#hiphop vs ballet

[hughesswift]

hi i’m olivia! 🪩

not sure how to start but we’re gonna roll with it

about me!

olivia is actually my middle name!

i’ve been to the rep tour (7/22/18) and will be at the eras tour (5/14/23)

my favorite hockey team(s): nj devils, tor maple leafs, anaheim ducks and pitt penguins (sorry 🫣 lots of variety ik)

i’ve been doing ballet/hiphop for 12 years

i LOVE frank ocean and the lummineers

pronouns: she/her

i’ve only attended 2 nhl games (one recently being devils vs leafs so that makes up)

i’m a 1989 and Fearless girly

i’m just here to have fun xoxo💋

[my-wordy-brain]

0093

A ballerina auditions for a hip hop group, and somehow gets in!

[lilacborrower]

idk ive rly had it w the ballet vs hiphop dance aus

[kissmetae]

Silhouette

❧ AU: Dance Teacher/Dancer AU || You were working as a dance teacher at a dance academy and one day while dancing for yourself you stumble upon the new dance teacher at the academy watching you. Like a magnetic force you were drawn to each other and quickly became friends... and more than.

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❧ Disclaimer: This is fiction. Actions and events in these stories are often exaggerated and to a certain degree unrealistic.  Please have this in consideration when reading fiction, especially if it includes sexual content.

❧ Rating: EXPLICIT || sexual content, unprotected sex

❧ Smut features: Vanilla, semi(?) public, mirror, Top!Tae, greedy and desperate, confessional, stripping the other, dancing, tension(!), pulling out, kinda innocent and sweet but lusty af and more...~

❧ A/N: Long time no writing... I’ve been busy with work and my dance academy as well as being in a long drawing over writing phase but here I am because I want to be able to do what I can for people to find an escape during the tough times we are all going through right now. Remember that it will pass. I’ll be trying my best to write more and my ask is always open for suggestions and prompts.

Green lights, pink lights and purple lights were all flashing brightly in the dark room as the base of the music made the speakers gently vibrate.

 Extending the arm, a graceful hand caressed the chin of the energy surrounding you. The beat changed and your left leg extended to the side as you quickly rotated towards the other end of the room, meeting your reflection in the mirror with a smirk with each spin.

 You froze, looking back and landing on your knee to end up on the floor.

You liked calling this move the sexy snow angel, because it reminded you of one... Your hands meet above your head and your legs pushed you around onto your tummy and suddenly you were back up on your feet again.

 Your elegant posture hit a dramatic off switch when you suddenly called it a quit and headed over to your phone that was connected to the speakers.

Of course you couldn’t help but jam a little to the song one last time before hitting the pause button.

 This was your passion, your element.

Sometimes you considered this place your home more than your own apartment.

 The music stopped and you hit the switch for the lights, temporarily making the room go dark before the bright lights lit up the room properly.

 ”Wow.”

 The sudden sound of a deep unfamiliar voice made you jump like an ice cold blade had just been stabbed right through your abdomen.

 ”Oh my god!” You expressed, holding a hand over your heart.

 The voice giggled.

 ”You scared me to death!” You laughed and turned toward the stranger peaking in through the door.

 ”Sorry...” He smiled.

”It’s ok, I’m not used to anyone else being here this late so I wasn’t prepared.” You explained and grabbed your bag.

 ”I was about to leave but I heard music and got curious... you’re really good.” His tone lowered towards the end as he got a little flustered.

 As you approached him you got a better look at the tall man.

 His dark hair was messy, a few wet strands clinging to his forehead. But the first thing you noticed was his big dark eyes, framed by long lashes, full of passion...

 ”I don’t think I’ve seen you before.” You pointed out, tilting your head slightly.

 His shoulders were broad and legs long... despite not seeing much through his loose pants you could guess that they were toned and lean.

He was also wearing a grey sweater, dark at the neckline from the sweat...

 ”I’m new.” He smiled and moved away from the door to allow for you to exit.

”Wait, are you the new teacher?”

He nodded.

 Eager to have met the guy you’ve only heard of till now you reached out your hand to greet him and introduce yourself.

 ”Taehyung.” He smiled. ”What do you teach?” He asked curiously.

”Contemporary and jazz. What about you?”

”Kids’ street and isolations.”

”Oh, you have the little ones!?”

”Yes, they’re so cute.” He smiled shyly.

”I’ve heard they’re always so eager to learn.”

”It gets really playful too!” He chuckled.

 He was intriguing... and pretty cute and warm on first impression.

 Outside it was already dark and a few drops of rain were falling down.

You pulled on your coat while you and Taehyung kept talking and he pulled on his own.

A light grey long coat and a dark green scarf... a man of style?

 ”Do you do any other styles besides what you teach?” Taehyung asked, stealing your attention from his outfit.

 ”I do a lot of modern, I’ve of course done my share of mandatory ballet as a kid.” You chuckled. ”But besides that I take afro fusion and kizomba classes, how about you?”

”Wow? Do you battle?”

”Sometimes...” You confessed shyly.

”I do hiphop, the stuff I teach of course and jazz fusion.” He finished off with a cheeky smile.

”Oh, have I found a substitute teacher for my jazz classes?”

”Just let me know what to do and sure.”

 You headed towards the door and Taehyung walked out first, giving the door a gentle push so it wouldn’t close on you.

 ”So what’s kizomba?” He asked as you stepped out into the rain, starting the short walk towards the bus stop. ”I’ve heard of it but I don’t know much.”

”I started taking classes for fun about a year and a half ago, it’s a couple dance. But it’s different from the basic couple dance if you ask me. It has more of a flowy sensual feel to it if that makes sense, that’s why I like it.”

”Sounds cool.”

”I think a youtube video would explain better than I am able to, I still consider myself a beginner.” You laughed.

”Based on what I saw earlier you seem like a natural in general when it comes to dance.”

You scoffed silently, feeling your cheeks heat up.

”I’ll have to spy on you dance sometime.” You told him with a playful grin.

 —

 Your chance to spy on him came around sooner than expected.

His class was scheduled for the hour before yours in the same room, meaning you’d get to spy on him briefly at least once a week when you’d sneakily enter at the end of his class to remind that his time was out and it was time to wrap up for the next class.

It was a kind of tradition at the academy to ”interrupt” by watching the end. But it was more fun to watch than to wait outside closed doors either way and it gave you some more time to set up while the previous class packed up and left.

But this was not a sight for sane souls...

His slender large hands held a firm grip of the lower hem of his sweater, fanning it gently to cool himself down inside it.

With every fan he exposed the honey golden skin of his soft lean lower abdomen.

And steering your eyes away was impossible...

There was something about it... maybe it was him, but the sight of his skin and the edge of his calvins peaking above the edge of his sweats...it created a sort of softcore sexual attraction...

”Please stop” you begged silently.

 He was smiling too, while listening to one of his students talking.

He laughed, despite not hearing it your mind could make up the sound of his angelic giggle.

His lips moved as he replied and he pulled a hand through his hair, brushing it back.

That’s when the student noticed you staring and looked towards you, thus making Taehyung automatically look towards whatever the student was looking at and noticing you as well.

His smiled grew wider and he quickly waved bye to the student and walked towards you.

Each step was gracious as he moved like a model across the floor, making your heart beat harder and harder for every step closer he took.

”Hey, we went a bit over time. I’m sorry.” He smiled and rubbed his hand against his neck nervously.

”It’s ok, I’ll steal a minute from the next class, it happens all the time.”

”We were having too much fun.” He chuckled shyly.

He placed a gentle hand on your shoulder and you felt your entire body stiffen and freeze from his touch.

”I’ll stay around, we can talk more after your class yeah? I have something I want to ask you.” He smiled and let his hand fall from your shoulder as he stepped out of the room along with his students, allowing for yours to enter.

You swallowed.

”O-ok everyone we’ll start warming up right away!” You called and walked over towards the stereo.

—

After your class was over you went downstairs to where the teacher’s lounge was located as well as a few more practice rooms and the general hangout area.

 You quickly refilled your water bottle and had a few greedy sips.

Taehyung was dancing with a few students in the hangout room.

For some reason the thought of escaping to the teacher’s lounge to get your things and leave popped up in your mind. Maybe say you just forgot that he wanted to ask you a question... Or that you had to rush.

 But the thought alone was time enough for Taehyung to spot you by the water tap and eagerly run out of the hangout area and grab your arm.

”Come dance, we’re freestyling!” He said eagerly and tried to pull you along.

”Are you requesting a battle?” You asked, trying to swallow your anxious feelings.

Taehyung raised his eyebrows.

”Yes battle! Battle!” One of the students chanted.

It’s on.

”Are you scared?” You teased Taehyung and walked past him to the hangout area so his hand slipped from your arm.

You placed your water bottle down on the floor by the door and readjusted your shirt slightly.

”Me? Scared? Ha!”

Taehyung took a spot in the area and the students watched eagerly as you stood across of him.

”8 vs 8” You set.

”Deal.”

The student whose phone was connected switched the song to a more battle appropriate one.

”Winner buys dinner.” Taehyung said.

”Shouldn’t it be the other way around?”

”But then it doesn’t rhyme.” Taehyung pouted playfully, making you laugh.

You bended your knees slightly and began to sway to the rhythm with a mind already set on starting.

This was playful and spontaneous and more meant as entertainment for the group of students but it didn’t stop you from trying to get into Taehyung’s head with your intimidating gaze in order to score more points towards your win.

 The beat of the song kicked in and you performed an 8. Taehyung immediately responded with his own 8, kicking the ball back to you.

He was a challenge... this could be more fun than you expected.

You did another 8 and finished with going low in a squat, standing near him to pose almost threatening before getting back up and moving back to give him his space.

The song suddenly changed before Taehyung’s turn but he quickly adapted to the song.

”We never said a style you teased!” Immediately recognizing the song as a more contemporary one.

”I thought we auto selected the one we had in common!”

”Too late! Unclear directions!” You teased and twirled back to the center and bent low to flip your hair and dramatically stand back up with your hand following the curves of your body.

”More than an 8! Cheat! Cheat! Judges!?” Taehyung called for the students who were amused by the sudden battle gone war.

You kept dancing.

”Claim back the center!” You teased. ”I’m winning.”

Taehyung took a few determined steps towards you, coming dangerously close for your sanity to remain stable.

His expression had attitude and he licked his lower lip quickly before wrapping his arms around your waist and lifting you up, making you squeal.

”This is cheating!�� You yelled and looked towards the tiny audience that were too busy laughing.

 ”Bye bye.” Taehyung called and walked you towards the teacher’s lounge. ”I admit my defeat!”

”Put me down!” You laughed and tried to wiggle free from his strong hold.

Taehyung finally put you back down when you reached the teacher’s lounge with a wide smile on his lips.

”Next time we’ll set the rules straight and I’ll win.” 

”Sure sure.” You said and grabbed your coat.

 Taehyung moved his hair away from his face and kicked off his sneakers to change to his boots.

”So the thing I wanted to ask you by the way...”

Oh right...

”Yes?”

He bent down to tie his boots while you buttoned your coat.

”I know it’s still early, but I heard for the end of term showcase you could do collaborations with levels and I thought since we both teach jazz we could collab? It’s more that it’s my first term and I’m new to it so it would be a lot easier for me if I had someone who knew how it all works with the showcases by my side and so far you’re the one I’ve spoken the most to here.” He explained with a hint of shyness and stood back up again.

You had never done a level collab but you knew of many that had done it and you had actually been curious, and since you weren’t the only jazz teacher anymore... this might be the perfect opportunity .... and the perfect opportunity to get closer to Taehyung.

”Sure!” You smiled.

”Really!?” Taehyung shined.

”I’ve wanted to try collabs, it would be awesome!”

”You really don’t have to if it’s burdensome.” 

”I do want to, we could make a routine and choreography together!”

”Yay!” Taehyung clapped eagerly. Eager to have a deal as well as feeling like he was making friends with not only the students but the teachers as well.

Taehyung was likable, very likable so it wasn’t really a challenge for him. Especially not with his forgiving confidence and comfort within himself, it only made him more approachable and attractive..

”Oh, and you owe me dinner now, we can talk more about it then!” Taehyung pointed out.

Right... winner buys dinner.

”How about this weekend?” You suggested and pulled on your own boots.

”Works well with me, I’ll give you my number and we can decide on a time and specific day ok?” He smiled sweetly.

You handed Taehyung your phone and bent down to quickly tie your boots.

”Is that your boyfriend as your home screen?” He suddenly asked.

”What!? No! No, no it’s just a celebrity I like.” You explained, embarrassed.

”Ah, I see... There! You have my number now. I sent a text to myself so I would have yours too.” He said and handed you your phone back when you stood back up again.

”Thanks.” You said and grabbed your phone, accidently brushing your fingers against his.

—

You took a seat on the bus and let out a deep exhale.

Did that really just happen?

A person you found attractive giving you attention and expressing a wish to even collab with you? Touching your arm? Indirectly asking if you have a boyfriend!?

Maybe you were over-thinking... there hadn’t been a long time yet but you felt like you clicked well together... at least as friends.

Did he sound disappointed when he asked the questions? A little... No stop, he was just curious! Or he wanted to know if you were availa- stop! 

You shook your head to try and get rid of the thought but it was still haunting you.

At least it couldn’t get worse now.

Your phone vibrated in your hand and you looked down to read the notification.

Taehyungie: Get home safely!

Clearly you were wrong.

You hid your lips with your hand to conceal the wide smile that spread across your face and suppressed the urge to kick the seat in front of you.

You replied with a quick ”You too” and a smiling emoji.

Taehyung: <3

Could he stop!?

This was an attack!

You shoved your phone back into your bag and turned the volume up a little higher in your headphones.

—

When you got back home you had a quick shower and changed into warm comfy lounge wear and took a seat by your desk with a cup of tea.

Maybe you should... flirt?

Flirt with Taehyung?

Risk being obvious that you were interested in him?!

Just the thought of it gave you some sort of anxious feeling within.

You reached for your mug again to take another careful sip of your still too hot tea.

"How to flirt" you typed into the search bar... some research wouldn't hurt.

"Smile."

You rolled your eyes.

"Smile? I already smile!"

"Make sure your feet are always turned to the person of interest.... well I was thinking more vocal flirting but ok..." you mumbled, finding the article you had clicked rather stupid.

 You moved your feet to the edge of your seat in order to hug your knees.

 Maybe it was Taehyung's nature to be open and warm... not that you had seen him display that behavior towards particularly anyone besides you... or was it blinded by wishful thinking?

Regardless... you couldn't stop thinking about him.

 Your tea ended up forgotten and cold.

Who knew there was this amount of articles and pages about flirting? How to flirt, how to tell if someone is flirting... maybe you were oblivious, in denial or just... all around confused.

Mixing up wishful thoughts and reasonable ones was easier done than said and it all became a huge mess.... 

You ended up feeling more and more tired from the thoughts spiraling through your mind and eventually went to bed, but despite feeling tired and exhausted from dancing you still couldn’t fall asleep.

You twisted and turned and you head just couldn’t find peace and kept thinking and thinking. Not only about Taehyung but a ton of things, even things that weren’t causing you stress now caused you stress as you thought of them.

You sighed and stared up at the ceiling.

—

You eventually fell asleep later that night but the morning started with you frantically searching for your water bottle, of course you had a large stash of water bottles in the kitchen but this one in particular was your favorite... it suddenly hit you that you forgot it in the hangout area at the dance academy.

 A feeling of relief and frustration washed over you and you slumped down on your sofa in the living room.

It was raining heavily outside and the sky was dull and grey. The sounds tapped lightly against your windows and it was a nice. You loved rain (if you were indoors that was). 

 You stood back up again and went to prepare yourself some breakfast.

You didn’t have any classes today which meant you had the day off. Either you’d spend it at home to catch up on series all day or head into town and do some shopping to then head home and binge watch your shows regardless for the remainder of the day.

You stretched your arms out gently, feeling a little sore from yesterday as you waited for the water to boil when the memory of yesterday replayed in your head.

“Is that your boyfriend?” You slapped you hand against your forehead to try and delete the haunting memory.

Why did he have to ask that!?

You switched on the tv in the living room while you continued to make breakfast and get ready so that the sounds would make it easier for you not to think about it.

 Fast forward to later and you had found a few likable items and done a mini-grocery shop and was seated on the bus to head back home.

Your phone dinged.

Taehyung: 5 on Saturday?

You: Sure!

Taehyung: I’ll bring your water bottle! You forgot it yesterday, I found it in the hangout room just now and I’m pretty sure it was yours.

You: Please do, I looked for it all morning! It’s my favorite one…

Taehyung: Count on me! It’s already safe in my bag!

You started to type out the words “my hero” but you held back… was it too much? You bit your lip and looked down on the written words one more time before forcing yourself to hit send.

You: My hero

Taehyung: [Typing…]

Your heart started beating a little harder.

Taehyung: ;)

You let out a little internal squeal and put your phone back into your bag as the bus pulled up to your stop.

--

The two of you ended up having a blast together, the food was great, the conversations, the laughs. You had bounded well and it almost felt too easy and good to be true.

"Winner pays dinner" you had laughed while reaching into your bag.

"Sinner treats winner, that rhymes too." Taehyung teased and pulled out his wallet.

"No, I won, I pay. You can pay next time." 

"Does that mean another battle?"

"You bet" you declared and placed your card on the table.

 With a shy smile brought on by the memory you sat down on the sofa in the teacher's lounge with your water bottle in your hand.

You had just held an intense class and if you were exhausted then surely your beginner students would be suffering even more right now.

You took another sip when a group of teachers entered after their classes.

You knew them but didn't really see them as any of your friends.

 "Did you meet the new teacher yet?" One of them asked the other.

They were three teachers in total and you were pretty sure they all had either ballet or contemporary... you should know since you too were a contemporary teacher too but you didn't mind.

"The tall one with broad shoulders?"

"Yes him!"

"I haven't seen him yet" the third commented with a pout.

"He is so handsome and he was checking me out the other day." 

They giggled.

You felt a need to roll your eyes.

"I haven't spoken to him yet but I'll get his number eventually."

You already had it and you didn't ask...

"Yet another one? When will you quit playing sis, remember the hiphop teacher?"

"Uhm, don't mention him thanks."

Oh right... that's why you never bothered to befriend them.

 Taehyung should actually be here any moment now for your scheduled practice...

As you thought about it Taehyung suddenly appeared wearing his long coat and entered the teacher's lounge.

"Excuse me." He said low and tried to get past the chit-chatters who were blocking the door way.

They shoved the third girl in her side so she'd get that it was him and they all checked him out.

 Taehyung hadn't spotted you on the sofa yet and he was wearing headphones.

 "So what did you think of my routine yesterday?" One of them suddenly asked while Taehyung kneeled down to untie his boots.

He removed a headphone and looked up.

"Huh?"

"You watched my routine yesterday, what did you think?" She repeated.

Taehyung paused briefly.

"I don't remember watching you, sorry."

Her smile fell and Taehyung returned to his shoes.

He wasn't rude in his response but she wanted to make it seem that way to cover up for the humiliation she felt.

She appeared to be a bit of a brat...

 Taehyung took out his phone from his coat pocket and removed his headphones and coat.

He was doing something on his phone but you couldn't tell what.... until your phone suddenly rang next to you, grabbing the attention of all five of you.

 "Call: Taehyung"

"Taehyung I'm right here." You laughed

"Oh my god I didn't see you!" Taehyung laughed embarrassed and clicked the call away.

 This felt more and more like a scene from a high school movie.

 You got up from the sofa and Taehyung walked over and gave you a big hug, this time you were prepared for it.

"Sorry I'm sweaty."

"It's ok, we'll both be soon. You can head up and I'll just put on my sneakers real quick." He smiled.

"Ok, I can bring your water bottle, I'll refill mine on the way too so."

"Thanks!" Taehyung quickly pulled out his bottle from his bag and handed it to you and you walked out.

 --

 You turned on the lights and placed the bottles near the stereo and sooner than later Taehyung came running up the stairs and closed the door to the practice room behind him.

 When you turned around you felt like your legs were about to melt from the sight of the tiny ponytail he had tied half his hair up in.

"You like?" Taehyung asked, noticing you looking.

"I love!"

 Taehyung walked over to the stereo and tried to connect his phone to the sound system.

 The two of you were all alone.

The students had all left for the day and the scheduled classes were over and eventually the rest of the teachers would head home too.

 Black sweatpants, folded up by the bottom to show off the ankles and a loose fitted worn-out white long sleeve...

Maybe it was meant to look worn out or it was his favorite top... regardless it fit snugg around his arms, showing off the soft sculpted curves of his triceps.

The thin fabric allowed you to vaguely distinguish the lines of his toned back concealed beneath.

You were staring.

��His neck was wide and long, the curve from his neck to his shoulders practically begged to be caressed....

His shoulders were wide and his waist slim, creating a perfect V shaped figure. 

 Taehyung’s hand adjusted the hair tie slightly and you felt your knees go even weaker and you began to fidget.

How could someone look so good with merely any effort?

 Despite the black sweats being loose they hugged his thighs flatteringly and the curve of his butt strained the fabric ever so slightly.

 The music started at low volume and Taehyung let out a little cheer of excitement before turning it up.

 Just vibing... you'd done that tons of times but Taehyung was making you nervous even when in your own element.

 He walked over and took place by your side with a chuckle.

Was he blushing?

 "I really like this song." He pointed out and moved side to side in tune to the song.

He felt a little awkward and it was noticeable by how his shoulders were suddenly a lot closer to his ears.

 "I do an 8, you do an 8 and so on?" You suggested.

"Sure! After you." He smile and gestured forwards towards you.

 It didn't take long until you both felt more comfortable and warmed up, daring to show off more advanced moves and triggering an impromptu dance battle between you.

 Taehyung was laughing and cheering, as well as you.

"Yeah!" He yelled, jumping on the spot.

Eventually it came to a pause as you both became pretty exhausted and needed to catch your breaths.

 Taehyung ran over to grab his water bottle and you took the opportunity to stretch your legs for a few seconds.

He jogged back towards you, but this time he stopped a lot closer to you.

You natural response would've been to taken a step back but you yelled at yourself internally "don't you dare move back!"

 His chest was moving up and down... the skin of his neck shimmering from the sweat starting to form... and his top only clinging to him tighter...

 Fuck...

 "So, do you have any ideas or any concept you'd like to go for? I was thinking last night and I thought of a concept that I think might be cool but of course if you disagree we'll make something up together!" Taehyung rambled, his fingers intertwined and fidgeting.

 ("Her... her nipples are peaking through the fabric...." he swallowed. "Her leggings are as tight around her thighs like her invisible grip of me is... don't stare! Don't look Taehyung! Show some respect!")

 "I like what we were feeling in the vibe, we could implement some of those steps for the chorus, considering they're beginners we need to keep it somewhat simple, but also spicy." You said eagerly

 "True! But, should we perhaps... pick a song first?"

"Yes of course! But I want to hear about your concept idea."

 You were feeling a lot more comfortable all of a sudden.

 "Well..." Taehyung began and walked over towards the stereo. "I got the idea while listening to this song yesterday..." He explained and put it on.

  The concept as well as the song was right up your street and you strongly supported Taehyung suggested, earning a shy proud grin from the man.

 Time flies fast when you have fun they say, and indeed it did. You managed to get a chorus segment "sketch" down and recorded it before moving on to just vibing and having fun again.

 --

 Taehyung's playful energetic soul was magnetic.

The way he twisted and turned, freestyled and became one with the music mesmerized you.

Going from a serious expression and aggressive freestyle to breaking into a bubbly giggle to then talk serious as he expressed his smart ideas...

 Yes... yes maybe... just maybe... he was tugging a little (a lot) at your heart strings...

Not only did he look good and move good... but he was good.

A good boy.

 You chuckled for yourself, accidently grabbing Taehyung's attention from where he was stood by the stereo.

 He smiled.

 Suddenly the music was cut off as Taehyung switched the music.

 You knew this song...

This was a Kizomba song!

 Taehyung jogged back towards you, jamming playfully to the music.

 Suddenly your heart shot up from your chest to your throat as Taehyung's hand landed by your lower back and the other grabbed your arm.

"Teach me." He said playfully.

 Your heart was racing, pounding, everything all at once.

   Taehyung took a step back and you caught on to follow his attempt to lead.

Your hand grabbed his hand and with the other you took the opportunity to feel over his shoulder before placing it against his shoulder blade.

 "You- you have to be a lot closer to me." You pointed out. The words came out less stuttered than you feared they had.

 He did as told and you moved closer as well, closing off the space between you by almost 100%.

 You readjusted his position slightly.

"Keep your knees bent when you move and for now, just follow my lead and follow the sway of my hips and match me."

Taehyung nodded, suddenly appearing a little less confident.

 ("Match the sway of her ...hips?")

 "Walk forward slowly" you instructed and began to sway in simple motions to allow him to keep up.

"Relax your shoulders more."

You stopped him, doing some stationary steps and allowing him to get more of a feel for it."

Your hips moved gracefully and he attempted to match your movements with the sway of his own while his hand pressed firmly against your lower back.

"You're doing good"

"You look really good- when you dance I mean." He chuckled shyly, gripping your hand tighter.

Did he really just say that?

"Walk sideways for me, crossing your right foot in front."

 He did as he was told the best he could and you took a step apart from him to allow yourself to walk straight along the side of him seemingly leading you.

His eyes were focused on you.

You quickly twisted back and felt his hand press your closer as you did.

 Taehyung naturally took the lead.

He walked you backwards with a focused expression.

You forgot about the fact that you were meant to instruct him as you got caught up in the chemistry the two of you had together.

 Your eyes had found his chin as a focus point... but first now you dared to face him properly and look into his eyes.

His lips were slightly parted and he was looking down at you with a serious concentrated expression, so different from his usual trademark smile.

 The song faded out and changed to a new more upbeat one.

 "Try taking more dramatic determined steps." You suggested in a soft spoken voice.

You threw a glance at the mirror, feeling your heart beat catch on again at the sight of the two of you dancing together.

 Taehyung tried his best to experiment and lead you in a circle, making you giggle and allowing for him to glance in the mirror himself.

At the sight you could feel him adjust his hold and his posture.

His hips moved with more confidence.

 "You're doing really good." You encouraged again.

"It's easy to dance with you."

"Maybe we're a good match... rhythmically."

"I think so too."

 You didn't want to stop dancing.

You could feel his lean back with your hand and had to hold back to not allow it to smooth over the area sensually... which of course would've added to the dance but what if it was too.... obvious?

 Taehyung had other plans… Unable to hold back much longer…

He let go of you, parting ways and headed towards the light switch.

He turned on the colorful spotlights and turned off the bright large ones, setting the atmosphere even more as the room got darker.

He returned to you, expression still serious but hands more confident than before.

His hands travelled up under your loose shirt shyly, caressing your sides gently.

As his touch travelled higher his confidence grew and he dared to press his exploring hands firmer against your skin.

A fear of being pushed away lingered  in him but your sudden touch reassured him that what he was doing was welcome as your hand reached up and caressed his cheek, eyes not breaking the gaze for longer than it took to blink.

 Your heart made itself known, pounding harder and different… not like when you had danced to the point of exhaustion but an exciting and anxious pounding.

 His hands travelled back down, following your curves like he was studying a statue. Slow and sensual until they stopped on your hips and gripped firmer.

 The music was bouncing between the walls in the room, filling the atmosphere with more ecstasy.

 Taehyung turned you slowly, leading.

He walked you back towards the mirror, leaning closer with his lips slightly parted and hooded eyes.

His forehead touched yours, nose tips accidently brushing against each other.

 Your back suddenly pressed against the cold reflective surface and Taehyung’s hand pressed against the mirror next to your head.

 Your blood was on fire.

What were you hoping he would do next?

Were you even aware of what you wished for?

Aware of how you impulsively leaned up as he leaned in, lips touching shyly before pressing greedily against each other causing you both to melt and give in to the other shamelessly.

With your hands behind his head, you pulled him closer to you and his hand caressed your cheek as you tasted the other’s need on each other’s lips, fueling the lust filled desire suppressed between you even more.

 It felt like a “finally” moment, deep connection finally confessing and giving into the irresistible magnetic pull.

 His lips, so soft and greedy yet so gentle and desperate at the same time… you could taste the need he had held confined and it’s sweet flavor was addictive.

It was the flavor you had been so desperate to taste for so long and finally gave in to, giving him the same sweet flavor in return that he too had craved for just as long.

 Your hand tangled into his long hair as the other fell to his shoulder, eager to explore the rest of him, but still so shy.

 Taehyung pressed his body firmly against yours, feeling your soft chest press against his strong.

With a hand that failed to resist he felt up your bare skin again, beneath your top and firmly squeezed your left breast through your sports bra, causing you to slip a moan against the kiss.

 With a slight tilt of his head he deepened the kiss, massaging and feeling your breast while his other hand found its way back to your hip.

 His touch was eager and desperately curious… taking full advantage of the moment to feel you and touch you as he pleased. The way your body and touch responded to his only made the raging fire within him spread and he could feel how he grew hard.

 “I’ve wanted to touch you like this for so long.” He confessed in the heat of the moment.

“You touch me like this in my dreams every night.”

 He groaned softly, unable to resist the need for friction and grinding up against you.

He was a whole different version of himself, set free.

“Do you think about me when you touch yourself?” He whispered, grinding firmer.

“You hope I do don’t you?” You teased, sliding a hand up under his shirt, feeling up his lean back.

“I think of you.”

 Your cheeks burned, reminded of the countless shameless times you had given yourself permission to use his name when you were alone since you first laid eyes on him.

“I do…”

 “I want you so fucking bad.”

 Hearing a man who barely cursed, curse for once was a whole new type of arousing experience… especially with that deep voice of his.

 You could feel his desperation press firmly against your thigh, making you bite your lip as your thighs pressed together firmer.

 His lips brushed gently against your ear, letting out another low whisper.

“Do you want me?”

He sounded a little insecure, almost innocent.

“Can I have you?” He asked, voice slightly shaken.

 “I’m already yours.”

“Tell me to stop if you don’t want this.”

“Ssh, I want this more than anything.”

 He smiled.

 His delicate hands grabbed the hem of your top, pulling it up and off your head, tossing it to the side and reaching for the hem of his own.

Exposing the shimmering golden hue of his skin when he pulled it up, revealing his broad chest and toned shoulders and tossing it to the floor as well.

 His hands landed on your hips, forehead touching yours again like a secret form of greeting between the two of you. Exchanging eager smiles before your lips crashed against each other again.

 The rhythm of the music guided your hands, sensually feeling up his bare upper body and caressing their way back down to the hem of his sweats.

Taehyung’s fingers slid in under the hem of your sports bra, pushing it up over your chest, exposing your breasts with a gentle bounce and pulling it up over your head.

His hands cupped them both, squeezing gently, pushing your arousal further to the edge, giving you the final boost of confidence needed.

 He wanted you, was desperate to feel and touch… to love.

 Your hands pushed his sweats further down his hips, along with his underwear.

He replied by hooking his thumbs in under the hem of your tight leggings, pulling them down over your backside and down your thighs greedily.

 A thin trail of black stubble trailed from his navel further south.

You pushed his sweats and boxers over his hips, allowing them to slip from your grip and fall down his sculpted legs, exposing him.

You broke free from the intoxicating kiss briefly to look down but his hand was quick to cup your chin and tilt it back up so his tongue could dive back in.

 He flinched when he felt your touch as your hand caressed up his thick length.

 Your leggings fell to the floor and you quickly stepped out of them, kicking them away.

 The music consumed you again, and with his hand on your hips you couldn’t resist but dance with him a little more.

Taehyung smiled against the kiss, swaying with you playfully for a while before sliding a hand into your panties, catching you off guard as his fingers brushed over your clit.

 You wrapped your hand firmly around the base of his cock, causing him to wince and started jerking him off teasingly slow.

 His weakness was obviously your touch.

The way he responded to it, immediately greedy for more, reassuring you that you made him feel more than just good.

 His free hand pulled your panties down with slight aggression and successfully got them to slide down your legs to be kicked away by you, landing by his sweats somewhere on the floor behind him.

 You stroked him faster, caressing the back of his neck with your free hand, making him unable to escape from the heated kiss.

 His left fingers teased at your nipple while the right were getting soaked by the wetness between your thighs. He slid his hand up and down against your lowers a few times before stopping and teasing his middle finger against your entrance, triggering anticipation.

 You inhaled sharply as his finger greedily pushed into you, curling.

Your lips parted and his nose brushed comfortingly against the side of your face with a gentle hum of pleasure.

 “Floor or mirror?” He asked, pushing his finger in deeper.

“F-floor.” You stuttered, exhaling shakily and squeezing him tighter.

 His finger slipped out, arms wrapping around you strongly and sliding down along your body as he kneeled.

He pressed a gentle kiss against your tummy, looking up at you with big dark eyes.

 You kneeled and before you knew it your back hit the floor with Taehyung above you, between your thighs.

He took a moment to admire the view beneath him before hooking your thigh over his hip.

 Your eyes focused on his beautiful face, studying his features up close as you reached to cup his cheeks.

You felt how he dragged the tip of his dick up between your soft folds, then down, repeating the motion, making your desperation become unbearable.

 “Ready?”

You nodded.

 He pressed the tip firmly against your entrance, pushing in with a strained expression as his hands squeezed your waist.

He whimpered, pushing in further.

The tip slid in, big as he was you felt a stretch, but it felt nothing but good.

“Fuck, you’re so tight.” He groaned, pushing in halfway and causing you to moan.

 Taehyung shifted slightly, lowering himself above you, supporting himself on his forearms as he pushed in deeper, sliding in all the way.

He kissed your lips and looked to the side, seeing your reflection in the mirror of the dimly lit room.

 He pulled back slightly, pushing back in gently but deep and nuzzled by your neck.

Your hands caressed his back as he repeated the move, gently warming you up, moving his hips at a gentle pace. His smirk had pleasure written all over it and the expression along with the gentle soft sighs made you feel even more drawn to him.

“You feel so good…” He confessed, whispering.

So did he…

The deep penetration, the soft gentle thrusts causing your wetness to leak around him as you clenched tightly around his thick dick, earning another groan from him.

He moved his hips back further, pulling out a little more than half way and thrusted back in. Your head leaned back and his lips latched on to your neck briefly, sucking a faint mark as his hips began to move with more power and greed.

Hums of pleasure were exchanged, gentle whispers of each other names and sweet blissful moans.

You turned your head to the side and was met by the reflection. Two dark silhouettes, one on top of the other, hips thrusting against the other, pushing deeper and harder, making you feel better than best within.

Whatever dance the two of you were performing together, it was highly intoxicating. There was no concern about being heard, no concern about being interrupted. It was only you and him and the sweet sounds between you featuring the sensual music. The feeling of his dick pushing into you, stretching you and rubbing up against every sweet secret spots within.

The connection you had was strong, whatever had brought you together for this very moment felt like something unavoidable, something long planned by fate herself, shaping the two of you apart to fit together perfectly once you met.

You felt more drawn to him than to anyone before and everything felt so natural and so right… so destined…

 Taehyung let out a loud moan as he suddenly snapped his hips harder against you.

He went faster, picking up his pace and adding even more passion, biting his lower lip hard.

He was breathing heavily, your hand tangled in his hair as he took it all out.

Whatever frustrations tortured his beautiful mind, whatever stress he felt.

 You pulled him down towards you, enough for you to reach his lips for passionate kiss. But he quickly parted, struggling to breathe properly.

“I- I’m going to cum…” He whimpered, going harder and faster.

His grip grew tighter, groans louder and moves fueled by even more desperation.

Your hand reached down to rub against your clit as you felt yourself nearing your limit too.

If you weren’t alone, whoever was still around would have definitely heard the loud moan that escaped Taehyung’s throat.

“Fuck…! You drive me fucking crazy.” He groaned, holding on tightly as if to hinder you from escaping even though you weren’t going to go anywhere unless it was with him.

You arched your back, squirming softly as your muscles tensed, nearing your climax.

His lips pressed to your ear, panting.

“Say my name.” He begged. “Say my name baby.”

He thrusted deeper and you slipped his name in a soft whimper, making him feel almost high.

He hummed, followed by a deep “yes” when your body suddenly released.

You whimpered, tugging at his hair and touching yourself desperately as your body gave in, clenching tightly and releasing in an explosive manner around him.

He quickly pulled out and pushed himself up on his knees, jerking himself off.

His head leaned back, extending his luscious neck to the point of veins showing before he came with a deep grunt, squirting his release on your lower abdomen.

His chest was moving rapidly with his breathing as his hand slowed down, milking him of the final drops of his own orgasm. Exhausted and full of bliss he fell on top of you with a wide smile, needy for your embrace.

With ease he rolled the two of you over on the floor for you to rest on top of his glowing body as you both calmed down.

A new need took over, the need to just be close and cuddle, to hear his rapid heartbeat as it began to calm down, to feel his hands caress your back lovingly before he helped you up and helped you get dressed.

But for now you just remained on the floor, questioning nothing and resting in each other’s embrace.

[dojae-huh]

Dancer anon. Ten's feet 😂 https://youtu.be/8ovHSQwp1n0 pretty evident at 0:54 and 1:17. My ballet teacher called them banana feet, forbidden 😁 Compare them to Winwin's. WW is in his element here, there's modern dance in this choreo, so what he's learned with traditional chinese dance is perfect here. Look at his turn at 1:07, it's clean and elegant.

Now, does this mean Ten is not in control of his body? Nope, but he wasn't trained to control every finger and toe to perfection (like in ballet). Is this fundamental to him for his dancing? Not really. Still, ballet basics wouldn't hurt, it would help to turn better, to have cleaner moves. Ballet classes are highly recommended to who want to do mainly modern. I remember the difference between ballet-modern dancers vs just modern dancers was huge.

I don't know what genre are kpop choreos, since it's not really my area, but they are a mix of everything out there, based on the concept. So ballet/modern basics would help anyway.

I don't know if Shotaro took ballet/modern class, I don't think? But he dedicated his whole life before Nct, since he was 5, to dance. That's a lot and something idols can't do, since they have to take tons of other different classes. He is a (real) dancer, not an idol dancer. If I'm not wrong, he competed in hiphop dance competitions too. In some of those, the level required is crazy like...crazily high.

To the sweet anon that keep asking me, please mind that I'm just a person with her own personal experience and opinion. Do you like Haechan dancing skills? Please do it! He's not a bad dancer, after all he took ballet lessons, as I said it helps (surely he was at the front in that Superhuman turn because he was the only one to do a proper job). Someone said (and I agree) he's a smart dancer, he doesn't waist unrequired energy. And Idol dancer =/= bad. What I can't stand is when fans call them genius.

Jeno's been trained only in SM right? He's one of the best in Nct, has powerful moves in an animalistic way, as Jeff Avenue said on YT. That's what I think too, but I don't perceive a great control over his moves. Jaemin I'm sorry, I like him but I don't really look at him dancing. He's normally good.

At the end what's matter is you liking an idol's dance style. I personally love Tae's, but I recognise he can't do steps that e.g Mark does properly (cleaner). Same for Mark (You don't like his shoulders, that's fine. It's his style and you're simply not into it, unlike me 😉).

I wanna say something more about Ten. To me, at the beginning he was very raw, a lot of passion but no technics. Now I enjoy watching him a lot more. In 90's Love's choreo he was the best to me (alongside Mark), it's his genre.

Oh, about Johnny. Don't know, he was never really good since the start. I know being tall and everything doesn't help. But Sungchan is very tall as well and he controls his limbs better. Jisung too, he was just 14 back then and you could already see his huge potential. He's 19 now, still so young, but has already improved so much where he was lacking. But like everyone, he has some genres where he shines, other less.

I assume Johnny is not a born dancer 😆 BUT it's funny how in Kick It he was the only one able to always carry the move at 1:59 out properly https://youtu.be/2OvyA2__Eas Woo did well too, everybody else 🙈 Physically it's a very tiring movement (as soon as I saw it I was like 😳😶) and Johnny has good muscle, he was able to keep his hand elegantly too. He was at the front and at the center.

Video, Video2

Mark's dancing is not appealing to me as well. He looks like a marionette on strings, always excessevily energetic and twitchy. The only time he attracts my attention on stage is when he strides into a cool pose, for a "he is going through puberty" boy, he can look very sure of himself (No pressure but we pressin'). Which is fascinating, Baekhyun never manages to look threatening, and he is the martial art guy with more experience under the belt as an idol. The face can be so misleading.

Johnny's problem is not being tall. It's his bulk and the slow speed of motor neurons' responce. His limbs don't react to the commands from the brain quick enough. I don't know if it's possible to overcome this flaw with training and making the nervous system grow new paths, synapses and generally innervate the muscle fibers better, or not. Sungchan and Jungwoo are light in bone and frame, it helps them. Probably yes? If the body is trained from the early age. There are plenty of tall and heavy, yet good, dancers. There is a ballet dancer of 193cm, Fabrice Calmels.

[rika-kihira]

Rika Kihira x Gutto sports

A while ago Rika appeared in a Japanese tv program. The program was pretty long and unfortunately a full video of it isn’t available at the moment. However the program, cut in 6 parts, was uploaded on drive and translated by @juronom on twitter. 

Parts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Translation of the most interesting parts, done by Juro, please do not repost without credit.  Part 1:  Gutto Sport presenters commented that Rika is smaller in height than what her aura gives off. They ask Takeshi Honda and Akiko Suzuki about their shared skating experience with Rika.

T: We skated together at Kandai rink, so I meet her almost every day. I just met her yesterday too.

R: I lost count how many times I greet you already *laugh*

TH: She’s like *comes up to me* “Konnichiwa” (Hello), then skate away, then come back and “Konnichiwa” again.

A questionnaire with Rika on what she thought was her best weapon?

Upper left: Maintain positivity Lower left: No edge error Right: 3A (no 1)

The secret of her 3A:

- “The type that hasn’t been seen until now”-Takeshi Honda

- Comparison with legendary 3A by Japanese ladies:

o Midori Ito: height that can be comparable to men’s 3A

o Mao Asada: beautiful air position (vertical jumping posture)

o Rika Kihira: quick rotation, clear-cut (neat, sharp) 3A => allows her landing to be relaxed&free

On what she used as reference for her jumps:

“In the past, I used to refer to male skaters’ method of jumping quads, etc, carefully observe them. Then I always looked at Mao-chan’s amazing 3A as well. Recently, I rely on observation of) my own best condition, how much of the intensity of (practice) it can handle. Something like “When my muscles are at this condition, I should practice increase the intensity of my practice (practice many times).” On the other hand, if on that day, my jumps are off, I’d stop and let my body return (to its good condition) properly.”

Physical check: the secret why Rika can rotate so fast?

According to Prof Sakurai Tomono- researching on the mechanism of athletes’ muscles: her hip and thigh muscles can contract quickly.

Experiment for Rika: measuring the distance of one’s bunny hop from a kneeling position.

Average for boys: 41cm; girls: 20cm

Rika’s distance was 65cm

Part 2 

Another secret: Rika is very “obsessed” with her skates (including blades)

She brought the pair she was using at the moment to the set.

Each of Her skating boots, (like other skaters’), is meticulously customized. When the skates first arrived, she had to adjust the blades’ position and angle, how much they lean forward or backward, towards one side or another etc, by herself carefully. She couldn’t say she could adjust them to their perfect condition, but she tried her best to tune them to as convenient a position as possible for her skating, millimeter by millimeter. Not only the position, but the gap between boots and blades are also controlled. Even if the gap is one 1mm wider or narrower, her skating can be affected greatly, to the extent that she could either do 30 3As in one day or none with the boots.

It takes more than 2 weeks to get used to a new pair.

Presenter asked why she couldn’t keep using the same pair.

It’s because the leather will soften, especially at the area around laces. Rika said when there’re some leather materials coming off around that area, she can’t jump at all. She changed boots around every 3 months, and since the boots take 3 weeks to be produced, she couldn’t change to a new pair immediately, and must notice when the pair in use shows some signs of softening.

The presenters need to stop Rika before she talks forever about her skating boots-her obsession.

Rika: “And then, recently, this part…” Everyone laughs: “She honestly can stop”

Questionnaire with Rika:

What does Rika have on her mind: 100% figure skating.

Takeshi Honda’s question: “Rika, is that really ok?”

It’s about her socks.

Skaters generally stick certain types of specially made socks produced by 1 brand when competing, but Rika is ok with any types of socks and doesn’t mind if her socks are ankle-length or longer. She just grabbed a random pair if she forgot her socks. (t/n: she’s actually using the kind of cute socks sold at tutu-ana (1000yen for 3 pairs) or gift shops lollll)

Akiko Suzuki’s question:

Akiko noticed that at ice shows, before eating, Rika always quickly takes photo before eating, but not in the manner suitable for posting food photos on SNS. Akiko thinks she did it to calculate nutrition value.

Rika: “After a day, I calculate my total calories intake. Combini food has calories value on them, but I don’t know the values for every separate item, so I took photos of everything, then calculate the amount later”.

Presenter: Is it hard to maintain (athletic) body form?

Rika: “Yes, I try as hard as I can. Even if I lose weight (or gain weight). If I lose too much weight, I can’t jump.”

Presenter: As a 17-year-old girl, you may want to eat things like sweets, drink tapioca tea etc…?

Rika: “Well technically I can, but when I eat things like cake or tapioca, which still adds to the amount of calories intake, meat, or such is still important, so I need to eat food that can be converted into energy correctly. If I eat cake or tapioca, my diet’s efficiency will be tampered with.”

Presenter: You can’t even after winning?

Rika: “But still, I still eat the food that can be converted to energy…”

Presenter: “Pizza and cola?”

Rika: *shake her head vigorously*

“If I sleep with an unfilled stomach, I feel like my muscles aren’t there. There are times when I was thinking about whether to get dinner or not, or just only eat the meat properly (not carbs), and then I felt like my muscles decrease, so I concluded that I must properly eat dinner anyways.”

Part 3

Coach Hamada rating Rika:

“She is very disciplined. Her practice ability is very good, and she always has the drive to improve herself. Not in a reckless but proper way.” Scoring (from upper left going right)

- Comprehensiveness (4)

- Linguistic ability (2):  “I wish she could handle English questions in interview sessions or press-conferences. Since she is competing internationally, it’d be nice if her linguistic ability could be improved. Also, she may have more and more international friends, and international fans.”

- Performing ability (4)

- Decisiveness (4)

- Athleticism (5)

- Narcissist power(3) (t/n: lol what =)) but sorry it wasn’t mentioned at all)

- Talkativeness (2): “She doesn’t talk much. I’ve never heard her jokes”

- Humor (2)

- Girliness(4): “She has good sense of fashion, how to coordinate clothes.”

- Considerateness (4): “At ice shows, she always immediately wears and takes photos with all the presents from fans. She wants to send her gratitude to fans, and tell everyone she is really happy with the gifts, which she can’t do often.”

Rika: “Yes, I’m bad (at English). There are many times I want to tell (international fans) “I’m very happy that you support me”, but I don’t know how to. So I just *raise both hands and wave nervously while saying “hai (yes)” and nodding*”

Figure skating’s This and That – presented by Satoko Miyahara.

Top 3 Figure skating truths by Satoko

1. I’m very embarrassed when messing up the stsq.

2. I fight time difference (jet lag) every day.

3. I only forget important things. (Satoko’s story about losing her Olympics ID)

On practicing with Satoko:

Rika: “I practice with her almost every day.”

Presenter: So do you talk?

Rika: “Yes, but for things irrelevant to skating. Satoko normally said things like “I forgot my CD >_<”. Satoko-chan is really interesting”

Figure skating truths by Rika

1. What does she think throughout a 4-min performance?

“There’re many things I think about. For instance: “The axel is coming up next”; “It’s bad if I overdo this part”; “I can’t miss this axel”; “If I made mistake on this jump, all the jumps I landed until now will become meaningless”.

Asked about whether she had entered a “zone”, where she wasn’t thinking anything but everything went well.

“In the past, that happened to me a lot too, but recently, sometimes I don’t think when performing, and there’s excitement too. However, when looking at and understand the real event happening, and thinking that “I don’t want to repeat the mistakes I’ve made until now” …then (that thought) appears in front of me, and in my head, then I’d think that “I don’t want to this (repeat the mistake)” and reconfirm the jumps. When I jump, it’s unconscious reflex, but I think about my surrounding, my own conditions or even my nervousness.”

Presenter: It’s the positive feelings of being able to see everything.

Rika: “Yes, it’s like that”.

Part 4

Choreography challenge with Ryouga Haruhi (t/n: Ryouga is known for playing male role in Takarazuka Revenue, a Japanese all-female musical theater troupe)

The program discussed the role of expression.

Presenter asked Rika what she does as supplement to her expression in figure skating.

Rika: “I do classical ballet around 2-3 hours/week, and I also go to dance school”

Presenter: Dance school? Like rock dance and hiphop?

Rika: “Yes, things like hiphop.”

*show vid of her practicing dance in the US *

Rika: “This is the dance lesson I had in the US, but normally, I have dance lessons that use more hip-hop-like music and more strong movements.”

Everyone complimented on her (and Satoko’s) beautiful movement.

Rika wanted to ask Ryoga about the way she and Takarazuka actresses use their expression, how they pose, and the angle of their faces.

Ryoga explained that expressions showed of male and female roles are opposite: soft and flexible vs cool, then she proceeded to give “posing” lesson. She showed the movement patterns of: female role, lower-class male role and upper-class male role.

Rika was asked to do the movement of “lower-class man” then “upper-class man” (the one with hand on her face) and she managed very well, receiving compliments from the presenters. Part 5

About the Nobeyama Kougen training camp, known as the place where “Golden-eggs” of Japan figure skating are assembled. Notable alumni: Mao Asada, Yuzuru Hanyu, Takeshi Honda, Shizuka Arakawa, Rika Kihira.

The training camp is 4 days long, with various training sessions from 8am-9.30pm. The camp’s purpose is to evaluate and search for skaters with potential and to check their living attitude as well, like how they conform to curfews, etc. Rika went to the camp 3 years ago, and she said it was very tough.

Rika: “(Being there), you have to worry about whether you will be seeded or if you will be assigned to any competition, and then there’ll be new comers…so in every aspect, you have no way but show you are the best one. Even off-ice physical checking is so tough, squatting/ running around etc, that on the next day, I can’t even move my legs or climb the stairs, but still have to perform programs.”

Presenter: Do you want to go back?

Rika: “Maybe”

Akiko said being there makes you realize she was hand-picked from among all skating children in Japan. That really changes her working attitude and elevates her determination.

Video about legendary 3A by Midori Ito, done 1 minute before the end of her program at 1992 Olympics. The 3A has become the trail-blazer for future generations.

Rika: “I don’t think I can do 3A in the latter half at all. It’s already so tough to have it as the 2nd or 3rd jump but I don’t think I’ve ever tried jumping it 1 minute before the end of the program.”

Part 6

Rika’s impression of Midori Ito: “I experienced challenging 3A but failing in competitions. The first time I met her, she comforted me: “Ahh 3A is very difficult. Though it’s difficult, I really support you”, such kind actions.”

Presenter: But you haven’t got any chance to talk to her leisurely

Rika: “No, I haven’t”

Presenter: Let’s do it now ^^

Rika: “Heeehhh”

Midori Ito appeared: “You’ve worked hard” (to Rika)

“I’m so happy. You even remember the 1st time we met. That makes me so happy.”

Rika: “I do remember”

Midori: “Really?”

“It’s amazing. You can jump it (3A) stably now” to Rika.

Midori said she contemplated whether to do 3Lz or 3A when she was spinning in that program, then decided to do 3A. She asked Rika: “If you made mistake on the 1st 3A, do you think about the 2nd time?”

Rika: ”Well, but I’ve not thought about it in the latter half, really, (3A) in the latter half it’s sugoii…”

Midori’s secret for her super high 3A is to “skate with all her power at top speed”. Because she entered 3A at a very high speed, she can get to that height. She described that method of jumping 3A is like: “Doing long jump (a athletic sport) but rotating at the same time” (t/n: Rika’s face loll)

Rika said she didn’t jump 3A at top speed because she can’t control her axis.

Midori: “However, in my generation, we just focus on doing our jumps at high speed, but in Kihira-san’s generation, the programs have to be beautiful as whole, and in such programs, there is 3A. It’s a generation that (3A) isn’t effective if the programs aren’t beautiful itself. It’s amazing that there are beautiful programs but at the same time allow to do 3A efficiently.” *looks at Rika* Rika is very happy to receive advice from Midori. Rika: “With this experience, I will try harder and harder every day in order to create a sense of stability. Then, I must perform quads cleanly too.”

Midori’s advice to Rika: “She’s very serious. She is already going forward while staying fixated to her goal. So, *looks at Rika* try to keep yourself in good health. You can’t suddenly jump triples or quads. You can’t say you’ll be free of injury at all, but you have to make compromises with injury and your body conditions. When you’re injured, there’re things you can’t do, so..but then, it’s vital to harmonize things you haven’t done and your techniques. It’ll be nice if you can try to balance those things. I hope that you’ll try your best.”

Rika’s aims: “This season, my first goal is to aim for the podium at the World championship, which I couldn’t do last season. Then, I will make my best effort every day towards my biggest dream of winning the Beijing Olympics.”

[mackenzie-lukasiaks]

in your tags you said you could make a list of all the shitty things melissa has done and i think you should tbh

whew boy, okay, hopefully I won’t forget any, but here we go…

season 1

almost always ignoring mackenzie in favor of talking about how great “her daughter, maddie” is, as well as accusing the other moms of being jealous of maddie’s talent

going out to lunch with cathy and gossiping about the other moms and their husbands–like literally, she brought the husbands up, not cathy–and then refusing to talk about her own marital situation because that’s ‘not cathy’s business’

getting pissy at mackenzie for not wanting to sing in front of the broadway talent scout, to the point of telling her she should go sit in the car by herself because melissa didn’t even want to look at her crying

honestly any time she attempted to talk to/comfort her children when they were upset, including simultaneously being angry at maddie for acting like she was 16 but then also accusing her of being immature

blaming nia for hurting maddie during the watermelon game even though no one saw maddie get hurt

calling maddie her “best friend” and the gift she received from her grandmother while mackenzie was standing right there

dumping her kids off with abby to go gallivanting around florida with her boyfriend, then getting angry when her ex-husband and father of said kids thought perhaps he should be allowed to look after them or at least know who they were staying with

taking the music producer for the lux video out for drinks and then being all shocked that the other mothers would not appreciate that bit of underhandedness

using her position as the scheduler to give her kids more privates

season 2

making excuses for maddie losing to chloe in “brooke’s turning point” by insisting that chloe won by looking too amateurish in comparison to maddie….somehow??

threatening to sue the mothers just because they asked her about her engagement, then getting angry at them for being angry with her

befriending jill just in general lmao

refusing to acknowledge that she sucks up to abby (I’m thinking particularly of the argument the moms had during the party in the episode “brooke’s back”)

seeing nothing wrong with the “fantastic” group dance even though her 7 year old and 9 year old were being portrayed as NUDE

clearly being pissed that chloe won the ballet scholarship, and then being pissy with maddie for being upset, which obviously did not help maddie process the loss

forcing maddie to ask abby for a solo after she forget “in my heart” even though maddie was clearly uncomfortable with doing another solo so soon

getting angry at the mothers for accusing abby of scratching maddie’s cd even though melissa herself apparently told the mothers that abby had maddie practice with the scratched music

and then being totally fine with abby’s explanation and refusing to discuss it with the mothers any further

tattling on chloe for missing rehearsal to go to the movies even though chloe was told not to dance that day by her doctor and even though chloe was a child and melissa was a grown-ass woman

saying “oh, it was only a tenth of a point between chloe and maddie” at nationals because she couldn’t just be happy for chloe winning a title

season 3

participating in the strike but being annoying about it, and then immediately going right back to abby without a second glance at the moms

feeling so obviously threatened by sophia’s presence but refusing to admit it

lying to jill about being excited for “sugar and spice”, then getting all pissy at being caught in the lie

wailing to abby about how much she and maddie love the studio and love abby and how nasty the other mothers are and just….the general hysterics of that scene (even maddie was embarrassed!)

doing the secret broadway baby tribute….not the worst thing, but just another example of her going behind the other moms’ backs

the weirdness with kenzie’s foot, which melissa’s attempted explanations only made more suspicious

not caring at all when abby wanted to take kenzie out of “gold diggers” and refusing to advocate for her child

again, feeling so obviously threatened by asia but refusing to admit it

being a-okay with the whole “two girls, one solo” scenario

accusing the mothers of being so jealous and awful to maddie during “tap vs. hiphop” because they pointed out the differences between abby’s reaction to maddie’s costume malfunctioning and her reaction to any other kids’ costumes malfunctioning

being fine with abby using maddie to replace paige’s solo in the recital, even though she knew it would upset kelly and paige

saying she wished that kenzie would dance more like maddie and/or asia when kenzie could hear it

flashing her breasts in new orleans but not bringing that little tidbit up to abby when abby was lecturing the moms on acting appropriately and throwing christi/leslie out for fighting

season 4

going along with the secret duet and being shocked that the moms, particularly kelly and christi, would see that as betrayal

then being like “why wouldn’t you trust me??? how could you not trust me???” as if she hasn’t given ample evidence of her lying and manipulating

being a-okay with mackenzie being forced to dance like maddie in “sister showdown”, even though kenzie was clearly uncomfortable

being all “oh maddie would never bully chloe” when christi brought up maddie making nasty remarks about the chloe/kalani duet in “family comes first”, rather than take the accusation seriously and, idk, talk to maddie about it??

letting abby put “happiness” in against kenzie, tea, and ava even though it was supposed to be kenzie’s week to dance against her select team counterpart. but she had such little faith in kenzie’s abilities that she’d sooner take the win with maddie than let kenzie have the spotlight.

and also again being shocked that anyone would take issue with her actions

not standing by the moms when they tried to point out abby’s poor treatment of the girls with the whiteboard in “the understudies”

like the other mothers, refusing to stand by christi or look out for the lukasiaks during the final fight at s4 nationals

season 5

promoting the whole “CHRISTI AND KELLY ARE OUT TO DESTROY THE ALDC” conspiracy

listening to abby during the whole mattyb debacle, even though it was an opportunity for kenzie (not a great one, but still)

always blathering on about all the great stuff maddie got to do with sia, but getting pissy whenever, say, holly would talk about the cool stuff nia was doing with her music. because only maddie is allowed to be successful!!

including when maddie was allowed to interrupt rehearsal for an interview, but when nia did the same, melissa lost her shit

being all smug as if brynn could neeeeever beat maddie in a million years

lamenting the fact that she couldn’t be with “her daughter” at the hollywood bowl even though she was with one of her fucking daughters at the aldc

being such a horrid bitch about nia’s music and acting like it was directly harming kendall

also accusing holly of being exclusionary by only having jojo in nia’s performances/videos even though none of the other mothers were even a little bit supportive of nia’s music career

everything she did in “maddie vs. mackenzie”. just everything.

freaking out during “chaos at nationals” because as if ava could possibly beat maddie!! then leaving the competition in a huff with abby and jill like a bunch of tantrumming children

season 6

being awful to the minis throughout the season

being awful to brynn (and ashlee) throughout the season

refusing to tell mackenzie about the plans to leave the aldc, even though she discussed it thoroughly with maddie, but who cares, not like it would have a massive effect on kenzie!!

being majorly pissed that brynn’s trio with kenzie/kalani won over maddie’s trio with jojo/kendall even though one of her daughters was victorious, all because she didn’t want brynn to be an official member of the team

going so far as to say that brynn’s trio shouldn’t have won IN FRONT OF MACKENZIE and even accusing that trio of cheating or fudging the scores

being all “ashlee is crazy and mean” like bitch look at your damn self before you start trying that shit

being all “haha, brynn came in 4th, she sucks ass” only for maddie to place 4th against brynn…..:///

also just generally downplaying brynn’s skills and acting as if brynn had no talent whatsoever, even though 1) a few of those skills, like brynn’s needle, are skills kenzie also had and 2) brynn was clearly talented and melissa’s denials only made her seem delusional

everything she did in “one last dance”. special shout-out to calling the minis “nobodies” and accusing sari of trying to use her disabled child to take the attention away from maddie and mackenzie.

in conclusion, fuck melissa gisoni-ziegler.

[seokjins]

"jungkook gave nothing during performance" that's a fucking lie and you know it. why are you hyung line stans so bitter and so fucking petty? bad mouthing jungkook for the number of fucking hearts in a vlive??????? are you serious??????? WHO THE FUCK CARES ABOUT THAT. why can't you appreciate all of bts equally??? and what i mean is STOP BLAMING MEMBERS FOR WHAT FANS DO. there shouldn't even be "hyung line stans" and "maknae line stans", that's so stupid. jfc grow up

first, have u even been in my dance tag ??this isn’t me hating on jungkook. i’ve been dancing for thirteen years and i know what i’m talking about when i say that he gave nothing during that performance.

he was tired and it was a bad run which is fine by my standards bc bts relies heavily on him during tour, but he shoudln’t have that many people fawning over him instead of hobi and gushing about his dancing like they KNOW what they’re talking about. he missed a huge eight count during his solo that both jimin and hoseok DE👏LI👏VE👏RED👏 jungkook looked like he didn’t know the choreo at times !!!! his dancing was all internal !!!!! no stage presence!!!

2) we’re bitter and petty bc we have a right to be. i’m not hating on any members, but i’ve been around in stan culture for a longass time and i’ve experienced stuff like this across all fandoms and ur weed aunt is tired of this. maknae line stans are easily three times the size of hyung line fandom. most of them are immature and only have eyes for their bias, and while i definitely agree that there shouldn’t be a split in the fandom, it must be noted that hyung line stans are trying to make up for the disparity, not dig the trenchlines deeper

maknae line doesn’t need more support. the hyungs do. how many birthday projects does taehyung have? how many fansites? how many people screaming for maknae performances compared to the others? the WINGS tour sold out of solo maknae merch while seokjin and namjoon had the most left over. people routinely ask hoseok during his vlives where the other members are, even to the point where he doesn’t broadcast by himself anymore and also gets these comments while he’s in the bts+ chatroom. it isn’t about “supporting bts as a whole” anymore, it’s about delivering the respect that the hyungs deserve bc they routinely get pushed aside for the more popular members. 

the reason i’m so vocal about these issues is beacuse i know what it’s like to be pushed into the back. i know what it’s like to dance in the last row, farthest from the audience, do your best but get stunted for people who are prettier and younger and more popular. it’s awful when people say they love your ballet company….just not YOU, but rather some other girl in the front

hoseok is CONSISTENTLY shortsighted for his dancing abilities and namjin are always called out. as someone who’s been pre-professional for six years, it annoys me to no fucking end when fans who have NO DANCE EXPERIENCE or ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY experience try to speak over me! like fuck you! you don’t know anything except saying negative stuff about hyung line and trying to pass it off like you know what you’re talking about! newsflash! you don’t!

stop trying to parade around with your “chest pumps” and “isolations” and your 1 hour hiphop class you take on saturday nights or the 1MILLION dance studio videos you binge on during the weekends and expect that to make up for over a decade of experience. that’s just rude to 1) professional dancers 2) me, a bitch 3) hyung line, who are already too good for u

i can only imagine how it feels to be in a fansign and have dedicated “ARMYs” who manage to purchase enough albums to attend, but then ignore a member bc they aren’t their bias. namjoon has even said “now that you’ve talked to me, you can go talk to [your favorite] in the group” …. isn’t that one of the saddest things you’ve heard? what the fuck? how is that even ok? 

hyung line, hoseok/namjoon/seokjin, in particular are fucking AWARE that they have the least amount of fans. they can see it in the crowd. you can hear it during concerts. during the hyyh epilogue tour, people should’ve been chanting seokjin’s name, but instead it was mixed in with a ton of fans screaming for yoongi and taehyung. namjoon has about 2 fansites compared to maknaes’ 200. people are DISAPPOINTED when they get their photocards and namjoon apologized to fans who received his when they opened their albums

hoseok watches youtube videos: reactions, their own M/Vs, stages, performances, etc. he knows, for sure, that his solo stuff isn’t as popular. he’s seen the view counts and all the comments. maybe he’s not fluent in english, but he seems to understand most of what people are saying, and it’s not like you need translations to read the comments that are literally just “JIMIN 😍😍😍” or “OMG TAETAE” or “KOOKIE 💞💞”

i can’t believe it’s a struggle to get BME to 10m (we didn’t make it in time for hoseok’s birthday) and kim namjoon, who gained international recognition for his mixtape by renowned rappers in america during a period of time where bts was barely even peaking in the charts & finally put his foot out their in the music industry on his own & is a lyrical n musical genuis & set the bar That Much Higher in an industrialized music world where krappers aren’t ever rappers before they become trainees & take the mocking that he got from both korean fans and underground rappers for joining bighit and debuting & wrote/performed lyrics in eng..a language he taught himself….. rhyming them w KOREAN and hasn’t even gotten his M/Vs to 10m either??

the problem isn’t hyung line stans who don’t appreciate the whole group (they, in fact, are more likely to be ot7 supportive compared to maknae stans, let’s not forget), but it’s “fans” who don’t bother respecting the other members. hobi and namjin all know they’re unpopular compared to the rest. why can’t you be nice enough to give them something special bc maknaes have an overabundance of this treatment?

[yukimuraseiichi]

Tenimyu Challenge!

Tenimyu 30-day Challenge

1. How did you first come across TeniMyu?

It was back in late 2010/early 2011. I had just learned about the wonder that is tenipuri character songs and was browsing YouTube for more tenipuri material when I stumbled across a video of 1st season’s Do Your Best. I found it odd, to say the least, but the songs were very catchy and I recognized Shirotan from clips of the live action tenipuri movie so it got me curious. That led to more tenimyu videos, including clips from Imperial Match Hyoutei, Dream Live 3rd, and by the time I found a clip of the Rikkai’s medley on Dream Live 7th, I was completely hooked. (Massu is the PERFECT GODLY BAD ASS YUKIMURA.)

2. Talk about a performance/show that gave you a lot of feelings.

Oretachi no Aikotoba from Dream Live 6th. My precious 4th cast babies were all crying, some even admitted in their speeches that they didn’t want to stop playing their characters and leave tenimyu. how can I not cry

3. Favorite Seigaku cast? Who’s your favorite member?

I’M TORN BETWEEN 6TH CAST AND 8TH CAST. BUT. 

I LOVE YOU, ZAIKI TAKUMA

4. What kinds of TeniMyu merchandise do you have?

So far I only have clear files of Seigaku 6th cast and Rokkaku from 2nd season’s Seigaku VS Rikkai. Looking to get my hands on that Seigaku VS Rikkai DVD soon mhmm

5. Favorite Shitenhoji cast member? Which cast do you prefer and why?

Shiraishi actors are all perfect 

6. Which TeniMyu song would you cover?

I’m pretty sure I don’t have the vocal range to sing it correctly, but I’d love to sing Yudan Sezu ni Ikou in karaoke.

7. Shuffle your TeniMyu songs on your iTunes/music player. Choose the first five. What’s your opinion on them?

At the moment I only have 2nd season’s Seigaku VS Hyoutei, Seigaku VS Rikkai, and 3rd season’s Seigaku VS Hyoutei

Ranking (3rd SvH) - I don’t really like how it sounds like a hiphop song?? I tend to skip it when I’m listening to this playlist.

Oretachi wa Blizzard - I love this so much, especially Miura’s solo part. It’s such a catchy song.

Samurai - This one’s kinda meh, I’m not really that into it

Mirai e - I don’t know how to express my love for this grad song in words. It’s just. perfect.

Tomorrow for You & I (2nd SvH) - MY TEARS. I love this cast, and I especially love Wada Takuma, and you can hear his voice faltering and just crying and just BABY DON’T CRY

8. Favorite Dream Live?

Dream Live 7th, hands down. It’s the Dream Live that got me hooked. They have adlibs, my beloved Rikkai and Massu, my favorite Echizen, Shirotan, and even 1st cast. 

9. A song you feel indifferent towards and a song you hate. Why did you choose these songs?

Idk its title, I just really don’t like the Burning song with Kabaji yelling “BAU!” 

10. Favorite Rikkai cast and cast member. Why did you choose the ones you did?

Why do you do this THIS IS SO HARD. I wish I could include 3rd Rikkai here already because I heard they’re amazing, but the DVD isn’t out yet.

11. Do you actually stalk any TeniMyu actors (e.g. their twitters, blogs)?

Mostly just 3rd Rikkai’s Tateishi Toshiki for pictures of his dates with Shogo, Shogo for his cute selfies, and Takuma Isawa, my love, because he’s just so damn handsome and he tweets in Chinese (which I can’t speak but it’s still adorable�� <3

12. What’s your opinion on the Rokkaku and Higa casts? Do you have a favorite moment or actor in them?

I can’t remember them much because it’s been years since I last watched 1st and 2nd season and they didn’t really leave much of an impression except for 2nd Saeki and Luke C. 

It’s actually amazing because I hated Kite in the anime/manga, but Luke C. makes him impossible to hate. 

2nd Saeki had a pretty voice and a pretty face. I can remember watching this Shounen boyband thing that he was in back then just for him.

13. Who plays the best Tezuka? The best Shiraishi? The best Ryoma? The best Fuji?

ZAIKI TAKUMA THE BEST.

He’s the Tezuka actor who looks the part the most, acts like Tezuka in the sense that he seems rather strict, and honestly, when he sings, he looks like how I’d imagine Tezuka would look like while singing. His movements are graceful and perfect, he always stays in character and keeps a straight face, and when he finally does smile, it’s just so beautiful I could melt. He’s a Tezuka to the core.

Sasaki Yoshihide is super graceful as Shiraishi and crazy fun backstage. Love him.

I only like Echizen (only in Tenimyu) thanks to his actors but most especially because of Takahashi Ryuuki’s performance in Final Match Rikkai 2nd

Furukawa Yuuta is probably my favorite Fuji. He has an amazing voice and beautiful dancing skills.

14. Favorite song and actor from any St. Rudolph cast.

2nd season’s Erabareshii Elite, was it? That was a beautiful song with beautiful choreography, and I absolutely LOVED Mizuki in that one (who doesn’t??)

15. Favorite song and actor from any Fudomine/Yamabuki cast.

3rd Yamabuki’s Sengoku has the most charming smile!! I love how he keeps winking.

16. How many TeniMyu songs can you sing along to (50-100%) by heart?

The Prince of Tennis, Do Your Best, Yudan Sezu ni Ikou, Ikki Uchi, Yume wo Tsunage, Koori no Emperor, Season, Kiken na Game, Petenshi daa nanto demo ie, Kourin Suru Ouja, Omaera Gakeppuchi Girigiri, Kimi wo Shinjiteru, Mou Mayoi wa nai, Oretachi no Jisho ni Haiboku wa nai, Remember Hyoutei, Hyoutenka no Jounetsu, Koori no Sekai, Heavy Rain, Oretachi no Aikotoba, Sanrenpa ni Shikaku nashi, Highlight, Boku wa Dare, Dead End, Kore de mo owari kai, FGKS, On My Way, Tenimuhou no Kiwami, Mirai e, Tomorrow for You & I, etc.

17. What’s your opinion on the Hyotei casts? Do you prefer one over the others? Why?

I adore Miura Hiroki!!! Tiny ballet Atobe is the best Atobe

18. A character you like in TeniMyu but don’t like/feel indifferent towards in The Prince of Tennis.

Echizen Ryoma, Kite Eishirou, Mizuki Hajime

19. A character you like in Prince of Tennis that was ruined by an actor’s portrayal of it in TeniMyu (could be from any cast).

idk... none for me

20. Top three favorite songs from TeniMyu.

why :(

I’d say Oretachi no Aikotoba, Do Your Best, Yudan Sezu ni Ikou

21. A cast you’d want to hang out with for a day.

???? 6th cast? 8th cast? Or 3rd Rikkai cast!!!

22. So far do you prefer the first season over the second season? Or is it a vice-versa kind of situation?

Although the production of second season had a huge step up in quality, I still prefer many of the first season songs and casts over the second season ones.

23. Favorite backstage moment.

any moment with crying babies

24. Favorite stage moment.

For a whole song performance, I can’t choose between the Atobe solo in 3rd Seigaku VS Rokkaku bc MIURA, but there’s also the 1st Petenshi daa nanto demo ie with the perfect Niou and Yagyuu.

For a single moment, I love the short part in between 神の子～DEAD END where Yukimura raises his racket and the Rikkai regulars surround him, kneel, and raise their rackets to him. 

HAIL YUKIMURA SEIICHI OF TEAM RIKKAI, FIRST OF HIS NAME, CHILD OF GOD, KING OF CHAMPIONS, THIEF OF SENSES, MOTHER OF DEMONS, BREAKER OF TENNIS HOPES AND DREAMS 

25. If you could see any past TeniMyu performance live and front-row, which one would it be? Would you change anything about it?

3rd Season Seigaku VS Hyoutei, and I’d like to change what happened at senshuuraku because it’s a very special day and I don’t want it to be ruined or dampened for Zaiki (and ofc I don’t want him to get hurt).

26. Somehow you manage to get a whole day to “date” your favorite TeniMyu actor. Who is it and which TeniMyu song would they serenade you with?

I

Love

Zaiki

Takuma

27. What was your favorite cast when you first started watching TeniMyu? What is it now?

1st season Finals Rikkai because Massu, Okki, and the old cast

at the moment it’s 8th cast because ... Zaiki

28. Honest opinion, who’s the worst singer of TeniMyu? The worst actor?

:( idk

29. The best singer of TeniMyu. What about the best actor?

Onoda Ryunosuke (Rikkai B’s Yagyuu) is Chris in Miss Saigon so ...

Best actor for my biased self is Zaiki because he is Tezuka

30. Who’s in your ideal Dream Live performance? What songs would they sing?

All Seigaku casts!!!! or all Rikkai casts or just 8th cast + 3rd season’s Hyoutei + 3rd Rikkai singing 1st cast songs and I want SanaYuki + TezuFuji or AtoTezu fanservice songs lol

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Hiveswap Episode 1 Reaction Part 6: Background info mania (ballet slippers, pogs, pet treats, flashlight VS left part of Joey’s room)

Day 6 of playing Hiveswap! Today we're probably not going to make a lot of progress. It's already 8:40 PM, and we got a bunch of new item combinations to discover after the new items we acquired last time. Nonetheless, there should probably be some pretty sweet new background info to find today! Especially by using the Ballet slippers on some things, I imagine. Let's see...

I wonder if we'll even be taking any of these items with us to Alternia, other than the key items. I imagine the pet treats might be used to get Tesseract to leave the dog house, the Cherub Key will be used to activate the portal... not sure what we'd use the pogs for though. :mspa: Pogs && Pet treats ==> Ha, immediately some funny retro references. Ren, Stimpy, Doug... all those ring a bell to me, I don't think I've ever seen any of those cartoons though! Or I must have been REALLY young. Pogs && Cherub Key ==> Pffff, for a second they had me fooled there and I thought something was actually happening to the pogs, haha. Pogs && Ballet slippers ==> And suddenly we're going down a poetic tour. Did they hire Rose Lalonde to write this piece of narration? :mspa: Pet treats && Cherub Key ==> ... ... 0_0 The ferocity of a much angrier gazelle, oh dear god. xD I wonder if Ms. Claire had any pets and if so, what kind? Pet treats && Tap shoes ==> Huh? Why would Joey feel differently about this based on her location? I mean, tapping on those treats would get crumbs everywhere no matter where you are, right? This is starting to make me wonder if we could perhaps bring these pet treats with us to Alternia. Also, the meta reference to feeling different based on the location reminds me of examining Terezi's dragon hoodie in [noparse][S] Kanaya: Return to the core[/noparse] and feeling differently based on which character is examining it, hehe. Pet treats && Ballerina shoes ==> Pffahahaha, amazing. I like that just like how combining the Cherub Key with certain other items makes Joey think of her mother, combining the pet treats with certain other items makes Joey think of Tesseract! Pet treats && Joey ==> Oh wow, I was kinda confused there for a second. I didn't realize she meant "man" as in "mankind", I thought she meant "man" as in "oh man", as a kind of sigh. So for a second I thought with "the most dangerous animal of all" she was referring to Jude's pet, haha. Ballet slippers && tap shoes ==> Pfff, nope, that will have to wait for a while. :P It would be funny if we CAN do this at some later in the game, to do some outrageous combo attack at an enemy. :D Ballet slippers && Ballet poster ==> There's our first Joey ballerina dance! :D D'aww Joey, don't be so hard on yourself, your dance looks great! Pogs && Connect Four ==> Pog Museum! :D Hahahaha, that is amazing. They do kind of look like they'd fit in there, haha. Pet treats && Connect Four ==> Connect Four Treats, yes, no? Pogs && Dresser ==> Hehe, the mention of Jude "snooping around" in Joey's room immediately reminds me of John's "snooping around" in Rose's room. (Too bad there was no Snoop Dogg watermark here xD) Pet treats && Dresser ==> Ants confirmed for not being Jude's pet. Only thousands more possibilities to cross of and we'll find the answer. :mspa: Pogs && diary ==> Ahahaha, I love this. The reference to her hand and her pockets makes me think of something though: what/where IS Joey's inventory anyway? It's not a Sylladex at least, it seems. Is she storing all those items in her pockets? :P Pet treats && Diary ==> Pet snacks data FTW! I wish we could actually make a new entry about that in her diary. :mspa: Ballet slippers && Diary ==> ...Viz Media, I'm sensing an excellent idea for a new type of book to bring out! :D Oh man, wouldn't that be cool though, to see Viz Media publish a professional diary made by Joey, documenting what she does after the events of Hiveswap and Hauntswitch? Pogs && Ms. Claire picture ==> Hehehe, I imagine collecting pogs is a nerdy interest that Jude inherited from Grandpa, it seems like a thing Jake would do. Pet treats && Ms. Claire picture ==> Yes, let's not try to feed pet treats to Ms. Claire nor to Joey, haha. Ballet slippers && Ms. Claire picture ==> Oh god this must be the saddes moments in Hiveswap so far. :( Poor Joey... I really wonder what happened to Ms. Claire that made her die so young, does it have anything to do with Sburb and/or the adventure Joey is embarking on? Sadly, unlike the B1 Kids and B2 Kids, it seems very unlikely Joey will ever get the chance to meet Ms. Claire again. Not as a Sprite, nor as a teenager. :( Pet treats && Tesseract picture ==> N'awww. Yes, I hope Joey will get the chance to feed Tesseract once more before she leaves to Alternia. Ballet slippers && Tesseract picture ==> Quite a difference with Tesseract's feelings about tap dancing! Seeing as ballet's more quiet, it does make sense that Tesseract would like that better. Pogs && Hot Steppin' poster ==> Who knows, maybe Jude's just interested in other types of dance? I'd love to hear his opinion about dancing at some point. I can imagine him being a hiphop guy. :P Ballet slippers && Hot Steppin' poster ==> Welp, looks like another combination they forgot to implement, sadly. Pogs && Canadian Campfire Spook-ems poster ==> Also insert "dear", "precious" and "innocent" here. :P Pet treats && Canadian Campfire Spook-ems poster ==> Don't you mean the "tail"? :D Ballet slippers && Canadian Campfire Spook-ems poster ==> Wait, since when is Swan Lake about killing clowns? xD Pet treats && The Story Keeps Happening poster ==> Yes, Luck Dragons are fictious and never in danger, unless they've got the rabies. :mspa: Ballet slippers && The Story Keeps Happening poster ==> A+ comparison right there, Joey. :P Pet treats && Acorn's Shadow poster ==> Joey's got an awful lot fantasies involving hurting her arms or legs. Maybe a subconscious manifestation because she depends on them so much for her dances? Also, "The Shadow Who Clops"... That's all there really is to say on the matter. Pogs && Magical Animal Companion Heal Rescue poster ==> I just looked it up, and [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menko"]Japan sure as hell DOES have a variant of pogs[/url], actually! Dating back to the 17th century, even! Hahaha, when I read that I just knew that either it would turn out that Japan invented them in the first place or that they'd have a variant of their own. Pet treats && Magical Animal Companion Heal Rescue poster ==> Pffff, plainWonder's right, "treat basket galaxy" is probably a play on hammerspace. xD Ballet slippers && Magical Animal Companion Heal Rescue poster ==> Now the best question to ask is, is this cousin also an animal or not? Seeing as Shika's brother is. Also... that is kind of creepy. Why am I getting Caliborn vibes here. 0_0 Pet treats && Bounty Hunter poster ==> Pfff, I assume this is an actual thing from a Metroid game? It also kind of reminds me of Samus saving and accompagnying Pikachu in the Subspace Emissary, the story mode of Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Ballet slippers && Bounty Hunter poster ==> Well, now that I'm referencing Super Smash Bros. Brawl anyway, Zero Suit Samus is indeed QUITE acrobatic and would probably have a body capable of doing something like ballet. Not that I could imagine her ever doing it, though. xD Ballet slippers && Star Avenue poster ==> Hehe, another reference to an actual existing thing. Looks like that movie featured Fred Astaire as a ballet dancer! And I've seen that apparently Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers did a lot of things together. It amuses me that Homestuck contains so many references to Fred Astaire, while Ginger Rogers is in Hiveswap! Pet treats && Block Hustle poster ==> The metaphor is strong with this one. xD Ballet slippers && Block Hustle poster ==> Kind of sounds to me like a thing Jude would also do, to try and find similarities between two totally different things, in order to make his conspiracy theories. Pogs && Second Mom poster ==> I... I guess Mother 2 scratch-and-sniff pogs are real then? Do I even want to look it up. 0_0 [url="http://earthboundcentral.com/2010/03/earthbound-pogs-in-nintendo-power/"]OH DEAR GOD THEY ARE[/url] Pet treats && Second Mom poster ==> plainWonder's right that this is probably a genious Undertale reference. I think I've seen more games like that, but I can't immediately name one. Also, it kind of reminds me of how Tavros and Gamzee decided to control/befriend the Underlings instead of fighting them, plus also how Sburb players can talk to Denizens instead of fighting them. And I wonder... is this also a meta reference to Hiveswap itself? Like, is befriending enemies a thing we can also actually do in this game (I assume not with these black monsters, but rather with Trolls on Alternia)? Ballet slippers && Second Mom posters ==> Looks like they did indeed release Earthbound internationally in 2013! Nice job, Nintendo. :P Pogs && TV ==> Ah, copyright issues, am I right? xD So meta. Pet treats && TV ==> And then Tesseract quickly comes to clean up after Joey's thrown them to the TV? :D Ballet slippers && TV ==> Oh okay, so it doesn't serve to watch actual tv! I wonder if they've got another TV somewhere in the house? Pogs && Game Console ==> Well, you'll be able to judge for yourself Joey, in just a few hours, to see if they really are the worst/best toys. :P Pet treats && Game Console ==> Pffff, so cute. Also, totally not a waste of time. xD Pogs && Game controller ==> Another indication of how Joey really doesn't like violence at all! Pet treats && Game controller ==> Haha, that's right, actually! I hadn't realized yet how Metroid, Earthbound and Bubsy all have these 'cute pets' in them. Ballet slippers && Game controller ==> Ha, same response as Ballet slippers && Game console, but with a bonus dance included. :P That response actually makes most sense here, seeing as the SNES is tucked away under the TV and shouldn't really be easy to trip over, unlike these controllers. Alright, jeez, it's already 10:25 PM here, so we're calling it a day here. We took the entirety of today just to do all the combinations of the new items with each other and not even half of Joey's room, oh dear god. >.< Looks like I know what we'll be doing tomorrow as well! :P

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3/2/17 Zanfagna, Christina. “The Multiringed Cosmos of Krumping: Hip-Hop Dance at the Intersections of Battle, Media, and Spirit.”

This reading was easier to understand than previous ones in our hip-hop unit. I felt much more comfortable mentally when reading it, because the author defined her terms at the beginning of each section where it was necessary. Having these definitions and explanations helped me to understand what was being discussed in the article. The connections to older African-American dance forms helped me connect Krumping to the larger picture of dance.

The comparison between Krumping and religion stood out to me. I can understand how this form of dance can feel or be like a religion, because I think that many dancers often feel this way about their dance forms. Zanfagna compares Krumping to church specifically, which seems to give it a more formal spiritual meaning for these dancers. I found it a little challenging to follow the trajectory of the forms development, but each section individually was easy to understand.

  1. Is Krumping done in conjunction with other forms of Hip-Hop dance? Is it a technique or just a style (i.e. Modern vs. ballet or Vaganova vs. Cecchetti)?

2. Does commercialization remove the spirituality from the dance form, or does it give it a different kind of spirituality?

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