WinForPooh

He had to make up over 20 points, too. That is pressure! He skated clean and so well. (And he's so tall now!) Olympics might be easier for him after that, he has to do himself and the audience proud but nobody expects him to medal or anything. But what a test he had, and how well he did! We should have more faith in the TCC team and in Yuzu. We are too anxious.

If you're done with the translations, there are those documentaries, too. I don't have the links, but they were compiled in a blog. She has exams, why're we doing this.

A planet commentary team! Not that we don't kind of already have it during streaming. I still rely on Fay's quick summaries after each skate. (I feel a real sense of accomplishment when my perceptions of UR and wrong edges are confirmed by them! )

*sigh* He really doesn't give any excuses at all to ding him for anything, does he, when he goes clean! *squish levels skyrocketing*

He might do it, you know. Because not having a jump in his free might be against his views on showing his expertise in everything.

But she is also compassionate and occasionally shows favour to those not considered as powerful. As if making a point after deserting the emperors, kings and queens with great alliances backing them.

That is technically possible, isn't it? Of course, we'd all be dead bunnies even if the 4T usually behaves.

I'd like to hear @Xen do commentary for a top skating competition. I think it might be fun. With Yata, maybe. Yes, it would be very entertaining.

Oh I agree, it blends beautifully into the choreo and there's basically no preparation going into it. Maybe I shouldn't blame commentators for not being able to do a whole runthrough in their heads, they haven't watched it a few hundred times, I suppose.

lol @ the "out of nowhere", they say it during almost every single one of his performances. Seriously, folks, when you're watching it for the sixth time, don't you know it's coming?! It won't be boring if he does it. *sighs* *almost wants it now* *apparently I like pain*

Ooh so many possibilities now for the willful Lady 4F who resents being used as a pawn by her cousin! *smacks self* No, there will be no plotting from Lady 4F, if she comes to court, she will be beautiful, dutiful, elegant and knowledgeable in all courtly protocol. Yeah right.

I wonder how it'll go. Will he really skate without at least one jump of each kind?

Ah yes, choreo sequence, not step sequence. Oops. But yes, he goes extra dramatic to make up for the wrong costume!

Oh, we'll see more of it, possibly after the Olympics. Since when has that boy let himself be defeated by a jump? We'll see him coax it into submission, and then he'll get started on Nessie. I'm resigned to not having a moment of peace till he has mastered them all though if he goes for the 4F I might just give up and because you just know it'll be from 3-turns and exited into twizzles.

Did you miss the post where they compared Yuzu's Seimei step choreo (oops) sequence encore version with the competition one?

I recommend the real xmonster tumblr if you really want to procrastinate. I'm not a good person at all.

I finally got around to watching Jun-hwan's skates at his nationals and my faith in TCC's injury management+rehabilitation+training+mental and physical conditioning has been completely rejuvenated. You show them, Yuzu!

Oh. Opened that can of worms there? Ohh. Hmm.

Sorry to go OT, but could somebody (if you have time) tell me why jump sequences have the BV they do? From what I understand, a 3A in a sequence would get a lower BV but surely it's more difficult to do than as a solo jump. I can't think of any reasons why anybody would want to work a sequence instead of a combination into choreo considering there's a limit on the number of jumping passes and combos, but still, I don't understand why that lowering of BV is necessary. I thought maybe because the step/change of edge would make it easier than a combo, and so it shouldn't get the same points as a combo, but then I don't understand why solo jumps get the same points.

Had a feeling. Ignored. Especially since the couple of pages before that post was about that exact same thing with varying levels of concern but a fairly optimistic feeling of 'anything could happen but that does mean excellent things can also happen' throughout.

I sometimes wish we could have one competition without the Zayak rule. One competition of Yuzu winning with all 3A and 3A-3T combos against quads of his opponents' choice, because he would win that with +3 across the board and 99 PCS. I miss his glorious 3A more than anything else. I need a new Yuzu 3A.

I'm sure my rambling was just unclear lol Yeah, we all want to feel like things follow a plan. Besides, media need updates and speculation. 'It's all fucking random and nobody knows what the hell is going to happen, they can all fall all over the place or Yuzu can go sublime like he did at Helsinki, or the least worst one can get the gold' is hardly compelling copy or expert talk.

I didn't mean to imply that that's what you said! I meant to agree with what you said earlier and then say what I thought about the run-up to Olympics that has more people writing off his chances - the feeling that coming back after missing half the season to the Olympics means Yuzu no longer has the advantage.

I agree. But no GP event or even Worlds can prepare them for any of those kinds of pressures. All the worry about Yuzu's mental state after missing competitions - it's not as relevant as it would be if he were going straight to Milan after missing GP and Nationals. The Olympics is different. It's the weight of your nation's expectations, not just your nation's figure skating community's expectations. I don't think anybody really has an advantage, mentally, going into it because they had a good GP season. ETA: I think Yuzu's real taste of Olympic pressure was in the free skate. And he stumbled under it. He has a better idea of what to expect than many others.

I might eat my words, but I also kind of expect this season's results to not be all that relevant. Like... Well, you know which players are in form going into a football World Cup, but other than two or three who always, ALWAYS play their hearts out and who are confident enough in their abilities that not doing well is simply not a thing, for many in-form athletes, the atmosphere is just so different from everything else that form can just go out the window. Ones who were crap all season suddenly have the nights of their lives, ones who played great for months suddenly get bloodrush and get sent off or miss sitters. Then we sign those players who had those incredible World Cup games and they go back to their usual form, but that's another story. Doing really well at other regular skating competitions might help with confidence, but I don't expect it to be as big a factor as a lot of people say. The difference between those stages they're used to and the Olympics is huge. The pressure is so different. At the Olympics, it will come down to those who can either channel that adrenaline into focused energy, or those who can shut it out completely and skate like they're at their familiar rink. Yuzu has managed to do both. If he's hitting clean runthroughs by then, he can do it if he finds that zone. He's felt that pressure before, so he has the advantage there, if anything. And now that pressure is not solely focused on him, which might turn out to be a good thing. Unless you're talking about somebody with Plushenko or Zhenya level of consistency, other competitions leading up to the Olympics is just one factor. I hope Yuzu has been working with a sports psychologist, too, because he needs to get in that zone and trust his training. If he can do that, nothing else will matter.