Australia's man did the flowerbeds. New Zealand had sent a chappie to labor in the gardens too. Their American accents were vaguely southern, and they tended to avoid officials from below the Mason-Dixon line.
Aussie Jack was a lady-killer, though, and was sleeping his way through every Republican wife who still had a beating heart under her twinset and pearls, and skimming quite a bit of information on the side. He called himself a
"martyr to his duty." He and New Zealand Craig were drowning their sorrows by working steadily through all of Florida's craft beers, one microbrewery at a time. Their relationship was significantly more harmonious than that of the clandestine representatives of Argentina and the Mossad, who had inadvertently dated for several weeks before mutually discovering one another's identities, and now existed (as bartender and assistant golf green superintendent respectively) in mutually icy disdain, lending further stress to cocktail hour.
She'd heard Brazil's guy in an unwisely loud Portuguese phone call describing the fiasco as
"Eichmann, on the rocks."
buttondown.com
in which i imagine the life of a spy at mar a lago, in a short story
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
10.03.2026 16:39
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Such chemistry. #heatedrivalry
26.02.2026 13:55
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In the wise words of Hudson Williams:
#heatedrivalry #ilyarozanov
05.03.2026 23:02
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“Unlikely animals…like a snake and a baby.” #heatedrivalry
12.02.2026 17:03
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“More” #heatedrivalry
04.02.2026 14:30
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A digital drawing of Ilya leaning back against a table while wearing a red set of lingerie (including a bralette, lace garter belt, and lace topped stockings) as he looks directly at the viewer.
A digital drawing of tired sweaty Shane holding a water bottle and wearing a matching spandex workout set of a tiny bra and short shorts.
I felt legally obligated to post these 2 together.
I mean- we all love boyfriends who wear sl*tty little outfits for each other. 🖤
#heatedrivalry #ilyarozanov #shanehollander #hollanov
09.03.2026 16:59
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Big shiny statue of a loon found in St Paul Minnesota outside of the Allianz soccer field.
Also, on the topic of Heated Rivalry I need a fic where Ilya sees this goddess.
09.03.2026 13:10
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holy shit
09.03.2026 01:20
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“Piracy is the most effective form of artistic distribution these days. So be it.”
-Werner Herzog on NPR just now 🔥
08.03.2026 23:38
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if you find it hard to keep going remember that one day you WILL receive THE push notification
08.03.2026 20:46
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“International Women’s Day” ending up on the only 23 hour day of the year.
08.03.2026 15:59
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Discworld QOTD, from Lords and Ladies
08.03.2026 18:48
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There is literally no way to find a real life fox that attractive and that’s sort of the dealbreaker for folks, most real life foxes just want to eat chickens and not be sexy
07.03.2026 03:49
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Doin some limited palette study stuff ahead of fth (20hrs left for the auction) and thenhollanov bang i signed up for. #heatedrivalry #shanehollander (1/3)
07.03.2026 04:57
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the trick to not freaking out about turning 40 is to just constantly forget how old you are
"oh damn that's this year, huh? that's wild, man. anyway..." and promptly forget until the next time someone brings it up. there is no need to retain detailed knowledge of your age between 25-65. you're good
07.03.2026 02:24
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(conservative thinking about art) art would be better if artists were normal
27.05.2025 04:02
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*nods solemnly*
06.03.2026 22:14
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Misha, the 1980 Moscow Olympics mascot. It is an adorable folk art style illustration of a teddy bear-like bear holding 3 Olympic medals and a bouquet of flowers
AU where everything is the same but this is the bear tattooed on Ilya’s chest
06.03.2026 01:52
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It’s crazy how self aware you can be and still be absolutely unhinged
05.03.2026 02:58
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tumblr post by user sapphling from August of 2023 reading: "sitting anti-kink posters down in front of a wrestling match and explaining kayfabe to them with the patience of a preschool teacher"
"You see that one? He's called the "heel." He looks mean and says a lot of scary things, but it's not real and he's actually very nice. When he says "I'm going to break you in half" you don't have to be scared because it's pretend. These two talked about this beforehand, and now they're playing pretend together. Can you think of any other situations that might be like this?
Then they have screenshotted tags left on their post by another user reading: "crying screaming and throwing up when you tell me the undertaker didn't REALLY die and come back to life all those times"
sapphling follows that with "no that part was real"
05.03.2026 18:59
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Spoilers for Tough Guy and The Long Game. Hayden and Ryan were so done with catching these two ding dongs making out behind every closed door. #heatedrivalry #ilyarozanov#shanehollander
05.03.2026 21:06
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Literally on our millionth unprecedented event at this point.
05.03.2026 22:15
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“How gay will Jacob Tierney’s Alexander the Great series be” idk kinda feels like that one answers itself
05.03.2026 22:05
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A digital drawing of Ilya leaning back against a table while wearing a red set of lingerie (including a bralet, lace garter belt, and lace topped stockings) as he looks directly at the viewer.
After Shane showed off his skimpy new yoga 'fit Ilya's competitiveness demanded that he one up him.
#heatedrivalry #ilyarozanov #hollanov
05.03.2026 19:04
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the real reason why i almost never enjoy straight ships is because i like when two people in love are a little pathetic for each other but men rarely deserve that from a woman
05.03.2026 16:19
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“Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board” I’m immediately seated, go on
05.03.2026 03:09
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My pitch for Heated Rivalry, Season Two: Isaac Chotiner interviews MHL Commissioner Roger Crowell.
05.03.2026 03:00
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A heated rivalry painting. Shane is surrounded by darkness and Ilya is pulling him from behind into the light. Snowdrops are growing between them.
Close up and Shane’s and Ilya’s faces
before the snow melts 🤍 #heatedrivalry #hollanov
20.02.2026 16:52
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