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. . . . .what utter nonsense is this???

Options are: blatant favouritism with a conscious choice to judge him unfairly and wrongly, either thinking the public wouldn't realise, or not caring if they did. OR someone made a mistake and screwed up but since in figure skating there's no such thing as retrospectively changing the score on review or anything, they then tried to find some bullshit reason to cover their ass. So at best they are incompetent, at worse they are corrupt. Very likely they are both.

#Relatable

Apparently more news has emerged regarding the latest ridiculousness that isu has come up with.

https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2019/10/27/yuzuru-hanyu-wins-skate-canada/amp/?__twitter_impression=true So I didn't intend to post at all (because I feel ashamed that I basically am now a part time swanyu who can only catch comps because LIFE), but someone tell me if NBC is really at it again or whether I'm just being sensitive? "Hanyu prevailed over a field lacking any of the other top-10 skaters from last season" (that's like normally the case for the early part of the GP though??) "The two-time Olympic champion, with four quadruple jumps in his free skate en route to 322.59 total points, only upped anticipation for showdowns with American Nathan Chen to come later this season." (Because clearly they had to pull the attention back where it belongs) "Meanwhile, the American Chen ascended to win the last two world titles, outscoring Hanyu in their last three head-to-head programs dating to the 2018 Olympic free skate" Nothing they wrote is false, but its the subtle spin on the language choices? Or maybe this is all perfectly reasonable and I'm just being sensitive but for some reason in reacting strongly to this article...

I'm like, yay! But also slightly kind of rolling my eyes at how he changed his tune when he found out it's a tribute to him

Well tbh it's difficult to compare since new system. That said, even comparing scores within this season it's still lol.

1) it's finally been confirmed ... I've been stalking this thread waiting for this announcement.... I'm feeling so mixed right now. P.s. sorry for disappearing. Real life got hard and crazy but also watching Yuzu on crutches broke me for a little while again. 2) I'm not sure why nathan/shoma fans are happy. Sure their favs are more likely to win, but just like last year's WC and GPF, there's going to be that talk of "robbing an empty house"/"yeah but if Yuzuru had been there...."

Well yeah but those have been like FaOI or other Japan ice shows, not so much as a guest of their personal ice shows right?

Okay. Scenario. Yuzu for some weird reason bombs the SP. Or at least isn't happy with his score, or feels threatened for first place. At the same time Dimitri lands Nessie in practice. Yuzu, who's already kyushi and deliberating all his options for YOLOing his way to victory, suddenly decides that Nessie is a risk worth taking. BAM HISTORY MADE. (Please don't kill me... )

Something just occured to me. There's a possible unfortunate side effect to Yuzu's stardom. He will always be the star of any ice show he is in. Which is great for us, but does mean that if it's another skaters ice show (rather than a general ice show, if that makes sense) he might inevitably pull the spotlight away from the "main skater", which in itself would be unfortunate, but that risk may also mean there are some skaters who might avoid inviting him for that very reason....

Oh wow. That looks complicated. I really just understood it in a much simpler way. Since the axel is jumped facing forward, if a skater is pre-rotated by 180° he would be facing the other way, and would no longer be facing forward, but facing backwards instead, and hence it wouldn't even be an axel.

Current murder face next to baby murder face is everything!!

I loved those commentaries! And it's going to mean something when they eventually do say that he has skated perfectly, has skated his best! Like when Max basically gushed and yelled in elation over Worlds 2017 FS. Personally it was the best reaction, one I was especially proud of as a fan, one that actually meant something, because I knew he was a commentator who knew his stuff, who doesn't praise without reason, who is a stickler for quality.