I saw this on my art and got the ick. Soooooooo I deleted it. It's still up on b$ky and tumblr. I know nothing on the internet is sacred anymore but at least they don't have an ai button.
People mad that WEST. members are apologising for this clusterfuck but y'all know you'd still be mad if none of the members acknowledged what was happening.
Starto announced that Fujii Ryusei and Kotaki Nozomu will be leaving WEST.
Their departure date has yet to be confirmed as they are still discussing their upcoming appearances with the relevant parties.
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I saw a teenage boy at the MRT station wearing a WTrouble shirt and my first thought was, he probably saw it at a thrift shop and thought it was for rock band lol.
But of course, I could be being judgemental. He could be an actual WEST. fan for all I know.😂
The #1 question I’ve gotten for the last five months? “What're your thoughts on Heated Rivalry?” 😅 (I made a gay hockey comic for 7 yrs—it comes with the territory.)
Now, thanks to BookCon, I can say I not only have thoughts on it, but on the state of hockey romance as a whole.
Short clips and quotes of Rachel Reid and Ngozi Ukazu from @Popverse BookCon’s “You Had Me at Hockey” panel this morning:
Rachel:…I'm not a good planner. I wrote each book as if it might be the last one in the series. And then when it wasn’t, I had to try to fit everything in. Thankfully, I have really great fans who created this kind of online series bible for me. Which I also sent to Jacob! I appreciate it, it’s great. Because I need to look up things like, their player numbers, birthdays, heights, stuff like that. It’s very, very helpful."
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Ngozi: " …I think a fully realized character of color in a hockey novel is one where we're not only inhabiting that point of view, but we're talking about those barriers. We're coming up against them in complex, messy ways. But to be honest, I'm a little—I'm less interested in this idea of inclusion and representation, and I'm becoming more invested in the idea of centering [audience applause].
I think in my future projects—I'm working on another volume of Check, Please! [audience applause]. And I don't think I'd be able to do it, if it was focusing primarily on white characters. We have a biracial character and an Asian character and another character who's from a like, blue-collar socioeconomic class. And yeah, I think my projects going forward, I'm less interested in inclusion and more on centering, even though I have one more shift in the white boy yaoi mines."
▶️ videos via arkh4m_ | threads
🗣️ quotes via “You Had Me at Hockey” panel on April 19, 2026
✍🏼 transcription via heatedrivalnews (please credit if reposting)
I knew it. Coachella took down the video.
Variety, NME, CNN Brasil, & Pitchfork wrote articles using this tweet.
Reposting it here in clips: the moment The Strokes criticized the CIA, the US government, and the killings in Iran and Gaza.
#Strokeschella
"It's Cup or bust ... definitely pumped to get going."
Nathan MacKinnon catches up with former teammate @6ErikJohnson ahead of his tenth Stanley Cup playoffs appearance 👀