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- Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling (64)
- Zombies Run! (32)
- Star Wars - All Media Types (31)
- Heated Rivalry (TV) (12)
- Star Wars Prequel Trilogy (11)
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dive back in by facingthenorthwind (spacegandalf), StormVandal
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
16 Jun 2026
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Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov announce their marriage on Instagram mere hours before the first Metros v. Raiders game of 2017. The internet reacts.
(A bonus fic for those who enjoyed headfirst into shallow pools !)
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- Part 2 of shallow pools-verse
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nothing you can live without (nothing you can do about) by facingthenorthwind (spacegandalf), StormVandal
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
29 Apr 2026
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You can’t lie to your soulmate.
This isn’t a common issue, an everyday occurrence that you’re taught from childhood to prepare for. Soulmates are rare, and most people don’t have one.
Unfortunately, Shane Hollander isn’t most people.
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absolutely certain by facingthenorthwind (spacegandalf), StormVandal
Fandoms: Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
29 Apr 2026
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“Hollander, you’re thinking too loud. Is keeping me awake.”
Shane and Ilya have sorted out most of their misunderstandings, but that doesn't stop Shane spiralling just a little.
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- Part 3 of the system breaking beneath us
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A Guide to the NHL/MLH: Everything But the Hockey by facingthenorthwind (spacegandalf), SiladhielLithvirax
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Men's Hockey RPF
01 Apr 2026
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What the hell is a "free agent" and why is Ilya Rozanov one at the end of Heated Rivalry? Would Cliff be suspended for that hit on Shane? How many times a season do Montreal and Boston play each other? How is the order of draft picks determined? How do hockey trades work?
All this and more is answered in this guide to how the NHL (and thus maybe the MLH) works! This isn't about the rules of playing hockey, but instead the rules of the league itself. Even the boring bits can become great prompts for fic if you believe in yourself!
If you're writing Hockey RPF, this guide makes sure to point out where the NHL and the fictional book series/show differs, so it still works as a simplified guide for that too!
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More Careful by facingthenorthwind (spacegandalf), StormVandal
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
27 Mar 2026
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Scott Hunter wishes that a lot of things about his life were different, and right now one of the main things is that he really wishes he didn’t know exactly what Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov sound like when they’re fucking each other.
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shallow pools-verse by facingthenorthwind (spacegandalf), StormVandal
Fandom Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Heated Rivalry (TV)
16 Jun 2026
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the system breaking beneath us by facingthenorthwind (spacegandalf), StormVandal
Fandom Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Heated Rivalry (TV)
29 Apr 2026
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mea culpa (pick yourself off the ground) by facingthenorthwind (spacegandalf), poppunkpadfoot (StormVandal)
Fandom Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
07 Jul 2025
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young man.... there's no need to feel down
- Words:
- 45,118
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Marvin the Beaver by facingthenorthwind (spacegandalf), spacegandalf
Fandom Zombies Run!
24 Dec 2012
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- 1,780
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- 2
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Abel Kidlets 'Verse by facingthenorthwind (spacegandalf), spacegandalf
Fandom Zombies Run!
05 Feb 2013
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This is the universe that many of my fics exist in -- some are sequels that require prior knowledge, some aren't. They all have in common the same bunch of OC Abel kids, though: Andy/Bucky and Beth, and...possibly others, I haven't decided.
- Words:
- 3,802
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Slow Dancing in the Dark by comeswithaprice
Fandoms: Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
27 Jun 2026
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There were things about Shane Hollander that existed only in the dark, and those things were most of him.
or; a moment of vulnerability at a team gathering turns into a viral scandal overnight when a video of Shane coming out is leaked to the press.
Suddenly, everyone is watching. Everyone is talking. Everyone is judging.
It all goes to hell—until maybe it doesn't.
- Language:
- English
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- 82,843
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- 5/?
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Bookmarked by facingthenorthwind (spacegandalf)
30 Jun 2026
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Slow Dancing in the Dark by comeswithaprice (WorkID: 85806666?view_full_work=true#bookmark-form)
Summary: There were things about Shane Hollander that existed only in the dark, and those things were most of him.
or; a moment of vulnerability at a team gathering turns into a viral scandal overnight when a video of Shane coming out is leaked to the press.
Suddenly, everyone is watching. Everyone is talking. Everyone is judging.
It all goes to hell—until maybe it doesn't.
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A Beginner's Guide to HTML and CSS on AO3 by the_untamed_poet25
Fandoms: No Fandom, Fandom - Fandom, AO3, Original Work
29 Jun 2026
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You've seen it. A fic formatted like a classified document. A chapter that looks like a real social media feed. An interactive game, somehow, inside an AO3 work. You clicked the kudos button. You thought: how.
This is the tutorial that answers that.
A beginner-friendly guide to HTML and CSS on AO3 — no prior coding experience required. By the end of this series, you'll know enough to write formatted fics, build your own workskins, style your entire AO3 interface, and maybe make something that makes other people stop and think how.
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- Part 23 of Izzy's HTML & CSS Experiments
- Part 2 of HTML/CSS AO3 Skins & Tutorials
- Language:
- English
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- 6/?
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Bookmarked by facingthenorthwind (spacegandalf)
30 Jun 2026
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A Beginner's Guide to HTML and CSS on AO3 by the_untamed_poet25 (WorkID: 83532626)
Summary: You've seen it. A fic formatted like a classified document. A chapter that looks like a real social media feed. An interactive game, somehow, inside an AO3 work. You clicked the kudos button. You thought: how.
This is the tutorial that answers that.
A beginner-friendly guide to HTML and CSS on AO3 — no prior coding experience required. By the end of this series, you'll know enough to write formatted fics, build your own workskins, style your entire AO3 interface, and maybe make something that makes other people stop and think how.
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i've been pushing for this for so long by LiarsandThieves22
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
18 Feb 2026
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ESPN: Shane Hollander To the Ottawa Centaurs after Tumultuous End to Montreal Metros Career
@CentaursGirlie1995: obviously i feel very badly for shane but my beautiful failson of a team getting the two best players because of homophobia is perhaps the only good thing homophobia has ever done
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Or: Shane's first season on the Ottawa Centaurs, as told by everyone else in the world.
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- English
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- 34,658
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- 4/4
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Bookmarked by facingthenorthwind (spacegandalf)
28 Jun 2026
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i've been pushing for this for so long by LiarsandThieves22 (WorkID: 79608321)
Summary: ESPN: Shane Hollander To the Ottawa Centaurs after Tumultuous End to Montreal Metros Career
@CentaursGirlie1995: obviously i feel very badly for shane but my beautiful failson of a team getting the two best players because of homophobia is perhaps the only good thing homophobia has ever done
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Or: Shane's first season on the Ottawa Centaurs, as told by everyone else in the world.
Pitch perfect articles and tweets from outsider pov!
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there may never next time be by inmoonlightigetseasick
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
01 Jun 2026
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He figures Ilya would be pretty surprised if he showed up to his house out of the blue. Surprised enough to be put off, probably. Shane is way too bad of a liar to think of any plausible excuse. If this is really happening, if Shane is actually by some miracle getting another shot at this, then he’s going to have to play this smart. His impatience to see Ilya again will have to be tempered. He’s not sure how time travel works, but he has the sneaking suspicion that one wrong move could unravel everything.
Ilya is alive.
Just the thought of it is enough to make Shane crack his first smile in a year.
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AU in which Ilya dies in the Centaurs' plane crash. A year later, careless with grief, Shane drives his car into a blizzard and wakes up in Boston, in 2016. When faced with the opportunity to do it right this time, and keep Ilya for good, Shane knows that every decision he makes will be crucial. It's terrifying, but Ilya once told him that he's brave. Now it's up to Shane to prove it.
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- English
- Words:
- 23,149
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- 1/1
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Bookmarked by facingthenorthwind (spacegandalf)
25 Jun 2026
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there may never next time be by inmoonlightigetseasick (WorkID: 85966106)
Summary: He figures Ilya would be pretty surprised if he showed up to his house out of the blue. Surprised enough to be put off, probably. Shane is way too bad of a liar to think of any plausible excuse. If this is really happening, if Shane is actually by some miracle getting another shot at this, then he’s going to have to play this smart. His impatience to see Ilya again will have to be tempered. He’s not sure how time travel works, but he has the sneaking suspicion that one wrong move could unravel everything.
Ilya is alive.
Just the thought of it is enough to make Shane crack his first smile in a year.
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AU in which Ilya dies in the Centaurs' plane crash. A year later, careless with grief, Shane drives his car into a blizzard and wakes up in Boston, in 2016. When faced with the opportunity to do it right this time, and keep Ilya for good, Shane knows that every decision he makes will be crucial. It's terrifying, but Ilya once told him that he's brave. Now it's up to Shane to prove it.
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Bookmarked by facingthenorthwind (spacegandalf)
21 Jun 2026
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Both of these are masterpieces but especially the olympics one (and I don't even speak Italian)

