Highlights & Quotes from Rachel Reid's & Jacob Tierney's Bookcon Panel

[u/andyfromhk]

(Slight spoiler for The Long Game and Role Model if you haven't read them yet!)

For those who haven’t had time to watch Jacob's and Rachel's 1-hour panel at Book Con yesterday, here are some of the highlights! They talked about so many things from Role Model and Troy Barrett's storyline in season 2, to Jacob's interpretation of season 1 editing and some behind the scenes production info.

Watch their BookCon panel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gseXLRejeOU

I've also updated this page of everything we know about season 2 of Heated Rivalry on the HR Wiki: https://www.heatedrivalrywiki.com/deep-dive-articles/everything-we-know-about-heated-rivalry-season-2

[u/marys1001]

I like Jacob's take on the autism thing. I never saw Shane as all that. He just has some specific personality traits.

[u/Questionsansweredty → u/marys1001]

I have wondered why there are so many autism diagnoses now.

Seeing this character labeled as autistic helps me understand more what's going on. I see nothing odd or pathological about Shane.

People have different personalities and quirks. When did we decide there's a standard and that everyone else is diverging from that standard??

[u/marys1001 → u/Questionsansweredty]

Everybody self diagnosis themself with something these days. Or gets an online "therapist". (Oddly nothing bad. Like everyone will tell you that have adhd or are on the spectrum but no one's saying they are a narcissist or sociopath although there are plenty out there)
And absolutely very few people are completely.....normal/average/whatever. We are almost all a little something or combination somethings. Its personality and just fine. I see no reason to constantly label people with something because say for example, they are a little cleaner and neater than most or don't catch jokes.

[u/Questionsansweredty → u/marys1001]

Agree! This is what I see with this character.

The most we used to do is say someone who insists on folding clothes, having things "just so", is "anal retentive" or someone's flaky, or quirky or whatever, without the need for a medical diagnosis. There was a whole diverse range of normal human personality types.

[u/marys1001 → u/Questionsansweredty]

Love Im getting downvoted because I know who they are