Anonymous #3 1w

they what 🫩

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Anonymous #4 1w

i almost crashed my car 🫩

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Anonymous #3 1w

is it very sex scene heavy? i been meaning to check it out at some point but shows with a lot of explicit sexual content make me uncomfy

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Anonymous #6 1w

Yes, it is the most sex scene heavy show I’ve ever seen

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Anonymous #7 1w

damn….ill leave that to y’all then

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Anonymous #7 1w

Even GoT? 😀

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Anonymous OP 1w

You know there’s gay actors in it in the director is a gay man and the original author is a queer woman

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Anonymous #11 1w

That doesn’t mean it doesn’t pander to that audience tho

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Anonymous #12 1w

I felt that those sex scenes were way more personal and plot important than any straight sex scenes I’ve seen. They also capitalized on consent and tenderness which again I don’t see in too many sex scenes. I’m not sure why pandering to the female gaze is an issue anyways…. Straight men have a long history with lesbian porn and the way they handled it in the show was quite respectful (coming from a queer myself)

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Anonymous OP 1w

Less rape

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Anonymous #10 1w

Ahahaha

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Anonymous #10 1w

Where did you get that information😭 game changers (episode 3 with Kip and Scott) was originally a stucky fanfiction but Shane/ilya are original

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Anonymous #12 1w

This show was filmed in 37 days with literally no budget. They were pandering to the book readers, hoping to see some success. It got this popular because it’s a good show. It has some of the best representation I have ever seen.

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Anonymous #13 1w

I’m glad it’s taken the time to do that! I haven’t seen the show but I was saying that just because some media is made by queer people doesn’t mean it doesn’t pander to audiences who need to romanticize queer people to respect them. Genuinely though, I’m glad that there are things in the show that display more care to those important topics.

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Anonymous #12 1w

There are definitely a lot of queer relationships that are being pandered to straight audiences to make this acceptable. I genuinely don’t believe this is one of those shows. I think it is a byproduct of how good the show is that so many people are obsessed with it. I would encourage you to watch it and pay very close attention to it because it is not a show you can watch while scrolling otherwise you miss so much of what it is. It’s the first time I’ve ever seen queer joy like this on screen.

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Anonymous #11 1w

Let me guess: you think Kurt Hummel was also good rep because he was played by a gay guy?

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Anonymous #10 1w

Oh god, it’s one of THOSE?

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Anonymous OP 1w

No, and that’s a false equivalency. I am saying that there is queer representation up and down in the creation of the show you’re comparing a singular actor to the original author of the source material and the director of the entire project. Kurt was at best stereotypical and at worst caricature.

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Anonymous #14 1w

A lot of hockey romances tend to be based on real life players, and it being a romance with a good boy Canadian/bad boy Russian set in 2008 seems to be a reference to Crosby and Ovechkin, especially with how they were set up as rivals at the time… I haven’t read the book myself, but I also heard there are references to irl events that allude to them as well. There’s also other characters that seem to obviously be irl NHL players for people that follow the NHL

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Anonymous #11 1w

and i’m glad they are at least benefiting from the commodification but me personally, i love a good natural, slow and steady

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Anonymous #10 1w

is it obvious for people who follow nhl? all my friends watch the show and i want to join but if i can tell who it’s based off of i can’t get into it 😭

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