#~desp

[swedishgoaliemafia]

amazing things going on in bosj rn

[taiturner]

YELLOWJACKETS, "12 Angry Girls & 1 Drunk Travis"

[ekmsoldier]

[kosmogrl]

I have a gut feeling that I'm getting fired soon

[yoshihashismattebum]

A Block Part 1 | A Block Part 2 | B Block Part 1 | B Block Part 2

It's time for part 3 of my BoSJ guide, where we tackle the first half of B Block! If you've missed parts 1 and 2, you can find them here and here.

After my partner read the draft of this post, she referred to B Block as the 'Cute Boy Block', which I think is acccurate and also Despe would 100% agree.

Stay tuned for the final part, where we look at the biggest freaks of the tournament (which is saying something, let's face it). I honestly don't know how I'm going to fit everything I want to say about Taguchi onto one slide. [edit: part 4 is now out! ]

BoSJ starts tomorrow, so my timing is a bit off, but oh well! Will you be tuning in? Let me know! Especially if it'll be your first time watching!

Oh also, read on for my unhinged rambling theory about how MAO's new tag team name is inspired by a punk song I like...

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* Okay, are you all sitting comfortably? Can everyone see the red string board? So. MAO's team is called Strange Love Connection. Turnstile have a song called T.L.C. (Turnstile Love Connection) which is also a title of one of their EPs. Here it is, for you to listen to (it's real good, especially if you like creative hardcore punk).

Now, we know that MAO likes Turnstile, because he wore a Turnstile hoodie to his wedding with Kazuma Sumi (don't ask – it's a whole DDT thing). It's specifically a hoodie for Glow On, the album that T.L.C. is featured on. See Exhibit A below:

The lyrics to T.L.C. also include the lines "I wanna thank you for letting me see myself/I wanna thank you for letting me be myself" which totally fits given the tag team is two wrestlers who have just left/been kicked out of their factions and are finding love together! They are finding themselves again through each other!

Finally, and I think this is the clincher for me: the text he used for the logo of his new faction looks very similar to the Turnstile logo! See Exhibits B and C:

QED. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk. I will not be taking questions at this time.

(Actually, that's not true: I'm always down to talk about wrestling and/or music and/or unhinged theories about wrestlers naming their factions after songs! My DMs are open!)

[sycamoretrees]

somehow i have amassed knowledge of several wrestlers' fragrance choices and i thought it might be interesting to other people in the venn diagram overlap of wrestling and perfume

El Desperado - Allure Homme Sport Eau Extrême by Chanel

Woody Aromatic/Aromatic Musk

Mandarin, cypress, musk, tonka bean

"Its intense and carnal character evokes a man on the move, someone unstoppable."

Fun fact: also worn by Justin McElroy.

Source: he showed the bottle on a livestream

Jay White - Stronger With You by Armani

Amber Fougere (reads like more of an Oriental to me and definitely didn't smell herbal or green but I guess the lavender/sage are in there)

Pink peppercorn, lavender, sage, chestnut, amber, vanilla

"... a confident elegance, with the easy nonchalance of youth."

(he could have been referring to one of the flankers of this EdT, I believe they're relatively similar)

Source: he mentioned it during an online signing session

Minoru Suzuki - Eau de Minthé by Diptyque

Aromatic Fougere

Patchouli, geranium, mint, rose oxide

He has also worn Bay Rum by C. O. Bigelow (bay leaf, citrus, spices)

Wtf is 'rose oxide'

Source: his instagram

Shota Umino - Snow Fairy by Lush

Gourmand

Cotton candy, cherry, vanilla, pear

Chris Charlton and Walker Stewart often talked on commentary about how good Shota Umino smelled when he'd walk past them, to quote Chris 'like Dr. Pepper'

Source: Chris Charlton

Chris Brookes: American Cream by Lush

Oriental Vanilla

Vanilla, milk, benzoin, lavender

for some reason the Lush website subtitles this 'awesome strawberry and vanilla' but if there's strawberry in there it is imperceptible

To me on the blotter this leaned heavily sweet plasticky vanilla with a suggestion of lavender, like if in 2003 they'd made a vanilla lavender-scented gel pen

Source: his twitter

apparently Kosei Fujita wears a Jo Malone fragrance but sadly I don't know which one* :( if you know of any other wrestler perfumes please tell me!

*taking this opportunity to give a PSA, while I have enjoyed other Jo Malone fragrances I sampled Nectarine Blossom and Honey and then spent a panicked ten minutes trying to find somewhere to throw the blotter paper away and wash my hands, to me it was the worst of coriander/cilantro plus a damp sports towel you left in a gym bag for three weeks, just awful. Others enjoy it apparently so ymmv but BE CAREFUL.

[witchedcorpse]

Done gatekeeping this one, Cyran I love you sm you're so funny please don't die (Instagram folks saw this first sorry)

[jupiterjunebug]

For those that dont nooj but WILL be following bosj for nick, i have excellent news. They DID put him in the horny freak block

[thistledropkick]

Despe:

I go to work, I hit the gym that I didn't have time to go to in the morning, I come home, I eat some food, I hold my cat up to my face and inhale, and then I go to bed

# cat

[猫吸い or "cat inhaling" is a term in Japanese for pressing your face against a cat and inhaling. It's said to be a great way to reduce stress! I wish we had a term for this in English...]

[fauxgraps]

[schadentekkers]

[thatcjacket]

i watched despe invitacional last night oops

kinda obsessing over him im so sorry

[ekmsoldier]

[frentique]

[hanamiyama-basketball-club]

why is despe tweeting about how erotic kanon's new portraits are

[elitehanitje]

HEART-EYES, MOTHERFUCKER