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Now I go watch it again

OMG my heart is melted. I don't know if it's just me but I have been watching Otoñol at every possible moment I watched it on the plane back from Toronto, I watched it while in line for customs...I watch it before I go to sleep and when I wake up. Sighs* every moment was perfection (besides the botched spins/jumps but that's just a sidenote )

i think definitely the first one LOL

To give you an example, I saw Ghislain Briand and said hi to him and wanted to take a picture with him and our Planet Hanyu Banner As soon as I got next to him with him holding our banner and @Danibellerika was about to take a picture, some older Japanese fans got in between us so that THEY could take a picture with him. And then they all took pictures with him holding our banner, I guess. I didn't feel THAT STRONGLY about taking a picture with Ghislain but the way the other ladies pushed just made me feel like "I NEED TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH BRIAND!!! GET OUT OF MY WAY!!!" Lol but I ended up giving up anyway and just went to hang up the PH banner, but I did wonder what might have been

TBH, if everyone was all calm and didn't try to approach Yuzu or his coaches (or his mom), I wouldn't think one bit about not doing it either. But then I see all these people lining up overnight because only the best seat is satisfactory, standing on their toes taking extremely close up pictures of Yuzu at every single moment, posting private conversations with Yuzu's coaches and getting a million retweets for it, and I think "what am I missing out on if I don't try too?" I think that mob mentality is certainly extremely mind-altering...it makes everyone more crazy and competitive for the sake of Fear Of Missing Out.

Lol I know exactly what you mean. I'm the same way. Not because I don't want to see him, but because I'm terrified just thinking of the hypothetical moment. I sort of hope all the time I don't run into him at the airport when leaving competitions XD

I found a blue wristband on the floor outside of the arena and thought "Wow someone lost their all-event ticket." Sure enough, when I handed it to the ticketing table, there was a Japanese lady there freaking out. It must really suck to travel all the way halfway around the world and then not be able to go because you lost your blue wristband, which you had to wear for all 3 days. If it was too loose then it could fall off and then... If it was too tight you had to sleep and shower with it, LOL. I almost lost mine last year because I didn't know that you only got one for the entire event.

Well, I couldn't call it a cult, short of us doing unethical things to our members at large scale but I've said this before: It doesn't matter to me if a Yuzu fan is also a fan of other skaters, or of skating, or whatever. There's no right way to be a fan, and being an "actual FS fan group" is an arbitrary labeling that seems more like gatekeeping. LOTS (probably the majority) of Yuzu fans got interested in skating BECAUSE and only because of him. And as for whether or not they stick around, probably depends on a myriad of other factors, including if they find other skaters they also like watching, if they understand the sport, if they are okay with the judging aspect, etc. And there's no right answer. At least partially, whether or not his large fanbase sticks around after he retires, is something that's on the ISU and whether they are able make figure skating a worthwhile sport to watch without Yuzu around (sometimes I think the answer is no). Going by what I've seen, many of the first time fans have stuck around and are fans of other skaters, too. But some of them might not be interested and that's fine too. Personal preferences are just that -- personal.

Lol but how did she get this video? Wasn't she there too then.

Thanks!

Does anyone know when or have the timestamp when Ted mentioned the planet? LOL

Okay, thanks for letting us know.

Our gofundme works again: https://www.gofundme.com/planet-hanyu

I tried crossovers today because there was no one else on the ice. I'm always a bit scared to do crossovers when there are other people on the ice...but I have a cold and my stamina has been bad so I was out of breathe really quickly. If I'm feeling better tomorrow I'll try to film it. Lol being sick really saps your stamina, which I've never noticed bc before I started skating I'm really inactive most of the time anyway. lol.

BTW just wanted to quote it here: Now that we had our first competition, it would be awesome if you guys could mention some of your experiences with the site in our server thread? From what I heard, it was completely down before the SP, but then was up during the SP and the following days but very slow? It would help us decide to upgrade our server, add LiteSpeed, etc. before the next competition.

A new book?

Hi everyone, now that we had our first competition, it would be awesome if you guys could mention some of your experiences with the site? From what I heard, it was completely down before the SP, but then was up during the SP and the following days but very slow? It would help us decide to upgrade our server, add LiteSpeed, etc. for the next competition.

Yuzu is indeed Ghislain's favorite for sure!

I need to practice my crossovers gahh. Maybe even try to film myself.

May Ghislains words reach the skating gods