#Shut Skates

[eggplantgifs]

kaori and wakaba having the time of their lives in paris »

[birrdify]

jeez smg3 really fell for 4 there

[sebdoesthings]

I'm so glad i watched Sk8 the Infinity as an adult and not a teen so I didn't turn into one of those annoying idiots who complain about "renga not being canon because they didn't kiss"

[shouyuus]

sooo i was going back through my figure skating folder on tiktok and saw this video again and immediately my brain went meljayce ice dancing/skating 🫶🏽

yes!!! so that's pair's skating -- the difference between ice dance and pairs skating is that in ice dance, there's no jumping/throwing, and you can't lift the girl above shoulder height! but the edge control and the dynamics/synchronization is insane.

here are two of my fav programs in ice dance:

tessa and scott's 2018 pyeongchang free dance (i was THERE!!!!)

shib sibs 2018 pyeongchang paradise (i was also there and i subsequently got to meet them when they were doing a ralph lauren event in nyc so that was kinda cool)

and pairs skating is where you get the really crazy jumps and throws and side-by-side triple-double jumps -- two of my favs:

sui and han bridge over troubled water at beijing 2022

knierim and frazier fall on me 2020 nationals

so the "stereotype" and i say that loosely bc it's all kind of in good fun, is that freestyle skaters are like... all about that power, right they gotta YEET themselves into the air and do insane jumps, and ice dancers are all about precision and control -- they even have slightly different skates than normal "freestyle" skaters. the blades are shorter so they can get in real close to their partner and not step on them lol.

so i headcanoned that mel's always been an ice dancer, she's precise and careful and very, very refined. and jayce used to be a pairs skater (i mean, it'd put some of those fuCKING muscles to good use yall) but swapped to ice dance after meeting mel.

[raininyourblackeyes]

asking serbian eurosport once again when are they planning to hire me as their fogure skating commentator because the current one doesn't know shit.

[misograce]

Lopareva/Brissaud are such a breath of fresh air after so many same-samesy rds

[figureskatingbirds]

I have awakened from my fs slumber just to say

Wakaba Olympic silver medalist in 7 days

!!!!!

[stefisdoingthings]

What if instead of Midvalley the Hornfreak he was Midvalley the Horn𝓯𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓴𝔂 and he wore a BDSM outfit to match the rest of the Gung-Ho-Guns???

[axiomsend]

Sorry but it is so weird for a national organization to condemn some guy on the internet. I get Dave is a micro influencer and said something horrible but like. How many people outside our circles know who that is?

[incorrectfigureskatingopinions]

MIKHAIL SHAIDOROV YOU 🫵 ARE A WORLD MEDALLIST

[deoidesign]

okay so ages ago on the Bird Hellsite I saw someone make a coat entirely out of worm on a strings so now we have that incredibly cursed mental image right. My question to you is who in the TTA cast would be most likely to wear that thing and why is it Steve?

Oh, I met someone who did that a few years ago! Might have been the same person tbh.

I think a number of the minor characters would happily wear it, but the one most likely to make it would be Ash from the ghost hunting arc. Steve would wear it too, but Adam could make it work.

I had a grudge for years against worm on a string though... It was 2014. Flying across the country with my art class for the final judging of a competition. New York City, baby. Every day was constant activity; always going to a different event, a different activity, a different project...

And the stage was set: A small budget for the ILNY tourist store, two exhausted teenagers, and a misleading ad. The sound was off, and without captions we were left to assume... And we believed if the worms got wet, they would squirm. It made sense why they were $20 with technology like that.

Me and my best friend bought the worm on a string. We named him... Hal. It was all we talked about that day, the anticipation of getting back to the hotel.

Finally we get to our room. I was more excited about this than about being in the top 5 for a contest with a $50,000 prize. We opened the package, deterred by none of the signs, confirmation bias in full force... What's this string? Oh, it must be so they don't squirm away and get lost!

Fools.

Two fools standing over the bathroom sink, Hal in ones hands, and the other turning on the faucet. Nothing. A gentle shake of the lifeless soggy body. Still nothing.

And then the dawning realization: The worm was never gonna squirm around. We were duped.

How could we let that go... For years, I didn't.

I've since developed a fondness. It was never Hal's fault. We were exhausted, not thinking straight, and we blamed him for our own failure. I can only try to make amends... But I truly believe Hal never held resentment in his fuzzy blue heart.

Anyways we got second place and then the next year we won but that's less important.

[alwayshappyhoursomewhere]

Grand Prix de France 2023

Adam Siao Him Fa - FS (Departure (Home), The Quality of Mercy, Mercy (Voiceless Mix), Refuge - choreo. by Benoit Richaud)

TSS 205.71, Total Score 306.78 (1st)

[c0ffinrehearsal]

“sirius is canonically tall!”

who cares it literally doesn’t matter. canonically, he’s dead, too, but we all ignore that, so.

“stop making these tough scary characters so cutesy, it’s reducing them to stereotypes!”

no, they aren’t real and i can do whatever i want and i, personally, am not going to die on the hill of a canon written by the Worst Kind of Person.

[rorygi1more]

i have such a deep appreciation for double axels it's always a good jump. never goes wrong.

[bordonfreeman]

Drew my girl Gel with Gel Pens heheheh

[rondocapri]

Anyways Happy Birthday to THE goat

I’d like to say this year I’ll stop mentioning him at every opportunity… but we all know I’d be lying