#t: whipped

[theboost]

Anyone ever heard of this John Constantine fella

[rhetthammersmithhorror]

MST3K 615 | Kitten with a Whip | 1994

[icewindandboringhorror]

sneeping with his legs up over his head for some reason... weird boye

[kotaki]

With energy and smiles! Cure Whip! Ready to Serve!

[hisonetrueloveee]

1 year since T. confirmed he sleeps naked 💀

[simleez]

pretty...

[trashlie]

Continued dumb things that rattle around in my noggin at like, all times.

This is nothing new, of course; we have talked to DEATH how significant that moment of surprise is in the context of quimchee revealing that Nol likes a nice smile. But the additional context I enjoy is that we know by this stage the friendships Nol meant to be pretend were so real. We already can glean that Nol was very drawn to Shinae in a genuine way - both as a person he wanted to help but also as a friend he earnestly wanted to be friends with.

But, correct me if I'm wrong, this is the first time he sees her smile like that - at a time when she's clearly uncomfortable and miserable on the spot in front of so many people, without her comfort jacket, at an event he knows she's being forced to attend. And it's because of him.

Nol's whole thing is helping people, putting good back into the universe, trying to improve situations for other people. He's surely made Dieter and Soushi smile and laugh.

But here it feels SO loaded and significant. Shinae with her tall, dense walls. Shinae who has been so difficult to reach. Shinae whose friendship he genuinely wants, genuinely enjoys, despite how she tried to stay safe in her shell, in this uncomfortable moment laughing and smiling in such a bright radiant way.

He's a sucker for a good smile.

And he brought her that comfort.

I don't think it's necessarily an attraction thing as much as it's one of those very important bricks laid in their foundation. Nol doesn't in that moment consciously realize he likes Shinae. I think something just strikes him in that moment. That smile, that radiant joy, makes him feel something he can't identify.

THINK ABOUT IT. He's just come back from meeting Alyssa who immediately took off after Meg even though they haven't met in so long. Standing here watching Shinae endure an awkward, uncomfortable dance in front of strangers, everyone recognizes Kousuke - but not Nol. He's a stranger to his family's world, even to his girlfriend. He's just another guy in the crowd.

But there's Shinae, who sees him. The same Shinae who has taken notice of his scuffed knuckles. The same Shinae who, after the dance, immediately goes to him and asks about him.

It's no wonder he says this.

I think seeing Shinae at the formal, clearly against her will, is the moment Nol remembers what happens to people he cares about. He got invested, he sought her friendship, and even though he doesn't know why she's there, he's certain it's her proximity to him. Even before Sangchul, before the pool, Nol remembered the danger.

It's after this he gives Kousuke his word that he'll avoid Shinae, and I think that's why. He already had the intention of distancing himself. It was supposed to be fake and he knew it wasn't and that he doesn't deserve her friendship he put her in danger by showing interest. She had drawn boundaries, she didn't even really want his friendship it'd be fine.

But then he made her laugh. But then she spotted him when no one else did. Then she burst into that bright, radiant laughter because of him and he probably knew: it was too late. He screwed up and yet....

Nothing is okay everything is messed up but he puts on that mask anyway. For friendship. Because he needs to. For her comfort. So he can convince himself he can actually pull away. So he can convince himself it doesn't mean anything else.

So he can convince himself someone cares about him, that maybe something is real even if real means danger.

(But he can't and we know it and we watch it over and over. It's too late and he just can't stay away.)

[rhetthammersmithhorror]

MST3K 615 | Kitten with a Whip | 1994

[wondero28]

When I figure out how i wanna draw the other 4Town members hairs its over for u bitches

[levmada]

this single expression on his CUTE LIL FACE MAKES ME LIKE THIS:

[merakiui]

the rest of the team forced him to wear those leggings after the 47th time he did some stupid trick move and "accidentally" flashed his balls. they're tired of seeing your junk, leech!

The team is gatekeeping eel dick. :( shame on them!!! They’re just jealous he has many inches on them, both in height and length.

TAKE OFF THE LEGGINGS, FLOYD!!!! LET ME SEE WHAT IS UNDERNEATH!!!! >:(

[suffarustuffaru]

rating some rezero ships by um. how good they could cover up murder together

(feel free to read my tags for some explanations T^T)

[theinfinitedivides]

he's an absolute idiot in love but ykw he's her idiot in love so it's fine

[deus-ex-mona]

so which lipxlip songs are canonically about each other? like last stage or samishigariya

hi! tbh it’s kinda hard to tell for some songs? but from what i can tell, without counting the songs you’ve already mentioned,

for lxl duets there’s hitsuyou fukaketsu, yume fanfare, judge⭐︎ (to a degree), rodeo (in the sense that they’re singing about having each other’s backs), and meoto (to a degree with regards to their present idol selves). maybe yappa saikyou too, if you squint?

though there’s also their first solos (seika and yellow), which both start off with a backstory reveal in the first verse, followed by (what seems to be) a recount of how their personal circumstances changed thanks to meeting each other… or so it seems to me anyway?

either way lxl canon you agree y/y—

[rhinexstone]

I’m watching Wrath of Khan for the first time, crying my EYES out at the obituary moment, until scotty starts wailing on the bagpipes—

[hellboundhimbo]

why does it always have to be a sex thing. why can’t people just like something without making it sexual at literally any given moment.