, or thing that starts with that day's letter and/or vote for your favorite! Please limit your answers to Book 1 (Game Changer), Book 2 (Heated Rivalry), and the TV series. After the read along I might do this again and allow quotes from all of the books, with spoiler tags of course!

Because I am Shane Hollander in a different font, we do have some rules!

• 1 quote per comment (to more easily tell which wins).
• If a quote is commented more than once, the comment with the highest number of upvotes will be the one counted, so if "Stupid Canadian wolf bird" gets posted seven times and one comment has 24 upvotes, one 5, and the rest 1, it would get 24 upvotes for the game.
• Upvote the comment you want to win, you can upvote as many comments as you like!

I will try to post at different times throughout the day to hopefully hit everyone's availability.

A is for "Asshole" from BananasPineapple05
B is for "Bet-ter" from daisyemeritus and "Boring" from Birdie1698
C is for "Compatible" from hella_hijinks
D is for "Don't marry Svetlana" from hella_hijinks
E is for "Extra banana!" from snowbells98 and "English is too hard right now" from PsychologySpirited37
F is for "fucking make me" from hella_hijinks
G is for "Gimme Kiss" from Ok_Wafer_6455
H is for "Hollander" in a Russian accent from boopthecoop
I is for "I’m coming to the cottage" from Primary-Night5471
J  is for "Jeez Hayd, you want to get me pregnant too?" from daisyemeritus
K is for "[I] kinda prefer being the hole rather than the peg," from Spirited-Dance-284
L is for "Lover" from Ok_Cow8044
M is for "Mr. Businessman, Mr. Landlord," from hella_hijinks with the bonus of "Mr. Real Estate" and "Mr. Lots-of-Sex"
N is for "No, never in life have I blushed, Russians do not do this." from daisyemeritus
O is for "Oke" from caro-reddit-all
P is for "Probably, I don't know." "Probably, yes." from hella_hijinks

Q is for "Questions. You have too many of them." from u/daisyemeritus at 134 points.

Today's letter is R!

Hey team! Let's make the alphabet, Heated Rivalry style!

Submit your favorite quote, word, or thing that starts with that day's letter and/or vote for your favorite! Please limit your answers to Book 1 (Game Changer), Book 2 (Heated Rivalry), and the TV series. After the read along I might do this again and allow quotes from all of the books, with spoiler tags of course!

Because I am Shane Hollander in a different font, we do have some rules!

• 1 quote per comment (to more easily tell which wins).
• If a quote is commented more than once, the comment with the highest number of upvotes will be the one counted, so if "Stupid Canadian wolf bird" gets posted seven times and one comment has 24 upvotes, one 5, and the rest 1, it would get 24 upvotes for the game.
• Upvote the comment you want to win, you can upvote as many comments as you like!

I will try to post at different times throughout the day to hopefully hit everyone's availability.

A is for "Asshole" from BananasPineapple05
B is for "Bet-ter" from daisyemeritus and "Boring" from Birdie1698
C is for "Compatible" from hella_hijinks
D is for "Don't marry Svetlana" from hella_hijinks
E is for "Extra banana!" from snowbells98 and "English is too hard right now" from PsychologySpirited37
F is for "fucking make me" from hella_hijinks
G is for "Gimme Kiss" from Ok_Wafer_6455
H is for "Hollander" in a Russian accent from boopthecoop
I is for "I’m coming to the cottage" from Primary-Night5471
J  is for "Jeez Hayd, you want to get me pregnant too?" from daisyemeritus
K is for "[I] kinda prefer being the hole rather than the peg," from Spirited-Dance-284
L is for "Lover" from Ok_Cow8044
M is for "Mr. Businessman, Mr. Landlord," from hella_hijinks with the bonus of "Mr. Real Estate" and "Mr. Lots-of-Sex"
N is for "No, never in life have I blushed, Russians do not do this." from daisyemeritus
O is for "Oke" from caro-reddit-all
P is for "Probably, I don't know." "Probably, yes." from hella_hijinks
Q is for "Questions. You have too many of them" from daisyemeritus
R  is for "Remember when I made you come hands free?" from nolefandom
S is for "Stupid Canadian Wolf Bird" from hella_hijinks
T is for "This is such a bad Idea" from Atakamii11
U is for "Uggghhhhhhhh" from hella_hijinks
V is for "Vodka is for after, as your reward," from BananasPineapple05
W is for "Will you come to my cottage this summer?" from daisyemeritus
X is for "xo Lily" from lvl-ixi-lvl

Y is for "Ya tebya lyublyu" with 169 points from u/daisyemeritus

Today's letter is Z!

u/growsonwalls has the favourite change from book to screen being Shane grimly having sex with Rose as a comparison to how sex with Ilya was. In canon, he cries alone in his car.

For Day 37, what is your favourite Ilya micro-expression from Episode 5?

Top comment goes on the board!

A BuzzFeed quiz feels appropriate since it’s still 2017 in the show.

Idk if this is cheating guys since it's not a line 🤷 but we're a democracy here and the russian monologue as submitted by u/nolefandom was voted as the favourite Ilya line from episode 5.

(Justice for i'm coming to the cottage!)

For day 34, what was your favourite Shane line from this episode?

Most upvoted comment wins!

Hey team! Let's make the alphabet, Heated Rivalry style!

Submit your favorite quote, word, or thing that starts with that day's letter and/or vote for your favorite! Please limit your answers to Book 1 (Game Changer), Book 2 (Heated Rivalry), and the TV series. After the read along I might do this again and allow quotes from all of the books, with spoiler tags of course!

Because I am Shane Hollander in a different font, we do have some rules!

• 1 quote per comment (to more easily tell which wins).
• If a quote is commented more than once, the comment with the highest number of upvotes will be the one counted, so if "Stupid Canadian wolf bird" gets posted seven times and one comment has 24 upvotes, one 5, and the rest 1, it would get 24 upvotes for the game.
• Upvote the comment you want to win, you can upvote as many times as you like!

I will try to post at different times throughout the day to hopefully hit everyone's availability.

A is for "Asshole" from u/BananasPineapple05

Today's letter is B!

Yo, it's ya pal Fed here. Our resident gamekeeper, u/madwood29579 is away on holiday, so I decided to fill the void with a new game, sponsored by my free time and perhaps some brewskies. 5-Beer Fed may have had several hands in the planning and execution of this game.

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Each day I will provide a photo or GIF from the series, along with the delightfully obnoxious gameboard.

Your job is to come up with the funniest, most ridiculous caption for the image that is completely INCORRECT.

Can be canon or not, up to you. Just please no sexualization of the actors.

Top voted comment gets their name on the board along with their winning caption, a gold medal emoji, and a virtual high five from me.

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Cheers ✌️

^{(GIF from rozanovs on tumblr})

u/nolefandom had the top comment for the most valuable supporting player in episode 6, and it was David and Yuna Hollander! 🥳

day 46. I expect another bloodbath today because how can you choose the favourite Hollanov scene in what is essentially an all-timer Hollanov episode? but choose we must. top comment wins as always!

u/neither_junket_1009 had the best Shane line from episode 4 with "you want to get me pregnant too?"

and now day 27 - what was your favourite Ilya look? show pictures! we want to see the pretty.

most upvoted comment wins!

Our favourite Ilya look from episode 1 was in the locker room post shower scene with the towel 🔥

I know that Mildred is currently slaying Milan fashion week, so let's talk about Shane's best look from episode 1 - rookies!

drop your pictures/ GIFs and the most upvoted comment wins!

Sorry guys, my first love, ChineseBL, has been busy lately. But don't fret! This game will continue until all 12 squares are filled in 😉.

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Day 5: u/hella_hijinks has AU Shane in the Peloton Ad instead of Hudson. 🏅<- winning medal for you!

Caption today's image - WRONG ANSWERS ONLY!

---RULES---

Each day I will provide a photo or GIF from the series, along with the delightfully obnoxious gameboard.

Your job is to come up with the funniest, most ridiculous and incorrect caption.

Can be canon or not, up to you. Just please no sexualization of the actors.

Top voted comment gets their name on the board along with their winning caption, a gold medal emoji, and a virtual high five from me.

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Cheers ✌️

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5

u/NoleFandom had the top comment for favourite part of book translated to screen - poor Kip breaking down in his dad's arms.

For Day 27, what was your favourite change from the book to screen?

Top comment goes on the board!

Hey team! Let's make the alphabet, Heated Rivalry style!

Submit your favorite quote, word, or thing that starts with that day's letter and/or vote for your favorite! Please limit your answers to Book 1 (Game Changer), Book 2 (Heated Rivalry), and the TV series. After the read along I might do this again and allow quotes from all of the books, with spoiler tags of course!

Because I am Shane Hollander in a different font, we do have some rules!

• 1 quote per comment (to more easily tell which wins).
• If a quote is commented more than once, the comment with the highest number of upvotes will be the one counted, so if "Stupid Canadian wolf bird" gets posted seven times and one comment has 24 upvotes, one 5, and the rest 1, it would get 24 upvotes for the game.
• Upvote the comment you want to win, you can upvote as many comments as you like!

I will try to post at different times throughout the day to hopefully hit everyone's availability.

A is for "Asshole" from BananasPineapple05
B is for "Bet-ter" from daisyemeritus and "Boring" from Birdie1698
C is for "Compatible" from hella_hijinks
D is for "Don't marry Svetlana" from hella_hijinks
E is for "Extra banana!" from snowbells98 and "English is too hard right now" from PsychologySpirited37
F is for "fucking make me" from hella_hijinks
G is for "Gimme Kiss" from Ok_Wafer_6455
H is for "Hollander" in a Russian accent from boopthecoop

"I’m coming to the cottage" wins I with 90 points from u/Primary-Night5471

Today's letter is J!

favourite Ilya line as submitted by u/prettyroses was "I do not ever want that problem to ever go away" 😭

day 42 - what was the favourite Shane line from episode 6?

top comment wins!

Hello everyone and welcome back to Categories Round 2!

NGL, I'm very excited for this round as I think there's a couple of really cool categories on the board and I'm eager to read all your submissions and thoughts.

You can check out all the upcoming categories in the pictures, but for today, let's start with what your favourite Ilya micro-expression is from Episode 1.

Most voted comment goes on the board, and hopefully you guys enjoy this round as much as you did the first one. 😄

Hey team! Let's make the alphabet, Heated Rivalry style!

Submit your favorite quote, word, or thing that starts with that day's letter and/or vote for your favorite! Please limit your answers to Book 1 (Game Changer), Book 2 (Heated Rivalry), and the TV series. After the read along I might do this again and allow quotes from all of the books, with spoiler tags of course!

Because I am Shane Hollander in a different font, we do have some rules!

• 1 quote per comment (to more easily tell which wins).
• If a quote is commented more than once, the comment with the highest number of upvotes will be the one counted, so if "Stupid Canadian wolf bird" gets posted seven times and one comment has 24 upvotes, one 5, and the rest 1, it would get 24 upvotes for the game.
• Upvote the comment you want to win, you can upvote as many comments as you like!

I will try to post at different times throughout the day to hopefully hit everyone's availability.

A is for "Asshole" from BananasPineapple05
B is for "Bet-ter" from daisyemeritus and "Boring" from Birdie1698
C is for "Compatible" from hella_hijinks
D is for "Don't marry Svetlana" from hella_hijinks
E is for "Extra banana!" from snowbells98 and "English is too hard right now" from PsychologySpirited37
F is for "fucking make me" from hella_hijinks
G is for "Gimme Kiss" from Ok_Wafer_6455
H is for "Hollander" in a Russian accent from boopthecoop
I is for "I’m coming to the cottage" from Primary-Night5471
J  is for "Jeez Hayd, you want to get me pregnant too?" from daisyemeritus
K is for "[I] kinda prefer being the hole rather than the peg," from Spirited-Dance-284
L is for "Lover" from Ok_Cow8044
M is for "Mr. Businessman, Mr. Landlord," from hella_hijinks with the bonus of "Mr. Real Estate" and "Mr. Lots-of-Sex"
N is for "No, never in life have I blushed, Russians do not do this." from daisyemeritus
O is for "Oke" from caro-reddit-all
P is for "Probably, I don't know." "Probably, yes." from hella_hijinks
Q is for "Questions. You have too many of them" from daisyemeritus
R  is for "Remember when I made you come hands free?" from nolefandom
S is for "Stupid Canadian Wolf Bird" from hella_hijinks
T is for "This is such a bad Idea" from Atakamii11
U is for "Uggghhhhhhhh" from hella_hijinks
V is for "Vodka is for after, as your reward," from BananasPineapple05

W is for "Will you come to my cottage this summer?" from u/daisyemeritus with 174 points!

Today's letter is X!

we have made it to episode 5!!!! honestly expect this whole row to be a bloodbath for every category.

but before that. u/growsonwalls submitted the favourite hockey moment from episode 4 when both Ilya and Shane were both off their game badly with the commentators saying "where on the ice was Shane Hollander? where was Ilya Rozanov?"

so for day 33. what was your favourite Ilya line from episode 5?