#the paddle speaks

[goddamnshinyrock]

I just accidentally ran across an active h*talia blog on tumblr in the year of our lord 2024. I feel like someone smacked me in the face with 2010.

[clouvu]

Pretty woman

[apollos-boyfriend]

just saw a clip where lizzie was asking what yaoi meant (bc of blockwars shenanigans) and i’m literally blown away. what do you mean #1 fujoshi lizzie ldshadowlady didn’t know what yaoi meant. girl just look at your husband

[wlw-cryptid]

you know the girlies on the Instagram reels and tiktoks that do their boyfriends skin care routines by force. are there butches like that who will help me

[moonshynecybin]

actually my favorite thing to do as a whitewater professional is to watch redbull make elite motorsports athletes be rafting guests and judge the FUCK. out of their paddling form

[arctic-hands]

The subject came up today and I can't decide so I'm throwing it out there because I don't give a fuck and also having survived all of this kinda makes me sound like a badass

[ventiswampwater]

just gotta say. cannot fucking believe they let us watch osmosis jones (2001) in middle school health class. as if we were gonna come out of that unscathed

[quasieli]

Tom Cardy needs to stop making such catchy music cause I have had The Ballad of Smokin' Joe Rudeboy and Hey I Don't Work Here stuck in my head all day. Not the worst thing in the world but that's pretty much the only thoughts that have graced my mind today.

[moon-blush]

Wish I was bruised up like this again. ♡

♡ • She/They • Don't Steal • 18+ • ♡

[harlequinhex]

Ya know anime fans are still super cringe *cringe is not a bad thing yall stop it* but we gotta note that at least yaoi paddles aren't a thing anymore *at least not as much as they were*

[hotbucket404]

every friend group has a short king, a crackhead and a divorcee

[deus-ex-mona]

LIPxLIP and the Filming of the New Year’s Special Programme: Chapter 4

hakama h e l p

previous part (chapter 3)

next part (chapter 5)

The Day of the Programme—

Host: Now, let’s begin the New Year’s Variety Programme! May the participants please say a few words each…

Host: And here are our star attractions of the day… The popular heartthrobs from the idol unit of LIPxLIP!

Aizo: It’s nice to meet you!

Yujiro: I’ll do my best to achieve victory!

Host: Hey, Aizo and Yujiro. You guys are always seen together, but this time, you’re facing off against each other in a solo competition.

Host: How are you taking this?

Aizo: Ahh— I’m feeling nothing but the jitters, y’know?

Aizo: (Just kidding. I’m actually super chill with it, though.)

Chancing a glance at Yujiro, Aizo noted that, unlike their encounter on their day off, Yujiro had a friendly smile spread across his face.

Yujiro: I’m feeling rather uneasy too.

Yujiro: I’m so used to having Aizo by my side, so not having him here is a little…

Cheers and murmurs arose from the audience seats, as well as from the tiered gallery where all the performers were situated.

Yujiro: I think Aizo’s better suited for this kind of stuff, especially when it comes to variety programmes.

Yujiro: But I’m going to do what I can… to the best of my ability.

Aizo: Aww, if only I could support you by your side~! But we just so happen to be enemies this time~!

Aizo: (I’ll have to do my very best to stick around till the final round! If I don’t, this competition would’ve been for nothing!)

Host: Yup, yup, that’s sweet! I can see the love between you guys! Be sure to give it your all against each other!

Host: Now then, next up is—

Following that, the livestream continued to progress smoothly. However, the first event was, against Aizo’s expectations, the high jump—

Aizo: (Just as I’d expected, there’s a sports-related event, but…)

Aizo: Dammit! It’s hard to move in this hakama!

Host: Oooops! Aizo has knocked the bar over!

Aizo: No, it was the hakama! The hakama hit the bar, not me! I’m still in!

Host: Whether it was the hakama or not doesn’t matter! That was an out! You’ll get to jump another time, so good luck!

Aizo: Dammit! What’s with the strictness?!

Despite joking around with a smile, a mild feeling of irritation burned away at the bottom of Aizo’s heart.

Aizo: (Despite the state of his physical strength, Yujiro’s movements were weirdly nimble… If I lose here, he’s gonna laugh at me for the rest of our lives.)

Aizo: I can roll up my hakama and take a running start, right?! It’s fine, right?! I’m rolling it up, okay?!

Yujiro: Hey, don’t do that. How shameless…

Host: Ooh, how bold of you, Aizo!

Host: Will he be able to jump over it this time? He’s jumping… and he made it~!

Aizo: Awwright! I’m still in the game!

On Yujiro’s end, the results of the New Year’s-themed events were, sure enough—

Yujiro: (It feels as though these events were made just for me. I’m truly grateful, really.)

Having been familiar with the features of the cultural events like calligraphy, flower arrangement, komamawashi, and hanetsuki from his childhood days, Yujiro had fared very well in them.

Yujiro: (Aizo, on the other hand…)

Aizo: Hooold it right there!

Aizo: Why isn’t this hanetsuki thing anything like badminton?!

Aizo: The shuttlecock isn’t going where I want it to! It’s so hard!

Host: You’re fighting a tough battle, aren’t you~?

Yujiro: That’s just how it is. If you lose, I’m going to draw circles and crosses on your face.

Host: Oh my, he has already prepared his brush for the painting! Hey Aizo! Your partner’s waiting for you to lose!

Aizo: Why?! Cheer for me instead!

Host: Now then, whether tears were shed or laughter was had, we’re at the final event! The only people remaining after the many death matches are—

Host: Aizo and Yujiro! The pair that make up LIPxLIP!

Yujiro & Aizo: …

Host: By a strange coincidence, the two of them will have to face off against each other in this event… namely, a “Scavenger Hunt”!

Yujiro: (I definitely… won’t lose to him…!)

[moonshynecybin]

You're known for those amazing whitewater posts!!

thanks heres a pic of me as a kid on a river trip (left) and a pic of my brother being bad at his job (right)

[tbh-entp]

Hi I really need ur help. I’m an entp and I already suffer from overthinking and shit (I don’t know if it’s normal for us entp to do that but yeah:)” anyways since the summer of 2020 I went through emotional abuse because I was stupid enough to stay in a toxic relationship for too long with my ex he gaslighted the shit out of me and betrayed me (it was an 8 year long friendship before it happened) . I went through a depression and I think that I was traumatized because I’ve never been this low in my life. Long story short I literally doubt every single choice I do, I feel like disorganized you know I don’t know how to come back to my normal mindset you know the confident one who don’t overthink and just has good ideas. I literally overthink everything like every single thing actions I do and thoughts I get and I don’t even know why I think I’m starting to fall into a depression again and losing myself again because of this. From a fellow entp to another If u know anything about how we work or anything about a loop or anything what dows it sound like because I don’t know shit right now I’m anywhere but in the moment and It frightenes me but I can’t do much about it. I literally overanalyze every single thing and can’t get rid of it. Every anxious thought I get is creating another to a chain where I don’t even know what the problem is. Thank u If you’ve read this far :( xxx

Hi! I'm sorry you're going through this. And I'm sorry it's taken me so long to answer! My inbox always has stuff in it and I don't answer nearly enough of them.

No one deserves to go through emotional abuse, and I'm happy for you that you're out of this relationship! It can be such a destabilizing thing as well to be out of a relationship as well, especially given how long it lasted.

I haven't dealt necessarily with what you did, but I have had a nice share of depression and trauma during the covid years. (I became very scared all of the time essentially... and I'm still unlearning this) I've learned some things from my experiences, though I'm certain that there are more and maybe some more fitting ones for you.

The main thing is just to be kind to yourself.

Now when I'm sad or struggling to do things, I'm just like ok, treat-yoself, it's a sleeping day. And I let it be without forcing myself to act like I'm doing better and also trying not to feel worse for not being at 100% (or even 50%) every day. Forgive yourself.

I try to give myself high-fives for even the smallest things that I accomplish. (I drove recently, and I rarely drive these days (esp in the country I live in) and I was scared, and I did it, and I'm proud!) (I sent an email that was freaking me out, and I'm proud!)

Find someone to talk to also maybe-- feel free to message me if you want. But when I was alone during covid, I got into the habit of leaving voice messages. So even talking to yourself could be helpful. Or writing also!

Pay attention to what you like and enjoy for when you're really feeling down. I have a list that I keep on my phone--sometimes I'm really blurred up and I don't remember to look at it. But sometimes I do remember to check the list, and it reminds me to put on the Great British Baking Show or Taskmaster, or maybe take care of my plants-- this really helps reground me to myself and what i enjoy purely.

If you can afford it, therapy is the thing these days. (But as someone who couldn't afford it for so long (especially because it can be hard to find the right therapist), it's very doable to make changes without it)

Also taking some time to breathe and pause and smell the air is great too. I'm crap at meditation but I do some stretches sometimes and it's good for the brain.

This is what I got! But you deserve love from both yourself and other people.

Sending all of my love xx

[gayestshakespearecouples]

also alright I am including Rosaline/Berowne in the bracket but PLEASE can someone point me vaguely towards some scenes where theyre bantering and especially any lines that are like,,, Gender energy(??? if they have any) I barely know LLL and I don't want to have to read the entire play to find example lines for them ;_;

(I'm currently thinking of deviating from my original plan and not including example lines for EVERY pair with their polls bc there are enough without much textual evidence, but it would be a shame not to include lines for Rosaline/Berowne I think bc I know they probably... HAVE good flirtatious lines... I just have no idea where to look for them)