#if u give me ANY opportunity to talk abt hq i Will write an essay on it

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o why do you think that all other ushi ships are bad :0? def no shade, just curious!

tbh the main ones i have issues with are ushihina & ushioi which, from what ive seen, are also the most popular. I can’t talk about any others bc im not rlly in the shiratorizawa scene but I can definitely elaborate on these two.

ushihina... should be self explanatory since it’s a 3rd year/1st year ship leading to a 2 year difference which isnt healthy at this stage. No 18 y/o should be seeing a 1st year in a romantic light as it’s predatory & links back to the huge mischaracterisation of ushijima being creepy which I often see in fics. If this for Some Reason doesn’t stop someone from shipping them then the blatant lack of chemistry between the two should too. I haven’t seen one piece of ushihina art that doesnt grossly mischaracterise one or even both characters. It very obviously comes from fujoshis bc it follows a uke/seme dynamic 😬

Honestly, hinata & ushijima’s canon relationship is one purely of mutual respect. It's nothing Close to being one of friendship, let alone romance. They’re rivals first & foremost and im p sure their mental images of each other are simply milestones in their vb career. Tendou even guesses ushijima doesnt like hinata but, at the very most, id say ushijima gains some sort of respect for hinata at the end of their match.

for ushioi... most, if not all, canon interactions & characterisation shows oikawa as completely hating ushijima for good personal reason. idk why someone would be so desperate to see love in that but whatever. i just think they aren’t compatible at all from the way ushijima doesn’t know his limits when it comes to oikawa & how all oikawa can do is see malicious intent in ushijima’s interactions. again, not healthy but in a diff way from ushihina.

IDM rarepairs that dont have a solid canon basis but the second theres evidence Against it... im automatically uncomfortable w it.

This got really long so tl;dr ushihina: unhealthy age gap, ushioi: unhealthy foundation. have a pic of ushijima smiling bc he doesnt deserve this