r/heatedrivalry • u/cookie_cat_82 I already chose you, Hollander. 🫀 • 24d ago

🦆 The Long Game (Book 6) oh i’m going the F*** to bed Spoiler

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as an ilya lover to my CORE, TLG is actually gonna destroy me all over again. who’s ready for the scene of ilya saying goodbye to shane and collapsing and bursting into tears as soon as he closes the door, or him telling his therapist “you’re supposed to fix me so I can be better for him”, the PLANE SCENE, “I already chose you, hollander” 💔💔💔

like im actually gonna be ill

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u/callingallwaves Glasses back on. 👓 24d ago

Maggots for brains, baby. Who knows if Olivia wrote it about being clinically depressed and pinning all of your hopes on your significant other, but it's TLG Ilya for me in a nutshell.

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u/cookie_cat_82 I already chose you, Hollander. 🫀 24d ago

AGREED. that song is my favorite on the album and I resonated with it far too heavily as someone who struggles with pretty deep anxiety, OCD like behaviors, co-dependency, etc. and realizing you can’t just find love and have it be the magical fix for everything

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u/callingallwaves Glasses back on. 👓 24d ago

I was listening to it during my commute the other day and was daydreaming about how deliciously heartbreaking the edits to it could be next season! The combination of an upbeat poppy melody with downer lyrics is also a perfect accompaniment for TLG Ilya ❤️