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Oh wow! It really just sounded like overly sensitive fans at the time but I guess it was quite bad. O_o What exactly was the wrong information?

"Splatfest" always makes me really hungry for tomatoes.

Hahagaja, greatest thing I've ever seen! (That Tumblr got dangerous very quickly. O_O)

Haha, just as I've moved over to the dark(ish) side!

Lol my internet is so slow. Won't be upgraded until October and even then still slower than most of the rest of the world. >_< Are you sure you don't have a long lost twin you can pull a Parent Trap ruse with?

Oh, well yay me for not even bothering to read!

Sochi are just about the ost beautiful medals I've seen. This is my first glimpse of the back and it's so nice. Nooooo! Ditch uni. This is more important!

Like the "believe yourself" banners. ^_^

Well I wasn't talking about masculinity and femininity but the difference between adolescent and adult bodies and suitable choreography for those bodies. But I think it's natural for people - and skaters are people - to have masculine and feminine traits in different amounts. Some people don't have it in them to be graceful and some don't have it in them to be powerful or intimidating. Yuzuru is very lucky to have a perfect balance of both and I think that's one of the reasons his skating is so powerful and so loved.

I don't think the problem is with trying to display masculinity in his performance - he'll never be at risk of losing his femininity - just his body became more masculine and his skating became more controlled because of it. I think he's just too heavy now for Etude. You need to be a scrawny runt to pull off the lightness of that hopping and jumping, I think, and his skills and stamina are too strong to display that recklessness anymore. I really think it's a lovely program for a boy but not a man. He also looked quite tired during that EX. I don't know either. I already miss 3A x2. The most beautiful 3A in the world and we might only get one. I don't believe anything he says anymore, though. Please no more RJ2, David!

I agree he'll make it work - he can make anything work - but I think he wouldn't add a 5th if it wasn't necessary to win. 4 to me seems like the perfect amount of quads to keep a good amount of variety and showcase the different character and energy of jumps in a program. Watch him prove me wrong. I can try to find a better quality link but here it is: Edit: masterful camera work, zooming in on the ice next to the guy spinning.

(Maybe God gave Yuzuru a 3 necks neck to fit 3 Olympic medals around.)

It's like the space race - now they've planted their flags, who the hell bothers going to the moon anymore? I hope Yuzu's ideal image of figure skating will be adopted by the ISU. Will they ever put a limit on number of quads, I wonder? Even 5 quads is a bit worrying for me in terms of how it will affect the flow of the choreography. This is probably not a problem for non-fans who haven't watched every incarnation of SEIMEI 1000 times and know all the choreography and jumps by heart but watching the open practice and waiting for the 3A combo that didn't come threw me off a bit. I hope they can tweak the choreography enough to make he placement of the jumps more natural. I'm sure they will. He did Etude again as an EX awhile later and I found the choreography really didn't suit his sturdier, more muscular body. His delicate, androgenous form and unrefined teenage flailing was what made that program so magical for me.

My feelings are that those two programs are materpieces that not only deserve to be at the Olympics but deserve to be skated by the master at the peak of his ability. He has improved so much since 2015 and already we've seen how much more intense and powerful he's made Chopin. How could anyone not relish the opportunity to see an even more powerful SEIMEI? Chopin 3 literally took my breath away, will I even survive SEIMEI? I'm not bothered by differing opinions or criticisms from the media, just unable to understand.

So, 10 pages before 1000. What shall we do to celebrate this milestone of wasting our lives?

Fixed it for you.

At least we'll always have FaOI. Tacky, cheesy, out of tune FaOI.

If he comes anywhere close to the ideal skate he's been talking about, they might have to start handing out platinum medals.

I really want to try but I'm terrified of busting my already busted joints in a fall. Can't they make ice out of special marshmallow fluff that's like that thing with water and cornstarch but opposite. I double dare you to make sense out of anything i just said!

Guys, we have jinxed the hell out of this Olympics. How are we all going to cope when he doesn't win because of us?

Fixed it for you.

Thing is, though, because Yuzu cares so much he is guaranteed to give the performance of his life there, so I care very much about this particular Olympics, but only this Olympics (and maybe 2022 fingers crossed) and only for the amazing performance, not necessarily the medal. Also, so suspicious of calling people who won medals as part of team events medalists without clarifying. >_>

Given all the things that can go wrong - injury, illness - and having only two days every four years to prove yourself, I think winning other comps consistently is far more impressive than Olympic gold. I wouldn't count Hanyu's Olympic performance anywhere near the top of his career, though I'm glad the kuyashii has fuelled him going towards 2018.

So fast!