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[sunskate]

Off (Ice) Hours podcast with Lindsay Wang - episode 10 Emilea Zingas part 3

Q: what does she want to show the younger generation A: says ice dance requires an overconfident persona. all the dance girls when you go to a competition have chin in the air, so confident. from the outside it can appear like that's how it is. so secure in themselves, and that's not the case. for her, it's really difficult to get into that persona on a daily basis. wants young girls in the sport to know it's ok not to be 100% secure and confident all the time, and if they're in an environment that's making them feel none of those things, that's not good. important to recognize you are capable. women in ice dance are seen as disposable, and fortunately she's never felt that way because she and Vadym have a great relationship on the ice, off the ice we're friends, partners. so she's never felt that, but she knows many ice dance women have. wants young dance girls to know you should feel strong that you are there for a reason, you have abilities that you don't know yet, and it's not too late to do something you might love or take a risk. it's really important to put yourself out there without fear of rejection. the mental side of skating is something she'd like to impact and bring light to. just because there's so much that's not talked about. and on the ice she wants to be known as someone who combined disciplines. being a singles skater makes her unique in that she can do things that other dancers can't. she has a good sense of her own proprioception on the ice, and she wants to be known for bringing a new era of ice dance to life and having a really big personality and being fun and nice to everyone

still has a double axel and triple flip. wouldn't go back to singles skating, though

her name is pronounced Emma-Lee-uh

rapid fire Q's: favorite programs: RD from last year or this year

piece of music she wants to skate to but hasn't yet: Hozier - has been begging for 3 seasons- Igor *shrug* Vadym is totally against it

hobbies outside skating: pilates, yoga, sews - Vadym got her a sewing machine 2 xmases ago- she beaded their costumes their first season. likes to experiment with hair and skin care because she has to get better at it. reads but mostly Colleen Hoover. took a women authors from the 1920s for school and she hated the books so much she didn't read for months after

Meyer-Briggs type indicator: extrovert, judging - was upset that she was a J

astrology: she's a Taurus, Gemini rising, Leo moon

favorite food: her grandmother's dolmades - grape leaves. nutritionist told her she's low on iron, so she's been cooking steak. Greek yogurt is what she eats most

what would she bring to a desert island: moisturizer, a tarp, changes of clothes. Vadym - "i should have brought him before the tarp"

Vadym sent in - who are you voting for: he doesn't have citizenship yet, he's getting it in the near future- but can't vote yet but is really interested in who everyone is voting for. she says research your candidates, register to vote (won't answer the question)

[me-sploh-rada-imas]

no one thought to mention that kiki paints his nails too???

[delicatebluebirdruins]

so I had a thought and Seo in Guk the personification of Doom from Doom at Your Service might make a great Hunt (there is a great scene in the show where he breaks a child abusers leg and made every light and car in the vicinity go haywire)

now i am going to go back driving myself insane about what the heck doom is reading during the series (multiple books one of which is Les Miserables

[michaelgovehateblog]

Nigel Farage got milkshaked again, what a time to be alive

[arynneva]

wait do people read first person stories and think they're the ones in the story???

Saw people talking about not liking first person, which is fair, but their reasoning was like "I would not do that" and I don't understand that mindset.

First person stories are still about a character. A character making their own decisions. First person isn't about you???? At least I thought it wasn't. What am I missing? I've always seen first person as just a more in-depth look into a character's mind and stricter POV. Not as a reader stand-in.

[dendrochronologies]

maya angelou saying the funniest thing anyone has ever said about editing, which i can never let myself forget EVER AGAIN [x]

[starredforlife]

hello for those planning on voting for kamala harris. could y’all start emailing or calling her specifically to pressure her to stop the genocide. even if you’re a decided voter, mention you are undecided and that this is the issue you would flip on. here I’ll leave a link where you can email

[cleaverqueer]

petition to change LGBT to DFTQ (Dykes Faggots Trannies and Queers, naturally)

[wizard-laundry]

QUICK REMINDER

In the US: threatening government officials is a felony under federal law (the president in particular is protected under 18 U.S.C. § 871). Even memes.

be careful with your jokes if they spill over to active officials.

[jplupine]

So apparently some people new to Tumblr think a repost and a reblog are the same thing, so when they see creators asking for people to not repost, they're thinking the creators are saying to not reblog 😭

Y'all, a repost is when you copy/download the work and create a new post using the work making it seem as if it's yours. A reblog is you using a site provided feature to share the creator's post directly from the creator so that it's still credited to them and they still get all of the traction/notes from the work.

Please, reblog fics/art/etc. that you enjoy! Reblogging is not reposting! Creatives need support too, and reblogging is a way to do that!

[wuntrum]

the brushes you use for digital art dont Actually matter that much and its more about core art principles and technique or whatever. but maybe this next brush will be the one

[prawnlegs]

I'm always seeing this sentiment of "I have got to make my art weirder" or people begging for weirder art but here's the thing, Weird is not a brand. You cannot rack your brains trying to figure out the "Weird" formula. You don't get weird art by artificially forcing whatever you think is "weird." You get weird art (and I think "weird" is sometimes people groping for a way of saying non-corporatized) by figuring out what you like, deep down, even (especially) if you think it's embarrassing and wallowing in it like a pig

[specialagentartemis]

“Which fictional universe would you rather live in—“ Star Trek. Star Trek. There is a correct answer and it’s Star Trek. “I want to have cool adventures—“ Star Trek. “I want to live in high tech but ethical peace and comfort” Star Trek. “I want to be a psychic alien—“ Star Trek. “But I want to do magic—“ do you know how much weird magic shit happens in Star Trek. Also Star Trek has holodecks you can pretend to be in Lord of the Rings or Star Wars or whatever and then come home to your usually peaceful interstellar community. There are basically no downsides to living in the Star Trek universe if you take the assumption that you remain you, a human living on Earth. You can join Starfleet or you can stay home and enjoy fully automated luxury gay space communism. The answer is Star Trek.

[watmalik]

HE’S A GREAT WHAT—?

[idolomantises]

even though its great that indie animation is on the rise, it honestly concerns me that so many people hear "indie animation" and expect 22 minute episodes with smooth animation and expensive/popular VAs.

It kind of reminds me of when Webtoons became popular and then all of a sudden its userbase expected fully colored comics with 50 panels to come out every week. And you couldn't take a break for more than two weeks or else they'd complain.

[artistic-cocoon]

Saw someone on twt say they wanted to see Percy drawn like Yusuf Dikec and I couldn't help myself