[ SECRET POST #6966 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6966 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

I mean, I always got the vibe that her work was fic turned mainstream, but because I first saw her in an interview at a PWHL game, I thought that part of the reason her work got so popular was because she knew her hockey. I might be even more disappointed than OP to find out this isn't the case.
It's one thing to make a hockey a setting, but it sounds like it's barely even a backdrop.

When I mention missed opportunity, I meant both emotionally and romantically. They play on different teams, the show's literally called "Heated Rivalry", there should absolutely be tension between their franchises. Hard fought matches, maybe leading to trades in different conferences/leauges, where the two of them fight the need to be together against the convenience of finding someone else. (of course I haven't watch the show so I do realize I'm being a touch dramatic/don't know if any of this happens) Hockey is their livelihood, not a beer league the join every other friday night. For hockey not to be a semi-main focus is like a romantic medical drama to only sometimes mention the hospital they work at!

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(nayrt)

I have mixed feelings on this. On the one hand, I agree with anon above: it's a romance, not a hockey show. The hockey, much like the sex scenes, are in service of it. And hockey is an essential factor in this romance!

the show's literally called "Heated Rivalry", there should absolutely be tension between their franchises.
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like a romantic medical drama to only sometimes mention the hospital they work at!

To quote Shane, "Being gay is one Thing, but fucking your arch rival is another Thing". Shane and Hayden go to an aquarium together; Shane and Ilya could never because being seen together in any nonprofessional setting is unthinkable. Shane doesn't come out to his parents not so much because he's scared they might have a problem with him being gay, but because they might have a problem with him dating Ilya Rozanov – a fear that is 100 % validated. The rivalry is a whole new layer of complexity and pressure to their relationship in addition to general homophobia.

Buuuut I also kinda get why viewers expected there to be more actual hockey in the show. (Personally I don't care; I'm here for the love story and couldn't care less about their day jobs.) I think it is about genre literacy? Like, I've never been into a sports fandom, let alone hockey RPF, so I had no expectations of much sport should be in a sports romance. But I've been thinking about this genre thing for while now (as you can maybe tell =__=) and have been drawing parallels between Heated Rivalry and Pirates of the Caribbean, and where the adventure movie with gimmick "pirates" had a lot of pirates and ships and ship battles, the romance show with gimmick "hockey" really did have very little hockey in it. So yeah, I get you.

I think the reason there isn't more hockey is that the first season wasn't very long and clearly had to prioritize things. (Not an excuse, just an explanation.) For example, we pretty much know Shane's exact thought process through everything, but there are a lot of "missing scenes" around Ilya. I think hockey was another thing that they just didn't have time for. (Also, it probably didn't help that by all accounts, the lead actors are bad skaters.) But, while I haven't read the books, I couldn't help but be spoiled about some plot points in the second book, and I think hockey might become more important in the second season, so maybe it'll get better? Especially with, presumably, a bigger budget.

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Ayrt

From what I understand through osmosis, the book does have more hockey. The second book especially, which might mean season 2 has a bigger focus on it as well, but at least the show really focused on the relationship. I think there you'll have to separate the book from the show, which had to be much more selective with what it gave focus to. And on a purely meta level, the hockey scenes probably cost a lot more than the regular shots, so it makes sense to limit those to the absolute necessities. The show had a shoe string budget, so it makes total sense to me that all of what you're looking for with the hockey is built up outside of the actual ice - in the locker rooms, scenes with teammates or family, interviews, etc.

Honestly, if you ever do watch the show I'd be interested if you still think the same or if what the show provides overall does satisfy what you want from the setting. Obviously it does for me but I also have zero interest in sports.

Though funny that you mention the PWHL - I'm now being pushed PWHL content thanks to Heated Rivalry and I might check out actual games. I've seen mic'ed up and assorted interviews so far and it seems like way more enjoyable to me than the male counterpart.