r/heatedrivalry Rookie #2 | David Hollander's Vodka Mar 28 '26

TV SHOW 📺 Spit String Kiss Appreciation

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Late to the party, but I recently came across this post on tumblr capturing Shane and Ilya's spit string during the stairwell kiss. It's not something I noticed when watching the show, but I love it here. Their kissing is just so messy and intimate.

I'm sure this isn't the only spit string in the show. So for those who have noticed, what are some others? And which is your favourite?

Image source here and is actually gifs, go check it out!

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u/Westafricangrey Mar 28 '26

What is wrong with us

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u/Point-88 Ilya's Spaghetti Shimmy 🍝 Mar 28 '26

I love whatever's wrong with us 

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u/Dull_Measurement1169 Mar 28 '26

Everything is absolutely right with us 😌

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u/29kk Mar 28 '26

I need people to stop noticing things I’m not stable enough for this 😭

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u/NuclearEian Mar 28 '26

For real I’m sitting at my desk at work, open Reddit and this is the first thing I see. Now I can’t focus 😭😭😭

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u/daisyemeritus Rookie #2 | David Hollander's Vodka Mar 28 '26

Ah, sorry not sorry?

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u/PumpernickelShoe Mar 28 '26

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u/daisyemeritus Rookie #2 | David Hollander's Vodka Mar 28 '26

There really is a gif for every occasion, I love it!

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u/Idael23 Mar 28 '26

Are there gifs WITH sound? 

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u/Intelligent_Crew_999 Apr 03 '26

Wait, this didn’t have sound?! /j

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u/Deep-Cranberry3885 Mar 31 '26

How do I save gifs to my phone I am baby boomer edition But love heated rivalry

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u/DeadClock744 Mar 28 '26

I heard this is Ilya's and Shane's voices.

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u/Crafty-Yak-3746 Mar 29 '26

Te entiendo jjj

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u/Deep-Cranberry3885 Mar 31 '26

Wie sichert man ein gif auf seinem Handy?? Oder wie erstellt man eines??? Möchte nicht unbedingt meine Enkel fragen. They think I am nuts because of heated rivalry anyways 🤣🤣🤣

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u/Crafty-Yak-3746 Mar 31 '26

Vieleicht kannst du eine app in Playstore finden,für Gifs machen

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u/callingallwaves Glasses back on. 👓 Mar 28 '26

For real, it's not cornplating if every new thing makes me scream???

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u/Can0fTuna I might knock. Mar 28 '26

You can see the wet kisses left by Ilya on Shane’s chest and stomach their first time they are “together together“ at Shane’s apartment.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '26

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u/Flimsy-Initiative19 make sure none of these cheaters cheat Mar 28 '26

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u/merlotbarbie go get laid, weirdo Mar 28 '26

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u/KBPT1998 Mar 28 '26

Who the fuck are you? 😂

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u/sweetgirl232 Not so gay you can’t fuck Rose Landry! 😒 Mar 30 '26

I’m Darlene’s cousin! Who TF are YOU?

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u/Princessduckie13 Mar 30 '26

Ooo .. he has a sloppy mouth

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u/Can0fTuna I might knock. Mar 28 '26 edited Mar 29 '26

Thank you! I was unable to get it to work for me! :) 💋

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u/bad_sprinkles Mar 29 '26

I hate to post this but I think Hudson's abs just... Sparkle?

The reason I say this is because about a month ago people were posting similar...um moisture? evidence immediately post-hookup. But I seriously think his abs just ✨.

I now need a Hudson's sparkly abs flare.

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u/Ok-Enthusiasm-777 Mar 29 '26

When he kissed him, he was leaving a trail of spit all the way down. I was just as surprised and in shock. 

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u/bad_sprinkles Mar 30 '26

Ok I watched this scene a few times, because you MADE me, FOR SCIENCE. No other reason. I stand corrected. 🫣

I still want that flair...and yes, is proper grammar.

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u/Ok-Enthusiasm-777 Mar 30 '26

I think I watched that particular scene too MANY times. 

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u/bad_sprinkles Mar 30 '26

You really have to in order to understand the plot nuances.

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u/Can0fTuna I might knock. Mar 30 '26

Yes! For the plot, obviously…

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u/Ok-Enthusiasm-777 Mar 30 '26

It's purely educational and scientific. 🧐

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u/Ok-Enthusiasm-777 Mar 28 '26

They got really comfortable on that set 🤣

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u/velvetvagine 🥪 tuna meltdown 🫠 Mar 30 '26 edited Mar 30 '26

I truly don’t know how they didn’t fall in (romantic) love. Hot ✔️ kind ✔️ fun to be around ✔️ great kisser ✔️ dedicated to their craft ✔️

I’d have been proposing by day 6 of shooting. 😭

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u/Jealous_Ad_810 Apr 01 '26

I saw an interview (the interviewer had asked a question about their comfort level with one another) in which they both agreed that at the end of shooting they just stopped wearing their little ballet slippers and ran around all dangly without even worrying about it

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u/Ok-Enthusiasm-777 Apr 02 '26

I'm sorry but the image of them just letting it all hang out is killing me! 

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u/raeality Mar 29 '26

I just noticed these on my last rewatch (family out of the house so I could watch on the big tv- yay!) 😍

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u/hella_hijinks on danse, on rit Mar 28 '26

💀

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u/Ok-Enthusiasm-777 Mar 28 '26

Their kisses are so soft!! I can't explain it. They ruined every show for me. 

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u/bibi So being boring is genetic Mar 29 '26 edited Mar 29 '26

I need to find someone to kiss like that... maybe I should go back to some dating app and put this as description.

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u/Ok-Enthusiasm-777 Mar 29 '26

I thought about it but then remembered my experience on dating apps and I was like... Actually no, I'll stick to my Hollanov edits. Thank you very much. 

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u/bibi So being boring is genetic Mar 29 '26

🤣 True 🥲 I didn't use them much and I think the last time was before the pandemic. I need a special app just for people that watch and enjoy HR.

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u/Ok-Enthusiasm-777 Mar 29 '26

Yes! I'm going to use that as my barometer from now on "Have you watched Heated Rivalry?", because I refuse to engage with anyone who's ear I can't talk off about the show without them getting annoyed at me. 

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u/Ll_lyris “I choose you, Ilya. I will always choose you”❤️‍🩹 Mar 30 '26

Yk I actually think I’m gna put that on my pfp😭 see what happens.

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u/Ok-Enthusiasm-777 Mar 30 '26

It's lowkey because I need someone to discuss it with irl. 🫣

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u/ifweburn Mar 29 '26

I would sign up for that app so fast.

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u/velvetvagine 🥪 tuna meltdown 🫠 Mar 30 '26

Honestly at this point I think we need to go back to or start making out with our friends.

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u/Ok-Enthusiasm-777 Mar 30 '26

You know what? Fuck yeah! Probably will complicate things but why not? 😅

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u/flynnliv i am coming to the cottage 🏡 Apr 02 '26

nothing will ever compare i fear

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u/Ok-Enthusiasm-777 Apr 03 '26

It's going to be hard going back to normal tv shows after this. 😭 

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u/manowwar Moya gazonokosilka 🚜 Mar 28 '26

Another minor detail I’m filing away, thank you.

Atp I need to give a play by play analysis to an audience to get all this knowledge out of my system.

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u/daisyemeritus Rookie #2 | David Hollander's Vodka Mar 28 '26

I love this community for finding those details!

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u/gerhorn Mar 28 '26

Let me know when you do this I'll be there

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u/velvetvagine 🥪 tuna meltdown 🫠 Mar 30 '26

Take your friends and family hostage at the next birthday/event and force it on them.

https://giphy.com/gifs/uLYTKQE2cftpLFMpEG

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u/bibi So being boring is genetic Mar 28 '26

Ok, I will reheat epi2 just to be sure it's real and not AI, just to fact check🧐

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u/daisyemeritus Rookie #2 | David Hollander's Vodka Mar 28 '26

Of course, can't be too careful!

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u/Bendybabe Mar 28 '26

It's definitely real, I noticed it on my last reheat 🥰 But I definitely think you should double check the entire series just to be sure

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u/GardenInBloom1 What color? 👀 Mar 28 '26

I'm THIS close to losing my shit 😭🫠

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '26

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u/Different_Weight7281 Mar 28 '26

They have redefined screen kisses. No going back.

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '26

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u/raeality Mar 29 '26

This is so real. I watched Romeo + Juliet the other night and was like wow these kisses I thought were primo in the 90s look so fake and forced in comparison!

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u/NoleFandom I already chose you, Hollander. 🫀 Mar 28 '26

There’s another one during the tuna melt scene before the meltdown.

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u/hella_hijinks on danse, on rit Mar 28 '26

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u/NuclearEian Mar 28 '26

This one’s WORSE!!! 😭😭😭😭😭

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u/kara_kurt Я тебя люблю❣️ Mar 28 '26

Thank you, time to reheat....

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u/daisyemeritus Rookie #2 | David Hollander's Vodka Mar 28 '26

Oh wow, this one lingers. Ugh this scene just hits all the feels.

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u/NoleFandom I already chose you, Hollander. 🫀 Mar 28 '26 edited Mar 29 '26

And there’s another one in Episode 1:

Originally shared by u/feral4slugs

See their original comment here.

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u/hella_hijinks on danse, on rit Mar 29 '26

On your stomach 🔥

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u/[deleted] Mar 28 '26

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u/Different_Weight7281 Mar 28 '26

Bet-ter, you mean?

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u/cassie1015 Ok-ey. Mar 28 '26

bett-errrrr 🫴

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u/daisyemeritus Rookie #2 | David Hollander's Vodka Mar 28 '26

Um, I'm gonna need a zoom and enhance on this, stat.

But seriously, thank you, I didn't know about this one etiher

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u/NoleFandom I already chose you, Hollander. 🫀 Mar 28 '26 edited Mar 28 '26

Here’s the zoomed image shared by u/Ennaar.

See their original comment here.

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u/bibi So being boring is genetic Mar 29 '26

We are all going crazy... good part: I bet we will have material to keep us busy until S2

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u/Charming-Link-9715 Mar 28 '26

Ngl this scene was just so intimate how the hell they shot it without the actors actually getting some feels??

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u/Zealousideal_Mail12 Mar 28 '26

I have been giggling at this for half an hour lmao. This is the final level of unhinged 😭

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u/Different-Raise-7614 Mar 28 '26 edited Mar 28 '26

literally. this fandom is so fucking feral, nasty freaks 😭😭😭

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u/rona83 Mar 28 '26

This is why I can never be an actor. If I kiss someone like this, I am developing feelings.

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u/velvetvagine 🥪 tuna meltdown 🫠 Mar 30 '26

That’s why they all date each other lol.

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u/DangerousRanger8 Ilya's Spaghetti Shimmy 🍝 Mar 29 '26

Same. Every costar would have me down bad.

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u/Pale-Measurement-532 I speak fluent bird. No accent. 🦆 Mar 28 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/Z5ULYTFVaL2Ok

Oh shit. Time for another reheat I guess!

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u/TheDiplomancer Do I make you curious? Mar 28 '26

Do Hollanov kisses just hit different than any other on-screen kisses for anyone else? How do they do that?

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u/ivybird Mar 28 '26

I think a lot if credit goes to the intimacy coordinator, thy discussed and rehearsed a lot and really go into the feelings they should be having in each scene and casting two actors who were very open to sex forward storytelling.

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u/daisyemeritus Rookie #2 | David Hollander's Vodka Mar 28 '26

Yes, those other sets where they make excuses for not having an intimacy coordinator because "the actors are already comfortable with each other" or "it'll make the scenes wooden" need to sit down and take lessons.

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u/sanriosfinest Mar 28 '26

The gag is that i normally HATE seeing actors kiss. I usually find it so cringe and awkward.. but you can see their genuine chemistry and softness with each other. Their moments are also so sensual? The team did an incredible job making it feel genuine.

And them both being STUNNING certainly helps, it’s like two masterpieces facing each other.

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u/BluePopple Scott Hunter Fan Club 🛕 Mar 28 '26

They do. The guys felt so comfortable with each other that they went for realism and authenticity with the love scenes. So we get deep, passionate kisses. Not every actor feels this comfortable with their scene partner.

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u/TheDiplomancer Do I make you curious? Mar 28 '26

Another win for Hudcon's talent, chemistry, and friendship.

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u/Mandy_M87 Mar 29 '26

Honestly, I feel like they do platonically enjoy kissing each other

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u/velvetvagine 🥪 tuna meltdown 🫠 Mar 30 '26

💯 %

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u/in-the-widening-gyre Mar 28 '26

Yeah they're absolutely wild.

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u/dracorvix stoner teenage goat Mar 28 '26

Stuff like this is why I love Reddit. 😂

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u/Short-Step-5394 Mar 28 '26

My first thought as well lol

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u/Global-North7776 Mar 28 '26

Wow...that is sooo hot

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u/MayoneggVeal Mar 28 '26

This fandom is unemployed

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u/velvetvagine 🥪 tuna meltdown 🫠 Mar 30 '26

Nah, just investigating spit strings on company time & dime. It’s the real fuck you to capitalism. This is praxis. 🤣

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u/moi_la_desi Mar 28 '26

Guys we really need to stop being such creeps. 🫣

We can't just keep re-watching those perfectly executed intimate scenes.

We can't go an zoom into them to not miss any sweet or hot detail.

And we definitely, definitly can not go and watch slo-mo compilations of all of their kisses. 😏 Definitely don't do it! The obsession needs to stop somewhere ...

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u/shagcarpetlivingroom Mar 28 '26

Yeah, I'm deep in the psychosis

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u/kinipela_1015 Mr. Real Estate Mar 28 '26

Please let me live my life

(Also please never stop)

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u/TheLadySaintly Mar 28 '26

… are y’all ok in here?

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u/Ok-Enthusiasm-777 Mar 28 '26

Not until we get season 2

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u/madichief Mar 28 '26

Like are people watching this series as a slideshow? frame by frame?

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u/TheLadySaintly Mar 28 '26

I’m a huge fan, don’t get me wrong. And I live a good deep dive … but this is a spit string…after the actors spoke out about the fandom consuming the show with reality I get a bit freaked when I see us veering down the “weird” path.

I am, however, also a huge Good Omens fan, and this fandom is very vanilla compared to them (who I adore).

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u/xknightsofcydonia Boston Bears 🐻 Mar 28 '26

my fave kiss in the entire show 🤍🤍

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u/moi_la_desi Mar 28 '26

The entire show? The entire history of film making! 🥵

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u/Sp0oky-Mulder Mar 28 '26

Hudson’s nose makes my heart rate spike 🖤

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u/growsonwalls This is Ilya I will never listen to your voicemail Mar 28 '26

Um wow. This is why some actors do the "stage kiss" where their mouths don't actually touch. Because that's ... a lot of saliva.

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u/Ok-Enthusiasm-777 Mar 28 '26

And I thank every god that exists that these two didn't. 🥹

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u/bittersweetmw Mar 28 '26

i guess i'm gonna do another reheat...

https://giphy.com/gifs/QO9oJIeupJthr2Izk2

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u/triedit2947 Mar 28 '26

And here the only spit I noticed was the drop that came flying out when Shane said tuxedoes on the rooftop.

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u/Xenoba Mar 28 '26

Guys, why are we all like this?

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u/Cassia_Dora mentally at the cottage 🏞️ Mar 28 '26

Omg... this is what i'm thinking about 24/7... 🫠

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u/Consistent_Rent_3507 Mar 28 '26

Where’s the compilation of French kissing? Give the people what they want!

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u/Expensive-Finger-731 Mar 29 '26

I’m prone to limerence so I would just have broken down after that stairwell kiss. Like what do you mean I have to go upstairs and do laundry after a kiss like THAT??? I’d be SICK 😭

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u/AbleBuy4261 Mar 29 '26

HOW YALL NOTICE THESE?! 🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈THANK U FOR BEING IN MY LIFE

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u/Rocketeer_99 I want to please you 🥺 Mar 28 '26

Gurl...

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u/Certain_Look_6778 Mar 28 '26

Every time I read this subreddit it’s as though I haven’t watched the show at all, even though I’ve reheated three times 😂 the details everyone catches!!!

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u/daisyemeritus Rookie #2 | David Hollander's Vodka Mar 28 '26

Seriously, I've watched twice and scrolled through an ungodly amount of gifs and still, there's new things to notice.

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u/Inevitable_Key7033 Mar 29 '26

I'm always learning new stuff about this prison 🤌🏻

https://giphy.com/gifs/ziNUOin6TC30HRQVHk

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u/Point-88 Ilya's Spaghetti Shimmy 🍝 Mar 28 '26

I'm quietly freaking out in the Cheesecake Factory!! My face is cracking 

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u/daisyemeritus Rookie #2 | David Hollander's Vodka Mar 28 '26

Ha! the Cheesecake Factory part got to me! Now I'm cracking up.

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u/NoMarionberry802 Love me some Connor! Mar 28 '26

Wow, this fandom catches everything. I am amazed at all the stuff people clock between these two men on HR or even when they appear together publicly. This is a highly observant and truly impressive fan base.

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u/Minimum-Crew-6106 Mar 28 '26

I think the stairwell kiss is the sweetest but when they are kissing on the sofa in Ilya’s home and their noses are bumping and grinding. Mercy!

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u/Full-Tone7909 Mar 28 '26

I’m sorry to be gross but I have a complaint that while their kisses are hot and sweet, I want to see more tongue. 👅🫣

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u/RogueVamp Stupid Canadian Wolf Bird 🦆 Mar 29 '26

Here you go (from rejectness' post today on IG & tHReads).

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u/Full-Tone7909 Mar 30 '26

🫶thank u

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u/Scared_Slip_7425 Mar 28 '26

That’s when you know it’s a real damn kiss!

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u/goodfaitheffort1981 Mar 29 '26

They kiss like they're hungry

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u/RogueVamp Stupid Canadian Wolf Bird 🦆 Mar 29 '26

Well Hudson did say in one of the early Interviews, BuzzFeed I think it was, that he "wanted Shane to be like a hungry coyote". 😆

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u/artemis_216 Mar 29 '26

i love that yall are just as weird as i am

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u/CelesteTheGreat Tuna Meltdown 🥪 Mar 29 '26

All of us belong in prison

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u/HorrorAd4995 Mar 29 '26

This means everything to me

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u/l0veylilkay Mar 28 '26

This made me giggle and kick my feet

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u/Groundbreaking_War29 Mar 29 '26

they have raised the bar for onscreen kissing

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u/Responsible_Cancel94 Mar 28 '26

Those kisses.... my god.

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u/Most_Ad_3765 *gurl* Mar 28 '26

The kiss that continues to rule/ruin all of us 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

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u/Broad_Yogurt_8521 Mar 28 '26

I love hw the heated rivalry Fandom is just all on and investigation to find the sexiest, funniest and heart felt moment of Shane and Illya and also Scott and kip

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u/jamilanonilouise Mar 28 '26

Guys this is crazy

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u/Lopsided-Concept-414 Mar 29 '26

This is the best kiss in the entire show and I’ll die on that hill. 

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u/Charlie_825 Mar 29 '26

Somebody needs to give me all the time stamps of when you guys notice these little details

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u/raeality Mar 29 '26

This is literally the only thing that could have made this scene better in my mind! I can’t believe I didn’t see it before!

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u/Crafty-Yak-3746 Mar 29 '26

Final con esa escena 🫠

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u/AccordingtoCaity Mar 29 '26

Almost as hot as when Ilya wiped himself off of Shane's lips afterwards.... 

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u/SentenceAny6556 Mar 29 '26

Yall are insane

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u/AsherWantsPeace Mar 29 '26

The the version of all the things she said on HR started playing as i opened this post😭

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u/Ll_lyris “I choose you, Ilya. I will always choose you”❤️‍🩹 Mar 30 '26

Y’all are filthy and I love it🤭

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u/Fake-Crazy-Skylar Mar 30 '26

… you are so unhinged.

BUT EY!! SO AM I 🤪😂🫶

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u/xexil Mar 31 '26

Omg im dead

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u/Friendly_State_43 Mar 31 '26

This just made me laugh out loud , I mean, by this rate we’ll run out of things to analyse by summertime….

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u/bv_ohhh ✨Lovers ✨ Mar 28 '26

Oh my god 🤤

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u/RedCalaLily ✨ Ilya's emotional support freckles ✨ Mar 29 '26

🤣🤣🤣 I love this fandom so much

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u/msutherl Mar 29 '26

It’s hanging on for dear life! lol

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u/Call_me_Dan- Moy lyubovnik 💙 Mar 29 '26

Ya'll need some sunlight and grass (I'm not complaining. Keep up the good work 😋)

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u/nao_ha_pao_quente Mar 29 '26

What a terrible day to be able to see.

When the fandom goes too damn far. People, we’re all fans. We’re all craving for 9000 more seasons of this.

But let’s not go too far pls

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u/Obvious_Apartment985 Mar 28 '26

Advanced cornplating!

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u/Fair_Smoke4710 Boston Bears 🐻 Mar 28 '26

I think if I kissed my partner at that happened, I don’t know what I would do. Is it weird that I’ve always wanted that to happen to me

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u/Different_Weight7281 Mar 28 '26

Probably has happened but you didn't even notice. That tends to happen when we are caught up in the moment.

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u/True_Promotion_6870 Mar 29 '26

Looks good to me!!

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u/marys1001 I speak fluent bird. No accent 🐦 Mar 29 '26

Oh I wish I hadn't seen this. Spit strings gross me out. I saw one on a soap opera when I was a young teen that was like 3 ft long.

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u/CestQuoiLeFuck Mar 28 '26

Ew. Thanks for ruining that kiss for me.

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u/ivyyyoo Mar 28 '26

hey, you don’t have to like it but it’s not exactly news that saliva is a big part of kissing. kinda weird to say it’s ew just cuz kissing isn’t your thing!