#leedle

[rainbowzpuff]

leafy x needle ship art :33

[marikodraws]

I see all the "Laios should meet Link" and raise you: I think he should meet Beedle 🪲

[glovehearts]

I just think it’s really cute how we’ve collectively decided mitch is a hamster like we just all looked at his little face and went oh a rodent (affectionate)

[sourtomatola]

Spongebob audio anyone?

Youtube Ver

[fictionyoubelieve]

this me

[moonshynecybin]

Ah but consider Marc as a wag in the WeC paddock where most of them are older than him so ticking his age kink, where people like Jenson are there so ticking his champion/competency kink and they tuck him under their arm so very easily. Someone might have allowed him to test a car or do a lap and now Marc's own competency milkshake brings all the drivers to the yard. Everyone is super fond. WEC weekends are basically Marc in a candy shop, a lovely little treat. Valentino drowns him in his number/clothing like a dog staking his claim.

the merch thing is so funny because like yeah it’s this nasty illicit sex claim slash possessive romantic gesture that they both enjoy as like. a sublimation of their egos into one another and a way to merge their legacies and souls. but in another very real sense they both think it is the funniest bit in the worlddddddd. stupid in joke with the public that is also a humblebrag. it would be like that time marc put on the vale hat for the italian reporters but this time it’s not tinged with the bitter sadness of the joke being GET IT BECAUSE HE HATES ME. instead it’s the smug joy of GET IT HE LOVES MEEE :D so he can walk around decked out booty shorts with THE DOCTOR on the ass and then joyfully post it eight times to instagram while everyone walking around the paddock feeds him flattering questions about his own sport AND he gets to brag about vale. maybe and genuinely the ideal scenario for marc as wag. i bet he wakes up from a dream exactly like that now and feels it in his TEETH he wants it so bad

[persephonaae]

Enamored by this creature, the smander

[cicada-candy]

BUGZ!!

[sergeifyodorov]

plz share the willy xenophobia discussion at your leisure i would love to read about it

Right. So.

Willy was drafted in 2014, a top-ten pick with legacy pedigree, and unlike the other two in Toronto's Big Three, took a little longer to develop -- Marner spent his D+1 in the OHL before coming up, Matthews made the team right away, but Willy spent time in the SHL and about a year and a half in the Marlies before joining at the end of the 15-16 season, after Marner was drafted but before Matthews was. Needless to say, expectations of him weren't quite as high, but he was firmly expected to be part of the Big Rebuild, too.

He's also Swedish. The first Europeans in the NHL were Swedish, and to this day the highest proportion of non-North Americans is Swedish. However, in order to understand the Swedes, we have to talk about the Russians.

The 1972 Summit Series is probably the most important single event in the history of hockey -- eight games, the first true best-on-best in the world, since the NHL and the Olympics have always had a fraught relationship and they weren't allowed to attend. If we really wanted to talk about the Summit Series, we could be here for years, but, the point: on this particular world stage, it was finally understood that Europeans -- Russians, but everyone else, too -- played a different style of hockey, one that emphasized a side-to-side possession-based game instead of the Canadian dump-and-chase style. The Euro style involves far less checking. And less fighting.

North American (largely Canadian, but nonetheless) hockey has always had a culture of hypermasculinity around it, and this relative lack of violence, as well as pre-existing stereotypes of the time, gave the impression that Europeans were "soft."

Back to Willy. Go back to look at draft-era Willy, before he learns how to grow facial hair -- not Mitch's baby face, but not Auston's full-grown jawline. A layer of puppy fat that disguises all but the most defined of his muscles. Silky blond hair and a dopey smile. He dresses expensively, breaks into fits of giggles in interviews, doesn't seem to take anything as seriously as he should. Because this is Toronto, and we feel as if we are about to enter a new golden age, we expect the most out of our prospects -- solemnity, hard work, not a flaxen-haired nepotist idiot. Especially not a soft flaxen-haired nepotist idiot.

Willy Nylander, raised and trained on a different continent, doesn't hit much, preferring to carry his puck in than dump it. He's speedy, patient with a shot, would rather make a dangerous chance than one through three lanes of traffic. He doesn't fight, doesn't get mad, scores less when the team's really going, and he held out to the last possible moment in his RFA negotiations. Every single one of these drives people mad -- people here trailing all after Don Cherry.

If you're not familiar with Don Cherry, imagine the worst Leafs uncle you could possibly realize, give him opinions of similar attitude on the rest of the NHL, and then understand that he had a national platform for decades. Cherry, fervent nationalist that he is, touted the "tough" Canadian forechecking style, adored players who would walk off injuries -- never mind their lives afterwards -- and once expressed his disdain for visors (you know, the thing that... protects your eyes... and a lot of your face...) by saying that only the Europeans and Francophones liked them. (He also got kicked off of Hockey Night in Canada for anti-immigrant statements. Yee haw.)

Cherry hated Nylander the entire time, explicitly citing his Swedishness (and implying a lack of toughness, or winning quality, which he equated) as a reason that the Leafs would never win with him. Here's an article from right around draft day with Cherry's opinion -- he says the Leafs, should they choose to contend, should forgo Europeans and instead take Canadians. He also cites Ritchie's high penalty-minute count as a valuable item. (I don't know about you, but generally I think regularly putting your team on the penalty kill is a detriment, not a strength).

Furthermore, there's a poll at the end of this article asking the reader if they think Cherry was right. Most people think he was. He was hugely popular not only because he was a charismatic figure (I keep talking about him as if he's dead; he's not, just no longer working) but because his ideas were popular. People believed, and still very much do, that Swedishness is softness and that softness is bad. And as -- as a Leaf -- arguably one of the most visible Swedes in the NHL, one of those tasked with shouldering the weight of the most known franchise, Willy bore a lot of it.

I think part of the reason I didn't mention it in the original post was because unlike Mitch, Willy doesn't seem to let it get to him a lot -- he's a blissfully oblivious Barbie-doll idiot -- and, again, because expectations on him weren't quite as high. That being said, it's still important to discuss imho !

[0-dear-rose-0]

prom wendy!! guess who her date is hehe

[ashmcgivern]

Meet Pesto the Lined Day Gecko!!!! My newest little friend!!!

Pesto was a bit of an impulse buy at the reptile expo I went to last week. I had set up a 12x12x18 enclosure purely as a bioactive experiment since I've never kept a bioactive enclosure before, but yaknow how it goes.... I had a vacancy, and I was absolutely smitten. While they'll be able to stay in this enclosure as their forever home, there's a really good chance that in the coming years when I get to move to a bigger place they'll get a nice upgrade. For now though, I'm content with the setup they have.

Pesto is really skittish around me right now, but in the coming months as they get bigger and more confident I'll start working with them to be tolerant of handling. Day geckos are more of a 'look dont touch' animal, but it's important to me that all my creatures be comfortable with me handling them in case of an emergency or for vet visits.

Thanks everyone who voted in the poll as well - I've got plans for another lizard in the works that hopefully should come to fruition within the month, but for now, it's Pesto!

[larz-barz]

my cousin: “How is that you can complete something like that in 30 minutes??”

[x-heesy]

Rockstar, rebound

Bitch you know we ballin'

Always at my phone to find another hoe was callin'

I'm on the team, I'ma shoot for three

Breakin' new means

Then I release

Hittin' that buzza beater (Ugh)

Winnin' the game, I'm winnin' (Ugh)

I let my brother beat 'em (Ugh)

I couldn't lose if Lucifer made me a loser

I jump from the fuckin' bleachers

Rockstar, rebound

Bitch you know we ballin'

Always at my phone to find another hoe was callin'

Why she callin' my phone?

I don't know

I couldn't answer 'cause I'm on a boat

Got the remote 'cause you know I control

All the waves that you ride like I told ya

This that super fly drop kick shit

All these motherfuckers jumpin' in the moshpit quick

If you got a big booty, better pop that shit

I've been lookin' for a biddy that will rock my dick

Need a new flow, then I'll top this shit

Me and Swvde be the team

Always comin' with the hits

Everybody love it when we drop them shits

I'ma spit it 'til I hit it then I got my fix

I don't even look like I should rap but yo I kill this shit

Workin' 'til his perfect fingers hurtin'

Know you feel this shit (Ugh)

I spit a couple of bars at a time

Off of the dope but I'm coming out fine

Trippy been droppin' full bottles of wine

Now that bitch over we ready to grind

I'm a goof and that's just the way I am

Don't follow the rules and I don't stick to the plan

Okay you know me, that don't mean that you're my friend

So all that shit you was talkin' you say it was all just pretend

(Hold up, hold up, wait up, hold up)

Gotta change it up a little bit like she gon' be with me

Got the boba fett up in the blunt

We high as we can be

Out in Colorado for a while

I'm in the 303

Sendin' my vocals to Dutchman we gon' be like

Leedle Leedle Lee

Hit the sto' for weed

I'm TrippthaKid, I get the tree for free

Pass the blunt to him so he get lifted

Never seein' me

Higher than the universe

You know you wanna be a G

TrippythaKid the G.O.A.T

Y'all already know

You never beatin' me

Hit the sto' for weed

I'm TrippthaKid, I get the tree for free

Pass the blunt to him so he get lifted

Never seein' me

Higher than the universe

You know you wanna be a G

TrippythaKid the G.O.A.T

Y'all already know

You never beatin' me

Shoutout to Swvde

Shoutout to Dutchman

Shoutout to TrippythaKid

You guys are so sick

You work so hard at your craaaaft

Oh my God

Leedle Leedle Lee by TrippyThaKid v4

@bethanythestrange @luna---zylum @bigbonzo @seanisnothing

[springcatalyst]

yall wanna see the tiny sheep i sculpted as soon as i woke up yesterday?

[anitalianfrie]

he BETTER NAUT racing he better not be, but I swear if this ends with like a freak podium.............

My stance on this is to not say anything. We shall avoid la gufata and any mention of the situation might worsen celin's conditions. We shall not speak about it or about him. Who is Celestino. What is a moto2. Can I eat a "collarbone"?

[moonshynecybin]

turning over the confessions blog anon and it’s like. i understand where they’re coming from in terms of being frustrated with some popular characterizations and conversations that maybe are a little stagnate when you’ve been having those same conversations for a few months. seeing new people come in and discover all those same things that got big in january or whatever. but it’s also somewhat on the individual to advance those conversations! to curate their own space, even if that means leaving. and it’s fine to leave! it’s fine to block, it’s fine to carve out a two person discord and go nuts with someone you trust. and it’s fine to have those thoughts and criticisms of the content you consume, and even to push back against said content where appropriate. where i think it strays for me is taking those thoughts really public and essentially publishing an EVERYBODY is doing it wrong in ways i specifically don’t like kinda thing. not getting into specifics so feeling aren’t hurt, but then it’s too broad and everyone is hurt anyways…. like in many ways i think it’s too small of a fandom to alienate almost every creator like that bc everyone will see it personally lol. “i don’t like the content in this fandom” girl there’s like 20 of us! and that’s just kind of mean ! some things can be inside thoughts ! or discord thoughts etc… idk it’s a lil misguided to me. fandom content created on here is usually created because it’s fun for the creator and they want to share it with a community, and i think the key to shifting a narrative in fandom is to join said community and create for yourself, and sometimes advancing those communities takes criticism and conversation, but it’s usually specific and additive, not vague and somewhat entitled. just my two cents